SvenG
August 27, 2025, 2:58pm
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I did a variation of the 10K Swing Challenge without gloves, hands got pretty trashed:
6K(-ish) Swing Challenge - Day 8 of 12
Sunday - 16 October 2022
Workout: Swing & chin-up + penalty round, 0620-0700 + 0800-0805 (40 + 5 minutes)
6 rounds of:
a) 10 swing, 1 chin
b) 15 swing, 2 chin
c) 25 swing, 3 chin
d) 50 swing
e) 90-second rest
Time: 32:42
Swings: 8400/6000(-ish)
Fasted. Went to bed later than usual last night, so I turned my alarm off, rolled over, slept another half-hour this morning. But I’m somehow running about a full hour behind. Anyway…
Chins at 45 lbs t…
Summary post is here:
6K(-ish) Swing Challenge - summary
“Hey SvenG: You just finished 14K swings in 12 days. What’re you going to do next?”
I’m going to Disney World!
Seriously, though, I finished up Thursday evening at home and got up at 0200 on Friday to hop a plane to Orlando! A few days at the beach, then several days at the parks. Not a bad way to celebrate—and let’s be frank: 14K in 12 days is worth celebrating!
I totally underestimated myself at this beginning of this challenge. I had 12 days, so I…
Later I did 25K swings in the first 50 days of 2023—also without gloves—and my hands got pretty trashed:
7WP, Deload - d1
Sunday - 19 February 2023
Workout: Insurance swings, 0850-0910 (20 minutes)
5 rounds of:
KB swing - 28 kg - 10-15-25-50 reps
Time: 17:02
Still fasted. And still short on time, so I’ll update this post later—this will have to suffice for now:
[25k_swings_later]
Edit: Yep—25,000 swings in the first 50 days of 2023. Awesome!
Here’s how it went down:
Days 1-32 - 500 swings
Day 33 - 0 swings
Days 34-48 - 500 swings
Days 49-50 - 1000 swings
My original goal, which I set…
Not so much so in either case that I couldn’t swing or do normal daily activities, however—grip strength was always more of a problem for me than calluses, FWIW.
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