The time had come…again. After the experience of Burptober with so many PAX counting their burpees and measuring their capacity to do 10 more, 20 more, 1 more, the time had come to enter into the mind blowing paradigm of the distraction dynamic. If the mind is distracted or focused intensely on something other than the question, “How much more of this can I take?”, it’s amazing how we can accomplish far more than we ever thought was possible.
Tuesday morning, Enron, Fence Post, and YHC gathered for a small but intimate lesson on the flexible limitations of the human mind and body to the tune of nine songs, five of which were new and four of which were old burpee favorites.
After a warmup of the usuals, YHC explained to Fence Post the reasons behind the routine so as to avoid any assumption of just pure, spiteful cruelty. Enron was already well acquainted being a card carrying member of the Burpeepalooza club. Total number of burpees would be revealed later, especially since YHC hadn’t counted them yet.
The list was as follows, played on shuffle to maximize the unknown factor:
“Flower” by Moby: burpees on “down”
“Roxanne” by The Police: “Roxanne”
“Get Back Up” by Toby Mac: “get back up again”
“Thunderstruck by AC/DC: “thunder”
“Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr.: “Ghostbusters” (though could have included “ghost”)
“I Want to Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles: “Hand”
“In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel: “In Your Eyes”
“Wristband” by Paul Simon: “wristband”
“For God is With Us” by For King and Country: “God is with us”
Total number of burpees ended up being 202 in a 35 minute timeframe. Ended with two minutes of Mary (LBC’s, Flutter kicks).
T-claps to Fence Post for completing the burpeepalooza in only his second week, and for posting at almost every beatdown since his first. Great to have you on the journey, bro! And, gratitude for Enron’s willingness to enter into YHC’s ridiculousness so many times over the past couple of years. It’s a great honor to push our limitations together, gents.
SYITG,
Goose
