irelands fittest family

Nina Carberry hasn't exactly hit the ground running as a coach...has she got anyone through?

I know there are different coaching styles...but she doesn't seem that bothered....

This show is really all about not having the weakest member, lots of teams having to drag around older unfit men and woman have gone out.

That family last week with the woman who couldn't get over a bale of hay?!? Surely they can come up with someone better than that?

The "coaching" has feck all bearing on anything - it's just for show. Carberry will get the strongest family (on paper) in next weeks episode so that she'll be in the series into the quarter finals.

Hard to tell how much influence the coaching has - although tactics on the likes of the raft race play a huge part. How much attention the family pays to said tactics is at least as important!

I thought the families were divvied out from the start? Usually they've shown some bit of the "selection process" (which is complete spoofery IMO) but this year i think they just announced which families were with which coach.

I'd love to see Nina get a family through, just to show that quiet and determined can beat shouty and showy. Having said that, I love Donncha's antics, he makes me laugh (and is well able to have a laugh at himself as well).

Comes across like they're pretty hard up for applicants - unfit contestants and previous contestants returning.

while I do not see every episode I always thought it was top-drawer stuff. I don't have any head for rights and that would be my only concern as they on the program were been pushed a lot in the past in that regard. I could not believe the program a few years back having them on top of Croke park stadium.

The fitness respect of the program does really set a standard. Not every family would be willing to take part as most families would have 1 or 2 really fit members and the rest only just about able for it.

I expected the army lad to fly it last week but he was outperformed by his 2 sisters I thought. We need more 14 year olds in the army.

It’s a good question, do families need to go through heats or qualifiers? I’d love to know how many families actually apply, and how they whittle them down?

The families have been absolutely wrecked in the eliminator over the last few weeks, noticeably more.so than the earlier qualifiers.

Those Bungie cords really take it out of them. Great finish to it though!!!

Delighted to see Nina get a family through.

And fair play (and in fairness 99% credit) to that family - did i hear one of them say he's over 20 stone??? 😱 - and the mother is 61, and got 4 balls in on the strongest bungee - and most importantly between the lot of them they didn't drop a single ball in that round. I think that's the first time we've seen that. If you went at a snail's pace in that bungee round but didn't drop any balls i reckon you'd be almost guaranteed a win.

The eliminator, I thought that young girl was going to throw in the towel trying to get up the ramp! Good on Donncha talking her through go after go.