The Transformation Challenge

In early January, I noticed on Iron Tribe's website that they were having a contest called the Transformation Challenge.  One division was for weight loss, and the other was for performance.  I watched a video describing what was involved in the performance division. A few of the things totally scared me. On January 16th they would record your initial numbers in the following categories:  An AMRAP WOD (5 burpees, 5 power cleans, 10 full situps, 10 20" box jumps- do as many rounds of this as you can in 10 minutes.), your max number of pullups, max number of double unders (you jump rope and the rope has to pass under your feet twice in one jump) in 2 minutes, max deadlift, max wall handstand hold, max L-sit hold, and best 400 meter run time.  Then you would be tested on the same things six weeks later, and whoever made the biggest improvements would win first, second, or third place. Whew! So....I can't even DO some of those things to begin with, and I'm like, "Maybe next year...."  Then, a few days later I was drinking some wine and looking at the website again.  You know how some things seem like a really great idea when you're half-drunk?  So yeah, I registered for it.  The initial testing started off with a bang, let me tell you.....