May 19, 2026 · 1 hr · 22 segments
In this episode, Chase Ingraham and Bill Grundler break down the full programming from the 2026 French Throwdown. They dive deep into each workout, evaluating movement selection, workout structure…
And overall, uh, this, after watching this, I will say is that as far as what we've seen so far at semifinals, there's Mayhem event one, the hill run, the burpees, and, and finish out through the run.
This one has probably been my favorite long test that's been programmed, as simple as it reads on paper.
You can just tell it's just a good long aerobic test with, uh, obviously when you're running with weight, that's technically, uh, a weightlifting movement because it's you moving an external object in space.
But it was a, it was my favorite long test that I've seen so far with an adequate amount of running in it that a lot of people have been asking for since, uh, semifinals started.
Yeah, I thi- I like, um, I like that it, that it goes back and forth between a couple different things, and it's not just pure running.
You know, there, there is that, the weighted element that, that changes it up just a little bit.
And, you know, uh, it is something that I, that people have been clamoring about, that you have to have some level of running in it, and we needed a long one.
The other thing that they did is that they did the old school, not old school, they did the 2024 semifinal format, so they had one event on day one, two on day two-
And overall, uh, this, after watching this, I will say is that as far as what we've seen so far at semifinals, there's Mayhem event one, the hill run, the burpees, and, and finish out through the run.
This one has probably been my favorite long test that's been programmed, as simple as it reads on paper.
You can just tell it's just a good long aerobic test with, uh, obviously when you're running with weight, that's technically, uh, a weightlifting movement because it's you moving an external object in space.
But it was a, it was my favorite long test that I've seen so far with an adequate amount of running in it that a lot of people have been asking for since, uh, semifinals started.
Yeah, I thi- I like, um, I like that it, that it goes back and forth between a couple different things, and it's not just pure running.
You know, there, there is that, the weighted element that, that changes it up just a little bit.
And, you know, uh, it is something that I, that people have been clamoring about, that you have to have some level of running in it, and we needed a long one.
The other thing that they did is that they did the old school, not old school, they did the 2024 semifinal format, so they had one event on day one, two on day two-
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