It was Friday at Pontiff Park and YHC was hoping that I wouldn’t be a PAX of one, like Woz was the previous Friday for a rainy, chilly morning at The Uptowner. Upon walking up, it was good to see several regulars in position and other trickling in, including an exchange student, Crayfish, from F3 Memphis. Here’s what we did:
Quick Warmup:
SSH x20
Arm Circle x20
Windmills x10
Low Country Crab x10
Then to our goal for the day, 200 Burpees. Why 200 you ask? Well, our buddy Babyface had been whittling away at a 1000 Burpee Challenge all week (200 per day) to raise money for a non-profit that he works with, Next Generation. So as to pay homage to his efforts, YHC thought it would be fitting to rally the PAX to see exactly how enjoyable 200 burpees would be. After refreshing everyone on proper Burpee form (w/ push up and jump), we started off with 2 minute rounds, descending count:
20 Burpees + rest in a 2 minute period. Then, 19 Burpess…..18 Burpees…all the way down to 6 Burpees, making for a total of 200. After getting to around 14, we shortened the time on each round. All together, this took us about 25 minutes. YHC did his best to keep the crew motivated and engaged. T-claps to those providing the jokes and motivational quotes. It was not the most pleasant way to spend a Friday morning but was rewarding once complete. There was some mumble chatter about getting the count up to 250 but cooler heads prevailed and we kept it consistent with Babyface’s 200 per day totals. Most of the PAX were feeling a Burpee buzz at this point, with a few nearing the stage of being Burpee drunk.
Sober up with a countdown and still plenty time left to work in some Mary, DJ style:
The Kimchi Special x15
American Hammer (HVAC) x20
Big Boy Wife Pleasers (Triple Shift) x20
Hello Dolly (Crayfish) x25
Dying Cockroach (JV) x20?
Tin Snips (Fracsac) x20
YHC then called for a Bear Crawl back to the flag (40yds?) to seal the deal.
Closed out with a COT. T-claps to Crayfish for finding us in the gloom. T-claps to Rudy on his marathon training and heckling us as he ran countless loops around the track. Double T-claps to Babyface for his burpees for a cause throughout the week.
Moleskin: I would have never done 200 Burpees on my own. Thanks to F3 for the continued push. I am confident that we can do 300 in a workout. Maybe more???
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