- When:3/12/15
- QIC: Brown
- The PAX: Soul Glow, High Tide, Stone Cold, Tackling Dummy, Tiger Rag, Harley, Awena, Fletch, Stump Hugger, Section 8 (site FNG), Brushback, Bananas, Stay Puff (WD), Chum, Alf, Header, Busch, Bulldog, Brown (QIC)
Holy Crap!
19 grown up men showed up this morning for what is now a very simple yet brutal workout, and later what will be a great benchmark for kettle bell success. The KB Pentathlon.
COP:
Warm up on your own beforehand. We ain’t got time for your SSH’s and IW’s.
The Thang:
KB Pentathlon:
5 exercises: 1H Swing, Snatch, Press, Clean, Racked Squat
6 minutes for each set
3 minute rest in between
Score = (#Reps) x (Adjusted KB Size) where Adj. KB Size = Wt of Bell (in kg) / 8.
EX: 100 swings with a 24 kg bell = (100 reps) x (24 kg / 8) = 300 pts.
Here is the spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/tspk8bJvVCOlaFQMl6GLuvQ/htmlview?pli=1
Mary: Seriously?
Moleskin:
I really don’t know where to start on this one, which is rare. This workout alone is exactly what Meathead is all about; simple, brutal, effective. Bottom line is, 6 minutes is a long time to lift a kettle bell, and 3 minutes is no where near enough time to rest. The strangest part was the lack of mumble chatter which usually drowns out the odd groans and grunts of Meathead. Even the tunes weren’t able to help much. From what I could tell, everyone looked to be getting after it and adjusting as needed to make it worth it. I was going to apologize to the site FNG’s, but you all actually picked the best one to come to. The initial plan is to circulate the KB Pentathlon around to the gear sites every so often, for change of pace, and to track your progress. Take the time to do the calculation and see what your number is. It’s a great way to understand your fitness/lifting level, plus, put it out there for all of us to give each other hell about. And yes, we are working on a way to count without having to count. One thing that I can’t let go without mentioning is Stump Hugger with his Pure Barre/aborigine approach to the workout. Hey, do what you gotta do, just glad you came out…bro. I do have to give T-claps to Chum. My man has been a staple at Meathead and nothing seems to phase him every week. Time for a bigger bell and a sleeveless shirt. Great work big man.
Announcements:
F3 Golf: Sign up slackers. It’s golf. The only real reason men get to use to get away from whatever you need to get away from. Is there even a question? Don’t play?…then volunteer. Plus, sponsorships and donations are rolling in and its gonna be phenomenal. Don’t be loser and work on April 30th…play golf.
Brown author
Great stuff. Eager to give this one another go to see whether I can improve on my numbers. I was torn between going lighter for more reps or heavier for a higher multiplier/point value. I went the heavier (#meathead) route, so I’m curious whether the lighter (#smarter) route would have scored higher. The weakest of my weaknesses, the press, was woeful, even when performed as push presses. Still, if you wanna swing a heavier bell, you gotta swing a heavier bell.
Ridicule as needed – here are my numbers 160, 70, 56, 106, 70 @24kg = 1,386
Glad to see all the new faces – site FNGs Section 8, Stay Puft, Soul Glow – in addition to the familiar meatheads.
To all you who may be reading the BB but haven’t yet posted to Meathead, it is 0.0, so it is a great place to get away from running for a day. But it ain’t easy… See you next week!
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