Quote of the Day: “Who you calling Cookie Dough MF’er” ~Ikea~
Oh what a glorious and beautiful morning for 13 PAX to watch the sunrise together while holding their balls. A few late arrivals and a visitor from GA made for a bit of an extended warmup. The disclaimer was given and we were ready to see who can actually handle their balls the best.
WARMUP
- SSH – X20 – IC
- IMPERIAL WALKERS – X10 – IC
- HILLBILLY – X10 – IC
- SQUATS – X20 – IC
- 20 Burpees then race to the flag. In order fastest to slowest we partnered up and chose a set of balls to use (I feel bad for the guys that chose the footballs and volleyballs).
- Mosey to school parking lot
PARTNER BALL TOSS
Partner 1 performs walking lunges while Partner 2 performs 10 merkins+10 Big Boi Situps. Once Partner 2 calls out they both turn around and toss their ball through the air at each other. If either partner drops the ball 10 Burpee penalty then return to start and switch. Rinse and repeat for 5 rounds each partner. After round 3 it was apparent that Woody and Tebow were regretting the volleyball choices. The remaining PAX moseyed around the parking lot until the 6 was in. We then headed to the soccer field with our balls.
BACKDOOR BALL ROLL
Lining up on one end the PAX would reach around from behind their legs and roll their ball as far as possible. Then sprint to the ball and perform 5 burpees. Rinse and repeat until they reach the other end of the field. The last 4 finishers would perform 25 merkins + 25 squats while the remaining PAX mosey 1 full lap around the field.
BALL ACCURACY DRILL – 25YDS
YHC recently read an article about the effect of physical exertion on the body and how it affects accuracy and judgement when throwing a ball. Let’s put it to the test. A circle of cones 5 yds in diameter was placed in the middle of the field approx. 25 yds away. All the PAX have to do is simply toss their ball and if it ends up in the circle no penalty. The Mens Health article was correct becasue there were almost no balls in the center. Outside the circle 20 burpees, inside the circle mosey 1 lap around the field.
- BACKDOOR BALL ROLL
- BALL ACCURACY DRILL – 25YDS
- BACKDOOR BALL ROLL
- BALL ACCURACY DRILL – 25YDS
- BACKDOOR BALL ROLL
- BALL ACCURACY DRILL – 25YDS
- BACKDOOR BALL ROLL
- BALL ACCURACY DRILL – 25YDS (3 steps closer)
With time winding down we moseyed back to the FOP for 1 last challenge. Line up and kick your ball across the entire field and into the mulch area. Last 4 finisheres perform 10 burpees. There was a bit of confusion narrowing down the final 4 as balls were flying everywhere so all PAX performed 10 burpees as a group, tossed our balls as far as they could go and headed in for the final COT.
BEATDOWN COMPLETE
MOLESKIN
- Great day to get out some laughs and see who had the best set of balls. 3 key take aways from today…Woody is no Tom Hanks, Bagger is no Nolan Ryan and Ikea is for sure soft like cookie dough.
- Hope everyone had a great time with the concept Even though there were alot of burpees to be had there was a tremendous amout of laughter and mumble chatter (good thing Haka wasn’t there or it would have been a long hour of silence).
- IRON PAX WEEK 0 STARTS THIS MONDAY…make sure you are registered check slack for details…
COT
- Prayers for those traveling or injured
- Prayers for all of our families for health and strength
- Chowdah moving party going on Sat-Mon please reach out to him if you are available to help