Thursday 6/1/2023

A.

Kipping Practice

Over the course of 12 minutes, work on your kipping movement of choice. This can be a kip, pulling variation or toes to bar. If you are proficient in all of these movements, work on learning to butterfly.

B.
"The Eagle"
Eight rounds for max load of:
8 Kettlebell Front Squats
20-Meter Kettlebell Farmer's Carry

This is a test from the legendary Dan John, and is something that we will come back to. Your goal is to pick the heaviest kettlebells you think you can handle without putting down for the duration of the 8 rounds. You will perform 8 front squats, then immediately drop the kettlebells to your sides and walk 20 meters. You'll repeat this 8 times - 64 total squats and 160-meters of farmer's carry.

Rest 5 Minutes

Complete rounds of 21, 15 and 9 calories/reps for time of:
Assault Bike (for calories)
Back Squat (135/95 lbs)

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Wednesday 5/31/2023

A.
Four sets of:
Dumbbell Shoulder Press x 8 reps
Rest 15-20 seconds
Barbell Skull Crushers x 10-12 reps
Rest 30 seconds
El Pigeon Stretch x 60 seconds each side
youtu.be/LyH0ygsgQBU
Rest 30 seconds

B.
Against a 4-minute running clock....
400 Meter Run
12 Dumbbell Box Step-Overs (50/35 lbs)
Max Reps of Wall Walks

Rest 2 minutes and repeat for a total of three (3) sets.

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Tuesday 5/30/2023

A.
Two sets of:
Perform 30 seconds on each side of the following movements...
*Station 1 - Banded Palloff Hold
*Station 2 - Banded Lateral Monster Walk
*Station 3 - Single-Leg Glute Bridge Hold
*Station 4 - Side Plank Hold
*Station 5 - Dynamic Bulgarian Split Squat Jumps

Move through this with as little rest between movements as possible. It should take between 12-15 minutes in total.

B.
Four rounds for time of:
60 Double-Unders
30/24 Calories of Rowing
10 Deadlifts (275/185 lbs)

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Monday 5/29/2023

Murph

1 mile Run

100 Pull-Ups

200 Push-Ups

300 Air Squats

1 mile Run

If you are looking for some history on Murph and scaling options this is a great article to get you prepped: https://www.boxrox.com/murph-strategies-partition-variations/

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Saturday 5/27/2023

In teams of two, complete eight (8) rounds each of:
Station 1 - 15/10 Calories of Assault Bike
Station 2 - Barbell Complex*

* Barbell Complex:
4 Power Cleans (135/95 lbs)
6 Alternating Reverse Lunges (135/95 lbs)
8 Shoulder to Overhead (135/95 lbs)

Each partner must complete each station 8 times. You must rotate stations as a team - so one partner will always be on the bike and one on the barbell.

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Friday 5/26/2023

A.
Every 2 minutes, for 14 minutes (7 sets) of:
Strict Press
Set 1 - 5 reps @ 60-70%
Set 2 - 4 reps @ 65-75%
Set 3 - 3 reps @ 80%
Set 4 - 2 reps @ 75-85%
Set 5 - 1 rep @ 80-90%
Sets 6-7 - 8 reps @ 65-75%

B.
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 15 minutes of:
20/15 Calories of Rowing
15 Wall Ball Shots (20/14 lbs)
10 Strict Ring Dips

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Wedneday 5/24/2023

A.
"Nate"
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 20 minutes of:
2 Ring Muscle-Ups
4 Strict Handstand Push-Ups
8 Kettlebell Swings (32/24 kg)

B.
Three sets of:
Single-Leg Hip Bridge x 10-12 reps each leg @ 2012
Rest 30 seconds
Frog Pumps x 20 reps @ 1112
youtu.be/AYR_0XzzBGY
(focus on maximal contraction of your glutes during each 2-second hold at the top)
Rest 30 seconds
Hollow Hold x 60 seconds
Rest as needed

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Tuesday 5/23/2023

A.
Every 2:30, for 20 minutes (8 sets):
Back Squat
Set 1 - 3 reps @ 75%
Set 2 - 1 rep @ 85%
Set 3 - 3 reps @ 85%
Set 4 - 2 reps @ 90%
Sets 5-7 - 6 reps @ 80%
Set 8 - 4 reps @ 85%

B.
Three rounds for time:
400 Meter Run
20 Walking Lunges with Kettlebell Farmer's Carry (24/16 kg KBs)
10 Double Kettlebell Front Squats (24/16 kg KBs)

