Taking place on 25 March at JBR Beach, ‘The Armour Challenge’ event will see up to 500 athletes take on eight gruelling boot camp drills.

To qualify for this event, participants will engage a fitness test, made up of three drills, in a bid to place on an interactive leader board (see below explanation of the tests). ‘The Armour Challenge’ testing period will start on 14 February 2016 and run until mid-March 2016 at a selection of gyms across the UAE. Participants can also do the tests at home.

Explanation

One test, made up of 3 drills, with each drill starting immediately after the next.

Each athlete will have a total of 3 minutes to push themselves as hard as they can within each drill.

Each drill has a different exercise movement that athletes must complete in the below sequential order.

DRILL ONE

0-60 seconds. DRILL ONE.  PUSH UP HOLD.

Hold for a full minute, or until you break form, whichever comes first.

Your score will be the total number of seconds that the position was held in the first minute.

DRILL TWO

60 – 120 seconds. DRILL TWO.  BURPEE-JUMP-CLAP

Complete as many burpees as possible within the minute.

Your score will be the total number of repetitions achieved in the second minute.

DRILL THREE

120 – 180 seconds. DRILL THREE. 1M BROAD JUMP

Complete as many repetitions as possible within the minute.

Your score will be the total number of repetitions achieved in the third minute.

LEADERBOARD SCORING:

Once you have completed ALL 3 drills, your FINAL score will be calculated

based on the following:

Push up hold = 1 point per second

Burpee, jump, clap = 3 points per burpee

Broad jumps = 2 points per jump