August 23rd, 1305. William Wallace (better known as “Mel Gibson”) executed. 720 years later, we will remember him with an re-enactment of the Scots vs English. Spoiler alert: the results are roughly the same.
Weather: Hot, Humid, August morning.
PAX: several late stragglers (Triple, Hawg, Hokie, Vagabond) brought the final tally to 18, including 1 FNG (Goldberg)
The Thing:
🏴☠️ Braveheart Workout
The Peristyle for a brief warmup, including penalty burpees because Frac wouldn’t stop talking.
Separate the PAX into Scots (good guys) and English (bad guys) then mosey to thelawn,.
Part 1 –The Battlefield
Scene 1: Battle Lines (Stirling/Falkirk)
Teams separate to opposite sides of the lawn. Hold a Squat position.
On “CHARGE!” → sprint and meet in middle. Drop for 5 burpees, backpedal to start.
Scene 2: Spear Trap
Team 1 in the middle, hold a plank. Team 2 Charge to the middle while Team 1 screams “HOLD”. Then explode into a squat jump. Flapjack sides. Repeat.
Scene 3: Mooning the English
Meet in the middle. Team 1 holds Al Gore. Team 2 reverses and does 20 Monkey Humpers in cadence. Flapjack sides. Repeat.
Part 2 –Weapons of War
Head to the Rock Pile, and everyone grab a rock.
Scene 4: Freedom Fighters
Overhead Press , Curl, Row. x20/x16/x12/x8/x4
Scene 5: The Execution
Partner up. PAX1: Plank while PAX2 balances rock on PAX1 back. Then PAX2 rifle carry to parking log and return. Flapjack and repeat twice.
Return to the lawn for some closing Mary and a Hawg-led Q School for DaVinci.
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Throughout, the Yippee Bag was in heavy use. Lots of exercises called out. A poorly executed game of “Capture the Cone”. A Staring Contest, and much to YHC’s delight, an enthusiastic rendition of Happy Birthday.
Circle up at the flag. Goldberg, high school football and wrestling coach, named for his favorite wrestler. Review of the 5 principles and mission, helping DaVinci prepare for launching new AOs in Baton Rouge.
