March Madness to MAXness
by Tyler Quinn
You’ve probably heard of March Madness: the term commonly used to describe the NCAA Basketball tournament, which goes on endlessly and which causes millions of people to fill out brackets, and which almost always includes the University of Wisconsin late into the tournament. One characteristic of basketball games during March Madness is that the final minute of each game takes 10-20 minutes to elapse due to the rules and strategy of basketball – replays, timeouts, overtimes, will it ever end?
We’ve put our own little spin on said term – March MAXness. The one and only, going on six years strong, with a slight change for 2021. For every workout during the month of March, the beginning and final 60-seconds of each workout will be a single modality sprint; one movement, as many reps as possible. Consider it our way of testing you physically and mentally, just like the Big Dance, every single time you come into the gym. How many reps CAN you do when you’re fresh, and just how many reps CAN you get done when you’re exhausted at the end of a workout? We know, as Alchemists, you love to push yourself. That final 60-seconds? It will feel like the longest of the entire workout. Can you take it all the way to the end and get that ‘W’?
Even better still, as athletes you will get the chance to repeat each week and test your limits, should you feel the urge to try. Each day of the week will have a consistent movement:
March MAXness Movements
Mondays ➝ Box Jumps (Anywhere Athletes: G2JT)
Tuesday ➝ Snatches (alt)
Wednesday ➝ Squat Throws (Anywhere Athletes: Thrusters)
Thursday ➝ Pull-ups (Anywhere Athletes: Sumo Deadlift High Pulls)
Friday ➝ Burpees
Saturday ➝ Jumping Lunges
Sunday ➝ Push-ups
Click here to download trackers for each day’s movement and see how far you can go.
You ready for the madness?
Tyler Quinn is CEO, a founder, and coach at Alchemy 365. In his spare time he enjoys gardening, being outside with his golden retriever Fletcher, and jiu-jitsu.
