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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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
Thanks! Butttt why not just do it as prescribed first and then play with the numbers?
Ouch! 140 Burpees and Jump Squats. Rough!:)
Shawn I’ll get you next time.
If only my gym had the prescribed ‘bells…..
Looks like I dodged a bullet, hehe.
LOL Luke!! Hey scale the weights and onward with the PoP 3.0 baby!!!!
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.
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice Shawn! I would have LOVED to seen that.