General Prep
3 Sets: For Quality
12 Alternating Box Steps
8/8 Single Leg Barbell Romanian Deadlift
10 Barbell Sumo Stance Good Morning
12 Alternating V-Ups
10 Banded Overhead Press
Specific Prep
3-4 Sets
2-4 Sumo Deadlifts
3-5 Strict Press
4-6 Alternating Dumbbell Step-Ups
4-6 GHd Sit-Ups or modification

Building towards working weights and movement patterns

**** you can sub out the sumo deadlift for regular deadlift
*** its 4 sets for quality. no need to rush
“He Must Work Out”

For Quality
Every 4:00 x 5 Sets
4 Sumo Deadlift
8 Strict Press
12 Dual Dumbbell Step-Ups
16 GHD Sit-Ups
Sumo Deadlift: 315/205lb, 143/93kg
Strict Press: 95/65lb, 43/30kg
Dual Dumbbell Step-Ups: 50/35lb, 22.5/15kg, 20in
Suggested Loading: 70-75% of 1RM Deadlift for Sumo Deadlift

Level 2:
For Quality
Every 4:00 x 5 Sets
4 Sumo Deadlift
8 Strict Press
12 Dual Dumbbell Step-Ups
12 GHD Sit-Ups
Sumo Deadlift: 225/155lb, 102/70kg
Strict Press: 75/55lb, 34/25kg
Dual Dumbbell Step-Ups: 35/25lb, 15/12kg, 20in

Level 1:
For Quality
Every 4:00 x 5 Sets
4 Sumo Deadlift
8 Strict Press
12 Alternating Box Step-Ups
16 Abmat Sit-Ups
Sumo Deadlift: 70% of 1RM Deadlift
Strict Press: 45/35lb, 20/15kg
Box Height 24/20in

Masters 55+:
For Quality
Every 4:00 x 5 Sets
4 Sumo Deadlift
8 Strict Press
12 Dual Dumbbell Step-Ups
16 V-Ups

Sumo Deadlift: 185/125lb, 84/57kg
Strict Press: 75/55lb, 34/25kg
Dual Dumbbell Step-Ups: 30/20lb, 14/9kg, 20in

*This will be set-up as stations and ideally working through with groups of 3-5. This would mean that we would ideally share barbells and just roll through for quality to complete each set within the 4:00 as a quality set working on tension and form throughout. For the strict press we can take this from the floor or the rig, but the rig could be a good option today to allow for better class management and spacing.
Goal: Complete all 5 sets with controlled pacing and focus on movement integrity
Time Domain: ~3:00–3:30 per round
Stimulus: Strength-Endurance / Midline Integrity & Movement Control
RPE: 6.5–7.5/10
Primary Objective: Move with control and consistency across all stations—no racing.. The score today is completion and loading…. not time.
Secondary Objective: Maintain the time it takes to complete each set. Again, no rushing or racing here, but just moving with intent.
Workout Strategy:
“He Must Work Out” is built as a controlled, rotating strength and stamina piece—focusing on quality movement, positional discipline, and pacing through four diverse stations. Each 4-minute window allows athletes enough time to complete the set without rushing, emphasizing deliberate effort over speed.
The Sumo Deadlift should be performed with a powerful but controlled tempo, resetting each rep rather than bouncing. Use this as your heavy hinge pattern today.
Strict Press will challenge shoulder stamina, especially in combination with the dumbbell step-ups. Athletes should choose a load that allows for clean strict reps without compensating through the midline.
Step-Ups are performed with dumbbells held in each hand at your side. Keep the chest upright and drive through the full foot. Alternate legs and control the descent.
GHD Sit-Ups cap off the round with midline fatigue. Athletes should maintain full range while controlling speed to avoid hip fatigue carryover into the next round.
Movement Modifications:
Sumo Deadlift: Reduce loading, move to a hex bar deadlift or adjust to deadlifts off blocks if necessary. Alternatively a dual kb sumo deadlift would be a great modification today.
Strict Press: Reduce the loads or move to dual dumbbell strict press. Alternatively we could adjust to a landmine press if necessary.
Dumbbell Step-Ups: Lower box height to 16–18in, Use bodyweight or goblet style as needed.
GHD Sit-Ups: Reduce volume to 12 reps or sub with Weighted Abmat Sit-Ups, V-Ups, or traditional abmat sit-ups

