Conviction BB

Conviction BB

Firmly relying on the old adage ‘better late than never’ here is the blackblast for Conviction.

Disclaimer given a quick mosey around the front parking lot led us straight to the COP:

SSH, Imperial Walkers, Mountain Climbers and Low Slow Squats each X 20.

Mosey to the playground where the fun and games began in earnest.  Round 1 consisted of 20 each: dips, decline merkins and donkey kicks OYO.  Rinse and repeat.  Mumblechatter started during this time about Conviction supposedly being a ‘moderate’ workout.  As he was finishing his second round Shake and Bake made the big mistake of asking if that was it or would there be another round.  Now I had only planned 2 rounds but of course I could not risk being seen as going easy on the PAX, so I responded, ‘yes, another round.’  Rinse and repeat.  Audible groans were heard from the PAX – music to my ears.  60 decline merkins, dips and donkey kicks will do that.

Mosey to the back bus lot.  Do 20 Merkins and 20 Freddie Mercury’s (aka Merks and Freddie Mercs) OYO and run two laps around the painted track.  Rinse and repeat.  After completing 2nd round continue to run to bring in the six.  Rinse and repeat but with only one lap.  More mumblechatter about ‘moderate’ workout.  I noted that I had called for a couple of ’10 counts’…that makes it moderate doesn’t it??

Next evolution…on the bus parking stalls bear crawl for 2 lines, crab walk for 2 and lunge walk for 2 lines.  Turn 180 degrees and repeat.  Mosey over to the hill for a round of 7s:  burpees on the bottom and bomb jacks on top.  More mumblechatter.  But the PAX did attack the hill with gusto.

Time to mosey to the front lot.  A couple stops on the way for Mary preview and to keep the PAX together:  first stop was 20 flutters with 20 Dolly’s at the second stop.  Continued mosey got us back to the starting point.  Continue on with Mary:  American Hammer X 30 and a round of Protractor.  Finished up with stretching.

Moleskin:

TClaps to Gypsy for bringing his FNG 2.0 – now known as Choppa!  Not sure how you did it because when I was 15 just about the LAST thing in the world I would have wanted to do was get up at 5:00 and workout with my dad and guys his age.  Great to have them there and he definitely had some jet in his step when we were running the laps!

Thanks for the opportunity to lead – always an honor.  One of the wonderful things – and challenges – in leading F3 workouts is the wide range of physical abilities of the PAX.  I strive to provide a challenging and engaging workout for everyone.  I want the PAX to feel they got their money’s worth for getting up early and rolling out into the gloom.  There were several comments about Conviction supposedly being a ‘moderate’ workout.  Some was surely good-natured ribbing but its highly likely that some was also heart-felt expiration that I was over-doing it.  I heard you.  I also appreciate how some of the PAX did indeed modify as the disclaimer encourages.  Everyone kept working hard throughout the workout – great job gentlemen!