I love baseball. I love everything about it. Because I love it so much, I have been wanting to Q a baseball inspired beatdown for a while. While 50 degrees in a sweet December gloom doesn’t necessarily lend itself to thoughts of afternoons under the blue skies, maybe the following 9 Innings of Suck will…
Warmup:
Short Mosey, SSH X 20 IC, Grassgrabbers X 10 IC, Windmill X 10 IC, Imperial Squat Walker X 20 IC, Forward Arm Circles X 10 IC, Reverse Arm Circles X 10 IC.
The Thang: I had longed to trespass on the nicely turfed ballfield nearby to complete this beatdown, and in so doing each position on the field would be the location for each Inning of Suck. Since the field was locked, we settled for a nice damp, dark, unmarked field.
Each inning started with a 50 yard jog, included the inning/position exercise, and concluded with a 50 yard sprint back to the starting spot (dugout).
1st Inning/Pitcher: 10 Burpees OYO
2nd Inning/Catcher: 25 Low Squats IC
3rd Inning/1st Base: 20 Bonnie Blair OYO (2 is 1)
4th Inning/2nd Base: 20 Side to Side Shuffles IC (groundball pickups)
5th Inning/3rd Base: 20 Hand Release Merkins OYO
6th Inning/Shortstop: 20 Side to Side Shuffles IC (groundball pickups)
7th Inning/Left Field: Jack Webbs Rep Count 1-7 on the Merkins
8th Inning/Center Field: Jack Webbs Rep Count 8-15 on the Merkins
9th Inning/Right Field: 10 Burpees OYO…Finish Strong!
The jogs/sprints in between innings represent getting on and off the field…never walk on a ball field…green means go!
Since we still had time, we moseyed back towards the flag for some Extra Innings:
Partner up for some DORA 100, 200, 300 with a “to the fourth light and back” run:
100 Squats
200 Floyd Mayweathers (1 is 1)
300 LBC’s
Back to the Flag for Count-o-rama, Name-o-rama, and COT.
This was an amazing way for me to start my day. Merging my love of baseball (however twisted) with the opportunity to Q a PAX that shows trust, works hard, makes you laugh, encourages, and shows appreciation throughout is something I don’t take for granted. Thank you all!
