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SEALs offer fitness challenge event
By CHRISTINA ROWLAND/ Staff Writer
The ultimate test of fitness is different for everyone. Some judge it by the amount one can bench press. For others, it is measured by how long it takes to complete a marathon.
On May 9, people will have another way to test their fitness; they can take the Navy Seal Fitness Challenge at the Keller ISD Natatorium.
The Navy Seals will be on hand during Saturday’s event to promote fitness.
“It’s great to come out and show a face to the community,” said Tucker Bell, Special War Combat-craft Crewman (SWCC). “Not many people know a Navy Seal or SWCC.”
The event gives people the chance to put a face with the Navy elite that they have always heard about. Two of the elite, Tucker Bell and Ken Greaves, are actually from the Dallas area and are taking this chance to come home and tell people about what they do.
“This is a chance to pull back the curtain and let people meet us,” said Jason Torey, chief of Special Warfare Operations.
Not only do the SEALs want to introduce themselves, but they also want to introduce fitness. The challenge consists of five physical fitness areas and are very similar to the initial physical fitness test someone must take to be considered for a SEAL.
There is a 500-yard swim, two-minute push up test, two-minute sit up test, as many pull-ups as one can do and a one-and-a-half mile run to complete the challenge. To complete the events in SEAL time would take the following standards: the swim would be completed in 12 ½ minutes, 42 pushups in two minutes, 50 sit ups in two minutes, six pull ups with no time limit and a one and a half mile run in under 11 minutes.
The test is meant to challenge everyone. Anyone over age 13 is invited to signup online for a time slot and come out Saturday and participate. All persons under 18 will need a signed wavier by parents to compete.
Bell said in training for his test he did lots of running and swimming. He said that most people find the swimming section difficult, but that “efficiency is everything.”
Proper swimming will not exhaust people.
Everyone who completes the test will receive a shirt and those whose completion times rank in the top will receive medals.
To complete the challenge is free and registration can be completed online at www.sealfitnesschallenge.com. Rankings for the top times of the day will be posted on site and additional rankings across the country can be viewed on the website.
The Seals started the event in November 2007 and have since then traveled across the county with the event. They want the event not only to attract competitive people that want to test their skills, but also families. The U.S. Navy Parachute team, the Leap Frogs, will be on hand doing live demonstrations at 9 a.m. Saturday and noon at the event site.
On May 9, people will have another way to test their fitness; they can take the Navy Seal Fitness Challenge at the Keller ISD Natatorium.
The Navy Seals will be on hand during Saturday’s event to promote fitness.
“It’s great to come out and show a face to the community,” said Tucker Bell, Special War Combat-craft Crewman (SWCC). “Not many people know a Navy Seal or SWCC.”
The event gives people the chance to put a face with the Navy elite that they have always heard about. Two of the elite, Tucker Bell and Ken Greaves, are actually from the Dallas area and are taking this chance to come home and tell people about what they do.
“This is a chance to pull back the curtain and let people meet us,” said Jason Torey, chief of Special Warfare Operations.
Not only do the SEALs want to introduce themselves, but they also want to introduce fitness. The challenge consists of five physical fitness areas and are very similar to the initial physical fitness test someone must take to be considered for a SEAL.
There is a 500-yard swim, two-minute push up test, two-minute sit up test, as many pull-ups as one can do and a one-and-a-half mile run to complete the challenge. To complete the events in SEAL time would take the following standards: the swim would be completed in 12 ½ minutes, 42 pushups in two minutes, 50 sit ups in two minutes, six pull ups with no time limit and a one and a half mile run in under 11 minutes.
The test is meant to challenge everyone. Anyone over age 13 is invited to signup online for a time slot and come out Saturday and participate. All persons under 18 will need a signed wavier by parents to compete.
Bell said in training for his test he did lots of running and swimming. He said that most people find the swimming section difficult, but that “efficiency is everything.”
Proper swimming will not exhaust people.
Everyone who completes the test will receive a shirt and those whose completion times rank in the top will receive medals.
To complete the challenge is free and registration can be completed online at www.sealfitnesschallenge.com. Rankings for the top times of the day will be posted on site and additional rankings across the country can be viewed on the website.
The Seals started the event in November 2007 and have since then traveled across the county with the event. They want the event not only to attract competitive people that want to test their skills, but also families. The U.S. Navy Parachute team, the Leap Frogs, will be on hand doing live demonstrations at 9 a.m. Saturday and noon at the event site.
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