I'm not writing about any cool training things because I haven't been training. I've been home sick since Christmas, and today is the first day I might actually be able to get out there and do something. (Strength-y, not met-con-y. I have too much crap in my lungs to breathe hard.) I have been sick a lot in 2008... way more than normal. Which is ironic, because I'm the healthiest I've ever been this year. I'm eating better, sleeping more, training harder... so why the hell do I keep catching every cold that goes around?
In the absence of training results and programming commentary, I am resurrecting something fun and somewhat morally bankrupt. If not for this quiz, I bet you'd never TRULY know how many five year olds you could take in a fight.
This short survey will tell you approximately how many five year old children you could fight at once. Results are based on physical prowess, training, swarm-combatting experience, and the flexibility of your moral compass. Turns out I can only take 25. I think that's because (a) I've never been in an actual fight before, (b) I have little to no experience with swarms and (c) I'm not that big. My Cirque-du-Soleil-worthy moral compass, however, certainly helped me out.
Try it for yourself, and post results to comments. The man (or woman) with the highest score will earn my permanent allegiance. All those sticky-fingered, germy-mouthed little ankle biters in one place is the stuff of my nightmares, so I'm walking in with you. Behind you, actually.
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
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Not ever being in a fight worked against me. However, being tall with a long reach and an affinity for RTS games helped out. Also, the "them or me" mentality didn't hurt either.
Thanks for the link. Get well soon.
-Rob
>>I'm eating better, sleeping more, training harder... so why the hell do I keep catching every cold that goes around?
Because you overtrain. Duh.
a very in depth look at your question.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/34/other-other-topics/how-many-5-year-olds-10/
the commentary and analysis gets better as you go.
I got 30......probably because I don't have a lot of reach, but I'd have NO problem picking one of the little bastards up by the ankles and windmilling my way to freedom.
Sorry you're not feeling well. :( Hope you've gotten plenty of rest overthe holidays!
23. That's bullshit. I could take way more than 23.
34 kids, bring it ON !
Take a high dosage pro-biotic daily. If you already do, up the dosage. I rarely get sick anymore.
30 of the little buggers!
I got 31 and I have no morals. re:sick, i find myself getting sick due to stress. you stress your body with wod's/lifiting, diet, fasting, and general work/money/family/dogs stress. maybe you need a little more balance. take a look at how things have been over the past month and see where your balance is slipping. make adjustments and rest up!
It says 30, but I have to agree with the folks on the forum, I could decimate a nearly unlimited number of 5-year olds. Let's look at in terms of work capacity: the energy needed to incapacitate a 5-year old is very small. I think I could, with a gun to my head, do a double Murph given a few hours. That's four miles of running, 200 pull-ups, 400 push-ups and 600 squats all wearing a 20# vest. I would say the energy needed to knock out a 5-old is much less than that needed for a C2B pull-up wearing a 20# vest, maybe .5 so that is 400 5-year olds there. Maybe 1 push-up is about the same energy, so 400 more. The squats maybe 2x so another 300. Being conservative, on the run maybe another 300.
So I feel I could knock out 1400 5-year olds before succumbing to exhaustion.
33 of the little baby humans. Not a bad effort for a rest day :-)
Hope you feel better soon, I would offer you some of the chicken soup I made for lunch but it would be cold by the time it got to NH.
29.
Here's the deal; why eye-gouge little kids? Can't do it.
But on the flip, kids are like rubber, and resilient; I could 'Windmill' 'em all day as an early comment went. Sock a kid in the face, there's a 50/50 chance that they'd get up laughing, eventually. They'll live, the wiser for it. Trust me on that.
I think the height and reach questions sort of underestimate the x2 broadsword training I received in China, equally effective with pipes and/or smaller children.
16. I can only take on 16. There's something wrong with me. Seriously!
38...must be my martials arts background, fighting experience, and total ruthlessness when it comes to battling the tots.
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