Here it is, the second installment of the Kettlebell 100 Test: Perform the prescribed exercise 100 times, run lap, repeat until time is called. (4-count flutters or Freddie Mercury’s for those with leg injuries)
The exercises were:
- 100 Two-Hand Swings
- 100 Curl-to-Overhead Press
- 100 Squat-to-High Pull
- 100 American Hammers
- 100 Single Arm Swings
- 100 Sing Arm Snatches
- 100 Goblet Squats
- 100 Single Arm Chest Press
- 100 Two Handed Swings
- 100 Single Arm Row
- 100 Flutter Kick with Bell
- 100 KB LBC
- 100 Squat-to-Overhead Press
- 100 Single Arm Swings
Naked Moleskin
Strong, strong showing:
- Pygmy, (In absentia), 30#, 8 American Hammers+
- Waldo, 30#, 10 single armed swings
- Gnard Dog, 35#, 37 snatches (skipped single armed swings)
- Java, 35#, 41 single arm swings
- Quagmire, 35#, 49 single armed swings
- Fault, 35#, 100(?) American hammers
- Fazio, 40#, 20 single armed swings
- State Farm, 40#, 1 single arm swing
- Denali, 40#, 100 single armed swings
- Invisible Shirt, 44#(?), 35 snatches
- Friar Tuck, 45#, 100 American hammers+ 400 meters
- Bob Villa, 50#, 71 single armed swings
- Cinderella, 50#, 11 snatches
- Cut Me Mick, 50#, 100 single armed swings
I did not remember just how brutal this test was. I believe everyone got farther than we did 3 months ago – but YHC may have let the clock run longer. Lack of quality control meant more pain today.
There was talk by several of the PAX about spending a few hours one weekend completing a Kettlebell Ultra – all of the exercises in the circuit for time. We’ll look for a time after the PAX are done with the GORUCK.
This was State Farm’s first kettlebell workout. Outstanding. You picked a tough one.
Pygmy texted afterward that 2.0 responsibilities prevented him from joining us in person, but he did complete the workout on his own, which would take even more mental stamina and toughness.
In COT, the theme was mental toughness and post traumatic growth. When people go through trauma, even severe trauma, they do not necessarily dry up and blow away. Some go through the experience and discover that they are stronger than they ever believed, more capable, their trust in God or in others is stronger. YHC wrote about this topic in detail this week on Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/luminous-things/201510/resilience-growth-kintsukuroi Please read it, comment, and share with those who you think could use it.
Prayers and announcements: Including Yoga, Thursday 5:45 a.m. at the Lassiter Mill waterfall.
In closing, Invisible Shirt was as strong with his words as he was with his Kettlebell.
Humbly and Graciously,
Cut Me Mick
