Always Be Crushing With Hunter McIntyre, Week 3
Always Be Crushing With Hunter McIntyre, Week 3
Strength, conditioning, skills, Dojo days: Hunter McIntyre is the best obstacle course racers in the world and he's here to make sure you always crush it.
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Strength, conditioning, skills, Dojo days: Hunter McIntyre is one of the best obstacle course racers in the world and he's here to make sure you're always crushing it.
Week 3
Monday
Monday is strength day - you’ll be performing supersets at around 70-80% of your max in an AMRAP format. Your goal is to accumulate as many good reps as possible without breaking down.
AMRAP 10:
2 deadlifts
2 sandbag ground to shoulder
*rest 5 minutes*
AMRAP 10:
4 kettlebell clean & jerks
4 kettlebell thrusters
*rest 5 minutes*
AMRAP 10:
6 dips
6 pull ups
Tuesday
High intensity intervals: hard efforts mixed with low effort.
If you aren’t sustaining a certain pace then drop out of the workout: sloppy efforts are useless.
Air bike:
Warm up 10 minutes
..then..
Complete 20 rounds of
30 seconds hard
90 seconds easy
*if you’re unable to keep a hard pace, stop
Cool down 10 minutes
Wednesday
Core control day and bodybuilding morning workout.
Core Control
A. 4x10-20 atomic push ups (tempo)
B. 4x10-20 windshield wipers
C. 4x10-20 pike ups (find most challenging way to perform for you)
D. 300 flutter kick for time
E. 300 mountain climbers
F. Accumulated 3-5 minute in plank
Bodybuilding
4 rounds at walking pace
10 Db shoulder press
10 DB box step up
10 ring rows
10 good morning
Recovery bike or run cardio PM workout.
A. 30 minutes focus on easy breathing
B. Hydrate and stretch hip and spine (couch stretch, pigeon, scorpions, etc)
Thursday
Recovery day: easy 60 minute cardio run or row
Friday
Maximum muscle recruitment day
A. 5x2 clean & jerk
B. Plyo pull ups sets, 3 sets max effort, max recovery necessary
C. 6-9x 10 second uphill sprints. Rest as necessary.
E. “Uno, Dos, Tres:
1 mile run
2000m row
3 mile bike
Saturday
60-90 minute long run
Sunday
Dojo Day
Spend an hour on low intensity skill: slack line, gymnastic, swimming, tracks and field events