Bataan Death March

15 Pax braved the gloom at The Fighting Yank this morning to push the rock.  With an FNG present, full disclaimer was given.  Even though I don’t think I’m an idiot, others here might disagree and you’re an idiot for following me.  You vs You, modify as needed, lets do this.

Warm Up:

• SSH x 20 IC
• Moroccan Night Clubs x 20 IC
• Imperial Walkers x 20 IC
• LBC x 20 IC
• Merkin x 10 IC

The Thang:

YHC gave another disclaimer at this point.  I always try to work at least a mile of jogging into each workout that I Q. This is usually broken up into 400 meters segments.  Please contain your excitement, but we’re going to knock it all out at once today. Time for the 1 mile Bataan Death March!

Bataan Death March: AKA: Burpee Catch Me If You Can Indian Run…A combination of Catch Me If You Can and a traditional Indian Run. The last person drops and does 5 Burpees, while the rest of the Pax mosey in a line. After completing the Burpees, the last guy runs to catch the group, tapping the (new) last Pax on the shoulder, who then stops to begin his 5 Burpees, while the (former) last guy continues on to the front of the line. We completed 1 plus some change miles of this in a nice loop around Belmont. YHC ensured everyone was the last man at least twice.

Finished our jog/mosey up at the football field for some corners work.  We started in one corner of the football field, traversed the width then exercised, traversed the length then exercises, traversed the opposite width then exercises and traversed the final length to finish a round.  4 rounds in all, giving it all you got.

• Round 1:
  • Width 1: Bear Crawl + 20 Merkins
  • Length 1: Sprint + 20 LBCs
  • Width 2: Nur + 10 Burpees
  • Length 2: Sprint
• Round 2:
  • Width 1: Bear Crawl + 20 CDDs
  • Length 1: Sprint + 20 Flutter kicks
  • Width 2: Lunge + 10 Burpees
  • Length 2: Sprint
• Round 3:
  • Width 1: Bear Crawl + 10 Diamond Merkins
  • Length 1: Sprint + 20 Freddie Mercury
  • Width 2: Nur + 10 Burpees
  • Length 2: Sprint
• Round 4:
  • Width 1: Bear Crawl + 20 Werkins
  • Length 1: Sprint + 10 WWII Situps
  • Width 2: Lunge + 10 Burpees
  • Length 2: Sprint

The mumble chatter and time checks started to pick up at this point.  We still have 20 minutes gentlemen, but YHC let the pax off easy and Omaha’d the last round to try out the Bridge of Hate. Hilarity followed!

The Bridge of Hate is the exact opposite of the tunnel of love. The pax form a line by laying on there back shoulder to shoulder. One pax will then be lifted and passed down the line of the pax that are laying on the ground. When the pax that was being passed down the line gets to the front he lays next to the last man and the man at the rear of the line then gets passed down, so forth and so on.

I thought this would be a fun exercise to try and man is it.  Nothing like a line of sweaty, dirty, grass covered HIMs body surfing to start the day.  A few pax may have been dropped on their heads and some may have had fingers places they never thought they would, but we are all a lot closer now because of it!

10 minutes left, time for a Triple Nickel.  Moseyed to the hill and cut the route in half because of the pax sliding in the mud.  Sprint to the top of the hill, do 5 squats, sprint to the bottom, do 5 monkey humpers.  Repeat 5 times.

5 minutes left, enough time for a 4 minute merkin ladder.  Modify as needed!

• 30 seconds of Merkins, 30 second rest
• 40 seconds of Merkins, 20 second rest
• 50 seconds of Merkins, 10 second rest
• 60 seconds of Merkins (or Mary for most of us)

Mosey to the flag to finish up.

Pledge

Announcements:

• Need Q’s at TheStorm and The Fighting Yank!
• Need 1 for P200
• DDC taking donations for mission trip.  They leave on Monday!

Prayer Request:

• Gaston county high school student who passed in a car accident
• Top Hats father is doing better
• DDC & Flows mission trip

Thank you all for the opportunity to lead and for continuing to push the rock with me!