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

  • Implementing supplement safety

    With the demands of a busy lifestyle, there are times when proper nutrition is unintentionally neglected. Service members at times choose to replace poor dietary habits or increase an already healthy lifestyle with supplements. Though supplements are legal, service members should educate themselves

  • A career of excellent fitness

    On a warm South Florida morning, Airmen line up across a white road marker for a 1-5 mile run along the flightline’s perimeter. Among them is an Airman who will earn an excellent on the Air Force fitness assessment for the 33rd consecutive time.A Puerto Rico native and UPS truck driver for over 27

  • Summer Games 2016

    Team Minot Airmen from across both wings competed for the coveted Commander’s Trophy in the Summer Games at the McAdoo Fitness Center at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Aug. 30, 2016.“More than 300 Airmen from across 22 squadrons competed in the 18 events,” said Judy LaRue, the fitness and sports

  • Worth the weight: Airman finds solace in gym sessions

    (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series. These stories focus on individual Airmen, highlighting their Air Force story.) With her brow furrowed and teeth clenched as muscles in her body tense up, the dissonant sounds of metallic ringing, determined grunting and echoed overhead

  • Owen, Pasun win triathlon

    The overcast skies may have cooled things down, but that didn’t stop the 25 competitors from heating up the course during the 12th annual Schriever Air Force Base Triathlon here Friday.Zach Owen, 3rd Space Experimentation Squadron, finished with the top overall time for the event, 53:30, four

  • Taking back their health

    Heather Baxter works as a captain in the 19th ForceSupport Squadron civilian personnel flight through the week and serves as a captainon the weekend in the Air National Guard. She is another person who’s transformedher body and her health with diet and exercise.So Heather, what made you decide to

  • Serving those who serve: FSS offers resiliency through activity

    For the 633rd Force Support Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, ensuring the Service members, their families, the civilian employees and retirees have commodities available is a daily goal.The 633rd FSS works to enhance readiness by providing worldwide combat support and community

  • Slide the City returns to Schriever

    More than 370 participants slipped, slid and tubed down a 500-foot slip-and-slide as the 50th Force Support Squadron brought Slide the City back to Schriever for a second straight year Friday.This year, the slide was set up on a hill behind the fitness center, giving participants a closer experience