YHC got a DM from Fieri with the challenge of a secret Q gambling month at the wall. I took the first slot because better to set the bar than have to clear the bar.
Gambling is competitive and while F3 is not (except that you are competing with yourself to get better) I had a hard time trying to figure out how to create a non-competitive workout. And as most people do when they can’t figure something out I basically said “F this” we’re going to do a competition, there will be a winner which will result in eternal glory or in this case until 6:38am.
One other thing to note, everything at the AO is now locked up tighter than a crab’s ass. Can’t get on the tennis courts, can’t even get to the friggin wall! So the plan that YHC had devised the night before had to be quickly amended.
21 men assembled at 5:45 and we were off.
Warmup
50 SSH
10 Slow Merkins
10 Good Mornings
The Thang
With a bag of poker chips in the middle, PAX grabbed one chip on their way past. Mosey to the far end of the AO. Instructions were to partner up by speed. The best way to determine that is to RYAO back to the AO. Whoever is near you when you get there is your spirit animal. Cheetahs find cheetahs and sloths find YHC. Now that you got your guy head back to the far end of the AO. Sprint as hard as you can back to the AO. In the words of Grunge you don’t need to beat everyone you just need to beat the bear, or in this case your partner. Winners collect the chip from the “not winners” and the “not winners” do 10 burpees to get another chip. Repeato. And repeato except run backwards.
Back in the confines of the AO partners pair off to see who can AMRAP more. Winners get a chip. The three AMRAP exercises were merkins, plank jacks, and school gym situps. Done until failure with a great push from the men.
Break into groups of 5 and line up on the curb. Bear crawl across the parking lot to a deck of cards. Choose one card and head back to the start. Teams decide if they want to play their poker hand. If you fold 10 burpees. If you play and win 5 burpees. If you play and lose 25 burpees. 1 fold, 2 “not winners” 1 winner. Repeato. 3 fold and 1 winner. 25 SSH. Run to get your card. 1 winner, 1 fold, 2 “not winners”. People’s chair until all complete.
Top five chip counts on the wall with the other “not winners” planking around them. Grunge, Zook, Bunyan, Bright Idea, and Brotox. BTTW until failure. Last man against the wall wins all the chips. It looked like it might go for a while so threw in some one-hand stands and inverted merkins. Eventually Grunge and Brotox went toe-to-toe with Brotox taking home the grand prize (a double fistbump from YHC).
No time for Mary.
COT
Thanks for coming out men, putting up with my language and following me around and competing like the animals you are for 45 minutes. The best mornings always start in the friendly confines of BC.