MAYHEM

ATHLETE
HOW TO KNOW W HICH
TRACK TO FOLLOW
COMPETE-4TRACKS
Wehaveoffered t
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oranumberofyearsnow!Manyhaveseensuccess
f
oll
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ng fit
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Final
s,Semi
Final
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SEMI
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nt hepast,orhavear eal
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past
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sti
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udest
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Mayhem Athlet
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MASTERS-3TRACKS
OPEN -tai
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QUALI
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fier
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eachyear.

GAMES-desi
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ort
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past
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eading up t
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DI
FFERENCESI
N ALL3-
4 TRACKS
Manydayst
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ort
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4tr
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Themai ndifferencefort
hosef
oll
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ter
Final
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rat
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2.Totaldai
lyworkoutt
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20 minutesand doabl
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whi
le
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ly2-3+hour
sand i
sideall
y2sessions).

W hathappenswhent heyaredifferentworkouts?
I
fyoudot he“Open”or“Quart
erFinal”(
OR “Qualifier
”)ver
sionofaworkoutand i
t
differsf
rom the“SemiFi
nal
s”or“ Games”versi
ont henwewi l
lcl
ear
lydenotewhich
workoutiswhichinthedail
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REMEMBER W HO YOU ARE

W hi
lewealll
ikeknowing whoreall
ydi d Gamesvs.OpenorRxvsScal ed and how we
st
ackup againstt
herestofthefield eachday,let’
ssti
llenj
oyusing t
heleader board,
butnotobsessoveri
t.Remember ,thereisalwaysanotherworkoutcoming tomor r
ow.
And we,asMayhem Athl
etes,ar
eont hesamet eam i
nt hesamefitnessfami l
y!

HOW DO IKNOW W HI
CH TRACK TO
FOLLOW ?

1.I
fyouareabsolut
elyconfidentyouwi l
lfinishwit
hinthetop 1
0% oftheOpento
advancetotheQuar t
erfinals(OR Qual
ifiers)
,then“Quart
erFi
nals”(OR “
Qual
ifier
s”)i
s
l
ikelyther
ightt
rackf oryou.

2.Ifyouhavecompeted i
n2+Compet i
tionsasRx’
d(theOpencounts)and ar
eused t
o
tr
aining f
or2+hoursf
or4- 5days/
week,thenyoucantr
ythe“Quart
erFinal
s”(OR
“Qualifiers”
)tr
ack.

3.Refert
otheTargetTi
mesand TimeCaps!Ifyoucanconsistentlyfini
shwithi
nt he
Tar
getTimeand TimeCap f
rameforworkoutsin“SemiFi
nals”or“ Games”AND have
somecompetit
ionexperi
ence,t
henyoucanf ol
low i
t!Other
wi se,youcandrop t
ot he
“Open”or“Quart
erFi
nal
s”(OR “Qual
ifier
s”)versi
onofthewor koutwhenneeded.

4.Ifyouhavebeendoi ng t
he“ Open”trackfor2-3months,haveseenconsistent
progress,and arereadyf ormor eofachallenge,t
henyoucanconsistent
lyf ol
low the
“QuarterFinals”(OR “
Qual i
fiers”)progr
ammi ng.Thesamehol dst
rueforleveling up
fr
om “ Quar t
er Fi
nal
s”tothe“ SemiFinal
s”track.

5.Ifyouareabsol ut
elyconfidentyouwi l
ladvancetoaSemi Fi
nal(orhaveinthepast),
then“ SemiFinals”tr
ack”i sl
ikel
ytherighttr
ackforyou.Ifyouareabsolut
elyconfident
youwi llmaket heCr ossFi
tGames( orhaveinthepast)
,then“Games”t r
ack”isli
kely
therighttrackf oryou.