Fitness Training and Assessment Performance at Air Force Basic Military Training in 2021

Abstract

US Air Force (USAF) Basic Military Training (BMT) is the initial entry point and training course for all enlisted USAF recruits and occurs at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX. Physical fitness training is vital to the BMT curriculum and an opportunity to teach our newest Airmen the Air Force way to exercise in order to pass their fitness tests and improve their health and wellness for the rest of their careers. With an increasingly sedentary and unfit population from which to recruit Airmen, preparing trainees to acquire the requisite fitness to pass BMT is a tall task from both fitness adaptation and injury risk perspectives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 2022
Accession Number
AD1174202

Entities

People

  • G T Metten
  • Korey Kasper
  • Krystal Davila
  • Meredith Cockerel

Organizations

  • 37th Training Wing
  • 59th Medical Wing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Basic Training
  • Covid-19
  • Department Of Defense
  • Health
  • Injury Prevention
  • Instructions
  • Intervals
  • Lower Extremity
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Motor Skills
  • Physical Fitness
  • Standards
  • Teamwork
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Education

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