One to Grown On

Event Date

Apr 17, 2018


Four men demonstrating a classic clinical case of elephantitis of the biceps made it out on a 34 degree April morning to expand both their physical and mental fitness for One To Grow On. It got prehensile.

Warm-o-Rama

Front skip, backwards skip, karaoke x 2, SSH, TS, Windmills, cherry pickers and Mercans

The Thang

Mosey tour of the Quarry

Lap 1

Mosey to back lot

  • 10 Pull-ups

  • 10 knee ups

Mosey to gate

  • Overhand “Gate ups” – 10

  • One legged squats – 10 each leg

Mosey to street by hill

  • Ladder 8’s – with diamond mercans and burpees. Start with 7 diamond mercans, then run 25 yards down hill for 1 burpee (totals 8). Run back up hill to do 7 diamond mercans, then run back down hill for 2 burpees (still totals 8). You catch my drift?

Mosey to covered Ab station

Do each of the following exercises for 1 minute

  • Extended arm plank with alternating shoulder taps

  • Boat pose

  • Freddie Mercury

  • Elbow plank with dolphin (arch back up, dry hump style)

  • Bottoms of feet together for LBC

Mosey to front parking lot

  • Calf raises – 50

  • CDD – 10 I/C

Lap 2

Mosey to garden area

  • Incline mercans on benches – 10 I/C

  • Dips – 10 I/C

Mosey to covered ab station area

  • Legs 90 degrees-reverse curls (ankle ups) – 20

  • Legs 45 degrees – high flutter 20

  • Legs 15 degrees – low flutter 20

  • Legs 15 degrees – low dolly 20

 

Moleskine

  • One to Grow On was an educational public service announcement (PSA) that broadcast during NBC's Saturday morning line-up from 1983 to 1989, when the network ran cartoons. The name is taken from the custom of putting an extra candle on a birthday cake as "one to grow on". One to Grow On focused on ethical and personal safety dilemmas and attempts to teach viewers how to solve them.

  • Prehensile? WTF?

  • Prehensile – Adjective. Adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around

  • Two cops were in the back of the parking lot when we rolled up. Be cool man. Any concerns they may have had with our early morning presence on school grounds were allayed once they saw us skipping. No need to call in any backup

  • There were some views shown during the exercise demonstrations that cannot be unseen

  • Pax curious on how pre blast is incorporated into today’s workout. Q prehensile challenge was to see if anyone could pick up a glove on the ground with their unit. Alas, more practice (and much better form) is needed before this can be properly executed 

  • Don King made a surprise guest appearance at The Quarry today. Only in America

  • Do you smoke after sex? Not sure, I have never looked

  • Due to concerns over identity theft, many are choosing against using facial recognition software to open ones phone. Instead, the unique third leg strategy is being used instead of the thumbprint. Just be careful when checking your phone in public or at church

  • There is definitely a podium opportunity for those entering in the “Masters Clydesdale” division in an upcoming triathlon

  • Another fun sport at triathlons is determining who the “undeclared” Athena’s are during the race (female participants weighing over 165lbs)

  • Upon reflection, spin class may be having too much of an input on the Ab station routines

  • That was definitely One to Grow On. On many levels

  • Great work men!