Pusher came down and Q’ed PHOP back in May. He brought an AMRAP pyramid and challenged the PAX to see how far they could get. Well, YHC and Gepetto had a Co-Q last Wednesday. I pitched the idea of a Part Deux to him, he thought it sounded like a challenge worth accepting.

Ol’ Gepetto warmed us up with a lap around the parking lot then to COP for some SSH’s, wind mills, merkins, imperial walkers, and some others I know I’ve forgotten.

He graciously handed over the reins of Q and we took another lap around the parking lot, ending at the front of the church. This would be our launch point for the remainder of the workout.

The pyramid was constructed of the following exercises:

Merkins x 50
Flutters x 40
Dry Docks x 30
Flying Squirrels x 20
Jump Squats x 10
Bombjacks x 10
Derkins x 20
Dips x 30
Freddy x 40
Jumping Lunges x 50

All the PAX started with a lap around the building then completed the first exercise. A lap was taken after each exercise through the pyramid. The single lap was doubled once you made it through the pyramid the first time.

The only record I could find from the last running of this AMRAP was that Burgundy and Tinker Toy made it to Freddy’s on the second lap. So this time we recorded everyone’s accomplishments during COT.

Sergeant York – 2nd round jump squats
Tinker Toy – completed 2nd round
Shrute – 2nd round derkins
Padre – 2nd round derkins
Gepetto – 2nd jump squats
Deacon – 2nd round derkins
Catfish – 2nd round jump squats

Thanks Pusher for the original Q! It’s nice to have a benchmark to hold yourself accountable to!

As always, it was a privilege and honor to lead this great PAX!

Catfish … OUT!

Using counts derived from the date: 7/4/1776 as the basis for the workout.
Could be 7 or 4. Add them for 11
Could be 17 or 76. Add them for 93, or the individual numbers for 21
Add all the individual numbers for 32.
Or 93+11 for 104.
1776 was 239 years ago, so 239 could pop-up.

Mosey to Field 3 for warm-up COP
21 – SSH
11 – Wind Mills
17 – Moroccan Night Club
11 – Diamond Merkins
11 – Hopping Lunges
17 – Imperial Walkers
11 – Knuckle Merkins
11 – Hello Dolly
11 – Wide Arm Merkins
17 – Freddie Mercury
Mosey for active rest
76 seconds of people chair at the “cabana”
Mosey to Green Mile for true pain stop
Four corners:
Face the inside. Shuffle width, karaoke length
7 Burpees
4 Burpees
17 Burpees
76 LBCs
(really? You were expecting me to call 76 burpees? Get real!)
Plank-up, wait for six
Shampoo, with a couple changes:
Face the outside. Shuffle width, karaoke length
7 Burpees
4 Burpees
17 Burpees
76 squats
Plank-up, wait for six
Mosey to end-line. Partner aggregates on the green mile
76 Merkins
104 Squats
239 LBCs

Turnover to Twister
Indian run around the Cherry Park Loop, with pain stops as follows:
21 Squats
11 Merkins
11 full situps
People Chairs with trees – 2 rounds
17 Plank Jacks from elbows
32 SSH
Return to COT with as much as you got

Moleskin: There is a difference between Belief and Faith. Belief in God can often be much easier than Faith that He has a plan for us, no matter what our current struggles might be. Many times in life, we’ll tell ourselves that we’ve figured it out… That we don’t need help anymore… Only to rediscover that we still (as when we were 18 and cocky) don’t know it all. Being in shape – physically, mentally, and spiritually, more so than the general population – can make us prideful. Pride can be a wall between us and God. Peach confided a crisis of Faith and asked for prayers.