Barbells & Beers at 908 Athletics

03/11/2024

🤟The third and final workout of the 2024 Barbells and Beers co-ed partner competition held at 908 Athletics Berkeley Heights has a little bit of everything.
👉It is a chipper style workout with gymnastics movements that can be split up however the athletes choose while the weightlifting elements must be synchronized. With a short 7-min time cap, teams are going to have to move to get this done.
🏁 For the very best teams this will be a sprint to the finish.
🦾 With all three workouts announced, the only thing left is the floater workout, so stay tuned!
💥Registration will open TOMORROW - at noon on Tuesday, March 12th!💥 Set your alarms, you won’t want to miss out on signing up - universe.com/barbellsandbeers2024
————————
Stay tuned to Instagram over the next few days for the remaining workouts for May 18th’s Barbells & Beers.
————————
Tag your partner! 👫
————————
📌When: Saturday, May 18, 2024
📌Who: You and a teammate of the opposite s*x
📌Where: 908 Athletics in Berkeley Heights, NJ
📌 What: Co-ed teams of two with Scaled and Rx divisions! Cash prizes for Rx division podium finishers!💵

👇 Which workout are you looking forward to most?!

03/06/2024

✌️ The second workout in the 2024 Barbells and Beers co-ed partner competition held on Saturday, May 18 at 908 Athletics Berkeley Heights is “The Great Gaspy.”

👉 This workout is 10 rounds for time, in a you go / I go format. Each round consists of 8 lateral burpees over the bar, 4 Thrusters, and 2 Clean and Jerks with a moderately heavy barbell.

☝️ One partner must complete a full round before the other partner can go.

👉 Partners are going to have to move quickly, but also be proficient on the barbell as there is no room for missed reps in this workout. Four heavy thrusters will make those last two clean and jerks feel much heavier.

🤔 With burpees and thrusters, the real question is, could you love this workout any more?

🫡 Two down, one to go. What’s your prediction for third and final workout?

🤫 Ohhhh, and don’t forget about the floater. Don’t worry, it’s gonna hurt!

💥 Registration will open in ONE WEEK - at noon on Tuesday, March 12th!💥 Set your alarms, you won’t want to miss out on signing up - universe.com/barbellsandbeers2024
————————
Stay tuned to Instagram over the next few days for the remaining workouts for May 18th’s Barbells & Beers.
————————
Tag your partner! 👫
————————
📌When: Saturday, May 18, 2024
📌Who: You and a teammate of the opposite s*x
📌Where: 908 Athletics - Berkeley Heights
📌 What: Co-ed teams of two with Scaled and Rx divisions! Cash prizes for Rx division podium finishers!💵

03/05/2024

☝️ The first workout in the 2024 Barbells and Beers competition is an 8 minute AMRAP where both partners will be working at the same time alternating stations every 2 minutes.
👉 While one partner works on an AMRAP of dumbbell farmers step ups and toes to bar in the rx division, med ball sit ups in the scaled division, the other partner will be accumulating max calories on the rower.
🤞 Partners switch at the two minute mark and pick up where the other left off.
✌️ This workout will have two separate scores, one for reps completed of farmers step ups and toes to bar and one for total calories on the rower.
👉 Pacing is a crucial part of this workout. While 8 minutes may be too long to sprint, with only two opportunities each on the rower, each partner is going to have to really push it. Grip is going to play a key role. A team with strong gymnastics and rowing is likely to come out on top in “Step Broth-Ergs.”
🤨 With two more workouts yet to be announced, what are you hoping to see in the 2024 B&B competition?
💥Registration will open in ONE WEEK - at noon on Tuesday, March 12th!💥 Set your alarms, you won’t want to miss out on signing up - universe.com/barbellsandbeers2024
————————
Stay tuned to Instagram over the next few days for the remaining workouts for May 18th’s Barbells & Beers.
————————
Tag your partner! 👫
————————
📌When: Saturday, May 18, 2024
📌Who: You and a teammate of the opposite s*x
📌Where: 908 Athletics - Berkeley Heights
📌 What: Co-ed teams of two with Scaled and Rx divisions! Cash prizes for Rx division podium finishers!💵

