Why Eights? Why not?

AO: Boneyard

When: 2025-05-09

QIC: Zohan

PAX (11): Daisy, Dutch Oven, FannyPack, Floater, Liquor, Mater, Mounty, Shrimp, Stifler (Jeff Levy), Yokel, Zohan

Warm-O-Rama:

A quick disclaimer given. Mosey toward the stairs and back up near the playground. Circle up for 16 IC Imperial Walkers, 8 IC Weed Pickers, 8 IC Windmills, 8 IC Willie Mays Haces and OYO Hangovers.

The Thang:

Into the field we go, on one of the corners. YHC explained that the pattern of moving would be a Figure 8 (and not a rectangle), which would give us 8 segments. 8 rounds were planned. YHC was thinking we might get to the 6th round, but that was highly optimistic of me. Instead of explaining the whole plan upfront, and wasting time talking, the plan was to do 2-3 rounds together and the PAX would understand the format from there.
  • Round 1) Sprints and 8 Burpees: Sprint the segment (starting from corner to mid field) and do 8 Burpees. Run to the next segment (across the mid field) and do 8 Burpees. Continue all 8 segments till we're back at the starting point. That was a hard round, with lots of panting, so YHC called for a 10-count, which was stopped at 3 so it became an 8-count to fit the theme.
  • Round 2) Mosey and 16 LBCs: Sprint the first segment and do 8 Burpees, just like in the first round. But the next 7 segments would be Moseys and 16 LBCs.
  • Round 3) Broad Jumps and 24 Monkey Humpers: first segment remains Sprint and Burpees and second segment remained Mosey and LBCs. The next 6 segments were Broad Jumps and 24 Monkey Humpers. This round was so bad some PAX (well, Mater), professed a preference for the first round instead.
  • Round 4) Bernie and 32 American Hammers alpha count. We ended up waiting for the 6 after the 3rd round and starting the 4th together. The format was clear by now. Repeat the first 3 segments like in the previous round and then Bernie and hammers. We did not finish. Maybe Mater did. We got close, though.
  • Rounds 5 to 8) we never got to them!! They included:
    • Lunge Walk and 40 SSH
    • Crab Walk and 48 Freddie Mercury alpha
    • Bear Crawl and 56 Squats
    • Crawl Bear and 64 Mountain Climbers alpha
We run back to the flag to finish on time. YHC suggested that the Monday Q could continue the remaining 4 rounds. That proposal was met with some concerned and hesitant laughter. I wonder why.

COT:

Wednesdays Ruck at the Boneyard. Second Shift AO starting soon (May 20). NLB Workout sponsored by Gladiator this Saturday.

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