General Warm-Up
400m Run
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2 Rounds
10 Up Dog + Down Dog
:15 Down Dog Calf Gas Pedals
15 Banded Pull-Aparts
5 x (Inchworm Push-Up + 2 Deep Lunge Mountain Climbers)
5 Bootstrap Squats w/Deep Squat Thoracic Rotations
Specific Barbell Prep
5 Empty Barbell Bench Press
4 Bench Press @ 50%
3 Bench Press @ 60%
2 Bench Press @ 65-70%
Strength: Bench Press
Every 2:00 x 5 Sets
5 Reps @ 70%+ of 1RM Bench Press
Start at 70% and build to a heavy set of five for the day across the five sets. This is not a true 5RM attempt, but athletes should arrive at the final set having pushed to something that represents a genuine heavy five, not a comfortable one.
Conditioning