After 12 years of testing, two contractual resets, and three Congressional investigations, the U.S. Air Force has finally selected a contractor to develop and implement its 6th-Gen physical training program: Shake Weight.
“We’re very excited to move forward with this,” the Pentagon’s Senior Air Force PT Officer, 1st Lt. Evan Hanford, said, “and it’s been a long road. After years of research and base-level testing of over a dozen different programs, we’ve selected Shake Weight to shape the next generation of Airmen. Carpal tunnel, tennis elbow, and space-bar thumb won’t even be in the lexicon of the airmen we’re recruiting now. It’s historic, and it’s put us miles ahead of our adversaries,” said Hanford.
According to the Government Accountability Office, the selection of Shake Weight was one of the most contentious, wide reaching, and legally tenuous contract awards ever accomplished in the DoD. Shake Weight and Peloton with each other and the Air Force in court on three separate and very public occasions, each vying for the $3.4 billion contract.
Other defense companies that developed bids included Thigh Master, Dumbbell Silverware, 6-Second Abs, and Lockheed Martin. According to sources inside the Pentagon, none of the competitors came close to what Shake Weight’s ability to deliver a combat ready force.
