1st Annual Jedi Games a.k.a. CSAUP in the cold

1st Annual Jedi Games a.k.a. CSAUP in the cold

As most men of The Rock are aware, posting a Flipper led workout is likely going to be a bit… different.  Aiming not to disappoint this morning, and in keeping with the most important event this December (I joke, I joke,) YHC cooked up a little thematic workout in keepings with the training practices of the ancient Jedi order (ok not really.)  The bitter cold kept many a potential padawan learner safe in their fartsacks but 5 brave souls stepped out into the sub-freezing weather to engage in the games.

The Thang:

Mosey around the front of the church to the courtyard where we joined the COP:

-SSH X25

-“High Speed” IW X25

-Low Slow Squat X10

-Merkin X10 into 6 inches for 10 count

-Mountain Climber X15 into 6 inches for 10 count

-Peter Parker X15 into 6 inches for 10 count

-Parker Peter X15

After explaining the premise of the games, 6 events of a different theme the two teams were divided (YHC, Hopper and Boerewors were Blue vs. Gummy, Taffy and E-trade on Red) and we set off.  The simple premise was finish the event first and then, as a team, count off in cadence merkins for score.  These games went as follows:

Jedi Intelligence: Each team was given a hint to find the source of “their power.”  Once the clue was deciphered Red Team and Blue Team set off at a run to gather up what was found to be a saber of pure energy (or tubular plastic with sound effects if you want to get literal.)  Red returned first and managed a single Merkin before Blue straggled in.

Jedi  Speed:  After a mosey to the front parking lot the race was explained, each member sprinted down to the end of the lot, around the median and back as those waiting their turn assumed side-plank.  The race was neck in neck until the final leg where E-trade pulled out to a COMMANDING lead (that boy is quick.)  Mercifully Red couldn’t get their act in gear quick enough to get anything more than 1 Merkin (score is now 2-0)

Jedi Endurance: Mosied to the soccer fields where a Burpee (yes Burpee) relay began.  This clearly was the most confusing event of the day as it was designed for teams of 4 at minimum so we audibled.  The concept was three stations where the participants ran the circuit and there where stations where we performed burpees awaiting the handoff of the saber… this did not work as intended but many burpees were had and Red once again go in a single Merkin (3-0)

Jedi Agility:  Mosied to the car where we had a relay of tap-the-line (or quick feet) where, yet again, the pax were a bit stymied by the concept but this time it was the exercise.  A relay of sorts occurred and those waiting did star-merkins… We’ll save you the gruesome details but no clear winner was established.

Jedi Accuracy:  Mosied to the baseball field where our proton-torpedoes were waiting (tennis balls.)  As Luke once said “I used to bullseye womp rats from my T-16 back home, they’re not much more than 2 meters,” a roughly two meter stone target was erected.  The premise was to lap the field as a team and each member got one throw at the target, if all three missed there would be a 15 burpee penalty.  Blue hit on first shot and got off to a commanding after on first lap, but then failed to hit with a single shot going into the third.  Red did connect and got a goodly distance in front to win the race, but again was too disorganized to get many merkins in (I think the count was 4 bringing the score up to 7-0.)

Jedi Power: Partner Carry Relay for about 25 yards, run down as a team, return.  Every pax carried every other pax on the team.  Blue Crushed this event (maybe because the ~120 lbs. Taffy had to carry his 1.0) and ground out 5 merkins to close the races.  This left us with a final score of ~7-5 which was pretty generous considering how badly Blue was beat in speed.

Wrapped up with a merkin challenge finisher which started with max merkins in 2 minutes.  Half of your Merkin count in lunges (each leg counted as 1) then half of your lunge count in plank jacks and finally half of your plank jack count in jump squats.

Our final 5 minutes was circle of mary during which we did 30 second sets of Dolly, Flutta, Rosalita, Russian Twist, Heels to Heaven and Freddy Mercury.

Moleskin:  It was a lot of fun to get out with Hopper who we hadn’t seen in quite a few weeks and play a little for once.  We often take our workouts very seriously so YHC thoroughly enjoyed bringing some game to the pain.  I believe the consensus was the pain was still significant enough to call it a first F success.  E-Trade was FNG a week ago but clearly will be a dominant force at TheRock for the foreseeable future, the man has some good wheels and isn’t afraid to work hard.   T-claps for everyone who played along gamely and I look forward to the next time I get to bring the Flipper funk back to TheRock