The American

  • When:03/15/17
  • QIC: Sheldon
  • The PAX: Smokey, Fireman Ed, Jet Fuel, Header, Dollywood, Chin Music, Sheldon


The American

Weather: Cold. Too cold for this many people to be out running in the wind. Somewhere in the 30s

The Thang:
Mosey around the parking lot, start with a warm up
20 Side-straddle hop IC
15 Imperial Walkers IC
10 Low slow Squats IC
10 Merkins IC (+2 more before I could get the breath to bring everyone to a halt)
5 burpees OYO

Run to Davie Park, with 6 jump squats at each light pole

Partner up, mosey to the bottom of the park entrance hill.

P1 runs to the top and completes 5 burpees, increasing the merkins at the bottom by 1 each rep (burpee count 1-5, total of 15 merkins). P2 is at the bottom of the hill in plank. Swap and repeat.

P1 runs to the top and completes 5 burpees, starting with 6 merkins at the bottom and increasing by 1 each rep (burpee count 6-10, total of 40 merkins). P2 is at the bottom of the hill with flutter kicks. Swap and repeat.

P1 runs to the top and completes 5 burpees, starting with 11 merkins at the bottom and increasing by 1 each rep (burpee count 11-15, total of 65 merkins). P2 is at the bottom of the hill with squats. Swap and repeat.

Stay in partners. Run to the parking lot and grab one rock per group.

P1 completes 20 presses with the rock while P2 does big boy sit-ups AMRAP. Switch and repeat, decreasing the presses by 1 down to 15.

P1 completes 20 curls with the rock while P2 does V-up sit-ups AMRAP. Switch and repeat, decreasing the curls by 1 down to 15.

Run back to SCMS, completing 6 jump squats at each light pole.
Circle up back in the parking lot.

Count-o-rama. Name-o-rama.

In total, a lot of merkins and a lot of jump squats.

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ChinMusic
ChinMusic
7 years ago

Good history lesson out there! I had no idea that “merkins” were derived from the word “Americans”

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