My Starting Blocks Challenge
Carl Fanning is raising money for Dame Kelly Holmes Trust
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The inspiration for doing this challenge was following an event I attended last year which was the very first PerformX leisure and sporting event specifically targeted at the major brands, influential owners and individuals in that sector which was held at the famous Loughborough University. One of the talks was from Richard Snook who explained what the Starting Block Challenge was and what the charity was all about, which is giving young people equal opportunity to be the best version of themselves. Since then Richard and I have remained in touch with him doing his own 80 mile bike ride challange.
For some young people they don’t get the opportunity or inspiration to unlock their potential and the Starting Block Challenge has been launched to help provide those opportunities and the chance to attend a day of transformational mentoring with World Class Athletes, as well as other supportive opportunities.
What is the Starting Block Challenge though?? Well the idea is to remember the one influential person, event or moment that has inspired you to become who and what you are today, work out where location wise you were at the time and where you are now and work out the distance. Then choose your sport and complete that distance, this can be in one go or over a period of time. All in the aid of charity to give other younger people the opportunity to unlock their own potential.
SO………. for my challenge I wanted to be different (no surprise there I hear you say!) majority of people are either running, walking, swimming or cycling and I decided I have already run marathons, triathlons etc., and it made sense to try and incorporate my love of the gym. But how was I going to cover 48 miles from where I live now to the gym where I decided to start training religiously???
48 reps of any exercise is not a challenge so how can I change that distance in to reps? Well my bench press distance measured by wrist to chest is circa 20 inches, 20 inches in to 48 miles is 152,000 reps!!
That is not going to happen so how can I incorporate bench and distance?? Keeping with the 20 inches rep distance and then utilise that to 20kg barbell, and 20kg weight either side (total 60) works out at 2,534 reps which seems a more achievable figure.
For some young people they don’t get the opportunity or inspiration to unlock their potential and the Starting Block Challenge has been launched to help provide those opportunities and the chance to attend a day of transformational mentoring with World Class Athletes, as well as other supportive opportunities.
What is the Starting Block Challenge though?? Well the idea is to remember the one influential person, event or moment that has inspired you to become who and what you are today, work out where location wise you were at the time and where you are now and work out the distance. Then choose your sport and complete that distance, this can be in one go or over a period of time. All in the aid of charity to give other younger people the opportunity to unlock their own potential.
SO………. for my challenge I wanted to be different (no surprise there I hear you say!) majority of people are either running, walking, swimming or cycling and I decided I have already run marathons, triathlons etc., and it made sense to try and incorporate my love of the gym. But how was I going to cover 48 miles from where I live now to the gym where I decided to start training religiously???
48 reps of any exercise is not a challenge so how can I change that distance in to reps? Well my bench press distance measured by wrist to chest is circa 20 inches, 20 inches in to 48 miles is 152,000 reps!!
That is not going to happen so how can I incorporate bench and distance?? Keeping with the 20 inches rep distance and then utilise that to 20kg barbell, and 20kg weight either side (total 60) works out at 2,534 reps which seems a more achievable figure.