After achieving 5 ladders of 5 rungs on continuous Clean & Press & Pull/Chin ladders I have increased from using the 20kg kettlebell up to the 24 kg kettlebell      i of course dropped the resp back to only 3 runngs and have started with 3 ladders.

 Cont C&P ladders 24kg/1-2-3-4/1-2-3/1-2-3
Pullups                        BW/1-2-3 /1-2/1
Chins                            BW/-4   /-3 / 2-3

For the pullups once the reps almost got to failure i swapped to close grip underhand chinups to complete the rung

Time 11 minutes

Rest 5-6 minutes

Swing/Snatch/Burpee combo - from Ross Enamait

Swing 24kg/ 5/5    /5/5    /5/5
Snatch 24kg/ 5/5   /5/5    5/5
Burpess              10        10       10

First 2 sets obly 1 minute between then increased to 2 minutes for last set.  really blowing after Burpees (jump at end)

Started with swing straight into snatch on same arm but on last set converted over to R swing then L swing r snatch then l snatch as its supposed to be.

The first method was harder.  Was blowing at end 

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For today's workout I dropped back from my previous total on this day of 210 reps of snatches at 7/min and increased the pace to 10/min

I found the increased pace definitely harder as eached set of 10 took about 45 seconds to complete therefore only leaving 15 secs for recovery.

Started the build up with only ten sets on the minute.

GS Snatches 24kg/10 sets x 10 reps = 100 reps in 10 minutes

For mext GS snatch intercal workout keep the same pace for 10-11 minutes but then add further time at a reduced pace to recover enough to add some more volume back up to 200 reps

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When I first started doing Clean & Press ladders I did them more in a continuous manner ie, resting only in between ladders.  I thought this was how they were done and coulrn't understand why I found 5 ladders of  5 reps difficult compared to others.  However it seems most people do ladders for strength with rest in between the rungs of the ladder.  This makes them ideal when training with partners.  So a 3 rung ladder would go

1 rep C&P right
partner turn
1 rep C&P left
partner turn
1 chin
partner turn

2 rep C&P right
partner turn
2 rep C&P left
partner turn
2 chin
partner turn

 Up to 3 reps and then a couple of minutes rest or 5 reps if doing 5 rung ladders

This way of doing ladders is good for building strenght as you get in a lot of reps without burning out and the effect of starting back on the bottom rung and doing 1 rep back up means that there is recovery built in.

However, this can take a long time and it isn't exactly great for conditioning, so I now alternate these traditional strength ladders with contiinuous ladders.  Basically I just carry on instead of letting a partner have his turn adn the only rest is at the top of the ladder.

If you limit rest at the top of the ladder to 60 seconds or less then 5 ladders or 5 rungs is a very tough workout, especially if you are doing pullups or chins as well.

Todays' workout - Continuous Clean & press & Pull/Chin ladders

 20kg/ 5 ladders of 5 rungs with 1 min rest btw ladders

This equates to 75 reps per arm ie, 5 ladders of 15 reps ie, 1-2-3-4-5
and a total tonnage per arm of 1,500kg or 3,306lb

Time taken 27 minutes, resting time 4 minutes duringworkout

Unfortuately my pullup/ chin endurance is not very good so I only got 53 reps and I had to swap from wide grip pullups to close grip chins or parallel chins in the later stages of the ladder as I fatigued.

Finished with some ring pressups & ring rows for about 3 sets of 3 reps.  This wasn't planned I was just trying out my new rings, so probabaly best to do them fresh. 

So give it a go and post how you went 

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