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In late 2020, our dear, young, and exuberant Burns launched the 2021 Challenge.\u00a0 Each participant was to complete by year\u2019s end of 2021: 20210 Merkins, 20210 Squats, 20210 WWIIs, and 10105 Burpees.\u00a0 The PAX started strong, flying out of the gates.\u00a0 For the first few months, many of us were ahead of the daily pace, easily coasting towards the goal.\u00a0 Then one by one, the stumbling began.\u00a0 Anyway, in the hopes of allowing a little catch up, YHC chose to create a beatdown consisting of all (or mostly) Burnsies.\u00a0 What\u2019s a Burnsy, you ask?\u00a0 It\u2019s a 4-part exercise – one Squat, followed by one Burpee, followed by one WWII, followed by one Merkin.\u00a0 That\u2019s one rep.\u00a0 Simple.\u00a0 Right?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Warmaramamamamamama.<\/b><\/p>\n

Some stupid time-wasting BS as usual.\u00a0 Nobody cares.\u00a0 If you are concerned about being warmed up, do it before the workout starts.\u00a0 The beatdowns are already too short and nobody wants to waste any of the precious minutes holding a pose named after an actor who would be a centenarian this year.\u00a0 That\u2019s for Silver Sneakers and I\u2019m sure those classes have availability at the local rec centers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Setup:<\/b> 4 cones spaced out about 25 yards apart in a straight line in the parking lot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Equipment:<\/b> A hard working attitude, one cinder block.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Beatdown<\/b><\/p>\n

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We started off by doing a normal <\/span>SHUTTLE RUN<\/b> between the cones with <\/span>5 BURNSIES<\/b> at each one.\u00a0 For the non-math majors out there, that\u2019s 7 different stops, totaling <\/span>35 BURNSIES<\/b>.\u00a0 Oh yeah, we carried cinder blocks with us to minimize the running.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because that idea was so popular, we did it again.\u00a0 But this time there was a twist.\u00a0 We picked (read I chose) a pacer.\u00a0 For each member of the PAX who finished ahead of the pacer, he was exempt from the penalty.\u00a0 Each one who finished behind the pacer suffered the penalty.\u00a0 But to make the competition a bit more \u201cfair\u201d, each PAX performed a different number of BURNSIES based on his previous finishing order.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sea-Man was a solid pacer.\u00a0 Sour Mash did whatever he felt like (more on that later).\u00a0 60 Minutes flew through the exercises (might need a proctor next time).\u00a0 And because karma is a bitch, Zima finished DFL by a long shot.\u00a0 #PenaltyTime\u00a0 Since Sea-Man is a true warrior, he joined Zima in the <\/span>10 BLOCKEE<\/b> penalty.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Since we were running out of time, we did a 50%, 75%, and AYG SPRINT<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We finished with a few simple Mary exercises: Straight Leg Crunches, Freddie Mercuries, Heels to Heaven, Pickle Pounders<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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DONE.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Dangerous Thoughts from the Q\u2019s Head:<\/b><\/p>\n