Twas six nights before Christmas, in 2020 it was spurned, but now the year reads 21’, and the nightmare has returned.
This workout is intense, you need not take my word, that’s fine. But if you need a reference, Tanked up will tell you I’m not lying. Sometimes we went slick and other times was with a ruck, and in the times that it got hard we had to just embrace the suck.
This year there was Hogs breath, Steve, and Junior Varsity. Russo and Amnesia and the newly disdained Grundy
For those still unaware (or knew before and did not show), here’s the list of all we did…
For workout see below:
150 burpees
2 miles of running
150 man-makers
2 miles of rucking
100 Merkins
100 Sit-ups
100 Squats
100 4 count SSHs
100 4 count mountain climbers
100 4 count flutter kicks
100 Ruck Presses
100 2 count Ruck twists (American Hammers)
100 Ruck Pull Throughs
We left with aches and bruises and pray we have no long term damage, but the tales we heard from Hogs breath will help us carry on and manage. The man shows up to beatdowns from the far land of Slidell, so if there was a “commitment” award he’d surely win the title.
JV has become a real staple of our crew. With his completion of the nightmare he’s now earned his stripes to boot. He now joins a fraternity of those who’ve reached the end, forevermore he’s one of us and one I’m proud to call my friend.
Russo showed up with what seemed was insufficient baggage. But once more it’s been shown “it matters not the size of package”. In the end it made it through with Russo’s sheer determination, and that describes the man I’ve come to have such admiration.
Amnesia powered on when his body said ‘enough’! But just one look at that man’s legs will tell you that he’s tough! When the last rep was accomplished, and after talking with his spouse, Amnesia climbed up on his bike and then he rode back to his house.
Steve returned once more for what could maybe be called penance, but how could one commit such evil where this would be the sentence?! The only way I can account for Steve repeating this endeavor, is that he’s a man who’ll walk ‘longside a brother through whatever.
These examples, and countless more, are the reasons we all do this. And thus our workout completed once more “The Nightmare Before Christmas”.
Until next year….
Grundy
