“We must be swift as the coursing river
With all the force of a great typhoon
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon.”
– Sun Tzu

YHC has been contemplating the existential question of manhood: when does one become a man? What are the qualifications to manhood? What are the rights and responsibilities of a man? As a young man myself, I sometime grapple with these questions and wonder whether or not I’m cut out for the task. Nevertheless, YHC was determined to set out and discover his manhood, and found one consistent theme: you have to run after it. So, I decided to invite some others who were walking that same path of manhood for a quick run, to explore our call to manhood in the modern world. Running shoes required.

Warmup:

10 SSH
10 WMH
10 IW
10 Slow count merkins
12 LBACs and reverse

We also did 5 burpees OYO, but then a latecomer arrived, and, as the saying goes, don’t leave a man behind, so we did another 5 burpees.

The Thang:

Quick mosey to the Law School. Everyone grabbed some wall so we could get our legs ready with 20 box jumps, 20 lunge jumps, 20 squat jumps, OYO. We then took off to the track for our two-part running event:

Phase One:

Broke into two groups of roughly similar speed, and both groups Ricky Bobby’d in opposite directions around the track. When the two groups met, everyone would do 5 manmakers OYO. Both groups ran around the track twice, for a mile total between both groups.

Phase Two:

The same teams lined up and held plank for a quick 100m dash. Races build character. The line would bearcrawl up to the starting line once the person in front had gone, and LSH once you finish. YHC ran twice since we were a man down. Winning team did only 5 manmakers, the losing team did 10.

Phase Three:

We left the track for some more partner work at the wall. Partner did a people’s chair holding the other’s legs, while that partner did derkins. YHC misspoke and originally told the PAX to do erkins, resulting in much ridicule and tomfoolery. Also note, the credit for the official term and invention of this partner exercise (“the perkin”) goes to PAX Soybean. YHC also was the odd man out and did handstand pushups, which were not pleasant, and people’s chair. Note to self: a wall-based Q sometime?

We found some stairs, where Johnny Drama was patiently waiting for our team to arrive. Johnny had been to Devil’s Ridge before, and, after his start at the Honey Badger, had really come into his own, and introduced two new calf workouts: the Johnny and the Drama (one-legged negative calf raises on one leg, followed by the other).

Johnny Drama combo x2:

(all single count)

Johnny Drama x25
Johnny x15
Drama x15

Mary:

Flying V x30
Flying V x10
x15 ski abs
x15 bicycles
x15 hammer
x30 flutter

CoT, Announcements, Prayers: 2nd F at Dos Perros. Knope offered up free parking for those interested. Prayers for a friend waiting on result of job interview. Prayers today to be better men, to live out our lives as an example and invitation for others to do the same.