Jive Turkey

Event Date

Nov 20, 2018


Four incredibly jive turkeys made it out to the Quarry to get a little pre-Thanksgiving workout on. We were a lot of things on that morning, but most of all we were thankful.

Warm-O-Rama

Come grab yo bricks. For a change of pace, the warm-up was accompanied with bricks

  • SSH
  • Toy Soldier

  • Windmill
  • IST (still does nothing, but will keep trying)

  • Seal clap SSH

  • Cotton Pickers

The Thang

Mosey to back lot for a few heaping servings of a brick sampler

  • 10 part man maker Mercans

  • WWII with chest fly

  • Plank with alternating brick toe touches (i.e., the Surf & Turf with bricks)

  • Mercan with a 3-brick shuffle to L and R

  • Wide Mercans

Run 1/2 lap on track

  • Squat with OH press
  • CDD
  • Front and side raises
  • Reverse shoulder flies
  • Plank with brick shoulder taps

Run 1/2 lap on track

  • 10 pull-ups

  • 10 knee raises

  • Bent over (i.e., bendover) rows

  • Gun show curls

  • Brick diamond Mercans

  • Skull crusher

  • Brick tri extensions

  • Br’ason twist

  • Walking lunges

  • Apollo Anton Ono (i.e., the Gaye Blayde)

  • Squats

Run 1/2 lap on track

Billy Blanks / Sean T set. Rapido

  • OH press

  • Jabs
  • Uppercut
  • Hooks
  • Alternating knee crushers

Run to ab station

  • Dying cockroach

  • W ups

  • Brick ankle raises with Pax counting down from 10 at preferred pace

Moleskine

  • Q apparently resembles the jive turkey pic in pre-blast

  • Not to name names, but Grip had a few fits of flatulence today that sounded like they would have left giblet gravy in his shorts

  • New football stadium in Atlanta is sweet, and the travelling Pompi’s finally witnessed a Dallas Cowboys win

  • Slow Roll does the Murph on his lunch break. In ~27 minutes

  • It was not very well publicized this year, but Eating Season goes from Halloween all the way thru the Super Bowl. Please plan you intake (and outtake) accordingly.

  • If you are in town and looking for some outtake and fellowship before you gorge yourself into a tryptophan gelatinous state, please consider attending the ANNUAL OVERLOOK (Cobalt) THANKSGIVING TURKEY TROT. Overlook (and any MIL people) are welcome to come to the Turkey Trot Thursday morning at 9am starting at the Overlook clubhouse. This year they are accepting canned food, paper products and financial donations for the Mount Holly CRO to help our neighbors in need. The Turkey Trot is about a 3 mile trek around Overlook and you can walk, run, bike, scooter or rickshaw your way on the route

  • Feeling Thankful. And Blessed

  • Safe travels to all who are travelling.

  • Great work men! Happy Thanksgiving!! Gobble, Gobble!