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Tag: The Stage

  • Scout it Out – from Goose

    YHC knew that in order for this particular beatdown to work, there would have to be more than just a couple of PAX in attendance, and they did not disappoint. Four was the magical number, and after a warmup of the usual, YHC led a mosey to the beginning of Rich Man’s Loop to reveal the rules of the expedition.
    While three PAX stayed put at each street light completing a given exercise AMRAP, a lone scout would sprint to the next light and back to let us know if the coast was clear (thankfully, it always was). Once the path was scouted, all PAX moseyed to the next light, and the next man up scouted while the rest pounded it out. Exercises included (but weren’t limited to: diamond merkins, jump squats, big boys, side lunges, werkins, leg raises, star jumps, gas pumps, burpees, shoulder tap merkins, mountain climbers, and others adding up to about 20 total street lights.
    Upon return, a couple of ten counts were wanted, and then the deck of death was unsheathed and shuffled. Poker was so much fun on Saturday that YHC decided to give it another go. Largest hand wins, and all exercises in that hand are completed. YHC took the first hand with triple two’s, which might sound easy, there are no easy cards in the deck of death. There are some stupid hard ones, though; every time I open the box I say a prayer that the 400m sprint remains untouched.
    Then, it was Deal or No Deal: each PAX pulled a card and could decide if we did that exercise or pulled the next one. If a second was pulled, there was no going back to the first, so it was always a gamble. No 400m sprints were chosen, so all else seemed a merciful gift in comparison (though, monkey humpers plagued us throughout with their sneaky burn).
    COT and updates on the SV500–things are coming together well with some high quality PAX registering from NOLA and the Northshore. T-claps to Paradox for all the work and leadership he’s putting in. Be prepared to play a vital role in the coming days, though–there’s much to be done! And, if you haven’t registered, don’t wait, do it right now.
    Grateful for these fellas for making these mornings so impactful!
    SYITG,
    Goose

  • Flowers by Moby? Never heard of it… – from Paradox

    `YHC got the nod from Coach Goose in the dugout on Wednesday afternoon. Fresh legs were needed from the Q bullpen. Bring in the middle reliever. We all know this pitcher. His fastball, high 60s and fading. His curve, non-existent. Some chin music to establish the zone, sure. But YHCs changeup? Deadly effective and enough to get you to the closer. YHC took a jog to the mound with JBL at my side and a Flower up my sleeve.

    Warmup:

    SSH while Cardinal sauntered up then we got to business with an attempt at 21’s. YHC’s cadence was off from the start, and it cost the PAX 5 burpees. Enron continues to struggle with rhythm-based exercises and salsa classes have been recommended. The warmup dAscended into chaos from here. Justifications for 21s failure were cast out and the knives had to be sharpened before we even hit 5:35a. YHC attempted to restore order with some windmills and grass grabbers and then the mumble chatter returned with a vengeance when Moroccan squats were followed by a sketchy cadenced Motivator. We needed a bumper mosey to right the ship and Yankee Joe ominously predicted only more pain and confusion.

    Warmup song: “Supernatural” by Ben Rector. Burpees on Supernatural and Moroccan squats on the rest of the song. The Pax had settled in now and those Moroccan squats even had a few Shakira shimmies. On to the main event.

    THANG – FLORA with a FLOWER

    Round 1
    P1- 50 Coupon Overhead press in sets of 10 . P2 holding decline plank with legs on coupon.
    Song: “Flower” by Moby- Decline Merkins- Sally Up (up merkin position) Sally Down (decline mission impossible). This set the tone of intensity and these HIMs were locked in for a battle.

    Round 2
    P2- 100 Coupon Swings- sets of 25 swapping with P2 doing incline plank on the coupon
    Song: “Flower” by Moby- Sally Up (coupon squat up), Sally Down (deep squat hold). At this point the odorous rat of repetition was in the air and still PAX effort increased.

    Round 3
    P1- 150 coupon chest presses in in sets of 30 swapping with P2 who held side planks (swap sides on each set)
    Song: “Flower” by Moby- Sally Up/Down- Leg Raises. The OG Moby exercise felt strangely comforting and a calm in the storm before the finisher.

    Round 4
    P1 200 Coupon flutter kicks (1 is 1) in sets of 40 while P2 holds 6 inch coupon leg raise and then swap.
    Song: “Flower” by Moby- Sally Up (coupon OHP) then back to chest on Sally Down. Now the gig was up and the lyrics locked in. Still no quit in these pax.

