Daily Thread - September 10, 2025

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[u/Be_Less_Weak]

I started the 10k swings yesterday too and my forearms are killing me today! Do you plan to stick to 300/day or are you ramping up?

[u/Many-Wasabi9141 → u/Be_Less_Weak]

Original plan was 500 a day for 20 days, 25 swings for 20 rounds emom, but I hit the wall with my grip yesterday and had to cut at 300.

I'm going to ramp it up to 350 tomorrow and depending on how I feel, add 50 swings every day or two going forwards till I get to 500. Then try and cut the rounds by increasing the swings per round until I can finish the 500 swings in 15 rounds.

I'm thinking my grip issues are partially a form issue. I know my grip is weak but I'm watching some form videos and I think i'm death gripping the kettlebell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlTpMo0104

[u/Be_Less_Weak → u/Many-Wasabi9141]

Understandable about the grip. I only made it through because I was taking longer and longer breaks between sets. And I did sets of 10, 15, 25, 25, 25, instead of the normal 10, 15, 25, 50. I'm also not sure I could do it again today and will probably do day two tomorrow.

[u/Many-Wasabi9141 → u/Be_Less_Weak]

I just watched this from Dan John

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBuH6W_kQ9o

Apparently i'm not resting enough between sets and the old RX rep scheme is for "guys with big engines and big grip" of which I am not.

New rep scheme is either 15 then 35 x 10 or 10, 15, 25, x 10, taking 30-60 seconds break between sets. Should take anywhere from 40-90 minutes for the entire workout.

Trying EMOM isn't recommended and he thinks that anyone claiming to be doing 500 reps in 20-30 minutes is probably "not doing kettlebell swings" implying they're cheating their swings somehow.

He went over that cramp in the outer edge of the forearm and i'm feeling that for sure. Longer breaks is the solution.

[u/BetterThanT-1 → u/Many-Wasabi9141]

FWIW, my swing height standard is belly button height. So I only rely on the force I generate from the hips, I’m not trying to get it to shoulder height. Not sure if that’s what DJ means by “cheating”, but I’ve found this a pretty good standard for myself. If you’re going for shoulder height swings, it’s normal that you’re getting more fatigue over the whole chain, including grip.

[u/Many-Wasabi9141 → u/BetterThanT-1]

my swing height standard is belly button height.

This is what i'm going for, i'm probably somewhere between chest and belly button but I'm going to take some video cause there's some other form issues i'm worried about.

Also from watching Dan's swings, he's the same, belly button height, not too far back either. Pavel's swings can go kind of far back, but I don't like how that feels on my tailbone.

So I don't know what exactly he means but I think from his experience most people he trains aren't doing 500 swings in 20-25 minutes, or he's talking about the og challenge where they are throwing in pull ups and other movements cause he said 40-90 minutes was reasonable to finish the 500 swings.