The Advent Calendar of Pain

The Advent Calendar of Pain

15 men decided to combat the gluttony that comes along with the holiday season and post at Bagpipe.  Speedo season will be around the corner soon fellas.  We did not even attempt a tour of the Ballantyne Corporate Park and due to the sketchy winter weather of late took it straight to the Ballantyne Village parking deck.  Here is how it all went down.

Warm Up:

Mosey to Ballantyne Village with an extra lap around the parking lot with shuffle left, butt kickers and then shuffle right.  Then to the warmth of the deck for

15 SSH

15 IW

15 Hillbilly’s

15 Mtn Climbers

15 Morroccan Night Clubs

The Thang:

YHC created what I like to call the Advent Calendar of Pain (c). Partner up and we ended up with 7 teams which was right on the money.  Since we have 14 days left until Christmas YHC pre laid out 7 exercises, numbered 1-7, on the next level up with 7 more, numbered 1-7, on the level above that (see what I did there?).  Instead of a piece of candy behind each day until Christmas, the Pax were lucky enough to discover an exercise behind each day.  YHC gave a team number 1-7 to each pairing of Pax.  It was at this moment that Kirby pointed out that he and Frehley’s were Team #1.  Noticing that both guys had on their Clemson attire and not missing an opportunity to pounce on the ever increasing Bama/Clemson rivalry YHC stated that he should have made them Team #2.  In full disclosure Clemson was my preseason and current pick to win it all.

The idea was for the teams to take off and find the exercise number that corresponded to their Team #.  Do that exercise then run up the ramp and do the corresponding exercise.  Run back down and do the next exercise in order then repeat.  So for example, Team #3 did #3 on the bottom, ran up did exercise #3, ran down did exercise #4, ran up and did exercise #4…until all were completed.  YHC had a surprise and had a bonus exercise for Christmas Day, more on those later.  The exercises were:

Lower Level:

#1 – 15 diamond merkins

#2 – 1 minute 6 inches with legs

#3 – 25 heels to heaven

#4 – 15 hand slap merkins

#5 – 24 J’Lo’s

#6 – 1 minute elbow plank

#7 – 25 LBC’s

Upper Level:

#1 – 24 chippy cross

#2 – 25 Freddy Mercury’s

#3 – 15 Carolina dry docks

#4 – 12 partner plank derkins

#5 – 1 minute protractor

#6 – 25 hand slap sit ups

#7 – 25 flutters

The Christmas Day bonus was on the bottom the teams had to partner wheelbarrow back up the ramp.  This sucked but was manageable.  The Christmas Day bonus on the top was to crawl bear (backwards bear crawl) back down the ramp.  This sucked even more than YHC imagined that it would.  Honestly YHC had to heed his own disclaimer advice and modify as necessary on that one. Once everyone was in we ran back up to collect the papers, ran back down collecting the papers and headed back to launch getting back right at 6:15.

Moleskin:

Awesome work by the Pax this morning.  Everyone was back and forth on the ramps cranking out the exercises and busting it to the next.  With the back and forth nature of the workout it was tell who crushed it out front but I appreciate the Morning Brisket Team for getting in and leading Mary until everyone got in.  And it looked like the Happy Mic Check Meal Team may have finished and run an extra round up the ramps.  Not sure if Mic Check had the weight vest on under the layers of clothes but solid work nonetheless.  YHC gave specific instructions to stick with your partner and not move to the next exercise until both guys were done.  Everyone adhered and hopefully enjoyed some 2nd F throughout this workout.  Thanks to Tagalong for pulling my slow tail along and keeping the workout fun with talk throughout.  YHC has been feeling a little extra Kris Kringle weight with all of the holiday fetting so I went heavy on the ab and core exercises.  We should be able to enjoy some extra haystacks (YHC’s favorite Christmas treat) and craft brews this season.  Thanks all for posting, giving it your all and making it fun.

And in the words of Snake from Home Alone, “Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.”