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

  • Fitness test is back with a new look

    Airmen at the 919th Special Operations Wing will notice some changes to the scoring for the Air Force fitness test, which resumed July 1, 2021 after a lengthy pandemic-induced delay.“The biggest change is the separation of the body composition [waist measurement] from the aerobic and muscular

  • 433rd AW resumes fitness testing

    The 433rd Airlift Wing resumed Air Force fitness testing July 10, 2021, after assessments were suspended for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Fitness test success

    Physical fitness testing resumes at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 1, 2021.

  • Improving run times for the PT test

    The Air Force will resume physical fitness testing on July 1, 2021. The 1.5-mile run component is weighted as the highest scored portion of the assessment, accounting for 60 component points of the 100 point composite score.

  • FSS expands facility capacity

    The 66th Force Support Squadron here recently announced capacity increases to many of its facilities across the installation. Beginning in June, the Fitness and Sports Center here will reopen for 24/7 access to all personnel with base credentials, and will no longer require a reservation.

  • Air Force releases updated fitness test score breakdown

    Without the waist measurement as a scored component, push-ups and sit-ups will increase from 10 to 20 points each, while the 1.5-mile run will remain at 60 points. Scoring will fall into five-year age groups, as opposed to the previous 10.

  • JTF-SD hosts USSPACECOM PT session

    SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Justice Morales and Mathew Cepero, Joint Task Force-Space Defense members, team up to carry a 40-pound kettle bell around the indoor track at the U.S. Space Command monthly warrior physical training session at Schriever Air Force Base April 28. Morales, Cepero and