MetCon training in the Pete Gawtry Fitness library
Conditioning

MetCon

Strength moves under a clock. Conditioning that keeps the muscle on.

  • 36Distinct sessions
  • 4Week block
  • 3Days a week
  • 3Levels

MetCon movements, animated

The library, playing. These are the app’s own animations - the same ones that play on the screen you log the set on - a few panels at a time, one re-flipping at a time. Every movement these sessions call on is named underneath, whether or not it is on screen right now.

All 264 movements in these sessions
  • Abdominal Stretch
  • Above Head Chest Stretch
  • Agility Ladder Advanced Single-Leg
  • Agility Ladder Advancing Laterally Switching Base
  • Agility Ladder in in Out Out
  • Agility Ladder in in Out Out Moving Laterally
  • Agility Ladder in in Out Out with Knee Lift
  • Agility Ladder Lateral Movement in in Out
  • Air Bike Crunch
  • Air Swing Running
  • Air Swing Side to Side Swing
  • Air Swing Walking
  • All Fours Quad Stretch
  • Alternating Lunge with Rotation
  • Ankle Circles
  • Archer Pull Up
  • Archer Step Back
  • Arm Circle
  • Arm Circles
  • Arm Circles Backward
  • Arm Crossover
  • Arm Crossover Chest Out
  • Arm Swing Side to Side
  • Armless Prayer Stretch
  • Arms Behind Back Chest Stretch
  • Arnold Press Cable Resistance Band Standing
  • Assisted Bulgarian Split Squat
  • Assisted Pull Up Wide Grip
  • Back and Shoulder Stretch
  • Back Forward Leg Swings
  • Back Pec Stretch
  • Back Slaps Wrap Around Stretch
  • Back Stretch Standing with Bench
  • Back Supported Hanging Knee Raises
  • Backward Abdominal Stretch
  • Band Bicycle Crunch
  • Band Cross Body One Arm Chest Press
  • Band Fixed Back Underhand Pulldown
  • Band Hammer Grip Incline Bench Two Arm Row
  • Band Horizontal Shrug
  • Band Incline Bench Press
  • Band Leg Press
  • Band Low Alternate Chest Press
  • Band Low Chest Press
  • Band Lying Reverse Grip Row
  • Band Push-Up
  • Band Romanian Deadlift
  • Band Seated Neutral Grip Shoulders Press
  • Band Seated Shoulder Press
  • Band Side Bend
  • Band Single Leg Split Squat
  • Band Spanish Split Squat
  • Band Squat Row
  • Barbell Bent Over Row Pronated Grip
  • Barbell Bent Over Row Supinated Grip
  • Barbell Calf Jump
  • Barbell Jm Bench Press
  • Barbell Long Landmine Row
  • Barbell Meadows Row
  • Barbell Narrow Full Stance
  • Barbell Pendlay Row
  • Barbell Push Bent Over Row
  • Barbell Reverse Close Grip Bench Press
  • Barbell Reverse Deadlift
  • Barbell Seated Twist on Exercise Ball
  • Barbell Side Bends
  • Barbell Single Leg Deadlift
  • Barbell Smith Chest Press
  • Barbell Supinated Pendlay Row
  • Barbell Thruster
  • Barbell Underhand Bent Over Row
  • Barbell Zercher Good Morning
  • Basketball Shot Jump
  • Bench Press - With Bands
  • Bent Arm Chest Stretch
  • Bent Over Barbell Row
  • Bent Over Row Resistance Band
  • Bent-Over Row with Bar
  • Bicycling - Stationary
