On a clear and humid morning, 11 pax descended upon the grounds of Sherwood Forest Elementary for what appeared to be a typical Iron Throne-y type beatdown by yours truly.\u00a0 The planets (4 of them in fact, Venous, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn) were aligned across the night sky, signaling an auspicious start to the day.\u00a0 The twist was that at 6 points in the workout the Pax would have to answer a trivia question.\u00a0 Every answer was a year in which a specific event occurred on this day (5\/2) in history.\u00a0 A two to three year grace period was allowed for the early questions. All answers were chronological.\u00a0 Correctly answered questions resulted in cheers, incorrectly answered questions resulted in sadness expressed in the form of burpees.\u00a0 The number of required burpees doubled with each passing question so 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and the last question had 32 burpees on the line.\u00a0 The pax was advised to think hard about q’s 5 and 6.<\/p>\n
The Pax gathered for WOR and we began.\u00a0 Spamalot reminded me I could not phone in the 5 tenets so they were duly recited (successfully albeit out of order, there’s an order?)<\/p>\n
WOR<\/p>\n
SSH x 10, Plank 30 seconds, Downward Dog 30 seconds, T push ups x 10 (alternative arms up in the air), IST x 15, Mountain Climber x 10<\/p>\n
Q1: On this day in history Leonardo Da Vinci died.\u00a0 What year was it?\u00a0 Amazingly the Pax got it within 2 years, 1519!\u00a0 No burpees.\u00a0 Credit – don’t recall, team effort?<\/p>\n
The Thang<\/p>\n
Phase 1 – Alternating run.\u00a0 Mosey to drop off entrance.\u00a0 Split Pax in half.\u00a0 One group runs up to a strategically placed lantern while the other group does the exercise.\u00a0 Exercises were Arm Swirlies, Squats, Jack Reachers, Lunges, Moroccan Night Clubs and Fast Feet.\u00a0 Everybody did 6 sprints in the end.<\/p>\n
Q2: On this day in history the Louisiana Purchase was ratified.\u00a0 What year was it?\u00a0 Amazingly they got it again, 1803!\u00a0 Deduced by the fact that Jefferson was president.\u00a0 Credit – Ziggy Stardust.<\/p>\n
Phase 2 – Blocks. Mosey to back parking lot.\u00a0 Pax grab cinder blocks.\u00a0 First set of exercises were curls, block merkins, deadlift all x 20.\u00a0 In between each we did high knees, butt kickers and Apollo Creed down to the end of the lot and back.<\/p>\n
Q3: On this day in history, GM purchased Chevrolet.\u00a0 What year?\u00a0 Pax got this one wrong, the answer is 1918.\u00a0 4 burpees.\u00a0 Credit for the wrong answer is shared among the Pax.<\/p>\n
Blocks again, 3 sets, same runs in between.\u00a0 Overhead press, squat and triceps press x 20<\/p>\n
Q4: On this day in history, the Loch Ness monster is spotted and recorded in print.\u00a0 What year.\u00a0 Pax strike again and guess within 3 years of 1933!\u00a0 Credit, Lamb Chop.<\/p>\n
Phase 3 – Mosey to picnic tables for the finale.\u00a0 We do the following four exercises in sequence for 15 reps, then 10 reps, then 5 reps with a short break between 15 and 10 for the last two questions.\u00a0 Irkins, Dirkins, Step ups, dips.<\/p>\n
Q5: On this day in history, the Germans surrendered in WWII.\u00a0 What year?\u00a0 Pax nailed this one.\u00a0 1945.\u00a0 Multiple right answers here but led once again by Ziggy.<\/p>\n
Q6: On this day in history, Bin Laden was killed.\u00a0 What year?\u00a0 Palin emphatically stated 2011.\u00a0 There was a bit of trepidation since 32 burpees were on the line.\u00a0 Ziggy concurred, they were right and everybody rejoiced.<\/p>\n
Mary – Group effort, LBCs, J-Lo’s, low flutter, mutton crunch, 15 degrees.<\/p>\n
Announcements, check out VQ’s by Transcript coming up this week at BnW.\u00a0 Palin will take the reigns at iron throne next week.\u00a0 Boo Boo has conspiracy on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Prayers for those suffering and thanks for the many blessings we had and the ability to be out this morning.<\/p>\n
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