A Little Competition

I was going to just post this on my training log, but I thought maybe some other people would like to participate. There are several of us going to do a small competition. The events are as follows

Day 1
Vertical jump
Standing broad jump
250# sled drag - distance
Pull-up hang - time
50 yd car push - time

Day 2
Triple jump
185# deadlift - reps in 2 min
Dip support - time
40 yard dash
Basketball throw
Tire Flips - reps in 1 min

We have selected these events because they are basic, something you can’t cheat and an overall good test of strength and athletic ability.

We are not claiming to be anything special just doing this for fun and thought others might want to try. We will post pictures and video of some events. Let us know how you do and if you have any questions ask. July 8th and 10 are when we will be doing this.

Defining the events;
The first two events are self explained.
The sled is homemade so there will be obvious variations if you pull your own sled. mark the distance when the sled stops moving no pausing or rest.
Pull-up hang will be on 1" dia rings homemade.
Dip support will be on the rings as well.
Car pushed is a 2003 Grand AM.
Triple jump on grass no pit, look it up.
Basketball throw is regulation men’s thrown however you wish.
Tire weighs approx. 275#

Good luck
Let the games begin!

[quote]IC3ROCKS wrote:
I was going to just post this on my training log, but I thought maybe some other people would like to participate. There are several of us going to do a small competition. The events are as follows

Day 1
Vertical jump
Standing broad jump
250# sled drag - distance
Pull-up hang - time
50 yd car push - time

Day 2
Triple jump
185# deadlift - reps in 2 min
Dip support - time
40 yard dash
Basketball throw
Tire Flips - reps in 1 min

We have selected these events because they are basic, something you can’t cheat and an overall good test of strength and athletic ability.

We are not claiming to be anything special just doing this for fun and thought others might want to try. We will post pictures and video of some events. Let us know how you do and if you have any questions ask. July 8th and 10 are when we will be doing this.

Defining the events;
The first two events are self explained.
The sled is homemade so there will be obvious variations if you pull your own sled. mark the distance when the sled stops moving no pausing or rest.
Pull-up hang will be on 1" dia rings homemade.
Dip support will be on the rings as well.
Car pushed is a 2003 Grand AM.
Triple jump on grass no pit, look it up.
Basketball throw is regulation men’s thrown however you wish.
Tire weighs approx. 275#

Good luck
Let the games begin!

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Good luck with your competition!

TRAIN HARD

“BIG WILLIE” J.T. HALL

Looks like fun.

You will need to put some sort of a time limit on the sled drag. Otherwise, if I were competing in your competition, I would pull as far as possible, than lie down and take a nap. Then get up and pull some more. Then repeat.

[quote]malonetd wrote:
You will need to put some sort of a time limit on the sled drag. Otherwise, if I were competing in your competition, I would pull as far as possible, than lie down and take a nap. Then get up and pull some more. Then repeat.[/quote]

You’d need to eat at some point.

[quote]Modi wrote:
malonetd wrote:
You will need to put some sort of a time limit on the sled drag. Otherwise, if I were competing in your competition, I would pull as far as possible, than lie down and take a nap. Then get up and pull some more. Then repeat.

You’d need to eat at some point.[/quote]

So I go eat and come back and pull. I don’t see a rule that says I can’t leave the pulling area.

I know I’m purposefully being a dick, but that’s why there needs to be clearly defined rules for things like this. You never know who will find the loophole.

Let me know how far anyone gets the basketball toss, I had to do something similar only on my knees and I couldn’t pass a certain line and some other weird restrictions I got over 100ft pretty easily curious to know how you do it.

[quote]malonetd wrote:
Modi wrote:
malonetd wrote:
You will need to put some sort of a time limit on the sled drag. Otherwise, if I were competing in your competition, I would pull as far as possible, than lie down and take a nap. Then get up and pull some more. Then repeat.

You’d need to eat at some point.

So I go eat and come back and pull. I don’t see a rule that says I can’t leave the pulling area.

I know I’m purposefully being a dick, but that’s why there needs to be clearly defined rules for things like this. You never know who will find the loophole.[/quote]

Why not just bring the food with you to begin with, that will save all the walking in and out of the pulling area.

Actually I thought it was a good catch.

You could do any of the following:

A) One constant pull until the sled comes to a stop.
B) The furthest pull in a certain time frame.
C) A certain distance in the least amount of time.

I think one constant pull until the sled comes to a stop would be the best.

[quote]IC3ROCKS wrote:
mark the distance when the sled stops moving no pausing or rest.
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Yes after a constant pull when the sled stops from a continuous forward motion.

Doesn’t the sled stop after every step?

Not if your doing it right, I guess if you get enough weight on there it would be really hard to get any momentum. But with 250# it is not a problem.

Sounds fun, but 185lb deadlift?

[quote]Kalle wrote:
Sounds fun, but 185lb deadlift? [/quote]

I bet you’d get winded after 50 or 60 of them…

Sorry none of us our big deadlifters. That will be my worst event I bet. Do it and let us know how many you do!

Day 1 complete

Brad-168
Vert. 26.75"
Broad jump 9.81’
Sled drag 234’10" or 78.3yds
Pull-up hang 2:01.69
50yd car push 26.78

West-154
Vert. 27"
Broad jump 9.83’
Sled drag 215’5" or 71.8yds
Pull-up hang 2:31.25
50yd car push 31.06

Alright the standard has been set instead of bashing us do the events in order and post your numbers. Like I said before this is a benchmark for myself I want to measure myself now and see where I am at later.

ROCK

Has anyone pulled a sled for a max distance? I was wondering how far anyone trains with it. Most I find is between 30-60 feet.

[quote]IC3ROCKS wrote:
Sorry none of us our big deadlifters. That will be my worst event I bet. Do it and let us know how many you do![/quote]

touch and go or pause each rep?

are suits or straps allowed? KIDDING!

I’ll do it tomorrow.

I haven’t tried doing a sled pull for max distance, I don’t like doing anything over 120 seconds really.

I think a 250lb sled could be pulled at least 300+ feet before my legs cramped up or hack a lung onto the sidewalk.

Not sure though as I always train on a tire sled and the extra friction makes it different.

[quote]IC3ROCKS wrote:

Alright the standard has been set instead of bashing us do the events in order and post your numbers. Like I said before this is a benchmark for myself I want to measure myself now and see where I am at later.

ROCK

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I was never bashing you I just think any slighly trained male should be able to do rep s with 225+ I mean how many reps are you guys planning to hit 20+ thats silly.

Don’t shortchange yourself.

Touch and go we are going for max number of reps possible in 2 minutes. you can go as slow or fast as you want to. good luck I look forward to seeing want others can do.

you are probably right that weight is light, but the guys I expect to do this with me are far less trained than myself. They would be around 10 reps with 225.