I hate Cooper June 22
Whoever and wherever you are Cooper, I am NOT a fan of your test! If you dont know the test that I am referring to, the Cooper’s Test is:
- a timed 1.5 mile run
- timed 50 meter sprint
- as many pushups as you can do in a minute
- as many situps in a minute
- bench press your own body weight
- standing jump (distance counts!)
I originally ran this test 5 months ago so I’ve had some time to train to improve my results before I ran it again yesterday.
ORIGINAL vs YESTERDAY’S
1.5 mile run: 11min 55 sec vs 10 min 55 sec
50m sprint: 8.4 sec vs 8.47 sec
bench press 145lbs: 0 vs 0
pull-ups: 0 vs 2 (very hard won too I must add!)
situps in 1 min: 47 vs 56
pushups in 1 min: 36 vs 50
standing jump: 152cm vs 180cm
Overall a big improvement! The best part about taking the test again was the HUGE difference in the run and that’s what I am most proud of. Last time I felt like I was red-lining it the whole 12 minutes and I hurt for a few days after. This time I felt comfortably uncomfortable (that works right?) the whole time. I actually thought I was going super slow and my time was around 15 minutes, so I was astounded to find out at the finish line that I had taken a whole minute off and recovered super quickly.
The days leading up to the test were some of my best anaerobic training to date.
MONDAY - rest day
TUESDAY - 2nd rest day (2 super early days for work and feeling a little run down)
WEDNESDAY - warm up, 4 sets of 50m of stair sprints, cool down, w/ Rosheen, total time of 25 minutes and super hard!
THURSDAY - (worked all night so had to run on treadmill at 2am) 15 min warm up (at 5 mph) and 3 sets of varied flat sprints: 30 sec at 9mph, 60 sec at 5.5mph, 30 sec at 10 mph, 60 sec at 5.5mph, 30 sec at 10.5 mph. Then 15 min jog cool down at 5.5 mph, 15 min walk/hike at 3.8 mph
FRIDAY - 40 min easy spin on Lochside trail on my mtn bike then rest
SATURDAY - Coopers Test
SUNDAY (Today!) - on the books: easy 10km run around Elk and Beaver Lake w/ Danielle and Rosheen
Now the countdown is on for the Shawnigan MOMAR! A little over a month away and training is hitting critical - sweet!!