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Huge Crowd, High Five Bro

QIC: Van Gogh

Date: 08/22/2020

PAX: Bulldog, DDay, Offsides, Drano, Pony Express, BAM, TPS, Root Canal, Total Recall, TPS, Spamalot, Splash, Argyle, Rust Bucket, Burlap, Toe Tag, (Former FNG) Julia, Hedwig, (Former FNG) Tik Tok, Bevo, Greenspan, H.O.G., Zima, Turnover, Red Baron, Parkay (WB), Green Acres (WD), Van Gogh (WB, QIC)

YHC has the 5000RepChallenge first and foremost in his mind these days so the plan easily concluded at those 5 excersizes being called for the beatdown… exclusively. Also, at OGs the Friday before, YHC was inspired by Beverly’s route to try and explore new territory. So a deep look at the map was given and YHC remembered the sidewalk out the back of the school property as well as Fairview Moravian nearby… lo and behold, there was some potential for fun. And while the size of the crowd required some modifications, the plan morphed into something like what’s below.


Warm-o-rama

  • IST x 16 IC
  • Whirlies x 12 IC
  • Shoulderama (ASTf/ASTr/SC/OHC/MNC x 12 IC  each)
  • Copperhead Squats x 12 IC

 

The Thang

  • The High 5
    • SSH x 20 OYO
    • Squat x 20 OYO
    • Burpee x 20 OYO
    • Merkin x 20 OYO
    • WWII x 20 OYO
  • High 5 at Each island
  • Mosey to Fairview Moravian
  • High 5 at Each intersection Ormond/Magazine/Hope Valley/Prytania
  • PAX line up length of the parking lot (approx one per line)
  • Cycle through High 5, on each side of lot
    • 1st set) Bear crawl from side to side, 
    • 2nd set) Lunge Walk from side to side
  • PAX split into groups of ~5, perform American Hammer
  • Relay groups to the Lido Deck, (take shorter Prytania Rd route back) perform American Hammer till called and after arriving.
  • Keep groups, assign a High 5 exercise to each group (a group merged somewhere and we only had 4 stations).
  • PAX perform exercise at each station and rotate til done or called.
  • Meet in the lot, finish burpees.
  • Mosey back to launch

 

Mary

  • The Thistle x 1,2,3,4,5,5 Merkins
  • LBCs x 20 IC
  • Freddy Merc x 20 IC
  • Mutton Crunch L/R x 20 IC

 

CoT

  • Sign up for THE SHMED. EH a donation, pledge, canned goods, and/or 2AM post to fundraise for Crisis Control Ministry.
  • Sign up for THE SHMED. EH a donation, pledge, canned goods, and/or 2AM post to fundraise for Crisis Control Ministry.
  • Sign up for THE SHMED. EH a donation, pledge, canned goods, and/or 2AM post to fundraise for Crisis Control Ministry.
  • Sign up for THE SHMED. EH a donation, pledge, canned goods, and/or 2AM post to fundraise for Crisis Control Ministry.
  • Sign up for THE SHMED. EH a donation, pledge, canned goods, and/or 2AM post to fundraise for Crisis Control Ministry.Sign up for THE SHMED. EH a donation, pledge, canned goods, and/or 2AM post to fundraise for Crisis Control Ministry.
  • Can’t say it enough: Sign up for THE SHMED. EH a donation, pledge, canned goods, and/or 2AM post to fundraise for Crisis Control Ministry.
  • Welcome to Former FNG Chris, who was brought by Toe Tag and is in wilderness medicine and also a classically trained chef(?). Dude is a beast, the name Baer Grylles that was lofted about was too fitting. So we opted for Julia (Childs).
  • Welcome to former FNG Lucas, a paramedic and relatively young. Hedwig declares he had a lot of wire rolls forYHC during the beatdown today… so we chose Tik Tok, which ironically YHC was just talking about not knowing anything about the other day… (which the PAX didn’t believe because YHC works in IT).  nothing.
  • YHC took us out lifting up our city and asking for TheShmed to be a success!

 

NMM 

  • PAX got in 80-100 burpee’s, 100 SSH, 80 WWIIs, 100 Merkins, and 100 squats amongst 2.5 miles of travel, at least .5 miles of which was bear crawling or lunge walking!
  • Many of the PAX didn’t seem to know that YHC was Qing… There is a calendar, check it often, and don’t be afraid to post at multiple AOs, even if the drive is a bit further. Maybe Saturday was a lesson for many to start doing that. 
  • What a crowd. 28 PAX?! Luckily, YHC had already made plans to explore to new territory, at Fairview Moravian church (See picture of mapped route), which has a HUGE parking lot.
  • How many times have you been to TRQ or Purgatory? Has anyone ever thought to take that back sidewalk away from the school (Aside from maybe Closer who lives back there)? I think it blew a couple PAX minds that you could leave that way… perhaps a future escape route for torturous beatdowns?
  • As expected, the burpees were a crowd pleaser, and part of a simple strategy to preview the #5000RepChallenge. The big crowd forced the plan to be made even more simple, with less work in transit for safety’s sake, and basically Omaha-ing the entire back 75%. 
  • TPS asked for a simple Q, and immediately took it back when bear crawls and High Five exercises were repeated… YHC likes simple:-)
  • The PAX took up the entire length of a 25 space wide parking lot right off of Silas Creek. SO large was the crowd that YHC had to yell at the top of his lungs to stop the PAX from complaining about not knowing what to do. Okay, that would be an understandable complaint…
  • A great modification I saw was a double mosey back and forth instead of Bear Crawl. #Smart
  • We were so spread out it’s as hard to hear all the MC, but YHC was relieved to see the subgroups keeping each other in check.
  • Amazingly, Zima and I were able to visually communicate across the parking lot with what to do while waiting for the six. Perhaps we work out together too much?
  • Amazing to see Toe Tag, Hedwig, Rust Bucket and Total Recall amongst the PAX again. Keep it up boys!!
  • Lots of #Respects out there, who are always an inspiration for YHC to strive and be like them when I grow up.
  • Good to see Parkay for the first time in a while, getting faster and stronger for sure!
  • Red Baron, HOG, and Greenspan all seem ready for the 5000RepChallenge, they barely slowed down at all…
  • Argyle must not like coming to my Qs, but always decides to begrudgingly come anway. I assume this because he’s been late twice in a row now, but arrives just in Time for burpee’s so it’s all good!
  • TClaps to the 6 PAX who stayed for the Murph after and earned $120 for Crisis Control Ministry! Hedwig (his idea), Toe Tag, Zima, Red Baron, DDay, Former FNG Julia, and some future FNGs who didn’t count: Drew and Zach!
  • A video for #TheShmed was made after the beatdown, it was awesome. TR provided commentary while we were planning, it was also awesome. 

 

Thanks for the opportunity to lead such a gigantic group of fine men, Offsides! I appreciate every one of y’all, and hope to see you at #TheShmed!

 

Van Gogh