Air Force Implements New Fitness Requirements; Top Antelope Valley Personal Trainer Extends A Helping Hand

As a personal trainer and former airman himself, Ron Kusek knows the value of a great fitness program.
He commends the evolution in the culture of fitness in the Air Force and hopes to be of value in helping
other airmen get “combat ready”
Ron Kusek, top personal trainer at Edwards Air Force Base in California applauds the new fitness program
being implemented by the Air Force and commends the evolution of the culture of fitness within the Air
Force as a needed change. Ron Kusek hopes to be of value using his experience as an airman and as a
personal trainer specializing in tactical fitness for military, police, and firefighters.
Ron Kusek truly believes his skill sets can be a valuable asset to an Air Force that gave him what he lacked
as a teenager. “Back when I was growing up, I never knew what I wanted to do. I never felt really good at
anything. Until I enlisted in the Air Force and found my love for fitness and a want to help others,” said
Ron Kusek.
It was then he that he realized the need for change in the structure of fitness programming for the Air
Force. “We should not just be fit, but operationally fit”, Says Ron. Being fit for battle takes on a whole new
meaning, and requires a different approach to fitness. Ron believes being operationally fit includes not just
training for endurance, but total performance should be included. Total performance means training for
strength, flexibility, mobility, speed, power, and agility. Overall health, disease prevention, and injury
prevention are major benefits towards a structured operational fitness program.
In battle, a person must be able to move quickly and swiftly. Individuals must break the idea of just
training muscles and must shift their focus into training movements instead. The better an individual can
move, the more capable that individual will be in completing their mission. They are also less likely to be
injured when their bodies are trained to work together and not isolated as is the case in traditional
bodybuilding programs.
To truly be “Fit to Fight”, total performance, tactical fitness, and anaerobic conditioning should be a
mainstay within the fitness curriculum of the Air Force. 21st century fitness training must go beyond the
traditional means of being fit. No longer is pushups, situps and jogging enough to ensure today’s airmen are
operationally fit to do what is required of them.
Ron Kusek is offering Air Force leadership at Edwards Air Force Base his services and expertise in
providing today’s Air Force with a structured operational fitness program that is efficient, progressive, and
combat specific. It also integrates tactical nutrition plan with a revolutionary fitness program designed to
increase the functional performance, productivity, and decrease injuries, thus making our Airmen ready to
deploy when our country calls.
On September 24, Ron Kusek will be speaking to the 95th Mission Support Group at their Commander’s
Call in regards to developing an operational fitness plan to revolutionize the fitness programming of
Edwards Air Force Base, and hopefully the entire Air Force.
If you would like to speak further in this matter, Ron Kusek can be reached by email at
capstoneperformance@verizon.net or through his website at www.capstonefitnessgroup.com