No Kick-Lines To Be Found



No Kick-Lines To Be Found

In The Big Apple, every year Radio City Music Hall hosts a show called Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and what a spectacle it is.  With a splendor and gravitas which can only be achieved on Broadway, every commercial element of the holidays is trotted out accompanied by music, dance and the delighted applause of thousands of fans.  YHC alongside co-site Qs Boerewors and Hoover hoped to bring every bit of the holiday cheer to RockZero but with less glitter and fewer kick-lines…

The Thang:

Mosey from the launch point over to the fake grassy knoll, accompanied by only the best Christmas soundtrack curated by yours truly, a joy which continued throughout the following 60 minutes.  Upon arrival at the knoll circle up for a Hoover led COP:

SSH x2

Merkin x20

LSS x20

Mosey to the hotbox and assume peoples chair for slam ball overhead presses (both 20#  slammers down to the end and back.) After handing off the 2nd slammer PAX ran into the parking lot for a 5 line merkin suicide run then over to the sidewalk where party favors await. Line up and perform “ball-over” merkins, walking hand over hand down the line sideways (2 40 pound slammers and 6 sandbags, so 10-15 merkins depending on how you did them.)

Upon completing the circuit return to the wall and repeato.

After completing the 2nd circuit the PAX divided into groups and played some catch me if you can with the sandbags (ranging from 50-100#).  First circuit, 10x merkins, Pax ran out to the church along the road parallel to 51, across to the road which terminates near the kitty litter and back to the wall.  Assume the chair, this time slam then press each of the 4 slammers (plenty of whining about the 40 pounders).

Repeat CMIYC this time with jump squats.

Mosey to the field where the weights (plus a couple 35# plates courtesy of Hoover) were loaded into the waiting wagon.  Turns out one of the wheels was very flat, just make the next part harder.  In teams of three the PAX pulled the wagon around an equal sided triangle (with one PAX riding, the other two pulling using the affixed battle rope).  Those not participating in the sleigh ride completed team 15s on the hill (jump squats at the bottom, merkins at the top), with the team element meaning only one of the 3 was running at once, the other two waiting in plank at the bottom of the hill for their turn.  After all the teams completed their sleigh ride we proceeded to Boerewors delight.

PAX line up abreast, perform a called exercise, then AYG for about 15 yards, line up again and repeat.  5 burpees, 10 diamond merkins, 10 LBCs then for the last run to the fence and return.

PAX gathered all the weights and returned to the cars for some Mary of various types for about 5 minutes until time.

 

YE NAKED MOLESKIN:

YHC, Hoover and Boerewors felt festive and wore various seasonal attire, including a fearsome representation of the wild South African Reindeer.  A disturbing number of antler jokes were made but thats this group.

Hightide clearly had no clue what was in store as he was seen completing TGUs and pull-ups in the parking lot for a significant period prior to launch… T-Claps sir.

The great McGee actually appeared for the first time in a bit and resumed with equal strength of  mumble as the last time he graced us with his presence.  Nice to know a second mini-mcgee hasn’t dampened his spirit at all…

While many RockZero regulars were missing, it was great to share the suffering with some no often seen faces.  Purell and Squid Twin (Costanza) did a great job despite hailing from a “moderate” home AO, Sony would have been proud.

Kotters to Dora, don’t think we’ve seen him since this AO was known as TheRock, evidenced by his attempt to park his big red truck in the wrong parking lot.  Also falling into the Kotters category was DropThrill, great to see them both despite the long absence.

As always, its an honor to lead, to suffer and to celebrate with this great group of High Impact Men.  Thanks to Iron Horse for the send off and Merry Christmas to all!

 

PS- There was almost a Purple Haze sighting, a rare thing indeed, but it was across the street from coffeteria as he stretched for an apparent run with a mystery fellow nobody recognized.  Mumblechatter shouting occurred and off he went… c’est la vie.

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