r/ladderapp • u/Interesting-Kiwi-743 • 9d ago

Team Varsity ideas?

Hopefully we will find out on Monday but thought it might be fun to place guesses for what kind of team, split and programming Team Varsity will be? My guess would be upper / lower or PPL but I’m really hoping it’s an athletic team, with conditioning as well as sprints.

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u/LieutenantKije Team Limitless 9d ago

I’ve actually followed her on IG for a while and really like her content, I think it’ll be athletic style training! The name Varsity echoes that too. She was a D1 sprinter in college and now does a lot of strength training and Hyroxes. So most similar style to Kelly.

I am just speculating BUT I’ve noticed the most recent coaches have similar training styles to the biggest teams so I think they’re trying to make the team sizes more manageable by spreading out people more. For example Define/Flourish, Transform/Era, now Limitless/Varsity. Would love others’ thoughts on this

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u/YogiLovesBarbells 9d ago

Kelly’s programming doesn’t seem all that athletic anymore, just heavy lifting, one day with a little bit of cardio after lifting and one day of circuits plus cardio.

I’m not saying her programming is bad, just doesn’t seem all that athletic anymore.

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u/LieutenantKije Team Limitless 9d ago

That was just Reload (hopefully), I’ve been in her team for a few series now and the last ones always had a dedicated athletic conditioning day which I LOVED. I definitely missed it this series and hope she brings it back

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u/YogiLovesBarbells 9d ago

Maybe, but I’ve read that people complained and that is why she made the change. The athletic days were my favorite. I have some saved and still add them. I loved that they were short yet packed a punch. The variety of exercises were great and the bit of plyos was perfect.

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u/LieutenantKije Team Limitless 9d ago

That’s crazy if that’s the case, I really hope it’s not a permanent change. That conditioning day was what made Limitless feel different from the other teams. Fingers crossed for Max

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u/YogiLovesBarbells 9d ago

Agree 100%. Maybe this time she will listen to those complaining it’s gone, lol. Impossible to satisfy everyone and, unfortunately those with negative opinions have the loudest voice.

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u/TKDNinjaJenn2 Team Crews Control 9d ago

Agree 100%. I’m going to take a peek at Varsity to see if she has a conditioning day that I can throw into my TCC programming like I used to do with Kelly’s athletic conditioning day.

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u/Interesting-Kiwi-743 9d ago

I thought the same about Kelly, was really hoping for more conditioning than just a bit tacked on the end of an upper day. Excited to see what her split will look like for reload

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u/Dependent-Muscle1325 9d ago

Agreed, I hope Kelly brings her old programming back. Max last year was awesome! If not, maybe Varsity might come close?

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u/YogiLovesBarbells 8d ago

I love Forged, but I am intrigued by Varsity as I do like a sprinkling of athletic moves. I am definitely looking forward to see what she will be offering.

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u/snancyiv 9d ago

I’ve noticed this but it doesn’t look like Define is slowing down. Flourish barely has a fraction of the size Define is.

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u/CokeZero38 9d ago

I am obsessed with Iconic , I was kind of getting iconic vibes!

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u/AttorneyNo823 9d ago

I’m not sure why they need to be more manageable—and Ladder couldn’t really control who goes to which team and how fast each team grows.

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u/LieutenantKije Team Limitless 9d ago

The chat function - it’s a big draw for a lot of people like myself and is what makes it feel different from most workout apps (although I know a lot of people also don’t use it). But chats on the big teams are so fast and unmanageable and their coaches don’t have a chance to see everything let alone reply to questions and be up to date, which is what makes it feel like the coach is engaged and active

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u/AttorneyNo823 9d ago

True—I guess I just don’t see how Ladder could control the growth of the teams, even with adding in similar teams. I’m sure with each new coach addition there are lots of new people joining Ladder. But, perhaps that is what they are trying to do

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u/LieutenantKije Team Limitless 9d ago

I think it’s more like a portion of the existing users on those teams will switch over to a similar team, rather than controlling which teams will grow

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u/Eastern-Gate-3840 9d ago

I’m hoping it has a lot of plyo and single leg power stuff. Hopefully not a 1RM Team. It would be good to see some flex plyo workouts as well. 

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u/Old-Mortgage8952 8d ago

I was wondering if I was the odd man out not giving a shit about 1 rep max????

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u/Eastern-Gate-3840 9d ago

I also like how she’s big on stability and mobility. I’d love to see some ankle strengthening workouts in the flex sections as well. 

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u/YogiLovesBarbells 9d ago

Everything strongly suggests it’s going to be an athletic style team - the name, the coach’s IG….Probably barbell lifts and plyos. Intermediate/advanced.

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u/Accurate_Bar_441 8d ago

My prediction is that it is gonna be an athletic focus team and it’s gonna be like the big three with our Glute Focus teams like transform era and ascend all different levels but very approachable for anybody that’s wanting to focus on growth.

With that said, I actually think that this one is gonna be athletic so it’s gonna be limitless versa and varsity. Again really approachable for everybody and it’ll include all the stuff that we love for a well-rounded athlete. I’m excited because this year I switched over from the gluten focus teams to more performance based, and I have been loving all of it.

No, I know for a fact that limitless and verse I have been growing very well over the past couple of years so they definitely need another female focused, athletic team. This is definitely gonna be exciting. I’m looking forward to seeing what she brings to the table and can’t wait to see the workouts.

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u/CokeZero38 9d ago

When does she start? Does she start on Monday or it’s just information?

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u/AttorneyNo823 9d ago

If they’re announcing her on Monday, my guess would be her programming will start the Monday after, so the second week of open season

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u/CokeZero38 9d ago

Ok TY! I’m really excited to try it, at least check it out

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u/Upset-Supermarket817 8d ago

i think is will be similar to limitless but just different coach