Loading Map....
Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/02/2023
5:30 am - 6:15 am
Site Q - Hannibal
Location
The Wall
Categories
Boot camp style workout. On the River. Amazing way to watch the sun come up and start the day with sweat pouring over your rejuvenated soul. Some ramps, lots of steps, a little concrete, a little grass, all the fixens for beautifully scripted beatdown!
Best Parking is on Cherry Street. **Please be considerate when you park on the side streets, keep the Mumblechatter at a minimum out of respect for the residents.**
Backblast for The Wall on 2/2/23
PAX(10): Coal, Hannibal, Geppetto, Oil Change, Jennay, Crawdad, Ten Pin, Stark, Huckleberry, Coconut (Q)
Workout entitled “Blackjack-777”
Since this was my 3rd in a series of black-jack themed workouts (See backblasts from Gauntlet on 1/9 and Foundry on 1/23 for details), decided to change things up a bit. This time, actually used cards and played hands of blackjack–details to follow.
Clear and ~22 degrees at 0530. Introduced with the mission statement and core principles. and a little warm-o-rama with 21 Side-straddle hops (IC) and 21 2-is-1 merkins (IC).
QIC played the role of dealer, one at a time PAX took turns as the player, and approached the blackjack table. Each PAX took a turn in round 1, and we got a couple hands into round 2 (upped the ante) before time ran out.
The deal: 2 cards face up to the player, 1 down and 1 up to the dealer. Then (all pax, including dealer) complete work according to the cards–movement by suit, reps by rank:
Hearts = 4-is-1 mountain climber
Diamonds = Diamond merkin
Clubs = Captain thor
Spades = 2-is-1 Bonnie Blair.
eg. the pax gets an 8, then a 10 of clubs, dealer shows 5 of diamonds. all pax do 10 captain thors (top card) and 5 diamond merkins.
All pax choose whether they would hit or stay–if stay, begin doing imperial walkers until the hand is played out. if hit, do the full score of the next exercise. So if the first 2 cards were 8, 10 (probably everyone stays), but let’s say the player hits and draws a 2 of diamonds. Next all pax that are still in the hand do 20 diamond merkins.
Once all players stay (or bust), the dealer’s hand is played out (must stay if >16).
outcome–if the player wins, all pax collect 5 burpees. if the dealer wins, all pax pay 10 Lt. Dans. If the player busts, all players have a 20 BBSU penalty. if it’s a push, everyone runs a lap around the base of the wall and we go again.
Situation never came up, but split and double-down situations would just increase the work, with more cards in play or doubling rep counts :).
Mega-jackpot would have been for a 777 blackjack–run to the top of the ramp, do the 5 burpees, and run back down.
all told everyone got about 40 burpees in (because dealer almost always lost) and a good unpredictable mix of the 4 main exercises.
Round 2 upped the ante by requiring 10 squats before cards were dealt.
COT-
COR, NOR. Crawdad 6.
Overall pretty fun. could use a couple tweaks. As always an honor and pleasure to lead in the gloom.