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The original was posted on /r/weightroom by /u/entexit on 2024-04-07 04:54:17.

It has been a while since I posted on this account, and it will probably be a while before I post again, but I was convinced to write this up.

It has been a while since I have done a writeup, and this feels very unorganized, but meh read it or don’t- its your prerogative. Any typos are the fault of my fingers- they are not feeling 100% right now.

About Me: 25M, 204lbs, mediocre strength (275 Bench, 385 SSB Squat, no clue on deadlift)

I have done less than 5k swings in my life before this.

What I Did: 10k swings with a 24kg kb in one day (10 hrs, 16 min)

Why I did it: I saw Mythical do the swings in 1 week, and Krieg do magOrt in a day (I think) and it started a small seed in the idiot portion of my brain that wants to do things because they are there.

How I approached it: 20 swings emom takes 500 minutes to reach 10k. 20 swings took me ~30s, leaving 30s rest per minute. I allowed myself to take breaks from the emom and go to refill water, recharge my earbuds etc.

How It Went: I did it in 10 hrs, so overall a massive success. The first 1500 were more of an issue with me concentrating on keeping the count. At 2000 reps done, my hands started to feel a bit fatigued. I paused after 3000 swings to go refill my water. I then rested for ~40 minutes and went again for another 3k bringing my total to 6k and work time to 5 hours. This is where the “fun” truly started. My hands were slipping and cramping, and my HR started ticking up. My avg hr went from 137 bpm the first 3k to 149bpm the second 3k. This meant that I was no longer in aerobic fun playland and was breaking a little into anaerobic scary land. I paused at 6k to refill water and go eat a sandwich (smadehich according to my typing at the time). This was another ~40 minute break. The next cluster was 2500- a bit of my sandwich came back up ~rep 7000, but the rest was fairly uneventful until 8.5k where I took another break, this one 30 min long. The first 500 back felt awful, I thought I was going to collapse and never be able to move again, but I just attacked it. If my body gave up, fine- but I mentally wasn’t going to give up. The last 503 (my last emom was 23) reps were snappier and felt better than pretty much any reps before them and I was very glad I kept going.

So: 10K swings done, 500 minutes of work, 116 minutes of rest (not counting rest between emoms). I am pretty pleased with that, although I know that leaves the door open for someone crazier than me to go sub 10 hrs.

What worked: the emom setup was surprisingly tolerable, but I did have to hear SmartWod saying “halfway done” 500 times. My nutrition plan didn’t do poorly for me, but I could have made some smarter decisions: gummy bears are excellent, goldfish not so much, sandwiches sit too heavy, and a bottle of liquid IV + a bottle of water is excellent for hydrating.

What I Learned:

  1. Sitting is God’s gift to man- the break I spent sitting and eating the sandwich was probably the most blissful moment of my life.
  2. I cry tears of joy when I finish things that are incredibly hard?
  3. Chase your white whale challenge- doing things that are hard and scary at first become far more attainable when you do the first rep.

My hands hurt, but I am happy and impressed with myself. As far as I am aware, thats a 10k challenge speedrun r/weightroom record. If someone wants to go ahead and beat that, be my guest.