Test your mettle..................Whats your best ?

Ooooh yeah thats a burner!

i do it every other week for 3 sets to failure after squats
the other week i do dumbell lunges

this infact would be a good test of peoples quad strength maybe the good man boar could include it?

not a fan of handstands against a wall as the delts come into play which i mtrying to avoid at the moment, i also bump my head lol

Back to 15 chins tonight
Grip was still solid at that point so looking good for more next week.


....not a bad effort considering I was probably still tired from my 44pressups in a minute at the weekend *cough hint cough

Situp bleep test is easy i think, compared to running bleep test which i cant do

Ok i think ive updated everyone

so what is on the shortlist for a 1 month trial (exercise of the month):

powercleans in 1 minute with 50/60% bodyweight
hanging off a bar
sitting against a wall thigh killer
sit up bleep (any links?)
standing long jump


im liking:

powercleans or hanging off a bar

but im open minded if we get overwhelming votes (i.e any !!)

Powercleans get my vote.

...then again I have already agreed to do them tonight regardless

mmmm, well i tried 1 minute with 65% of my bodyweight (51.5kg) and got 17 , this was after my whole workout but its very demanding !! (non oly plates too)

ORIGINAL: boar
mmmm, well i tried 1 minute with 65% of my bodyweight (51.5kg) and got 17 , this was after my whole workout but its very demanding !! (non oly plates too)

Cheeezuz Crivens on a bicycle, you really did lose some weight. Good stuff.
I worked out that I would need to do 52kg for 65% of 80kg and find myself staggered to be carrying more pork than the boar. By non-oly plates I take it you mean that I am going to be loading smaller circumference 15's and thus having to heave from a lower start point? I've not really factored that in to be honest and may be tempted just to go to 60kg. Then again there is the tantalising thought that I might just beat your score on 52kg
I will report back later.

LOL, i was fairly pooped - i should have just put 'standard bar and plates' - so no nice rotating cuffs and a (slightly) lower start point

not a dig but are we trying to keep this cardio related?

we could put my suggestion (the quad killer), the power cleans, and all the other weightlifting related ideas in power and stregth maybe and kee pthis to cardio related?

just a suggestion

oh, jedi - I lost 27 kilos

well im inclined to agree , but powercleans in 1 minute have very little relation to the power type events - i was bellowing after the 1 minute, i do like the quad burner but mabie its a bit similar to the plank hold, however i am happy to bow down to the most popular choice OR even include them both

nah you're wrong, the plank holds a killer

i got to 10 seconds and my back, shoulders and abs were killing me, i wont post my score until i have bettered it (it was more then 10 seconds though)

let the votes be cast

This is great! I've only just seen it.

The only thing i can enter is the 2k ergo.

However....

Without wanting to be a spoil sport, kill joy, party pooper have you thought about using the 2000m handicapping which takes into account body weight, us lighties are at a big disadvantage (or perhaps having a lightweight category <75kg )

you can just enter the details here and get the reading

http://www.concept2.co.uk/racing/correction.php


anyway

when i was 59kg i pulled a 7:13.5 on the ergo.

corrected taking weight into account this is 6.48.3

Its safe to say i could not manage anything like this anymore

if not tell me to fcuk off, lol.



Also if you do decide to add a 10k to the list im at 43mins (i dont know the seconds, this was done a few years back again at 59kg)

all the best

Tom

ORIGINAL: kerr616

not a dig but are we trying to keep this cardio related?

we could put my suggestion (the quad killer), the power cleans, and all the other weightlifting related ideas in power and stregth maybe and kee pthis to cardio related?

just a suggestion

I don't really think chinups, pressups in a minute or the plank hold have much to do with cardio to be fair but I think if you take the title of the forum as "cardio and fitness" then they all sit well within that general framework and are mostly about improving general conditioning. I think there is a good mix so far.
I was going to say I am really enjoying it but I'm not sure that is the right choice of words.

Boarsome work on losing 27 kilos. I make that one whole sack of spuds which is pretty astonishing when you think about it.

Did my cleans after my mixed cardio session (which included a lung burster on the rower*) using an oly bar and non-standard plates.
I matched you for 17 reps and it was definitely 'testing'

To be fair to you, I had someone calling out the time and knew what I was aiming for.
To be fair to me, my co-ordination went and I smacked myself under the chin which threw me off a bit and I reckon I lost a couple of reps. I really liked them (looking back from a safe distance) and will make them a regular feature on Wednesdays regardless of inclusion.

Have a nice imprint of knurling on my chin but all teeth are present.


*not a Concept2 so it doesn't count, apparently ...details in my journal.

I'll be doing a small triathlon for a couple charity's in a couple weeks, so i'll be able to get my time for most of the activities :D

awesome post boar. I gave the chin up challenge a go and managed 36. Making the last two narrowly. But i wanna give the others a crack now and see how i get on. Thanks for puttin this up.

WHAT 36 Pull ups! Is that standard overhand grip!!!!!!!!
Awsome work. But damn you, I wont get anywhere near that lol

My vote is for wall sit

nice chins !!!

i have given powercleans the exercise of the month status , a couple of the ones i chose arent that popular, so c'mon fellas !!

i wont chop and change them but i think either a different challenge every month or mabie switch a couple if they prove unpopular

wall sit will be logged - so if anyone does it i will keep the scores and have it for march, i'll do it over the weekend and as soon as i can im gonna have a trip to reps for a go on the rower

ORIGINAL: BARBUDA

This is great! I've only just seen it.

The only thing i can enter is the 2k ergo.

However....

Without wanting to be a spoil sport, kill joy, party pooper have you thought about using the 2000m handicapping which takes into account body weight, us lighties are at a big disadvantage (or perhaps having a lightweight category <75kg )

you can just enter the details here and get the reading

http://www.concept2.co.uk/racing/correction.php


anyway

when i was 59kg i pulled a 7:13.5 on the ergo.

corrected taking weight into account this is 6.48.3

Its safe to say i could not manage anything like this anymore

if not tell me to fcuk off, lol.



Also if you do decide to add a 10k to the list im at 43mins (i dont know the seconds, this was done a few years back again at 59kg)

all the best

Tom

Hi tom mate, were after current times only as its really about challenging yourself and improving over the course of the year , but please feel free to do every one of the tests and puke your ringer up !!

not over bothered about the adjustment tbh