A Desert of Misery

PAX:

Blue Steel, Screech, Total Recall, Gelding, Shake Weight (WB), Roosevelt, Cobra, BAM, Undertow, Palin, Ziggy Stardust, Zima, Manscape (WD), Tupperware, Toe Tag, Cheesesteak, Drip, Chisel, Huckleberry, Bevo

QIC:

Beverly

AO:

The Estate

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Whenever YHC plans a beatdown, the focus is on creating a difficult workout for the fittest men (i.e. most physically “in shape”) in attendance. If the fittest are challenged, everyone gets better, and I believe that should be the goal.

Knowing that The Estate has a hate-leaning and/or elite athlete crowd from week-to-week, YHC had his work cut out for him. This was further compounded by an ominous and somewhat cryptic tweet from Site Q Huckleberry yesterday, promising his Twitter followers they would “never forget” this beatdown. This resulted in YHC making some late-night adjustments to what was actually a pretty simple plan, utilizing three of my favorites from the lexicon:

1. Forties
2. Red Barchetta
3. Dirty McDeuce

The trick was combining these three into an “unforgettable” experience for the 21 pax in attendance.

It all started promptly at 0530 with a mosey to The Village Tavern lot for Warm-o-rama:

•  SSH x 20
• Whirly x 15
• Alternating shoulder taps x 12
• Peter Parker x 12
• Ski jumps x 12

Then a mosey to base of the hill by the trail for Forties:

• 5 squats
• Backwards jog up hill
• 35 reverse lunges (single count)
• Jog downhill
• Increase squats by 5 reps each time
• Decrease lunges by 5 reps each time
• Run with scissors while waiting on the 6

140 squats and 140 lunges were completed, or 2,940 of each by all pax in total!

Mosey to the Rugby Field for Red Barchetta:

• 100 yard dash – 100 SSHs – return
• 75 yard dash – 75 Mountain climbers (double count) – return
• 50 yard dash – 50 LBCs – return
• 25 yard dash – 25 Merkins – return
• 10 yard dash – 10 burpees – return

—10 count by Cobra—

Dirty McDeuce:

Round 1

• Merkins x 12
• Drop lunges x 12
• American hammers x 12
• 1 lap around path

Round 2

• Diamond merkins x 12
• Monkey humpers x 12
• Heels to heaven x 12
• Beatdownus Interruptus: Time called

Mosey back to parking lot. No time for Mary.

YHC took us out of COT.

FIN

Announcements:

• TR needs Qs for Purgatory
• Zima is planning a convergence for July 4. Nag him incessantly about it.

NMM:

• The Estate never fails in bringing out the largest boot camp crowd in The Dash each week. It’s a great AO, so I get it.
• BAM called this beatdown “A Desert of Misery”. How could YHC not use that for the title of the backblast?
• Cobra was confused and thought he posted at Flatline for the first time. That’s on Tuesday and Thistle has the Q this week, so there’s still time, Cobra!
• Shake Weight will be starting The Dash’s first shake weight workout in the near future. See Slack for details.
• Gelding has a gong in his living room that he uses to EH (i.e., violently wake up) his roommates at 0500.
• If Toe Tag does an EC run before every workout, is it still considered EC?
• Pretty sure Blue Steel’s heart rate never got above 75 bpm, meaning YHC failed today.
• Balco knew it was Leg Day yet was a no-show anyway.