6 Peak Challenge Scoil Mhuire Allenwood

6 Peak Challenge

Step 1: Choose your first mountain to conquer
SUGAR LOAF
WICKLOW
501M HIGH
CROAGH PATRICK
MAYO
764M HIGH
MOUNT BRANDON
KERRY
850M HIGH
LUGNAQUILLA
WICKLOW
925M HIGH
CNOC NA PÉISTE
KERRY
988M HIGH
CARRAUNTOOHILL
KERRY
1038M HIGH

Step 2: Select Your Mountain Challenge
Mountain
Sugar Loaf
Croagh Patrick
Walk/Jog/
Run
Stair Climb
Circuits
5.8 km 2512 steps OR 182 flights 1500 ‘kcal to burn’
7.0 km 3031 steps OR 219 flights 1800 ‘kcal to burn’
Mount Brandon 10.9 km 4719 steps OR 341 flights 2000 ‘kcal to burn’
Lugnaquilla
Cnoc na piste
Carrauntoohill
11.8 km 5109 steps OR 370 flights 2150 ‘kcal to burn’
12.9 km 5585 steps OR 404 flights 2350 ‘kcal to burn’
14.5 km 6269 steps OR 454 flights 2500 ‘kcal to burn’
NB: You will only hypotetically “burn” the amount of calories above, more info provided on the Circuit Breakdown page.

Walk/Jog/Run Breakdown
1. Select a mountain e.g. MOUNT BRANDON
2. Select an exercise challenge for that
mountain e.g. walk/jog/run
3. Over the week try to walk/jog/run 10.9 km

4 Step
1 Flight
5 Step
2 Flight
3 Step
2 Step
1 Step
6 Step
7 Step
8 Step
Stair / Climb
Breakdown
1. Select a mountain e.g. MOUNT
BRANDON
2. Select an exercise challenge for that
mountain e.g. Stair Climb
3. Walk up and down 4719 stairs OR up and
down 341 flights of stairs

Circuit/Workout
Breakdown
1. Select a mountain e.g. MOUNT
BRANDON
2. Select an exercise challenge for that
mountain e.g. circuit
3. Select the exercise stations within
your circuit (see next 2 slides)
4. Complete as many circuits as
possible and try to ‘burn’ 2000 kcal
Remember we are not counting actual calories
you will burn during the workout but trying to
match the number of calories it would take to
climb the mountain (see next page).

SQUATS = BURNS 50 KCAL
PER 30S OF EXERCISE
BURPEES = BURNS 60 KCAL
PER 30S OF EXERCISE
HIGH KNEES = BURNS 20
KCAL PER 30S OF EXERCISE
JUMPING LUNGES =
BURNS 20 KCAL PER 30S
OF EXERCISE
JUMPING JACKS =
BURNS 25 KCAL PER
30S OF EXERCISE
SKIPPING = BURNS 30
KCAL PER 30S OF
EXERCISE
SIT-UPS = BURNS 10
KCAL PER 30S OF
EXERCISE
RUSSIAN TWISTS = BURNS 10
KCALS PER 30S OF EXERCISE
E.G. Circuit 1 = Complete all 8 stations: 30 seconds working then 30 seconds of rest.
Complete the circuit twice. Total ’calories burned’ = 470

PLANK = BURNS 40 KCAL PER 30S OF
EXERCISE
DONKEY KICKS = BURNS 10 KCAL PER
30S OF EXERCISE
PRESS-UPS = BURNS 40
KCAL PER 30S OF
EXERCISE
BROAD JUMPS = BURNS 20 KCAL PER
30S OF EXERCISE
WALK-OUTS = BURNS 30 KCAL PER 30S
OF EXERCISE
MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS =
BURNS 20 KCAL PER 30S
OF EXERCISE
E.G. Circuit 2 = Complete all 6 stations: 30 seconds working then 30 seconds of rest.
Complete the circuit 3 times. Total ’calories burned’ = 480