Is it possible to have fun while doing a Kettlebell workout? What happens when 15 adults who usually act like children are now told to play games they may have played as children? What’s Frogger? (Question asked by Lighthouse). Answers to follow.
After some warmups, we started with a game of Red Light/Green Light. Whoever was “It” got to pick the exercise everyone had to do while walking to reach “It”. Get caught moving when “Red Light” and you back to beginning and do some burpees and start over. After ~8 rounds of this with different exercises (curls, overhead presses, squat walkers, waiter carry, etc), we moved on. It was a 6 out of 10 on the Fun-O-Meter.
We circled up and did some abs (sit n press and hammers) then got up and walked past the coffee station for another game. We played Kick the Can. Regular tag with all the bells in the “jail”. Get tagged, go to jail and do some exercises. “Free” player kicks the can and everyone escapes. Byproduct falls 30 seconds in trying to tag people and it went down from here. It was a 9 out of 10 on the “What was he thinking?” meter.
Everyone lines up at the curb while I grab the speaker. Count off in 3’s, each group gets a different exercise and does it from curb to curb: lunges, rifle carry or death crawl. I play the theme song while we play Frogger. Everyone gets to go and people doing exercises rotate through the 3 exercises after each attempt. Lighthouse goes first and has no idea what Frogger is. He learned quickly. 10 out of 10 in the “Video game re-enactment at Circus Maximus” scale.
Circle up for more abs, go back to the flag. Have a minute left and in honor of Handshake’s F3 anniversary, finish with 8 burpees.
Announcements: Lunch next Tuesday at Joeys, Volunteer opportunity this Saturday 9-1:let L Woods know if you can make it.
All I proved is that 45 minutes can go fast when everyone is confused.
As the weather gets better, please remember:
In the heat of the day, I hang my head down low, and hide my face from the sun, through the light of the day, until the evening time, I’m waiting for the night to c.c.c.c.come!