**2. Strength Prep**

Use moderate weight on sets to allow solid focus on form and positions throughout reps in preparation for heavy reps in the coming weeks. Cue athletes to breathe in at the top of the rep and breathe when standing into extension. Focus on active lats, driving their feet through the floor and squeezing the butt at the top of the extension. Remember, we are going on the minute so be sure athletes are ready to rock and roll.

Target Round: Round of 16 (204 reps)

Minimal Round before scaling: 14 (140 reps)

STIMULUS and GOALS

Open Workout Friday! and if you remember this one then you remember how demoralizing it felt to watch your rest time go down each round. Intensity and pacing starts off moderate and then slowly increases across rounds and reps go up. The goal should not be to get as much rest as possible but to stay conservative early on reps and speed to allow for increased effort across workout.

This workout begins as a standard three-minute couplet of two rounds of 10 overhead squats and 10 chest-to-bar pull-ups. If you complete all 40 reps (two complete rounds) before the time cap you will rest until the three minutes is up before beginning the next segment. In the second segment, minute 3 to minute 6, you will attempt two rounds of 12 overhead squats and 12 chest-to-bar pull-ups. If you complete all 48 reps (two complete rounds) before the time cap you will rest until the six minutes is up before beginning the next segment. In the third segment, minute 6 to minute 9, you will attempt two rounds of 14 overhead squats and 14 chest-to-bar pull-ups. If you complete all 56 reps (two complete rounds) before the time cap you will rest until the nine minutes is up before beginning the next segment. You will continue in this pattern for as long as possible. Sixteen reps of each during minutes 9 to 12, 18 reps of each during minutes 12 to 15, etc.