The Greene Game

10 of us gathered in The Gloom for a borrowed Beatdown, courtesy of the PAX in F3 Shelby.  Here’s what I remember:

YHC spent some time over the weekend with Woody and Latte.  Woody gave a SC to Q, but with words like “probably” involved, YHC was sure to have a backup plan.  Well, 0530 and no Woody.  The backup plan became the plan, and YHC wasn’t mad at all.

The Thang:

• 10 x SSH (IC)
• 10 x Abe Vagodas (IC)
• 10 x Dying Cockroaches (IC)
• 15 x Toe Touches (IC)
• 15 x Penguins (IC)
• 15 x Heels to Heaven (IC)
• 15 x Hello Dollies (IC)
• 10 x Low Slow Squats (IC)

Mosey to the Turd Shack at Martha’s for some Lazy Dora

Partner Up.  One person holds a position while the other does the reps.  Switch off however you want, just get em done.

• 100 Merkins / Hold Plank
• 200 Squats / Hold People’s Chair
• 300 Flutter Kicks / Hold Six Inches

Watts Up carried us, as my Merkins weren’t rolling today.  Anyways, still plenty of time left, but YHC had some complicated nonsense that was going to require some explanation, so we better get to it.  There were plenty of well lit areas, as the lights on the fields were on, but YHC stubbornly stuck to the Weinke and chose the dark field at the bottom of the hill as the site for the rest of the Beatdown.

It’s fun hearing what goes on in other regions, so my regular conversations with Latte often turn to what stupid things we’ve been doing in The Gloom.  Latte told me about a Beatdown in Shelby where Go Greene Go had them running laps around a block or a park or a track or some form of something where they could run a lap.  The idea was to see how many laps they could get in during the Beatdown.  To add to the intrigue, the Q offered bonuses of 1/2 lap for every 10 burpees completed and 1/4 lap for every 10 merkins completed.  The goal was, obviously, to get more laps in than everyone else.

Sounds like fun, right?  Well except for the fractions.  Having taught math in high school, I’m well aware that we as humans are averse to fractions, so I multiplied by 4 and called them points instead.  The game went like this:

• 4 points per full lap completed around the soccer field
• 2 points per 10 burpees
• 1 point per 10 merkins
• You can stop at any point in the lap to do merkins/burpees
• Get as many points as you can

This was fun.  And very You v. You.  Everybody put in strong work.  Here were the point totals:

• EZ Rider – 32
• Flintstone – 32
• Cinderella – 30
• Defib – 28
• Nutria – 27
• Dirt – 26
• Watts Up – 26
• Linus – 25
• Folgers – 22
• Dry Rub – 20

We burned up the rest of the time moseying back to the flag and sharing scores.

Announcements & Prayer Requests were taken, but as this backblast is late, all are already done.  We continue to pray for unity in our nation.

Moleskin:

I loved this workout.  I’ll do it again.  Think 4 corners, but at your own pace and choosing how much of each exercise to do.  Add in the competition, and it was a lot of fun.  Kudos to Go Greene Go and Latte for the idea and for sharing it.  If you’re looking for a Weinke look no further.  It’s even a month old at this point, so it’s not even going to be redundant if you do it soon, as everyone who was there has probably already forgotten about it.

Sorry for the late backblast, Watts Up.

Thanks to all for the opportunity to lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo