3 PAX were brave enough to face the KB Pentathlon challenge and now have tangible results of their ridonkulous strength. Others must have seen the pre-blast and hid in their fartsacks with shame.
The Thang:
No time for warm-ups, we’ve got exactly 45 grueling mins to get through this.
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.
Spreadsheet is HERE if you want it.
Ye Olde Moleskine:
Voodoo decided to bring back this gem since he missed the original back in March and then missed it again this time due to illness. Somethings are just not meant to be brother. YHC stepped in to lead the Q and was met this morning with 2 PAX who admitted they had not seen the tweets or pre-blast, otherwise they may have joined everyone else in the fartsack. The KB Pentathlon is brutal, there is no denying it. As much as I loathed doing this again it is the only thing we’ve done to date that puts an actual score to your KB fitness and thus gives you something tangible to improve upon. If I can convince Mighty Mite and Teddy to do this again it would be great to see how they improve and in what areas. Those guys are beasts and they left it all out there today. I attribute a lot of those last few reps to those guys pushing through and challenging me. IRON SHARPENING IRON at its best.
Here are my numbers from March & today, evidence that what we do at Area 51 gear sites produces results:
Date | KB Size | 1H Swing | Snatch | Press | Clean | Racked Squat | Adj Total |
3/9/2015 | 50 lb | 210 | 90 | 85 | 135 | 80 | 1703 |
8/24/2015 | 50lb & 20kg | 212 | 113 | 138 (20kg) | 134 | 114 | 1971 |
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