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Here's your chance to sample what some of the fittest athletes in the world went through during the 2022 CrossFit Games

The 2022 CrossFit Games saw hundreds of athletes take to the field, going head-to-head in some of the most interesting workouts we’ve seen in over a decade of competition in the sport.

While some featured mountain bikes, skipping ropes, strongman yokes and specialist cardio equipment, other’s kept it quintessentially simple with brutal combinations of low-skill, high yield movements.

The workout ‘Shuttle to Overhead’, combined running increasingly longer distances with a ‘max reps’ barbell shoulder-to-overhead effort – testing athletes’ abilities to lift heavy under fatigue and run fast with an increasingly weary body.

While the elite Games athletes may have been repping away with close to 140kg, that doesn’t mean you can’t grab whatever weights you’ve got and reap the same shoulder building, lung busting benefits, from home.

Grab the heaviest dumbbells you can press overhead and pop outside, or load up a barbell at the gym and start a running clock-

From 0.00-2.00 on the clock, run 400m and perform as many push presses as possible in the remaining time, before resting for a minute.

From 3.00-6.00, run 600m and perform as many push presses as possible in the remaining time, this time resting two minutes.

Finally, from 8.00-12.00, run 800m and go for broke with those push presses, emptying the tank until the 12.00 buzzer sounds.

Scale the distances as necessary, according to your fitness levels, but test yourself here – if you’re back for much longer than a minute each time, you’ve undersold yourself!

You’ll have to find a comfortable(ish) pace here to avoid burning out too quickly, but remember, the clock’s running, so step on the gas, lifting your knees high (A) and driving ahead with your arms (B)

Clean your dumbbells onto your shoulders, palms facing in. Take a breath and brace your core. (A) Dip at the knees and use your legs to help (B) press your dumbbells overhead. Lower under control to the ground. After 10 reps, switch partners.