Grip strength workout for Obstacle course race training!

This is a workout I put together for our sister site.  It’s a perfect workout to build upper body and grip strength needed to conquer the monkey bars, rigs, rope/wall climbs and cargo nets for your obstacle course race.  Plus, working out on the playground is fun!!

grip

Needed:

Set of monkey bars

Warm-up:
Walk/jog 1 minute
20 arm circles each direction
20 straight leg lifts each leg
10 pushups
repeat 1 time

Monkey bar set (1 of each):
Forwards
Side-ways
Backwards
Hand over hand
Skipping a bar
Crawl using feet (video demonstration below)

Hanging set:
40 Pop-ups
30 hanging bicycles (video demonstration below)
20 knees to elbows
10 burpee pullups

REPEAT BOTH SETS 2 MORE TIMES!

VIDEOS:

Monkey bar “crawl”:

Hanging bicycles: 

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