This guy tried the FBI fitness test which didn't actually look that hard to me. I'm a runner who lifts once a week and I know I could crush this workout.
Even more importantly, some guy that runs 2 miles a week managed to pass this same test.
How is it possible that some dude that does crossfit 5 days a week can't pass a basic fitness test???
Well you see crossfit doesn't get you even basically fit. Hope that clears things up.
I could do at least 20 points. Age 60. The 300m scoring was out of wack. Even at my peak fitness (55 400), sub-45 even in spikes on a track was an effort. On grass, no way. Whereas 1.5 miles in 10 minutes is a joke by comparison.
XFIT FLABBY wrote:
This guy tried the FBI fitness test which didn't actually look that hard to me. I'm a runner who lifts once a week and I know I could crush this workout.
Even more importantly, some guy that runs 2 miles a week managed to pass this same test.
How is it possible that some dude that does crossfit 5 days a week can't pass a basic fitness test???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSs1Bob3aU
I'll call your bluff. Film yourself "crushing it", and post YouTube link here. I'll be waiting.
Crossfit is good training for Crossfit contests. Just like running is good for running races.
InjuryFit. These are the same guys who end up with a bad knee, back, wrist etc by about 25.
Xfit guy seemed really upset with himself. Probably thinking "I spend how much money on my workouts, and am getting beaten by these nobodies."
XFIT FLABBY wrote:
This guy tried the FBI fitness test which didn't actually look that hard to me. I'm a runner who lifts once a week and I know I could crush this workout.
Even more importantly, some guy that runs 2 miles a week managed to pass this same test.
How is it possible that some dude that does crossfit 5 days a week can't pass a basic fitness test???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSs1Bob3aU
What struck me is the feminization of the average male these days - well, assuming this group is representative of the average male.
XFIT FLABBY wrote:
This guy tried the FBI fitness test which didn't actually look that hard to me. I'm a runner who lifts once a week and I know I could crush this workout.
Even more importantly, some guy that runs 2 miles a week managed to pass this same test.
How is it possible that some dude that does crossfit 5 days a week can't pass a basic fitness test???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSs1Bob3aU
The guy was a baller. The 300-meter course had an 180-degree turn and the grass was very uneven. Very unfair. The 1.5 mile course was extremely hilly. He kicked butt in the other 2 events. Where were the burpees or the Kippings?
TUE Tuesday wrote:
I could do at least 20 points. Age 60. The 300m scoring was out of wack. Even at my peak fitness (55 400), sub-45 even in spikes on a track was an effort. On grass, no way. Whereas 1.5 miles in 10 minutes is a joke by comparison.
55 for 400 but struggled to do sub 45 for 300?
Your final 100 must have been amazing!
Chewbaccca wrote:
XFIT FLABBY wrote:This guy tried the FBI fitness test which didn't actually look that hard to me. I'm a runner who lifts once a week and I know I could crush this workout.
Even more importantly, some guy that runs 2 miles a week managed to pass this same test.
How is it possible that some dude that does crossfit 5 days a week can't pass a basic fitness test???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSs1Bob3aUThe guy was a baller. The 300-meter course had an 180-degree turn and the grass was very uneven. Very unfair. The 1.5 mile course was extremely hilly. He kicked butt in the other 2 events. Where were the burpees or the Kippings?
Um, coping with those two things are part of being fit and fair to everyone.
Mediocresprinter wrote:
TUE Tuesday wrote:I could do at least 20 points. Age 60. The 300m scoring was out of wack. Even at my peak fitness (55 400), sub-45 even in spikes on a track was an effort. On grass, no way. Whereas 1.5 miles in 10 minutes is a joke by comparison.
55 for 400 but struggled to do sub 45 for 300?
Your final 100 must have been amazing!
Dude - you went through 300 (at steady pace) in 41.25 on your 400 but you struggle to break 45 in a 300?
Pants on fire wrote:
XFIT FLABBY wrote:This guy tried the FBI fitness test which didn't actually look that hard to me. I'm a runner who lifts once a week and I know I could crush this workout.
Even more importantly, some guy that runs 2 miles a week managed to pass this same test.
How is it possible that some dude that does crossfit 5 days a week can't pass a basic fitness test???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSs1Bob3aUI'll call your bluff. Film yourself "crushing it", and post YouTube link here. I'll be waiting.
Are you seriously suggesting this is hard? Did you even watch this?
The xfit girl in this test didn't do much better. At least she passed.... Barely.
She has a cute face though so I give her bonus points for that.
I said it was an "effort", as in faster than my 800m race pace (2:05). 55.8 was the peak of my fitness, most of the year I was in 58-59 shape while doing mileage, and I was still one of the faster master's runners at the time (national level). Comparing 45.0 to 10:15 for 1.5 miles (6:48/mile pace) is very skewed, especially for guys off the street who might jog a few times/week, but never do extended sprints. And don't get me started on those lame-ass pushups!
Debbie Dddddd wrote:
Mediocresprinter wrote:55 for 400 but struggled to do sub 45 for 300?
Your final 100 must have been amazing!
Dude - you went through 300 (at steady pace) in 41.25 on your 400 but you struggle to break 45 in a 300?
XFIT FLABBY wrote:
This guy tried the FBI fitness test which didn't actually look that hard to me. I'm a runner who lifts once a week and I know I could crush this workout.
Even more importantly, some guy that runs 2 miles a week managed to pass this same test.
How is it possible that some dude that does crossfit 5 days a week can't pass a basic fitness test???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSs1Bob3aU
Because crossfit "guy" is a girl!
There didn't seem to be much T levels going on with that sample of everyday dudes.
TUE Tuesday wrote:
I could do at least 20 points. Age 60. The 300m scoring was out of wack. Even at my peak fitness (55 400), sub-45 even in spikes on a track was an effort. On grass, no way. Whereas 1.5 miles in 10 minutes is a joke by comparison.
I don't think they are out of whack.
A 45 300 is harder than a 10 minute 1.5 mile, but this isn't a decathlon where every event is supposed to be weighted equally.
I would assume that when chasing a perp, your going to catch him in the first 300, or your not going to catch him. Therefore a 300 meter sprint is more important to the FBI is more important than a 1.5 mile run, and the standard is higher.
The 1.5 mile is probably thrown in there as a test of general fitness so they don't spend a bunch of time and money training a fat slob whose gonna keel over and die at 30.
Wow you could pass just by doing the bare minimum and then running the 1.5 under 9 minutes. In between this and mile times needed for an A in schools the skill of running has really become devalued.
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