KB Pentathlon – Part Deux

  • When:08/24/15
  • QIC: Chanel
  • The PAX: Teddy, Mighty Mite, Chanel


KB Pentathlon – Part Deux

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.

  • 1H Swings x 6 min.  3 min recovery
  • Snatch x 6 min.  3 min recovery
  • Press x 6 min. 3 min recovery
  • Clean x 6 min. 3 min recovery
  • Racked Squat x 6 min. 3 min recovery

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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Tiger-Rag
8 years ago

114 racked squats means two things:
1. You are ready for a prison fight.
2. You will be walking like you were just in a prison fight.

That’s one tough clown right there.

Voodoo
8 years ago

T-claps to Chanel for stepping up and taking the Q this morning. Maybe you’re right, I’m not meant to do this workout. It does look pretty awful, but it is one of the few workouts where you can chart your progress.

That is a ridiculous score BTW. I think TR had set a goal of 2,000 by June 1st after the March pentathlon. Just thinking about doing 113 snatches makes my hands hurt.

Tiger-Rag
Reply to  Voodoo
8 years ago

Didn’t make it. I did the KB5 twice the same week in March and haven’t done it since. 2000 remains uncracked but Papa Bunz bested my PR by 9 points. 3/12 stats, all with 24:
–Swing x 204 (612 pt)
–Snatch x 144 (432 pt)
–Press x 83 (249 pt)
–Clean x 143 (429 pt)
–Squats x 80 (240 pt)
TOTAL = 1962

High Tide
8 years ago

Well done, guys. T-claps.

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