The ultimate day of the 2024 Rogue Invitational at P&J Reside in Aberdeen, Scotland, proved to be the actual transferring day.
- Athletes on each side of the competitors had been out for blood and placed on a present for the followers.
Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr got here into the ultimate day 55 factors forward of Laura Horvath. Jeffrey Adler was in a stable first place forward of Ricky Garard and Dallin Pepper. The primary occasion concerned one of many harder implements — the horizontal pegboard traverse.
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Athletes then moved right into a three-round gymnastics piece and completed the weekend in a really Rogue Invitational manner with a sandbag-clean ladder.
The weekend was full of pleasure as athletes pushed their limits, examined new actions, and competed alongside among the finest on the earth.
Occasion 7: Gondola
The occasion featured the distinctive implementation of the pegboard traverse, paired with GHD sit-ups and the Ski Erg. Grip fatigue was in the end the separator on this exercise for each side of the competitors.
- Athletes on the sector had been seen taking huge breaks in direction of the top of the exercise to make sure they wouldn’t fail the pegboard traverse, whereas some (only a few) proved to be no downside.
Occasion 7: Gondola
For time:
- 1 peg board
- 60/48 calorie SkiErg
- 60 GHD
- 1 peg board
- 40/32 calorie SkiErg
- 40 GHD
- 1 peg board
- 20/16 calorie SkiErg
- 20 GHD
- 1 peg board
The Ladies
As Sean Woodland put it, Horvath placed on a clinic throughout Occasion 7.
Her climbing background paid off, because the pegboard traverse proved to be no problem for the Hungarian star, whereas different ladies rivals struggled to get by means of the horizontal pegboard.
- Horvath went unbroken throughout all units of her pegboard traverse, profitable the occasion by a landslide with a time of 13:34.65.
Toomey-Orr trailed Horvath the complete occasion, however Horvath ran away with it within the third spherical. The G.O.A.T. ended up taking second place at 14:38.23.
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- “Have you ever tried climbing?” Horvath mentioned throughout the post-event interview. “It’s all within the forearm and the pegboard is just about within the forearm so I don’t know, I simply really feel comfy hanging from stuff.”
Alex Gazan, who got here into the ultimate day in sixth place, picked up 90 factors on Occasion 7. She took third place within the occasion and was one among 5 ladies to complete within the remaining warmth.
The Males
Just like the ladies’s facet, the pegboard traverse was a make-or-break motion all through the exercise. Athletes struggled to get throughout the pegboard from the beginning. Jonne Koski took the primary warmth with a time of 15:03.83.
Brent Fikowski got here into the ultimate day on the surface wanting in, however his pegboard traverse approach proved to be a difference-maker.
- “The Professor” bought his first occasion win of the competitors with a time of 13:30.49.
Jay Crouch took second and Jayson Hopper took third — each over a minute greater than Fikowski.
Nevertheless, Fikowski’s efficiency on Occasion 7 stole the present. He placed on a clinic throughout his final competitors earlier than retirement.
Fikowski mentioned he’d been training the peg board earlier than the occasion, and clearly, it paid off.
- “If I had $1 for each bizarre factor I’ve been training over time, I assume I’ve sufficient to retire,” Fikowski mentioned with a chuckle throughout his post-event interview.
Occasion 8: Tightrope
Occasion 8 introduced on a mix of grip-heavy actions and gymnastic capability.
- The three-round exercise began with heavy rope double-unders, then heavy dumbbell overhead strolling lunges and handstand strolling.
Occasion 8: Tight Rope
3 rounds for time:
- 100 heavy rope double-unders
- 50-foot single-arm Cyr Bell overhead strolling lunge, 100/70-pounds
- 100-foot handstand stroll
The Ladies
Occasion 8 was all about consistency and Horvath and Toomey-Orr had been once more in a battle for first from the beginning of the occasion, however Horvath gained an enormous lead on the again half of the exercise.
- Horvath took the occasion win, ending in 8:28.45. Toomey-Orr got here in second with a time of 9:23.53.
Each recognized for being good on their fingers, Brooke Wells and Danielle Brandon completed in third and fourth, respectively.
- Most athletes selected to do the handstand strolling unbroken or largely unbroken, handing over a half pirouette on the halfway level, which proved to be useful.
The Males
Occasion 8 on the lads’s facet was a enjoyable battle for first between Fikowski, Jay Crouch, and Justin Medeiros.
Just like the ladies’s facet of the competitors, it got here all the way down to the athletes’ skill to remain constant on the handstand stroll.
- James Sprague set a quick time of 8:31.70 within the first warmth and in the end took fourth within the occasion.
Whereas the digital camera was on the battle between Crouch and Fikowski for almost all of the occasion, Medeiros took the occasion win at 8:25.76. Crouch got here in second, whereas Sprague got here in third.
- Fikowski took fourth place and was neck-and-neck with Crouch till the handstand stroll when Crouch began to drag away. The heavy rope didn’t appear to discourage any athletes from pushing on the strolling lunges. All of it got here all the way down to the athletes’ skill to maneuver quick on their fingers.
Occasion 9: The Excavator
The ultimate occasion of the weekend was a sandbag clear ladder the place athletes needed to toe the road between transferring rapidly however not fairly reaching failure.
The sandbags began at 150 kilos for the lads and 125 kilos for the ladies.
Occasion 9: The Excavator
For time:
- 15 sandbag clear, 150/125 kilos
- 10 sandbag clear, 200/150 kilos
- 5 sandbag clear, 225/175 kilos
The Ladies
Speegle began in first place, with Toomey-Orr and Horvath not far behind. However because the sandbags went up in weight, Toomey-Orr began to push the tempo, taking the occasion win with a time of 4:13.28.
- Toomey-Orr’s dominant efficiency gained her the highest spot because the 2024 Rogue Invitational ladies’s winner.
Loewen began the day in fifth place however had a hard-fought final day and landed herself on the rostrum. Speegle ended up taking second within the occasion, and Loewen took third.
- Horvath completed the occasion in fourth place and ended up second place total after an extended weekend battling it out with the G.O.A.T.
The Males
On the lads’s facet of the competitors, the ultimate warmth of athletes began out going rep for rep.
However because the sandbags went up in weight the athletes began to unfold out a bit. Hopper, Koski, and Pepper had been all inside a rep of each other.
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- Hopper stayed aggressive and pulled forward on the final sandbag weight. He ended up taking the occasion win with a time of three:08.81 and securing himself a spot on the rostrum.
Fikowski’s final day ended up being his finest day.
He took third place within the occasion and ended up in second place total—a stellar efficiency for his final elite particular person competitors.
- “It’s a privilege and honor in my life to share the ground with them indisputably,” Fikowski mentioned throughout a post-event interview, acknowledging his rivals.
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