10 came out to help YHC kickoff his 49th year with a solid butt kicking. Here’s what went down:
Warm up
Mosey with butt kickers, high knees, karaoka left, Karaoka right
Circle up & disclaimer
19 side straddle hop (IC)
15 imperial storm trooper (IC)
15 mountain climbers (IC)
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 & lunge walk back to beginning
Repeato with Durkins up to 10 (Q started by calling out the wrong exercise & Pax called him out as expected- Accountability!)
Mosey to school
10 box jumps with squat OYO
10 Single leg step up each leg OYO
25 Dips IC
Mosey to little playground at back of bus lot
10 pull ups OYO
10 V ups OYO
Mosey to picnic tables
Split into 2 groups of 5 and do picnic table presses
1st group did 50
2nd group did slightly less
Mosey to back of school
Peoples chair with 20 air press
BTTW
Mosey to Gaga pits
20 sideways jump in and out of pit
10 dips IC
10 Incline Merkins IC
10 Durkins IC
Mary
V ups, LBC, Touch them heels, WW2 sit-ups, J-lo, Shoulder Touch Merkins, Low flutter, BBC, Hip dips, Freddie Mercury
Moleskine
For those keeping count that was 150 Merkins to start your Monday
I think the Pax was surprised there wasn’t more running (see YHC does more than run)
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!