Training Challenges

[Chris_Colucci]

@mikepleavin

Has anyone got any good physical challenges they have done or know of?
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And just for fun if anyone has ever done a stupidly hard workout/challenge post that too!

This ^

I am thinking things like 1.5mile run in a certain time, being able to deadlift XXX times bodyweight, squat XXX times bodyweight etc things that if you could accomplish all of them you could think of yourself as a good well rounded athlete.

is very different from this ^.

Paul Carter and Wendler have some famous/infamous goals in their “What Constitutes Strong” rant, discussed here. Like squat or dead 500x20, press 315 overhead, do 10 pull-ups with 100 pounds added.

Dan John has some more reasonable (arguably more realistic) goals in this article. Bodyweight bench x15, double bodyweight deadlift for reps, 15 pull-ups, etc.

For the actual challenges, not goals, a while back I came up with the 365-rep New Year’s Challenge. One upper body exercise and one lower body exercise, 180-185 reps each, done in any breakdown, making the whole workout 365 total reps.