Stations

The canonical 12-station structure

Every CCB Session uses exactly 12 stations. The official order is fixed. The category for each station is fixed. The room rotates through the stations in the same order every time.

There is exactly:

• 12 stations in the canonical layout.
• 8 bodyweight stations using the room's own body as the apparatus.
• 4 conditioning stations that use a fixed piece of conditioning equipment (a Concept2 rower, a Concept2 SkiErg, a Concept2 BikeErg, or a Rogue Echo Bike).

The four conditioning stations sit at positions 3, 6, 9, and 12 of the cycle. The remaining eight positions are bodyweight stations.

The official station order

Position 12 is the final station in the cycle. The Rogue Echo Bike serves as the all-out finish in the official layout.

What conditioning stations measure

Conditioning stations use the station's official machine. Each machine has its own official unit of measurement:

• RowErg — meters rowed.
• SkiErg — meters skied.
• BikeErg — meters biked.
• Rogue Echo Bike — calories.

Athletes report the reading from their machine's console at the Freeze.

Active and occupied stations

The canonical layout always has 12 positions. In any given Session, some positions are active (have athletes working them) and some are unoccupied (no athletes have arrived at that station in the current cycle).

Unoccupied stations trivially pass the Evaluation. The protocol does not require stations to have athletes to count toward a Session's outcome — only active stations are evaluated.

This is an important distinction:

12 stations

is the layout. The room is always 12 stations. The outcome is determined only by the stations the room filled.

up to 12 active or occupied stations

is the workload. A smaller group has fewer active stations; the protocol adjusts naturally.

What a facility must provide

To run an official Group Session, a facility must provide:

• twelve clearly-numbered station positions in a sequence the room can rotate through;
• the four conditioning machines named above, in working condition, each placed at its assigned position;
• enough floor space for the bodyweight stations;
• the standard target per station, as set by the Session's chosen Benchmark.

The coach may adjust per-Session settings within the rules. The fixed layout and the official machines are not negotiable parts of the format.

What a coach may configure

A coach running a Session can configure, per Session:

• the target rep count or distance per station;
• the assigned Burden per station;
• the cap on athletes per station (default is two);
• the starting order, within the Session's chosen Benchmark;
• session controls for safety or override.

A coach cannot change:

• the canonical 12-station layout;
• which positions are bodyweight and which are conditioning;
• the conditioning machine at each conditioning position;
• the official order in which the room rotates.

Where Benchmarks fit in

The standardized Targets and Burdens referenced above come from CCB's official Benchmark system. Every official Benchmark uses this same 12-station layout — the standardized Targets and Burdens, not the layout, are what changes between Benchmarks. The Benchmarks page describes the five official Benchmarks and the progression from Classic through Inferno.

Why the station library is standardized

The station library is standardized for three reasons:

• Comparable results. Akin to how a track event has the same distance everywhere, CCB has the same 12 stations everywhere. Two athletes at two facilities describe the same work.
• Portable athletes. An athlete who has trained at one facility arrives at another and the format is familiar.
• Coach focus. Coaches do not design a Session from scratch. The format defines the structure; the coach focuses on the room.

This standardization is what makes CCB a standardized system rather than a free-form workout class.