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There is a suggested training regime. It's pretty challenging. Lifted from the website: You can use dumbbells, kettlebells, or anything heavy with a handle for most, if not all, of the exercises below. Exercise 1 – Running Man To get yourself in peak cardio condition, you can either: 1) Get on a treadmill. Start jogging at a slow comfortable pace for the first 5 minutes, then increase the speed to a full sprint for a full minute before reducing the speed back down to a jog for a minute or two. Alternate this jogging and sprinting for 35 minutes. Build up to 1 hr. 2) Free run. As you head outside for a jog, choose a point or landmark in the distance that’s reasonably far and sprint to it. Do this 10 or so times throughout the course of your run, paying attention to mixing in jogging and sprinting equally. Again, build up to running 3-4 times a week and increasing your distance gradually until you can comfortably run 3+ km. Related Obstacle: The Braveheart Charge (& all of Tough Mudder) Exercise 2 – TM PUSH-UP Start out in a regular pushup position with two dumbbells in each hand. As you push your body upwards, rotate your torso at peak height and bring your right hand up behind you so that your hands are in a vertical line. Lower the weight so that you are once again in push up position. Do a push up, repeating with your left hand. Related Obstacle: Boa Constrictor Exercise 3 – THE FIST AND THE FURY Grab a dumbbell, kettlebell, or anything heavy with a handle, in one hand and let it hang in front of you. Lower the weight below your hips and let it swing between your knees and legs. Try to keep your core sturdy and straight, explode upwards and swing the weight up to about eye level in a fully upright position. With control, do this as many times as you can, spending about 45 seconds on each arm. Related Obstacle: Berlin Walls Exercise 4 – SCISSOR KICK From a regular standing position, take one big step forward and lower yourself into a forward stepping lunge. This is the start position. From there, explode off the ground, getting enough air under you to scissor kick your legs and land with your opposite leg forward and ready to crouch down to the lunge position. Keep doing this, alternating your legs on each jump/repetition for 60 seconds. Related Obstacle: Fire Walker Exercise 5 – BACK ROW Grab a pair of dumbbells or kettle bells and bend over, holding them in each hand, making sure your back is parallel to the ground. Keep your core steady and pull the weights in a controlled manner up to your chest, hold at the top for the rep, pause, and repeat. Related Obstacle: Hold Your Wood Exercise 6 – DUMBBELL SIDE LUNGE Grab your dumbbells and let them hang by your sides. Take a lateral step with your right leg, completely straightening your left leg. From there, bend forward at your hips, and touch the dumbbells to the floor by your right foot. Push off your right leg and make the same lateral lunge on your left leg. That’s one rep. Related Obstacle: Swamp Stomp Exercise 7 – PUSH UP + ROW Grab two dumbbells and assume a pushup position, with your arms straight. Perform a regular pushup, but as you fully extend your arms at the height of the push up, take one dumbbell and bring it all the way to the side of your chest. Lower your arm and descend back ot the start position. Repeat with the other arm. That’s one rep. Related Obstacle: Devil’s Beard Exercise 8 – LUNGE + TWIST Grab a heavy object and clutch it tight to the middle of your chest as you stand with feet shoulder length apart. Take a step forward as you would with a normal lunge, but as you lower your body with the weight, twist your torso to the right, pause, and return to a full upright position. Do the same with the opposite leg. That’s one rep. Related Obstacle: Greased Lightning Exercise 9 – SHOULDER PRESS Grab some dumbbells or small kettle bells in each hand and spread your feet shoulder length apart as you would for a squat. Bring the dumbbells up to your shoulders as if you were doing a shoulder press. Lower yourself as you keep the weights cocked at the shoulder, as you explode upward from the squat position, push the weights up and above your head. Related Obstacle: Cliffhanger Exercise 10 – DECLINE PUSH UP Simple, quick, and easy. Get into a normal pushup position, but put your feet on top of an elevated park bench or box, arms extended out in front of you so that your body is perfectly parallel to the floor above the ground. Begin to do as many pushups as you can in the next 60 seconds. Related Obstacle: Kiss of Mud Exercise 11 – Quick Feet Staying in the pushup position, rapidly bring each knee towards your chest, as if you were sprinting in place or pedaling a ridiculously small bike. Related Obstacle: Cliff Hanger Exercise 12 – Tough Chin Up Just like your old man used to do, hang from a bar with either an overhand or underhand grip and pull yourself up – be sure to try and touch your chest to the bar, or get as close as you can. This will get progressively harder as the set wears on. Remember to do as many as you can for the full 60 seconds. Even if you have to take a slight break, be sure to finish the set. Related Obstacle: Underwater Tunnels Exercise 13 – Superman Plank Get back into the pushup position you’ve grown accustomed to, placing your forearms on the ground and keeping your core – abs and hips – tight as possible. Hold this position for a full 60 seconds. Related Obstacle: Greased Lightening Exercise 14 – Drunk Superman Side Planks Get on your side and hold yourself up by left forearm, creating a half triangle between your lats, forearm, and ground. Like a regular plank, keep your core tight – flex if you have to – and hold the position for 60 seconds, then alternate with your right side and repeat for another 60. Related Obstacle – Walk the Plank Exercise 15 – Angelina Jolie Get in between two chairs, bars, or if at a gym, a dip machine. Grab each bar or handle with each arm and lower yourself slowly and with control, as you push up with your arms try to explode up, lifting yourself completely off. Be sure to start out slowly until you get used to jumping off and regaining control of the bars. Related Obstacle: Ball Shrinker Exercise 16 – THE TOUGH SQUAT

