The day before the workout Dark Helmet, Ginsu and I started badgering each other’s AO.  With all of the tweets flying around the challenge came forth.  Which ever AO got the most Pax the other Q had to do 2 burpees for each Pax (FNG counted as 2).  It was a lot of fun and all three of us definitely worked harder to get PAX out.

During the workout I believe I had what has to be one of the easiest EH’s ever.  While about halfway through the workout a young man walk by the Pax with a gallon full of water in workout clothes.  I yelled over to him asking him if he wanted to join us.  He said sure and jumped in with us for about 20 mins before having to leave to meet up with his other group.  The group he was meeting where young men who where training to get ready to enlist into the military.  So all Pax that are out at the WEP on Saturday look for these guys and especially Andrew and try to get them to join us and let’s pray for their safety as they embark on the challenges that lye ahead of them.

Final Counts for the challenge:  EH not counted in total numbers as he didn’t finish with us at COT.
Alcatraz – 9
WEP – 11 + 1 FNG = 13

Dark Helmet will be doing 26 Burpees @ Tomahawk on Monday.

The Thing:

Started at 7:00 with the disclaimer and emphasized to the Paxs that there will be some exercises that you may want/need to modify because there was some new stuff I found trolling the world wide web.

Warm up –
SSH – 20
CDD – 10
Hill Billy Walker – 10

The we moseyed over to the Nazareth Church for some stair work:
Each exercise was done twice
– Touch all steps with both feet
– Run up steps
– Start with feet together on first step and jump to next step and move feet apart then jump to next step and move feet together
– Jump up steps skipping one step each jump
– Lunch Jump up steps (Get in lunge position on first step facing sideways and jump up the steps) repeat on the other leg

Then we moseyed back to the park by reverse Indian run with the pax doing 10 merkins when they dropped off the front before catching back up with the 6.

Once back at the park the fun really began (all exercises done with a partner).  All exercises where repeated for two laps of the playground.  Some modification was needed from the Q due to the terrible ideas found trolling the internet.

Wheel barrow from one end of the playground to the other – At the end one Pax (1) is in plank position the other pax (2) crawls under pax (1).  Then pax (1) drops to 6 inches and pax (2) jumps over (1).  Repeat 5 times each pax.  Rinse and repeat back to the other side of playground.

Fireman carry length of playground – Hamstring curls with partner holding ankles (5 times) Repeat each pax.  Rinse and repeat to other side.

Crabwalk length of playground and do 10 leg lifts each pax.  Rinse and repeat to other side.

Resistance run with partner – 10 merkins each pax.  Rinse and repeat to other side.

For the last and final exercise and per request of Maximus who was the original Q for today.
reverse bearcrawl up to the statue and 15 SSH starting from the trail.  Rinse and repeat back down.

Mosey back to COT

As always it was an honor to lead the pax this morning