7 Warriors from Okwata will have an advantage over the common man today after taking a performance enhancing shot of HBH. In the book Hurricane Season, J.T. Curtis attributes the river levee for some of his team’s remarkable success (26 State Titles in the last 41 years). He believes that his kids are stronger in the 4th quarter because of all the time they spend in the summer running up the levee. Some day, when the men of Okwata are interviewed regarding their greatness, they too will attribute a levee to their success.
YHC rolled in with 30 seconds to spare, gave a quick disclaimer and started moseying aimlessly as the PAX quietly chuckled at my directionless leading. I promise I had a plan, it’s just hard to find dry, level ground at Okwata.
The Thang
YHC decided to go up and over the levee, aka Heart Break Hill, aka Heart Rate Hill, aka Leg Breaker, aka Soul Crusher, for a Warm-up COP on the other side.
Warm-Up COP: SSH IC x 30, Hillbillies IC x 30, Good Mornings IC x 15, Peter Parker IC x 30.
Mosey back over HBH and line up across it, halfway down the other side for Clock Merkins. 1200 is facing up the levee and 0600 is facing down. We did Merkins in cadence positioned according to the time YHC called out: 1200 – 8 merkins, 0300 – 7 merkins, 0600 – 7 merkins, 0900 – 7 merkins.
A short mosey over to the picnic table to pay homage to Mr. Awesome’s favorite dance movie, Step Up, with 20 Channing Tatums quickly followed by 20 Tatum Channings.
Mosey back to HBH and partner up for some Heart Break Hill 1-2-3. Pax 1 executes as many reps as possible while Pax 2 sprints up and over HBH and back. Flapjack until team goal is reached. We sprinkled some recovery Mary between each round.
Heart Break Hill 1-2-3
- Round 1 – 100 burpees
- Circle up for 51 LBCs in-cadence
- Round 2 – 200 merkins
- Circle up for 51 Dying Cockroaches in-cadence
- Round 3 – 300 Squats
- Circle up for 25 Putins in-cadence and 15 Hello Dollys in-cadence
This left us with just enough time to take in the scenery. Mosey to the top of the Soul Crusher and take in the view of Lake Pontchartrain. We added some Quadraphilia to our viewing pleasure. Run down the Soul Crusher and back up always facing the lake until the four minute timer expires. Bubba thinks this may be the most painful of F3 exercises. I can’t disagree.
From here it was a short mosey to the flag for the count off, name-o-rama, announcements, and Shout Out. If you have some guys on the Northshore that you would like to EH for our April 9th launch, email their contact info to nola@f3nation and we will get them added to all of the pre-launch emails. Continued prayers for the health of Heisenberg’s Father-In-Law.
Let’s just say that I developed a new tolerance for pain after this one… Great Q, Hawg.. as usual