3 MetCon Workouts that are Guaranteed to have You Sweating 😅
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Hi hello, it’s been a hot second since I posted a workout on the blog! Since starting CrossFit, I no longer have to be creative and come up with my own workouts. Luckily, they’re all planned out for me so all I have to do is show up, suffer, and leave!
With that being said, I wanted to highlight a few of the met-cons I’ve done over the past 4 months of CrossFit that have really pushed me to my limits. Of course, I want to share them with you so we both can suffer! But for real though, these are awesome and have truly taken my fitness to the next level.
So what the heck is a MetCon?? A MetCon is short for “metabolic conditioning”, and it’s a type of workout that uses compound movements done at a fast pace that really push your level of fitness. This is exactly what I was missing from my old workout routines. Yes, I could do 4 sets of 10 for forever, but at the end of the day, my cardiovascular endurance wasn’t super high. What I love about MetCons is how god awful yet fun they are and how they’ve truly helped me become a better athlete.
These are written to be performed at a functional fitness gym like a CrossFit box or other gyms where there’s space to move. These can be performed at a conventional gym, but it just takes a bit of figuring out what you can and can’t do in your space and then replacing the movements that you can’t do with movements that you can do!
NOTE: Stay safe, please! Don’t use weights that you’re uncomfortable using and DO NOT let your ego get in the way of you properly performing movements. Heck, use a PVC pipe if you can’t do some of these with a barbell. This is NOT the time or the place to be lifting as heavy as possible. Choose a moderate, safe weight. Better to choose something too light & increase weight than to go with something heavy right off the bat and you end up injuring yourself.
Workout #1
3 Rounds for Time:
- 16 Toes to Bar
- 12 Thrusters
- 8 Box Jumps
- 250m Run
Workout #2
For Time: 15-12-9-6-3
- Overhead Squat
- Toes to Bar
15-12-9-6-3 means the first round you do 15 reps of overhead squats and 15 toes to bar, the next round you do 12 reps of overhead squats and 12 toes to bar, the next round you do 9 reps of overhead squats and 9 toes to bar, and so on until you finish the rep scheme.
Workout #3
4 Rounds for Time:
- 12 Dumbbell Deadlifts
- 10 Box Step Overs (5 each leg)
- 8 Dumbbell Cleans
- 6 Front Squats
- 4 Strict Press/Push Press
This is done with double dumbbells throughout the entire workout. Your grip will be killing you by the end.
Before I wrap up this blog post, I want to highlight a few pieces from Under Armour that I’ve been absolutely loving for my CrossFit workouts.
Rival Fleece Crop | UA Rush Crop, HeatGear Armour Shine Ankle Crop, UA Breathe Trainer | Armour Mid, UA Rush
I love that the sports bras and crops hold everything in and let me focus on my workout instead of worrying about things bouncing about. Oh my and don’t get me started on how much I love the tanks. They’re fitted just enough to keep the excess fabric from getting in my way mid-workout and absorb sweat like nobody’s business. I’m in love.
Try out these workouts and let me know how they go! You’ll 100% be sweating and you might feel like you’re going to die, but it’s all good 😂
I’ll talk to you in the next one!
~abigail gray
