Yesterday was our first team fitness test. As we neared Montreal our stomachs started churning faster and faster... we were so unsure of what to expect. Thankfully it wasn't nearly so scary as we imagined. The test consisted of a weigh-in, followed by chin-ups, lactic bench press (45lbs) and 500m on the erg. Each exercise had a max time limit of 2 minutes, with a 2 minute rest in between. Happy to say that G & I did pretty dang well, even though we underestimated ourselves on the chinups and used a hefty resistance band to assist. We've been training on the chin-up machine at the gym... but after seeing our teammates use the bands it became clear that the machine forces us to use a whole different muscle set and does not allow for any swing or similar momentum. Since it was our first time using the bands, and we didn't want to totally embarass ourselves (or repeat G's earlier foiled attempt which ended very much like she was a deer strung up in a tree, much to my intial amusement until i realized she wasn't actually kidding, despite the fits of giggles, and did need my help getting disentangled) we went with the biggest ones. On the bench press I think we both started too fast out of the gate and fizzled out as we got into the second minute. The moral of the story: go with lighter bands and do a better job of pacing ourselves on the bench press... but hey, live and learn right?
Anyway.. our scores/times? The weight part we'll keep to ourselves thank-you-very-much. But chinups/bench-press/erg are as follows. G - 7/51/1:56. L - 12/52/1:43 (the fastest time and a new team record apparently.. holy shit, yahoo!). It was awesome to see everyone give their all, not to mention the encouragement and support everyone gave and received. It's so amazing to be part of this team - and we were definitely inspired to reach higher. Some of these ladies are SIZZLIN'! We're super super thrilled at how we did and are totally energized to hit Week 5 with renewed purpose and a notch more intensity.
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