    By the time round 2 hit Cardinal was adding “I’ve never heard this song” on cue and the effort to push through these was impressive. Strong work.

    COT and Goose prayed us out

    Thanks for letting me lead fellas. Hope you enjoyed the changeup.

    SV burger ticket sales this weekend at St. Thomas. Two week countdown till the cookout and race day. Check out the link on slack or groupMe for more info.

    Sign up your team and let’s get those sponsorships locked down.
    SYITG.

    Paradox

  • “Brick killed a guy” – from Enron

    Better late than never a backblast from Monday, 7/18/22.

    YHC rolled up to the stage in the dark to prepare for the morning’s beatdown. After some prior recalling from Paradox that it has been a while since the bricks have been seen, a theme popped up. 12 bricks were unloaded and prepared for the PAX. (Fortunately, 2 extra bricks were unveiled as Paradox found that they are more fragile than previously believed).
    Shortly thereafter the following started rolling in:

    PAX: Enron, Goose, Paradox, Wilford Montana, Yankee Joe

    Warmup: the usual plus a couple with a mosey, bricks in hand, to the stop sign afterwards – SSH, WM, AC, Cherry Pickers, Grass Grabbers, IW

    After gathering at the stop sign, YHC informed the PAX that the bricks were now a part of them. “There are many bricks like this, but these bricks are mine”. Instructing that the bricks would not be placed on the ground for the remainder of the time.

    Thang 1: Rich Man’s Row Run/Nur
    Rotating Run and Nur between each light pole along the way, the following exercises were completed at each pole with bricks.
    5 x Hand Release Brick Merkins
    10 x Flys with Bricks (The clapping/showing-off of the bricks during this is what broke two bricks for Paradox, resulting in having to carry 4 pieces for the remainder of the run)
    15 x Arms out Squats
    20 x Shoulder Taps
    25 x Moroccan Night Clubs
    Rinse and Repeat – completed 3 rounds of these before making it back to the front of the Stage

    Thang 2: A song – “Brick House” – The Commodores
    After some banter about difficulties of connecting to JBL and the ongoing discussion/argument of which portable speaker is best, the song was started. Thanks to Wilford Montana for the correct guess on the year “Brick House” was released – 1977.
    The following was performed:
    Curls for the duration of the song
    Overhead clap on “Brick”
    Seal Clap on “House”

    Thang 3: 7-18-22s
    Chose a triangle using the picnic tables that the PAX are praying are still around for the St. Vincent 500, the following exercises were completed at each one, still with bricks:
    7- Moroccan Night Clubs
    Bear Crawl to Table
    18 – V ups
    Crab Walk
    22 – Curls
    Mosey

    Next Round:
    7 – Tricep Extensions
    Bear Crawl
    18- Floyd Mayweather’s
    Crab Walk
    22 – Nolan Ryan’s (11 on Each side)
    Mosey back

    Finished with some brick included Mary.

    COT and prayed us out. It was a great experience this morning with these guys, thanks to all that made it.

    Till next time in the Gloom,
    Enron

  • Humility is a Moving Target – from Goose

    Storm clouds threatened as 6 PAX gathered in the muggly gloom for YHC’s third and somewhat wonky attempt at a beatdown. Nevertheless, the theme was true and the PAX was hungry. Said theme revolved around gratitude and humility.

    Warmup:
    The norm with an added deep hip flexor pulses (thing yoga crescent lunch with a hint of wife pleasers)

    Thang 1: Psalm 30:6-7
    We all too often, during the good times, can become complacent and thus tempted to push Him aside and “take over the reins.” Even in the tougher times, we are eager to “do it ourselves.” This is self-will run riot. To remind us of this awesome show of humility on the part of King David…
    PAX completed a set of worst worst merkins (6 ct each in slow cadence) with an additional 6 ct of full extended push-ups to fire up the core. (30 total); Lunged 15 yards; Round of mucho leg-o, 5 ct each of narrow squats, normal squats, wide squats, jump squats, and bonnie blair’s (30 total); Bear crawl 15 yards back to starting marker (15 + 15 = 30)

    Thang 2: Highway to Hell
    YHC spoke of a time when he took matters into his own hands, ignored all of the signs (literal and otherwise), and…well…destroyed a minivan and his pride. It was a powerful moment in humility (and certainly gratitude). With free will, we certainly must “drive,” but we also must pay attention to the signs and guideposts.

