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For Time 400 meter Run 50 Back Squats 50 Front Squats 50 Overhead Squats 400 meter Run 50 Shoulder Presses 50 Push Presses 50 Push Jerks 400 meter Run 50 Hang Power Cleans 50 Hang Power Snatches 400 meter Run Perform all barbell movements with an olympic bar only (45/35 lb). Run without the bar.

Why This Workout Is Medium

A high-volume chipper using only an empty barbell for various movements, interspersed with runs. Tests endurance and technique.

Benchmark Times for Painstorm XII

  • Elite: <32:31
  • Advanced: 32:31-30:01
  • Intermediate: 30:01-27:31
  • Beginner: >27:31

Training Focus

This workout develops the following fitness attributes:

  • Stamina (8/10): Performing 50 reps each of Back Squats, Front Squats, Overhead Squats, Shoulder Presses, Push Presses, Push Jerks, Hang Power Cleans, and Hang Power Snatches with an empty bar, plus runs, will test muscular endurance in movement patterns rather than load tolerance. Shoulder and leg endurance will be particularly taxed.
  • Endurance (7/10): A high-volume chipper using only an empty barbell (45/35 lb) for various squatting, pressing, and pulling movements, interspersed with 400m runs. While the load is minimal, the sheer number of reps (50 per movement type, e.g., 150 total squats) and runs creates a significant endurance challenge.
  • Flexibility (6/10): Requires good mobility for all squat variations (especially OHS), all pressing variations (especially Push Jerk overhead), and both clean and snatch variations, even with an empty bar, to maintain technique for 50 reps each.
  • Speed (5/10): Maintaining a good running pace and cycling very quickly through the empty barbell movements is key for a good time. Transition speed is also important.
  • Power (3/10): While movements like cleans, snatches, and jerks are inherently powerful, the empty bar shifts the focus to speed of movement and cyclical endurance rather than maximal power generation.
  • Strength (2/10): Minimal strength demand due to the empty barbell. The focus is on perfect form, movement efficiency, and muscular endurance through extremely high repetitions.

Modality Profile

A couplet of a monostructural movement (Run) and a gymnastics movement (Burpee). The structure ensures an even split between the two modalities.

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Training Profile

AttributeScoreExplanation
Endurance7/10A high-volume chipper using only an empty barbell (45/35 lb) for various squatting, pressing, and pulling movements, interspersed with 400m runs. While the load is minimal, the sheer number of reps (50 per movement type, e.g., 150 total squats) and runs creates a significant endurance challenge.
Stamina8/10Performing 50 reps each of Back Squats, Front Squats, Overhead Squats, Shoulder Presses, Push Presses, Push Jerks, Hang Power Cleans, and Hang Power Snatches with an empty bar, plus runs, will test muscular endurance in movement patterns rather than load tolerance. Shoulder and leg endurance will be particularly taxed.
Strength2/10Minimal strength demand due to the empty barbell. The focus is on perfect form, movement efficiency, and muscular endurance through extremely high repetitions.
Flexibility6/10Requires good mobility for all squat variations (especially OHS), all pressing variations (especially Push Jerk overhead), and both clean and snatch variations, even with an empty bar, to maintain technique for 50 reps each.
Power3/10While movements like cleans, snatches, and jerks are inherently powerful, the empty bar shifts the focus to speed of movement and cyclical endurance rather than maximal power generation.
Speed5/10Maintaining a good running pace and cycling very quickly through the empty barbell movements is key for a good time. Transition speed is also important.

For Time 400 meter Run 50 Back Squats 50 Front Squats 50 Overhead Squats 400 meter Run 50 Shoulder Presses 50 Push Presses 50 Push Jerks 400 meter Run 50 Hang Power Cleans 50 Hang Power Snatches 400 meter Run Perform all barbell movements with an olympic bar only (45/35 lb). Run without the bar.

Difficulty:
Medium
Modality:
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Time Distribution:
21:16Elite
28:46Target
32:31Time Cap
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Training Profile

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