The.Burpee.Train

The.Burpee.Train

I had a goal…cover 3.5 miles while doing 35 reps of a bunch of different exercises and seeing the sights of DT Waxhaw. Seemed like a good way to start my birthday and honor the fact that I’m not of legal age to run for President. But then…that damn train. Getting Q-jacked by Deadwood, now that expected from time to time, but a freaking train? Come on! And not just any train, apparently this train was going for consecutive longest and slowest records. brutal to say the least. We made the most of it and got in between 25.-3 miles in with a decent beating mixed in there. Here’s how it went down:

Warm-up:

• Mosey (the long way) to Dreamchaser’s
• IC SSH x 35
• The.Burpee.Train (10 minutes of Burpees as a slow a$$ train rolls by)
• I think we’re warm now….

The THANG:

• 1/3 mile jog up Providence to shake off those burpees
• Back down Providence to Dreamchasers doing 7 jump squats at each intersection (total 35..surprise)
• Mosey to the top of Kim Jong Hill / Keith Jong Hill…which is it?
• At the top – Mike Tyson x5 – Mosey to bottom – Tyson x5 – Sprint to the top. Repeat 3x
• Mosey to the circle at the top of the Kid’s Park
• Circle up for some 7&7’s
  • Bear crawl IC x7
  • Dry Docks IC x7
  • Repeat x5
• Mosey around to the lot in front of the cupcake queen (yes that’s the only business in that plaza I can remember)
• Ab circuit
  • Leg Lifts – 35 sec
  • LBC 35 sec
  • Plank 35 sec
  • recover 35 sec
  • repeat x 2
• Mosey to start – plank for time

Moleskin:

That burpee train sucked. It may have been the longest 10 minutes of my life, and I don’t think I was alone in that. The rest of the workout was filled with under the breath comments about how gassed people were after it, or that things wouldn’t have been so hard if it weren’t for that train. If you haven’t experienced it for your self, consider yourself lucky…but also you haven’t really lived!

In all seriousness though, it was really amazing to get to lead this workout this morning. When Shake first invited my out last August I never knew what this group would mean to me. Thanks to everyone that came out this morning and pushed through all of my terrible ideas. It was an awesome way to start the day.

Announcements:

• Easy Button on Q tomorrow for Impromptu