Fitness Pentathlon / The Winner

It was a real close contest.  So close that it came down to the piece of cardio data I received to determine the winner.  And the winner is, and still champion . . .

John and Lori

That's right, it was a tie.  Both John and Lori won their respective categories in the winter of 2010, and they both had exactly the same score this time around.  Great job by them and great work by everyone.

-Jason

Fitness Pentathlon / Cardio Time and the Winner(almost)

Congratulations to everyone who attempted any/all of the events.  It is fun and interesting to watch people challenge themselves and others during this informal competition.  I am in the process of scoring all of the events, but am being held up by some people not getting their cardio times to me.  Imagine that, people not liking their cardiovascular.  As soon as I get everything together I will let everyone know.

Fitness Pentathlon / Scoring the Sit and Reach Test

Sit and Reach Test

Testing:


Greg 27.0 cm
Rick 29.5 cm
John 32.5 cm
Lori 35.5 cm
Beth 36.5 cm
Jim 40.0 cm

Fitness Pentathlon / Scoring the Tree Pose

Wii Tree Pose

Testing:


Rick 60
Greg 64 
Vanett 69
Beth 73
Lori 76
John 88

Fitness Pentathlon / Scoring the Machine Row

Machine Row

Testing:


Vanett 35
Greg 40
Beth 60
Rick 80
Lori 125
John 131

Fitness Pentathlon / Scoring the Lunge

Lunge

If you missed the earlier post on the Fitness Pentathlon it is here.  Feel free to join in.  Choose 1 particular discipline or try all of the events.  If you need help with picking an alternative exercise, I would be happy to help you with that too.   I plan on posting the ongoing scores of each of the disciplines during each weekday according to this schedule:

Monday- Lunge

Tuesday- Machine Row

Wednesday- Wii Yoga Tree Pose

Thursday- Modified Sit and Reach Test

Sunday- Cardiovascular Time & Winner

Lunge

Testing:


Greg 50
Beth 160
John 161
Rick 174
Vanett 174
Lori 180

Check back often, and please forward me any scores you would like posted.  I will update each discipline daily.  Good luck!

-Jason

2011 Kinetic Fitness Spring Pentathlon

Most of my clients know of, or participated in, the Kinetic Fitness 2010 Winter Decathlon.  The idea for the contest arose one morning when 2 clients were discussing what they could do to help pass the time of the long winter.  They decided that they should challenge each other on an exercise and use that training and drive to help pass the time.  They bantered back and forth between each other about which exercise the two of them should do, and ultimately they asked me what would be a fair exercise that wouldn't favor one person over the other.  I thought about it for a second and said,"Why choose just one?  Let's raise the bar on this idea and take it to 10 events."  From that point on the contest started taking shape and it ultimately grew into a contest many of my clients took part in.  Some wanted to do all of the events, and others only wanted to do a few.  What happened for everyone though was increased focus and fitness, and the winter did seem to pass much more quickly!  For this Spring I have brought back the contest, but I decided to keep the number of events smaller and the duration of the training shorter.

The Disciplines

1) Wii Yoga Tree Pose for score
2) Cardiovascular total time for the week
3) Stationary Lunges @ 15% of BW for maximum number of repetitions with both legs
4) Hammer Strength Machine Row @ 25% of BW for maximum number of repetitions
5) Modified Sit and Reach Test

Training Period-

Monday April 25th - Sunday May 22nd

Testing Period-

Monday May 23rd - Sunday May 29th

If you look at the five disciplines you will see that it will take a well rounded athlete to excel in this competition.  Everything from core strength, the Wii Yoga Tree Pose, to flexibility, the modified sit and reach test, is taxed.  I welcome everyone to join in and if you would like to try these events, but don't have the knowledge or access to complete them, then please contact me and I can offer explanations and alternatives.  Good luck!

-Jason