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Pyramid of Pain 3.0


This has got to be one of my absolute favorite workouts that I gave. In fact not one of my clients were able to finish inside of the time limit. So I put up a bounty of $20 and raised it with every unsuccessful class attempt. We are now up to a $35 pot and anyone of them can challenge it at any time for the cash.

All in all Pyramid of Pain 3.0 was a HUGE success and delivered one of the greatest kettlebell fitness workouts I have personally ever given. There were 2 before it and now here’s the 3rd release of Synergy Kettlebell Training’s signature Pyramid of Pain series. Find version 2.0 right here and challenge yourself: Pyramid of Pain 2.0

“PYRAMID OF PAIN 3.0″

Standardized kettlebell weights:
Men: light bell= 20kg, heavy bell= 24kg
Women: light bell= 12kg, heavy bell= 16kg

UPDATE: I HAD AN “OOOPS MOMENT” AND FORGOT TO DEMO THE HAND 2 HAND SWINGS IN THE VIDEO, BUT DEFINITELY MAKE SURE YOU PERFORM THOSE WHEN PRACTICING THIS KETTLEBELL WORKOUT. MY APOLOGIES! :)

Warmup:
Synergy Dynamics

Your Fat Blaster 3.0: AFAP (AS FAST AS POSSIBLE)
20«»30«»40«»30«»20 (perform 5 rounds with the coinciding number of reps for each round)

* Figure 8′s to a Hold (every time your hand switches and you come up with the bell that equals 1 rep)

Push Press or Jerks (split the rep number in half for each arm ex. 20 reps= 10r/10l, 30 reps= 15r/15l)

* Kettlebell Jump Squats

Kettlebell Hand 2 Hand(aka Darcy) Swings (every time your hand switches and you come up with the bell that equals 1 rep)

Burpees

Good luck and I challenge you to finish in 30 minutes or less with the standardized kettlebell weights!!!

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  1. Hobart Personal Training  September 11, 2010

    That looks brutal Bob!
    Might give it a go with 10-20-30-20-10 and see if that gets done under 30 minutes.

    James

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    • Bob Garon  September 11, 2010

      Thanks! Butttt why not just do it as prescribed first and then play with the numbers?

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  2. Shawn  September 12, 2010

    Ouch! 140 Burpees and Jump Squats. Rough!:)

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    • Bob Garon  September 12, 2010

      Shawn I’ll get you next time. :)

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  3. Luke R.  September 13, 2010

    If only my gym had the prescribed ‘bells…..

    Looks like I dodged a bullet, hehe.

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    • Bob Garon  September 13, 2010

      LOL Luke!! Hey scale the weights and onward with the PoP 3.0 baby!!!! :) :) :)

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  4. shawn  September 16, 2010

    Did 1 set 20 reps with a 40 lb dumbbell. In Houston at a hotel. Burpees killed me and squats took out my legs. Thete was no point in finishing. It would have taken an hour and a half. Burpees are a whole body exercise (more so than KB in my opinion) and need to be trained to get good at them (like pull-ups). Ill try to finish it before Christmas.

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    • Bob Garon  September 16, 2010

      Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice Shawn! I would have LOVED to seen that. :)

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