Hollow Rock for 1 Minute
(Lie on your back, place your arms overhead, and rock smoothly
back and forth like a rocking chair.)
Arch Rock for 1 Minute
(Lie on your stomach, place your arms overhead, lift your heels
with straight legs, and rock smoothly back and forth like a rocking chair.)
Ten one legged squats, left leg
(Hold your jump rope strung over your pull-up bar for balance and
assistance if you've not developed the fitness for this yet.)
Ten one legged squats, right leg
(Same assistance if needed.)
Repeat the above twice for a total of three circuits.
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.
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.
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.
200 sit-ups no matter how long it takes. Make them nice!
Stretch thoroughly. Used as a rest to slow down pace and come in to the next phase relatively fresh.
Do 50 dips, with or without assistance. This is a 50RM set, i.e., ideally, 51 should be impossible.
Immediately, run for ten minutes on a “windsprint” bike or a stairclimber at max level.
Rest as needed.
Do 35 dips, with or without assistance. This is a 35RM set, i.e., ideally, 36 should be impossible.
Immediately, run for five minutes on a “windsprint” bike or a stairclimber at max level.
Rest as needed.
Do 20 dips, with or without assistance. This is a 20RM set, i.e., ideally, 20 should be impossible.
Immediately, run for five minutes on a “windsprint” bike or a stairclimber at max level.
200 sit-ups no matter how long it takes. Again, make them nice!
Note: Do as many of the dips as you can without assistance on failure jump to Gravitron
(or like) and complete set with minimal assistance. We are exhausting the pushing function
partially with an eye to making the arm supporting contribution on the bike or stairlcimber
very tough