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Birthday Training Session Ideas

Graham Barber said:
I have a birthday coming up - 49 - and was planning 49 get ups with some swings for good measure.

Any other good ideas for a birthday training session?
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You could do the Filthy 49 - like the Filthy 50 but 49.

  • For Time
  • 50 Box Jumps (24/20 in)
  • 50 Jumping Pull-Ups
  • 50 Kettlebell Swings (1/.75 pood)
  • 50 Walking Lunge Steps
  • 50 Knees-to-Elbows
  • 50 Push Presses (45/35 lb)
  • 50 Back Extensions
  • 50 Wall Ball Shots (20/14 lb)
  • 50 Burpees
  • 50 Double-Unders
You could also modify that to 49 of whatever - 49 pushups, 49 pull-ups, 49 goblet squats, 49 swings ... etc... and then just make sure you get 490 total reps.
 
John K said:
You could do the Filthy 49 - like the Filthy 50 but 49.

  • For Time
  • 50 Box Jumps (24/20 in)
  • 50 Jumping Pull-Ups
  • 50 Kettlebell Swings (1/.75 pood)
  • 50 Walking Lunge Steps
  • 50 Knees-to-Elbows
  • 50 Push Presses (45/35 lb)
  • 50 Back Extensions
  • 50 Wall Ball Shots (20/14 lb)
  • 50 Burpees
  • 50 Double-Unders
You could also modify that to 49 of whatever - 49 pushups, 49 pull-ups, 49 goblet squats, 49 swings ... etc... and then just make sure you get 490 total reps.
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Thank you John. So 10 exercises with 49 reps each...sounds brutal but fun!
 
Graham Barber said:
I have a birthday coming up - 49 - and was planning 49 get ups with some swings for good measure.

Any other good ideas for a birthday training session?
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Taking the day off from intense training. Mobility, joint health work, a nice walk, all to leave you feeling ready for the 364 days to come until you turn 50.

-S-
 
Something I've done before is take all the kettlebells I own and perform TGUs from light to heavy and back down again.

I'm coming up to 55 in the summer and was reading @Geoff Neupert email about strength standards the other day, which gave me an idea to try the following as 24kg =55lbs.

[1] 10 sets of 5 reps Double Clean + Press with 2x24kg in 20 minutes or less

[2] 10 sets of 5 reps Double Front Squat with 2x24kg in 20 minutes or less

[3] 10 sets of 10 reps of 24kg Snatches in 10 minutes (that’s 5 sets of 10 each side)
 
Graham Barber said:
I have a birthday coming up - 49 - and was planning 49 get ups with some swings for good measure.

Any other good ideas for a birthday training session?
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Use the 49 GU's for a warm-up, then with dbl's

C-P-SQ-SN-J-Push-Up-Pull-Up 7 rounds, you could go light and do 7 reps of each, or add a vest to the push-up and pull up and go heavy for singles.
 
A while back I made a goal of squatting bdwt on the barbell x # of reps equal to my age. It was a good goal and I'll probably try to do it again sometime.

You could try 49 squats w. dbl kettlebells - probably would be quite tough even w. lighter weights.
 
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