6 men at the start and we mosey off behind fleet feet for a brief warmorama. SSH, slow windmill, slower windmill, slow squats and long snappers, 5 burpees. — Mosey —
along the way we found Doogie (FNG-1, not yet registered on the website) who may have mistaken the AO for Hollywood 5:30 start at chipotle parking lot — arrive at parking deck for 3 rounds of sprints up the ramp, jog it back, 5 burpees and down the stairs to tag out partner from their core workout of choice.
Mosey.
Arrive at birkdale valet parking for the thang. Here we found Shaken not Stirred who appeared as if he’d been running with a partner which he promptly ditched so he could volunteer to be the first jerk’ in this merk’in challenge.
1 pax in the middle drops chest to 4” yoga block for max-effort merkin reps until failure. Rest of the pax circle up around him doing squats while counting his reps and support him. Possum and Soprano both put up over 50 reps, RESPECT! Cherry bomb showed us why they call him Natan with an impressive 70+ reps.
(These three men earned gf muffins for their efforts. Cherry Bomb graciously gave his to Fogo by hustling out to run 3 miles before he knew he’d won anything)
mosey. Cooldownorama/ final core work beat down with some IST, toy soldiers, reverse lunges, few more burpees etc.
mosey. Finish with a mobility moment. Oh wait, can’t forget those last 5 burpees!
Recover recover.
Prayers for Moonlight. Intensive surgery and other treatment, hope they go well. Prayers for his family. Prayers of appreciation for this morning in the gloom with these great men. Praying for the guys who didn’t make it out. Today’s a great day to be great. It’s a blessing and a gift to be here today. Go get after it.
oorah!
—Qbicle