#FitnessChallenge Day 14 was a Monday Morning Grind with our coach Sian Flanagan @ Mission Fitness
Sled Push
Ball Lunges
Burpies
Bosu Ball Pushups and Legups
Yearly Archives: 2016
So you want to get into shape? Well, what exactly does that mean? The concept of fitness is as frustrating as it is noisy and confusing. The wrong fitness path For most of us, we’ve committed to getting fit for all the wrong reasons. We’ve seen Hollywood celebrities parading around their rock hard and well-formed bodies and we’ve dreamt of being just like them. We’ve let the over photoshopped, over marketed perception of fitness persuade us into thinking that we aren’t...
#FitnessChallenge Day 5: Canadian Armed Forces #FitnessTest
Always make sure you #stretch and have nothing in your teeth before doing a sprint.
Day 7 of the #FitnessChallenge put us threw pt 2 of the Canadian Armed Forces #FitnessTest. Now we have our benchmark…
#Hustle #TooSlow #Respect #Goofy #Goodtimes
- Sandbag Lift: 30 consecutive lifts of a 20 kilogram sandbag above a height of 1 metre, alternating between left and right sandbags separated by 1.25 metres. Standard: 3 minutes 30 seconds.
- Intermittent Loaded Shuttles: Using the 20 metre lines, complete ten 20 metre shuttles alternating between a loaded shuttle with a 20 kilogram sand bag and unloaded shuttles, for a total of 400 metres. Standard: 5 minutes 21 seconds.
- 20-Metre Rushes: Starting from prone, complete two 20 metre shuttle sprints dropping to a prone position every 10 metres, for a total of 80 metres. Standard: 51 seconds.
- Sandbag Drag: Carry one 20 kilogram sandbag and pull four on the floor over 20 metres without stopping. Standard: Complete without stopping.
The fat trap Why do we allow ourselves to fall into the trap of being unhealthy, unfit blobs? How do we get sucked into the cycle of being inactive, screen starring, coach potatoes? Well, because it’s easy, indulgent, and a lot more fun. After all, who doesn’t want to have a fatty cheeseburger, some beer and wings or Netflix, ice-cream, and chill? All of those things are awesome! The problem, of course, is a matter of balance, or I should say, the...
I came to the realization recently that my whole world has basically started and stopped in my own backyard. I grew up here in Canada, I have mostly Canadian friends and everything I know about my life has basically been developed through the lens of North American pop culture (thank you Simpsons, John Hughes, and Alt Rock music). This may seem fine and pretty normal for our culture but when you realize that Canada and the United States collectively only...
