Coupon Football

Preamble:

Lot of Gladiator guys made it out to Halpha Day and the Convergence.  I wanted to do something fun and competitive versus an intense workout.  I’ve been working on this Coupon Football idea that utilizes the Caterpillar format.  Did it at Boneyard with a much smaller crew, which went well.

Warm-O-Rama:

• Weedpickers
• Windmill
• Moroccan Night Club + Dark Side beatboxing
• SSH

The Thang:

Format

• Two teams, one coupon each.
• First team to get their coupon down field gets 7 points.
• Line moves like an Indian Run w/out the run – last PAX does a movement exercise to the front of the line
• Man with the coupon does a coupon exercise then gives it to the PAX in front of him to keep the coupon moving forward
• If a PAX doesn’t have the coupon or isn’t doing the movement exercise, they do 3 exercises until the line gets down field.
  • Rep count for line exercises: 20 -> 15 -> 10 -> 5 -> 10 ->15 -> 20
• Did an Indian Run race after the Coupon race.  First team back to the start point got 3 points.

1st Quarter

• Movement exercise – Bear Crawls
• Coupon Exercise – 10 Coupon Curls
• Line Exercises –
  • Merkins
  • Big Boys
  • Squats
• Winner: Blue Team 7 points
• Indian Run Winner: Black Team 3 points
• Score
  • Blue team – 7
  • Black team – 3

2nd Quarter

• Movement exercise – Crab Walks
• Coupon Exercise – 10 Coupon Deadlifts
• Line Exercises –
  • Plank Shoulder Taps
  • Box Cutters
  • American Hammers
• Winner: Black Team 7 points
• Indian Run Winner: Blue Team 3 points
• Score
  • Blue team – 10
  • Black team – 14

3rd Quarter

• Movement exercise – Walking Lunges
• Coupon Exercise – 10 Goblet Squats
• Line Exercises –
  • Plank Jacks
  • Groiners
  • Line Jumps
• Winner: Blue Team 7 points
• Didn’t get to an Indian run
• Score
  • Blue team – 17
  • Black team – 14

Blue team won.

• Went back to the flag and made them do Tempo Merkins until time.

COT:

• Gladiator men are headed to No Longer Bound this Saturday.
• First watch starting up 5/20 at East Roswell, 6:15-7.  Should be a great option as summer kicks off!
• Butterknife 2ndF Cookout 5/31

Naked-Man Moleskin:

When we did this routine at Boneyard with 5 guys per team, it achieved a hard work out while adding a fun, unique game element to it.  Having 15+ guys per team here at the Gladiator proved to be challenging to keep us all aligned and working.  Lots of mumblechatter and “WTH are we doing?”  All good though! I’ve learned that less instruction with a large crew is best.  I made them do Tempo Merkins until time at the end.  That was satisfying!

Regardless though…always a gift to lead these men and I appreciate their light-heartedness. And welcome to the crew, Chum!  Glad to have you.

Until next time.