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  • When: 4/8/17
  • AO:
  • QIC: JJ
  • FNG's:
  • PAX: Smalls, Roscoe, Little Sweet, Squirt, Papa John, Heysus, Shrink, Pink Floyd, Defib, Hushpuppy, JJ (QIC)

As the Q for Gashouse was still open on the eve of the Saturday workout, the theme of a workout hit me as I drove home. Some may think I was ready to have a Tar Heel celebration in which we stayed in the Pete Chilcutt plank position for an hour while we sang the school fight song, exchanged our favorite memories from the championship year, and belittled all of the other fan bases that fell short this year. However, my mind went to the direction of the main topic on sports radio over the past couple of days, the NFL draft. So with this in mind, I prepared like any NFL GM would do to make sure that everything was scouted when the time came.
As I drove up, I found Roscoe, Squirt, Smalls, and Papa John talking in the parking lot. Still impressed that these two young HIMs come out to push the rock with us time after time (and I’m not calling Roscoe and Squirt young). Good work guys!

The clock hit 7am, and with no FNGs, a short disclaimer was given. I’m an idiot; you’re an idiot; you know the drill.

WARM UP
SSH x 15
LBCs x 15
Imperial Walkers x 15

Mosey to the flag for The Pledge

Mosey to the parking lot beside First Presbyterian. The PAX was told that the theme of the workout would be the NFL Draft. However before the draft, you have to go through the combine to test your skills. Here’s how we modified the combine stations:
40 yard dash: Sprint to the length of the parking lot
Bench Press: Merkins x 15
Vertical Jump: Jump Squats x 15
Broad Jump: Lunge back across the parking lot
Cone Drill/Shuttle Run: Karaoke back across the parking lot

With the combine completed, mosey to the stairs behind First Pres.
The PAX counted off into two teams. As with the NFL draft, the teams got to choose an exercise each round (from a list of two). The teams alternated selecting first each round which meant the other team was stuck with the exercise the first team didn’t choose. This sounded good on paper the night before but may have been as confusing at the start as it sounds reading this now. Each exercise consisted of a 50 count.

First Round: Team 1 – Flutter Kicks; Team 2 – Dying Cockroaches
Second Round: Team 1 – SSH; Team 2 – Seal Jacks
Third Round: Team 1 – Squats; Team 2 – Calf Raises

Teams ran up the stairs and performed First Round. As a team, ran down the hill towards the field and performed Second Round. Then as a team, ran back to the bottom of the steps and performed Third Round. Teams did two laps of this.

Mosey to the track beside Sherwood Elementary School.
Each team ran a half lap around the track and performed Fourth Round.
Fourth Round: Team 1 – Reverse Crunches; Team 2 – WW1 Situps
Ran other half lap around the track and performed Fifth Round.
Fifth Round: Team 1 – Shoulder Presses; Team 2 – American Hammers
Another half lap around the track and performed Sixth Round.
Sixth Round: Team 1 – Diamond Merkins; Team 2 – CDDs
Final half lap around the track and performed Seventh Round.
Seventh Round: Team 1 – Mountain Climbers; Team 2 – Freddy Mercuries

Mosey back to the parking lot at the side of First Pres. The NFL Draft now only has seven rounds, but we went back in time when the draft didn’t stop at seven rounds.
Eighth Round: Team 1 – Imperial Walkers; Team 2 – Hillbillies/Appalachian Americans

Mosey to the steps at Grier Middle
The last pick in the draft is referred to as Mr. Irrelevant, but at this point, the last two choices would not feel irrelevant. The PAX paired up within the teams. Partner 1 ran up the stairs and back while Partner 2 completed the exercises. Then, flap jack. 50 count in aggregate
Ninth Round: Team 1 – Hip Slappers; Team 2 – Donkey Kicks
There seem to always be trades in the draft so we did a little maneuvering. The teams swapped exercises for the Tenth Round
Tenth Round: Team 1 – Donkey Kicks; Team 2 – Hip Slappers

Mosey back to the Schiele. Wall Sits w/ Shoulder Presses for the players you always see sitting in their homes with their families waiting to hear their names called.

Mosey back to the starting point. With time remaining, we did a little Free Agent Mary for the undrafted exercises with the each PAX making a choice.
Protractor, LBCs, Dying Cockroaches, LBCs, Monkey Humpers, Merkins, Mountain Climbers, 5 Burpees for a train that we thought we heard during an earlier Mosey

Announcements
Foundation Run later that morning
Looking to start a core-type workout for non-runners

Prayer Requests
All of the PAX on IR

Thanks for the chance to lead this strong group of HIMs.  Until next time…