This past July, I competed in the Women's Tri-Fitness Competition that was held in Las Vegas, NV. Over 200 athletes from all around the world joined together to compete in this ultimate fitness experience. There are three components to the Tri-Fitness Competition: grace & physique/fitness routine, obstacle course and fitness skills (box jumps, bench pressing and a shuttle run). These events test all althlete's strength, flexibility, endurance, agility, power and all areas of fitness.
The first event is grace & physique. The athlete is judged based on: grace and poise presentation, symmetry, overall firmness and overall appearence.
The second event is a fitness routine event. Athletes are judged based on: strength moves, flexibility, choreography, endurance, overall presentation, enthusiasm and appearence.
Fitness skills are next. Box jumps are the first event. Athletes are required to jump on an 20 inch box fifty times as fast as they can. Athletes strive for a score of 34 seconds. Next comes bench pressing. Athletes bench 60% of their body weight. A perfect score is 50 reps. Third, is the shuttle run. Ten bean bags are placed 20 ft from a square riser. The athlete is timed as they run and grab each bag and place it in the riser.
The obstacle course comes next. The obstacle course consists of a 10 ft wall, a 15 ft. running grid, 16 incline-decline monkey bars, a balance beam, a 15 ft. cargo net, a shuttle run, 3 hurdles, a steeple chase box, an under bar and an over bar. Idealy the athlete wants to complete the course in under a minute.
For all of the events athletes are categorized by age. Weight is only considered for the bench pressing component. In addition, the east coast and the west coast compete against each other. In the end, which ever coast has the more successful athletes for each event wins. This year the east coast won in every category.
The first event is grace & physique. The athlete is judged based on: grace and poise presentation, symmetry, overall firmness and overall appearence.
The second event is a fitness routine event. Athletes are judged based on: strength moves, flexibility, choreography, endurance, overall presentation, enthusiasm and appearence.
Fitness skills are next. Box jumps are the first event. Athletes are required to jump on an 20 inch box fifty times as fast as they can. Athletes strive for a score of 34 seconds. Next comes bench pressing. Athletes bench 60% of their body weight. A perfect score is 50 reps. Third, is the shuttle run. Ten bean bags are placed 20 ft from a square riser. The athlete is timed as they run and grab each bag and place it in the riser.
The obstacle course comes next. The obstacle course consists of a 10 ft wall, a 15 ft. running grid, 16 incline-decline monkey bars, a balance beam, a 15 ft. cargo net, a shuttle run, 3 hurdles, a steeple chase box, an under bar and an over bar. Idealy the athlete wants to complete the course in under a minute.
For all of the events athletes are categorized by age. Weight is only considered for the bench pressing component. In addition, the east coast and the west coast compete against each other. In the end, which ever coast has the more successful athletes for each event wins. This year the east coast won in every category.
How fascinating! Keep up the great work on the blog and with your fitness!
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