    PAX was treated to BOSÉ and an effortless demonstration of musical elysium to the tune of “Highway to Hell” by AC/DC. PAX did J-Lo’s throughout, dropping down for scuba steve’s during the chorus.

    Thang 3: Matthew the Egyptian (Matt 18:20)
    Part of YHC’s immense gratitude for the Thibodaux PAX could not be better summarized than Matt 18:20, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

    PAX lined up and completed a long series of “walk like an egyptian,” in which the entire PAX low lunged and held, while twisting core to the side of the front knee. The last PAX completed 5 LBC’s, bolted to the front of the line; the entire PAX then lunged to the opposite leg with opposite core twist. PAX completed 18 held lunges for a duration of 5 1/2 minutes. (In retrospect, the thang would work better with a larger PAX and clearer instructions from YHC)

    Thang 4: Illusion of Control
    To really break through our need for control in this life, we have to push through to a place where it (control) ceases to exist. In this case, muscle failure.
    PAX did merkins (OYO) until failure. Enron, Goose, and Paradox scorched YHC’s failure point of 32

    Next, PAX did squats until failure. Cardinal and Montana showed off some impressive stamina and eventually YHC had to call it for sake of time (next time, it will be bonnie blairs!).

    Next, freddie mercury’s and finally back to regular merkins under cadence; when YHC failed, Goose picked up the count with Goose and Paradox putting on a showcase of Dad strength.

    PAX finished with a strong session of Mary, big boy sit-ups, zombie crunches, supermans, scuba steve’s, etc. – all 30 ct. For the final exercise, yet to be named (our research team is madly combing through the Exicon literature), PAX got into superman position, but with hands behind head and toes grounded. Then lifted entire torso up to the left; returned to start position, still hovering, then lifted the torso up to right; returned to hover. PAX completed 10 count with a low country chorus of Gollum-like mumble(grunting).

    COT and Montana prayed us out. Grateful for the opportunity to serve. Will sharpen up transitions for next time.

    The storm never materialized.

    SYITG,

    Yankee Joe

  • July 11–A Big Day – from Goose

    5 PAX gathered on a warm Monday morning, not knowing it was a big day, which would require a big beatdown. First, July 11 is the 40th anniversary of YHC’s baptism, which started it all. Second, it’s the Feast of St. Benedict, who not only is the father of monasticism, but his monasteries were responsible for preserving western civilization after the fall of Rome. Lots to celebrate!

    Warmup: the usual suspects

    Thang 1: March 21, 547
    Benedict died on that date, just like God told him he would. PAX completed continuous rounds of the following for 3 minutes and 21 seconds: 5 merkins, 4 burpees, 7 squats

    Thang 2: Rule of Life
    Benedict was asked to write a rule of life for the first monastic community–he did such a good job, they tried to kill him twice. Cupid would provide the same experience for us.
    Song–Cupid Shuffle; follow his rules: plank for the duration, move around in a circle for every “to the right” or “to the left”, plank jacks for every “kick”, mountain climbers for every “walk it by yourself”, and hand-release merkin for every “down, down, do yo thang”.

    Thang 3: Death
    Baptism is choosing to enter into death with Christ so to rise with Him. So, we entered into a modified Bataan Death Crawl: Partnered up, and P1 started bear crawling around the perimeter of the field while P2 did 5 burpees and ran to catch up to P1, and they switched. Butt slaps, punches, etc. were encouraged.

    Thang 4: Resurrection
    Song–“Christ is Risen”, by Matt Maher: hold Al Gore for the duration, and jump squat on every “risen”, “awake”, and “rise”. The quads burned with the fire of purification.

    Thang 4: “We will run and not grow weary.”
    PAX moseyed the short loop, sprinting every third street light. Paradox kept YHC honest on maximum effort, and Montana impressively showed some serious afterburners toward the end of his third ever beatdown (and self-reportedly, the third time he’s ever exercised in his life).

    Back to the flag for 7 minutes of substantial Mary, COT, and Yankee Joe prayed us out. Many thanks for an awesome beatdown, fellas!

    SYITG,
    Goose

  • What Makes Our Nation Great? BOMBS – from Goose

    4 PAX for the 4th, and YHC focused on what makes a nation truly great–the unnoticed people on the ground level who do the “small”, thankless work, generation after generation. It’s hard work, humility, patience, perseverance, and a willingness to just keep grinding it out day after day regardless of the circumstances. We would be in solidarity with them this morning.

