I think that the RAF should make all personnel (excluding those medically down-graded & maybe those over 40(?)) take part in fitness training, under the supervision of a PTI, on at least a monthly basis.
Although I was quite derogatory to the Army in my initial thread, I have to take my hat of to them with regards to fitness. At a certain RAF camp, the Army element used to go for runs every week, which made us crabs look rather unhealthy.
I’ve seen quite a few people in the RAF who could be described as obese, and I can’t imagine how they get away with it. How they pass their fitness test is beyond me (actually, I know of several people who haven’t done their fitness test for years). Furthermore, lets not forget the negative
PR which such an appearance would emit; hardly the image of a fit fighting force. And we’ve all seen new LAC’s posted in, all nice and fit from recruit training, who start to become NAAFI cowboys, and within a few months, they have turned into lardy-boys (or girls).
People may say: ‘we’re far too busy to take part in compulsory fitness, we couldn’t afford the loss of manpower’, but I’m sure everyone will agree, the benefits of such an initiative would far out-weigh the slight over-stretch. Gp Capt PEd, are you reading this?. . <img src="eek.gif" border="0">