I don’t know why I did it. Seriously? all I can remember is that it was along about the summer of 2011 when I did, and of enormous weather. I guess I just wanted to create something wholly contemptible for no other good reason than to frighten the timid, and for that I needed it to teeter on the brink.
It had to be perhaps extremely unreasonable but not totally unjustifiably moronic. And such an operation, as I assigned myself to, is a delicate operation, and in all insistences requires a superior form of imagination—a puerile imagination—to get it done.
But I am full of childish ingenuity, as Macquarie Island is filled with elephant seals. So can I tell you much about the elephant seal? Probably not, but I can tell you at least two things. I can tell you, for one, that the largest ever seen was 9600lbs and washed up dead off the coast of Georgia and so set the record for being the skinniest female in the state; and that their stomachs often contain gizzard stones.
The Great Destroyer is what I come up with on that magical day, and it was the absolute worst kind of extravagance a person could have ever afforded himself.
The Workout:
10 x Double Swing
10 x Double Snatch
10 x Double Front Squat
10 x Double Clean and Press
10 x Bent Over Row
10 x Push Up
The Weight:
Males: Use 2 x 16kg or 2 x 20kg kettlebells
Females: Use 2 x 8kg or 2 x 12kg kettlebells
The Prescription:
Put 15 minutes on the clock; run as many QUALITY rounds as you can.
God speed,
– Pat
PS – If for whatever godawful reason you actually enjoy this type of training, then you’re probably sufficiently demented enough to suffer through my Great Destroyer Program, which features complexes of this particular sort to get you really fast results through really heinous workouts.
Anyways, if you want it, I’m giving it away to anybody who comes and tries out my Inner Circle this month. So all you have to do is 1) CLICK HERE and join the IC ($20/month–cancel anytime) and then 2) email me with the subject line of “Great Destroyer” and I’ll send it your way. Cool?
is there any way should i work towards improving the amount of cycles i can get out of this in 15 minutes? i’ve tried the great destroyer about 4 times since i started working out with kettlebells (9 months approx) and i can still only do 3 quality rounds with 16kg
Yes, go heavier, if you can believe it. Getting this done with 2x20kg will make getting it done with 2x16kg much easier (and faster)
Tried this complex today at my gym and you haven’t named it ‘THE GREAT DESTROYER’ for any other purpose. I found the double snatch redicuosly tough.. Thanks Pat for sharing this even though like said, I was cursing you
The double snatch IS ridiculously tough, Brenda 🙂
Unable to get through 1 round unbroken at the moment (I get through the double front squats unbroken and then need to put the bells down for about 45 secs), so waht would you recommend Pat? does it make sense to lower the reps to 5 and try to get through unbroken that way, or just keep banging on at and build up that way?
Hey Ray, yes go lower rep, and HEAVIER if you can. The stronger you can get, the easier it will be to endure at a lighter weight.
Are the requirements any different for a 64 yr old male?
Nope, same as it is for anybody of any ability–work your way up judiciously, and don’t do anything too incredibly stupid. Good form first, and rest if you need to.
It destroyed me but i loved it!! The double snatch…….no words
Thank you for Pat this workout! Did half an hour, with some one arm pull up practice in between rounds, and then finished off with a few doubles of dragon flags!
Get some!
V