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Got strict?[/caption] Event 6/7 – …And Justice for All – Part 2 (50 points + 50 points) Event 6: Max strict pull-ups in 2 minutes. Immediately following with no transition time: Event 7 – As many reps as possible in 2 minutes of: 8 toes-to-bars 20 double-unders The clock will be running for four minutes. There is no transition time between events. Pull-ups will be considered “strict” if the athlete’s knees or hips do not contact the barrier bands on the way up. Incidental contact on the way down is not a fault as long as the athlete does not use the bands for support or assistance. Athletes will be allowed to use the rig to steady themselves at the bottom of the rep provided they do so with fully extended arms and do not start the next pull while touching the rig. Female athletes will be given a slightly larger distance between barrier and bar. Any grip is permitted, and athletes can either jump to the bar or use a box. Video Demo Athletes will face outward for T2B to avoid knocking feet together. Programming notes: We’ve long wanted to find a way to test strict pulll-ups but could never figure out how to do so without making it a judging nightmare. Dale suggested the barrier system about a year ago, and its simplicity appealed to us immediately. We’re testing upper-body strength in Event 6, not kipping prowess. And now that everyone is good at double-unders, we wanted to make them relevant again by putting them in a short workout in which missed reps are very costly indeed. We’re not testing to see if athletes can do double-unders and we’re not testing conditioning; we’re testing accuracy and precision, as well as speed with toes-to-bars. As indicated in the Event 1 announcement, certain events supposedly favour larger or smaller athletes. As more weight and longer levers generally work better on the rower, these events use body-weight movements only, with a total of 100 points available.