This morning, after a big plate of eggs and veggies, I headed to the gym to set up for the first ever Wold Fitness Festivus.
Festivus is a really cool fitness testing session, where everyone hits new personal bests on exercises. (You get really fired up having your friends and workout partners cheering you on!)
By 7am everyone had rolled in and we hit a quick warm up, then on to the first event:
GateSwing Squat/Pushup Ladder Countdown.
How To Do It:
10 Gateswing Squats, 10 Pushups. 9 Gateswing Squats, 9 pushups. And so on down to 1 and 1.
Levels:
- Level one – Kneeling pushup
- Level 2 -Regular Pushup
Standards:
All squats to parallel, all pushups to chest 4″ from floor
Top Times:
Male: Level 2 – 2:31
Female: Level 1 – 2:38 Level 2 – 3:02
Next event: Plank
How To Do It:
Hold plank position with good form as long as you can.
Levels:
- Level 1 – Kneeling Plank
- Level 2 – Regular Plank
- Level 3 – Feet on box Plank
Standards:
No sagging or piking.
Top Times:
Male:
- Level 2 – 1:30
- Level 3 – 5:02
Female:
- Level 2 – 2:57
- Level 3 – 3:17
Continuing the fun with: Body Rows!
How To Do It:
As many rows as you can do without resting.
Standards:
No hip sag or hip thrust, arms straight at bottom, chest touches bar each time
Levels:
- Level 1 – Legs bent to 90
- Level 2 – Legs Straight
- Level 3 – Feet on box
Top Reps:
Male:
- Level 1 – 13
- Level 2 – 28
- Level 3 – 10
Female:
- Level 1 – 18
- Level 2 – 26
On to: Pushups!
How To Do It:
As many pushups as you can without resting or breaking form.
Standards:
Back flat, all pushups to 4″ from floor.
Levels:
- Level 1 – Kneeling Pushup
- Level 2 – Regular Pushup
- Level 3 – Feet On Box Pushup
Top Reps:
Male:
- Level 1 – 15
- Level 2 – 35
- Level 3 – 33
Female:
- Level 1 – 30
- Level 2 – 20
- Level 3 – 5
And these had to be in there…. Chin Ups!
How to do it:
Maximum number of chinups, longest you can hold with bent arms.
Levels:
- Level 1 – Bent arm hang
- Level 2 – Full On Chin Up
Top Reps:
Male:
- Level 1 – 4 seconds
- Level 2 – 15 reps
Female:
- Level 1 – 31 sec
- Level 2 – 3 reps
Still going strong on to Wall Sits!
How to do it:
Hold a squat against the wall for as long as you can.
Standards:
Shins vertical, hip even with knee.
Best Time:
- Male – 2:13
- Female – 2:09
300 Rope Skips
How To Do It:
As fast as you freakin’ can!
Levels:
- Level 1 – Rope whips side to side (no jump)
- Level 2 – Regular rope skipping
Best Times:
Male:
- Level 1 – 2:28
- Level 2 – 1:36
Female:
- Level 2 – 2:09
Last event, best event: TIRE FLIPS!!!!
How To Do It:
Flip a tire 10 times as fast as you can.
Standards:
No help from your spotter.
Levels:
- Level 1 – Approx 50 pound tire
- Level 2 – Approx 100 pound tire
- Level 3 – Approx 300 pound tire
Best Times:
Male:
- Level 2 – 21 seconds
- Level 3 – 46 seconds
Female:
- Level 2 – 25 seconds
We were all nice and cool after being outside for tire flips, so we headed in, set our 2 month goals for the next Festivus, and took off to enjoy the day!
Thanks to everyone who came and made it a great event!
I hope we’ll have even MORE people and MORE fun next time!
See you then!
October 16th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
That video was great. Definately black mail material. Looking forward to the next festivus and I really think you ought to end it with a wrestling match where we dress up in those big sumo suits.
October 17th, 2010 at 6:21 am
I love the sumo suits!! We could call it Wold Fitness Festivus: Thunderdome Adventure.
October 17th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Thanks Luke for a fun Saturday morning!
It was so helpful to see right then which area of my fitness I want to improve upon. (So much better than pounding out a long boring race to try to measure a fitness goal!) I liked how we set our realistic, specific goals at the end vs. the broad “I just wanna lose weight”.
All the friendly competition and support helped me push myself. What a great group of folks!
Thunderdome!? Awesome! Can’t wait! Got to get a Tina Turner wig…
October 17th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
I had a great time too. I now know what area I need to work on. Like getting Deirdre to let me wear that Tina Turner wig….