It all starts with the baseline. It’s a way to gauge fitness levels. Or, for me, a way to find out how out of shape I am. It consists of:
500m row
40 air squats
30 sit ups
20 pushups
10 pull ups
*Full disclosure: I couldn’t even do ONE pull up by myself. And FYI, having a 5-ft-nothing tall woman helping you heave yourself upwards to finish a set of 10 pushups is an exquisitely embarrassing situation.
I finished this baseline workout in 9 minutes and 37 seconds – and was only sore for the rest of the week!
Just a couple of the many quality burpees captured during the ski class.
A reminder to come in for yoga tonight at 7:30, with KC.
People have been asking us what’ s with this “test” that we have to take to join The Inner Circle Gym? People want to know more about it, what it is and why they should have to do it. First of all let me say it’s not a test, rather a physical assessment of you, on the day that you start training here. This is not pass or fail. Think of it as a starting point (or benchmark) that we will come back to, to see if you are making progress. Without taking measurements of your current fitness there is no way to know if you are improving. This is just one of the many benchmarks that we might use to evaluate your fitness. The other benchmarks will be chosen by you with help of the coaches based on your fitness goals. So there is no reason to be nervous, unless of course you don’t think you are going to get any better.
As for the Baseline it goes quick for most, usually less than eight minutes. The assessment involves the following, in this order and is timed:
500m row (on Concept 2 Rower)
40 Bodyweight Squats
30 Situps
20 Pushups
10 Pullups (most have used assistance from rubber banding)
So come on down and we’ll show you around the gym, and if you feel like it, take the Baseline. We’ll coach you on proper form for all of the movements before you start. You’ll get a taste of what most of our workouts are like down here. It has left all of our current members ready for more.
