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After further research and testing involving over 600 volunteers, he produced a program with ten basic exercises (XBX) for women that required twelve minutes to complete. [7] The programs proved popular with civilians. A U.S. edition was published in 1962 under the title Royal Canadian Air Force Exercise Plans For Physical Fitness. [8]
He took a position at the Department of National Defence and was tasked to develop a fitness programme for Royal Canadian Air Force pilots, a third of whom were not considered fit to fly. [1] [3] In response to this brief he created the 5BX (5 Basic Exercises) plan for men and the XBX (10 Basic Exercise) plan for women. [2]
The Women's Division's original role was to replace male air force personnel so that they would be available for combat-related duties. First called the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force (CWAAF), the name changed to Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division in February 1942. Women's Division personnel were commonly known as WDs.
Women were admitted to the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 as members of the Women's Division - the WDs. The first WDs, 70 in number, arrived at Jarvis on 27 April 1942, and within six months airwomen were serving in many areas of the station including the control tower, the bomb plotting office, the kitchens, and the stores.
The Royal Canadian Air Force Exercise Plans, developed by Dr. Bill Orban and published in 1961, helped to launch modern fitness culture. [20] [21] Physical therapists Col. Pauline Potts and Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, [22] both of the United States Air Force, advocated the concept of aerobic exercise. In the 1960s, Cooper started research into ...
This article seems to need improvement in tone (not complete encyclopedic), greater context, and more specificed facts (e.g. in the sentence The Royal Canadian Airforce asked Orban to develop a fitness program for their pilots, a third of whom were not considered fit to fly--"considered" by whom?). --131.238.109.229 03:20, 29 November 2006 (UTC) []
Get ready to squeeze your way to better bladder control.
Captain Jane Foster CD, is a retired member of the Royal Canadian Air Force.She is noteworthy for being one of the first Canadian women, and one of the first women in the world post WWII, to fly a fighter jet, along with her contemporary, Dee Brasseur.