We decided to change it up a bit and substituted burpees for the push-up portion this time and will continue that route for now. Burpees are measured in max reps in 2 minutes, just as the push-ups were and the sit-ups are.
Below are our numbers. As always, participant's age is next to their name, change from last quarter in black and overall from the beginning in red.
Burpees (38) (NA) (NA)
Sit-up - 76 (+16) (+36)
Broad Jump - 81" (+1) (0")
Sit & Reach - .375" (-.625") (-.25")
Mile - 7:16 (+:26) (-1:14)
Kellan (14):
Burpees - 33 (NA) (NA)
Sit-up - 80 (+9) (+32)
Broad Jump - 65" (+5") (+10.75")
Sit & Reach - .75" (+.5") (-.75")
Mile - 7:03 (-:29) (-2:56)
Thoughts:
Burpees were rough. I'm always amazed at how hard they get after about 20 reps.
I was not feeling the mile this day at all. It was really hard on me for some reason, and I felt a little ill during it. I stayed home the next day was congestion and sneezing, so maybe that was a factor in it, although the other events didn't seem to suffer.
My broad jump and flexibility have been pretty static from the very beginning, not sure why.
Kellan is improving rapidly. Being a growing teenager hitting puberty probably doesn't hurt, but he is also a pretty focused and disciplined young man. Way more than I was at his age, that's for sure. His mile time his the fastest to date, beating the time he posted at the track and field regionals a week prior by 2 seconds.
