Ahhh…Halloween.
That wonderful day of the year where fitness programmers can make workout as obscure and difficult as possible and claim that they are simply “getting into the ‘Halloween spirit'”.
…and you know what? We agree with them!
Today, we’re going to cover the top Halloween workouts of all time. These include instances where multiple workout partners “die” halfway through, greatly uneven work distribution, and a Halloween workout where we pay homage to the worst/stupidest Halloween-themed movie of all time (you’ll know it when you get there…and you’re going to be very mad at me!)
So..without further ado, we present the top 12 Halloween workouts of all time!
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The Top 12 Halloween Workouts
Die, Die My Darling
Equipment: Assault Bike, Concept2 rower
If you’re a fan of The Misfits (or, probably more likely, Metallica!), you’ll be familiar with the title of this workout, However, you’re probably not as familiar with a “death by…” workout that is essentially on steroids!
I hate to break it to you, but every partner is going to “die” during this one. However, if you’re strategic with your rest periods when the three of you are all still alive, you’ll get to make the pain last the longest time possible…
Happy Halloween!
Pirate Ghosts
Equipment: Concept2 rower, wall ball, barbell, bumper plates, plyo box, Air runners, ski erg
When I was a little kid (and when I was not a little kid), I used to watch Garfield’s Halloween Adventure all the time…like all the time.
If you haven’t seen it, it is essential that you watch it for this Halloween workout to make sense:
Now that you know how much Garfield “contributes” to the rowing and how much he swims (skis) at the end, you can understand that when you are completing Pirate Ghosts this Halloween…it is definitely better to be the “Garfield partner!”
Freddy Krueger
Equipment: Jump rope, barbell, bumper plates
To be honest, I don’t totally get the Nightmare on Elm Street link here.
What I do get is the clawing feeling that heavy clusters have after even relatively small sets of double-unders. Thankfully, as this one is more of a sprint (heh), it shouldn’t be too sleep inducing. I think you probably know why this is a good thing…
Annabelle
Equipment: Pull-up bar/rack, dumbbells
I haven’t seen this movie, but I assume that the killer doll torments its victims with toes-to-bars and dumbbell thrusters? If so, I think she could do a bit better job with this one.
As scary as any Fran clone is, if she really wanted to mess with people, she would have crafted this one in that 33-27-21-15-9 rep scheme that anyone who survived CrossFit Open Workout 19.5 is familiar with. Remember, on Halloween, you can “up-scale” workouts as much as you want to!
Row to Hell
Equipment: Concept2 rower, dumbbell
Such a simple pun that definitely works for this workout!
If I were programming this at a CrossFit box, I would actually just tell the trainees that they’re to go for a PR on their 2Ks. As the first person was getting within 100 meters of finishing, I’d start running out the dumbbells and would announce the “to hell” portion of the workout.
I would also identify myself as the actual devil in order to justify this little trick and to minimize any backlash. However, I’d still expect a “Fraser-Castro” type of showdown immediately upon doing so!