Fitness-Testing Program

You’ll take physical fitness tests each semester to measure your overall strength and conditioning.

Proficiency is required in both the physical fitness test (PFT) and aerobic fitness test (AFT). You are required to take both the AFT and PFT each semester of your cadet career.

The tests are scored as follows:

The fitness-testing program serves many purposes, including:

• Promoting maximum fitness among the cadet wing
• Recognizing cadets who excel in maintaining their personal fitness

Those members of the cadet wing who achieve the maximum point total on either the PFT or AFT belong to the prestigious "500 Club." Those few cadets who maximize their scores on both fitness tests belong to the exclusive "1000 Club."

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Physical education is an integral part of the Academy’s core curriculum, and as a cadet you will be required to take a total of ten physical education courses. To fulfill the Physical Education (PE) requirements, every cadet takes a minimum of 1.0 semester hours of PE courses in each of their four academic years. Participation in intramurals, limited on-season clubs or intercollegiate athletics is required in each of the eight academic semesters.

There are 26 course offerings and they are divided between six disciplines as follows:

*42-Lesson, full-semester academic elective courses. These courses do not count towards completing the physical education core curriculum.

It is important to note that these classes, such as water survival, are not chosen arbitrarily or as a rite of passage. Rather, all of the required core courses were specifically chosen for their value to officer development and their usefulness to a military career.