On this auspicious leap year day, 6 leaplings gathered for a bootcamp plus 2 joined for a walk. Here’s what happened:
COP: 29 SSHs IC // 29 LBCs // 29 Ukrainian Soldiers // other exercises IC
Burpee Run: Mosey the circumference of the school campus, at every 4th parked car perform 4 burpees.
Leap of Faith: Modified lindsay at the picnic tables with 4 dips, run to the school front walk, 24 LBCs. Continue in increments of 4: 8/20, 12/16 and so on.
Look Before you Leap: Partner up on the black top. Partners leap frog to the other side of the blacktop, each man performs 29 merkins. Leap frog back, 29 Squats. Leap frog back, 29 WW2s, leap frog back, 29 SSHs.
Triple Check: P1: Wall sit, P2: American Hammers, P3: run to the fence and back.
Mosey back to the flag, finish with 29 Freddie Mercuries IC.
Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out
NMS: The pax humored me with a Leap Year Themed workout. The morning was interjected with various Leap Year facts. These include:
- The 1st Leap Year was instituted in 46 BC by Julius Ceasar. Any year divisible by 4 was a leap year.
- Chances of having a bday on Feb 29: 1 in 1,461
- Leap year proverbs: “Leap Year was Ne’er a good sheep year” (Scotland) “In leap year, women are erratic.” (Italy)
- Leap Year Day is the only day that women were encouraged to propose to a man
- People born on Feb 29 are called Leaplings or Leapers. The Honor Society of Leap Year Day babies includes more than 11K people.
