I picked up a last-minute Q at Dragon Slayer this week. Scrambling for an idea for the workout, I took to the internet to see if anything special happened on June 6. To my surprise today is the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion in history. Feeling slightly embarrassed (and a little ashamed) that I did not know this fact, I decided to have a D-Day theme for today. Our story is below…
Even though I only half committed to the Standard, Anchovy and Uncle Rico met me for ~2.5 miles before the beatdown (Anchovy was closer to 3 miles)
Warm-up
Mosey through the parking lot
Gave a quick disclaimer and the announcement of the theme today
10 X IST IC
10 X Toy Soldiers IC
D-Day Fact 1: The code name for the Allies for the invasion was Operation Neptune. It was also openly known as Operation Overlord.
15 X Burpees OYO
Mosey to Pull Up Forest
The Thang
D-Day Fact 2: 8 countries fought for the Allied forces: US, UK, Canada, Australia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Norway, France
15 X Burpees OYO
3 rounds of 10 X Commando Pull-Ups followed by 10 X WWII’s
D-Day Fact 3: The Allies had 10,000+ casualties with 4,414 confirmed dead. In comparison, Germany had 4,000-9,000 estimated casualties.
15 X Burpees OYO
In remembrance of the casualties, we did partner drags through the grass ~75M
Mosey back to the kettle bells
D-Day Fact 4: The Allies had 156,000 soldiers with 195,700 Naval personnel. In comparison, Germany was estimated to have 50,360+ personnel
15 X Burpees OYO
Kettle Bell Work:
10 X Curls IC
10 X Bent Over Row IC
10 X Overhead Press IC
10 X Goblet Squat IC
10 X Kettle Bell Press w/ Low Flutter
10 X Skull Crusher IC
15 X Kettle bells swings OYO…that makes 75, don’t get technical on me!*smile*
Recovery lap around the parking lot
D-Day Fact 5: The two commanding offices for the US Allied forces were Dwight Eisenhour and Omar Bradley
15 X Burpees OYO
Slow mosey back to the church for Mary
Mary
20 X WWII’s IC (Fescue)
10 X Crunchy Frog IC (Rooter)
11 X Freddy Mercury’s IC (Anchovy)
5 X Pretzel Crunch IC (Uncle Rico)
10 X Mason Twist IC (Boar Hog)
15 X Jane Fonda’s IC (Fescue)
10 X Slow Mericans IC (Rooter)
10 X Dips IC (Anchovy)
10 X Soprano Mericans IC (Uncle Rico…hover for ten seconds, go up, hover for 9 seconds, go up, and so on…)
15 X Box Cutter IC (Boar Hog)
25 X WWII’s IC (Fescue…that makes 75!)
Recover, Recover
Moleskin
- After announcing the theme Boar Hog explained he was a bit of a subject matter expert on D-Day. After a slight misstep on the first question (Code Name Uranus?), he totally redeemed himself.
- Forgot to add in one extra bit of trivia: There were five beaches as part of the invasion (Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno and Sword). Omaha took the worst casualties. All data was from Wikipedia, feel free to fact check!
- Felt good to get out on a rare standard (for me) with Uncle Rico and Anchovy. Great discussion on the direction of F3.
- For those counting, that was 75 burpees, 75 WWII’s and 75 kettle bell reps
- Great work by everyone today! I was sucking wind but the effort from everyone kept me pushing.
Fescue