This past September I discovered a fellow kettlebell blogger who issued a challenge to complete 5000 kettlebell snatches in a month. The bad thing was I discovered it two weeks into the challenge. I wanted to participate, but I was already two weeks behind. At first glance it seemed like I had a lot of ground to make up.
At 9:32 p.m. My 5000th rep in the WorkoutIQ kettlebell snatch challenge. What a relief! Since I started the challenge, I’ve been averaging between 200 and 600 snatches a day. I started a couple weeks late and had to make up ground quickly. After trying large sets of 100, I settled on sets of 20-25…
Since my last post I’ve been able to knock the reps down to 700. Remember that I have to complete the 5000 by Friday. I’m almost there!
I managed to knock out another 600 reps over the weekend. 1840 to go by October 17th. I’m almost there!
Just a quick update to let you all know that over my last three work days I was able to hammer out 560 kettlebell snatches. My new total is 2440 and I plan on getting that down to 2000 before tomorrow. Stick with me and we’ll get it done.
I knocked off 400 kettlebell snatches today doing sets of 30 reps, followed by sets of 15, and finishing with sets of 10. I started off by doing 30R, resting for 30 minutes, then doing 30L, resting, etc., up until the 180 mark. At that point my hands were really getting to the point where…
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