The Drive Fitness Dead Lift Challenge: 29 October 2011

Our popular annual Bench Press Challenge over flowed our Seven Hills studio in 2011 with greater than 50 people lifting. The big question asked is, "why do we have a strength challenge for our chest and shoulders but not for our legs and back?". In response we have introduced the Dead Lift Challenge!

No other exercise challenges both the legs and back quite like the dead lift. The dead lift develops the muscles of the legs, glutes, back and core making it a great training exercise for everyone to include in their training program.

The first ever Dead Lift Challenge will operate very differently to our Bench Press Challenge format. It will be fast and furious testing endurance as well as power, strength and technique. We would like to see as many people involved as possible. It is not intended to be competitive, just a great opportunity to get together and put our fitness to the test. If you would like to be involved chat to your trainer next session! Full details below and more information to follow over the coming weeks.

• All participants are required to be in attendance by 8:30am for weigh in and warm up. Unfortunately due to the importance of the warm up if you are not there by 8:30am to allow adequate warm up time you will not be able to participate.
• Morning tea will be provided from 8:30am.
• Lifting will commence at 9:00am sharp with both the Men's and Women's events taking place at the same time. It is expected that the entire event including medal and trophy presentation will be concluded by 10:30am for both Men's and Women's.
• The Men's weight will start at 80kg and increase in 10kg increments and the Women's weight will start at 40kg and increase in 5kg increments.
• Participants will lift continually one after the other with only 20 seconds allowed to successfully complete a single lift.
• After everyone has attempted a lift at the weight a 1min rest will be allowed to increase the weight before the next round begins.
• When a participant is unable to successfully lift the weight in the allowed 20 seconds they are eliminated. The challenge continues until everyone is eliminated.
• Each participant's heaviest successfully lifted weight will be divided by their body weight to achieve their final score.
• Medals will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd in both Men's and Women's events and trophies will be awarded for the heaviest lift for both Men and Women.