EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO QUALIFY:

• Standard pull-up bar meeting the specs listed below
• Kettlebell - 53LB or 35LB depending on category
• Visible Timer - this can be a gym timer in the frame, a phone with the timer feature up in frame, or a stopwatch in frame
• Digital Weight Scale to confirm equipment weight to be used for your hang  (analogue scales are NOT permitted)
• Dumbbell or plate to verify the digital scale
• Rogue brand gear is not required

Pull-up bars must meet the requirements below in order to be acceptable for this competition:

• All metal
• Standard straight bar, NOT angled
• Standard powder coat, Cerakote, or bare steel finish is acceptable
• The bar cannot be knurled or have any other type of artificial texturing added, including tape of any kind
• There is no height requirement for the bar
• Rogue brand pull-up bars are not required

*Note: If you are not sure if your bar will be accepted, please email pictures and measurements to judging@roguefitness.com for approval.

Permitted Equipment:

• Gym Chalk (magnesium carbonate)

Not Permitted Equipment:

• Lifting Belts of any type
• Liquid Chalk
• Tacky of any kind
• Hand Grips of any kind (including liquid grip)
• Lifting Straps, Support Straps, or any other kind of straps
• Braces of any kind
• Gloves or any type of hand or forearm or bicep coverings
• Tape of any kind anywhere on the hands or bar
• Sticky Adhesives or grip adhesives of any kind anywhere on the clothing, body or bar including spray or other
• Elbow Sleeves or Wraps
• Angled pull-up bars

Any athlete who alters the equipment or movements described in this document or shown in the video standards to gain an unfair advantage may be disqualified from the competition.

FLOW

The challenge begins with the athlete under the pull-up bar.

1. When the athlete is ready they will enter the hang position from any of the approved methods listed below.
2. Once the athlete has reached the approved hang position, the clock should start.
3. The hang is over and the clock should stop immediately when any one of the following occurs:
   * Any part of the athlete’s body touches the ground, uprights, walls, supports around the bar
   * Athlete drops the kettlebell
   * The athlete is no longer in the approved hang position
4. If the athlete is going for another attempt during the same video:
   * Timer needs reset to start from zero
   * Athletes may make as many attempts during their video as they would like. 

MOVEMENTS

Pull-Up Bar Hang with Kettlebell

* Hang from the pull-up bar by one hand while holding a kettlebell in the other hand

An approved hang will consist of the following body position

1. Athlete must be holding a kettlebell in the hand of the athletes choice as they approach the pull-up bar
   * The kettlebell may NOT be handed to the athlete once they are already hanging
   * Kettlebell must be in a "farmer" hold position to the side of the athlete, no other hold will be accepted
2. When hanging the athletes feet must be entirely and clearly off the floor. To get to the bar, athletes can:
   * Jump up to the pull-up bar
   * Step off an item into the hang position (once in position item must be removed for safety reasons)
   * Grab the bar and then lift the feet off the floor into the hang position
3. The hand on the pull-up bar must be in the overhand grip position and on the bar at all times. Thumbs can be over or under the bar.
   * Thumbs can change from over the bar to under the bar as long as the hand stays on the bar and the athlete remains in a hang
4. Athletes must hang straight down from the bar "swinging" is not permitted
5. The hang begins and the timer should start as soon as the competitor is hanging from the bar and both feet clearly off the floor, one hand on the pull-up bar and one hand holding the kettlebell as described above.
6. The hang is over and the clock should stop immediately when any one of the following occurs:
   * Any part of the athlete’s body or the kettlebell, touches the ground, uprights, walls, supports around the bar
   * Athlete drops the kettlebell
   * The athlete is no longer in the approved hang position

Any athlete who alters/modifies the equipment or movements described in this document or shown in the video standards may be disqualified from the competition if deemed by the head judges to give an unfair advantage.

Age Check: Your age based on how old you will be when the challenge ends/closes.