30 sit-ups and 21 back extensions
Run 1 mile for time
No rest between sets for the following:
50 sit-ups
21 back extensions
Hang from bar and slowly raise legs, curl and touch toes to bar 25 times.
Arch rock 1 minute
25 crunches on glute-ham back extension apparatus (upside down on back extension app.)
Stiff-legged deadlift 50 % BW for 25 reps
Three round for time of:
1 minute Hollow rock
1 minute Arch rock
10 One legged squats, left leg
10 One legged squats, right leg
Hollow Rock: Lie on your back,
place your arms overhead, and
rock smoothly back and forth
like a rocking chair.
Arch Rock: Lie on your stomach,
place your arms overhead, lift your heels
with straight legs, and rock smoothly
back and forth like a rocking chair.
One legged squat assistance: Hold your jump rope
strung over your pull-up bar for balance and
assistance if you've not developed the fitness
for this yet.
Ab-bench (or other sit-up that ranges from trunk extension through to flexion) 30 reps at max weight
Back extension 25 reps
Air Squat 50 reps
For the next phase we are doing pull-ups and dips or muscle-ups if you've got one!
Six sets of pull-ups (max effort, record the total, take as much time as needed between sets)
And,
Six sets of dips (max effort, record the total, take as much time as needed between sets.
OR, if you have a muscle-up,
Ten muscle-ups (max effort, take as much time as needed, record the time to complete all ten)
One rope climb with no legs or five with legs.
Twenty handstand push-ups by any means. Have spotter pull you up by ankles if needed.
Practice lowering from handstand to planche (body parallel to floor, arms locked) Have spotter
support your ankles and lower you to parallel. Hold at parallel, with spotter minimally helping,
for five full seconds.
Repeat for ten attempts. Do on padded mat, crash pad, or other padded surface!!
Ab-bench (or other sit-up that ranges from trunk extension through to flexion) 30 reps at max weight
Back extension 25 reps
Air Squat 50 reps
This is a really tough day. Don't hold back. Tomorrow is met-con only, so you will be able to rest
your arms, back, and shoulders. You are getting a small taste of the demands of a gymnast's workout.
30 Ab-bench at max weight
(or other sit-up that ranges from trunk extension through to flexion)
25 Back extension
50 Squats
Six sets of pull-ups
(max effort, record the total, take as much time as needed between sets)
Six sets of dips
(max effort, record the total, take as much time as needed between sets)
OR, if you have a muscle-up,
Ten sets of muscle-ups
(max effort, take as much time as needed, record the time to complete all ten)
One rope climb with no legs or five with legs.
Twenty handstand push-ups by any means. Have spotter pull you up by ankles if needed.
Practice lowering from handstand to planche
(body parallel to floor, arms locked)
Have spotter support your ankles and lower you to parallel.
Hold at parallel, with spotter minimally helping, for five full seconds.
Repeat for ten attempts. Do on padded mat, crash pad, or other padded surface!!
30 Ab-bench at max weight
(or other sit-up that ranges from trunk extension through to flexion)
25 Back extension
50 Squats
This is a really tough day. Don't hold back.
Tomorrow is met-con only, so you will be able to rest your arms, back, and shoulders.
You are getting a small taste of the demands of a gymnast's workout.