PROGRAM A
WARM UP
WORKOUT
2021 VAULT: DUMBBELL HERACLES
4 Rounds
Run 200 Meters
6 Man Makers
Run 200 Meters
12 Devil Press
*Can also use the sandbag for this version!
Suggested Weight
Men: 40# DBs
Women: 25# DBs
Extra Challenge:
Men/Women: Go Faster
Score: Total Time
Goal: 16-24 Min
COACHES NOTES
Be careful not to peacock this one, guys! Don't rush through the weighted movements. Find a steady pace that you can hold onto for all 4 rounds. You're shooting for each round to take 4-6 minutes!! Assuming each 200m run takes 1 minute or less, you're working with 1-2 minutes for the Manmakers. Test out a few reps in the warm up and make sure you can get 1 rep done in 10-15 seconds. If not, customize it! You should have 1-2 minutes for the Devil Press, too, which is 1 rep every 5-8 seconds. Again, practice in the warm up and customize if needed!
200M RUN
You're working with a minute or less. Shorten the distance as needed to fit the time window. If unable to run due to space or weather purposes - 1 min double/single unders, low step ups, Mtn Climbers or toe taps to a low target.
CUSTOMIZATIONS
1 minute of:
Double/Single Unders
Low Step Ups
Mountain Climbers
Toe Taps to a Low Target
MANMAKER
You will place your hands on the dumbbells roughly shoulder width apart. Jump or step your feet back. Place your knees down if you need to and perform a push up. Then perform a renegade row on each side. From the top of the push up position you will pull the elbow back, bringing the dumbbell to the side of the rib cage. Try to avoid rotating, allowing the hips to come up, or sagging the hips. Lower the dumbbell back to the ground and repeat on the other side.
Then jump or step the feet in. Dumbbells may be inside or outside the feet based on your preference. Heels down, chest up, flat back, knees are
bent. Stand up hard and fast keeping the dumbbells close and pull them up your body as you pull yourself under. Catch with the elbows high and the DBs on your shoulders in the bottom of a squat. Heels down, knees out, butt lower than knees, chest up, belly tight, back flat.
Drive through the heels to stand up. Stand up hard and fast to pop the dumbbells off of the shoulders. Keep the belly tight and finish by pressing to lockout with the biceps by the ears.
CUSTOMIZATIONS
Burpee + Power Clean + Front Squat + Push Press
Burpee + Power Clean + Thruster
Single DB Manmaker
DEVIL PRESS
This movement is BASICALLY a burpee with dumbbells in your hands. You do a push up with hands on the dumbbells, jump or step the feet in. Pick the dumbbells up from between the feet with heels down and arms straight (keep the back flat!!). Use the power from the legs and the hips to basically complete a combination KB Swing - clean and jerk - snatch.
The movement finishes with the elbows locked and biceps by the ears! Control the lower and keep the back flat as you set up for the next rep!
CUSTOMIZATIONS
Single Arm Devil Press
Burpee Kettlebell Swing
Step Burpee
No Push Up Burpee
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PROGRAM B
WARM UP
WORKOUT
2021 VAULT: BARBELL HERACLES
4 Rounds
Run 200 Meters
6 Barbell Man Makers
Run 200 Meters
12 Devil Press/Plate Burpees
Suggested Weight
Men: 75# Bar / 40# DBs or 45# Plate
Women: 55# Bar / 25# DBs or 25# Plate
Extra Challenge:
Men: 95# Bar
Women: 65# Bar
Score: Total Time
Goal: 16-24 Min
COACHES NOTES
Be careful not to peacock this one, guys! Don't rush through the weighted movements. Find a steady pace that you can hold onto for all 4 rounds. You're shooting for each round to take 4-6 minutes!! Assuming each 200m run takes 1 minute or less, you're working with 1-2 minutes for the Barbell Manmakers. Test out a few reps in the warm up and make sure you can get 1 rep done in 10-15 seconds. If not, customize it! You should have 1-2 minutes for the Devil Press/Plate Burpees, too, which is 1 rep every 5-8 seconds. Again, practice in the warm up and customize if needed!
