Ideas for Even More Forum Challenges

I have done grace with an axle twice this month. Managed a 2:57 last time

I know a few other folks took this up as well. @dchris and @littlesleeper

I will be doing Murph on 25 May, if anyone wants to join me.

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I will join you for Murph but the pull-ups will be a real struggle! Do you have to do all pull-ups before moving on to the push-ups or can you superset them?

I need to get back into doing pull-ups often!

My understanding is you go from one to the other, but I am not sure about the rules.

If my ankles permit running the whole way for time, I’m in.

[quote] Partition the pull-ups, push-ups, and squats as needed. Start and finish with a mile run. If you’ve got a twenty pound vest or body armor, wear it.
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From the Crossfit website. Not clearly worded, but it sounds like you can mix them up?

Went ahead and did the Martin Rooney Manathalon.

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Awesome work @anon50325502! Want to make a new challenge thread for the Mantathlon? 18 pull-ups is extremely impressive.

Thanks, man. They’re not as strict as they could be, but I’ll take it.

Edit: feel free to quote my post in a new manathalon thread.

Ah, I thought they were saying you could rest between reps and not have to do them all at once. Someone more well versed can chime in.

I read it as you just do them all in however fashion you can as long as you start with a mile, end with a mile?

Sounds like the Mantathalon is the way to go for now. I’ll post up later today. Bad news is I’m deep into the T-ransformation diet… But good news is my body weight is down 25 pounds so the weights wont be as heavy as they were a few months ago :wink:

Martin Rooney has tons of these kinds of things in his articles, couple other doable ones:

  • Front Squat 135x5, Deadlift 225x5. 8 super sets in under 10 minutes is the goal

  • BW Bench x5, Pullup x5. 8 super sets in under 10 minutes is the goal

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The dips bit makes sense now, I took 1.25 bodyweight to mean that a 200lb guy would need to strap 250lb on. I was thinking 95% of people would get a big fat 0 on that one!

I should be in for this one, suits me pretty well also due to dropping a bit of weight in the transformation.

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I’ve just read a men’s fitness article about it and it seems you can split them all up. I’m not sure if I can link it but I just searched murph wod.

Airdyne bike, fastest time to 300 calories burned. That shit is hard.

Partition means to separate or divide into parts. On Murph you run a mile, knock out all of the bodyweight stuff however you can and then run a mile.

Anyone ran after doing max push-ups? It freaking sucks!

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Kinda looks like a penguin running. No arms involved.

My problem was breathing. Apparently I fatigued the muscles that help elevate the rib cage so I couldn’t inhale worth a darn while running.

Every year at least. Sandbag runs help.

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Mantathalon results:

Body weight = 175 (rounded up to next 5lb increment if needed for the test)

Bench @ 175lbs = 11
Pull-ups @ BW = 16
OHP @ 90lbs = 17
Ring Dips @ 45lbs = 7
BB Curls @ 90lbs = 10

Total = 61

No videos, and I haven’t been doing ring dips for a while so those kicked my ass. I think this is a good “check in” type test to throw in every few months to see what needs worked on and how progress is going. Might do just that from here on out.

2 of us completing it makes it official. Your turn everyone.

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That’s awesome. Going to be a couple of weeks before I have access to a bench but I’m looking forward to giving this a go.