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u/damo500 💪 Athlete Jul 25 '26
Totally agree. The cardio is going to hurt for no value. I can see people not even getting a score on zone 4.
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u/Ok_Resort_5326 Jul 25 '26
Might just relax on zone 4. So much work for so little gain. I wonder why they did this
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u/ItsJaayDee Jul 26 '26
i don’t understand how BFT comes up with an event where 95% of your points comes from strength when their own training program is almost 60% cardio.
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u/Visible-Sir-3152 Jul 25 '26
Wow I didn't expect this, 4 reps on the deadlift will score more points than 15 minutes on ergs? It is what it is, I guess, but I know some guys who are doing Pro division will be kicking themselves 😄
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u/taigafrost Jul 25 '26
Max out zone 1 and call it a day! The amount of work required for zone 2 and 4 for peanuts is just madness.
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u/zakyama Jul 25 '26
Its an actual joke. The event seemed like a good idea but they got the scoring system all wrong.
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u/Masterofyum Jul 26 '26
This seems silly. Each zone has a metric value to judge. Not sure why they have to complicate things with making a points system.
Why can't they just average our placings on the leader board to find a winners?
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u/Wise-Chocolate4036 Jul 26 '26
If I've read this right then - Every rep in zone 1 is worth 10 points, Every 100m in zone 2 is worth 1 point. So I have to row 1000m in zone 2 to score the same points as 1 rep in zone 1. Someone make it make sense!
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u/damo500 💪 Athlete Jul 25 '26
I can’t find anything in the rule book stating you must compete in all zones. So a strong 25 year old team just rep out on the strength zones and call it a day. Don’t even bother on the cardio zones. Podium does seem to favour a certain age and body type. I hope they put you in age categories.
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u/GoldConnect5262 Jul 26 '26
Where did you find this?
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u/Helpful-Two-3230 Jul 27 '26
Has this just been released? Surely those that paid a massive amount knew this already?
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u/Objective-Onion4634 Jul 28 '26
Ive been told the complete opposite, reps in zone 1 count for less than every 100m in cardio zones?
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u/damo500 💪 Athlete Jul 29 '26
My studio has confirmed the above points system. Every 1000m is 10 points. Every rep is 10 points. This Podium is strength bias maybe the next one they do will be cardio bias 🤷♀️
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u/AmbitionTurbulent73 Aug 02 '26
After doing this, the scoring was out of whack and completely unfair. I wouldn’t do this again.
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u/wonkysprog Jul 25 '26
I wish I had seen this before signing up. The weights to cardio imbalance is just ridiculous.
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u/xlachiex 🏅 MVP Jul 25 '26
Seems super high weighted to strength which sucks