Im hoping to finish 900 more swings by fridau. Because im taling weekends off,
Does any one else arm feels.like its on fire hours later, I can tell the swings are working already

I did another 200 swings last night. So 2300 to go. I think I'm going to try to see how many I can actually do by the end of the year.

Babyphat, when I do the heavier kettlebells, I wear gloves. My hands sweat terribily. I do have calluses though. And yes, my arms start burning. What was the app you downloaded? I'd be interested to add it.

Worked out with the trainer this morning, and no swings. I'm going to try to get 200 in this evening though.

Just finished 100 swings... I didn't get started 2 days ago when I first posted that I was joining the challenge, but I feel confident I can make up for lost time in the days ahead & finish at or above the 3500 goal I set for myself... since I hadn't picked up a KB in a while, I decided to start easy today with the 10-pounder... it really was too easy, so tonight I'll try another 100 with the 15#... by next week, I should be back to the 25#, where I was when I abandoned my regular KB workouts several months ago...

3500 - 100 = 3400 to go

A couple of questions... do y'all wear weight-lifting gloves with KBs, or do you swing bare-handed?.. also, what about shoes?.. I've always done my KB workouts barefooted... I feel I have a better "grip" on the floor...

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Aunt Sheshie, sometimes I wear gloves & sometimes I don't. If I'm doing a full workout, I usually wear gloves--mainly because of hand sweating. If I'm doing a "light" workout or just swings, I usually don't.

Same goes for shoes. If I'm in the gym, I have to wear shoes. If I'm at home, a lot of times I'm barefooted. I like being barefoot because I can feel my heels really "digging" into the floor the way it should be. I really have to think about it when I wear shoes.

I took an RKC kettlebell class in February, and the instructor recommended being barefooted or wearing flat soled shoes when possible. He said it's possible to work out in flip flops! He also recommended not wearing gloves but using chalk/powder if your hands get sweaty.

its called kettlebell Comrade, its free, it also let u recoed your excerise, shows you how to do diffrent kettlebells via youtube its pretty cool.

and i also do kettlebell barefooted as well, i think i do need a gloves i cant stand to get calluses, i will go find one today or some chalks

i did another 400 tonight an i found a callus on my right hand, this scks, i definatly going to get a gloves or use socks lol

2865-400=2465 to gooo

i am so proud of everyone who joined, keep it going ladies.
my body is soo sore right now i did 45mins of excerise as well as the kettlebell.

i cant wait until i can move up to 25lbs, i am sure after i finish att he end of the year i will be strong enough to do 25lbs an i will be soo darn proud

I did 250 swings tonight, so I have 2050 left. Over 1/2 way there.

My body is sore tonight--especially my abs and triceps! Hoping to get to the gym in the morning before work and get some heavier swings in.

Keep up the great work everyone!

Talking about using socks, I remember that in the RKC class the instructor mentioned that you could run a hand towel through the handle and do swings by grabbing each end of the towel close to the handle. That might help with calluses.

i will try the towel thing today.
i wokeup this morning an i am even more sore, my calf, waiste, thigh, stomache, shoulders, arms, i can feel it, it feels good but now i can barely move lol
i cant wait to put in my 400 tomm and today because i wont be around to do them on weekends

i ended up doing 100 this morning so i spread it out during the day-
2465 - 100= 2365

2366_550=1815 I had to do 450 tonight because I didnt get to workout so I did kettled instead

i am going to try at lease do 100-200 today efore i leave at miday for my trip cause thenn i wont be able to do it until monday

Way to go, Babyphat!!!! :carrot: You're burning it up.

I've slacked off the past couple of days, but I plan to get in at least 100 tonight and do plenty over the weekend too.

Have a great one everybody! :D

WOW!!!.. way to go, everybody!.. I missed yesterday's swings, but just now finished 100...

3400 - 100 = 3300 to go

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Did 200 swings yesterday. 1850 left. Have a great weekend!

I did 250 swings yesterday and 200 more this morning. 1400 left.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!