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

  • 1 SOPS earns redemption, football title

    In 2014, the 1st and 3rd Space Operations Squadrons played one of the most thrilling intramural football championship games in Schriever Air Force Base history. 3 SOPS put the only blemish on 1 SOPS’s record that season with a 31-25 victory as a late 1 SOPS drive ended when quarterback Josh Print’s

  • Workout smart: nutrition first, supplements last

    As Airmen strive to build muscle mass, increase speed and endurance, and improve overall health, supplements that are promised to provide drastic results can become the go to for those looking to gain an edge.

  • Around the Air Force: Oct. 12

    On this look around the Air Force, fitness courses are recertified; retired Chief Master Sgt. Athena Cody, spouse of Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody, talks about making dual military relationships work; and it's not too late to register to vote.

  • Fitness, teamwork draw Reservist to rucking

    After running a 5K race each month during his deployment in 2014, and improving his time by ten minutes, Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Robert Hattan was looking for a way to stay fit when he came home.That’s when he heard about a new challenge called GORUCK, an events series that focus on the

  • Keeping Airmen fit to fight

    The Air Force uses an overall composite fitness score and minimum scores per component based on aerobic fitness, body composition and muscular fitness components to determine an overall fitness score.

  • 70 ISRW Airmen on track with course-length recertification

    In the recent identification of installation 1.5 mile-run and 2.0-kilometer course-length issues, recertification actions have begun across the Air Force. To ensure Airmen receive accurate fitness assessments in the future, bases have been tasked to report all findings by Oct. 31, 2016.

  • Families get out for Worldwide Day of Play

    Schriever and Peterson Air Force Base families in Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play event at Patriot Park on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Each year, Nickelodeon turns off its programming and goes dark for three hours on the Worldwide Day of Play to encourage

  • Airmen at Work: Regular testing ensures fitness

    Air Force Reserve Senior Airman Jonathan Torres, a security response team member assigned to the 910th Security Forces Squadron, monitors push-ups for Staff Sgt. Cody Moore, a medical lab technician assigned to the 910th Medical Support Squadron, during his physical training test here Sept. 11,

  • Mulberry Island run brings community together

    Mulberry Island Half Marathon participants approach Back River Road at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Sept. 17, 2016. The course took participants past natural views and historic sites such as the Matthew Jones House and an early American brick factory located on Fort Eustis. (U.S. Air Force photo

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