We are still two months away from the start of the 2016 NPGL season, but teams can now start planning and strategizing for the three regular season matches and the first playoff match. The championship format is still under lock and key and will most likely not be announced until right before the playoffs begin.
The three regular season matches will be Pikes Peak, Kilimanjaro and Amazon. All of these formats have been seen before in competition so teams should have an idea of what to expect. The first round playoff match, however, is a new format named Denali. Details of Denali have not yet been released, but it will be a “revamped” version of McKinley from 2015.
The table below outlines the format for the three regular season matches.
| Race | Pikes Peak (regular season) |
Kilimanjaro (regular season) |
Amazon (regular season) |
| Race 1 Partner Forward |
9-7-5-3 reps of +Deadlift +Weighted Pistol Male Deadlifts: Male Pistols: |
5-4-3-2 reps of +Snatch +Box Jump-over Male Weights: Male Heights: |
8-6-4-2 reps of +Deck to Pistol Stick Jump Over +(2) DB Ground-to-Overhead Male Heights: Male Weights: |
| Race 2 Mirror |
+40 Hang Clean 245/155 |
+40 Thrusters 235/145 |
+40 Jerk 285/175 |
| Race 3&4 Women’s Echo |
+40 One-Arm Overhead Squat (20kg) +40 Handstand Push-up +15 Muscle-Up +40 Power Snatch (95lb) |
+40 Deadlifts (205lb) +40 CTB Pull-up +4 Rope Climb +40 Ground-to-Overhead (105lb) |
+30 Weighted Pistol (30lb DB) +15 Overturn (400lb) +30 Double Touch +30 HSPU |
| Race 5&6 Men’s Echo |
+40 One-Arm Overhead Squat (32kg) +40 Handstand Push-up +15 Muscle-Up +40 Power Snatch (145lb) |
+40 Deadlifts (305lb) +40 CTB Pull-up +4 Rope Climb +40 Ground-to-Overhead (165lb) |
+30 Weighted Pistol (50lb DB) +15 Overturn (540lb) +30 Double Touch +30 HSPU |
| Race 7 Ladder |
Deadlift Ladder 16 Barbells: 135/165/195/225 255/285/315/345 375/405/435/465 495/525/555/585 |
Clean Ladder 16 Barbells: 115/130/145/160 175/190/205/220 235/250/265/280 295/310/325/340 |
Snatch Ladder 16 Barbells 60/75/90/105 120/135/150/165 180/195/210/225 240/255/270/285 |
| Race 8 Jack and Jill |
+70 CTB Pull-ups +35 Bar MU +20 Ring MU |
+60 HSPU (5″) +30 HSPU (10″) +10 FS HSPU |
+40 Toe-to-Ring Back Uprise +30 Muscle-up +20 Backwards Roll-to-Support |
| Race 9 Women’s Triad |
+7 DB Burpee Cluster (30lb) +20 Box Jump-over (24″) +60 Double-Under +4 Rope Climb +15 Clean (115lb) |
+12 OHS (105lb) +25 Toes-to-Bar +10 DB Pistol (30lb) +10 Muscle-up +20 Burpee-over-Box (24″) |
+KB OH Walking Lunge (2-16kg) +30 CTB Pull-up +10 FS HSPU +5 Rope Climb +15 Clean (150lb) |
| Race 10 Men’s Triad |
+7 DB Burpee Cluster (50lb) +20 Box Jump-over (30″) +60 Double-Under +4 Rope Climb +15 Clean (185lb) |
+12 OHS (165lb) +25 Toes-to-Bar +10 DB Pistol (50lb) +10 Muscle-up +20 Burpee-over-Box (30″) |
+KB OH Walking Lunge (2-24kg) +30 CTB Pull-up +10 FS HSPU +5 Rope Climb +15 Clean (225lb) |
| Race 11 Sprint Relay |
+20 GHD Sit-up +16 Toes-to-Bar +12 DB Thruster (40lb) +10 Burpee-over-Box (24″) +Handstand Walk +8 Muscle-up +4 Rope Climb +2 Clean & Jerk (335lb) |
+18 Wall Ball (18lb) +15 OHS (185lb) +12 DB Hang Snatch (2x45lb) +Handstand Walk +9 Bar Muscle-up +90 Double-Under +9 Burpee to 10′ ring +9 Clean & Jerk (225lb) |
+Handstand Walk +20 Thruster (165lb) +Overturn (620lb) +12 50lb Stone to a 10′ target +20 Muscle-up +3 Rope Climb (9′ bottom rope) +3 Snatch (275lb) +12 FS HSPU (5″) |
