Estwingversary Spherenado

by | May 4, 2022 | Backblasts | 0 comments

Tomorrow, May 5th, will be YHC's one year anniversary in F3.  That first post, however, was at a Turnpike/Turncoat co-Qed Mighty Oak, which was originally going to provide insiration for this morning's workout.  Upon further review, I decided to go in a completely different direction.  The humidity is here to stay, so 9 Pax were visibly shaken to learn of the beatdown that awaited them

Mosey to the Spheres of Destiny, quick disclaimer, and circle up.

Soundtrack:

  1. "I Want You Back" – The Jackson 5
  2. "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" – Belinda Carlisle
  3. "Tarzan Boy" – Baltimora
  4. "Jessie's Girl" – Rick Springfield
  5. "Don't Lose My Number" – Phil Collins
  6. "Your Love" – The Outfield
  7. "The King of Wishful Thinking" – Go West
  8. "Heat of the Moment" – Asia
  9. "St. Elmo's Fire" – John Parr
  10. "You Can Call Me Al" – Paul Simon

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SST x 20 IC
  • Slippery Dip Can x 10 IC
  • IST x 10 IC (in honor of May the fourth)
  • Slooooow Windmill x 10 IC

THE THING:

The concept of this was a blend of Sharknado and a late-December Crocs-led workout "The 12 Days of Christmas" which was not backblasted.  All exercises would be done as a group, removing the Sharknado element of eventually running by oneself.

Start at Sphere 1, do exercise, big lap around the parking lot.  Do Sphere 1 exercise, then Sphere 2 exercise, big lap around the parking lot, etc.  Medium laps after spheres 6-8.  Small laps after spheres 9 and 10.

  • Sphere 1:  1 Burpee OYO
  • Sphere 2:  2 Slow Deep Squats IC
  • Sphere 3:  3 Perfect Form Carolina Dry Docks OYO
  • Sphere 4:  4 Split Squat Jumps IC
  • Sphere 5:  5 Butt Kickers IC
  • Sphere 6:  6 Plank Jacks OYO
  • Sphere 7:  7 High Knees IC
  • Sphere 8:  8 Mountain Climbers IC
  • Sphere 9:  9 Apollo Ohnos (Each Leg) OYO
  • Sphere 10:  10 Perfect Form Merkins OYO

After all that leg work (and a little under 2 miles of movement), a well deserved Crocs Mobility Moment™

  • Left and Right Pigeon
  • Catcher's Pose

MARY:

  • LBC x 20 IC
  • Left Side Crunch x 10 IC
  • Right Side Crunch x 10 IC
  • 45 Second Elbow Plank

Recover, recover.

 

MOLESKIN:

  1. ?Thanks to the guys who came out this morning, but also to all the guys who have made an impact on me over the past year – you've pushed me to be better and I am extremely grateful for that
  2. Today is also Nair's 37's birthday – Happy Birthday!!
  3. FNG-1:  POS, who has been crushing it, but still cannot figure out how to get his nickname on the website
    • UPDATE:  Turns out it was Blackbeard's fault!
  4. At one point my playlist caused Crocs to paint for us an image of Turnpike casually running a marathon, decked out in hooded sweatshirt and pink fingerless gloves, smile plastered on his face, blasting those sweet tunes into his ears – I can see it
  5. Uncle Rico and Turnpike barely broke a sweat while I was quite drenched
  6. Firestone made a point to mention that his only other Estwing workout was the one where I piloted the "Westminster Dog Show", weaving in and out of the yellow sticks on Stumptown in front of St. Mark's – he did not imply that it was a good exercise – consider it one and done
  7. Excellent work by Deadhead, who's starting to, dare I say it, becoming a regular?
  8. I screwed up the count a few times, leading to some well-deserved mumblechatter by Tammy Faye and Tuffy around my effectiveness at my job if I can't do math

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