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Monday 5/22/2023

A.
Every 2 minutes, for 24 minutes (12 sets):
Clean & Jerk x 1 rep

Loading per set (by %): 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 95

B.
For time:
50/35 Calories of Assault Bike or Rowing
30 Ground to Overhead (115/75 lbs)
30 Pull-Ups

Time Cap = 10:00

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Saturday 5/20/2023

In teams of two, alternate complete rounds:

0:00-10:00
10/8 Calorie Row
10 DB Snatches (50/35 lbs)

Rest 4 Minutes

14:00-24:00
5 Thrusters (95/65 lbs)
10 Ab Mat Sit Ups

Rest 4 Minutes

28:00-38:00

200 M Run
10 Bodyweight Walking Lunges (5 each side)

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Friday 5/19/2023

A.
Every 2:30, for 20 minutes (8 sets):
Back Squat
Set 1 - 4 reps @ 70%
Set 2 - 3 reps @ 80%
Set 3 - 2 reps @ 85%
Sets 4-5 - 8 reps @ 70%
Set 6 - 6 reps @ 75%
Sets 7-8 - 6 reps @ 80%

B.
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 12 minutes of:
20 Box Jump-Overs (24"/20")
15 Wall Ball Shots (20/14 lbs)
10 Toes to Bar

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Thursday 5/18/2023

A.
Every 2:30 minutes, for 20 minutes (8 sets):
Power Clean + Jerk + Clean & Jerk

Build to today's heavy.

B.
Three sets for max calories + reps of:
90 seconds of Rowing (for Calories)
30 seconds of Thrusters (95/65 lbs)
Rest 2 minutes

Note your calories and reps achieved in each set, then sum them for your total score.

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Wednesday 5/17/2023

A.
Every 2:30, for 15 minutes (6 sets):
Strict Press
Set 1 - 5 reps @ 60-65%
Set 2 - 3 reps @ 65-70%
Set 3 - 2 reps @ 70-75%
Set 4 - 2 reps @ 75-80%
Set 5 - 2 reps @ 80-85%
Set 6 - 2 reps @ 85% or more

B.

B.
Every minute, on the minute, for 16 minutes (4 sets) for max calories/reps:
Station 1 - 45 seconds of Assault Bike
Station 2 - 45 seconds of Kipping Movement of Choice*
Station 3 - 45 seconds of Push-Ups
Station 4 - Rest

Station 2 is an opportunity to work on your kip, kipping pullups, toes to bar. Anything that has a kipping motion in it.

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Tuesday 5/16/2023

Against a 4-minute running clock...
400 Meter Run
25 Goblet Squats (24/16 kg)
Max Reps of Pull Ups

Rest 2 minutes, and repeat for a total of six (6) sets. Post the number of pull-ups achieved in each set, then sum them for your overall score.

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Monday 5/15/2023

A.

"Strict Diane"
Complete rounds of 21, 15 and 9 reps for time of:
225/155 lb Deadlifts
Strict Handstand Push-Ups

B.

B.
Every 2 minutes, for 18 minutes (3 sets) of:
Station 1 - Barbell Hip Thrust x 6 reps @ 21X1
Station 2 - Band Pull-Aparts x 30 reps @ 1010
Station 3 - L-Sit x 60 seconds (accumulated time)

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Saturday 5/13/2023

Every 90 Seconds For 30 Minutes (5 Rounds)

Station 1- 200M Run or 250/200M Row
Station 2- 20-25 Wallballs (20/14 lbs.)
Station 3- 15/12 Calorie Assault Bike
Station 4- 18-22 DB Snatches (50/35 lbs.)

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Friday 5/12/2023

Every minute, on the minute, for 30 minutes (6 sets) of:
Minute 1 - 8 Deadlifts @ 70% of 1-RM
Minute 2 - 16 Walking Lunges with Farmer's Carry (32/24 kg KBs)
Minute 3 - 6 Bar Muscle-Ups
Minute 4 - 12 Parallette Shoot Throughs youtu.be/Ip4vd5Qw7CM
Minute 5 - 40 Seconds of Prone Plank

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Thursday 5/11/2023

Workout Definition

Against a 3-minute clock...
Row 500 Meters
Max Reps of Toes to Bar

Rest 60 seconds, and then...

Against a 3-minute clock...
Run 400 Meters
Max Reps of Power Cleans (185/135 lbs)

Rest 60 seconds and repeat for a total of FOUR SETS of each couplet - total workout time will be 32 minutes.

Andrew Malek-Zadeh
Wednesday 5/10/2023

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 30 minutes of:
400 Meter Run
immediately followed by...
Three rounds of:
5 Pull-Ups
10 Push-Ups
15 Air Squats

Andrew Malek-Zadeh