Author Archive Flutie Flakes

The Mythical 8-Headed Beast

11 men fought the urge to fartsack and converged on the grounds of Olde Providence Elementary.  Here’s what we did:

Quick lap around the parking lot and circle up for a lite warm up all IC::

8 SSH
8 Merkins
8 Mountain Climbers
8 Low Slow Squat
Rinse and repeat!

Mosey to track and do 8 laps

Mosey to Back football field
Starting at the end zone line,
Bear Crawl to 10, sprint back and do 1 burpee
bear Crawl to 20, sprint back and do 2 burpees
Bear Crawl to 30, sprint back and do 3 burpees
Bear Crawl to 40, sprint back and do 4 burpees
Bear Crawl to 50, sprint back and do 5 burpees
Bear Crawl to 40, sprint back and do 6 burpees
Bear Crawl to 30, sprint back and do 7 burpees
Bear Crawl to 20, sprint back and do 8 burpees

Mosey to Snack Shack
8 jump ups
16 Decline Merkins
24 dips
Rinse and Repeat

Mosey to t-ball field and partner up (size did not matter)
Partner wheel-barrow around bases, switching at each base
Partner prairie fire Mary – 10 each side

Mosey back to cars and circle up
10 8 count body builders

6 MOM
10 LBC (as called by Frosty Paws)
8 Dollys (as called by Good Hands)
Protractor (as called by Gummy)
2 rounds of Greatest American Hero
Boat/Canoe until time expired

FIN!

Moleskin:
Great job by everyone out there on a very humid morning. My tweet last night hinted that Hydra would live up to its name. Iron Horse asked if we would get wet…well yes, but that was unintentional. As defined by Wikipedia (so you know it has to be true) –

“The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna (Greek: Λερναῖα Ὕδρα, Lernaîa Hýdra), more often known simply as the Hydra, was an ancient serpentine water monster with reptilian traits in Greek and Roman mythology. It possessed many heads—the poets mention more heads than the vase-painters could paint—and for each head cut off it grew two more. It had poisonous breath and blood so virulent that even its scent was deadly.”

It is often pictured with 8 heads, so 8 was the magic #.  It was muggy out there and YHC got the sweat on early and YHC and Plug ran in, as did Ironside.  8 laps got the heart rate up, as Gummy and Harley took on a fast pace and kept it for the mile.  The bear crawls on the field seemed to be a crowd pleaser.  I swore I would never Q burpees.  As the great singer/songwriter Justin Bieber croons, “Never Say Never”. Note to self – It is dark back there and the lines were not as easily seen as I thought. I am sure some liberties with the yardage were taken. #PPPPP.

One of my favorites is Wheelbarrow.  Its fun to do and fun to watch others do.  And the PFM created a lot of confusion and mumble chatter…3 sides people – left, right, center.

I think today I can boast that Hydra had the best singers of any workout…We sounded like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing the theme to Greatest American Hero. YHC was moved!

Thanks as always for sticking with me.  It was an honor to lead such a fine PAX!

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