3 rounds for time of:
10 strict chest-to-bar pull-ups
20 hand-release push-ups
30 dumbbell front-rack walking lunges
♀ 20 lb
♂ 35 lb
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Scaling:
Today’s triplet has a short to moderate time domain, depending on your ability to manage your strict gymnastics strength and stamina. Perform this workout as prescribed if you can complete at least 3 unbroken strict chest-to-bar pull-ups and 5-7 hand-release push-ups without deviation of your midline (aka “snaking” your push-ups). The loading of the lunges in this workout should be light enough that you can perform each round unbroken. Don’t stop moving on the lunges, and challenge yourself to perform one more pull-up or push-up before breaking on each round.
Intermediate option:
3 rounds for time of:
10 strict chin-over-bar pull-ups
20 hand-release push-ups
30 dumbbell front-rack walking lunges
♀ 15 lb
♂ 25 lb
Beginner option:
3 rounds for time of:
10 ring rows
15 hand-release push-ups (from the knees)
20 unweighted walking lunges
Resources:
The Strict Chest-to-bar Pull-up
The Push-up
See “Hand-release Push-ups” section in “A Fresh Take on the Lowly Push-up”
The Walking Lunge
The Strict Pull-up
The Ring Row
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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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Complete as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes of:
15 deadlifts
15 hand-release push-ups
♀ 95 lb ♂135 lb
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Scaling:
A classic combo of deadlifts and pushing. The deadlifts are meant to be light and fast. On the hand-release push-up, descend to the floor in a solid plank, maintain tension, release the hands from the ground, and finally, rise with your chest and hips at the same rate.
Intermediate Option:
Complete as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes of:
15 deadlifts
15 hand-release push-ups
♀ 75 lb ♂115 lb
Beginner Option:
Complete as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes of:
10 deadlifts
10 elevated push-ups