The Thang

Pre-blast mentioned The Suicide Squad so this Thang was Basketball Suicides with a twist

4 teams of 4, 1 team of 2 series of short competitions

Every round is based off of a “Basketball court suicide”. 1st person starts from baseline
Goes to free throw line. While the remainder of his team does a chosen exercise. PAX 2 can start his suicide when PAX 1 returns to baseline from 1st free throw line. PAX 3 continues with the “Hold Exercise” and can start when PAX 2 returns to baseline, etc… mid-court, back, far free throw line, back, far baseline, back. So, each PAX runs his own suicide. It’s basically a suicide based staggered ladder.

So, there was a “Travel exercise” (how to get to each line), a “Line exercise” (what you needed to complete while at each line), and a “Hold Exercise” (what you needed to do while waiting to start your suicide).

This made a lot more sense in my head and proved difficult to explain to the men. Round 1 was a bit of a cluster. However the men PERSISTED and subsequent rounds went exactly how I had envisioned.

Travel Exercise                                Line Exercise                                Hold Exercise

Bear crawls                     Prison Bonnie Blair’s (each leg is 1)            Al Gores (hold squat while hugging a tree)                                                                     20/30/35/40 at each line

Coupon carry                     Overhead press 10/15/20/25                      Hold High Plank

Run Backwards                  Burpees 5/10/12/7                                          Slow air squats

Final was a modified relay race:

1st PAX runs to 1st free throw line, hold plank, 2nd PAX joins 1st Pax, holds plank while waiting for 3rd Pax, etc.. once all pax are in plank complete 10 mountain climbers (each leg is one).  Then 1st PAX continues his suicide while his team continues to hold plank.  The 2nd PAX is released from his plank when the 1st PAX passes him when heading to his next line.  The 3rd PAX is released when the 2nd passes him, etc.  Each team will complete an entire suicide.

Once the group got in a rhythm the men did great!

Time was running short so the group Coupon Moseyed to the basketball court to attempt a game of “Knockout”.  The ground proved too icey, so Mary was started instead.

Mary

2 minutes of plank -High w/ kung fu punches/R arm up/L arm up/Low