200M RUN
You're working with a minute or less. Shorten the distance as needed to fit the time window. If unable to run due to space or weather purposes - 1 min double/single unders, low step ups, Mtn Climbers or toe taps to a low target.
CUSTOMIZATIONS
1 minute of:
Double/Single Unders
Low Step Ups
Mountain Climbers
Toe Taps to a Low Target
BARBELL MANMAKER
1 rep = Deadlift + Bent Over Row + Hang Squat Clean + Thruster
For the deadlift make sure the heels stay down and the bar stays close. Keep the chest up and belly tight. Start with a hinge at the hip and a bend in the knee with straight arms. Stand completely at the top. Then bring the bar back to below the knee but not all of the way to the ground. Keep the knees slightly bent and the chest up. Pull the bar to the chest with the elbows going back then lower back to below the knee. Stand.
Perform a hang squat clean by dipping forward slightly, reaching the butt back and bending the knees. Allow the bar to travel down the leg. Chest up, belly tight. Arms straight. Bar close. Stand fast and shrug. Pull the bar up your body as you pull yourself under. Shoot the elbows around and through quickly to catch on the shoulders with the elbows high in the bottom of a squat. Heels down, knees out, butt lower than knees, chest up, belly tight.
Stand up hard and fast. Pop the bar off of the shoulders. Keep belly tight and press to lockout!
CUSTOMIZATIONS
Deadlift + Bent Over Row + Hang Power Clean + Thruster
DEVIL PRESS
This movement is BASICALLY a burpee with dumbbells in your hands. You do a push up with hands on the dumbbells, jump or step the feet in. Pick the dumbbells up from between the feet with heels down and arms straight (keep the back flat!!). Use the power from the legs and the hips to basically complete a combination KB Swing - clean and jerk - snatch.
The movement finishes with the elbows locked and biceps by the ears! Control the lower and keep the back flat as you set up for the next rep!
CUSTOMIZATIONS
Single Arm Devil Press
Burpee Kettlebell Swing
Step Burpee
No Push Up Burpee
- OR -
PLATE BURPEE
Perform a burpee with your hands on a plate (touch your chest to the plate at the bottom). When you stand up from the burpee you bring the plate with you. Make sure you lift your chest, keep your back flat, and drive through your heels. Bring it to the chest. Step up onto the box. Stand all of the way up on your box/bench. Step off. Plate back to the ground - new burpee.
CUSTOMIZATIONS
Regular Burpee
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PROGRAM C
WARM UP
WORKOUT
2021 VAULT: ROW/BIKE HERACLES
4 Rounds
250m Row or 15/11 Cal Bike
6 Man Makers
250m Row or 15/11 Cal Bike
12 Devil Press
*Can do this version with barbell, dumbbell, or sandbag!
Suggested Weight
Men: 40# DBs
Women: 25# DBs
Extra Challenge:
Men/Women: Go Faster
Score: Total Time
Goal: 16-24 Min
COACHES NOTES
Be careful not to peacock this one, guys! Don't rush through the weighted movements. Find a steady pace that you can hold onto for all 4 rounds. You're shooting for each round to take 4-6 minutes!! Assuming each 200m run takes 1 minute or less, you're working with 1-2 minutes for the Manmakers. Test out a few reps in the warm up and make sure you can get 1 rep done in 10-15 seconds. If not, customize it! You should have 1-2 minutes for the Devil Press, too, which is 1 rep every 5-8 seconds. Again, practice in the warm up and customize if needed!
ROW/BIKE
You're working with a minute or less. Reduce the distance/calories as needed to fit the time window.