    After a much needed warmup of the usual after Yankee’s soreness-inducing Saturday, YHC introduced the main Thang:

    Often, we hear about the men who led and made major decisions in decisive battles, but rarely do we think about those who built the weapons, who hauled the ammunition and gear into the field, and who followed orders and took care of their brothers in the trenches.
    So, the PAX partnered up, and while one partner made continuous progress on the road to greatness by doing alternating step-ups on the picnic tables, the other partner built BOMBS (then flapjack):

    Bicep Curls–17
    Overhead Press–70 (by tens)
    Manmakers–6(teeen)
    Big Boy Situps w/block–50 (by tens)
    Squats w/block–13

    Altogether, 1776, 50 stars, and 13 stripes

    Thang 2: Push Through It

    All PAX army crawled the length of the field, then ran back. It was grueling work, and the ground was harder than it seemed, so all were glad to be done with it. But, of course, in keeping with the theme, YHC announced we’d be repeating the trek.

    YHC shared his great admiration for those on the battlefield and in their homes who are able to make the shift from asking the question, “How much more of this can I take?” to “What is needed of me in this moment?” This shift seems to require a lot of practice (which YHC was happy to provide this morning), and I think it’s one of the main reasons for the Q-drenaline phenomenon–your focus is on the PAX and the plan rather than on constantly trying to calculate how much more you think you can suffer.

    Thang 3: Coyote Ugly’s

    Back to the picnic tables. Partner 1 holds Partner 2’s legs in wheelbarrow position while Partner 1 steps up with his arms onto the bench, merkin, then onto the top, merkin, back down to the bench, merkin, and down to the ground, merkin. That’s 1 rep. The plan was for each PAX to do 5 reps, but the physics of the step up from the ground to the bench proved to be a major strain on the lower back, despite the holding partner’s best efforts. So, each did 3 reps with legs held, and the last two with feet on the ground. Looking back, it might have been more successful just going from the bench to the top, skipping the ground stage altogether.

    With a few minutes left, all PAX sprinted to the road and back just to add some intensity before 7 minutes of Mary (“7 minute abs!”): All 20 IC–Flutter kicks, LBC’s, Leg raises, American Hammers, Hello Dollies, and Wife Pleasers.

    COT with some great updates about the St. Vincent 500 and some intense prayer intentions including thanks for Percleator’s finding a house. We’re grateful that they finally found a winner, but it won’t be the same without him!
    Extremely grateful for these HIMs and their willingness to get up early and grind it out, as well as for the gift of this great nation and the people who make it that way.

    SYITG,
    Goose

  • DJ DOD – from Paradox

    Deep in the depths of the Paradox iPhone lives a playlist that has no name. It feeds on the souls of poor burpee form. It has daily injections of AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. It never stops looking for repetitive songs to link with even more repetitive exercises. It delights at the thought of mumblechatter. It has one singular purpose: smoke the PAX. It has grown for months in darkness waiting to be unleashed on unsuspecting individuals at the Stage when the moment was right…
    YHCc (your humble co-coordinator) rolled into a pitch-black stage after an early morning power outage. After questionable attendance and busy schedules abound a pre planned CoQ beatdown was ready to roll with Enron. A simple mixture of 1 deck of death plus a playlist was proposed and when the whistle blew 5:30 am the Stage lights flashed on and the monster was unleashed.

    Warmup
    Enron lead us through some favorites (SSH, WM, IW, grass grabbers ) and YHCc led a shoulder stretch series capped by a bumper Mosey with a beautiful sunrise where we weighed the pros and cons of an on site bathroom for the SV500 . (it was voted neigh x3)

    THANG
    Justin Timberlake got us started with “Cant stop the feeling” One pax ran the track , high knees on bench straight away while 2 pax got jiggy with some Morrocans. Cant stop the feeling indeed.
    DOD round 1: 20 merkins, 12 burpees, 17 LBCs
    Eminem led us to the picnic tables where we completed incline merkin types in ring of fire format during “Till I collapse”. Yankee Joe came up with an ingenious variation of staggered picnic table merkins. We alternated merkins sets with ring of fire step up. Well played slim shady.
    DOD round 2: 20 incline merkins, 400m sprint, 15 RosaLitas. Some confusion here on difference between Rosalita and Hello Dollie and Gooses deep exicon knowledge was sorely missed. (he had an appropriate excused absence)

    We once again fell into a burning Ring of Fire during Bear crawls around the picnic table while Johnny Cash informed us that love was a burning thing born of wild desire. Merkins for every “fire” and continuous bearcrawls the rest. We felt the love Johnny.

