April 22nd, 2016 By Buckwheat

7 men made a wise decision to post today at the #DAWGHOUSE and are a little stronger because of it. They also added a little hair on their chest. YHC was working till 11:30PM last night and didn’t have time to prepare an intricate beatdown for this morning. With such a huge AO full of areas to inflict pain, I decided to use only one tiny section of it for the majority of the beatdown, a nice steep hill chock full of uneven terrain. It was there that the Pax learned what was in store for the day. The U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) Short Card. Here’s how things went down:

Mosey to bottom of hill beside parking lot for warm-o-rama:

SSH X15IC
Windmill X10IC
Cotton Picker X15IC
Low Slow Squat X10IC

The Thang

The MARSOC Short Card. In between each exercise below, run to the top of the hill and back down. We did quadraphelia about half of the trips up the hill to spice things up. It’s a good thing I did a thorough disclaimer as I did my best Man Down impression at one point and bit it during quadraphelia and Pharaoh tripped over a random boulder that was in the middle of the hill. Fortunately, no one got hurt.

1. 30 Merkins (15 IC)
2. 30 Air squats (15 IC)
3. 30 LBC’s (15 IC)
4. 10 Burpees
5. 10 Windmills (10 IC)
6. 30 Merkins (15 IC)
7. 30 Mountain Climbers (15 IC)
8. 30 Flutter kicks (15 IC)
9. 10 Burpees
10. 10 Cotton Pickers (IC)
11. 30 Merkins
12. 30 SSH’s (15IC)
13. 30 Supermans
14. 10 Burpees
15. 10 Chain breakers
16. 30 Push-ups (15 IC) *It was here that YHC pulled his best Blind Date impression and my voice went up like six octaves during cadence. Pharaoh had to ask if I was going through puberty. Nope, that’s just straight up muscle and brain fatigue. Well played though sir, well played…
17. 30 Lunges (15 each leg)
18. 30 Hello Dollies
19. 10 Burpees- SCRATCH THAT, Q audible to 30 Air Squats
20. 10 Mason Twists (IC)

Hey, we have more time so lets mosey to the baseball field bleachers. 10 step ups each leg. Grab some short wall and do 10 incline merkins. Move over to pressbox wall for 1 minute of people’s chair. Back to the short wall for 20 dips followed by 10 decline merkins and 1 minute of people’s chair. Once everyone was seated and we came to order, Pharaoh thought of a great idea to make the time pass by quicker. Air Presses! 30IC we did. Thanks, Pharoah!

Mosey back to parking lot for a real quick MARY. As pop legend Prince passed away yesterday, I was hoping for a little Purple Rain this morning to make mud run like conditions. We didn’t get any during the beatdown, but a light sprinkle started just as we arrived for MARY. Let’s honor Prince and do 57 Little Red Corvettes (or LBC’s). We did around 57 total (28ish IC). The Pax had a mind of their own here and started spouting off random numbers. I lost count about midway through, so I had to improvise.

Hairy Moleskin
1) Thanks for the opportunity to lead this morning. It wasn’t the most exciting or energized beatdown, but I hope it was effective!
2) Love this AO, sorry we didn’t explore much of it today ;-).
3) Pharaoh and Big Blue – You guys killed the burpees and slayed that hill!
4) Mr. Wizard – Great to see you posting regularly and being a core member of The Dawg House. Keep up the good work.
5) Well done today, McFeely, Dr. Suess, and Terrible Towel!
6) R.I.P. Prince

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