The Shmed 2021 Overnight Beatdown

The Shmed overlords did not plan properly for last year’s event when over 40 people (PAX + FiA + 2.0s + innocent bystanders) unexpectedly posted for the 2am workout.  Those are crazy numbers for Winston-Salem!  So to curtail the numbers to a more...

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The SHMED is Back

Ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages!  Get ready for the Greatest Show on Earth in Winston-Salem.  Come one.  Come all.  Experience the CSAUP event of the year.  It’s COMPLETELY STUPID.  It’s UTTERLY PURPOSEFUL.  It’s both Completely...

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Olympic Dreams

Olympic fever has swept through the tiny breakaway nation of the Republic of F3.  The 9 PAX who posted this morning were vying to qualify for the next Olympiad in the track events.  Unfortunately due to scheduling and track time, the events were...

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Pop Tops

Being the lazy Q that I am, I went through my stash of old cardboard workouts in my garage (because we all have that pile, right) and dug this one out.  The last time this beatdown was performed, you a-holes left me alone with Cherry Pie.  It was...

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Going For Gold

WARM-O-RAMA. SSH, Whirly Has The Clap, Michael Phelps   BEATDOWN. Setup: Cones placed at 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100 yards. Exercises: Swings, Hand Release Mike Tysons, Curl Presses, Corkscrews Choose Your Goal: – Gold – Burpees: 20. ...

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The Ocho

F U Mike Tyson.  F U.   WARMUP.  SSH, Whirly has the Clap, Michael Phelps (everyone else), Burpees (CP)   BEATDOWN.     Run the normal figure 8 with the intersection in the middle at the stairs.  Reverse direction for each lap...

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BOMBS Over Clemmons

WARM-O-RAMA.   SSH, Whirly Has The Clap, Michael Phelps   BEATDOWN.   Run around the track at the Y.  At each turn (6 of them), perform a 10 rep H-BOMBS.  Each time the PAX pass a bench, do 10 Dips (3x per lap).  Each time the...

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Walking in Circles

WARM-O-RAMA. SSH, Whirly Has The Clap, Michael Phelps BEATDOWN. Get a rock from the quarry.  Take rock to any of the 4 cones placed equidistant around the grass circle.  That’s cone #1.  The next cone is #2, then #3, and so on. Rinse and Repeat...

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Glottaling Sherpas

WARM-O-RAMA. SSH, Whirly Has The Clap, Michael Phelps   BEATDOWN. Climb the mountain and come back down again. All exercises x 20 OYO   Do exercise #1, then run a lap. Do exercise #1, #2, #1, then run a lap. Do exercise #1, #2, #3, #2...

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Participation Trophies

WARMUP.     SSH. Whirlies. Michael Phelps.   BEATDOWN.   Step 1: Start on one baseline of the basketball court. Step 2: Perform 3 exercises with weight OYO (each arm) Curls x 10 Squat Thrusters x 10 Swings x 10 Step 3: Bear Crawl...

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Baloney Sandwiches

WARMUP.     SSH. Whirlies. Michael Phelps. Plank until someone thinks of a good safeword. (note: we planked for a LONG time)   BEATDOWN.   Choose a token from the bag. Do at least the target number of reps of the exercise written...

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Soft Elbows

WARMUP.     Burpees. SSH. Lunges. Whirlies. Imperial Stormtroopers. Michael Phelps (or Burpees if you’re you-know-who x 2). Merkins. Plank Jacks. Squats.   BEATDOWN.   Mosey on Sunset Drive to Forsyth Street.   Do a BLIMPS at...

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