October Step-Up Challenge

‍CHALLENGE BACKGROUND:

During the month of October, we will be doing a step-up challenge to train and prepare athletes for the hero workout, “Chad1000X”, that will be programmed on Veteran’s Day - November 11th.

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“Chad 1000X” was created in honor of Navy SEAL Chad Wilkinson and is performed across the world to raise awareness for suicide prevention. To learn more, visit https://chad1000x.com.

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The workout is 1,000 box step-ups for time, onto a 20-inch box, wearing a 45/35 pound ruck pack/vest. For the workout in Mayhem Affiliate, we will have multiple options available to accommodate all levels of athletes. We highly recommend encouraging your gym members to participate in this challenge to help prepare for Chad. We will also be programming step-ups in our regular programming. Athletes can use these reps toward the challenge.

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CHALLENGE DETAILS:

Each week of the challenge will have a different goal (the first and last weeks are short):

• Week 1 (October 1 - October 4): accumulate 100 step-ups in this short week
• Week 2 (October 5 - October 11): accumulate 300 step-ups throughout the week
• Week 3 (October 12 - October 18): accumulate 500 step-ups throughout the week
• Week 4 (October 19 - October 25): accumulate 700 step-ups throughout the week
• Week 5 (October 26 - October 31): pick one day this week to complete a 20 min AMRAP of max step-ups (no more than 400 reps). We want you to get a feel for the pacing of what the real workout will feel like.

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Step-ups can be performed on a 20” box or any safe object of about the same height (chair, bench, a stack of plates, etc.). If athletes intend to perform Chad weighted, then the challenge reps should be weighted as well. This is not a requirement. Any step-up reps will count towards your weekly goal. They can be in a workout, at the gym, from home, outside on a park bench, anything counts! Just get it in within the week.

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Beginner/Intermediate option: accumulate 100/200/300/400 step-ups in weeks 1-4 and 200 in a day for week 5. All reps can be done at a lower height.

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LOGGING:

We will be using the Monthly Challenge track to log this challenge. Each day, you will log the number of reps you completed. If you’re planning to break them up, you can log where you’re currently at, and then update your score throughout the day. Each Saturday, there will be a separate score where you will note if you completed the weekly challenge that week.