Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
The gym is closed until Tuesday, Dec. 26th.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
The gym is closed until Tuesday, Dec. 26th.
“12 Days of Christmas”
1: DB man maker (35/25ish)
2: ring dips
3: thrusters
4: toes to bar
5: hang power cleans
6: pull-ups
7: shoulder to overhead
8: KB swings (53/35)
9: box jumps – SD (24/20”)
10: calories rowed
11: wallballs
12: burpees
RX+: 55/35 man maker, 115/75 barbell, 70/44 kettlebell
RX: 35/25 man maker, 95/65 barbell, 53/35 kettlebell
Scaled: 25/15 man maker, 75/45 barbell, 35/25 kettlebell
*Like the song the “12 Days of Christmas,” complete each exercise in ascending order then work back down to 1, adding one exercise per round. Like this: 1; 2-1; 3-2-1; 4-3-2-1; etc – for a total of 364 reps.
*40 minute cut-off.
Tri-Phasic 2.3
A) 5 sets:
– back squat x 2 @ 80-88% (w/ 5 sec pause)
– immediately followed by
B) 5 sets:
– bench press x 2 @ 80-88% (w/ 5 sec pause)
– immediately followed by
*All movements should be performed as explosively as possible. Work at your own pace not taking more than 2 minutes of rest between sets.
*Last day for isometric pauses!
C) 3 sets for quality:
– 8 DB step-ups / side
D) 3 sets for quality:
– 8 DB bent over row / side
A) Gymnastic Skill Work (Week 3)
Every 90 seconds x 3 sets
Station 1 –
Station 2 –
Station 3 –
B) EMOM x 4-5 sets
1: 12/9 cal row
2: 6 DB burpee box step ups (50/30, 40/25, 30/15 )
3: 7 toes to bar + 20 double unders
A) EMOM x 8-10 sets:
– 1 power clean
*Stay heavier than last week’s build up.
B) Every 6 minutes x 4 sets
– 400m run
– 6 power clean + push jerk (135/95, 115/75, 95/65)
– 8 pull-ups
– 50 double unders
*Keep pace the same on row and times similar overall.
*RX+ scale up to 155/105 and CTB pull-ups.
“The Deuce” (Week 2)
A) Bench press @ 80%
– 2 minutes max reps
– R4M
– 2 minutes max reps
– R4M
– 2 minutes max reps
B) Back squat @ 80%
– 2 minutes max reps
– R4M
– 2 minutes max reps
– R4M
– 2 minutes max reps
*You may rack the weight as many times as needed during the 2 minutes. Each person will be teamed up with a spotter. Safety is the biggest priority. If you feel your form start to break down, rack the weight and reset. The goal for the next three weeks is to keep weight the same and increase the number of total reps for both movements.
C) “Arm Farm” x 2 sets:
*Don’t put DBs down!
– 10 french press
– 10 double bicep curls
– 10 skull crushers
– 10 palms up/down curls
– 10 cheat hammer curls
– 10 standing overhead press
– 10 bench press
R3-4M between sets
Tri-Phasic 2.2
A) 5 sets:
– back squat x 2 @ 80-88% (w/ 5 sec pause)
– immediately followed by
B) 5 sets:
– bench press x 2 @ 80-88% (w/ 5 sec pause)
– immediately followed by
*All movements should be performed as explosively as possible. Work at your own pace not taking more than 2 minutes of rest between sets.
C) 3 sets for quality:
– 8 DB step-ups / side
D) 3 sets for quality:
– 8 DB bent over row / side
A) 2 sets:
5 min AMRAP @ 80-90%
– 1000/800m row
– In remaining time AMRAP burpee pull-ups
R3M
5 min AMRAP @ 80-90%
– 800m run
– In remaining time AMRAP burpee box jump overs (24/20”)
R3M
*Goal is to score the same rep total your second time through.
*RX+ scale up to burpee ring muscle-ups.
B) 3 sets for quality:
– farmer’s carry down and back (heavy)
– 10 kneeling paloff presses x side (red or green band)