Wild Geese Fitness members enjoy a good bit of variety in their training, Kettlebells, bodyweight, barbells, sandbags, strength focus, endurance focus. Just plain old variety. But in order to ensure that progress is being made we have a few benchmark tests or challenges that we throw out every now and again. Usually these are either a max effort lift, max repetition set or a timed challenge. It’s the time challenges that really get everyone going, they seem to create the most competition and camaraderie then the other challenges.
One such challenge was on todays menu, feel free to try it out for yourself, see how you get on. I’ll be honest, it was set by a different crew, but we put our own spin on it. The video below is the original post from Smitty over at the Diesel Crew, he uses a 50lb Bulgarian bag and lunges the length of a football field. Here at Wild Geese Fitness we have the metric system, no Bulgarian bags and no football pitch. So we use 90 meters (98.4 yards) which just so happens to be 6 lengths of the training floor, I put a medicine ball at the turn around points to ensure nobody cheats. In place of the Bulgarian bag we hold a Kettlebell in each hand, most opting for a suitcase carry which really does a number on your grip!
50lb = 22.7kg, so most of our guys and girls hold a pair of 12kg kettles (24kg = 53lb!), although most have since stepped up to 16’s (70lb), 20’s (88) and one or two (myself included) have even used 24kg bells (53lb). Last time I did it with a pair of 24’s it took 5 minutes dead and left me limping for about 5 days!
So if you’re up to taking the diesel challenge, even if you’re doing it Wild Geese style, watch this video, or talk to any of our regular members, then grab a stopwatch and a weight and away you go.
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Regards
Dave www.wg-fit.com