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What can you get overhead?[/caption] Event 3 – Vulgar Display of Power (100 points) For max load: 2 hang cleans + 1 jerk Athletes will have 8 minutes total on their platform, with 2 minutes considered warm-up/loading time. When the clock reaches 2:00, athletes will have only 4 attempts in 6:00 to register the heaviest number they can. Athletes may only attempt 1 lift in the final minute, and lifts must be fully locked out overhead before the time limit expires. Athletes do not have to use all 4 attempts. Athletes may not return the bar to the ground between cleans or between the cleans and the jerk. The cleans can be power or squat–athlete’s choice. No extra plates may be left on the platform at any time. Judges will strictly enforce this rule. Bars must be collared. Lifters must stay within designated lifting areas. Women will use 33-lb. bars; men will use 45. Plates at each platform: 4 x 45, 2 x 25, 4 x 10, 4 x 5, 2 x 2.5. (340 lb./328 lb. total weight available) + 2 collars If athletes need more than 340 lb., they must inform their judge during the 2-minute warm-up period and additional plates will be provided. Programming note: We’re regularly frustrated by watching videos of athletes who too often train the clean and the jerk as separate movements. In this event, we’re looking to unite them once again. Two very heavy cleans result a score of zero. The cleans are the buy-in; we want to know what you can get overhead. [caption id="attachment_3424" align="alignright" width="300"] Earned it.[/caption] Event 4 – Countdown to Extinction (100 points) As many reps as possible in 5 minutes of: 2 muscle-ups* 4 bar-over burpees (parallel to the bar) 6 thrusters (95/63 lb.) Rings will be set at a standard height for all athletes, boxes will be provided for athletes who do not want to jump to the rings. We will be enforcing the Games standard: athletes may not lock out their elbows while falling back into the next rep. We need to see lockout, and then the beginning of the next rep. Athletes do not have to clap overhead or extend their hips when performing burpees, but they must jump with two feet over the bar. Stepping not permitted. The movement starts with the athlete dropping to the ground, and the rep is complete when the feet hit the ground on the other side. *Modified athletes will do 2 chest-to-bar pull-ups or pull-ups. Programming note: Muscle-ups should be tested in competitions, but we want to avoid a situation in which conditioning becomes irrelevant when athletes have to rest on the rings. We hope this event rewards those with muscle-up skill but still puts the emphasis on high power output over a short period.