General Prep
2-3 Sets: For Quality
300/250m Row
10 Kettlebell Deadlifts
10 Deep Lunge Mountain Climber
8 Scapular Pull-Ups
8 Ring Rows

Strength Test

0:00 – 2:00

• Max Unbroken Strict Pull-Ups
  2:00 – 7:00
• Max Ring Rows
  *Rx : Body at Parallel to the Floor
  Coaching Notes, Strategy, and Goals

The focus here is to choose an option for the Strict Pull-Ups that allows for 4+ reps to get a true good test to go off of. This would mean adjusting to band tension or a toenail spot to match the stimulus for athletes that will be doing less than 4 reps for the test.

Modifications:
Band Strict Pull-Ups
Toenail Spot Strict Pull-Ups

Workout
“Samsonite… I Was Way Off!”
Every 10:00 x 2 Sets
300/250m Row
10 Burpees
20 American Kettlebell Swings
10 Burpees
20 American Kettlebell Swings
10 Burpees
300/250m Row
Kettlebell: 53/35lb, 24/16kg

Level 2:
Every 10:00 x 2 Sets
250/200m Row
8 Burpees
16 American Kettlebell Swings
8 Burpees
16 American Kettlebell Swings
8 Burpees
250/200m Row
Kettlebell: 53/35lb, 24/16kg

Level 1:
Every 10:00 x 2 Sets
250/200m Row
8 Burpees
16 Russian Kettlebell Swings
8 Burpees
16 Russian Kettlebell Swings
8 Burpees
250/200m Row
Kettlebell: 35/18lb, 16/8kg

Masters 55+:
Every 10:00 x 2 Sets
250/200m Row
8 Burpees
16 Russian Kettlebell Swings
8 Burpees
16 Russian Kettlebell Swings
8 Burpees
250/200m Row
Kettlebell: 44/26lb, 20/12kg

Stimulus and Objectives:

Goal: 5:00 – 6:30 / per set
Score = Average Time / Set

Stimulus: Lactate Endurance
RPE: 9.5/10

Primary Objective: Consistent pacing across both sets
Secondary Objective: Finish with the second row on each set at a faster pace than the opening row.

Workout Strategy:
This workout challenges repeatability under fatigue and aerobic capacity. Each set opens and closes with a 300/250m row, with a burpee–kettlebell gauntlet sandwiched in between. The middle work, consisting of 30 burpees and 40 kettlebell swings will create serious muscular and aerobic fatigue, so making sure that you hit a pace just below redline is key.

Burpees should be approached with a steady cadence … avoid sprinting the opening set. We should be looking to complete the burpees in around 40-50 seconds per set.

American Kettlebell Swings will tax grip and midline. Plan for unbroken sets or at a maximum of 2 sets split as either 12-8 or 10-10. Unbroken is the goal, but don’t do so at the expense of the pace on the burpees as that is where most of the time will be eaten up today.

The row at the end is your final opportunity to empty the tank. Finish at a strong pace that you started with in order to really hit the best time possible.

Movement Modifications:
Row: Sub equal distance on the ski erg or sub a run of 200m.
Burpees: Reduce to 8 reps per set if needed or Modify to Elevated Burpees or No-Push-Up Burpees,
American Kettlebell Swings: Reduce loading to or Sub to Russian Swings if shoulder fatigue or limitations arise.

Mondays workout is below. Here is a preview of the week
Monday – August 4
🛠️ 1RM Clean & Jerk + 1RM Front Squat
Stimulus: Max Load / CNS Demand
Focus: Barbell mechanics, posture, and top-end strength
Optional lower-body accessory circuit to reinforce squat integrity.

Tuesday – August 5
🔥 “Samsonite… I Was Way Off!” (2 x 10:00 Intervals) + Pulling Benchmark
Stimulus: Aerobic grind / Upper-body fatigue
Focus: Rowing, burpees, and KB swing consistency + strict pulling capacity
Accessory work targets lats, biceps, and posterior chain pull strength.

Wednesday – August 6
💪 “He Must Work Out” (Strength-Endurance Circuit)
Stimulus: Controlled strength + midline fatigue
Focus: Sumo Deadlift, Strict Press, DB Step-Ups, GHDs in a rotating quality format
Finish with Sorenson and Z-Press core stability superset.

