The Thang

Thang 1

The following exercises were done in rounds, as rapidly as possible:

• 5 pull ups
• 10 merkins
• 15 squats
• 20 LBC single count
• 25 toe raises

After each round I read a new stanza from the poem below.

This exercise is a take off of the “Murph” challenge and a Cindy Crawford work out from the exicon.

We completed 6 rounds of this with a hard stop at 0545.

Thang 2 – “Lift the weight”

There are two kinds of people on earth to-day;
Just two kinds of people, no more I say.

No; the two kinds of people on earth I mean
Are the people who lift and the people who lean.

In which class are you? Are you easing the load
Of overtaxed lifters who toil down the road?

Or are you a leaner who lets others bear
Your [heavy-ass coupon] and worry and care?

It is was time to find out what kind of people we are.

We partnered up, and one partner held his coupon in 90 degree curl position (away from the body). The other PAX placed his coupon on top, so one man was carrying the weight of both men (2 coupons ~ 72lbs?).

PAX were instructed to hold this as long as possible, the intention being to feel what it’s like to be one who lifts. Only when they were about to drop coupons could they call “trade.”

While lifters were lifting, partners were doing LBC’s. This lasted for roughly 5 minutes until all were gassed. YHC was odd-man out and honestly I felt a little left out of this one. Good thing I practiced it at home so I understand what it felt like…

Finally, we each took our own coupons and had a lil’ “curl holding” competition. 90 degree curl again, hold as long as possible. Hold plank if you drop.

T-claps to GORDON’S who won, and DINGO for giving him a serious run for his money.

6 MoM

• Absolution IC x 5
• American Hammers IC x 20
• 100’s IC x 10
• Bridge leg lifts x 12
• Absolution IC x 5
• American Hammers IC x 20
• Vertical hang for 1 minute until…

RECOVER, RECOVER.