5 BFF’s posted at #F3daVinci on a wet and near-freezing morning and built a ladder high enough to reach the tallest Christmas tree.
Thang
Mosey to courtyard next to Salsaritas for COP:
- SSH x 20 IC
- Lateral cotton pickers x 15 IC
- MC x 20 IC
Ladder Rules:
YHC is “Q1”. Run for 1 minute. Stop for 10 exercise reps. Pick a member of the PAX to be Q2.
Q2 leads 1-min run and then 10 reps of a different exercise. Then, Q1 leads 10 reps of his previous exercise. Q2 selects the next leader (Q3).
Q3 leads 1-min run and then 10 reps of a different exercise. Then, Q2 leads 10 reps of his previous exercise. Q1 leads 10 reps of his previous exercise. Q3 selects the next leader (Q4).
And on and on we went, up the ladder until 0730. We got all the way up to Q10. There were only 5 of us so we cycled through twice.
Exercises as chosen by the Q’s (all in cadence):
- Q1 (Tuck): 6-count burpees (100 cumulative total)
- Q2 (Escobar): dips- 5 reps w/ left leg raise, 5 w/ right leg raised (90 cumulative total)
- Q3 (Tolkien): LBC’s w/ legs at 6 inches (80 cumulative total)
- Q4 (Gumbo): jumping lunges (70 cumulative total)
- Q5 (Bunker): low slow squats (60 cumulative total)
- Q6 (Tuck): boxcutters (50 cumulative total)
- Q7 (Escobar): incline merkins (40 cumulative total)
- Q8 (Tolkien):
Moroccan Mongolian nightclubs, dance music edition (30 cumulative total)
- Q9 (Gumbo): SSH (20 cumulative total)
- Q10 (Bunker): elbow plank w/ 10 count
We closed out the final 2 minutes with various planks next to CFA.
Thine only Moleskine
- Tolkien showed up for his 2nd consecutive SOB workout dressed for an arctic expedition. Due to his fumbling w/ his armpit zippers (yes, armpit zippers) we were delayed by 2 minutes, but we made it up on the back end.
- After the first set of burpees YHC proclaimed “I have nothing else planned”. This was a true statement, as the rest of workout relied on shared Q-ing, but the boys were hoping it meant we were ending 53 minutes early to retire to the delicious confines of Chick-fil-A. It was then that YHC filled the PAX in on the ladder plan. This was met with a mix of groans, sighs and mutterings.
- We spent the majority of the ladder meandering around Blakeney listening to a fine selection of Christmas tunes playing through the shopping center sound system. YHC spent his solo 3-mi pre-run rocking out in the same area.
- Fun fact: Escobar taught us that the number 11 doesn’t exist in Colombia. Skips right from 10 to 12. Yep.
- Fire Hazard was w/ us in spirit. At one point as we were doing some dips, YHC spotted a piggy stuffed animal in the toy store window right in front of us.
- Tolkien’s
Moroccan Mongolian nightclubs (dance music edition) actually turned out to be pretty fun after a while. The employees at Salsaritas enjoyed watching us do them too. <unce unce unce unce>
- The cumulative effect of all of the exercises made for an effective workout. The biggest challenge of all was keeping track of the proper order of exercises/Q’s. Somehow we kept each other straight. Thanks mostly to Bunker.
- Solid effort today and even better 2nd F. Thanks for posting on a cold and damp morning.
- Thanks Gumbo for taking us out
- All 5 of us thawed out at CFA for a good while. Solid hang w/ solid dudes.
- Thank you Fredo for the opportunity to lead a fine group of men at the finest Saturday AO in all the land
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