konkurranse- disipliner
Innenfor Functional Fitness finnes det en rekke forskjellige konkurransedisipliner en kan konkurrere i. Nedenfor er en beskrivelse av de forskjellige disiplinene. Medley er den offisielle disiplinen det konkurreres i under NM og VM, en nærmere beskrivelse av den finner du her.
The individual medley is considered the traditional functional fitness competitive format. This is a multi-event competition where athletes perform various tests and are assigned points based on their finish on each individual test. The points earned on each event are then totaled up in order to determine an overall winner. Athletes will be tested in each of the following six capacities at some point in the medley: Endurance, Strength, Bodyweight, Skill, Mixed, and Power. At the championship level medleys are multi day events, and thus also test the athletes’ ability to recover from volume.
The team/partner medley is a competition format where mixed gendered teams of four (2 males, 2 females), or teams of two, compete against each other. This is a multi-event competition where teams perform various tests and are assigned points based on their finish on each individual event. The points earned on each event are then totaled up in order to determine an overall winner. Team will be tested in each of the following six capacities at some point in the medley: Endurance, Strength, Bodyweight, Mixed Relay 1, Mixed Relay 2, and Team Strategy. The ability to communicate and work together as a team will also be tested. At the championship levels medleys are multi-day events, and thus also test the teams’ ability to recover from volume.
The speed benchmark format is a bracket styled competitive event where athletes complete a well known functional fitness benchmark test for time. Each heat of athletes will start together at one end of the field and proceed to the other end of the field by completing the required work. As athletes complete their required repetitions or workload they advance farther down the field; finally crossing the finish line when the work is complete. The fastest times from all competitors will move on to the next round with the total number of competitors dwindling until the final round which will determine the winner in a winner take all race. The benchmark test does not change each heat, and all athletes will perform the extra same test each heat and each round of competition.
The speed format is a bracket style competitive event where athletes complete a functional fitness test for time. Each heat of athletes will start together at one end of the field and proceed to the other end of the field by completing the required work. As athletes complete their required repetitions or workload they advance farther down the field; finally crossing the finish line when the work is complete. The fastest times from all competitors will move on to the next round with the total number of competitors dwindling until the final round which will determine the winner in a winner take all race. In the speed format the work the athlete is required to complete changes each round of competition. The athletes will perform a different test after each rounds of athlete cuts.
The Team/partner head-to-head format is a tournament style format where mixed gendered teams of four (2 males, 2 females), or pairs, compete against each other for a condensed (two hours or less) version of the medley event. While only two to four teams compete against each other at a time, there are typically many more teams in the tournament. Teams will rotate through and play each or most other teams in a matter of hours or a few days, before eliminations occur based on a team’s win-loss record. The teams with the most wins will compete head to head for the overall victory.