This morning at dawn I undertook the challenge of the Ketchel-Burpee Grinder — thanks to the immortal Mark Hatmaker for issuing the challenge! He did it under 7 minutes. I finished in 18:35. What can I say?
Fun facts: I share a birthday with the Royal H. Burpee, the inventor of the exercise that bears his name. And Hatmaker was actually born on the planet Krypton.
The challenge is a 13-count, reverse half-pyramid (13 of each, 12 of each, 11, 10, etc. down to 1) of a 50 lb rock throw and a Burpee. In total that’s 91 tosses and 91 Burpees.
Robert Mitchell Jr. 