Is Running-Based Fitness Test Coming to Air Force?

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The U.S. Air Force may soon rely on running as the primary means of assessing the fitness of airmen and airwomen, according to a report in Runner's World.

The proposed test would use the measure of a person's VO2 max — how efficiently the body uses oxygen while running — as the numerator in the formula. That numerator would then be divided by the denominator, which would be the person’s waist circumference divided by height.

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