Seems like soupy weather is quite the norm these days, and the gloom at TheYard was no different.  11 pax posted, with one an FNG soon to be named “Airsoft”.  Following in the pattern of TheYards previous workout with Chickhawk and his 2.0 Shinguard (who were MIA this week), Hurler was tasked to take the warm-up, and also helped plan the weinke for the rest of the workout.

The Thang

Disclaimer was issued and Hurler grabbed the reins for a mosey toward the west side of the middle school.  Landing in the far parking lot on that end, he lead us through warm-up.

• Side Straddle Hops x15 (IC)
• Imperial Walkers x15 (IC)
• Mountain Climbers x15 (IC)
• LBCs x10 (IC)
• Merkins x10 (IC)
• Run Stance Switch x10 (IC)
• Crab Cakes x5 (IC)

Hand-off to OldBay

Main Event

Luck for us, the gates to the football field were unlocked.  We moseyed there to find 15 cones set up in a large ring around the center (about 40 yards in diameter).  Yep, all pax were about to fall into a burning ring of 🔥fire🔥.  At each cone was an exercise (with number of reps).  Each pax picked a cone (Twister was voluntold to pair with our FNG) as the starting point.  Process was as follows:

1. Do the exercise at that cone
2. Run all the way directly across the ring around the opposing cone, then back to the center.
3. Plank at center for 10 seconds, then do 5 plank jacks.
4. Proceed to next cone (clockwise).
5. Repeat until all 15 cones where done.

The exercises were as follows:

1. 10 Monkey Humpers (4 count)
2. 10 Hello Dollys (4 count)
3. 5 Burpees
4. 10 Merkins (single count)
5. 20 SSH (4 count)
6. 10 Run Stance Switch (left+right = 1)
7. 10 Bombjacks
8. 10 LBCs (4 count)
9. 10 Peter Parkers (4 count)
10. 6 Morning Woods (turkish get-up w/o the bell)
11. 10 Box Cutters
12. Bear crawl to center and back
13. 10 Flutters (4 count)
14. 10 Crab Cakes
15. 10 Speed Skaters (left+right=1)

Mid-way through, we took a quick recovery break to talk about why we say “Yes” or “No” to our friends, co-works, wives, and kids.  We also talked about fighting BOMS (bitter old man syndrome).

Next we slow-moseyed to another configuration of cones.  Pax were split into two groups, each representing an unspecified World Cup team.  Time for some PKs.  Here’s how it worked:

1. First pax in team 1 randomly drew an exercise from the Bucket o’ Pain.
2. Pax then attempted to kick a soccer ball between a narrow goal (1 yard) about 10 yards away.
3. If the pax missed, his own team had to do the exercise.  If the pax scored, the other team had to do the exercise.
4. First pax in team 2 then took a turn
5. Repeat, alternating teams until app pax had a chance.

Mosey back to COT

Great work by all packs!  Special welcome to Airsoft, who did awesome (and special thanks to Twister for taking good care of him!).