Donor Games Open Recaps

The Bonnyman Workout 2023 Open, which took place January 18-24, delivered another exciting competition, with last-minute leaderboard jockeying and some very interesting Donor Games firsts. The Bonnyman Workout is a 1-rep max bench press followed by a 3-rep max deadlift to be completed within a 3-minute time cap. The final score is the composite ranking of the … Read More

The Mitch Workout 2022 Open took place June 22 to 29. Competitors had two minutes to complete a maximum number of unbroken bench press reps at a designated weight (185 lbs for men, 95 lbs for women). At or prior to the two-minute mark, athletes began performing strict unbroken pull-ups. The athlete’s score was the … Read More

The Super Murph 2022 Open took place April 6 to 13 and featured athletes competing to complete five rounds of 10 pull-ups, 20 push-ups, 30 air squats and 40 sit-ups. It was another exciting, down-to-the-wire finish for the Super Murph 2022 Open event, with last-minute lead changes in three different categories. Both the donor categories … Read More

The 3-Rep Trap Bar Deadlift 2022 Open ran from February 16 to 23 and featured athletes competing to complete 3 reps of their maximum weight within 10 seconds without resting at the top or bottom. The 3-Rep Trap Bar Deadlift event saw dramatic turmoil on the leaderboard and three new Donor Games records, making it … Read More

The Grace Workout 2021 Open ran from to November 10-17 and featured a 30 clean and jerks workout for time. Weight for men was 135 lbs, 95 lbs for women; time limit was 15 minutes. Not only did we have a record number of participants for this event—54—as well as a record number of states … Read More

The Hawkins Workout 2021 Open ran from July 20–28 and featured: 10 rounds of 20 hand release push-ups, 30 air squats and 40 sit-ups with a total time limit of 2 hours. We had 37 athletes participate, the most we have seen thus far. The top two overall finishers in ALL categories were women: Brandy … Read More

The 3-Rep Trap Bar Deadlift 2021 Open ran from to April 21–28 and featured athletes competing to complete all 3 reps within 10 seconds without resting at the top or bottom. The competitors stepped it up a notch yet again, with record participation beyond our expectations. Competition was tight, and right down to the wire. … Read More

The Mini Murph 2021 Open ran from February 3–11 and consisted of 10 consecutive rounds of 10 pull-ups, 20 hand release push-ups, and 30 air squats within the time limit of 90 minutes. We had record participation and many jaw-dropping performances. Below are some of the highlights: Roni Hays from Tennessee won the women’s donor category … Read More

The Grace Workout 2020 Open ran from to October 21-28 and featured a 30 clean and jerks workout for time. Weight for men was 135 lbs, 95 lbs for women; time limit was 30 minutes. It was a fight to the finish, with many competitors recording multiple Grace workouts to move up the leaderboard right … Read More

The Hawkins Workout 2020 Open ran from July 29 through August 4 and featured a new hero workout called “the Hawkins” after 1st Lieutenant Hawkins, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions above and beyond the call of duty leading a scout-sniper platoon in the assault on Tarawa in 1943. The Read More