Get ready to sweat for a cause. This year’s PAWS event, on Saturday, May 10th, is a 3-person team challenge that blends strength, strategy, and synchronized suffering. Whether you’re here for the pups or the PRs, here’s what your team needs to know:
Part A1 – Ground-to-Overhead Total Load
For Time: Teams must accumulate a total load lifted via ground-to-overhead (any method—clean & jerk, snatch, etc.)
• Choose your own weight (must remain consistent for each individual)
• Only one athlete works at a time
• Two barbells allowed
Load Targets by Team Composition:
• All Male Team: 12,000 lbs
• 2 Males / 1 Female: 11,000 lbs
• 2 Females / 1 Male: 10,000 lbs
• All Female Team: 9,000 lbs
Score: Time to complete total required load
Part A2 – Chipper Challenge
3 Rounds For Time
60 Wall Balls
45 Toes-to-Bar
30 Box Jumps
15 Synchronized Burpees
Strategy:
• Divide reps however you want
• Each athlete must complete at least 1 rep of wall balls, toes-to-bar, and box jumps in each round
• Synchronized = all 3 athletes hit the floor and jump together for each burpee
Score: Time to complete all 3 rounds
Part A3 – Cardio Calorie Gauntlet
3 Rounds for Time & Calories:
Partner A: 250m Row
At the same time...
Partner B: Max Cal Echo Bike
Partner C: Max Cal Ski
• Rotate stations each round. Every athlete completes each station 3 times.
• Partners B & C earn max calories while Partner A rows
Score:
• Time to complete all 3 rounds
• Total calories earned from Echo + Ski
Final Score
Total Time (A1 + A2 + A3) + Total Calories (from A3)
Bring the energy, bring the community, and help us raise money for PAWS Chicago while pushing limits and lifting for something bigger than ourselves.