FITNESS

The Air Force Fitness Program goal is to motivate Airmen to participate in a year-round physical conditioning program that emphasizes total fitness, to include proper aerobic conditioning, strength and flexibility training, and healthy eating. Health benefits from an active lifestyle will increase productivity, optimize health, and decrease absenteeism while maintaining a higher level of readiness. 

FITNESS NEWS

  • Registration opens for final History & Heritage race

    WRIGHT- PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 2022 History & Heritage Race Series opened registration for the last virtual race of the season Oct. 1, featuring the C-47 Skytrain.One of the most famous U.S. Army Air Corps aircraft, the C-47, nicknamed “Gooney Bird” for its resemblance to an albatross,

  • Take a peak: GFAFB fitness center reopens rock wall

    It’s no secret that winters in Grand Forks are snowy, windy, and frigid. Because the cold season lasts most of the year, it is important that we provide service members and their families with as many indoor activities as possible.

  • 2022 Blue Streak Time Trial season approaches finish line

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FROCE BASE, Ohio – Riders competed in the year’s next-to-last Blue Streak Time Trial around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s flightline Sept. 13.Taking first place was 41-year-old Ben Peacock of Worthington with a time of 20 minutes, 28 seconds. It marked his second straight

  • Body building the force

    2nd Lt. Michelle Smith, the 325th Comptroller Squadron’s financial operations flight commander, exemplifies the statement ‘fit to fight’ and the Air Force core value of ‘excellence in all we do’ through an intense hobby of body building.Smith recently earned 3rd place in Wellness Division and 3rd

  • Airman completes his first ever RAGBRAI, travels 460+ miles on bike

    Every year, for the past 49 years, thousands of riders have travelled to Iowa to participate in the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI). Started in 1973 by Des Moines Register reporters John Karras and Donald Kaul, RAGBRAI is a seven-day bicycle tour that goes from the

  • August time trial on Wright-Patt attracts 175 competitors

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Ranging from 15 to 76, bikers of all ages raced against each other Aug. 9 during the Blue Streak Time Trial on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The 10-mile path follows Wright-Patt’s flightline.Coming in first place was 41-year-old Ben Peacock of Worthington,

  • Mobility clinic to help amputee athletes chase goals

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Making a running start toward the races later that weekend, the Air Force Marathon’s Health & Fitness Expo will feature its second Amputee Mobility Clinic from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 16 in McLin Gym at the Nutter Center.The clinic, partnering with Optimus

  • Just keep spinning: MOC member motivates through fitness

    Monday through Friday, and sometimes on the weekends, Master Sgt. Danielle Goosby can be found in the nucleus of all 403rd Maintenance Group operations, the maintenance operations control center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi.As a senior MOC controller, Goosby is part of a team that