Championship Monday

For may this was just a normal Monday. For YHC, this is Championship Monday! The Alabama Crimson Tide vs. that orange team in South Carolina. Living in New Orleans, I have come to obtain a lot of respect for the boys in Baton Rouge, but at Rock City, there seems to be a lot of mumble chatter about the Fighting Irish. The Irish live by one motto:

Unfortunately, playing like a champion at times gets you a point in the loss column, but hey at least they look good doing it. Alabama, on the other hand, has learned to be champions in everything they do, every day. Championships don’t start on the football field. Champions try to push themselves in everything. Coach Saban said it best:

So today the disclaimer--work like a champion. For YHC, that ended at the warm-up.

Warm-Up

SSH X 18…no make that 20.

Hillbillies X 0 (now this where the train really derailed) Q can’t call a cadence to save his life. “Must be from Bama,” they said.

Mountain Climbers X 25

Arm Circles X 10 (forwards and backwards)

The important thing to remember is that champions sometimes have to take one on the chin first. Like in 2009, when the #1 ranked Alabama had to block a field goal at the end of the game to beat unranked Tennessee 12-10.

Or when the 2011 Alabama team got cheated out of a 9-6 game at home against LSU (I still argue OJ Howard caught that ball on the goal line)…

Or when the 2012 Alabama team had to recover from getting sucker punched by Johnny Football 29-24 at home…

Or when the 2015 Alabama team lost to Ole Miss in week three 43-37…

Or when the 2017 Alabama team lost to that cow college in the Iron Bowl…

You get it. Sometimes champions get sucker punched, but it is not how you start it is how you finish. So let’s look beyond a botched warm-up and move on to a championship style beatdown.

The Thang

Grab a rock and mosey to the football field for an extended version of Dora. Pair up. As a team, complete the following:

Curls X 250

Squats X 200

Rows X 150

Shoulder Presses X 100

Burpees X 50

One Pax member works while the other Pax member runs a 40-yard dash and back.

Cowbell and KimChi finished early rewarding all who finished 100 LBCs.

Post-Thang

The PAX really did not like this idea. “I thought that was the workout,” they moaned. (Maybe in Gainesville or Knoxville but not here).

Bear crawl or lunge walk 20 yards and do 10 merkins, 20 more yards 10 merkins. (Rinse and Repeat).

Return Rock and mosey back to flag.

“We still have two minutes. On your six.”

Flutter Kicks X 20

Penguins X 25

“We still have 30 seconds. I paid for 45 minutes,” said Rev Sox

5 Burpees OYO

COUNTERAMA

NAMERAMA– Welcome FNG Rougarou (from Cajun Country)

COT- Lord Jesus, allow us to seek you in everything we do. Make us the husbands, fathers, and coworkers that you have called us to be. In Jesus name, Amen.

Gentlemen, thank you once again for allowing me to lead. I could not do the things I do without the support of my F3 Family.