Workout Description

Why This Workout Is Hard

A heavy ascending barbell couplet with minimal rest. You’ll complete 63 squat cleans and 63 bar-facing burpees under a 20-minute cap, with two 1-minute breaks. Both movements are advanced and the loads jump from heavy to very heavy, forcing barbell cycling under fatigue and steady burpee pacing. The increasing weights elevate neuromuscular demand and time under tension.

Benchmark Times for AGOQ 23.4

• Elite: <11:30
• Advanced: 12:30-13:30
• Intermediate: 14:30-15:30
• Beginner: >20:00

Training Focus

This workout develops the following fitness attributes:

• Stamina (7/10): Nine rounds of advanced movements create significant muscular endurance demands in legs, hips, and trunk while maintaining consistent burpee output.
• Power (7/10): Every clean demands explosive hip extension and rapid turnover, particularly at the heavier segments where speed through the pull is critical.
• Strength (6/10): Loads climb from heavy to very heavy, requiring solid leg and pulling strength to stand up heavy cleans repeatedly under fatigue.
• Speed (6/10): Quick singles on the bar and smooth, steady burpees reward efficient transitions and barbell cycling without excessive rest.
• Endurance (5/10): Sustained breathing and repeated burpee efforts challenge aerobic capacity, but the barbell load limits continuous cardiovascular output compared to pure monostructural work.
• Flexibility (3/10): Standard squat clean range of motion and burpee positions require baseline mobility in hips, ankles, and shoulders without extreme ranges.

Scaling Options

Scale to: 135/95 → 155/105 → 185/125 lb • 115/75 → 135/95 → 155/105 lb • 5 cleans + 5 burpees each round or power cleans + bar-over burpees (step-over allowed)

Scaling Explanation

Adjusting load, reps, or movement complexity preserves the couplet’s heavy-lift-plus-burpee stimulus while keeping intensity high and technique safe.

Intended Stimulus

A fast-but-controlled grind. The first block should feel aggressive yet sustainable; the middle is where pacing and technique matter; the final heavy segment becomes disciplined singles on the bar with steady burpees. Heart rate high but manageable, breathing controlled, and minimal chalk breaks. Use the 1-minute rests to lower breathing and reset for quality barbell reps.

Coach Insight

Pace the burpees to breathe—smooth and steady. Take quick singles on the cleans as weights climb to protect legs and grip. The one tip: Stay on the bar. Fast singles with immediate regrips beat risky touch-and-go at heavy loads. Avoid sprinting early burpees, sloppy receiving positions, and long transitions. Set the bar, step in, and start the next rep.

Benchmark Notes

Use these finish-time tiers to gauge performance. If you’re near 20 minutes, the loads or burpee pace were limiting. Intermediate athletes should aim around 15–16 minutes, while advanced and elite push 11–13 minutes. The 1-minute rests are included in total time—use them to reset and attack the next segment.

Modality Profile

Half the work is weightlifting (squat cleans) and half is gymnastics (bar-facing burpees). There’s no pure monostructural element, but the burpees drive heart rate like cardio while the cleans deliver heavy metabolic and neuromuscular load.

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