What are the greatest rivalries of all time?
Some come to mind.
Yankees vs Bo Sox?
Rocky vs Apollo Creed?
JBL vs Anker (RIP!)?
Gandalf vs Saruman?
Lil Cuz’s Neck vs Gravity?
Yankee Joe vs Father Time?
All great.
But Regardless of the pairing, one thing is always present in a great rivalry.
High level Competition creates high level performance.
I could explain …but …really …
Well, I’d rather just show you.
10 PAX arrived in a flurry to the concrete schoolyard to test our limits in the spirit of competition. Gorgeous beatdown weather. high 50s. Light breeze.
WarmUp
Usuals plus Bumper\Stop mosey.
Touch the sign or it don’t count.
Wilfred “place at the table” Montana “ coming in hot to break up mid mosey SLT meeting with YHC and Goose. Ya hate to see that kinda attention seeking behavior early in a Q. but you must persevere.
Thang 1 – Anker tribute
Not a day goes by that I don’t think about our Anker being in Bluetooth heaven. Sitting there amongst the clouds listening to sea shanties with no more pain.
One small portion of his greatness was bringing the best from JBL and teaching him the way of audio torture for the PAX.
Today we honor him with one of the greatest lyrical battles of the modern age.
*NSYNC vs Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys “Everybody”
So we start with 10 burpees to work off with 1 deleted per sic dance move
Apolo Onos to start during the dance window , flow into IWs
Burpees on every “Body”
Like any 8th grade dance the pax were hesitant to start but Goose broke the ice with his patented …Irish jig , it’s something
Baggins felt the spirit and went for groceries.
YJ came in hot after provocations with some funk fresh and Goats rounded out with the classic preparation H. Im missing one but im sure it was memorable.
These brave men bought us 5 burpees.
Track mosey and oh boy you know what’s next …
Bye bye bye by Nsync
Plank on song
MC on Bye
Lots of long plank holds so Goose could tell us Justin Timberlakes Dating history.
The Thang
Concrete Schoolyard
Rules
-Split PAX into 1s and 2s
-Everyone gets one piece of chalk
-the object of the game is to put points in the opposing teams “goal “ which is a chalk circle on the concrete
⁃ you can only do this by completing the base exercise then sprinting to the goal. This results in 1 point.
⁃ Scattered in the field of battle are “extra points “ you could add to your base score (see below)
⁃ A round will be timed, when time is called we tally points
Coupons 10 OHP- 2 points
10 Med Ball Slam- 2 points
60 jump rope – 2 points
Kettle Bell swing -2 points
Ole Hickory – 5 points
Winner savors 5 SSH
Loser eats 5 burpees
Round 1
5 minutes on the clock
10 merkins at base
Round 2
5 minutes
10 Bonnie Blair’s at base
Lightning Round 3
2 minutes on clock
5 Burpees at base
Team 1
Tana, Cardinal , YJ , lil cuz , Smooth operator
Team 2
Baggins, Superfund, Goose, goats , YHC
Alot to unpack here and I’m sure validity of points and timing will be debated for decades to come but at one point in the middle of the beautiful madness YHC stopped mid Merkin to soak it all in …
I saw a Goose sliding to secure ole hickory, shouldering his burden as our most fit pax by selflessly accepting thrusters….I saw Tana looking for every workable angle to gather intel for his crew. I saw smooth operator grab a cinder and wonder what the hell he got himself into….I saw a priest use his body as a shield against an enemy …I saw a master hobbit dashing there and back again from Bonnie Blair’s to ole hickory like he was back in the Shire….I saw Cuz and SuperFund lead with quiet strength. I saw men who forgot they came to exercise and elevated their limits for others.
Every pax alive in the haze of battle
Ignited with the fuel of competition.
I saw a beautiful thing and I for one am grateful to be a part of it.
Already working on Volume 2.
COT and Superfund prayed us out
Praying for Enrons family and
Baby Little Itch
SYITG
PDox