02/04/2022

📣 The first workout for Barbells & Beers 2022 will certainly test your chemistry! “Fifty Shades of Cray,” will require partners to work in a synchronized fashion for the duration of the workout. You’ll need to finish at the same time for it to count!
————————
💥Registration will open at noon on Wednesday, February 16th!💥 Set your alarms, you won’t want to miss out on signing up - universe.com/barbellsandbeers2022
————————
Stay tuned to Instagram over the next week for the remaining workouts for May 21st’s Barbells & Beers.
————————
Co-ed teams of two with Scaled and Rx divisions! Cash prizes for Rx division podium finishers!💵
————————
Tag your partner! 👫
————————
Our 5th annual co-ed partner competition will again be cohosted with Two Roads Brewing Company! 🍻 A portion of proceeds will go to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

01/21/2022

💥Save the Date💥 5/21/22———————————
It’s really happening….!
We are happy to announce the return of the Barbells and Beers co-ed partner competition cohosted by 908 Athletics and Two Roads Brewing!
After a brief three year hiatus, we’re confident this event is going to happen and be the best yet! We appreciate you all supporting us over the last three years when we had to cancel several events. We know you want this event back and so do we!
A portion of proceeds will go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in honor of Mike Dugar, a 908er who sadly passed in April 2020 due to AML. 🧡
———————————
🚨 Registration will open on Wednesday, Feb 16 @ 12pm. Stay tuned for more workout details next week, and start tagging your partners! 👫
———————————
📌When: Saturday, May 21, 2022
📌Who: You and a teammate of the opposite s*x
📌Where: 908 Athletics in Berkeley Heights, NJ
📌 What: Co-ed teams of two with Scaled and Rx divisions! Cash prizes for Rx division podium finishers!💵

💥Save the Date💥 5/21/22———————————
It’s really happening….!

We are happy to announce the return of the Barbells and Beers co-ed partner competition cohosted by 908 Athletics and Two Roads Brewing!

After a brief three year hiatus, we’re confident this event is going to happen and be the best yet! We appreciate you all supporting us over the last three years when we had to cancel several events. We know you want this event back and so do we!

A portion of proceeds will go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in honor of Mike Dugar, a 908er who sadly passed in April 2020 due to AML. 🧡
———————————
🚨 Registration will open on Wednesday, Feb 16 @ 12pm. Stay tuned for more workout details next week, and start tagging your partners! 👫
———————————
📌When: Saturday, May 21, 2022
📌Who: You and a teammate of the opposite s*x
📌Where: 908 Athletics in Berkeley Heights, NJ
📌 What: Co-ed teams of two with Scaled and Rx divisions! Cash prizes for Rx division podium finishers!💵

08/30/2021

All,

We have made the decision to cancel the 2021 Garden State Open. We know it's not the most popular decision, but at this time we feel it would be unfair to ask our staff, our members, our community, and you to gather for a fitness event indoors. The reality for us is that the downside risk far outweighs the upside.

We feel confident we will be able to host Barbells and Beers in the spring, and we fully intend on doing so. We apologize to all of you who were looking forward to competing this year. We hope you all will consider coming back to 908 when we host our next event.

Tim & Erin

08/02/2021

GSO Friends and Family,

We are postponing registration for the 2021 GSO in light of the current environment surrounding COVID. While we very much want to host a competition, we also know that asking a couple hundred people to congregate indoors could do more harm than good. Trust us when we say this is not a decision we want to make, but rather a decision we feel we have to make in the interest of the safety of our community. This does not mean that the GSO is cancelled. We are simply pushing registration back to September 1st as we feel we will have a much clearer picture on what, if any, rules or mandates have changed. We truly hope that you will be patient with us. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Tim & Erin

07/30/2021

You thought we were done? Nope! The floater workout for the 2021 Garden State Open is a very short AMRAP2, but it promises to be painful. Combining two movements that are not the most frequently seen in competition, the ski erg and the sandbag, it is sure to be a learning experience for some, while others are already aware of the impending doom. This one is going to be fun to watch.

🚨 Registration for the 9th annual Garden State Open will go live in less than ONE WEEK - on Monday, August 2nd @ 12pm. 🚨

We are so excited for our 9th annual Garden State Open on Saturday, October 23rd. Make sure to snag yourself a spot as this is usually a sold out event! The 2021 GSO is an individual competition with divisions for men and women in RX, Scaled, and Masters 40+. Cash prizes for RX and Masters 40+ podium finishers! 💵

We're so excited to see all of you once again at 908 for a fun day of competing and community.

Want to be part of the event, but don't want to compete? Registration is now live for judges and volunteers! universe.com/908gso2021