Do what I say, not what I do

Do what I say, not what I do

11 men came for #F3Dromedary even with the Twitter chatter warning of utter mayhem.  It turns out no one made animal noises, but there seemed to be a few (including YHC) that were dazed and confused by the COT.

Here’s how it went:

Zig-zag through the parking lot circling back to pick up Bratwurst who was still putting on his shoes and Strawberry who LIFO’ed even after poking the bear via Twitter.  Would have never heard the end of it. Completed the zig-zag through the parking lot for ~0.2 miles.

Arrived in warmup COP back by the cars.  Got it started with 20 of the old favorite and then went right into Imperial Walkers, (internal dialog) Wait… why is no one in the plank position like YHC, let’s do some IW guys!  (external dialog) That’s not IW, that’s Mtn Climber starting position.

After some minor ribbing, the IW continued through 20 or so reps, then mtn climbers x 20, and then some merkins to flex the chesticles.  Then it was time to get the real party started.

We moseyed to the first set of medians and instructions were given to run to the other end of the parking lot around the median and back.  Once first person got back, a called exercise would be called in cadence and as each PAX arrived, they would join in.  This was repeated on the 3 median set away from the cars.

First exercise, 6 count burpees x 10-13 with a run to the end and back, repeated 3 times.

Second exercise, low slow squats x 20 with run to 1/2 way and back, repeated 3 times

Third exercise, dying cockroach x 15 with run to end and back, repeated 3 times

Pause for some fence work: peoples chair x 1 min, 45 sec, 30 sec with balls to the wall hold in between

Back for fourth exercise, Russian Twist x 20 with run to 1/2 way and back, repeated 3 times

And that was that… It doesn’t look like much on paper and the numbers don’t look huge like 100 burpee ladders or something, but the secret of the day was good form.  The exercises were picked so that they almost had to be done properly and were called in cadence so it didn’t become a big race out there.  We kept the racing for the running sessions.  It is amazing how hard a workout becomes when form is maintained.

Even though Mr. Bean ran to the workout from his house, he was pushing the pace on all the running segments.  Impressive display.  I couldn’t understand what he was saying but that is usual.

Bratwurst was yelling random things from the back of the PAX at the beginning of the workout.  Something about this isn’t a running workout and YHC should have gotten the running out during #F3Swift on Tuesday.  He was mainly appeased during the second set when the distance was cut to 1/2 the parking lot.  By the last set though, he was challenging the fastest of the fast (Big Tuna, Mr. Bean, and Dasher)

Speaking of Big Tuna, Bratwurst, and Dasher. They brought the heat on the final set of runs.  Where it was the rest of the workout is not known.  #hustleandflow

Camacho came out of summertime hibernation to post with us this morning.  Hopefully it is not as long next time.

Meteor and Comet were talking of being sore from basketball and other practice related activities.  They pushed it out there today though.  #tough

Strawberry, Abacus, and Soft Pretzel are basically stalwarts of physical fitness and just plain get it done.  YHC was watching Strawberry closely to ensure he recieved a proper beat down today due to the jibber jabber on Twitter last night.  In COT, he looked fresh though.  Next time, YHC will need to try harder it seems.  Looks like team ODSOB is preparing to dominate some Mudrun action.

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