CrossFit Legend Josh Bridges Crushes Full-Physique Exercise Two Weeks Out From 2023 Rogue Invitational

Father Time hasn’t slowed down the seven-time CrossFit Open Exercise winner.

Written by Stephen Sheehan, CPT Final up to date on October 18, 2023

Regardless of being 5 years faraway from his final CrossFit Games look, Josh Bridges stays probably the most recognizable and well-respected athletes within the sport. Actually, although the three-time CrossFit Regionals champion hasn’t competed within the Video games since 2018, he nonetheless seems to be greater than able to maintaining with fellow legends like four-time Fittest Man on Earth® Rich Froning Jr. and 2009 CrossFit Video games winner Mikko Salo.

Bridges may have a possibility to showcase the power, stamina, and resolve that made him a fan favourite later this month on the 2023 Rogue Invitational in Spherical Rock, Texas. Set to happen from Oct. 27-29, the extremely anticipated competitors will function a Legends showcase that ought to present loads of highlight-worthy moments over the course of three days.

With one other journey to Dell Diamond on the docket, Bridges took his coaching to a different degree in a video posted on his YouTube channel on Oct. 15, 2023.

Within the newest episode of his “Paying the Man” vlog collection, the previous U.S. Navy Seal put collectively a full-body exercise that compelled every of the individuals to dig deep from begin to end.

Earlier than Bridges and his two coaching companions, Tayler and Andrew Patterson, started the primary a part of the session, they accomplished a “warm-up exercise” that proved much more taxing than hitting the treadmill or rower for a couple of minutes. To organize for the HIIT-style workout to observe, the trio carried out six rounds of a 100-foot sled push and eight bar muscle-ups.

Combining a heavy sled push (371 kilos/168 kilograms) with a gymnastics-inspired pull-up variation supplied the right mixture of power and cardio coaching that set the tone for the remainder of the session. Plus, using a 1:1 work-to-rest ratio between rounds gave enough time for Bridges and his companions to recuperate as they educated outdoors underneath the warmth of the Denver solar.

With the preliminary a part of the exercise full, the group hit the stationary bike for a couple of minutes earlier than ramping up the depth with a four-part circuit that focused nearly each main muscle group. Quite than attempting to hit a selected variety of reps or rounds, the six-time CrossFit Video games athlete utilized the AMRAP (as many rounds as potential) method for the 30-minute exercise.

“I really like AMRAPs as a result of it’s simply you in opposition to the clock,” Bridges defined. “It’s not a set ‘how a lot work you’re going to get performed,’ it’s a set ‘time you’re going to do work.’ So everybody has the identical period of time, however who’s keen to push tougher through the work to get the extra reps in, to get extra work in.”

Bridges made positive to cowl all his bases by deciding on two conditioning workouts (the Jacobs Ladder and a 200-meter run), one decrease physique motion (back squat), and one higher physique motion (flat dumbbell bench press).