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  • When: 12/10/16
  • AO:
  • QIC: Tiny Tank
  • FNG's:
  • PAX: Bandit, Edison, Norwood, Pockets, Tiny Tank (Q)

Today is the 117th Army-Navy football game and I encourage all to tune at 3pm to watch the future leaders of our armed forces do battle on the fields of friendly strife.  The Army team is paying tribute to the 82nd Airborne Division today and wearing uniforms inspired by the uniforms worn by the 82nd Paratroopers during WWII.

On to the workout…

Warm Up:

To get the pax in right mindset for the big game I decided to call some airborne cadence on our mosey (this was for you Sargento).  Mosey at a double time, in cadence around the block and finish at the pavilion.

The Thang:

The Deck of “Double” Death: used pinochle deck of cards instead of standard deck (9, 10, J, Q, K, A x2 for each suit). After 12 cards are flipped, run a quarter mile for a break.  Aces were wild.  Person who flipped an ace could decide if we did 15 of the normal exercise or 25 of the exercise of their choice (ended up doing 50 Merkins on the 2 ace of spades…)

  • Spades = Burpees
  • Clubs = Merkins
  • Diamonds = Dips
  • Hearts = WWII Situps
  • Total exercises per suit = 140
  • Total run = 1 mile

After round 3 YHC challenged pax to do 5 x five man Merkins.  If successful, last round of spades would be changed to squats instead of burpees.  Pax formed a pentagon and put their feet on the back of the person behind them.  Merkins performed in cadence.  Pax were successful, or at least the opposite side of the pentagon assured the YHC that we were…

After final round, enough time left for a triple nickel up the hill.  Sprint to top, 5 x squats, sprint to bottom, 5 x monkey humpers.  Repeat 5 times.

Moseyed back to  start to close out.

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Announcements: Convergence next week.

Prayer Request:

  • Edison’s family as they deal with the death of his M’s sister
  • Bandit’s father and friend as they deal with death of their M’s.

Go Army, Beat Navy!