Join the club: Ramstein celebrates top tier Airmen

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class D. Blake Browning
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Senior Airman Lesley Colletta, 86th Medical Squadron pharmacy technician, leads a physical training session July 27 at the Landstuhl Fitness Center. Working with limited equipment, Colletta’s fitness course primarily uses body weight exercises coupled with a high-intensity interval training method to get the most out of the workout.

The bottles are on ice and the doors are open day and night at Air Force Club 100. While Club 100 isn’t full of entertainment-seeking night walkers, they do quite often break a sweat.

Every month, Ramstein acknowledges the accomplishments of Airmen who perform at the top tier of their physical training requirements. Of those celebrated are some of the newest members to club 100, those who score a perfect 100 on a physical training test for the first time.

“I’ve always been above a 95 percent,” said Senior Airman Lesley Colletta, 86th Medical Squadron pharmacy technician. “On my last test I was close; I was so close to it. So this test I looked to see what the maximum points I can get are and go to that.”

A firm believer in healthy dieting and having a consistent workout regimen, Colletta said her results are a product of her dedication.

“I do high-intensity interval training workouts, so obtaining a 100 on my physical training test just naturally happened,” Colletta said. “I didn’t really focus on it.”

As the physical training leader for her flight, Colletta also leads a free physical training session at the Landstuhl Fitness Center Thursdays at 6 a.m.

“It’s more tabata style training,” Colletta said. “Twenty seconds on, 10 seconds off, and you just don’t stop that for approximately 25 minutes.

Open to civilian and military personnel alike, Colletta aims to assist others in reaching the same level of physical fitness as herself.

“It’s diet, training, dedication and consistency,” Colletta said. “It might not happen the first time, the second time or the third time, but eventually you will get there.”