Level test

Can you help me and tell what you know about the process?

I want to make .5 my first "bigger" goal.

You will need to test one mastery set of the first three progressions, one after the other with no more pause than it takes to move from station to station.  So, no real rest.

 

Then you will need to test one mastery set of the first three integrated mobilities, one after the other with no more pause than it takes to move from station to station.

 

You will need to test each exercise in order.  If you are doing the test at a seminar, you will need to perform all seven progressions one after the other.  So it's a good idea to train F7 before you get to the seminar.

 

If you are testing with uploaded videos, you have to upload one video for each mastery test.  So 14 videos in total.

 

If you fail, they will give you reasons why, and probably advice on how best to proceed from their.

Thanks. Sounds like a good goal to me.

What do you guys think? Are one ready when all first PEs aremastered or do you need more than that to go without even the IM "rest"

RiQC said:

Thanks. Sounds like a good goal to me.

What do you guys think? Are one ready when all first PEs aremastered or do you need more than that to go without even the IM "rest"

30 second rest is the standard.

RiQC said:

Thanks. Sounds like a good goal to me.

What do you guys think? Are one ready when all first PEs aremastered or do you need more than that to go without even the IM "rest"

The level 0.5 test covers the first 3 PE's in all seven progressions, so you should finish mastery of all of those before attempting the test. 

This is very interesting and maybe be a very good motivation for me in a year or so.

Personally I'm going to go for mastery of PE/4 for each exercise before I test for 0.5 mastery.  Just in case.

Bipocni said:

(...) Just in case.

 

In case of what?

FredInChina said:

In case of what?

In case it's really, really hard...

Bipocni said:

In case it's really, really hard...

it will be hard...just not impossible...and that much more glorious when achieved #certnoobsteam

Joshua Slocum said:

The level 0.5 test covers the first 3 PE's in all seven progressions, so you should finish mastery of all of those before attempting the test.

Good advice here. The test is only hard if you have not prepared properly.

Bipocni said:

In case it's really, really hard...

Yuri and Zach made 1.0 look easy, and I frankly doubt that's where they spend the bulk of their training time... they certainly looked like they train a fair way past that. Coachs athletes could demonstrate everything perfectly although they had to be reminded what some of the basics were. Overpreparing is not going to hurt you, later elements all build on earlier ones trust in your own (hopefully) honest regular training and preparation.

Although those guys are all stronger than me, sadly I am limited to my own experience so the next bit is entirely subjective.

My only test prep is/was doing my normal workout with the test as my warmup for a couple weeks to brush up on the order and high reps a little. I think its important to go beyond at least a bit to ensure strength isn't going to be a limiting factor, and so that you can handle and accommodate any technique corrections. Generally training alone, this misunderstanding is probably inevitable for me and others in my situation until we are more experienced. That's what made me most nervous; but if we knew everything in the course we wouldn't need the course, would we?

The most important aspect of preparing for a level test is making use of the resources available to you in your everyday training. Too few individuals make use of video and actually reading the course text on a regular basis.

Joshua Slocum said:

The level 0.5 test covers the first 3 PE's in all seven progressions, so you should finish mastery of all of those before attempting the test. 

Not trying to be idiot. But I think that this is obvius

Cory Fair said:

The most important aspect of preparing for a level test is making use of the resources available to you in your everyday training. Too few individuals make use of video and actually reading the course text on a regular basis.

This is good! When i trained before i always had iPad with me. Now that i started again i have easy access to my laptop. So i keep the material in other tab and schedule in the other.

 

Today i noticed that my legs had too little angle and were too close to my body in FL/PE1.

 

So with these key notes i go to battle

Jon Douglas said:

Yuri and Zach made 1.0 look easy, and I frankly doubt that's where they spend the bulk of their training time... they certainly looked like they train a fair way past that. Coachs athletes could demonstrate everything perfectly although they had to be reminded what some of the basics were. Overpreparing is not going to hurt you, later elements all build on earlier ones trust in your own (hopefully) honest regular training and preparation.

Although those guys are all stronger than me, sadly I am limited to my own experience so the next bit is entirely subjective.

My only test prep is/was doing my normal workout with the test as my warmup for a couple weeks to brush up on the order and high reps a little. I think its important to go beyond at least a bit to ensure strength isn't going to be a limiting factor, and so that you can handle and accommodate any technique corrections. Generally training alone, this misunderstanding is probably inevitable for me and others in my situation until we are more experienced. That's what made me most nervous; but if we knew everything in the course we wouldn't need the course, would we?

Hey I just noticed you got 0.5!  How was it?

Bipocni said:

Hey I just noticed you got 0.5!  How was it?

What else hasn't been said? I followed the program and passed the first one. Seven to go.

Jon Douglas said:

What else hasn't been said? I followed the program and passed the first one. Seven to go.

What I want to know is, how do the level tests for F2 work?  Because some exercises have like, 12 progressions and some have 4...

Bipocni said:

(...) some exercises have like, 12 progressions and some have 4...

 

Best guess is halfway through for the .5's, and all the way for the round numbers...

By the time I get there, it would have been asked & explained over 20 times on the forum anyway!

Bipocni said:

What I want to know is, how do the level tests for F2 work?  Because some exercises have like, 12 progressions and some have 4...

(Although I haven't actually done the level tests in F2 yet as I'm only 0.5)

Just follow the strength chart. 1.0 legs for example is only the two exercise pairs. 1.5 RC is four. It's not easy, but that's why it requires some preparation

 

Edit;

This chart is available at the bottom of the Introduction page in F1, and on a dedicated sub-page in the F2 mouseover menu. It lists the last exercise required for that level, so you do everything up to the listed exercise, after the previously listed one.

When you will finish F2 you will understand that you have built MORE strength compared on what you need to test F2. For example today i tried to do all the RC PE's from 7 to 14 doing 30 seconds of rest in between. the result was that i performed PE's 7-8-9-10-11-12.

The strength you are building up is not the NECESSARY, is much more.

I want to make sure that I understand this completely.  For the level testing, only one set of each exercise and one of each im is required?  It seems as if this is what everyone is saying, however, my confusion comes from the mastery requirement in the program being 5 sets of each exercise.   

pghgymnastics said:

I want to make sure that I understand this completely.  For the level testing, only one set of each exercise and one of each im is required?  It seems as if this is what everyone is saying, however, my confusion comes from the mastery requirement in the program being 5 sets of each exercise.   

 

Yes, you are only required to demonstrate a single set even though mastery is 5 sets. Reason being that an experienced eye can usually tell when a student will fail at the full five sets. If the one on record isn't spot perfect, we'll simply ask for the full five sets.

For the sake of brevity, the level .5 test is initially comprised on the first three PE back to back with a few breaths allowed in between.  

 

However if a set's technique is good but the effort appears labored (indicative of the student having been negligent in building up to the req'd number of mastery sets prior to making their certification submission) then additional sets will be required.

 

After the three exercises are completed, the test immediately rolls into the first iMs.  Again signs of labor will require the performance of additional sets.

 

More than a few people were caught at the last few seminars and failed their certification due to a lack of endurance.  

 

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

Zach Armijo said:

The 5 min one arm plank seemed like it would never end

I can't imagine it being worse than 5 min arch hold?