Today we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and intense, arduous civil rights struggle.
For warm-ups:
15 Side Straddle Hops to commemorate his Jan. 15th Birthday
9 Abe Vigodas to represent him skipping 9th grade
12 arm circles (12 front/12 back) to represent him skipping the 12th grade
15 Mountain Climbers to represent how old he was when he entered college at Moorehouse
30 Burpees to represent the 30 times he was imprisoned.
For the workout Part 1:
55 Kettlebell Swings to represent the year 1955 when he earned his doctorate in systematic theology from Boston University.
63 Step-ups represent the year 1963, the year he gave his famous I have a Dream Speech in Washington DC
68 Lunges to remember the year 1968 he was assassinated in Memphis
83 Plank jacks to represent the year Ronald Regan made MLK Day an official federal holiday.
For the workout Part 2:
While listening to the entirety of his “I have a Dream” speech, we did a Diego. Partners took turns running a short loop and doing the following exercises.
100 Merkins
150 Overhead Presses
200 LBCs
250 Block Curls
300 Squats
Those present:
Backed Up (Q)
Bread Sticks
Kuch
Saban
