Eleven PAX joined Roadie this morning for a pre-snow workout where we toured The General and laid burpees all over the place. Today is a milestone of sorts for YHC, which is why I needed to have the Q this morning. Exactly 1 year ago I had open heart surgery, which was pretty much out of the blue for my family and me. All I knew was last November I had no energy beyond moving from one sitting position to another. Turned out strep (alpha streptococcus) was in my heart and was rapidly damaging one of the valves. I'm happy to report that today everything is good. The weather also held out this morning; that was nice too.
Warmorama
Mosey from parking lot (between the two ball fields) to entrance
- SSH x 20, 5 Burpees
- IST x 20, 5 Burpees
- Windmill x 20, 5 Burpees
- Low Slow Squat x 20
The Thang
Mosey to parking lot in front of bathrooms for a 'merkin/squat jump descending ladder (nobody was fooled – the PAX saw through this burpee in disguise)
- 10 squat jumps
- 10 'merkins
- 9 squat jumps
- 9 'merkins
- and so on, from 8 down to 1
PAX partner up
Mosey down to the wall for partner exercises/suicides
- Partner 1 – descending 'merkins (feet on curb) AMRAP
- Partner 2 – suicides using parking space lines; 1, then 2, then 3, then 4, then 5; return to partner
- Flapjack
- Partner 1 – low flutter AMRAP (LF was in the weinke but I can't remember what we actually did here)
- Partner 2 – suicides of 5 lines
- Flapjack
- Partner 1 – hands-to-knees AMRAP (demo demanded by the PAX; @swingstate delivered)
- Partner 2 – suicides of 5 lines
- Flapjack
"Indian Run" with trailing PAX dropping for 2 burpees, taking us over to Eagle Ridge Way, out to Westmorland, and stopping at the rocks. @jazzhands set an unsustainable pace which @jimmyolson quickly corrected
Rock Work
- Low curls
- High curls
- Skull crushers
- Bent-over rows
- Shoulder Presses
Mosey back to #TheGeneral entrance for another round of 'merkin/squat jump descending ladders
- 10 squat jumps
- 10 'merkins
- 9 squat jumps
- 9 'merkins
- and so on, from 8 down to 1
Mosey back to the parking lot in front of the bathrooms for another partner exercise/suicide
- Partner 1 – AMRAP monkey humping
- Partner 2 – suicides of 5 lines
- Flapjack
- Partner 1 – WW1 sit-ups (demo was offered and accepted by the PAX. @roadie delivered)
- Partner 2 – suicides of 5 lines
- Flapjack
- Partner 1 – superman as long as you could hold it
- Partner 2 – suicides of 5 lines
- Flapjack
Mosey closer to my phone
Circle up for Mary
- Pickle Pounder – @roadie
- J-Lo – @roadie
- LBC – @gypsy
- Jane Fondas – @swingstate
- Pretzel Crunch – @ninjaturtle
Age stats for nerds
- Mean: 44 (average of the recorded ages)
- Median: 45 (age in the middle of those recorded)
- Mode: 45 (age that occurred the most)
- Max: 52 (highest age)
- Min: 31 (lowest age)
- Standard Deviation: 5.75971 (square root of the average "distance" each age had from the mean)
Moleskine
- GORUCK Heavy – @jazzhands, @swingstate, and @tuffy are HCs.
- Huntersville Half is tomorrow – YHC did ask about where volunteers go and was informed –> Hickory Tavern at 7:30 AM
- Many thanks to @swingstate for helping me fine tune the weinke. Thanks @landline as well for lending me #theGeneral today
- HatTrick – told us of his wife TT's scare in 2015; we're glad she's doing well today.
- YHC confessed how much F3 means to me and how necessary the 2nd F is for my participation in the first F.
- Pro Tip – excessive sweating while you sleep may be a sign of an infection. Talk to your doctor.