Ahh the first Tuesday of the month. Fitness testing time on the bootcamp calendar. The BCQ (Bootcamp Qatar) Fitness Test is really just a way for participants to measure their progress if they join for more than one month (and the vast majority do). The difference between one score and another after a few weeks of training.
The fitness test has evolved from the time we first started and just measured a 300yard run (yards not metres for this one), 1 minute of push ups and 1 minute of press ups. We now do this and more including squats, lunges, and burpees.
As each of the tests is maximal (i.e. you are pushing yourself to your limits) it is a tough session in itself even though there is plenty of rest too.
The 300 yard test is a standard US (hence the yards) of anaerobic fitness. We didn’t adapt it (i.e. convert to metres) because there is some data out there on the yards test to compare yourself with.
At BCQ we have seen some amazing improvements and we hope they keep on coming.
