Welcome to the Jungle

A month or more ago after a Sandlot workout, Flintstone approached YHC and the conversation went something like this:
FS: I want to start the Annihilation workout series back.
YHC: That’s a great idea.
FS: I want you to lead the first workout at Gashouse one Saturday.
YHC: That’s a terrible idea.

It didn’t take too much arm twisting and YHC agreed to lead the workout. Since then, YHC has been thinking of ways to draw up a weinke that would challenge the PAX but also one the Q could complete (If you can’t do it, don’t Q it.)

Fast forward to the eve of the event, and YHC found himself at the Guns n Roses tribute band (Night Train) concert in Belmont. They were in full costume and played all the GNR hits. As they played Welcome to the Jungle, YHC thought about the next morning and the fun and games in store for the PAX. Almost inspired YHC to bring along a speaker with GNR hits for the workout, but that seemed too frilly for an annihilation workout. The pre-blast said no BS, and the thought of bluetooth trouble getting in the way deterred that thought pretty quickly.

0700 Saturday morning so it’s time to go. Quick disclaimer and even quicker warm-up.

5 SSH IC

Bootcamp with me; Pain Lab staying with Noisy Cricket.

Mosey past the farm down the hill. This was a last minute addition in fear that YHC didn’t have enough to fill the hour. 1 burpee at the bottom of the hill. Mosey up the Hill. 2 burpees at the top. Back down the hill. Increment 1 burpee at each stop. The plan was to go to 11, but YHC wanted to get on with the original plan. Mosey by the stream towards Garrison. Then, we hit a bump in the road, or a fence on the hill, where in the past we could access the side parking lot of the Schiele. Well….now there was a locked gate. Mosey back down the trail, up the hill past the farm, through the parking lot, and around the museum.

In the parking lot, Route 66 with Merkins at each parking space line and bear crawls in between.

Once that was done, mosey down Garrison and across into the office parking lot. YHC called 11’s, but this was annihilation so these would be “nasty” 11’s. Unlike typical 11’s, there would be 11 Monkey Humpers at the bottom of the hill, mosey up the hill with a stop in the middle for a burpee, and 11 Perfect-form Merkins up the hill, mosey back down the hill with another stop for a burpee in the middle. The final 11 would be the 11 minute timer set to track how long we’d run up and down the hill. This was a very long 11 minutes.

Once the timer sounded, the PAX moseyed over to the wall behind the offices for a pyramid.
Wall-sits with 5 Air Presses IC, then 5 Hip Slappers IC
Wall-sits with 10 Air Presses IC, then 10 Hip Slappers IC
Wall-sits with 15 Air Presses IC, then 15 Hip Slappers IC
Wall-sits with 10 Air Presses IC, then 10 Hip Slappers IC
Wall-sits with 5 Air Presses IC, then 5 Hip Slappers IC

At various points (including this one), YHC called on the PAX for a 3-count for a quick breather. Annihilation ain’t got no time for a 10-count.

Let’s mosey. Line the PAX up for an Indian Run down the side streets on the south side of Garrison. We ended up in Lineberger Park at the flag poles. Around the poles, there were 9 stations, one exercise at each station. Just happened to have 10 PAX. One man at each station with the 10th running as the timer. Timer would run up the hill, up the steps, perform 2 burpees, then run back. When he returned, PAX would rotate to next station with last man now running as the timer.

Stations:
Hand Release Burpees
Spiderman Burpees
Wolverine Burpees
8-Count Body Builders
Mike Tysons
Crunchy Frogs
Jump Squats
Flutter Crunches
Jump Lunges

After each PAX had a chance to serve as the timer, it was time to head back.

At this point, YHC was pretty smoked but knew we had a mile back to the flag. Group moseyed back down the side street on the north side of Garrison with several stops to gather the PAX (or keep the Q from splashing merlot). Mosey back to the entrance of the Schiele with less than a minute remaining. Jail break with what you have left back to the flag.

And that gentlemen was time.

Announcements
2F Lunch 24th @ The Lodge in Belmont
Memorial Day Murph – 0700 start – No 0530 Sandlot bootcamp that morning
Next annihilation – June 3 @ The Yank led by Boudin
NEW SUMMER AO – Friday mornings – Starting 6/2 – 0645 start – Short Sale serving as Site – Meet at Pharr Corporate building

Prayer Requests
Jackson Hill – Ratchet’s 2.0
No Brainer drag race proceeds going to their Brain Cancer Foundation
Flintstone’s mom and dad
Buckeye and family of Buckeye’s friend

Prayer to take us out.

It was an honor to lead the workout and thankful for the PAX that showed up. Hope it was worth your time. YHC has been pretty sore ever since so hopefully you are going through the same misery.