Sami Jo Small, with Cassie Campbell, is gearing up for another season with the rigors of annual fitness testing. It is something the five-time world champion, and most of her teammates, could do without. (CP Images)
I know they have to do it. I know fitness testing is an important evaluation tool in the selection process, however I hate it! This week is the start of the 2008-2009 season with our first round of fitness testing and no matter how "in shape" an athlete is, fitness testing always sucks. And this sentiment is shared by many of my teammates.
Fitness Testing is two full days of pushing your body to the limits seeing how close you can come to throwing up without actually doing it. There's always the athletes that clearly misjudge that line and suddenly find themselves huddled over a garbage can in the corner of the gym.
We all have our favourite tests to hate. Some of the girls hate the power tests that include max bench press and max chin ups. They hate the feeling of failure as you sense your muscles completely give out on you...
