Not listed – John Boy
10 showed up to see what was in store for today, including a few who had been missing of late. Here’s what happened:
Warm up
Mosey with karaoka left, Karaoka right, & quadraphillia.
Circle up & disclaimer
20 side straddle hop (IC)
20 imperial storm trooper (IC)
15 cotton pickers (IC)
15 windmills (IC)
Arm circles forwards and backwards
The Thang – looked better on paper
There are 10 concrete balls in front of Grand Oak. YHC decided it would be a good idea to leapfrog the balls while completing increasing incline Merkins up to 10 & bear crawl back to beginning
Repeato with Durkins up to 10 & lunge Walk back
Mosey to blocks
Grab a block and circle up to learn that this is the last time the Pax will put their blocks on the ground. They will be carrying them wherever they go over the next part of the workout. At this point Toxic asks what happens if he puts the block down. YHC told him you vs. you. Toxic suggested a Burpee penalty. YHC agreed and made it a burpee penalty with Toxic (see what I did there)
25 full curl while walking (IC)
15 shoulder press (IC)
Walk back to start and circle up
25 Block swings (OYO)
Farmer carry to picnic tables
Split into 2 groups of 5 and place blocks on table
25 front shoulder shrugs
25 rear shoulder shrugs
Attempted 15 picnic table presses but sliding blocks quickly ended that plan
Burpee penalty for YHC stupidity
Farmer carry back to opposite end of track for lawn mower 10 each arm (IC)
Farmer carry back to return blocks
Mosey to Gaga pits
15 dips IC
10 Incline Merkins IC
10 Durkins IC
10 Mountain climbers IC
Mary
Xs & Os, J-lo,
Moleskine
For those keeping count that was 150 Merkins to start your Monday.
I think the Pax was surprised we never stopped moving today, and never put our blocks down either.
Tagless, Nordberg, & Travolta put in the Standard as well
Q’s are open and this is a great AO – thanks for the opportunity Funky Town
Thanks to Die Hard and Toxic for the EH 4 years ago. I was happy getting my weekly mileage in and going to the gym for my workouts. Toxic let me know Die Hard was Q’ing for his anniversary and I had to come support him. I agreed and was surprised to see a large group of men getting together at the ungodly hour of 5:10, at an even more ungodly temperature of 2 degrees outside. These guys were crazy – I knew I would fit in. The workout was hard, but I was used to hard workouts. The difference maker was the mumble chatter, friendship, and the fun everyone was having despite the elements. I was sold. The next week I left the gym, and never looked back. I moved all my workouts outside in the gloom with this great group of men. I have met some great people and seen even greater feats of leadership and support for each other, our communities, and even communities hours away; all demonstrating Iron Sharpens Iron. Aye!