  • Bodyweight Box Jumps
  • Bodyweight Single Leg Deadlift
  • Bodyweight Standing Back Stretch
  • Bodyweight Step-Up on Step Box
  • Bouncing Inner Thigh Tap
  • Box Jumps
  • Bridge (Beginner)
  • Bridge (Intermediate)
  • Bulgarian Split Squat Cable Resistance Band
  • Cable Close Grip Front Lat Pulldown
  • Cable Narrow Chair Stand-Up
  • Cable One Arm Bent Over Row
  • Cable Pulldown (Pro Lat Bar)
  • Cable Reverse Grip Straight Back Seated High Row
  • Cable Russian Twists
  • Cable Seated on Floor Row
  • Cable Single Leg Deadlift
  • Cable Twin Handle Parallel Grip Lat Pulldown
  • Cable Woodchops
  • Ceiling Look Stretch
  • Chair Back Lunge Left Resistance Band
  • Chair Leg Extended Stretch
  • Chair Triceps Dips
  • Chest Out Hands Behind (Hold)
  • Chest Press High to Low Cable Resistance Band
  • Chest Press Low to High Resistance Band
  • Chest Stretch Against A Wall
  • Close Grip Barbell Bench Press
  • Cobra Full Push Up
  • Cobra Pose
  • Cobra Push Up
  • Cobra Side Ab Stretch
  • Core Stretch
  • Corner Wall Chest Stretch
  • Crescent Moon Pose Quad Stretch
  • Crescent Moon Pose Quad Stretch with Block
  • Cross Body Crunches
  • Cross Body Lat Stretch - Against A Wall
  • Cross Over Shoulder Stretch
  • Donkey Kicks
  • Dumbbell Bulgarian Box Split Squat
  • Dumbbell Crunch Hold with Legs Off
  • Dumbbell Frog Jumps
  • Dumbbell Kneeling Wood Chopper
  • Dumbbell One Arm Row (Rack Support)
  • Dumbbell One Arm Wide Grip Bench Press
  • Dumbbell Press Squat
  • Dumbbell Pullover on Floor
  • Dumbbell Side Bends
  • Dumbbell Single Leg Single Arm Deadlift
  • Dumbbell Starfish Crunch Alternating
  • Dumbbell V-Up
  • Dumbell Burpee
  • Dynaband Chest Press
  • Dynaband Rows
  • Dynamic Back Stretch
  • Dynamic Leg Swing
  • Eagle Arms Chin Into Chest
  • Easy Pose
  • Elbow Back Stretch
  • Elbow Flexor Stretch
  • Elbows Back Stretch
  • Elliptical (Cross Trainer)
  • Exercise Ball Seated Hamstring Stretch
  • Exercise Ball Seated Quad Stretch
  • Exercise Ball Wall Squat
  • Extension of Arms in Vertical Stretch
  • Foam Roll Calf
  • Foam Roll Quadriceps
  • Foam Roll Upper Back
  • Foam Roller Lateral Quads
  • Front Leg Swings
  • Good Morning Resistance Band
  • Hamstring Lying Curl Up Stretch
  • Hip and Quad Stretch
  • Hold the World Med Ball
  • Inverted Row with Straps
  • Iso Lateral Shoulder Press Alternate Arms
  • Iso Lateral Shoulder Press Both Arm
  • Iso Lateral Shoulder Press Single Arm
  • Jogging
  • Kettlebell Kneeling One Arm Shoulder Press
  • Kettlebell Single Arm Clean and Press
  • Kettlebell Standing Bottoms-Up One Arm Shoulder Press
  • Knee Circles
  • Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch
  • Landmine Alternating Lunge and Twist
  • Landmine Hollow Hold
  • Landmine Kneeling Twist
  • Landmine Lunge to Overhead Press
  • Landmine Rotational Lift to Press
  • Lat Stretch
  • Lats Stretch Elbow on Wall
  • Lats Stretch on Wall
