When you are healthy, it leads you to have a quality and enjoyable life. It improves your disposition in life. Your outlook is positive no matter what the challenges you face. Once you're healthy, you will notice great improvement in your work performance, your relation with people, you have more time with your family, makes you more confident, you have less chances of getting sick and you are mentally aware.

There are numerous training programs available that will help attain your goal of being and staying healthy. One of these programs is the army fitness program. This program is much different from any civilian fitness program. There are certain requirements to fulfill. A soldier must undergo the Army Physical Fitness Test or APFT which is the scale to measure the physical fitness. A score of 180 or more is required in order to pass the required physical conditions for a basic training soldier. Different jobs have several score requirements such as a score of 210 is needed to pass the physical requirements of Special Forces, Rangers and Airborne. Although all soldiers must not just meet the scores just to comply with the requirements but to realize that staying fit and healthy is needed in the military.

The main agenda of the army fitness workouts are to train the soldiers to be physically and mentally ready for any condition during war. It focuses on sit-ups, push-ups and cardiovascular activities. The training provides a simulated environment to get the soldiers acquainted with the real life scenarios. Part of making the soldiers ready for combat is having routines on powerful strength, muscular endurance and focused on cardiovascular training. They have to get used to the heat that's why their training is done during midday or during the hottest time of the day. They might be deployed in the hot desserts of Dubai or in Iraq which has a temperature of 120 degrees.

The fitness training also includes activities on how to deal with stress during war. There have been reports that there is an increase in number for soldiers committing suicide because of psychological burden. This addition to the program not only makes the soldiers manage stress and depression but helps them as well to enhance their performance during and after the battle.

A program was created by the Army allowing government civilian to join the army fitness program. Although it is time bound for one six-month training phase. A person's participation must be approved by his supervisor and will include three hours per week off from his administrative functions for the physical activities. Joining in this program should not hamper as well to the organization's mission. Each participant will undergo strict medical screening to make sure it will not jeopardize the health of the person during the rigid training.

In March 2010, results of a study were announced that the fitness program improves the lives of employees through losing weight and decreasing the risk of heart related problems. The participants for this study were hospital workers for 12 weeks and underwent a program focused on diet and exercise. The participants did well and had improvements such as overweight and obese participants lost a lot of weight, reduced their blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and at the end of the program their waistline has been trimmed down.