...a harder variation of the team synchro event from Regionals:

MF Pair 1:
21 partner deadlifts
21 synchro muscle ups

MF Pair 2:
14-7 reps of:
partner deadlifts
synchro muscle ups

MF Pair 3:
8-7-6 reps of:
partner deadlifts
synchro muscle ups



The team synchro event from Regionals was deadlifts and c2b pull ups while the Games version is deadlifts and muscle ups. The volume is also significantly less. The Regionals version was a total of 45 reps for each pair and the Games version is only 21 reps per pair.

What does this mean for teams competing at the Games? Well they should expect the deadlifts to be heavier, but really this is going to come down to the muscle ups for the women on the team. 

Four years ago the teams had to choose one woman to try to do Amanda (9-7-5 muscle ups and squat snatches) at Regionals and several teams qualified for the Games without even getting near finishing that event. At the 2011 Games, the expectation was that the entire team would complete 40 total muscle ups, broken up however they wanted.

This year, each individual will be doing 21 muscle ups. That's a pretty gnarly change, but it reflects the growing quality of athletes competing in the Affiliate Cup.