A Beastly Beatdown

A Beastly Beatdown

QIC: Van Gogh

Date: 02/17/2025

PAX: @Rubber Ducky, @Rollback, @Zesty, @ziggy stardust, @Zima, @dr. toot (WD), @Bagpipe (WB), @van.gogh (QIC)

Lesson of the day: Long car rides make for lots of time spent developing bad ideas.

YHC loves cinder blocks, and bear crawls… and then the kids have been watching lots of “Beast Games” so the term “Beast” was stuck in my head…Beast implying a TOUGH (all caps) beatdown. And then the thought of rows and grip strength came to mind…. And the Eureka moment went something like: “Hey Mallory, how does a pinch grip on a cinder block that you hold during a bear crawl sound?!” After explaining what bear crawls and pinch grips were, she said .. “That sounds impossible.” Which was the sign YHC needed to make it happen. Mix in a little partner work, running on the track, and decent rep counts, and BOOM. Here goes:

Warm-o-rama

• Mission Statement / Core Principles!
• SSH x 20 IC
• CHS x 15 IC
• IST x 20 IC
• AV x 6 IC
• Mosey to Blocks

The Thang

• Overhead carry block to the track
• Partner Up
• Beast Crawl
  • Partner A Bear Crawl with a block in each hand around the track (lifting block with hands to move forward)
  • Partner B does 20 pull ups, then chases down Partner A
  • Flip Flop Repeato until you go around the track
• Resurrection Beast
  • Partner A reverse beast crawl (bear crawl with a block in each hand) around the track (dragging black to move backwards around track)
  • Partner B does 20 merkins, then chases down Partner A
  • Flip Flop Repeato until you go around the track
• Beast Lunge 
  • At the basketball courts, Partner A Lunge Walks with a block in each hand toward block drop off
  • Partner B does 25 monkey humpers, then chases down Partner A
  • Flip Flop Repeato until you get to block drop off
• Mosey to start

Mary:

• American Hammers til 6 is up
• American Hammers x 20 IC

CoT:

• Bagpipe’s friend JC recovering  from surgery 
• Rollback’s M getting clarity and answers from upcoming follow up appt post surgery (praise it went well)
• Prayers for Dr Toots M, in California with their grandson for a good visit,, and prayer for Dr Toot not going stir crazy waiting to get out there

NMM:

• Had no clue how long it was going to take, but it definitely ended up as hard as YHC thought it would.
• 3 rounds for the Beast Crawl, and 2 rounds for the Resurrection Beast. 
• Time was running low so we Beast Lunged heading back to the block pile instead of around the track again. 
• Beat crawls led to lots of complaints about grip strength failing, shoulders burning, back aching. 
• Rollback said that it was definitely a Van Gogh friendly motion. Sorry no burpees were included in today’s workout!
• Ducky said he felt like a Bag of Richards after.
• Zima said YHC doesn’t have to act on his horrible ideas, to which Rollback said that was like the pot calling the kettle black. Especially after that Alcatraz Q this past Saturday (which YHC was sad to miss).
• Finally met Zesty, who was YHCs partner. He didn’t seem to get too mad at me for the dumb workout, so I think that means we can be friends! He
• Great to see Root Canal out there. He hit the first round with a good modification, constantly moving, and then was out there doing the Resurrection Beast – making it look easy in the knee brace!
• Ziggy was moving quickly along the track with his partner Root. Still waiting for him to find a way to get ChatGPT to do the workout for him!
• Bagpipe didn’t complain once, and I think he was happy to get his money’s worth.
• Unfortunately, YHC forgot to start the watch so none of this counted… but it was likely 1.5 miles travelled? “Only” 60 pull-ups, 40 Merkins, 80 Monkey humpers, and three modes of transportation.
• At least one PAX had hoped it would be a 20×25 beatdown, alas – it was not meant to be today. Maybe next time!

Thanks for the reminder on Sunday, Ducky, travelling home would have made fartsacking awfully tempting this morning! Working out with the PAX was a MUCH better start to the week! SYITG,