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.
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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…
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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!
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