    DOD round 3- 100 SSH, Bear crawl, Karaoke to sidewalk and back

    YHCc gave the pax a disclaimer that things were about to get weird as JBL pulled a favorite from YHCc’s high school techno phase. Benny Benassi’/Skrillex led us through Cinema with Bicycles during all the beat drops and a variety of core for the rest (penguins, lbcs, big boys, leg raises). Enron got lost in a techno haze as the bicycle pace picked up and only a timely “recover” saved him from a strobe light seizure.

    2 minutes left for Lil Jon to ask us a deep philosophical question: Turn Down for What???
    Burpees on this phrase and IW on the rest. A fine finisher. Is there really anything We should turn down for? We are still searching for the answer.

    Announcements: Tuesdays at 6am for the new AO @ Shriever park. Continued preparations for the SV 500.
    Congrats to the Dawsons on the new 2.0 baby Joseph! There are reports his lil baby crunches are already surpassing his fathers form.
    COT and Enron prayed us out.

    Thanks to Enron for the co-Q . DJ DOD had a nice tempo and will be a Stage mainstay.
    Beautiful morning with a lot of Gods blessings to celebrate. Thanks for the opportunity fellas.

    SYITG

    DJ Pdox

  • FLAG day – from Paradox

    A mixture of humidity and patriotism hung heavy in the air as 4 pax accumulated on the big hill at Lumen Christi this am. Enron came early to battle his Welsh dragon PTSD and seemed ready to face the moccasin within. He was greeted by a back-to-back Goose/YHC combo coming in hot after a train full of sad clowns and CrossFit equipment tried to stymie our punctuality. Coupons were dispersed and the flag was planted. Elmers added his quiet strength after some SSHs and our group of 4 was ready.

    WarmOrama: Standard Goose warmup (ssh, IW, AC, WM, HK, BK) with emphasis that any new creations or “attempts” at creative genius will be met with severe disdain.
    RIP Moroccan self loves…we’ll see you again.

    After a mosey to the long pond YHC announced that June 14th is FLAG day and we would be honoring this symbol of our freedom with todays beatdown.

    THANG 1 – Brought to you by JBL, the AO leader in sound quality and consistency

    The legendary Lee Greenwood got us started with “God Bless the USA”. Our nations flag was officially approved on June 14, 1777 so we did 7 burpees, 7 LBCs, 7merkins in continuous cycle during this masterpiece.
    Next up we honored Betsy Ross who we learned did not actually create the first flag but has a place in our history for her service and dedication. Lenny Kravitz informed us several times that she was an “American Woman” but that for some reason he had to go. We completed a coupon chest hold during the entirety of the song with coupon chest presses on every “woman”.

    THANG 2
    Partnered up for some coupon/hill work
    One pax Nur to the top of the hill then complete 13 star jumps for the 13 colonies, while his counterpart completed coupon curls. FlapJack
    One pax coupon rifle carry to the top followed by 26 coupon calf raises to commemorate the 26 different versions of the American flag. His partner completed coupon chest presses until relieved. Flapjack
    One pax completed 10 coupon flips then swapped his partner who was working on either diamond merkins or freak nasties. Continue until the coupon has advanced to the other side of the hill.

    Just enough time for a finisher …YHC dialed up “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and tried to stuff both his phone and his beloved wifi device in smedium shorts. We then began a march spelling FLAG with Forearms (coupon rifle carry x7) Legs (Coupon Lunges x7), Arms- (OHP x7), and Glutes(coupon squats x7). This is where JBL truly makes the difference. Some PAX may claim their wifi speaker is “obedient to its master”, but YHC and JBL work in tandem. JBL saw that we needed another song to fire up the PAX and through some magic of overstuffed pockets began to play “Grand Ole Flag” followed by a perfectly timed encore of “God Bless the USA”. With this extra musical push we made it to the hill for a few rounds of Mary. Penguins, Dolphin Hops, LBCs, and bicycled it out to Toby Keiths “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue”. Solid effort fellas.

    Announcements: Looks like our run at LC as an AO has ended but we appreciate being allowed to use the facility. Looking for other options in the 311 hwy region if anyone knows a cool spot.
    The St. Vincent 500 fundraiser link is live. Keep on working on securing some station donations. Hit me up with questions, comments, concerns, observations.

    COT and Elmers prayed us out

    Appreciation to all our service men and women who give this flag its meaning.

