The greatest warmup game ever – BURPEE DODGEBALL! · The greatest warmup game ever – BURPEE...
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The greatest warm-up game ever – BURPEE DODGEBALL! By Jim at CrossFit Matters A common phrase amongst CrossFitters, ‘I hate burpees!’ So one day Coach Jim from CrossFit Matters, decided to make it a little more fun to do burpees! Through a little brainstorming about childhood games, Jim came up with Burpee Dodgeball as a playful way to get people to do burpees and his devious idea has been working ever since! We are fortunate at CrossFit Matters to have a confined space (2,200ish sq ft). With boxes and tires we created American Gladiator‐like obstacles to hide behind. But don’t be fooled, these obstacles will not save you from the inevitable nerf ball onslaught! Like a missile launched from an F‐15, a nerf ball will find you through the smallest of openings from across the room! Yes, beware of the ex‐baseball players in your affiliate, but don’t be fooled either by the middle aged attorney who will lob a nerf ball with just as much accuracy! Burpee dodgeball is for everyone! And coaches, beware of the bombardment from your athletes, as they love to get the coaches! Frequently, coaches will find themselves in Matrix‐like positions dodging with the best of their ability in the middle of the room! In the course of a ten‐minute warm‐up, everyone is guaranteed to do multiple burpees and have a lot of fun too! Rules: 1– You get hit, do a burpee! 2– You catch a ball, whoever throw the ball does a burpee! 3– You can deflect a thrown ball, but it has to be legit! 4– You can get hit while doing a burpee, so there is incentive to do your burpees fast! 5– If you are hoarding balls and get hit, you have to do a burpee for the number of balls you are holding plus the ball that hit you! So there is incentive to keep the balls moving! 6– Hit the window, door, fans, computer or lights – that’s two burpees (work on your accuracy!). 7– If you are within 10 feet of someone, do not throw the ball like an MLB pitcher or the NFL lineman will get you! 8– Open a door and a window to make it a little more interesting, in that if a ball gets thrown outside – it’s five burpees! 9– This is the honor system and if you are not honorable, well that’s ten burpees!
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Thegreatestwarmupgameever–BURPEEDODGEBALL!
ByJimatCrossFitMatters
AcommonphraseamongstCrossFitters,‘Ihateburpees!’SoonedayCoachJimfromCrossFitMatters,decidedtomakeitalittlemorefuntodoburpees!Throughalittlebrainstormingaboutchildhoodgames,JimcameupwithBurpeeDodgeballasaplayfulwaytogetpeopletodoburpeesandhisdeviousideahasbeenworkingeversince!
WearefortunateatCrossFitMatterstohaveaconfinedspace(2,200ishsqft).WithboxesandtireswecreatedAmericanGladiator‐likeobstaclestohidebehind.Butdon’tbefooled,theseobstacleswillnotsaveyoufromtheinevitablenerfballonslaught!LikeamissilelaunchedfromanF‐15,anerfballwillfindyouthroughthesmallestofopeningsfromacrosstheroom!Yes,bewareoftheex‐baseballplayersinyouraffiliate,butdon’tbefooledeitherbythemiddleagedattorneywhowilllobanerfballwithjustasmuchaccuracy!Burpeedodgeballisforeveryone!Andcoaches,bewareofthebombardmentfromyourathletes,astheylovetogetthecoaches!Frequently,coacheswillfindthemselvesinMatrix‐likepositionsdodgingwiththebestoftheirabilityinthemiddleoftheroom!
Inthecourseofaten‐minutewarm‐up,everyoneisguaranteedtodomultipleburpeesandhavealotoffuntoo!
Rules:
1–Yougethit,doaburpee!
2–Youcatchaball,whoeverthrowtheballdoesaburpee!
3–Youcandeflectathrownball,butithastobelegit!
4–Youcangethitwhiledoingaburpee,sothereisincentivetodoyourburpeesfast!
5–Ifyouarehoardingballsandgethit,youhavetodoaburpeeforthenumberofballsyouareholdingplustheballthathityou!Sothereisincentivetokeeptheballsmoving!
6–Hitthewindow,door,fans,computerorlights–that’stwoburpees(workonyouraccuracy!).
7–Ifyouarewithin10feetofsomeone,donotthrowtheballlikeanMLBpitcherortheNFLlinemanwillgetyou!
8–Openadoorandawindowtomakeitalittlemoreinteresting,inthatifaballgetsthrownoutside–it’sfiveburpees!
9–Thisisthehonorsystemandifyouarenothonorable,wellthat’stenburpees!
Havefunwithit,splituptheroomormakeitfreereigninyouraffiliatespace.Besafeandbecautiousoftheequipment.FortheCrossFitcoachesoutthere,nexttimeyouhear,“Ihateburpees!”Throwanerfballatthemandtellthemtodoaburpee!Wehavebeenblessedwithnumerousvisitorswhowerewelcomedbyafun‐lovinggameofburpeedodgeballandwhonowhaveanewappreciationforburpees!Havefunandhavefundoingburpees!
ByJimCaskeyFounderandHeadCoachatCrossFitMatters
http://www.crossfitmatters.com
Email–[email protected]
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