CUSTOMIZATIONS
Shorten distance
Reduce calories
MANMAKER
You will place your hands on the dumbbells roughly shoulder width apart. Jump or step your feet back. Place your knees down if you need to and perform a push up. Then perform a renegade row on each side. From the top of the push up position you will pull the elbow back, bringing the dumbbell to the side of the rib cage. Try to avoid rotating, allowing the hips to come up, or sagging the hips. Lower the dumbbell back to the ground and repeat on the other side.
Then jump or step the feet in. Dumbbells may be inside or outside the feet based on your preference. Heels down, chest up, flat back, knees are
bent. Stand up hard and fast keeping the dumbbells close and pull them up your body as you pull yourself under. Catch with the elbows high and the DBs on your shoulders in the bottom of a squat. Heels down, knees out, butt lower than knees, chest up, belly tight, back flat.
Drive through the heels to stand up. Stand up hard and fast to pop the dumbbells off of the shoulders. Keep the belly tight and finish by pressing to lockout with the biceps by the ears.
CUSTOMIZATIONS
Burpee + Power Clean + Front Squat + Push Press
Burpee + Power Clean + Thruster
DEVIL PRESS
This movement is BASICALLY a burpee with dumbbells in your hands. You do a push up with hands on the dumbbells, jump or step the feet in. Pick the dumbbells up from between the feet with heels down and arms straight (keep the back flat!!). Use the power from the legs and the hips to basically complete a combination KB Swing - clean and jerk - snatch.
The movement finishes with the elbows locked and biceps by the ears! Control the lower and keep the back flat as you set up for the next rep!
CUSTOMIZATIONS
Single Arm Devil Press
Burpee Kettlebell Swing
Step Burpee
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Run/Jog
If you're trying to manage the pressure on your pelvic floor, you can start by simply doing something different with the way you’re breathing or how you’re holding tension in your body throughout the movement. You can also shorten the distance, lower the speed, or reduce the overall intensity to the point that you feel is still within your current threshold. Check out the SP Mamas Resources blog post on Urinary Leakage with Exercise Troubleshooting for more information and strategies. Some other options for customizing are Taps, Row, Bike, Quick Step Ups, One Legged Plank Rock, High Knee Step Up Overs, or Calf Raises. Please visit the Mama Modifications Movement Library for more options and demonstrations.
Man Makers
If you feel a lot of pressure on your abdominal wall or pelvic floor in the plank position or hopping forward/back, you can step back/forward to a table top or low bear pose or skip the plank/push up/renegade row. If you have to modify the movement too much you may want to sub KB Swings, Sled Push/Pull, Farmer Carry, Thrusters, Wall Balls or Ball Slams so that you can keep moving and keep the heart rate up!
Devil Press
If you feel a lot of pressure on your abdominal wall or pelvic floor in the plank position or hopping forward/back, you can step back/forward to a table top or low bear pose or skip the plank/push up. You can also use less weight. If you have to modify the movement too much you may want to sub KB Swings, Sled Push/Pull, Farmer Carry, Thrusters, Wall Balls or Ball Slams so that you can keep moving and keep the heart rate up!
Burpee
If you’re trying to manage the pressure on your core or pelvic floor during this movement, you can start by simply doing something different with the way you’re breathing or how you’re holding tension in your body throughout the movement. If you feel like you need or want to customize further you can minimize some of the impact by stepping out and stepping in or manage some of the pressure along the abdominal wall by using your knees or with an elevated burpee. Some other options for customizing are Bear Pose Burpee, KB Swing, or Ball Slam. Please visit the Mama Modifications Movement Library for more options and demonstrations.
DB/Back/Front/Goblet/Air Squat
If you're trying to manage the pressure on your core and pelvic floor, you can start by simply doing something different with the way you’re breathing or how you’re holding tension in your body throughout the movement. If you feel like you need or want to customize further you can minimize some the demand by shortening the range of motion, using a target, or holding on to something for assistance. Another option for customizing is a Box Squat which can be especially helpful for building posterior chain strength. Please visit the Mama Modifications Movement Library for more options and demonstrations.