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead,
    SYITG

    Paradox

  • You Only Need Two to Play Farkel – from Goose

    YHC isn’t usually the first to arrive, so when the Stage was empty upon arrival and still empty minus the flag and the Goose-mobile at 5:29, things were looking bleak. But that’s when Yankee Joe pulled in, solid in his commitment to make a full comeback after having posted for the first time in a long time on Saturday. YHC was grateful for the comeradery and impressed at his willingness to get back in the saddle at the very next possible beatdown!

    Warmup commenced with the usual, though what was unusual was how fully soaked we were after just a few minutes in the high humidity. The sprinklers would be a somewhat welcomed relief today.
    After a mosey to the stop sign and back, YHC explained that this beatdown would be inspired by a game that’s a Dawson-house favorite, Farkel. But, only slightly. We’d just be using the letters for this coupon-heavy beatdown.

    While Partner 1 ran w/coupon to the sidewalk, completed three man-makers, and ran w/coupon back, Partner 2 chipped away at a shared 100 reps of the following:
    -Figure 8’s (swing coupon around and through the legs, switch hands with each pass through)
    -Around the World (swing coupon in a circle around the body, switch hands at front and back, switch directions every other set)
    -Rows
    -Kettle Bell Swings
    -Extensions (Tricep)
    -Lunge Curls–did this one together; lung walk with coupon to the sidewalk, bicep curl with every step

    YHC left the Farkel theme behind and Anker faithfully played a song for us: “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic” by the Police
    On your 6; hold block high and flutter kicks during the verses; bench press for every “Every little thing,” “magic,” and anything that rhymes with “magic.”
    Hands started wanting to cramp about halfway through, but we finished strong and had time for about 6 minutes of Mary: LBC’s, Hello Dolly’s, Nolan Ryan’s, and J-Lo’s.

    For those who might doubt, Yankee Joe kept up with YHC the whole time–we were both winded but kept pushing hard (through the sprinklers) for the sake of the other. Grateful to have him back in the pack!

    SYITG,
    Goose

  • Speed Checked By Radar – from Goose

    When YHC was driving home last night, I noticed a large speed checking radar display set up in the neighborhood, and this morning’s beatdown materialized around it. It was only a matter of coming up with how to make it work with only one man sprinting and the rest not just standing and watching, like on The Office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OYKsYJY3cw.
    Here’s how it went down:

    Warmup: the usual suspects, but added Peter Parker Peters to warm up the groin, hip flexors, abs, etc. to prep for multiple sprints at max speed.

    Moseyed about a quarter mile in a brand new direction. Enron and Paradox knew better than to ask questions, but all became clear once the radar picked us up from afar and started flashing single digit numbers. Office quotes flowed forth (“31! You saw it! It said 31!”), and shoes were tied a little tighter.
    As one man sprinted past the sign (75 yards or so) and ran backwards back to start, the other two did AMRAP (as many reps as possible) of one of the following exercises: Carolina Dry Docks, toe touches, shoulder/toe taps, windmills, side squats, Freddy Mercurys, Moroccan Night Clubs, air presses, and big boy situps. Each man sprinted three times.
    The highest clocked speed was 18mph, though all three were close. The radar gave the PAX a reason to push to the max, multiple times, which was an awesome experience. The long mosey back to the flag was a much appreciated chance to breathe, especially since sufficient oxygen would be hard to come by for the remainder of the beatdown.

    Arrived back at the flag, and YHC asked for two 10-counts so as to prep for what YHC knew would be a wind-sucker: Burpee Jackass Webbs on the bandstand followed by 11’s on the field.
    Burpee Jackass Webbs consists of a building ratio of 1 burpee to 2 donkey kicks up against the columns. Starting at 1 burpee and 2 donkey kicks, we stopped the brutality at 5 and 10. There are a small number of routines where burpees are the break, and this is very much one of them.
    11’s: Merkins on one end of the field, step-ups on the other (2 is 1), running in between. After sprints and donkey burps, this one was rough. YHC was glad to see the manly combination of competitiveness and camaraderie keeping all three of us at about the same grueling pace.
    Finished with about four minutes left for Mary: 20 flutter kicks, 15 wife pleasers, 15 Aus. sweat angels, 20 Scuba Steves.

    It was a tough one, but it provided for a memorable experience of deep accompaniment in the midst of pushing limits. It was an honor to do this one with these HIMs, though the rest of you guys were missed! Hope to see more of you in the gloom this week!

    SYITG,
    Goose