irelands fittest family

If you win this, you are not the fittest family in Ireland, no way, you are the family with possibly the best ability to clamber through muck and ****e, hang from things and pull each other over tall stuff.

The Talking Bread wrote:

Anna Geary is such a dose. A victim of over exposure at this stage

Cannot stand her. So false.

Picking croke park for the final was a bad idea. Hamstrung them in events they could do

Injuryprone wrote: »

I thought it was very harsh on the Finnegan-Hogans. Fair enough the guy 'cheated' in that first race, but they were all at it and the crowd that came last finished last by a mile so I don't think it made any difference to the result. (Tbh it was a fairly stupid race, what difference would it have made if they came down using only their upper body so long as they didn't require assistance from the support rope). If they weren't docked that point, they would've got through and I think they could've gone on to win it given that the Coneys would've replaced them in that first eliminator.

If I was being cynical, I'd suggest that Davy had the whole thing rigged in his team's favour. The first eliminator was a straight run event, which obviously played to his teams strengths. The second eliminator was hang tough, which was the other event that his team came out top of the pile.

I was delighted when his team lost with all his antics and screaming (although I felt sorry for the family themselves, as much for having to put up with him as much as for losing)

Watch again. An awful lot of time was used trying to place your feet. The Finnegan Hogan's had 2 that seriously offended.

Also this crack of challenges. Every family has ones that suit and don't suit them.

The hardest done by were the Lawlors after winning 2 events and then they're weakest challenge, due to body mass came at the wrong time.

naughtb4 wrote: »

Picking croke park for the final was a bad idea. Hamstrung them in events they could do

Yeah thought the same myself. Actually the Hell and Back course in the semi finals was far longer and more difficult than the course for the final in Croke Park. The Hell and Back course was 800m in length and had 3 X 3m walls to get over whereas Croker was just under 300m in length and only had one 3m high wall to climb. No doubt the producers wanted the final in Croker for the final TV spectactle but the venue did limit the difficuly of the course somewhat.

Overall it was an exciting final, nail biting and so close at the end. I was happy for the family from Tyrone, especially the mother doing that and winning on her 60th birthday. She was an absoliute trooper and got them through to the final with a huge time in Hang Tough.

dastardly00 wrote: »

It'd be great if Sam Hain came back with a response... but I'm not holding my breath!

I think dastardly that a lot of people don't realise what real stamina and fitness is.

They have an image in their mind. Doing a few reps, then going on to your mobile phone, having a gawk at how lovely you are in the mirror, moving on to your bench press X 3 complete with more phone checks. Then maybe having a cycle on an exercise bike at the end of your routine for 20 min at 130bpm heart rate. Coming out after 2 hours thinking your God's gift. That's not fitness, that doesn't reveal or test character. That's low intensity.

You might be physically strong, you might have a 6 pack, you might not be carrying much fat. You can plonk your arms down on the bar and the bulges are all in the right places but you are not fit. You never leave your comfort zone. You're training is one dimensional.

Does our poster realise how much aerobic fitness is required to get through bog, plus leg strength? Again scaling a wall involves your arms, legs and people forget a strong core.. Hanging from a bar..the mental strength required to eke out every last second on that bar and suffer through pain. The will power to keep going when lactic acid takes over your muscles.

Look around a gym, not everyone, but most are taking huge breathing gaps between sets. And then grunting as if they're shifting heaven and earth. The Davorens were the most physically strong team propably ever in IFF. Yet they were beaten on a fire engine pull by a team half their size. Why? They ran out of steam, stamina, aerobic endurance..call it what you want.

Yamanoto wrote: »

I honestly cannot fathom how this sh1te appeals to anyone, though it clearly holds the attention of a fair few.

To have Davy Fitzgerald shriek at you as you traverse a muddy pool in the arse-end of nowhere would only pass as entertainment, if you could get out & pursue him through the woods in an attempt to catch & strangle him.

Tell you what, why don't you pop off and take your team to win an all-Ireland final or two, then go and build a TV series that survives for more than five years, and then you can compare notes with Davy on techniques.

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Super family viewing - very relatable, really positive role models (compared to Love Island or Kardashians or similar). It has been mandatory family viewing in our house since it started.

A friend was looking for merchandise as both her kids asked for Fittest Family stuff from Santy.

And then it gets a nasty, cynical, trying-so-hard to be cool from this sneering git

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/ireland-s-fittest-family-a-mind-numbing-series-draws-to-a-close-1.3733860

Agree with all of this.

tayto lover wrote: »

this programme is a huge success and not very expensive to make.
Expect RTE to run this at least three times a year now.

They haven't done it so far so I doubt they will do it now!

kippy wrote: »

Agree with all of this.

https://twitter.com/little_football/status/1074402022156308482


https://twitter.com/little_football/status/1074666627478753285

exciting finale. The final push to get up that ramp was great. Other family could've just have easily won it if they had made it work that first attempt on it.

Great show. Not too many shows the whole family can enjoy together.

My only criticism is the camerawork is a bit jumpy and all over the place and a makes it a bit difficult at times to know where people are in relation to one another.

Davy probably got the tactics wrong, he should have sent the young lad up the ramp instead of having him on top of the wall

JohnCreedon81 wrote: »

The helmet cams need to go. Especially for trials with nets The amount of times they get stuck is mental.

Haha Ive always thought that the obstacles and courses they are racing on are hard enough without having a bloody camera hanging down blocking your view ! Plus your face isnt going be looking its best either during a gritty race, the contestants must have some horrors when they see themselves on TV