Up for a Challenge? Aww its just a little "Sissy Challenge" :)

My super cool friends from The EDGE Team Performance Center and Kettlebell Club in Dayton, Ohio in have started a facebook event called The Edge Sissy Test Invitational it's a fun conditioning workout test that you can do infrequently to check on your progress.  No idea why it's called "sissy" because it's anything but!

Here's the scoop - I did it backwards - accidentally on purpose* (choose a moderate sized kettlebell** - or one that you train with regularly) and:

Start your timer - I just used the stopwatch function on my handy-dandy Gymboss Timer.

• Perform 25 2-handed strict hardstyle swings
• Perform 1 Burpee
• Perform 24 2-handed strict hardstyle swings
• Perform 2 Burpees
• ...............  all the way down to
• Perform 1 2-handed strict hardstyle swing
• Perform 25 Burpees

With the heavy kettlebell, and a fun friend making me laugh from time to time, I managed this in 1hr, 4:08mins    Do your best but stay sane, take breaks when you need to, remembering to stay upright and moving.  Drink tons of water too, no matter where you are.

*Wanted to make sure that the form of the swings would not suffer - so I started with the higher repetitions being the swings, then working down. 

**I was in a weird mood and wanted to further bond with my 24KG bell so I chose that, the burpees portion felt like a "break" which is probably not what they were going for with this.  General guideline - beginner ladies, use your 8KG kettlebell, more advanced ladies go with 12KG or 16KG or be a nut job like me and go heavy!   Guys consider a 16KG or heavier if you feel like it.  No matter WHAT kettlebell you choose, keep your swings strict, hardstyle, and intentional for a fantastic workout challenge.