- What's up elite Thenx athletes, it's Chris Heria.
Welcome to another video of Officialthenx.
Today we have something very special for you guys.
We're gonna be doing a Thenx challenge.
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Today's challenge, we're gonna be testing
our strength, endurance, and skills.
Now there's no real challenge without some technical
advanced calisthenics exercises,
and that's where the skills aspect is gonna come from.
Our endurance will be challenged
by a high number of reps,
and our power will be tested with the weighted exercises.
So this challenge is for everyone watching.
There's gonna be some things that are gonna be
easier than others, and of course there're gonna be
some things that are gonna challenge you
a lot more than others as well.
And along the way I'm always gonna give
an alternative exercise you can do
if you can't perform the exercise that I'm doing,
but it's gonna be a relevant exercise
and it's gonna be relatively the same intensity.
In fact, if you train those exercises,
you'll be able to do the ones that I'm doing eventually.
So there's no excuses, whatever you do,
just finish the reps, even if you're not doing
the exact same exercise that I'm doing.
The challenge is to complete the required amount of reps
in the required amount of time.
And for this challenge
you'll need to complete all the exercises
in under 11 minutes.
Now the challenge is muscle ups, side to side, 10 times,
90 degree push-ups, five times.
Deadlifts at 315, five times.
Push-ups, 50.
Front lever raises, eight times.
Handstand push-ups, 10 times.
Barbell squats, 255 for five reps.
And lastly, commando pull-ups for 20 reps.
Now make sure you have all the equipment
set up and ready to go because this is gonna be timed.
Just because it's timed though,
you don't need to sacrifice your form for speed
because if you don't do it right
then those reps don't even count need the first place.
If you do them with correct form
and efficiently as possible,
reduce the amount of rest time,
you're gonna be able to get through this in a good time.
And whether or not you win this challenge or not,
it's still a great workout,
and the more you come back to this challenge and try it,
I guarantee you, eventually you're gonna get it.
And remember I'm gonna have an alternative move for you guys
every single exercise.
So if you're ready, let's get started.
The first move is gonna be muscle up side to side.
If you can't do those I want you to go ahead
and do some negative muscle ups, 10 times.
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A little extra one for good luck.
Alright next move we have is 90 degree handstand push-ups.
If you guys can't do these,
you're gonna go ahead and go into handstand presses.
If you can't do 'em freestanding,
go ahead and do them against the wall.
And when you're descending back down
from the handstand press, try to make the negative
of that movement as slow and controlled as possible.
Let's go for five.
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I almost gassed out on that last one.
Alright.
Next we have deadlift.
This is about, I think it's 315.
Alright perfect, we're gonna go for five reps.
Now this is nothing crazy
but if you cannot do this amount of weight,
the alternative would be doing the same exact movement,
just reducing the amount of weight.
You could use the amount of weight
that you would do three reps with,
but while still keeping perfect form
and definitely challenging you.
Then we're gonna push for those extra two reps.
Let's go for it.
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Alright, no rest, straight into 50 push-ups.
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If you couldn't do them straight,
of course you could go down onto your knees.
Go ahead and catch your breath.
Just don't stop, complete the reps.
Next is front lever raises.
Gimme some quality reps.
If you can't do front lever raises,
go for toes to bar.
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Perfect.
I'm starting to get gassed now, but we can't give up.
The next move we have is handstand push-ups.
Of course if you can't do them,
the alternative is gonna be doing them against the wall.
If you can't do them against the wall,
elevated pike push-ups, or pike push-ups.
Let's get it.
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Woo!
Definitely starting to feel that now,
but we cannot slow down.
I wish I had more weights.
But I'm gonna have to use some time
racking up this bar right here.
Next we have barbell squats.
Now again, if you can't do this much weight,
just do as many as you can
to be able to do three reps with perfect form.
We're gonna go for five.
Really push those last two.
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Little extra credit there.
We're on the last move.
We have commando pull-ups.
No hesitation.
The alternative is jumping commando pull-ups.
If you can't do it first,
try to do as many real commando pull-ups as you can.
When you've gassed out, continue on jumping.
Let's do these last 20 reps.
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Last one.
Oh!
That's a challenge.
Right there, we did it.
Hell yeah.
Thanks so much for watching
and congratulations to making it all the way to the end.
The next Thenx challenge is gonna be weighted.
Get ready for that one.
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See you next Sunday.
Mad love, peace out.
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