This. Is. 40.

AO: The Main Event

When: 05/06/2021

PAX:

Number of Pax: 17

Pax Names: Beaker, Denari, Dorn, Grace, Hungry Caterpillar, Jamiroquai, Mr. Burns, My Buddy, Redick, Shake and Bake, Slick Back, Sloan, Smails, Stateville, Terps,

Number of FNGS: 0

FNG Names:

QIC: Brother Bluto


The BackBlast:

Wow.  I am humbled and very thankful for the 17 HIM that came out to celebrate a Beatdown 40 years in the making-and my 40th birthday.   We avoided the rain by 15 minutes, and were able to get the entire Beatdown (and even add a little extra!).

The genesis of this workout was a look back at who we were/are at different stages of our life, with a playlist of some personally significant songs from the last 40 years.

Also Note:  Dorn and Urban Cowboy (not listed) joined us from Down Range- thanks for making the trip fellas!

We got right to it:

Thang 1: 0-10 Years (Learning to Run)

Playlist:  (90s) Warren G- Regulators (my first CD); (80s) Metallica- Enter Sandman (loved this song/band 7-10 years old)

Army crawled 40 yds in the grass

Bear Crawled 40 yds in the grass,

40x Air Squats,

Duck Walk 40 yds in the grass,(Kudos Denari (form) and Beaker (speed));

40 yds sprint to finish.

Very Quick Freddie Mercury

Thang 2: 10-20 (Playing Sports)- Homage to the 10 sports I competed in from 10-20

Playlist:  (00’s) Outcast- B.O.B (got into Outcast in high school); (80s) GNR- Welcome to the Jungle (song we ran onto the field for football);

We circled up and spread out in the field:

Football: 10x Down Ups

Basketball: 20x Bobby Hurleys

Hockey: 1 Min Anton Apollo Onos/Bonnie Blairs

Soccer: 1 Min High Knees

Swimming: 20x of Swimmers

Golf: 5x Spiderman Merkins

Shot Put: Coupon Toss

Baseball: Coupon Swing, Run w/Coupon 2nd to Home

Skiing: (cross country)- Lunge Walk w/Coupon Up Hill

Track: 150 yd (approx) dash from sprinters stance (using a coupon as starting block)

Thang 3: 20-30 years- The Chase (chasing career, women, and today: Coupons!)

Playlist:  (90s) Rage- Bulls on Parade (Loved this Jam/high school and college- representing Dudes (Bulls) bar hopping/chasing women); (80s) Journey- Don’t Stop Believing (2005 White Sox winner- also released in 1981 (just like me))

450 yd Native American Run (Pax broke into two groups)- very fast paced; ending on an uphill

10x Coupon Lunge with overhead press (you found your coupon, now propose! one Pax (Smails, I think) said “Will she say yes already!)

Thang 4: 30-40 years- Responsibility

Playlist: (00s) R Kelly- Ignition(remix)- (1 it was a Jam; 2- really wanted to play while we were in playground (haha)); (00s) White Stripes- 7 Nation Army (love working out to this in my 30s; also inspired our impromptu 2nd run); (10s) Capital Cities- Safe and Sound (Came out when my daughter was born, and lyrics fit that first year of being a dad); (10s) Daft Punk- Get Lucky (good jam- also lighten the mood at the end of the workout)

7x Man-maker Blockees (for my 7 year old daughter, Emmy, who made a man out of me)

John Cusack to the Playground for additional work (key is do not drop the coupon (responsibility)

5x Man-maker Blockees + 5 Jumping “Jacks” (for my rambunctious 5 year old son, Jack, who always asks for just a little extra)

We had some extra time, so we did another lap (600 yds) of Native American Run (all 17 Pax in one group- double the sprint)- We did this to 7 Nation Army- really seemed to fit the narrative

40x Coupon Curls- Have to keep the WAGs impressed at this age

40x Coupon Press- Got to avoid those Phil Mickelsons at this age

39x Side Straddle Hops (not quite ready to make the leap to 40)

Marr(ied): Hold Plank for Daft Punk song (6:09 secs)- do a Merkin each time “Lucky” ended up at about 25x Merkins (represents married life (if you know what i mean)…

 

CoT- How Milestone Bdays give us a chance to Re-Assess our goals, and provide some perspective on who we are, and what we want in life.

Coffeteria- I was surprised and honored with gifts: 40 oz of Miller Lite (presented by Beaker); Grace gave me a cigar and Dorn bought my coffee!

All in all, this was a helluva way to start out my birthday and my 40s!  Thank you all!

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