Work Olympics
We had a mini "olympics" at work today where we formed teams of ~6 and participated in a number of events.
Softball diamond run: 13.5 seconds
Running in VFFs around a muddy softball field is tough.
Max step-ups in one minute: 61
Step-ups were done on a tiny bench. From watching others, I expected these to be tough and ended up over-pacing myself in the beginning. A shame, as the record for the day was 70 and I have no doubt I could've crushed that if I realized how easy these actually were.
T run: 6.2 seconds
Run ~10 yards forward to a central cone, 90 degree turn to the right and go ~5 yards to the right cone, turn around run ~10 yards to the left cone, turn around again and return ~5 yards to the center cone. VFFs in the grass made this tough as well, but apparently 6.2 seconds was a very good time for this event.
Wheelbarrow race: 20 seconds (I was holding the legs)
I just held the legs and encouraged the guy to go as fast as he could.
Max standing twists handing off a 4kg medicine ball in one minute: 34
The weight was light, so this was primarily limited by how smoothly you can hand off the ball. We dropped it once, but did well overall.
Basketball run & score in 2 minutes: 46 points
The team is split into two groups, each group is given a basketball and starts at opposite ends of the (small) court. You are given 2 minutes and the goal is to run to the opposite end of the court and score a basket, at which point the next person in line on that side of the court grabs the ball and goes back the other way. Our team apparently scored the most points of the day.
We had a mini "olympics" at work today where we formed teams of ~6 and participated in a number of events.
Softball diamond run: 13.5 seconds
Running in VFFs around a muddy softball field is tough.
Max step-ups in one minute: 61
Step-ups were done on a tiny bench. From watching others, I expected these to be tough and ended up over-pacing myself in the beginning. A shame, as the record for the day was 70 and I have no doubt I could've crushed that if I realized how easy these actually were.
T run: 6.2 seconds
Run ~10 yards forward to a central cone, 90 degree turn to the right and go ~5 yards to the right cone, turn around run ~10 yards to the left cone, turn around again and return ~5 yards to the center cone. VFFs in the grass made this tough as well, but apparently 6.2 seconds was a very good time for this event.
Wheelbarrow race: 20 seconds (I was holding the legs)
I just held the legs and encouraged the guy to go as fast as he could.
Max standing twists handing off a 4kg medicine ball in one minute: 34
The weight was light, so this was primarily limited by how smoothly you can hand off the ball. We dropped it once, but did well overall.
Basketball run & score in 2 minutes: 46 points
The team is split into two groups, each group is given a basketball and starts at opposite ends of the (small) court. You are given 2 minutes and the goal is to run to the opposite end of the court and score a basket, at which point the next person in line on that side of the court grabs the ball and goes back the other way. Our team apparently scored the most points of the day.