I made an attempt at the 10,000 Kettlebell Swing Challenge last year. I failed. I made a mistake and mixed in a max deadlift workout when I was 80% done. The workout crushed me. It took me three weeks to bounce back.
The rules to the challenge are simple but flexible. Do 10,000 swings in a month. Do them every day or five days a week. Use a single kettlebell or work your way through your kettlebell collection. Or try something different every workout. It doesn’t matter. Just get your swings done.
My plan this time is to strip my workout down to the bare essentials five days a week. I will do five hundred swings a day for twenty days from February 15th to March 15th. This will get my workout volume back up, burn some calories, and I might drop a few pounds if I keep my intake under control.
Why do I want to do this? I don’t want to think. I have decision fatigue. My only decisions for the next month are when to start the workout and when the workout is done.
When you hit the wall with decision fatigue, try the 10,000 swing challenge.