A tradition as old as time – the BRICKMAS workout. Created by Bag Boy and repeated in parking lots and parks throughout the land this time of year.
Shaken answered the pre-blast tweet with a question about getting clearance from Bag Boy to Q his yuletide masterpiece. Making such an inquiry certainly meant that Shake would post – alas, he was a Grinch and didn’t make it.
Warmo-O-Rama
6 PAX gathered, said the pledge and then took a short jaunt around the baseball field. Even though the running was a minimum – the mumble chatter was a maximum, thanks to Toxic.
Once back to the launch pad we did a brief warm up – SSH, Long Snapper, Windmill, Slow Squats.
Everyone grab 2 bricks and head towards the concession stand.
THE THANG
YHC took a minute to explain how the Brickmas worked and warned that we would likely need to skip a few days as the actual workout clocks in at an hour+. As in the song – each day builds on the previous day. Reps go up by 5 each day – single count. We did all in cadence (example – 10 mericans were done as 5 IC).
Day 1 – 5 Burpees OYO
Day 2 – 10 Mericans
Day 3 – 15 Low Flutter/Chest press w/ bricks
Day 4 – 20 Dips with Bricks
Day 5 – 25 Carolina Dry Docks
Day 6 – 30 Squats w/ Bricks
Day 7 – Elbow Plank for a minute-ish
Day 8 – 40 Brick Curls doing People’s Chair
Day 9 – 45 Mason Twists w/ Bricks
Day 10 – 50 SSH – we went no Bricks
Day 11 – 55 LBC’s
Day 12 – 60 Alternating Lunges w/ Bricks
We got through Day 9 completely, and then skipped to Day 12 so we could experience all of the exercises.
Candy Cane Moleskine:
- Great group, good chatter.
- Toxic said he had leftovers for dinner last night which included Chicken and Meatballs. Based on the wind that came from his corner of the workout, we wondered if he also had some way-leftover turkey from Thanksgiving. Whew!!
- We lifted up Carpetbagger and Bed Bug who have both recently lost their mothers. May their memories always be a blessing.
Peace,
HOLIDAY