20 minute AMRAP
Scapular Shift
Full-body sequence · 4-Point Cascade · intensity 4 of 5
The workout
As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:
Overview
Scapular Shift is 20 skater jumps, 12 back widow, 10 wide push-ups, and 15 strict sit-ups. The work moves through the quads, the upper back, the chest, and the midline instead of sitting on one muscle.
Muscles worked
Chest
Full body
Glutes
Midline
Quads
Upper back
Energy systems
These are overlapping contributions. This workout is not assigned to one energy system.
- Glycolytic: Low
- Oxidative: High
- Neuromuscular: Moderate
Training effect
Immediate demand
20 minutes, intensity 4 of 5. Today the limiter is the skater jumps.
Intended stimulus
The style is built so the effort moves through four positions instead of sitting on one. On this workout that is 20 skater jumps, 12 back widow, 10 wide push-ups, and 15 strict sit-ups.
Repeated practice
Repeat the same workout and compare the score. What can change over weeks is how long that pace lasts. One time through does not produce that change.
Body-composition context
Body weight changes with the rest of how you eat and train. This workout is one piece of work on one day.
Expected feel
20 skater jumps is where the round gets hard. The other movements still have to be finished after it.
Pacing
Lateral hops into a dead-stop floor press while the heart is redlining. Punch the widows; do not rush the wide push.
Keep the later rounds moving at the same size as the early ones. Do not drop the skater jumps to keep the other sets moving.
The movements
Skater Jumps
Keep the chest up. Looking down at the floor rounds the back and cuts off your airway.
What not to do. Bounding forward instead of laterally, so the hips never load sideways.
Back Widow
Do not turn this into a core crunch. Your lower back and glutes must stay anchored to the floor. The only reason your torso lifts is because your lats and rhomboids are pressing the earth away.
What not to do. Turning the lift into a crunch so the lower back and hips leave the floor.
Wide Push-ups
This angle completely isolates the chest and removes the triceps from the equation. When pectoral failure hits, it hits instantly. Break your sets into 3s or 4s before the muscle completely shuts down.
What not to do. Setting the hands so wide that the elbows cannot reach a right angle.
Strict Sit-Ups
Do not throw your arms forward to generate momentum; force the core to pull the weight.
What not to do. Anchoring the feet under something to pull yourself up.
Why these movements
The work moves through the quads, the upper back, the chest, and the midline instead of sitting on one muscle.
Scaling
Keep the four-movement order. Drop reps across the round so the sequence still visits each position.
Skater Jumps
- Step instead of jump. Same pattern, same range, no flight. Keeps the pace without the landing.
- Lower and slower. Keep the jump but cut the height and take the landing softly.
Back Widow
- Shorter lift. Drive into the floor but only lift as high as you can control without the hips or neck cheating.
- Hold the squeeze. Reach the top and freeze for a count instead of cycling reps. Same drive, less fatigue management.
Wide Push-ups
- Hands elevated. Hands on a bench, chair or step. The higher the surface, the easier the rep.
- From the knees. Knees down, hips in line with the shoulders — do not let the hips pike up.
- Partial range. Lower as far as you can control and press back. Depth grows as you do.
Strict Sit-Ups
- Knees bent. Bend the knees to shorten the lever. The shorter it is, the lighter it is.
- Partial range. Move only through the range where you can keep the lower back on the floor.
Mistakes and who it is for
- Opening the skater jumps at a sprint makes the skater jumps the piece that falls apart.
- Resting until you feel fresh between movements removes the point of keeping them in one round.
- Spending the first minutes hard leaves the later rounds as a different, slower workout.
Suited to someone who wants 20 minutes through Skater Jumps, Back Widow, Wide Push-ups, Strict Sit-Ups.
Scoring and progression
Work through the movements in the order listed, then start the next round. Your score is the number of complete rounds plus any reps of the round you were partway through when the clock hit zero — written as rounds plus reps, so seven full rounds and twelve reps is7+12.
Progression is repeating this workout and comparing that score. The page does not promise a change from one time through.
Related workouts
- Crossfire
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- Atmosphere
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- Iron Will
Same quads and chest, same clock
Run it with friends
Scapular Shift runs on a shared countdown: share a rally link, everyone gets the same 20-minute clock, and the leaderboard updates as people log rounds.