YHC had already worked out most of a Q plan when he was shocked to hear about the untimely passing of Kobe Bryant. Now, it’s not like Kobe was YHC’s personal favorite player or anything like that. But YHC remembers Kobe being drafted as a high schooler, and (like many other PAX, he suspects), watched his entire NBA career and essentially grew up with him. Couple that with the fact that Kobe was only 41 years old, and the additional tragic death of his 13-year-old daughter, and this loss did seem to hit particularly close to home. It certainly serves as a reminder that life is precious, and uncertain, and all of us should remember to be grateful for all of our blessings, and for every day that we are given. Therefore, the “Pyramids” plan that YHC had made got re-purposed to honor the Black Mamba.

Warm-up

• SSH x 24 (one of Kobe’s retired Lakers numbers)
• WMH x 8 (Kobe’s other retired Lakers number)
• Imperial Walker x 8
• Arm Circles/Reverse x 8
• Hillbilly x 8

Thang

After a warmup lap around the track, the PAX lined up across the straight-away, facing inward to the field.

• Merkin Pyramid: perform 1 Merkin, run across field to other side of track, perform 2 Merkins, run back, perform 3 Merkins, etc.
• Go up to 9, then back down to 1.
• This yielded a total of 81 Merkins – to honor Kobe’s 81 point game in 2006 vs. the Raptors.

Mosey down the carpool lane, all the way to the end, to the crosswalk.

• For today, we renamed the Bobby Hurley (slap the floor, then go up for a jumper) a “Kobe Bryant.” Appropriate, as Kobe made a total of 12 NBA All-Defensive teams in his career, and is the 4th All-time leading scorer in NBA history.
• Set of 8 Kobe Bryants, then jog down to 2nd street light
• Set of 8 Kobe Bryants, then sprint back up the hill
• Repeat for 6 times up the hill (ok this number has nothing to do with Kobe; but it gave the PAX over 100 total Kobe Bryants).

Legs smoked, we moseyed to the basketball court for a modified Jack Webb pyramid

• 1 Carolina Dry Dock SC, 1 Overhead Clap IC
• Up to 8 of each, then back down the ladder again

Mosey to the back parking lot for one more pyramid

• Initial plan was to do a Burpee pyramid up to 8, with a short run in between each set
• PAX all made it to the top of the pyramid, having done 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Burpees, but the Q called off the descent for time reasons.

Mosey back to Startex for…

Mary

• Flutter Kick x 24
• LBC x 24
• Ring of Fire – High Plank/Low Plank alternates, 8 count/man
• Hello Dolly x 24

CoT

Prayers went out to the Bryant family, having lost both a father and a daughter. Prayers of Thanksgiving from everyone for their health and their families. YHC took us out. As always, and honor and a privilege!