YHC woke up a little earlier with a little extra excitement, he had been called up to the Big Show, The Peltch. There was talk the night before of Spiderman getting into a blood feud with Cobra Kai and classic 80’s fade away to black with “Candle in the Wind” by Elton John playing in the background. YHC had other plans in mind.
You see, most of the Thibodaux Pax has started Exodus 90 and this has gotten YHC thinking about the struggle of life and how struggling is always easier with a big group of brothers surrounding you. The perfect song came to mind for a beatdown and the No Mercy Struggle was born.
Typical Warm-ups with a quickened cadence to prepare everyone and especially YHC for what we were about to undertake: SSH, Windmills, Arm Circles (FW and BW), Cherry Pickers, High Knees and Butt Kicks.
Thang 1:
Brother Isaiah – Struggler
Catalina Wine Mixer for duration of the song and Burpees for every “Struggle; Struggler; Struggling”. This proved to be a great start as this was way harder than anticipated and song was cut at the solo which saved the pax from my approximation of around 45 more burpees. Give or take.
Thang 2: No Mercy Mile
Pax begin at mid point of front stretch on a standard track.
Jog to turn 1
Bear crawl (1st and 3rd Round), Spiderman Crawl (2nd and 4th Round) to turn 2.
Jog to mid point on back stretch. Do 25 merkins.
Jog to turn 3
Lunge (1st and 3rd Round), Flying Nun(2nd and 4th Round) to turn 4.
Jog to starting point perform 25 squats.
Rinse & Repeat three more times.
The Spiderman Crawls proved to be much harder than I had expected and the pax suffered through a half turn before YHC called back to bear crawl. Great job fellas! YHC did not have the heart to make the pax suffer through another go of it on the 4th round.
When complete we have bear crawled 400 yards, lunged 400 yards, performed 100 merkins and squats all while completing 1 mile.
Thang 3:
Brother Isaiah – Firelight
Mary Workouts for duration of song called out by YHC:
– Flutter Kicks
– Freddie Mercs
– Dolphin Hops – I can still hear the groans – Those were for you Dox. Get Better! Make sure to ask your wife for a scrip. Given she is a doctor and all .Word is so is your Mother in Law. Dude…how lucky are you!
– High Plank
– Low Plank
– LBC’s to end of the song.
Mercy has come in a reminder in this song that we are made for something better:
You come in stillness, when I am helpless
And show me the love, the Lover who loves me in my brokenness
I’m just a poor child, but I’m a Father’s son
And in my weakness, I’m still your chosen one, yeah yeah
Such a mystery, but it’s my destiny
Cause I was made for glory, I was made for freedom
Called to be light and to live in a Kingdom
To finish we did Potluck Mary while the baseball team looked ever so envious of our struggle and wanting to join the best FREE MEN’S WORKOUT around.
It was a complete Honor to struggle with you fellas this morning and I thank God everyday for the gift he has given me in you men.
SYITG,
Cuz