Thursday – August 7
⏱️ “Mutt Cutts” (10 x 3:00 Intervals)
Stimulus: Repeatable stamina
Focus: Movement consistency across Echo Bike, Wall Balls, DU, and Wall Walks
Optional accessory finisher targets posterior chain and isometric stamina.

Friday – August 8
🏋️ 1RM Snatch + “Helena” Benchmark
Stimulus: High-skill conditioning / Grip & Pulling Endurance
Focus: Running, Bar Muscle-Ups, DB Snatches — manage pace and transitions
Accessory circuit develops structural strength and midline stability.

MONDAY DOUBLE STRENGTH DAY!!!!
Mobility
:30/:30 Pigeon Pose
:30/:30 Scorpion Stretch
:30 Puppy Dog Pose
General and Specific Activation Work
9:00 EMOM
minute 1: Cardio Choice
minute 2: *Barbell Complex
minute 3: 8 Box Jumps

*Barbell Complex = 6 Tall Muscle Clean + 6 Front Squat + 6 Bradford Press with Lockout
Complete with an empty barbell. Athletes do have a choice of adding light loads.
Specific Babell Prep:
w/ light loads on barbell, so that its off the floor
2-3 sets
Clean Lift Off + Power Clean + Squat Clean + Split Jerk with Pause in the Catch

Build to full clean and jerk starting loads over the course of 2-3 sets

Every 2:00 x 10 Sets
1 Clean and Jerk

Starting @ ~60% and increasing to a 1RM for the Day
Coaching Notes:
We are looking to establish a 1RM Clean and Jerk for the day. This means that we will be ideally performing a Squat Clean + Split Jerk for the Clean and Jerk 1RM for the day. However we will allow whatever will lift the most loading today for the test.

Level 1 Athletes: Adjust to a Hang Power Clean + Front Squat + Split Jerk Modification to work on the form of the clean into a good front rack position and then take the time for the set-up into the split jerk. We are ideally working in the range of 6-8 RPE / 10 for our newer athletes to focus on form and technique.

On a 15:00 Clock
Establish a 1RM Front Squat
Coaching Notes:
We are building over the course of 15 minutes for our Front Squat 1RM. This ideally is set-up by a heavy clean for the day and then progressively building load about every 3:00 for each single attempt. The goal today will be to establish a new 1RM of 2-8% over your previous 1RM.

Focus on pressing up and through the bar with the elbows to maintain tension and control out of the hole in the Front Squat to achieve the best result.

Level 1 Athletes: Adjust to a 3-5 Rep @ 7-8 RPE to focus more on form and stability than absolute loads

2025 Kind of Like The Games Sunday Funday
Teams of 2

Wod 1
12 Minutes Amrap split how you want
10 Wall Walks
30 single DB shoulder-to-overheads 70/50
50 Doubles each (can go at the same time)
30 toes-to-bars

Wod 2
12 Minute Amrap

2 rounds split how you want
35-calorie ski erg
28 chest-to-bar pull-ups
24 burpee box jump-overs
If you make it past 2 rounds, switch the chest to bars to 20 bar muscle ups if you have them

Wod 3-For time (with a TBD cap)
Split how you want, change your own weights, try to split the work evenly, if your lifts are very different than your partners use two different bars
8-6-4-2
Rope Climb
Squat clean + front squat
Women: 85,105,125, 145
Men: 185, 205, 225, 245lb
*** one “rep” of the lift is a squat clean AND a front squat
so the set of 4 would be
4 rope climbs then
Squat clean+front squat, Squat clean + front squat, Squat clean + front squat, squat clean + front squat

8am Teams of 3
35 minute amrap
400m run
Row
ski
Burpee box get overs on the double high boxes.
Switch when 400m runner gets back

9am
Warm-Up:
3 Sets: For Quality
1:00 Echo Bike
10 Hollow Rocks
10 V-Ups
15 Air Squats

Conditioning
30 minute EMOM (6 rounds)
minute 1: 15/11 Calorie Echo Bike
minute 2: 14 Alternating Dumbbell Snatch
minute 3: 15/12 Calorie Row
minute 4: 10 Burpee Pull-Ups
Minute 5: Rest
*scale as needed to finish the movement in 40 seconds or under.