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Air Force History
Air Force Introduces New
Fitness Standards
Basic
military training daily physical fitness regimens are now tougher and more
focused on producing fit airmen for air and space expeditionary force duty.
Lackland's 737th Training Group, home of Air Force basic military training,
has been infusing greater physical rigor into all of its programs over the
past year. The unit has added a second run through the confidence course, a
2.5-mile formation run for graduating airmen, monthly fitness competitions
between basic training squadrons and recognition of the most physically fit
airmen in each graduating class.
On July 14, BMT officials unveiled a more comprehensive physical fitness
program. The old program, known for years as physical conditioning, is out.
Physical readiness training is in.
After much collaboration with exercise physiologists, basic training
officials are now ready to roll out PRT standards designed to give today’s
recruits a higher level of physical fitness.
 "In line with (the chief of staff’s)
vision for higher fitness standards, it all starts here at Lackland," said
Col. Robert Holmes, 37th Training Wing commander. "We set the tone in basic
training for the physical conditioning of the Air Force of the future. BMT
begins with a solid foundation of tough, but success-oriented, physical
readiness training coupled with AF standards; technical training builds on
that foundation; finally, units continue with the permanent party force --
good solid building blocks at every level.”
 The
six-day-a-week PRT regimen includes three days of aerobic running and three
days of muscular endurance training. The runs consist of 40-minute sessions
of group-paced running, self-paced running and six 30-second sprint interval
runs separated by brisk walking. Each week, trainees will be timed on a
two-mile run.
The muscular endurance training takes up to 48 minutes on a circuit of
crunches, leg lifts, pushups, flutter kicks and pullups. These are designed
to improve upper body and abdominal strength quickly.
Even the most fit are finding the PRT regimen a welcome and rewarding
challenge. Airman Francis Collins, a trainee in the 321st Training Squadron
and the week's top male athlete, admitted, "The (physical conditioning)
program we started out with didn't meet expectations, but the new (PRT)
standards challenge us."
"We’re very much focused on building a fitter force here at BMT,” said Col.
Sharon Dunbar, 737th TRG commander. “Our Air Force today is vastly different
than it was a decade ago. So is basic training. Our military training
instructors do an amazing job in preparing the young men and women entering
our Air Force for the physical and mental rigors of the expeditionary Air
Force. At the same time we’re training airmen for success, we’re showing
them that fitness is as much a lifestyle as it is an operational necessity.”
Collins, who will train to be a firefighter, said members of the Air Force
should apply the core value of “excellence in all we do” to meeting physical
standards.
“I plan to go to the gym five times a week and run three times a week,” he
said. “And that should be the standard for everybody, whether you're the
fastest runner or the slowest runner. You should still work to make yourself
better." (Courtesy of Air Education and Training Command News Service)
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Physical Readiness Training Standards |
Liberator(minimum
graduation standard) |
16:45 min. |
11:57 min. |
45 |
50 |
|
Thunderbolt(honor
graduate standard) |
14:15 min. |
8:55 min. |
62 |
70 |
4 |
Warhawk(extraordinary
--highest standard) |
13:30 min. |
8:08 min. |
75 |
80 |
10 |
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Physical Readiness Training Standards |
Liberator(minimum
graduation standard) |
19:45 min. |
13:56 min. |
27 |
50 |
|
Thunderbolt(honor
graduate standard) |
16:00 min. |
11:33 min. |
37 |
60 |
2 |
Warhawk(extraordinary
--highest standard) |
15:00 min. |
10:55 min. |
40 |
75 |
5 |
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