When it debuted at the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games, the peg board threw some athletes for a loop. (Of course, it didn’t help that their grip was already shot after nearly a week of tough, grip-intensive workouts.) But in time since, the board has become a staple of training for top functional fitness athletes.
But our guess is (and this is really up to Dave Castro more than anyone) we haven’t seen the final evolution of pegboard challenges. Instagram ninja Bryce Taylor recently demonstrated a pegboard muscle-up, and the video got us thinking: Is this something we might eventually see in the CrossFit Games?
From Taylor’s Instagram post:
#ninjascaling the pegboard a while back. How do I stay motivated? To be honest I really don’t. If I went hard only on the days I felt like it than majority of the time I’d be at home chilling. There is no secret to staying motivated, the real secret is to never rely on it. I didn’t make it through 4th grade math because I simply “wanted to be there every day”. Forget motivation, work on instinct. “Train behavior until it becomes instinct. And instinctively operate off of trained behavior”. #motivationMonday
This, of course, begs the question: Are there top Games athletes who can do this right now? Or is the movement simply too advanced to throw into workouts at the moment?
Of course, if you or someone you know has mastered pegboard muscle-ups, we want to know! Post a link to the video or send it our way.
Featured image: @brycetay_the_vero on Instagram
