Guest Programmer – Rob Lawson
April 30-May 12, 2024
For time:
800-meter run
30 burpee bar muscle-ups
800-meter run
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Scaling:
Thirty bar muscle-ups for time is a well-known benchmark. Today, we’ll add a burpee to each bar muscle-up and sandwich them between 800-meter runs. This is a nice progression from the burpee pull-ups we saw on 240430.
The burpee bar muscle-up is a forgotten tool when developing bar muscle-up capacity because effectively, you’re doing 30 single bar muscle-ups. The first bar muscle-up of a set is arguably the hardest, as when you come down from the top of the first rep, you can naturally generate more swing and a bigger kip into consecutive reps. Today, the goal is to make that first bar muscle-up a little easier by practicing it 30 times.
The first 800-meter run should raise the heart rate, and the burpee will cause core fatigue and pushing redundancy with the bar muscle-up, so this workout does get grimy. The burpee quickly becomes a mental test of making sure you keep moving. Finishing with the run means we can let loose and push the pace — aim to finish the last 800 meters faster than the first.
A great goal is to complete this workout in sub-15 minutes, and those who really want to push can aim for the 10-minute mark.
Intermediate option:
For time:
600-meter run
30 burpee jumping bar muscle-ups
600-meter run
*Use a pull-up bar that is elbow height when your arms are overhead.
Beginner option:
For time:
400-meter run
20 burpee low-ring muscle-up transitions
400-meter run
*Perform a burpee, and then a single low-ring muscle-up transition.
Resources:
The Burpee
The Kipping Bar Muscle-up
Burpee Bar Muscle-ups With Heber Cannon
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Mayhem Daily Wod - 2228
Mayhem Gymnastics
Use % of Kipping Ring Muscle Up week one 3 minute test.
5 Strict Ring Muscle Ups
- rest 30 seconds --
45% of 3 minute test of your Kipping Ring Muscle Up from week one
--rest 90 seconds --
3 Strict Ring Muscle Ups
- rest 30 seconds --
35% of 3 minute test of your Kipping Ring Muscle Up from week one
--rest 90 seconds --
2 Strict Ring Muscle Up
- rest 30 seconds --
30% of 3 minute test of your Kipping Ring Muscle Up from week one
Scaling:
If you do not have strict ring muscle ups or if you had 6 or less Kipping Ring Muscle Ups on the test complete:
5 strict box assist strict ring muscle ups
- rest 30 seconds --
90 seconds max effort False Grip Ring Pull Ups
--rest 60 seconds --
3 strict Box Assist Strict Rring Muscle ups
- rest 30 seconds --
90 seconds max effort Ring Dips
--rest 60 seconds --
2 strict box assist strict ring muscle up
- rest 30 seconds --
90 seconds max effort Kipping Ring Swings
For example:
If your 3 minute test was 12 Kippinng Ring Muscle Ups
45% would be 5.4 but we will round down to 5 reps
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30-20-10 reps for time of:
Burpees
Chest-to-bar pull-ups
Alternating dumbbell snatches
♀ 35 lb
♂ 50 lb
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Scaling:
Today’s workout is a fun triplet in which you’ll move quickly through a descending ladder. Your goal is to finish this workout in 15 minutes or less. Move as fast as you can through the round of 30 while still remaining consistent in the 20s; this should feel fast, but not like a full sprint.
The load of the dumbbell should allow you to maintain sets of 10 or more fast reps at a time with no more than 10-15 seconds of rest between sets.
Complete the chest-to-bar pull-ups in sets of 5+ to start. If that can't be done for the round of 30, reduce the volume to 15-12-9 and maintain 3+ reps at a time, OR scale to chin-over-bar or jumping chest-to-bar pull-ups.
Aim for consistency through the burpees with 10+ reps/minute. If needed, scale the volume of the entire workout to 21-15-9 to stay within the intended time domain.
Intermediate option:
30-20-10 reps for time of:
Burpees
Chin-over-bar pull-ups
Alternating dumbbell snatches
♀ 20 lb
♂ 35 lb
Beginner option:
21-15-9 reps for time of:
Burpees
Jumping pull-ups
Alternating dumbbell snatches
♀ 10 lb
♂ 15 lb
Resources:
The Burpee
The Chest-to-Bar Pull-Up
The Kipping Pull-Up
The Dumbbell Snatch
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