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

Well....I went to watch the Silverstone half marathon today as my brother and his mate were in it.

My brothers mate was there to hopefully win it, it's a strong field and a grand in prize money...he went through 3 miles in 15 minutes. My bro was just under 18 minutes.

I thought back to this little comp on MT and my hard fought 19 and a half minute 3 miler LOL

28 1/2 chins done today, was after i did rows as well, i reckon i could be good for 30+.

My arms and shoulders hurt like a bitch though, wont be tryng again for a while

I've tried the bleep test: Level 10 shuttle 2 I can do better than this

ORIGINAL: ghostrider

I've tried the bleep test: Level 10 shuttle 2 I can do better than this

well done mate !! got a few now so mabie more will try !!

i did 3 miles today for sport relief in 19:22 , i was pretty fooked !! but happy with sub 19:30

i wouldnt mind seeing some of these 70+ pressups, so can someone get a vid camera out.

not that hard to flim , its not that i dont believe you (because i do) but im fairly fit and strong and cant get past 40 (last 3 tries 39,39,40) so to improve by 5,10+ is some going.

19 chins Boar.

bloody good time boar, well done mate....I accidently won our 3 miler ( I never set out to win it cause I have a really bad leg but I filled up with codiene) in a poor 21 mins

ORIGINAL: boar

i wouldnt mind seeing some of these 70+ pressups, so can someone get a vid camera out.

I'll stick my neck out for this...

Boar, i'm 3ed on the pressup with 58?

43 press ups mate

ORIGINAL: Lumpy

ORIGINAL: boar

i wouldnt mind seeing some of these 70+ pressups, so can someone get a vid camera out.

I'll stick my neck out for this...

Boar, i'm 3ed on the pressup with 58?

i noticed this yesterday to, but i think isaw that you managed 74 pushups somewhere???

so you should be third jus wrong number i im not mistaken

A p*ss poor 11 chins Boar mate

22 chins + 16 powercleans please boar.
Many thanks

20 chins now mate.

ORIGINAL: boar

well done mate !! got a few now so mabie more will try !!

Thanks, mate. I'm going to beat soon
I'm going to try the 3 miles run soon

I did 6 chin-ups the other day that was after a 40 minute row/ 10000 meters

I recon I'm good for 10 lol

I'm going to try the 2000 meter row in sub 8 minutes tomorrow. I usually do fairly longer distances on the rower but will be insteresting to see how I do over a shorter but quicker pace

new PB's!

23 chins
7.05 Row

Turned pent up aggression into a positive use!

Done my rowing

2000 meter in 7min 25 seconds.

First time I've done a quick session on the rower.... and I think I started off way too quick got to 1000 meters and was in a fair bit of pain... pace slowed down but still manage to get under my sub 8 min target

best 2k row-6:57 last month...gone down a bit i'm sure as i've been on a bulk!

This is the new table
april-may-june
now try and beat the previous quarters scores , give it a try !!
this one will be updated until june

Test your mettle

Main Entry: met·tle
Pronunciation: \ˈme-təl\
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of metal
Date: 1581
1 a: vigor and strength of spirit or temperament b: staying quality : stamina <equipment that proved its mettle>
2: quality of temperament or disposition <gentlemen of brave mettle — Shakespeare>
synonyms see courage
— met·tled \-təld\ adjective
— on one's mettle : aroused to do one's best

3 mile run

The aim of this test is to complete the 3 mile run in the quickest possible time.

a fabulous site to plan your run is www.mapmyrun.com , check out my run here

• Keyboard Hero 17:21
• dead prez 18:49
• whippet 19:10
• Boar 19:22
• bigsmash 19:35 (treadmill)
• neb 19:38
• absman 21:07
• new guy87 22:53
• Mook 23:12
• Batman 23:20
• welshy 27:00
• Rosc0PColtrane 28:00

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20 meter shuttle run / bleep test

The test involves running between two points that are 20 meters apart. The interval between each successive beep reduces, forcing the athlete to increase speed over the course of the test, until it is impossible to keep in sync with the recording.
When i do the test i allow myself 1 missed bleep - but when a total of 2 beeps are missed its time to stop

you can read a better description and download the Mp3 of the bleep test here

Marine Commandos - 13.00
Army officer entry - 10.02
London fire service - 8.06

1. Keyboard Hero level 15 shuttle 4
2. dead prez level 12 shuttle 7
3. Boar level 12 shuttle 06
4. absman07 11 shuttle 2
5. ghostrider level 10 shuttle 2
6. Jonnymills level 10 shuttle 0
   

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100 burpee challenge

The aim of this test is to complete 100 burpees in the quickest possible time.

this is how i perform the burpee:

from standing straight down into the pressup position , perform pressup , into crouch and leap up into the air and land back to starting position, if your variation is different ,let me know.

