Capt. Matthew Bejcek, 3rd Space Experimentation Squadron, says he had skirted the Air Force fitness assessment line for years.
During April of 2010, he wound up on the failing side of the line; the result of career, family and life stretching his time and priorities thin.
“Long story short, I didn’t follow a routine,” he said. “I figured I would be able to just gut it out, and I ended up being caught off guard.”
In a six-month span, and training solely on his own, Capt. Bejcek dropped 20 pounds, shed six inches off his waist and shaved more than a minute off his run time. Most of the transformation came after only three months, when he turned a score of 64 into an above-satisfactory 80.
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