I tried the Ireland's Fittest Family course and was covered in bruises for two weeks

Ciara Byrne goes behind the scenes and puts the TV show’s gruelling assault course to the test, including the 10ft high Eliminator

Ciara Byrne tries one of the elements of the Elimimator on the Ireland's Fittest Family competition course in Kilruddery, Co Wicklow. Photograph Moya Nolan

I like to think of myself as a yes person, so when the chance came up to try the assault course faced by many a fittest family for RTÉ, I was keen to give it a go. Though I wouldn’t consider myself a gym rat, I exercise regularly and can run a comfortable 10k, so I naively swanned into the situation thinking I’d be able to give it a decent shot.

I was wrong.