Burpee Variations in the Rain at #Thunder

For those pax who haven’t posted to #Thunder in a while, Hand Middle School constructed a long covered walkway adjacent to the field. This cover provides the perfect place to workout in a rain event. YHC didn’t want to rob the pax of a #warstory after waking up and posting in the rain. So while we initally gathered under the canopy, we quickly #embracedthesuck and got a little, well, a lot, wet. Good times were had by the 14 pax who posted this morning. These guys discovered a new method for completing the #burpee. This is how it happened:

The Thang:
Warm up lap around the parking lot, then straight to the field.
Line up on the edge of the field for Round 1:

5 Broad Jump Burpees.
– Circle Up –
5 OYO Burpees
5 OYO Clurpees (Burpee with a clap merkin, credit: Paperboy)

5 OYO Rabbit Burpees

5 OYO #DiamondDavidLeeRoth Burpee (A Burpee with a diamond merkin followed by your best David Lee Roth Jump).

10×4 IC Merkins
5×4 IC Wide Arm Merkins
5×4 IC Diamond Merkins
5×4 IC Tricept Merkins. This is a merkin with your hands placed close to the body, near the belly button. Arms bend parallel to the body instead of perpendicular.

10×4 IC Squats
10×4 IC Monkey Humpers
10×4 IC Jump Lunges
When complete, Air Chair. When YHC calls go, preform a Tuck Jump, then return to Air Chair Total of 5 Tuck Jumps. #Crowdpleaser

10×4 IC Russian Twists

10 OYO V-Ups
10×4 IC LBCs
10 OYO Freddie Mercurys

Return to the Line on the edge of the field, sprint to the other side.

#Rinseandrepeat:

Back on the line:
5 Broad Jump Burpees.
– Circle Up –
5 OYO Burpees
5 OYO Clurpees
5 OYO Rabbit Burpees
and then
5 OYO Rabbit Burpees #forgoodmeasure.
5 OYO #DiamondDavidLeeRoth Burpee

5×4 IC Merkins
5×4 IC Wide Arm Merkins
5×4 IC Diamond Merkins
5×4 IC Tricept Merkins.

10×4 IC Squats
10×4 IC Monkey Humpers
10×4 IC Jump Lunges
When complete, Air Chair. When YHC calls go, preform a Tuck Jump, then return to Air Chair Total of 5 Tuck Jumps.
#Crowdpleaser

10×4 IC Russian Twists
10 OYO V-Ups
10×4 IC LBCs
10 OYO Freddie Mercurys

Return to the Line on the edge of the field, sprint to the other side.

#Rinseandrepeat:

Back on the line:
5 Broad Jump Burpees.
– Circle Up –
5 OYO Burpees
5 OYO Clurpees (Burpee with a clap merkin, credit: Paperboy)
5 OYO Rabbit Burpees
5 OYO #DiamondDavidLeeRoth Burpee

5×4 IC Merkins
5×4 IC Wide Arm Merkins
5×4 IC Diamond Merkins
5×4 IC Tricept Merkins.

10×4 IC Squats
10×4 IC Monkey Humpers
10×4 IC Jump Lunges
When complete, Air Chair. When YHC calls go, preform a Tuck Jump, then return to Air Chair Total of 5 Tuck Jumps. #Crowdpleaser

10×4 IC Russian Twists
10 OYO V-Ups
10×4 IC LBCs
10 OYO Freddie Mercurys

Return to the Line on the edge of the field, sprint to the other side.

The plan was to #RinseandRepeat again, but our friends from #Brickpile arrived, so we mixed it up just a tad. But first, we had to get through the Burpee Sequence:

Back on the line:
5 Broad Jump Burpees.
– Circle Up –
5 OYO Burpees
5 OYO Clurpees (Burpee with a clap merkin, credit: Paperboy)
5 OYO Rabbit Burpees
5 OYO #DiamondDavidLeeRoth Burpee

YHC hands the Q over the Heartbreaker, the #Brickpile Q.
Heartbreaker calls Merkins. Did he know that was coming??

5 x 4IC Wide Arm Merkins
5 x 4IC Regular Merkins
5 x 4IC Wide Arm Merkins
5 x 4IC Regular Merkins. #PerfectFit.

#Brickpile pax depart.

We complete the set:
10×4 IC Squats
10×4 IC Monkey Humpers
10×4 IC Jump Lunges
When complete, Air Chair. When YHC calls go, preform a Tuck Jump, then return to Air Chair Total of 5 Tuck Jumps. #Crowdpleaser

10×4 IC Russian Twists
10 OYO V-Ups
10×4 IC LBCs
10 OYO Freddie Mercurys

This time line up on the line and BearCrawl to mid field, sprint the remainder.

That is 4 rounds of that terribleness.

Over to the Planters.
10x4IC Dips
10x4IC Incline Merkins
10x4IC Decline Merkins

Finally, with a minute left, YHC gives the pax a little Christmas present – the exercise that was requested the entire workout, the Little Baby Arm Circles.

20×4 IC LBAC Forward
20×4 IC LBAC Backward while walking back to the field.

#Jailbreak back to the #ShovelFlag.
Workout complete.

BOM: Closed out by Costanza
Devo: By Seeker

Moleskin:
– Again, many, many threats sent YHC’s way. At one point McLovin asked if YHC was OK with never seeing his family again. All good fun. Great job on a tough workout in the rain, men. #congrats. #AllDayToRest.
– Great to see the #Brickpile pax arrive. Upon their arrival though, the #Thunder pax informed them that they chose the wrong morning to drop by. The arrived just in time for the Burpee Variation set. Nice to have bestoted that round on two AOs in the same workout.
– Despite what the pax may think the #DiamondDavidLeeRothBurpee is already in the Exercise list. This one came from Big Bertha in Augusta. Thanks for the idea, buddy.
– Always a good time leading the pax. There were plenty of complaints about the rain, but all pax hung in there, especially when it started pouring while we were in the merkin position. The pax could really feel the rain on their backs.
– Nice to hear that #Myrtle also thought that #Hammer needed a dose of Burpees in the rain. #GreatMinds.
– Spot – be aware, Seeker would like to never be on the Devo Q when YHC Qs. I don’t know why??

Annoucements:
– 1.1.16 F3 Anniversary workout in Charlotte. Catch up with Robber or Chaser to get a spot in the #ClownCar.
– No workouts Christmas Day.
– Keep your ears open and check the upcoming #Newsletter for a 1.2.16 Columbia Convergence. It will be somewhere at sometime. Details still developing.
– HDHH Today Wednesday is on @ Henrys.