  • Lawnmower Row
  • Leverage Shoulder Press
  • Low Box Lateral Runner
  • Lying (Prone) Abdominal Stretch
  • Lying Hamstring Stretch
  • Lying Knee Roll-Over Stretch
  • Lying Quad Stretch
  • Lying Single Leg Extended on Wall Hamstrings Stretch
  • Medicine Ball Jumps
  • Middle Back Stretch
  • Mountain Climbers
  • Narrow Grip Bench Press
  • On Your Side Quad Stretch
  • Over Head Weight Sit Up
  • Overhead Lat Stretch
  • Overhead Triceps Stretch Side Angle
  • Parallel Bar Dips
  • Pelvic Tilt Into Bridge
  • Plate Good Morning Anterior
  • Plate Hollow Hold
  • Plate Single Leg Deadlift
  • Plate Single Leg Pinch Grip Deadlift
  • Plate Staggered Deadlift
  • Plate Staggered Pinch Grip Deadlift
  • Rebounder in & Out from Ground
  • Rebounder Knee Pushes
  • Resistance Band - Cable Row
  • Resistance Band Lying Bent Knee Raise
  • Resistance Band Lying Leg Raise
  • Reverse Cable Woodchop
  • Reverse Grip Bent Over Barbell Rows
  • Reverse Lunge Left Resistance Band
  • Reverse Triceps Bench Press
  • Ring Dips
  • Rising Stomach Stretch
  • Romanian Deadlift Barbell
  • Rowing - Stationary
  • Runner's Stretch
  • Runners Lunge
  • Running - Treadmill
  • Russian Twist with Dumbbell
  • Sandbag - Clean & Press
  • Scapular Retraction
  • Seated Barbell Twists
  • Seated Floor Crunches
  • Seated Floor Hamstring Stretch
  • Seated Resistance Band - Cable Rows
  • Seated Row (Cable Row)
  • Seated Shoulder Flexor Depressor Retractor Stretch
  • Seated Single Leg Toe Touch Hamstring Stretch
  • Seated Toe Touch Hamstrings Stretch
  • Seated V Up
  • Shoulder Circles
  • Side Lying Floor Stretch
  • Single Arm Incline Dumbbell Chest Press
  • Single Arm Standing Dumbbell Shoulder Press
  • Single Leg Dumbbell Deadlifts
  • Single Leg Romanian Deadlift
  • Single Leg Romanian Deadlift Dumbbell
  • Single Leg Romanian Deadlifts Right Cable Resistance Band
  • Sitting Single Legged Hamstring Stretch
  • Skipping
  • Sled Row
  • Stability Ball Abdominal Twist
  • Standing Barbell Twist|seated-barbell-twist
  • Standing Hamstring Stretch
  • Standing Lateral Stretch
  • Standing One Arm Chest Stretch
  • Standing Overhand Shoulder Stretch
  • Standing Palm-In One-Arm Dumbbell Press
  • Standing Quad Stretch
  • Standing Quadriceps Stretch Side Angle
  • Standing Reverse Shoulder Stretch
  • Standing Single Arm Neutral Grip Dumbbell Shoulder Press
  • Standing Tricep Stretch
  • Standing Upper Back Stretch
  • Star Jumps
  • Suspension Trainer with Grips Hanging Knees to Elbows
  • Suspension Trainer with Grips Inverted Row on Floor
  • Suspension Trainer with Grips Reverse Ab Rollout
  • Suspension Trainer with Grips Reverse Push-Up
  • Suspension Trainer with Grips Side Squat
  • Tricep Dips
  • Triceps Dip Machine
  • Triceps Light Stretch
  • TRX Pistol Squats
  • Unilateral Box Jump
  • Unilateral Box Jump - Bilateral Deceleration
  • Unilateral Jumps
  • V-Bar Pullup
  • Weighted Dips

