A major goal of our is to not be reasonably limited by any aspects of our fitness. Benchmark week is designed to test all areas of fitness that we feel are important to maximize our ability to take advantage of the amazing things life has to offer. The goal of benchmark week is simply to check in on your progress and identify possible areas that you may want to work on, so that we can make any adjustments needed to our workouts, frequency of exercise, and/or lifestyle.

For each of our benchmarks, we provide different levels, so you can get a feel for where you are on your fitness journey and allow you to compare where you stand across different aspects of your fitness: Power, Strength, Strength Endurance, VO2 Max and Anaerobic Threshold, Functional Endurance, Recoverability, and Functional Skills.

Benchmark Levels

Yellow - Our long-term goal is to be able to complete all benchmarks at these minimum, even when we are 90+ years old. We would like to create as much of a buffer past this as possible in the meantime.

Orange - A great milestone for new members to strive for and be ready to continue past.

Green - This is a great level for all members to work towards and would mean that someone is incredibly fit relative to the general population.

Blue - Blue is where most of the non-competitor, but years-of-experience members will be.

Brown - Someone at the brown level is very advanced.

Black - Someone following MovementLink-type programming 4-6 days a week consistently for 5-10+ years should be able to achieve black in all categories.