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Challenge Summary & Statistics :-)

A few statistics on this challenge for the geeky among you…

Total swings completed: 31,350

Total number of kettlebell swing sessions: 40

Total amount of training time invested: Just over 42 hours

Total calories expended: Approximately 26,000 kcal

Day by day history/summary

Day / # of sessions / Daily Total Swings / Cumulative Total Swings

Fri 1st     /  2  /  1135  /  1135

Sat 2nd   /  1  /  1020  /  2155

Sun 3rd – rest day

Mon 4th   /  2  /  1405  /  3560

Tue 5th    /  2  /  1300  /  4860

Wed 6th   /  2  /  1600  /  6460

Thur 7th   /  2  /  1100  /  7560

Fri 8th     /  1  /  1140  /  8700

Sat 9th   /  1  /  1400  /  10100

Sun 10th – rest day

Mon 11th /  2  /  1100  /  11200

Tue 12th  /  2  /  1400  /  12600

Wed 13th /  2  /  1400  /  14000

Thur 14th /  2  /  1510  /  15510

Fri 15th  /  1  /  1000  /  16510

Sat 16th /  1  /  1490  /  18000

Sun 17th – rest day

Mon 18th  /  2  /  1260  /  19260

Tue 19th  /  2  /  1200  /  20460

Wed 20th /  2  /  1400  /  21860

Thur 21st /  1  /  1140  /  23000

Fri 22nd  /  2  / 1200  /  24200

Sat 23rd  /  1  /  1000  /  25200   (Target beaten!)

Sun 24th – rest day

Mon 25th /  1  / 1000  /  26200 

Tue 26th  /  2  /  1000  /  27200

Wed 27th  /  1  /  1000  /  28200

Thur 28th  / 2  /  1100  /   29300

Fri 29th – rest day

Sat 30th /  1  / 2050  /  31350 (Finished!)

Sun 31st – rest day

Swings by week (from Fri to Fri):

Week 1 -  7560

Week 2 – 7950

Week 3 – 7490

Week 4  - 8350 (including final Saturday)

Average swings per day (over the 31 days of July): 1011

Amount of skin removed off hands:

Greater than mass of entire Solar System (approx. 3.2342  *  10 ^ 2666993424 grams)

Pain induced: Infinite

Day 30 – Session #40 – FINAL session!

Time: 1745

Duration: ~1 hr 52 mins

Fatigue status: OK

Hand condition: OK

Swings completed: 2050 (!)

Workout (click to view data):

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40

80 / 80 / 80 / 80 / 80 / 80 / 80 / 80 

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40

50 / 50 / 50 / 150 

Summary:

Saturday 30th. One last massive effort. The big grind multi-set of 80 swings at a time with around 60 seconds rest between sets was very tough indeed. Was determined to take overall total past 31,000 meaning an average in excess of 1,000 per day!

Finished with a huge set of 150 swings to really see what I had left.

Cumulative FINAL total swings completed: 31350

Day 28 – Session #39

Time: 2100

Duration: ~30 mins

Fatigue status: OK

Hand condition: OK

Swings completed: 600

Workout (click to view data):

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40

40 / 40 / 40 / 80 

Summary:

A fast and efficient session, another 600 repped out.

Cumulative total swings completed: 29300

Day 28 – Session #38

Time: 0800

Duration: ~30 mins

Fatigue status: OK

Hand condition: OK

Swings completed: 500

Workout (click to view data):

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40

40 / 60 

Summary:

Sleepy early morning, but plodded out a further 500 swings.

Cumulative total swings completed: 28700

Day 27 – Session #37

Time: 2035

Duration: ~53 mins

Fatigue status: Good

Hand condition: Good

Swings completed: 1000

Workout (click to view data):

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40

100 / 50 / 50

50 / 50 / 60 / 40

Summary:

Very Zen like session, by far fastest time I’ve managed to rep out 1000 swings. I’ve become much more economical with them, and finding my grip strength has massively improved since start of challenge…

Cumulative total swings completed: 28200

Day 26 – Session #36

Time: 1815

Duration: ~42 mins

Fatigue status: OK

Hand condition: Good

Swings completed: 600

Workout (click to view data):

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40

40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 

Summary:

Another steady set of 600.

Cumulative total swings completed: 27200