For the first time in history, a total of five men fought their way out of the fart sack to post at the Stage on a Tuesday morning. It’s amazing what a difference one more guy makes on the morale of a group of sweaty dudes pushing their limits on a cold morning. The sunrise was gorgeous as expected as Enron, Cardinal, Paradox, and Percolator joined YHC in the gloom for what would be a memorable experience.
Warmup–the usual plus some: SSH, windmills, arm circles, cherry pickers, Imperial Walkers, self love, high knees, butt kicks.
The Thang (Jose 10K-inspired):
Had three coupons (expected only four PAX to show) lined up on the concrete by the grass. Each coupon was assigned a different exercise, and we added one exercise space sans coupon at the end of the line to make room for the extra guy. While four PAX were pumping concrete (AMRAP: As Many Rounds as Possible), the fifth bear crawled, sprinted, and backpedaled a figure 8 around the field. Once he returned, all moved to the next station and repeated until all PAX completed all stations once. Three separate rounds.
Round 1:
-Coupon 1: Curls
-Coupon 2: Alternating Merkins
-Coupon 3: Manmakers
-Sans Coupon 4: LBC’s
Round 2: (field work changed to a rectangle instead of a figure-8 for time)
-Coupon 1: Windshield Wipers
-Coupon 2: Overhead presses
-Coupon 3: Kettle Bell Swings
-Sans Coupon 4: Flutter kicks
Round 3: (sprinted the full rectangle for time)
-Coupon 1: Bent over rows
-Coupon 2: Bench press
-Coupon 3: Squat Thrusters
-Sans Coupon 4: Big Boy Situps
With each member of the PAX evenly spaced out and doing a different exercise with a coupon in front of the stage, it looked like it could have been a promo video with a bunch of male models demonstrating the benefits of F3. We just needed some background music, a narrator, and some better looking men who wouldn’t take so many breaks. (Ha!)
Count off, name off, then Paradox prayed us out. It was a glorious morning!
