23 pax joined YHC, who had been granted temporary entrance into TPR, for a Thursday morning beatdown.
Inasmuch as YHC's very first command to move the pax from the library pavement to the wet grass of the Green for Warm-O-Rama was met with disapproval ("We never warm up in the grass!!"), YHC assumes that all rights and privileges attending his admittance are now revoked. Nevertheless, YHC has drafted the following recap for posterity.
Also present at the beatdown, but not listed above: Buckner, Cheesy Puffs, Dingo, Puddin, Seabiscuit.
0500: Cooter, Garcia, Turnpike, and YHC ran a 2.7 mi standard through Davidson, including running past some of the areas YHC had planned to visit during the beatdown, to confirm their locations. YHC is always stunned by the beauty and quaintness of Davidson campus.
0526: YHC and other pax running the standard return to the Green, where they are greeted by Duvall. Duvall promptly questions Turnpike's presence in TPR, asking for his papers, how he managed to slip past security, etc., and explaining that there is a no fly list in the TPR. Cobains….I did not realize I had to clear these additional guests.
0530: Circle up on the Green. Disclaimer. One pax on the other side of the circle motioned that he could not hear YHC's instructions. Cobains, volume increased.
WARM-O-RAMA:
- SSH x 20 IC
- Toy Soldier x 15 IC
- Arm Circles Forward / Backward
- Mountain Climber x 15 IC
- Peter Parker Peter x 10 IC
- Wide Merican x 10 IC
THANG:
Mosey to ramp across Main St. from Belk Visual Arts Center. Partner Up.
- P1 on sidewalk:
- Hand Release Mericans x 20 OYO
- Monkey Humpers x 20 OYO
- Squats x 20 OYO
- P2 on ramp:
- Elevated Mericans x 10 IC
- Dips x 15 IC (elevated if possible)
Flip-flop.
Mosey to traffic circle in front of Carnegie Guest House. Find Partner.
- P1 plank on inside curb of circle, perform Traveling Mericans clockwise around circle.
- P2 lunge walk counterclockwise around circle until meeting P1, then flip-flop.
Mosey to far end of circle.
All pax perform descending curb dip crawls: 10 dips on one curb, bear crawl to other curb for 9 dips, bear crawl back for 8 dips, etc., until done. Al Gore while waiting for the six.
Mosey to grassy area on Davidson campus, near War Memorial. Find Partner.
- Partner Plank Situps x 25 (each partner)
- Makhtar N'Diaye x 20 OYO
- Squat x 15 IC (all pax)
- Repeato above three exercises
Circle Up.
- Captain Thors – one WWII Situp followed by one 4-count American Hammer (aka Mason Twist), followed by two WWII Situps and two 4-count American Hammers, and so on, up to eight WWII Situps and eight 4-count American Hammers
Mosey to brick lattice wall outside Davidson College Presbyterian Church.
- People's Chair 30 sec
- Touch Them Heels x 15 IC
- People's Chair 15 sec
- (recover, shake out)
- People's Chair 30 sec
- Air Press x 15 IC
Mosey back to Davidson Green for extended Mary.
- Homer to Marge x 5, stopping in middle for
- Rosalita x 15 IC and
- Low Dolly x 15 IC
- Crunchy Frog x 15 IC
- Elbow Plank 30 sec
- J-Lo x 15 IC
- Elbow Plank 30 sec
- Dying Cockroach x 15 IC
- LBC x 15 IC (Duvall)
- Shoulder Touch Mericans x 10 IC (Turnpike)
Recover, recover.
MOLESKIN:
- Thanks to everyone who came out this morning, including BRR teammates Easy and Special Sauce, and fellow Huntersvillefolk / escorts into TPR Cooter, Garcia, Swing State, and Turnpike. It was also awesome to have Mortimer and Professor join the group for Mary after their 8 mile tear down Presbyterian Rd / Grey Rd. Nice work, guys!
- YHC wishes he had posted a few more times to this AO prior to the Q today. Lack of familiarity with certain areas of the AO led to YHC's plan going awry a few times (smoking the pax with too many traveling mericans, being unable to do elevated dips, etc.) and having to audible. And then ended up doing way too much Mary. Cobains – I'll do some better scouting before my next effort, assuming the Davidson pax will have me back.
- Great to finally meet Chim Chim, Seabiscuit, and several other pax I'd heard of, but never met. Hope to make it back soon for some of your beatdowns! (I admit, I'm already skeered of the Chim Chim beatdown….)
- We lifted up in COT those affected by the fires in southern California.
- Thanks to Duvall for reaching out to YHC and asking for a Q. Appreciate your trust and confidence, and hope to have the opportunity to come back sometime.
- Thanks as always to Auto and Eeyore for the EH in June 2016. I'm forever grateful.
Aye,
TC