• integra 6:02
• Boar 6:44
• imsimon 7:20
• bigsmash 8:57

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concept 2 rower - 2000 meters

The aim of this test is to complete 2000m on a concept2 rower in the quickest possible time.

I know there are plenty of settings so i guess the easiest one, as its the quickest time were after.
here is a good rankings table for 2000 meters

• paddym99 6:51
• wannabehuge89 6:57
• bigsmash 6:59
• northernwarrior 7:00
• Lumpy 7:07
• tuc biscuit 7:16
• monkfinger 7:16
• McLaren 7:19
• patch 7:25
• Iamsimon 7:47
• delboy888 7:53
• whippet 7:54
• sivvy1 7:55.9
  

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Pressups in 1 minute

The aim of this test is to complete as many full pressups in 1 minute

• packup pete 88
• integra 86
• Lumpy 58
• AdamSimpson 73
• bigsmash 73
• SAMfitness 72
• WeeMuscle 65
• imsimon 60
• fraser 56
• absman07 54
• puss in boots 53
• Mook 52
• ultrabodz 51
• jedi 50
• PAGAN 50
• elbowsandknees 50
• whippet 50
• kerr616 46
• boar 45
• banksy1987 33
• sivvy1 32
• james 30
• paddym99 30
  

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Magic 50

The magic 50 consists of
10 x dumbell snatch (5 each hand)
10 x dumbell swing (5 each hand)
10 burpees

perform 5 times - I used a 20kg dumbell

• integra 7:49
• kinglean 8:31
• boar 8:24
• Neb 9:48

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chinups

The aim of this test is to complete as many overhand chinups as possible without touching the floor - chinup to bar and down to full extension pause at the bottom

• Mortimer 36
• Integra 28
• AdamSimpson 28
• bigsmash 23
• jack5r 22
• Tony 20
• WeeMuscle 20
• OoOGazOoO 18
• james 17
• McLaren 16
• jedi 16
• elbowsandknees 15
• cheggers 15
• mook 14
• absman07 14
• delboy888 13
• SAMfitness 13
• Boar 12
• paddym99 11
• kerr616 10
• patch 6
  
  
  

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Plank hold

hold the position for your best effort time - no extra weight no 'resting' , no pain !!

see an example of a standard plank hold here

• new guy87 7:02 :)
• mouser 5:11
• Dakensta 5:10
• jack5r 5:02
• SAMfitness 5:00
• JBRSS 4:30
• puss in boots 4:30
• lumpy 3:38
• just_t 3:25
• youngitalianbabe 3:11
• whippet 3:00
• WeeMuscle 2:30
• jedi 2:25
• Wushu 2:20
• imsimon 2:16
• smckeown 2:14
• Boar 2:04
• delboy888 2:01
• elbowsandknees 2:00
• tristram 1:21
• banksy1987 1:07
• welshy 45 seconds
• kerr616 11 seconds

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powercleans in 1 minute

65% of bodyweight (divide bodyweight by 100 and times by 65)

• kinglean 26
• boar 24
• jedi 20
• new guy87 18
• iamsimon  18
• trixta 17
• bigsmash 16
• cheggers 12

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10 mile bike ride

best time for 10 miles - mountain bike , race ,unicycle - its all good !!

just use mapmyrun to measure out 10 miles and away you go !!

• Trident 23.09
• Boar 38:54
• Jedi 42:00
  
  

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Good to see this thread still going strong and good results on the events too!

Top stuff MR Boar

Just a note on the Concept 2 Rower...

Of the 10 resistance settings, Level 10 will be much harder to pull but will give you a greater distance per stroke, whereas Level 1 will be a much easier pull but give you less distance per stroke.

Therefore the big, strong, less CV fit guys/gals might want to try a higher setting; the lighter speed merchants might choose a lower level.

I, personally change resistance depending on the distance I'm doing - higher for short distances, lower for longer rows.

Hope this helps.

Sam

I suppose I'd better post a time soon and put my money where my mouth is