Just Good Ol’ Hard Work

Just Good Ol’ Hard Work

Spring break is done. Summer vacation is still a ways off. So, 25 of South Charlotte’s finest rolled into Stonecrest for a mid-week workout. The Commish planted the Shovel Flag. A less than stellar disclaimer was given. (Regulatory relief compliments of the Trump administration. Please do something about Dodd-Frank next.) Off we went.

Warm-O-Rama:
After a quick mosey, we circled up for:
Imperial Walkers (old man wheelhouse) x 10
Donkey Kick Merkins (compliments of the M’s cardio class) x 10
Low slow squat x 10
Cliff Climbers (mountain climbers but bringing foot close to hand) x 10

The Thang:
Fully gassed from the warm-up, YHC tried to lead PAX further into the gloom.

Bermuda Triangle: Using the somewhat triangularly shaped parking lot, we made a circuit. Stop 1 = 5 donkey kick merkins. Stop 2 = molitov merkins. Stop 3 = Hip slap merkins. LBC when you are done. Round 2 with 10 each (dolly when done). Round 3 with 15 each (monkey humpers when you are done.)

Wall work: Found wall behind theater. People’s chair with 40 air presses. The BTW with 10 elevated mountain climbers. Hill was too wet, so we moseyed to find another. Look! The murderhorn!

Triple nickle b/w 2 lights on the murderhorn. One-arm burps (burpee w/out the pushup) at top. Hand release burpee at bottom. 5 x 5 x 5. Do some form of Mary and dodge cars when done.

Back to theater for rack & stack suicides. 1st line = 10 MC’s. 2nd line = 10 jump squats. 3rd line = 10 plank jacks. 4th line = 10 burpees. Do the assigned exercise each time you hit the line. (70 MC’s, 50 jump squats, etc.)

Done.

Moleskine:
Good to be back at the Maul. A fun AO with lots of options. As an old, non-trained Q, YHC tries to design a workout that can be modified by the recently injured, non-fasthole group but still challenges the studs of F3. Hard to find that balance sometimes. The donkey kick merkins and one-arm burps came from my M’s class at the Y. She can kick my rear, which is no surprise. Thanks for allowing me to introduce some new wrinkles.

The merkin triangle was tricky. What started as doable (round of 5) got nasty (around of 10) and then downright gruesome (round of 15). I had a round of 20 in my back pocket. You can thank me later.

Strong work by everyone today. The PAX were motoring up the murderhorn. Tagalong and Mic Check seemed to be way out front. I only saw their backs until they made the turn. Squid absolutely gets after it time and time again. Goonie returns from 16 days of IR. Haggis always demonstrating strong (perfect) form and an engine that does not stop. Carmen San Diego–one of the coolest names out there. I have no idea what it means and had to google it to make sure I heard it right. I understand it has something to do with video games. Learn something new every day.

Announcements:
FNG convergence. May 24 at Maul.
Savage Race. May 13. Last chance to sign up.

Thanks to Commish and Cheddar. Honor to lead. YHC took us out.