Grinches vs Elves

Dec. 4, 2018

QIC:  Fish Fry
The Scene:  34 degrees, and sloppy wet.  Definitely not weather for a Fish Fry Q.

Pax:  Fish Fry, Shark Week, Bone, Jenner, Elvis, Apollo, 2%, Maj. Payne, Brown Bag, Lucius, Speedo, Sticks

Warm Up:    YHC doesn’t care too much for wet cold, so the warm up was really about getting warm.  To that end, the warmup was SSH, Mountain Climbers, Mosey, Forward Lunge Arm Raise Stretch, Mosey, Mummy Kicks, Mosey, Calf Stretches on the Fence.  Some mumblechatter was picked up regarding Mummy Kicks.  Some may not be aware of the throwback to Shaun T and the Insanity workouts.  That exercise is a classic.  But I digress.

The Thang:  Today’s workout centered on feats of strength between Elves and Grinches.  The rules are simple.  A total of 10 cones were available.  The first die roll selected the exercise.  The second die roll determined how many sets of the selected exercise must be performed.  For each number of sets your team complete based upon the 2nd die roll, take an equal number of cones, which could mean that you take cones from your opponent’s stack.   More mumblechatter was had about having to do math in the morning and complications, but YHC powered through.

Games were done in 3 rounds.

Round 1 (First die chooses exercise, second die is multiplier time reps)

1st Die Roll Exercises
1 6 Single Leg Bonnie Blairs X 2nd die roll
2 5 Jump Squats X 2nd die roll
3 3 Jump Frogs X 2nd die roll
4 10 yards walking lunges X 2nd die roll
5 4 bronco busters X 2nd die roll
6 5 Bobby Hurleys X 2nd die roll

Round 2

1st Die Roll Exercises
1 5 Merkins X 2nd die roll
2 5 Carolina Dry Docks X 2nd die roll
3 10 dips X 2nd die roll
4 1 Walt Disney World Merkin (aka Mickey Mouse Merkin) (Wide -Diamond-Wide) X 2nd die roll
5 10 Randy’s (4 count) (see backblast from Deflator) X 2nd die roll
6 10 air presses X 2nd die roll

Final Round

1st Die Roll Exercises
1 1 Muscle Maker X 2nd die roll
2 10 yards travelling burpees X 2nd die roll
3 ultimate push ups (inch worm to merkin, wide, hand release, diamond, dry dock and back up) X 2nd die roll
4 5 helicopters X 2nd die roll
5 5 groiners X 2nd die roll
6 5 merkins X 2nd die roll
7 3 burpees X 2nd die roll
8 5 mountain climbers in cadence X 2nd die roll
9 Dwight Howards across the soccer goal X 2nd die roll
10 5 donkey kicks X 2nd die roll
11 5 star jumps X 2nd die roll
12 20 SSH X 2nd die roll

In the end, the Grinches won the game, which means there will be no Christmas this year.

Mary:  A quick round of Mary was had with Flutter Kicks and Toy Soldiers

COT:  One of the themes of Advent is the Kingdom breaking through.  While parts of it are here, the Kingdom is not fully here and things are not yet as they should be and will ultimately be in the last days.  We have a role in bringing the Kingdom into the world through how we acts in our various callings.  When we work our jobs well for the good of the world, or create good families, or promote harmony in relationships, we are breaking through.  We are to be about something bigger than ourselves and making the world better where we can.

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