Most of you are a little beat up by now. Let's work a little triathlon CrossFit style, short and hard.
Bike 3 miles
Swim 500 meters
Run 1000 meters
The challenge will be to set up the transitions to minimize the transition time.
Share with us your total time for all three legs and your transition strategy.
We’re leaving the order of events to your discretion!!
If the triathlon community competed at these distances or shorter, the triathlete
would be a much better athlete!
And finally, for our athletes, today represents a day of active rest. Some rest, huh?
If this seem to far you are right.
You are also the victim of our little April Fool's Day Joke.
Actually, today is a rest day. Stretch, play, and relax.
Make it active rest though. Do something active and fun
The idea here is to match the numbers of the second half with the number of the first half.
Go through this slowly! Take as much time as you need.
Work for your best effort in each exercise.
*Dumbell Thruster is from a full squat to a push press overhead
Each of these exercises is one set at five reps. Take any rest needed between exercises.
Deadlift
Bench-press
Upright row
Back Squat
Push-press
Power Clean (from ground)
Dumbbell "Thruster" (front squat/push-press)
Clean and Jerk
Snatch
Add your total lifted for all nine exercises and divide by your body weight.
Highest ratio leads ranking.
On Monday we worked gymnastics/calisthenic movements, on Tuesday we worked
metabolic conditioning with a short, middle, and long distance effort, Wednesday we
worked through some of the classics of weightlifting and weight training. Today we
are taking a day of active rest. If you’ve performed to expectation you’ll welcome the
break. If you know our methods, you'll make an intelligent inference about tomorrow (hint).
The idea here is to engage in some sport or activity at intensity above recreational while
being below our regular training intensity. Don't count your primary sport! This is a
cross-training opportunity. Step outside your normal bounds. Below are some suggestions.
Bicycle Hill Climb
Hoops! (Basketball)
Swimming
Mountain Hike
Rollerblade
Surf Paddle
Handball or racquetball
Tennis
Today is a hybrid effort from several training modalities and tough!!
After a warm-up:
Move through the following with a 60 second break between exercises.
Row 500 meters for a record time.
Squat 20 RM weight 20 reps (20 RM is a weight you can squat 20 reps but not 21.)
Pull-up for PR (shoot for personal best)
Deadlift 10 RM weight 10 reps
Dips for PR (shoot for personal best)
Rest 10 minutes
Move through the following with a 2-minute break between exercises.
Row 500 meters match first effort
Squat same weight for twenty reps
Pull-ups for same count as first set
Deadlift same weight for 10 reps
Dips for same count as first set
Rest 10 minutes
Move through the following with a 3-minute break between exercises.
Row 500 meters match first effort
Squat same weight for twenty reps
Pull-ups for same count as first set
Deadlift same weight for 10 reps
Dips for same count as first set
The idea today is to strive to match the performance of the first pass on the second and third.
Warm-up with easy mile run and stretch
Clean and Jerk 15 RM load 15 reps
One set of sit-ups and one set of back extensions both at 21 reps
Clean and Jerk 15 RM load 12 reps
One set of sit-ups and one set of back extensions both at 18 reps
Clean and Jerk 15 RM load 9 reps
One set of sit-ups and one set of back extensions both at 15 reps
You guessed it, today we are determining our total for the three Powerlifting lifts,
the deadlift, bench-press, and the squat.
Take your time. Warm-up with sets of three to five reps. Rest. Increase the weight,
drop the reps, and lift again. Repeat this process until you've established a max
weight for each lift. Total the lifts and submit for ranking. The total is comprised of
your max lift at one rep for each exercise
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.