Kawasakirider, this is a great initiative. Thing is, it's not just the import/performance scene that is being targetted for the way they look, or mods. The 4WDing scene is also suffering from a similar stigma. There are similar (and just as stringent) laws and policing being touted and put in place in the 4WD industry. Stupid stuff like the fight to ban bull bars and lift kits - which could put Aussie companies such as ARB out of business. Like us performance car fans, there are a small number of idiots that spoil it for the majority of 4WDers. You could also encompass the engergy and dissatisfaction of the 4WD industry & enthusiasts. As an example, consider support such as the initiatives put in place by 4WD Action magazine, reaching out to their subscribers and readers, signing petitions and encouraging everyone to approach their local ministers. Media coverage with enthusiast magazines should be interesed in this. After all the magazines exist because of the car scene and like-minded readers! Prior to getting serious, it would help pull together some stats supporting our cause (something to refer to should push come to shove). Ensure any people fronting the media and the team are really sensible individuals. Possibly a sensible tag-line could be created which can be marketed? Personally, one of the main reasons I sold my GTR is the 'road racism' that goes on and is encouraged for Police to enforce. Racism is unacceptable - why are cars (with us drivers in them) that look a certain way treated the same? I know many 'normal' unsafe (should be taken off the road) vehicles that would breeze past a police check. There is a clear imbalance to the rights of the motorist. Is this a parallel approach that could be considered?

Hey, I'm after an Osteo (I reckon a bad osteo is better than most physio or chiro's).. Send me the details!!

This guy is a pretty fit dude! My wife was surfing the website and looking at how she can sign up. You should view the vid of the 24 hour challenge....

Philip Island

would you know if the whiteline swaybar would fit a '33 GTST?

I'm after the drivers seat only - PM me if you are interested in separating

Can you confirm internal width between the guards?

Location? Trailer brakes?How does it tilt?

My car is over $50k, so it must be worth it for them.....

My 2 month old car just got checked by RACV today. The whole car is covered with dents. They reckon it can all be fixed using paintless dent removal.

I love the debate, all I wanted was opinions on a cost effective track car, which Dunan quite rightly brings it back to the point. I think the basics of handling and grip serve all race cars well. It's pretty obvious if you have deep pockets almost anything is possible Now to see if I'm any good on the track.......

It's good to know that I'm not the only one having those thoughts!

Hey Russ, I've already got a tandem for my properties and an almost brand new (now hail damaged) 4wd for towing 3.5t capacity. I suppose I just like being self sufficient and like to keep my options open if things go wrong. Nice to keep my stuff somewhere too.... Nice to know the rb25 is a bit more accommodating ... But knowing my luck.... Something will probably let go big time. Thanks mate.

My brand new jeep grand damaged in hail too. Major bummer.

A silver Delorean driving thru Kinglake on the weekend

PM sent. gimme a buzz.

Oh yeah, good places.... They're still far enough away to be a PITA.... In the order of hours... There really doesn't seem to be decent investment in motorsport.... But I guess I'm stating the bleeding obvious. Thanks for your input mate.

Thanks mate. Pretty much answers it. Rwc and rego it is..... I'll be trailering the car anyway. Big end bearing let go on the old gtr on atrack day, so the lesson is that track racing is hard on cars and to expect something to break. other benefit is that you don't need to be afraid of not getting home. Living in kinglake is far from everything (mechanics, transport, all tracks).... Better off hedging my bets.

Hey Troy, Well, it is primarily based on once you modify the car too much it's really not suitable for the road. Yes, you don't need to pay rego, which is a bonus. Personally, I see the benefit of having it road registered but I'm also over the cop magnet thing so I not fussed either way. My question is purely about whether I'd be excluded from any Tarmac/race events if the car does not have rego. If so, I'll get the rwc ASAP and get some plates on the car before I get it track ready for next year.

OK, the GTR is sold so it's all systems go. I'm seriously considering having my car as a track only car. However, before I make changes that are really hard to reverse, what events would I be excluded from not having rego? For example, the ARC forum battle, it would be a bit of fun to compete, but I would be excluded because it is road registerd vehicles only? Input from the guys who have been here and done this before would be appreciated.

Great news! I've seen a bit of correspondence on other forums... they're sizing up the competition!

Maybe SAU sponsors could help with $$ ??

Hey mate, you have a PM