PAX: Bad Boy, Bicentennial Man, Silver Medal, Boone’s Farm, En Fuego
QIC: En Fuego
Conditions: A gloomy 47 degrees
Let’s First Go Inside the Numbers:
- 11 straight SEC losses
- 23 months since the last SEC win, spanning 694 days
- 15 straight losses to the SEC West, with 7 straight seasons of posting an 0-2 record against the West
- An impressive run of losing its last game against every SEC opponent
All is no mas and never to be quoted again, thanks to some friendly action down on The Plains this past Saturday. While YHC didn’t get to see a second of it, today YHC and 4 other PAX donned their orange pride and Smokey Grey unis and celebrated such an occasion – Tennessee Tailgate Style.
5:30: A rusty Disclaimer given, reflective of YHC’s recent time on the IR, followed by an invite to get this TN tailgate started in true fashion. With that, we go straight into Rocky Top (Ozbourne Brothers rendition for all you eager to add to your Spotify mix). SSH during the song with a burpee at each “Rocky Top”. YHC left amazingly unimpressed with the fellow PAX lyrical knowledge of this great tune.
We then mosey off campus to neighboring Burton Hills, setting up COP at the top of the parking garage at 30 Burton Hills. YHC mentions that we want to make sure the Auburn faithful among us (Silver Medal, #where’sfoggy?) are still fully aboard the GusBus, following the recent 7-year, $49 million extension and awarding the Vols their first SEC win in 694 days. With that, we perform the following IC:
G – Good Mornings x 7
U – Up Straddle Hop x 4
S – Scorpion Stretch x 9 (we’ve now got the 7 years, $49mm)
B – Baby Arm Circles x 6 (F & R with 23 count in-between, for the 23 months since last win)
U – Up Straddle Hop x 9
S – Slow & Low Squats x 4 (we’ve got our 694 days covered – and all are still fully aboard the GusBus)
We then mosey out of the parking garage to the base of the hill leading from Burton Hills Blvd to Covenant Presbyterian Church. YHC informs the PAX what a long, uphill battle it has been since that last W – so let us commemorate with some hill work. We break into two teams – Team Vols with YHC, Boone’s and Bicentennial and Team War Eagle with Silver Medal, Bad Boy & #where’sfoggy?. Final score was 30-24, so team Team Vols will do 30 reps of each prescribed exercise (90 cumulative); Team War Eagle will do 24 reps (48 cumulative). Once Team War Eagle completes their 48 reps, they plank and hold from the sideline, watching Team Vols get better. Once all PAX are in, the two teams run together up the hill, where we R&R in varying fashion:
V – V-ups, then run to the top of the hill (hill #1). After a 10 count, we mosey down the opposite hill, exiting out to Harding Place (hill #2). All in, we perform:
O – One-legged deadlift, then Bernie Sanders back up the hill to the Church. After a 10 count, mosey back down hill #1. All in, we perform:
L – Lieutenant Dan’s, then run back up to top of hill #1; after a 10 count we mosey back to base of hill #2 for some:
S – Single Hand-Release Merkins (modified to 20 count for time); then Bernie Sanders back up hill #2.
5 minutes left on the clock, we mosey back to the friendly confines of #IIIPillars. Time called and we end with COT. Continued prayers for Bad Boy and his M throughout pregnancy; prayers for all the people affected by Hurricane Michael.
Strong tailgate effort to each of the PAX – total of 2.5 miles covered, way too much of that being at a steep incline. Appreciative of the opportunity to lead.
Until next time, hoping it’s not another 23 months…
En Fuego