Fun and Fitness: Test your might
So you think you're jacked eh? Now's your chance to prove it.
Thursday, November 29 marks the 11th Annual Fanshawe College Strength Challenge. The Strength Challenge is run in the Fanshawe Fitness Centre by Fitness 101 staff and Fitness and Health Promotion Students. We've had plenty of opportunity throughout the years to revamp the entire challenge and bring it to a standard that we are satisfied with. In fact, the challenge held a few years ago was such a success that it has been argued as being the best Strength Challenge of all time. This year's event promises to be an even bigger hit!
The Challenge is split up into weight divisions: light and heavyweight men, as well as light and heavyweight women. Each entrant is required to do four separate exercises. The first two exercises are strength tests: bench press and single leg press.
- For male bench press, 10 reps using 1.2x your body weight will earn you 10 points.
- For female bench press, 10 reps using 0.85-times your body weight will earn you 10 points.
- For male single leg press, 10 reps using two times your body weight will earn you 10 points.
- For female single leg press, 10 reps using 1.25x your body weight will earn you 10 points. The second two exercises are endurance type tests: Pull Ups and Dumbbell Lateral Hold.
- For male pull-ups, 15 reps using your own bodyweight with an overhand grip will earn you 15 points.
- For female pull-ups, 15 reps using 60 per cent of your bodyweight on the gravitron machine will earn you 15 points. Extra points will be awarded for any additional pull-ups completed.
- For male dumbbell lateral hold, holding up 10 per cent of your bodyweight for two minutes will earn you a maximum of 24 points.
- For female dumbbell lateral hold, holding up five per cent of your body weight for two minutes will earn you a maximum of 24 points.
- All contestants are awarded one point for every five seconds they manage to hold the lateral dumbbell raise.
Spartan Nutrition has been kind enough to sponsor the entire event and will be in attendance from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., putting on a supplement demo for all. Prizes include specially designed shirts, protein powders, protein bars and trophies for top honours in light and heavyweight men, as well as light and heavyweight women.
Register at Fitness 101 - J building. Entry fee for Fitness 101 members is $5 and $10 for non-members. Testing time for the challenge will be done between the hours of 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. All contestants will be tested individually on a time of their desire (between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.). So if you're worried about it being an event where all competitors and members are watching each other, let a deep sigh of relief fly, because that's not the case. The awards ceremony will be between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. immediately after the testing has come to an end.
So why not make it a challenge to yourself to see how well your strength performance is according to your current weight. Lots of people are already getting geared up for the Strength Challenge as of the past few weeks.
Thursday, November 29 marks the 11th Annual Fanshawe College Strength Challenge. The Strength Challenge is run in the Fanshawe Fitness Centre by Fitness 101 staff and Fitness and Health Promotion Students. We've had plenty of opportunity throughout the years to revamp the entire challenge and bring it to a standard that we are satisfied with. In fact, the challenge held a few years ago was such a success that it has been argued as being the best Strength Challenge of all time. This year's event promises to be an even bigger hit!
The Challenge is split up into weight divisions: light and heavyweight men, as well as light and heavyweight women. Each entrant is required to do four separate exercises. The first two exercises are strength tests: bench press and single leg press.
- For male bench press, 10 reps using 1.2x your body weight will earn you 10 points.
- For female bench press, 10 reps using 0.85-times your body weight will earn you 10 points.
- For male single leg press, 10 reps using two times your body weight will earn you 10 points.
- For female single leg press, 10 reps using 1.25x your body weight will earn you 10 points. The second two exercises are endurance type tests: Pull Ups and Dumbbell Lateral Hold.
- For male pull-ups, 15 reps using your own bodyweight with an overhand grip will earn you 15 points.
- For female pull-ups, 15 reps using 60 per cent of your bodyweight on the gravitron machine will earn you 15 points. Extra points will be awarded for any additional pull-ups completed.
- For male dumbbell lateral hold, holding up 10 per cent of your bodyweight for two minutes will earn you a maximum of 24 points.
- For female dumbbell lateral hold, holding up five per cent of your body weight for two minutes will earn you a maximum of 24 points.
- All contestants are awarded one point for every five seconds they manage to hold the lateral dumbbell raise.
Spartan Nutrition has been kind enough to sponsor the entire event and will be in attendance from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., putting on a supplement demo for all. Prizes include specially designed shirts, protein powders, protein bars and trophies for top honours in light and heavyweight men, as well as light and heavyweight women.
Register at Fitness 101 - J building. Entry fee for Fitness 101 members is $5 and $10 for non-members. Testing time for the challenge will be done between the hours of 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. All contestants will be tested individually on a time of their desire (between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.). So if you're worried about it being an event where all competitors and members are watching each other, let a deep sigh of relief fly, because that's not the case. The awards ceremony will be between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. immediately after the testing has come to an end.
So why not make it a challenge to yourself to see how well your strength performance is according to your current weight. Lots of people are already getting geared up for the Strength Challenge as of the past few weeks.
