Gym Challenges

[tomato]

Hi guys, i am trying to get some events going on in my gym in terms of entering events, outings or in gym challenges.

i was wondering if there are any suggestions you may have for in gym challenges or anything you have done before which worked well!

i am trying to get a variation of events which will capture the imagination, get people excited about training and get soem atmosphere in the place. i need some easy ones and also some challenging ones so everyone can get involved

cheers fellas

[samurai69]

apart from the normal powerlifting type moves

we used to do a farmers walk challenge 105kg for distance on a there and back circuit

also did a samson hold (cant remember the name again) for time

we also dis a power circuit for time.



all best times went on the whiteboard until someone else beat it


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[Cookie]

Box, vertical, broad jumps.

[tomato]

cheers fellas, ill try and get some interest,
i would really have to push for that kind of stuff when there is more interest and we have it stablished, most guys who lift weight ar more into it for vanity reasons, which is a shame

the other clientele are fitness orientated so im looking at running cycling swimming stairmill rower and maybe grappler, maybe body weigh challenges,burpess press ups dips etc and combinations of them

also the management seem to push in adfferent direction than me, they are a bit shy of hard challenges...... they think it will scare people off.

[samurai69]

what about a cross the channel row or a climb the mattahorn or run a marathon type challeng on the rower/stepper/treadmill

we did one with nato in portugal

where they rowed the channel, climbed the height of K1 and cycled 1 leg of the tour defrance



raised some money for "help for heroes" too



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[Cookie]

what about a cross the channel row or a climb the mattahorn or run a marathon type challeng on the rower/stepper/treadmill

we did one with nato in portugal

where they rowed the channel, climbed the height of K1 and cycled 1 leg of the tour defrance

raised some money for "help for heroes" too

I like the concept behind those & the added incentive of doing it for a good cause I think would inspire some people who normally would not attempt any form of challenge to step up & have a go

[tomato]

what about a cross the channel row or a climb the mattahorn or run a marathon type challeng on the rower/stepper/treadmill

we did one with nato in portugal

where they rowed the channel, climbed the height of K1 and cycled 1 leg of the tour defrance



raised some money for "help for heroes" too



.

i have looked at a few of those and they look the most promising. ive got the distance of the channel and some rivers, the heights and number of stories for buildings and the height of some mountaisn aswell. I think having a target based on a physiacl object which people can recognise, works better for most people. i wioll keep plugging away and see what the management have to say!