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The Air Force incorporated changes to its physical fitness tests that it will roll out in January. These changes provide a list of options for each fitness test event. For example, they could chose to do shuttle runs, or walks, instead of doing their runs.<\/p>\n
From Task & Purpose:<\/span><\/p>\n The new test, which the service will begin to experiment with in January 2022, will allow airmen to choose between running, shuttle run sprints, and walking for the aerobic portion of the test. Shuttle run sprints involve sprinting back and forth between two markers about 25 meters apart. They could then choose between planks and sit-ups for the core strength measure. And for the final portion of the test airmen would be allowed to choose between push-ups and raised-hand push-ups.<\/p>\n Instead of going up and down like a traditional push-up, the raised hand push-ups allow airmen to alternate lifting their hands up while in the push-up ready position, said Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly, the deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services at Air Force headquarters, when he discussed the upcoming changes to the physical fitness test in a live chat with Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass on Monday.<\/p>\n The new options are supposed to give airmen more flexibility to do the test the way they want to, Kelly explained. The test will begin a six-month trial period starting in January.<\/p>\n “Say you’re not a long-distance runner but you wanted to run fast back and forth, we have a shuttle run back and forth about 25 meters apart,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Task & Purpose has more on this story on this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"