Sports and Fitness


Below is information about the Air Force Physical Fitness Test as well as various events and activities that are offered at the Sports and Fitness Center. For more information, please contact the Sports and Fitness Center at 702-652-4891.

Sports and Fitness Center

The Warrior Fitness Center is an 110,000 square-foot, modern facility which offers a multitude of high-tech fitness equipment, a large variety of group exercise, intramural sports programs, and special events throughout the year. Specifically, the facility features three basketball courts, an enormous weight-lifting room, individual cardiovascular and cycling rooms, 1/8 mile indoor track, six lane indoor pool, three racquetball courts, as well as men's and women's locker/shower facilities with separate saunas. In addition, the Warrior Fitness Center offers certified massage therapists and personal trainers, along with a family workout room and a nutritional Juice Bar. Outdoor facilities include two tennis courts, a 3/4 mile running track, two 1/4 mile running ovals, 1-mile track, three softball fields, an artificial turf football/soccer field, and five picnic pavilions.

Events and Activities

Pound Club
-Open to all active duty, guard, and reserve assigned to Nellis AFB. Retirees, dependents over the age of 16, and DOD contractors as well.
-Fitness and Sports Center front desk will evaluate bench press, deadlift, and squat.
-Up to three lifts per exercise; the best one consecutive lifts from each exercise will be taken for points.
-The pounds to reach in total is 800, 1000, 1500, and 2000.
-Participants will receive an award when they reach one of milestones.

Grand Canyon Challenge
- Open to all active duty, guard, and reserve assigned to Nellis AFB. Retirees, dependents over the age of 16, and DOD contractors as well.
- This club is for people who run, jog, or walk a total of 277 miles, in six months or less.
- To become a member of this club, you must first register at the Fitness and Sports Center front desk.
- Track your miles at the front desk after completing your exercise by taking a picture of the milage on the equipment or device used to track milage and show the front desk.
-Once you have completed the 277 miles in six months or less, you are in the club and will receive a t-shirt.

Bike along the Pacific Coast

- Open to all active duty, guard, and reserve assigned to Nellis AFB. Retirees, dependents over the age of 16, and DOD contractors as well.
-This club is for people who, using any kind of bike that tracks milage, bike a total of 1,650 miles, in six months or less.

-To become a member of this club, you must first register at the Fitness and Sports Center front desk.
-Track your miles at the front desk after completing your bike exercise by taking a picture of the milage on the bike and show the front desk.
-Once you have biked the 1,650 miles in six months or less, you are in the club and will receive a t-shirt.

 

Swim to Catalina Island

- Open to all active duty, guard, and reserve assigned to Nellis AFB. Retirees, dependents over the age of 16, and DOD contractors as well.
-This club is for people who swim a total of 30 miles (990 laps), in six months or less.

-To become a member of this club, you must first register at the Fitness and Sports Center front desk.
-Track your laps and after completing your exercise report the total laps completed to the front desk.
-Once you have swam the 30 miles in six months or less, you are in the club and will receive a t-shirt.

Other Activities

Outdoor Recreation/Equipment Rental
Outdoor Recreation provides equipment rental, Olympic pool, equestrian boarding facility, RV park, RV storage, Outdoor Adventure Program and a resale lot.

Located in Area III, the equestrian boarding facility offers 40 covered stalls with open-air pens, individual tack rooms, dressage arena, enclosed training area, concrete wash area and three quarantine stalls. All horses must have a current health certificate.

The Nellis pool is open for recreational swimming from late May through Labor Day to all military members and their families, Department of Defense civilians, retired and non-appropriated fund employees. Swimming lessons are offered to adults and children from June through August, including classes for new babies. Other programs include open swimming, lap swim, water aerobics classes and more. There are no charges for adult and open swimming. The Olympic pool may be rented for pool parties and special events Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. To register for classes or lessons, contact the pool at 702-652-2473.

The resale lot is located on Beale Avenue, two blocks inside Range Road Gate, next to the Civil Engineer compound. All vehicles must have a valid license plate. The monthly rate is $15 for a 19-foot space and $20 for a double lot.

Outdoor Recreation also offers both on- and off-base self-directed and guided activities.

Sunrise Vista Golf Course
The Sunrise Vista Golf Course has 27 holes of championship golf and is a true challenge to golfers, novices to experts. It is open to military members, retirees, family members and authorized guests.

The course's fees are reasonable with special discount green fee cards and annual weekday-only cards. The facility also has a driving range, chipping area and practice putting greens. 

Rental equipment includes clubs, electric carts and pull carts. Instruction is also available from golf professionals. The air-conditioned golf clubhouse features a complete pro shop and snack bar.

Gun Club
The Nellis Gun Club is rooted on the flank of Sunrise Mountain at Nellis. Its trap and skeet fields and sporting clays course are worth seeing and set the standard in entertainment and competition.

Twelve challenging stations are armed with solar-powered traps. The distinct desert terrain and creative target setting maximize the shooter's experience with a breathtaking view of the Las Vegas Valley and at least one concealed trap on most stations. The terrain, covering more than 100 acres of naturally sculptured arroyos and rocky, dry washes, has been established as Gunfighter Village Sporting Clays since 1999.

Twelve skeet fields and six trap overlays are also available featuring LaPorte skeet machines. A fully stocked clubhouse provides all the necessary gear from gun rentals and ammunition to supplies and clothes for the traveling shot gunner.