STRENGTH & METABOLIC CONDITIONING

Macrocycle: The Adaptive Athlete - Taper Week

*Thursdays are an At-Home Recovery Day, so if you are following along at home do the Recovery and the Cool-down Sections today.

0. Recovery Session

Perform in the AM if your workout in the PM or in the PM if you workout in the AM.

1. Warm-up and WOD Prep

Timing:
X:00 Specific Barbell Warm-up
X:05 Strength Talk and Prep - 25:00 Clock Counting Down to End of Strength Section

2. Strength

TESTING
20:00 to Find
Front Squat 3 Rep Max

Timing:
X:05 Start 25:00 Clock Counting Down
At Each Time, 3 Front Squats:
25:00 - 20:00 As Many Reps and Sets with Barbell and working to 50%
20:00 - 60%
18:00 - 68%
16:00 - 73%
14:00 - 78%
11:00 - 83%
8:00 - 88%
4:00 - 93%
0:00 - Bonus Attempt

3. Metabolic Conditioning (MetCon)

Tabata Handstand Hold (Rounds 1-8)
1-Minute Rest (Rounds 9 & 10)
Tabata Burpees (Rounds 11-18)

*Tabata = 8 Rounds of 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest.

Timing: 9-Minutes
X:34 Start - Set Clock for 18 x 0:20 Rounds with 0:10 Rest

Scaling and At-Home Variations

Handstand Hold

Fitness Level Scaling:
~Handstand Hold to Handstand Hold Against Wall to Handstand Hold with Feet Up Wall as High as Comfortable to Push-up Plank

Handstand Tips and Variations

4. Cool-down

4.1

3 Minutes of Slow Cardio

4.2

Lats Smash
2 Minutes on Each Side

4.3

3 Rounds for Quality with a Barbell
6 Back Rack Alternating Lunges
6 Strict Press

Accessory Athlete Bonus Work

Why, When, and How and Do You Need to Add Bonus Work?

For Fatigue Management, No Accessory Work During Taper Week

Timing Information Explained:

MovementLink programming is designed to be able to take place in 1 hour group classes. Gym schedules may have classes start at different times 5:30 AM, 6 AM, 8:45 AM, etc. We believe in creating a WOW experience to clients ever time they walk into the gym. On thing we feel like they deserve is to have their classes start and finish on time. We plan our classes to the minute, with some buffer zones, to ensure we finish within the hour and use our time as wisely as possible. The Timing references above are for coaches running classes and for people following along in open gym or at home to make sure their workouts don’t end up taking longer than they need to.

X:10 refers to 10 minutes into class. If the class started at 6:00 AM, X:10 refers to 6:10 AM. If the class starts at 8:45 AM, X:10 refers to 8:55 AM.

In the Advanced Athlete section. You may find a negative time, like X:neg5. For a 6:00 AM class, this would refer to 5:55 AM and for a 8:45 AM class, this would refer to 8:40 AM. Another note on these negative timings, is that they are assuming the athlete is going to warm-up on their own and are designed to tell the athlete the last possible time that they are able to start their bonus work and still join the class for the next section. In this scenario, the athlete completing bonus work will have warmed up on their own and therefore does not need to warm-up again with the class. They simply need to be finished with bonus work before it’s time for the coach to talk and prep for the first section in class.

Workout 3 Strength Option - Taper Week