Running, swimming, lifting weights, crunches – for those fitness freaks these are just a few of the exercises that you may do every day. Well, they are also part of the Coast Guard's daily routine – no missed days, no cheat days.
And today 4 teams of female coast guard officers got to show off their strength and endurance with all these exercises and much more when the Wonder Woman competition started. We dropped by to see these powerful and ultra-fit women in action.
Elton Bennett - Belize Coast Guard Commander
Today we started our Wonder Woman competition, this the second year in a row. it's a three day even which two activities per day. This morning we started with the ghost ride fitness test, this afternoon we're doing swimming and running, it's a one mile ocean swim followed by a one mile run then the score is by average score. So we have 4 teams participating, two coast guard teams, two BDF teams and by the end of Friday we'll be able to identify the team that comes out on top. The competition is really designed to test endurance and stamina over a three day period so you could be strong in one event and in the other even you fall short. So we'll be able to identify who is better at overall fitness. This is a true demonstration of the military with the BDF and the coast guard participating and for us its pretty much a test where we are in comparison to the BDF and comparison with our time and records last year. So what we do is keep time and try to improve set standards in terms of our physical standards and improve on those times."
This Wonder Woman competition is held once a year. It ends on Friday - which is when we'll tell you who won.
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