“J.T.” is definitely one of the toughest Crossfit W.O.Ds (Workouts Of the Day) that I’ve been personally challenged to complete. On paper it looks okay, but when you get into the actual workout it becomes apparent that it is a total body blast! After all the 21, 15 and 9 rep progression scheme used in many Crossfit fundamental workouts is something that I’m used to now. But when you’re doing hand-stand push ups, followed by ring dips, and then immediately into push ups… well, you get the drift.
By the 9 rep progression set I had to go to 50 pound dumbbell shoulder presses. My shoulders were spent. I couldn’t even hold myself in a hand-stand position any longer… complete muscle failure. Sweet! My time for the modified workout was 32:14 — ahhhhh!
Any way, next time I’ll own J.T. but not today.
The J.T.
- 21 reps of hand-stand pushups followed by 21 ring dips followed by 21 push-ups
- 15 reps of hand-stand pushups followed by 15 ring dips followed by 15 push-ups
- 9 hand-stand pushups followed by 9 ring dips followed by 9 push-ups
- Do all the above for time
For reference (and inspiration) take a look at this video:
