A convergence of emergence: ORockus

A convergence of emergence: ORockus

A baker’s dozen including the men of Olympus, the men of The Rock and a FNG (Rob M aka Bait) converged on the grandest AO in Area 51 for a true smoker.  We tackled the lungs, the arms, the legs and the core.  YHC is feeling it this morning for sure.  Thanks to Ickey Shuffle and Gullah for bringing a lasting taste of Olympus to us.  Here was the recipe:

After planting the two SFs, greeting Mall Cop, Frasier and Strange Brew who were all there for an early Pre-KB workout (but had to exit for other HCs) and setting up the coupons brought by Ickey Shuffle, we circled up for warm-ups including:

Hopper on Q:

• SSH
• Peter Parker
• 10 count 6 inches
• Parker Peter
• Freddy Mercury

Mosey to front lot.  Suicide ladders with counts of 10, 15 and 20 at each turn-around.  Exercises included:

• Squats
• Jumping lunges

Mosey back to basketball court area:

Ickey Shuffle on Q:

IS brought equipment for 10 pain stations.  Some allowed for doubling up and the timer for each circuit rotation was one man running from the baseketball courts to the side door of Calvary, touch the building and run back (maybe 300 to 400 yards total).  This continued for roughly 35 minutes with the following circuits and each man rotated through each station at least three times:

• Throw 20 lb medicine ball against backboard and catch it
• Jump rope
• Merkins
• Dumbbell thrusters
• Kettlebell swing ladders with 35, 55 and 70 lb kbs
• Yoke walk
• Sandbag side to side up and overs
• Battle rope waves
• Sledgehammer on tire
• Upright rows with KB

Gummy on Q:

Time for some Mary.  Mosey to one of the back lots and line up abreast (Gummy fancies himself an abreast man).  Get on your six and complete 15 reps of each Mary exercise…..but wait, there’s more!  When finished with each exercise, stand up and run a 50 yard dash to one of the street lamps.  Turn  around, catch your breathe for five seconds and run back the 50 yards to your starting point for next exercise.  Mary included:

• LBCs
• Flutter
• Dolly
• Rosalita
• Protractor

Finish up with a AYG back to The Rock and Olympus shovel flags.

That’s a wrap!

Moleskin:

There were several observations made during this workout:

• Gummy did not look like a man out for 4 months when we ran the suicide ladders.  He was up front the whole time.
• Squid trained Mayweather on how to jump rope apparently.  The sound of the rope  spinning when Squid was jumping sounded like a ninja throwing stars.
• Pop Tart has wiped out Dick’s of all Under Armor camo workout gear.  It works for him as he and Ickey Shuffle were leading the 50 yard sprints in between Mary exercises.

This was a great workout!  Thanks again to the men of Olympus for converging with us and helping make it a great morning.  Everyone hung tough the whole time…..great work by the pax! Welcome FNG Bait who was brought by Ickey Shuffle.  We may not see Bait on a regular basis as he lives in Sarasota, FL (he runs his own fish chartering business, hence the name).  We got him thinking about a Sarasota expansion, though!  Glad you made it The Rock, brother!  Great work!

Next up is SlimFast….that man likes to run so be ready!

Gummy, thanks for the ending prayer!

No announcements.

Hopper, out!