Entry into the challenge is $10 upon registration via roguefitness.com/challenges. In the event of a tie in any division, the winner will be the athlete who performed the most unbroken reps in their first set. The challenge starts on Sept. 24, 2021, at 9 a.m. EST and ends on Sept. 27, 2021, at 8 p.m. EST. Any athlete age 14 and up is eligible to compete.
Rogue Fitness Deadlift for Reps Challenge
Deadlift as many reps as possible in two minutes.
- RX’d Division
- Men — 143 kilograms (315.3 pounds)
- Women — 102 kilograms (224.9 pounds)
- Scaled Division
- Men — 102 kilograms (224.9 pounds)
- Women — 70 kilograms (154.3 pounds)
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Rogue Deadift for Reps Challenge Prizes
In addition to the Rogue Record Breakers invitations to the winners in the RX’d divisions, the following prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers:
RX’d Divisions
[*]$2,500, a deadlift bar, and an invitation to Rogue Record Breakers at the 2021 Rogue Invitational — travel stipend and hotel covered by Rogue
[*]$1,000 and a deadlift bar
[*]$500 and a deadlift bar
The top three gyms by participant registration will receive a deadlift bar. There are no prizes listed by Rogue for the Scaled divisions. The movement and submission standards were released on Sept. 23, 2021.
Consistency Builds the Bank
The deadlift for reps challenge is the ninth of the Rogue Challenge series. Athletes are given points based on their rank in each challenge that amounts to a score on the overall leaderboard. At the end of 2021, the top three athletes overall in the RX’d Men’s and Women’s divisions will receive the following prizes:
Rogue Fitness Challenge Series — Overall Leaderboard Prizes
[*]$15,000 and a custom Ohio/Bella barbell
[*]$10,000 and a custom Ohio/Bella barbell
[*]$5,000 and a custom Ohio/Bella barbell
The completed challenges thus far — the 50-calorie echo bike, the Bear Hug, the Cliffhanger, Pump-N-Row, Bella Complex, Mule, Suitcase, and Bandit — have left Nate Molby atop the men’s leaderboard by 70 points and Taylor Williamson atop the women’s leaderboard by a staggering 367 points*.
*These scores do not include the Bandit Challenge which has not been tabulated into the overall leaderboard at the time of this article’s publication.
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