Saturday, December 5, 2009

1,000 Swings In 50 Minutes - 24kg Bell!

After last weeks swing workout in which I did 200 swings with the 24kg bell and 800 swings with the 20kg bell Mark Reifkind informed me that his wife Tracy has completed ALL 1000 reps with the 24kg bell in 50 minutes. So, obviously I had to man up and take the challenge.

Here is what Tracy had to say about the experience:

"I knew right away this was going to be a long one! Geez, looking at the clock in the beginning and realizing the I had to do the same thing over and over for 50 minutes....5-0!

You can check out video of her completing the event by clicking  HERE.

I need to give much respect to Tracy because this kicked my ass! I did do 640 snatches yesterday with 80 sets of 8 with the 16kg bell but I am not making any excuses.....my grip was friend @ 65 sets and I had to grind it out.

I decided to wear my heart rate monitor to get a feel for the intensity of the training and ended up with the following data over the 50 minute workout:

My Maximum Heart Rate @ almost 41 years old: 179
Avg Heart rate: 156 or 87% of my max
Highest Heart Rate Reached: 179

Tracy is an inspiration. If you do not know her story please check out the following article on her 100 lb weight loss in less than a year!


My training looked like this:

I did timed two-handed swings with the 24kg bell today. I did 100 sets of 10 in 49 minutes and 45 seconds. I did sets of 10 with approximately 15 second rest between round.

Swings - 24kg bell - 100 sets of 10 - 1000 reps - 52,800 lbs

According to a geat website I found I burned 789 calories in 50 minutes based on an AVG heart rate of 156 over 50 minutes. Here is the website: Calculate Calories Burned.

6 comments:

Mark Reifkind said...

NICE work man and thanks for the props to Tracy you know how amazing what she did really is.
AND props to you for the 80 sets if8 in the max vow. let me first say I HATE YOU, lol.
I may get to 50k snatches before you but I can't do 80x8 yet. yet...

Rob O'Brien said...

Thanks! I do not want to start a competition with Tracy...she will crush me. That was my 4th time doing 80 sets...It is more mental than physical. You could do it. I am sure. Congrats on the 50k again!

Rob

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