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Shape Up Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/1/2025
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Alright geocachers, I know we all get lots of cardio hiking up and down for one cache or another, but now we're going to Stop and Shape Up! That's right, the February instance in this series of 2025 caches has you getting the blood flowing just as those new year's resolutions are starting to fade from memory, and you're starting to wish you hadn't filled up on pie sandwiches. By the time we're done here you're gonna be doing earth-downs rather than push-ups ;)

Here's how it's gonna work: in each round you're going to be given an exercise and list of sets. Take the first number and do that many of the listed exercise, then take a minute or so to rest, and then that exercise again for the second number/set, on until the round is done or your limbs feel like tentacles, whichever comes first. Make sense? Let's do it!

Round 1: Jumping Jacks
106 151 162 163 164 40 163 164 145 160 40 144 157 156 145 41 41 12 50 63 54 60 51 50 62 54 63 51 50 61 54 63 51 50 60 

Round 2: Pushups
54 61 51 50 60 54 60 51 50 63 54 60 51 12 50 66 54 61 60 51 50 70 54 61 61 51 50 71 54 61 62 51 50 71 54 

Round 3: Lunges
61 63 51 50 67 54 61 63 51 50 64 54 61 62 51 50 64 54 61 61 51 50 66 54 61 60 51 12 50 60 54 66 51 50 62 

Round 4: Dips
54 67 51 50 63 54 61 61 51 50 61 54 71 51 50 60 54 61 61 51 50 60 54 66 51 12 50 66 54 67 51 50 70 54 60 

Round 5: Pull ups
51 50 71 54 60 51 50 71 54 66 51 50 66 54 67 51 12 50 60 54 61 63 51 50 61 54 61 60 51 50 65 54 61 63 51 

Round 6: Mountain Climbers
50 60 54 61 63 51 12 50 61 54 64 51 50 63 54 67 51 50 61 54 66 51 50 60 54 64 51 50 60 54 63 51 50 61 54

Round 7: Burpees
64 51 12 50 71 54 61 60 51 50 67 54 61 60 51 50 67 54 71 51 50 70 54 71 51 50 70 54 67 51 50 71 54 67 51 

Round 8: Plank (hold for given number of seconds)
50 71 54 61 60 51 12 50 65 54 64 51 50 66 54 65 51 50 66 54 66 51 50 64 54 66 51 50 62 54 65 51 50 62 54 

Round 9: Squats
64 51 50 63 54 62 51 50 65 54 60 51 50 67 54 60 51 50 67 54 62 51 50 65 54 64 51 12 50 63 54 70 51 50 64 

Round 10: Pushups (again)
54 67 51 50 65 54 67 51 50 66 54 70 51 50 66 54 71 51 50 65 54 61 60 51 50 64 54 61 60 51 50 63 54 70 51

Wooo great work out there!!! I'm proud of you. A few things to note: make sure you stay hydrated, get some electrolytes now and then, make sure you warm up (got you covered there with jumping jacks) and do a cool down (maybe a nice 8 mile run followed by some gentle stretching), and of course don't take exercise advice from some random cache page. Whoops probably should've mentioned that beforehand. Anyway I think that covers all the points I wanted to make. What's left? Oh yes, the usual - don't bother going to the posted coordinates, yes there are some hints scattered around, and please do feel free to let me know if you think the difficulty rating isn't quite right.

 

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Congrats to Jersey Girl 10 and Fur007 on the FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

trbpnpuvatgbbyobk.pbz gb trg fgnegrq, ohg vg jba'g uryc zhpu nsgre gung

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)