AFL – ‘Toughen Up’ Challenge Day

Saturday 23 March saw our Senior First XVIII Squad on the road to Palm Beach for the annual Challenge Day where the “Sand Hill Warrior” was waiting to put the boys through their paces.

The players paired up and started with a kayak across Pittwater towards the beaches on the Western side.

They were challenged all morning on those beaches with activities ranging from jumping off the docks and swimming around markers to runs on the beach – all while completing some 500 sit ups and 150 push ups.

After the morning on the other side of Pittwater, the squad then kayaked back to Palm Beach, where they hit the sand dunes for the ‘Toughen-Up’ Challenge. The “Sand Hill Warrior” has been running sessions on these dunes for decades, and his mixture of fitness work with motivational talks and life lessons was received well by the thoroughly exhausted players.

All in all, it was a gruelling five-hour session, and the experience of working together and challenging their fitness as a group will hold them in great stead for the upcoming preseason games.

Mr G Tesoriero
MIC AFL