This WOD follows along with the different scenes of Monty Python's The Holy Grail. IYKYK… If you don't then watch the movie and reread the BackBlast 🙂

 

Warm Up – Begin your quest!

PAX partner up (one acts as the knight the other the squire) and horsey walk (skip) to the shed to grab coupons. Whilst horsey walking the squire shall cup his hands to make the clopping horse noises.

Once the coupons have been distributed… we shall learn about Swallows (African or European) and their maximum velocity and carrying proweress with…

Swallow Wings: Arm Circles (12 IC), Circle Arms (12 IC), Seal Claps (12 IC), Overhead Claps (12 IC) and Moraccan Knight club (12 IC).

 

Next we shall travel through the plague infected town where we shall be encouraged to… "Bring Out Your Dead": Rifle Carries with Coupon 15 yards then Dying Cockroach (12 IC), rinse and repeat 4 times.

 

Following that harrowing experience, we meet the serfs of the automomous collective, or was it a self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes, no… it was an anarcho-syndicalist commune, where they take turns to act as the executive-officer-for-the-week and they object to King Authur wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at him. This all leads to them feeling…

RE-Pressed: Three count Block Press (24 IC)

 

Before we can continue our journey, we encounter the Black Knight blocking our path. We quickly dispatch him but he does not give up the fight, which reminds us to…

Never Surrender (10 IC)

 

We ride on (Horsey Walk/Skip) to the next village (bleachers) where we come across a witch trial. We learn that witches burn because they are made of wood and weigh as much as a duck (or very small pebbles) which is why they will float. Ultimately we will…

Burn 'er: 11's with Irkins and Dips. *** Side note we also learn the Q is very bad at counting.***

 

We finally arrive at Camelot ('tis only a model really) and realize that it is a rather silly place full of dancing and…

Hill Billy Walkers (24 IC)

 

After leaving Camelot, we have a vision where we receive our quest for the Holy Grail. And of course grails are shaped like goblets so…

Goblet Squats (24 on my down)

 

Shortly after receiving the quest for the Holy Grail we came upon a castle full of un-savory fellows who threw cows at us and taunted us by saying "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries." Which caused us to scatter and…

Runaway with Elderberries (Burpees): Sprint 15 yards then 5 Burpees. Rinse and repeat 4 times.

 

Not to be outdone, Sir Robin the Brave encountered the three headed giant who ended up arguing with himself about the best way to dispatch Robin, so he…

Bravely Fled: Nur 15 yards with 10 Burpees 2 times.

 

Sir Galahad discovered the interesting, yet deadly, Castle Anthrax. To keep the G rating of the back blast I shall not go into detail what was discovered there, as this is not that kind of group. However it did lead to…

Naughty Zoot: Hello Dollies (24) and Pickle Pointers (24).

 

We eventually come back to our senses, only to encounter the…

Knights who say Niii: High Knees 25 yards to the shrubberies (which happened to be not to big, nor too small, and since they were owned by Rapho park I have no idea how expensive they were) and back.

 

Next we checked in with Sir Lancelot who travels to Swamp Castle and attempts (miserably) to rescue…

Prince Herbert: Horsey Run/Skip around the ball only to wind up where we started.

 

Finally all the Knights come back together and meet a mysterious enchanter who tells us the location of the Grrrrrrrrrrrrrail is named in the cave of the…

Vicious Rabbit: 5 Murder Bunnies out and 5 Murder Bunnies back.

 

We are able to dispatch the rabbit with big, nasty, pointy teeth, by throwing the…

Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch: Block Swings (12 IC)

 

After such carnage, it is best that the coupons were put away before meeting the Keeper of the Bridge of Death over the Gorge of Eternal Peril. PAX were asked five, no three, questions and if correct, hold Al Gore for a 24 count, or if incorrect 5 merkins.

Question 1: In the movie, what is the Enchanter’s name? (Answer: Tim) *** Incorrect Answer given.

-Question 2: What do the knights who recently said “Ni” want the knights to cut down the

mightiest tree in the forest with? (Answer: A herring) *** Incorrect Answer given.

-Question 3: “Suffice to say is one of the words the Knights of Ni cannot hear.” What is the

word they can’t hear? (Answer: “It) *** Correct Answer Given.

 

Next we lined up in a circle for the next exercise… but we stop the workout suddenly for no apparent reason. All questions from the PAX are left unanswered as we run back to the flag.

 

Count-o-rama

Name-o-rama

COT

 

Prayers:

Fridge's job situation

Eagle's family

Bunyan's family

Button's upcoming wedding

Buffalo's job situation (praise)

and other prayers in our hearts left unspoken…

 

It was a lot of fun collaborating with Bunyan to come up with this work out. We each took slightly different exercises at times but the premise was the same.

 

Thank you for following my lead…

Meatball out!!!