No Burpees – (Well, maybe)

If any Gashouse PAX have been around YHC for at least one workout, they will discover that I am a fan of the Burpee. When I announced to the Midoriyama boys that I had the Q, I promised no Burpees. This was met with immediate mumble chatter (ALL negative, I must say). Words such as liar, yeah-RIGHT!, B.S., were heard by YHC. Site Q Def Leppard stirred the pot via Twitter even more by posting a rather funny Ron Burgundy GIF stating “I don’t belive it”. Even when YHC showed up for the workout, he was met with more questions about the “no burpees” workout. With a total of 14 PAX posting, YHC decided to get things rolling.

Warmup:

• Seal Jacks x 15 IC
• Toy Soldiers x 15 IC
• Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
• Low, Slow Squats x 15 IC
• Don Quixotes x 10 IC

Thang:

Mosey to stairs at softball field across the parking lot for calf raises x 10 each step. Plank for the six afterward.

Form two lines and Indian run to the practice soccer field where each PAX grabs a coupon from the bed of YHC’s truck. Set up for some four corner work.

Corner 1: 21’s- bicep curls with 7 halfway up, 7 halfway down, 7 full extension. Mosey with coupon to next corner.

Corner 2: Block thrusters x 15. Mosey to next corner with coupon.

Corner 3: Tricep overhead extensions with coupon x 10. Huckleberry asked “why not 15 like the thrusters?’. Well, next round we will, sir.

Corner 4: 8 count bodybuilders (with coupon) x 5. THESE ARE NOT BURPEES! It may be a burpee with a plank jack, but it isn’t a burpee. Immediate explosion of mumble chatter ensued. Huckleberry asked YHC “only 5? Why not 10?”. Well, next round, we will sir! I love his motivated enthusiasm!

Mosey to first corner and drop coupon and line up at the base of the small hill for some 11’s. LBC’s at the bottom, merkins at the top. Good work by all PAX pushing through this. Great support encouragement during this evolution.

Grab the coupons and repeat the 4 corners except increase reps on the tricep extensions and 8 count bodybuilers.

Line up at one end of the field for some Rugby Sprints. Kudos to Pizza Man for guessing this one. All ab exercises with some 15 yard sprints. Exercises were Flutter Kicks, Freddie Mercury, Box Cutters, American Hammers.

YHC was contemplating another round of 11’s, but time was running short. Go to the hill and bear crawl up, 10 squats at the top, sprint back down. R&R x 2. Omaha’d the last bear crawl for Joe Hendricks.

Indian run back to the flag just in time for 22 merkins for the vets.

PLEDGE

Announcements: Speed for need inaugural race July 4th at Dilworth in Charlotte. Gashouse’s first will be the Christmastown 5K the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

COT: Welcome to FNG Flounder. It’s great to have you with us.

BOM: YHC took us out in prayer.

Moleskin: YHC also spoke briefly on encouragement and it’s impact on others. My first post at Midoriyama was a great example of how encouragement impacts others. My tail was dragging in the Midoriyama heat, and thoughts of laying down were running through my mind. But my brothers Tool Time, Pizza Man, Floppy Disk, Freight, and Def Leppard kept encouraging me through it. That gave me the boost to push through. We also should encourage each other through our spiritual battles as well. Life has its ups and downs. It helps me to know my brothers are praying me through when I am going through tough times. We never know what type of situation/issue our fellow brother may be going through. A word of encouragement may give him the boost he needs to push through.

Thanks guys for the encouragement. Thank you for allowing me to lead.

Until the next time,

Slaw