Outland challenge – 20 terrible minutes

Outland challenge – 20 terrible minutes

9 men including 1 FNG beat the first challenge, the evil fartsack.

No cars in the parking lot when YHC rolled in the parking lot at 6:45 to start setting up. Guess no pre-runners. Probably a smart decision because there was warning that the workout was going to be tough.

After a lackluster disclaimer is given we begin at 7.

Warmup

• Mosey around the parking lot and circle up
• Side straddle hops IC x 20
• Imperial walkers IC x 20
• Arm circles x 10 OYO in each direction to get the blood flowing to the arms. It will be needed.

The Outland Challenge (Thang 1)

After we are warmed up we mosey over to the side of the school (the courtyard near where the buses park). The challenge “scoreboard” is tapped to the wall. Each PAX grabs the sharpie and puts their name on a line. The challenge was an AMRAP challenge to push the PAX to get the most amount of rounds, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING GOOD FORM.

1 round consisted of:

• 10 lunges on each leg
• 20 WWII (big boy) situps
• 20 merkins
• 20 squats

Results of the challenge are below.

Thang 2

At this point, the PAX is tired, sore, and likely regretting the decision to be here but we still have plenty of time left. I found a timer app where you can set different timers for different exercises and different number of rounds. The app even read the text of the exercise so everybody knew what to do. I told the PAX that it was going to be 6 rounds and that each exercise was a minute. Just do the called exercise for the whole minute. The number completed didn’t matter, just keep moving.

• Dips
• Jump Squats
• Burpees
• Rest

Almost no time (less than 2 minutes) left for Mary. We did some flutter kicks in cadence and ended the workout at 8.

Moleskin

First, let me say it was an honor to lead this group. Good work by all. Welcome FNG Jiffy. Apparently he is an environmental engineer for a company that may or not produce lubricant so he was named Jiffy for Jiffy lube.

I told the guys in Thang 2 that each round was a minute. Each exercise round may or may not have actually been 1 minute and 15 seconds. Insert evil laugh.

Hair Band had to cut the workout short. Something about his 2.0 needing food.

Bonhoeffer was continuously asking when the work out was going to start. Feel free to do more of this at home if it wasn’t enough for you. I was willing to get the 40lb ruck out of the car if you need more difficulty.

Woody hasn’t watched a hockey since they went on strike in ’95 and refuses to watch any more NFL games. His GPS said we covered 856 feet. Almost a 0.0. Those 856 feet were a struggle by the end though.

Arsenal looked like he was still asleep at the start of the workout. Glad he was able to wake up in the process.

I didn’t get a chance to talk the people I hadn’t worked out with before (Dr. Thunder, Radar, FNG Jiffy). Maybe next time when we’re not working as hard.

A good indicator of the workout difficulty is the amount of mumble chatter. There was almost none. What did come was people complaining how bad the workout sucked.

Thanks to Shepard who took us out like a professional.

Results of the challenge:

• YHC –  7 rounds completed
• Hair Band – 7 rounds completed
• Bonhoeffer – 6 rounds completed
• Shepard – 7 rounds completed
• Arsenal – 6 rounds completed
• Radar – 5 rounds completed
• Woody – 6 rounds completed
• Dr. Thunder – 5 rounds completed
• FNG Jiffy – 4 rounds completed

This is a simple workout that can be done on your own if you want to see how you stack up. Do it again in 6 months and see how you’ve progressed.

Announcements

Brolympics is NEXT SATURDAY (2/24/18). All the details are at https://f3southcharlotte.com/?s=brolympics. Multiple tabs in the Excel sheet for signing up to compete, volunteer, and/or bring equipment.

CPR class was held right after this workout. Thanks to Madison for setting this up. I highly recommend you attend a future class. It was 2 hours and $35 to learn skills that you hope you never need, but if you do have to use them your family, friend, co-worker, fellow PAX, etc will be thankful for saving their lives.