MetCon workout groups

Choose a group to see its exact workouts, primary muscle evidence and verified movement examples.

01 Metcon36 sessions · 216 main slots View group
  • Quadriceps: 51 main slots
  • Hamstrings: 36 main slots
  • Abdominals: 29 main slots
  • Middle Back: 25 main slots
  • Full Body: 18 main slots
  • Chest: 13 main slots
  • Shoulders: 12 main slots
  • Triceps: 11 main slots
  • Lats: 11 main slots
  • Obliques: 7 main slots
  • Calves: 3 main slots
Metcon approved primary muscle map
WORKOUT ANIMATIONAgility Ladder Advanced Single-Leg
  • Agility Ladder Advanced Single-Leg
  • Agility Ladder Advancing Laterally Switching Base
  • Agility Ladder in in Out Out
  • Agility Ladder in in Out Out Moving Laterally
  • Agility Ladder in in Out Out with Knee Lift
36 workouts
  • MetCon — Week 1 Day 1 (Advanced)
  • MetCon — Week 1 Day 1 (Beginner)
  • MetCon — Week 1 Day 1 (Intermediate)
  • MetCon — Week 1 Day 2 (Advanced)
  • MetCon — Week 1 Day 2 (Beginner)
  • MetCon — Week 1 Day 2 (Intermediate)
  • MetCon — Week 1 Day 3 (Advanced)
  • MetCon — Week 1 Day 3 (Beginner)
  • MetCon — Week 1 Day 3 (Intermediate)
  • MetCon — Week 2 Day 1 (Advanced)
  • MetCon — Week 2 Day 1 (Beginner)
  • MetCon — Week 2 Day 1 (Intermediate)
  • MetCon — Week 2 Day 2 (Advanced)
  • MetCon — Week 2 Day 2 (Beginner)
  • MetCon — Week 2 Day 2 (Intermediate)
  • MetCon — Week 2 Day 3 (Advanced)
  • MetCon — Week 2 Day 3 (Beginner)
  • MetCon — Week 2 Day 3 (Intermediate)
  • MetCon — Week 3 Day 1 (Advanced)
  • MetCon — Week 3 Day 1 (Beginner)
  • MetCon — Week 3 Day 1 (Intermediate)
  • MetCon — Week 3 Day 2 (Advanced)
  • MetCon — Week 3 Day 2 (Beginner)
  • MetCon — Week 3 Day 2 (Intermediate)
  • MetCon — Week 3 Day 3 (Advanced)
  • MetCon — Week 3 Day 3 (Beginner)
  • MetCon — Week 3 Day 3 (Intermediate)
  • MetCon — Week 4 Day 1 (Advanced)
  • MetCon — Week 4 Day 1 (Beginner)
  • MetCon — Week 4 Day 1 (Intermediate)
  • MetCon — Week 4 Day 2 (Advanced)
  • MetCon — Week 4 Day 2 (Beginner)
  • MetCon — Week 4 Day 2 (Intermediate)
  • MetCon — Week 4 Day 3 (Advanced)
  • MetCon — Week 4 Day 3 (Beginner)
  • MetCon — Week 4 Day 3 (Intermediate)

What is in the block

Every session in MetCon, named, with how big each one is. The sets, reps and the order they go in are in the app — that is the part you are paying a coach for.

  • 36 sessions
  • 4 weeks
  • 3 days a week
  • Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Beginner12 sessions · 4 weeks
  • Week 1 · Day 16 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 1 · Day 26 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 1 · Day 36 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 2 · Day 16 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 2 · Day 26 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 2 · Day 36 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 3 · Day 16 exercises · 24 sets
  • Week 3 · Day 26 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 3 · Day 36 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 4 · Day 16 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 4 · Day 26 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 4 · Day 36 exercises · 25 sets
Intermediate12 sessions · 4 weeks
  • Week 1 · Day 16 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 1 · Day 26 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 1 · Day 36 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 2 · Day 16 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 2 · Day 26 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 2 · Day 36 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 3 · Day 16 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 3 · Day 26 exercises · 24 sets
  • Week 3 · Day 36 exercises · 24 sets
  • Week 4 · Day 16 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 4 · Day 26 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 4 · Day 36 exercises · 25 sets
Advanced12 sessions · 4 weeks
  • Week 1 · Day 16 exercises · 26 sets
  • Week 1 · Day 26 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 1 · Day 36 exercises · 26 sets
  • Week 2 · Day 16 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 2 · Day 26 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 2 · Day 36 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 3 · Day 16 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 3 · Day 26 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 3 · Day 36 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 4 · Day 16 exercises · 25 sets
  • Week 4 · Day 26 exercises · 26 sets
  • Week 4 · Day 36 exercises · 25 sets

What this block is

MetCon runs as a 4-week block, 3 days a week, and there are 36 distinct sessions in it. No two share an exercise sequence and no two share a title, so a block gives you a different session every time you train it. The progression comes from load, volume and density — not from handing you the same workout again under a new name.

It is written at beginner, intermediate and advanced, so it is picked to match where you actually are rather than where a programme assumes you are.

It carries the Fat Loss nutrition template, so the way you eat matches the block you are in. A strength phase and a fat-loss phase are not fed the same way.

Every exercise in it has its own animation of the movement inside the app. No stick figures, and no written description standing in for a demonstration.

How you actually get it

Read every session on this page first — that is what it is here for. When you want it as your plan, Pete sets the loads, fits it round the days you can actually train and the kit you have, and signs it off before it reaches your app. Six questions is all it takes, and if your training changes you go back and take a different route.

Browse the whole library

Every session here is animated. Open the library browser and drill straight down to a week, a day and the actual movements — the same animations that play inside the app, running in the page.

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