11 PAX swarmed to Stonewall Saturday, August 12, 2017 for the second workout in YHC’s Week of the Mule. Weather was cooperative – mid 70s and clear but very humid. Sun was up. Started at 6:00 on-the-dot as planned.
The 11 PAX were YHC Blue Mule, Deep Dish, Foxtrot, Faulkner, Hambone, Badboy, Cuba Libre, Binary, Crawfish, Blue Mule, Edible Arrangements, and Bagger Vance.
PRE-HUSTLE: T-Claps to the PAX (I believe it was Bagger Vance, Funyuns (who couldn’t stick around for the main workout), Hambone, and Edible Arrangements — my apologies if you were there and I left you out) who shoved off a zero dark thirty with their rucksacks in order to smash a ruckmarch before the thang.
SHOCK-AND-AWE: 10 burpees. Nine chest-to-ground diamond merkins. Eight burpees. Seven chest-to-ground diamond merkins. Six burpees. Five chest-to-ground diamond merkins. Four burpees. Three chest-to-ground diamond merkins. Two burpees. One chest-to-ground diamond merkins. That’s 30 burpees and 25 chest-to-ground diamond merkins. Makes you feel like you are shot out of a catapult! Many PAX still rolling in during the shock-and-awe!
COUPONS: Five coupons. Four are wrapped up bricks, weighing 25 pounds. One is a plate that is 30 pounds – weighs five more pounds but has a nice little handle. All PAX team up in pairs (one odd-man-out team of three) and take command of a coupon – gotta carry that thing around during the whole workout!
Coupon mosey to the stone wall next to the swings.
THRUSTERS AND BURPEE BOX JUMPS: One PAX performs thrusters while other PAX performs burpee box jumps. When the PAX performing thrusters reaches the designated amount of reps for the round, that PAX hands the coupon over to their teammate to perform the designated amount of reps for the round. When both PAX complete the thrusters, side-straddle-hop for the six. First round is five thrusters, second round is 10 thrusters, third round is 15 thrusters, and finally the fourth round is 20 thrusters.
Coupon mosey to the wire fence connected to the brick building.
DRAGONFLYS AND COUPON WALL SITS: One PAX performs 20 dragonflys (back on ground, hands on fence, lift entire legs and feet up and touch the top of the fence, one rep complete when feet placed back on ground, keep legs locked during this exercise) while other PAX grabs coupon and performs wall-sit. Round complete when each teammate has completed 20 dragonflys. Plank for the six between each round. Total of four rounds.
Coupon mosey to the basketball courts.
OVERHEAD ARM CLAPS AND COUPON DUCK WALKS: One PAX performs coupon duck walk while other PAX perform overhead arm claps. A round is complete when the all teammates have performed the duck walk for the designated length of the court. Round one is to nearest free-throw line, round two is to half-court, round three is to farthest free-throw line, round four is full-court. That’s a lot of duck-walking.
Coupon mosey to the soccer field.
COUPON SPRINTS: One PAX sprints with coupon, then hands it to teammate when sprint complete. If you aren’t sprinting, then pick between either preacher-sit or overhead arm claps. Round one sprint length of the soccer field and perform one burpee before returning, round two sprint length of the soccer field and perform two burpees before returning, round three sprint up the hill and perform three burpees before returning, and round four sprint up the hill and perform four burpees before returning.
Coupon mosey back to the start with a quick break at the water fountain.
MARY: 120 four-count Jane Fondas in cadence, switching legs every 20 count. Sounds easy on paper – you try it after lugging those coupons around for 55 minutes and tell me it is easy!
Pleasure leading you gentlemen and I’ll see you in the gloom!
Out
Blue Mule