Second Head of the Hound: Matlock’s Greatest Hits Vol. 1

YHC has been training for the #BRR – lots of running lately.  But when Bono honored me with the opportunity to Q a head of the hound, I was delighted to take a break from running and tee up an upper-body beatdown for the PAX.  Q’ing a hound workout is liberating, because you can pull out all the stops and lead the toughest exercises in your repertoire because you know the workout is supposed to be brutal.  With that in mind, I reached back for some of my favorite exercises from prior Qs for a “greatest hits” episode.

THE THANG

• Burpee half-mile sprint:  Sprint to the first intersection on the circle for 10 burpees, then sprint to each following intersection with 10 burpees at each intersection.
• Merkin Ladder:  At one end of the parking lot, do 20 burpees.  Mosey to the other end for 19, back for 18, and so on down to 1.  That’s 210 merkins, for those counting at home.
• Wheelbarrow race:  Team up and line up on the grass.  Wheelbarrow race down and back, switching partners as necessary.  PAX were encouraged to push based on assurance that they would do twice as many burpees as they place they finished in (i.e., first place would do 2; ninth place would do 18).  PAX really pushed on this, but since we leave no man behind, we all did 18 together.
• Sprint relay:  With teammate, race down and back, then switch off.  We did 2 of these to gas the PAX.
• Hand-release merkin/Chilcutt 11s:  A fan favorite – 1-count Chilcutt followed by 10 handy merks.  Then 2-count Chilcutt and 9 merks, and so on.
• Captain Thors x 20
• Have a nice day.

PRAYER REQUESTS

• Randy Parker
• Dean Walters
• PAX finding balance in their lives
• YHC’s brother in law

MOLESKIN

The high number of merkins combined with sprinting made this a pretty tough workout, but the PAX did a fantastic job pushing through it.  Strength and courage in the face of adversity was sort of the theme of the day, and I mentioned the story that I heard about one of the passengers on the 9/11 plane that crashed in Pennsylvania.  The story goes that he had called his wife on his cell phone to let her know the plane had been highjacked, and that he and several of the other passengers had decided they would not stand by and let their plane be used as a weapon.  So they decided to storm the cockpit, regardless of the consequences, knowing that they are ultimately saving lives.  The last thing the man’s wife heard him say to the other passengers as they prepared to take action was, “Let’s roll.”  Since then, I’ve viewed that phrase as something of a rallying cry for strength and courage in the face of adversity and determined service for others.  I figure that’s what “living third” is all about.

Great start to the weekend, brothers.