Bagpipe 1/19/2016

Bagpipe 1/19/2016

I went to bed last night after reading the weather forecast….18 degrees…..

I woke up in the morning and looked at the temp again….19 degrees…the weather man in this town is never right, what a hack.

I was pleasantly surprised to see another strong turnout in SOB land in spite of the i chilly weather.  After a quick disclaimer from YHC, we were off.

Warmup

Mosey to the B-village parking deck

SSH x 15

MC x 15

SSH x 15

Merkins x 20

SSH x 15

Indian Run up the PD

Mosey down and stop at each level to complete an exercise

lvl 3 5 burpees

lvl 2 10 squat jumps

lvl 1  5 burpees

Mosey over to the pond by the Marriot

The Thang

I decided to play a  version of King of the hill. Here’s how it worked out:

The pax broke up in to groups of 3-4

Workout “stations” were selected around the pond (and fit trail) and included the following:

Box Jumps

Merkins

Dips (on trail)

Pull ups

Burpees

Each team was to run around to a station of there choice and complete as many reps as possible.  The PAX were to keep track of their total cumulative reps for each station. Team with the most reps at that station was “king of the hill”. Team with the most stations wins.

The PAX could stay on a station as long as they wanted until another team came and kicked them off.

This concept worked okay, but there were some issues. The two major ones were:

-Pens were freezing, so numbers couldn’t be written down (i provided pen and paper)

-Too many stations and not enough PAX

I think in warmer weather with a big group it would work alot better. I would also make it “silent auction” style so you don’t know how many reps the other team did until the end.

Lastly, I think it would be alot more fun if there were more groups then stations, this way groups are constantly moving.

End of the day, the all the PAX got in some pull ups, so it was worth it.

After finally getting warm at the 35 minute mark we stopped to work on the ole chesticles.

15 step-up reverse lunge L&R

20 merkins

10 wide

7 step-up reverse lunge L&R

10 stagger L and stagger R

10 diamonds

COT

Hopefully the PAX stayed warm this morning.  I had some good sweat going, but I was pretty well layered up. It was really good to see a FNG post on what was probably the coldest day of this season.  I guess when its time to start, its time to start.

Honor to lead as always.

Pebbles.