12 vigorous men rolled in to the AO eager to meet the day on their own terms. Warm vehicles left behind, greetings exchanged and disclaimer proclaimed, this is what they did:
The Thang
Shake off the dust with a little pre-game run around the parking lot, mixing in the standard buttkickers, high knees, backwards run and shuffle-steps with some pylometrics thrown in for good measure. Circle up in the coldest portion of the southern parking lot.
COP
- SSH x20
- Imperial Walkers x20
- Low-Slow-Squats x20
- Mountain Climbers x20
- Merkins x20, plankwalk 5 paces left
- Wide-arm Merkins x10, plankwalk 5 paces right
- Diamond Merkins x10
The Beastly Beast (aka. The Behemoth)
- Run to northern parking lot, stopping to pick up a medium rock/stone along the way.
- Line up for the Beast (run to 6 spots, perform called exercise at each location) – warning, this one has been super-sized:
- Merkins x6 x6
- Squats x6 x6
- Overhead press (with rock) x6 x6
- Flutter-press (with rock) x10 x6
- Bear crawl x6, jump squat x6 x6
- Suicides
- Squat (with rock) x6 x6
- Curl/Overhead Press Combo (with rock) x6 x6
The Finisher
- Run to rock/stone pile to return rock/stones, stopping along the way for Jack Webb
- Jack Webb: 1 Merkin / 4 overhead press (with rock) … to 5Merkins/20Presses
- Return rocks and circle up for 3 MOM performed with #angryman cadence
Moleskine
- Smaller crowd today provided for a fair amount of mumblechatter towards the beginning of the workout. Not much chatter towards the end…
- #angrywhitesedan made its now routine appearance. Fortunately, no one was run down and as we were all armed with stones/rocks, #angrywhitesedan sped away quietly into the gloom.
- Rocks v. stones. I’m neutral. Either way, they are heavy.
- I advised folks to choose a medium-size rock/stone for today’s activities. Most ignored me and grabbed one of the usual suspects. Hefting our small boulders made the distance run grow exponentially.
- Behemoth – biggest born of earth – upheaved His vastness. Seemed like a fitting name for our supercharged beast.
- I’m pretty sure we did a few more rounds on the Behemoth, but I honestly can’t remember what they were. I decided not to make stuff up and didn’t want to oversell ourselves or make it seem like we were any more impressive than we claim ourselves to be, so I limited the reporting to that which I could actually remember. #truthinadvertising #fairandbalancedreporting
- #angryman cadence made a brief appearance during the 3 MOM. Couldn’t help myself – I was just trying to count and breathe at the same time.
- O’Tannenbaum continued to throw down an impressive performances of physical strength and dexterity. The rest of the PAX wasn’t too shabby either.
Announcements
- It’s time to sign-up for the Spring MudRun. F3 is shooting for 700 PAX so get yourself (and your team) on the bus! Look for the pre-blast from Madame Tussauds.
- It’s time to show interest for the BRR. Area 51 has filled 6 teams and is looking for more. Reach out to Turkey Leg if interested.
- Olympus is looking for guest Qs – reach out to Ickey Shuffle if interested
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