Another Experiment

To say my clan got into the Winter Olympics this year would be a vast understatement. From the time the first 2.0 awoke at 0545 to the time my M and YHC moseyed to the fartsack, some form of Winter Olympic competition was on. While watching the bobsledding, YHC couldn’t help but notice that those bobsledders were pretty jacked. Feeling inspired I asked Google about how bobsledders workout. What I found was that bobsledders only work their lower bodies because, as the captain of the US bobsled team said, “If you have huge massive shoulders and a big chest, the wind is hitting you and the sled is slowing down.”

While that crap may be appealing to Abu, it was not sitting well with YHC. It’s almost beach season ’round these parts, and the PAX need to load their guns. We’re doing straight chest and shoulders, baby! Bobsledders are idiots!

Warm up: Plank-o-rama

The Thang:

• Bataan Death March: Indian run: last man drops for 5 burpees then catches up to the line
• Jack Webbs: 1 Merkin to 4 hallelujahs; work up to 10:40
• Elevens: Chin ups and WWI’s – All were shocked and awed to see Circuit Rider “cheat” on an exercise. After seeing the reaction from the PAX, however, Circuit immediately tore his clothes and repented, vowing never to cheat an exercise again.
• Webbicides:  Suicides on the big parking lot with a Merkin ladder building on each line to 5; repeato followed by repeato drew some mumble chatter but occasional monkey screams from YHC seemed to motivate the PAX to keep pushing.

By this time chest and shoulders were burning a bit, so we moseyed up the steps to the exterior wall of Jones Hall and assumed plank position, heels to the wall for a Shoulder Blast:

• 20 shoulder taps 
• Balls to the wall 10 count (though The Origin mistook YHC’s command for a 10 count to be a rest 10 count, which left the PAX resting while YHC was working)
• Repeato – mumble chatter arose about whose forehead was the hardest as shoulders were near the failure point for some during balls to the wall.

Mosey to the flag. The PAX were calling for Mary, but the Q desired to revisit Jack Webb. We built to 5 Merkins and 20 Hallelujahs and YHC had had enough, and conceded a visit to Mary to close our time. After Circuit chose X and O, The Origin (not quite understanding the Mary concept, as this was only his second post) called for 15 burpees. Though this request was a bit out of the ordinary, YHC allowed it, and the PAX commenced attempting burpees, though most of our arms wouldn’t quite function anymore. The clock struck 9:45, which spurred Belly Dancer to immediately and zealously announce that time was up, and he was done doing burpees.

After the beatdown, the PAX’s guns were sufficiently loaded, and none of us was fit to ride in a bobsled.