WEST POINT, N.Y. (October 22, 2015) - The U.S. Military Academy at West Point Department of Physical Education led members of the West Point community through a team-oriented functional fitness workout at the Caufield Crew Center at south dock, on West Point, Oct. 7.
The purpose of this fitness event was to build camaraderie and teamwork across the West Point community, educate participants on the foundations of fitness and expose them to some of the DPE programs.
This month's functional fitness event was focused toward an aerobic style competition between two-person teams involving a series of row intervals immediately followed by a team run. The rowing consisted of a 3,000-meter event broken into 500-meter intervals with partners alternating on the Army Crew team's ergometers at the Caufield Crew Center at south dock. After the rowing intervals, the team raced from south dock up to Daly Field. Rules required the teams to consist of partners from different departments or their spouses.
Prior to the rowing portion of the event the Army Crew Team's Head Officer in Charge, Lt. Col. Guy Burrow of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Men's Coach Maj. Brian Forrester, of the Department of Social Sciences and Head Novice Coach Dr. Kiesling, Professor of History provided a brief tutorial and demo on proper rowing technique as well as individual feedback during a warm-up session prior to the competition beginning.
The weather was perfect for the event and the teams were evenly matched. Several teams competed in the event and this month's winners consisted of a husband/wife team from the Department of Physical Education, Deputy Director Maj. Russ Nowels and his wife Maureen.
Thanks to all the participants and the Army Crew team coaches for making this an outstanding event. The Department of Physical Education will conduct their next community fitness session Nov. 18 in Hayes Gymnasium within the Arvin Cadet Physical Development Center. The event will feature the Indoor Obstacle Course Test. Interested members of the staff, faculty and community should arrive at Hayes Gym by 12:15 p.m. to participate in the training.
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