Shuffle Up and Deal

Shuffle Up and Deal

Posted on behalf of Ironsides

Three (3), just 3 men were man enough to brave the wet weather to get dealt a deck of pain at Hydra.

At 5:30 the rain had slowed so short disclaimer and we started off with a lap around the school.  We began to mosey to the concession area but called an audible upon seeing the puddles in the way and the lack of light YHC needed for the day’s selected routine.

The three of us sought shelter in OP’s dropoff area and YHC explained the proceedings of the day: The Deck of Death.

Card value was the number of reps, with Ace being high (14), and the suits were:

Hearts – Jump Squats

Diamonds – Merkins

Spades – Carolina Dry Docks

Clubs – Imperial Walkers

2 Jokers – 10 burpees each

Once done we had completed 104 reps of each exercise plus 20 burpees.

When I posted at Myrtle we did the DoD and didn’t make it through the whole deck in 45 minutes.  At Hydra we did the whole deck in about 25 minutes.  Oops.  Time to improvise.  The rain had stopped, so let’s do another lap around the school.  Naturally here comes the rain.

After the lap back to our shelter for Mary.  At Iron Horse’s suggestion, we used the cards again, this time assigning the suits as follows:

Hearts – Heels to Heaven

Diamonds – Flutters

Spades – Freddie Mercury

Clubs – LBCs (the IW of Mary)

We made it through 31 cards for a total of 41 Heels to Heaven, 65 Flutters, 72 FM, and 72 LBCs, plus one 10-burpee Joker to finish on.

NMM: The DoD is a workout that feels relatively benign at the start but gets increasingly more difficult as you work your way through the deck. The PAX (and YHC) were beginning to wonder what happened to all of the 2s, 3s, and 4s; it seemed like every card coming was a face card!

Thanks to Iron Horse for the take-out. Thanks to Puddin Pop for the chance to lead again.

No major announcements, just Joe Davis 10K on Jan 9.  Also check Twitter for updates on possible convergences next week.

That is all.