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The 200 Rep Secret Service Kettlebell Snatch Test [I Bet You Can’t Do This Workout]

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The 200 Rep Secret Service Kettlebell Snatch Test

The 200 rep secret service kettlebell snatch test

The 200 Rep Kettlebell Snatch Test, also known as The Secret Service Snatch Test, is a long feared kettlebell challenge, testing work capacity, technique, and mental toughness. Very few are able to do it. You need good technique and a lot of grit.

I first attempted and completed the 200 Rep Secret Service Snatch Test in 2011, hitting 205 reps in 10 minutes with 24kg, and have returned to it only very occasionally since. Honestly guys, it’s terrible. I hate it more than anything, even insects. Well, maybe not ticks. But it’s close.

But what else fits the criteria for an #IBetYouCantDoThisWorkout? I can think of hardly anything so hellacious and beautifully befitting than the 200 Rep Secret Service Snatch Test. So if you’ve never done this before, here’s what I can tell you. Loooooloooollooololol.

The objective: 200 reps in 10 minutes or LESS using 24kg (men); 16kg (women). No, you read that right. And no, it’s not as bad as it sounds. It’s worse. Way worse!

I would also advice pacing yourself. If you sprint at the beginning, you’re going to burn out. You have to go for 200 reps, remember, so don’t smoke yourself before you get to 50. Set a steady tempo and just get to work.

Finally, be careful of your callouses. As you get into the later stages of this challenge, it’s often tempting to lose focus of your technique to scrounge a few extra reps. Don’t ever do that. These challenges are only worthwhile to the extent you complete them with integrity.

So good luck and,

Strong ON!

– Pat

The 200 Rep Secret Service Kettlebell Snatch Test
(I Bet You Can’t Do This Workout)

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  2. I am 67 and did the test four years ago. 200 snatches in 9 minutes and 38 seconds. Working to address in next six months. Pacing is important. I had done 110-115 by five minutes. The last three minutes are tough but they go fast (too fast!). It is doable with specie snatch intensive training, along with overall strength work.

  3. This is one of those workouts that should only be tried once a year. And not right now because my tennis elbow is finally healing.

    160 is my all time best.

    Tips: Don’t put the bell down. You put it down, you’ll keep putting it down again and again and lose valuable.

    Make sure you’re hands our in shape and your form is lock in. One bad drop from a blister.

    Pace yourself.

    The 10 minutes goes by quickly, relax and breathe.

    • Agree. Setting the bell down may seem like a sound strategy, but it often works against you. 160 – not bad, Brian!