Week One of the Winter Hillympics is in the books! See the end of the backblast for more details on scoring and some of the changes to this year’s competition. It’s not too late to come out – join us next week!
Today, we broke into three teams and got work done in beautiful 27 degree weather.
PAX:
Team Red – Yard Sale, Boy Band, Too Tall, Hot N Ready, Life Champ
Team White – Blood Clot, Umbrella, Frugal Macdoogal (QIC), Black Lung, Prevac
Team Blue – Tampa Libra, White Russian, Venus, Bagger Vance
Here’s what happened:
Disclaimer then mosey down to the amphitheater for WOR:
SSH x 12, GM x 12, WMH x 12, FBAC x 12, RBAC x 12, Overhead Claps x 12, Shoulder Press x 12, Seal Claps x 12, Imperial Walkers x 12
We divided into our three teams and grabbed a barbell with weight (65lbs. total) and the battle ropes.
Competition One: Curls
- First team to complete 200 curls wins.
- Additional rule: someone had to be doing the battle rope at all times – if the ropes were dropped then that team would have a -10 rep penalty on their curls. The rest of the team was rotating between wall sits and abs.
- 1st place (2 points) – White
- 2nd place (1 point) – Blue
- 3rd place – Red
Competition Two: Upright Rows
- First team to complete 200 upright rows wins.
- 1st place (2 points) – White
- 2nd place (1 point) – Red
- 3rd place – Blue
Competition Three: Shoulder Press
- First team to complete 200 shoulder presses wins.
- 1st place (2 points) – White
- 2nd place (1 point) – Red
- 3rd place – Blue
Competition Four: Squats
- First team to complete 200 squats wins.
- 1st place (2 points) – Blue
- 2nd place (1 point) – Red
- 3rd place – White
Competition Five: Battle Rope
- One representative from each team would do the battle rope as long as possible.
- 1st place (2 points) – Blue (Venus)
- 2nd place (1 point) – Red (Yard Sale)
- 3rd place – White (Frugal)
Return weights and then mosey to top lot for COT.
Reminders:
- First Friday/Leadership Lunch tomorrow at Richland Country Club. Let Umbrella know TODAY if you’re in.
- Bring a gift to next week’s workout to support YES. Check with Tampa Libra and slack for more details. Hillympics points awarded.
Great job today and look forward to the second annual Winter Hillympics!
Till Next Time,
Frugal Macdoogal
SCOREBOARD:
Red – 5
White – 7
Blue – 6
DETAILS ON THE WINTER HILLYMPICS:
The Winter Hillympics is a competition over the months of December and January to have fun, get better, and encourage attendance during the cold/bad weather time of the year. After talking with some of the PAX, we’ve made one big change this year – we’re going to have two separate competitions: Team and Individual. See below for those dates. Here’s the point system and a few more bits of information:
Points:
- Competitions:
- 1st place: 2 points
- 2nd place: 1 point
- 3rd place: 0 points
- Attendance (Team Competition):
- 75% or more of your team in attendance: 1 point
- At least 50% of your team and temperature below 20 degrees: 1 point
- At least 50% of your team and constant rain: 1 point
- 75% and temperature below 20 degrees: 2 points
- 75% and constant rain: 2 points
- At least 50% of your team and snow on the ground: 2 points
- At least 50% of your team and temperature below 10 degrees: 2 points
- 75% and snow on the ground: 3 points
- 75% and temperature below 10 degrees: 3 points
- Additional Points (Team Competition):
- Shovel Flag:
- 1 point per week if your team has a shovel flag.
- YES Christmas Drive:
- 1 point for each person who brings in a toy/item for the YES Christmas drive to the workout on December 13 (max of 5 points per team).
- Shovel Flag:
Other Details:
- The Team Competition will run for six weeks until January 10. This competition will be between 3 teams (Red, White, and Blue). PAX that were not at Week One will be placed on a team at their first post during the Hillympics.
- On January 17, the Hill will converge at 413 Strong to support their new class.
- The Individual Competition will run for two weeks on January 24 and 31 with a crowning of a Winter Hillympics champion.