February Sweat Angels

February Sweat Angels

10 of Area 51’s finest meatheads posted at Elizabeth Lane Elementary this morning to make sweat angels in the upper 30 degree chill. The Q was last to arrive and received a lot of encouragement to get the workout started. You can’t have a Meathead workout without music (too much grunting), so it takes some time. Patience, brothers.

Once YHC was good and ready (it was probably 30 seconds after 5:30), here’s what we did:

COP:

• 20 x SSH IC
• 20 x swings OYO
• 3 x halos each way
• 15 x swings OYO
• 3 x prying squats

The Thang:

Circuit 1:

• 10 x 1H swings on your non-dominant side
• 10 x 1H swings on the dominant side
• 5 x C&P on the non-dominant side
• 5 x C&P on the dominant side
• 5 x chest presses on your back (optional flutter kick)

Carry (pax choice) to the second median, switch hands and carry back

Repeato 4 more times for a total of 100 1H swings (50 per side), 50 C&Ps (25 per side) and 25 chest presses.

Circuit 2:

• 10 x high pulls on the non-dominant side
• 10 x high pulls on the dominant side
• 5 x snatches on the non-dominant side
• 5 x snatches on the dominant side
• 5 x goblet squats

Carry (pax choice) to the second median, switch hands and carry back

Repeato 4 more times for a total of 100 high pulls (50 per side), 50 snatches (25 per side) and 25 goblet squats.

Mosey to the Playground for Circuit 3:

• 10 x merkins
  5 x pull-ups

Repeato 4 more times for a total of 50 merkins and 25 pull-ups.

Mosey back to the parking lot for pax-led Mary:

• Freddie Mercury (Ickey Shuffle) x 10 IC
• Heels to Heaven (Rachel) x 10 IC
• Russian Twist (Soul Glo) x 10 IC

Thanks to Swiss Miss for taking us out in COT.

Moleskine:

• Thanks to the pax for following YHC’s lead this morning. Due to a lice outbreak at the homestead (#TMI #dadlife), YHC had to sleep with some gunk in my hair last night. This required the rare and ill-advised pre-workout shower. YHC built in some extra time, but apparently not enough. #cobains for the insufficiently early arrival.
• The pax were working hard this morning and I noticed quite a few sweat angels on the pavement as I was packing up my gear. Hopefully everyone got their money’s worth. If not, I’d recommend a larger bell. I’m happy to share bells if anyone wants to take one for a spin and can bring out some extras if there’s a need. YHC was mixing in the 28 kg this morning on some of the sets of 10 and definitely felt the extra weight.
• Ickey Shuffle joined us this morning as his M took the day off from her usual FIA routine. Great to have him out.
• My playlist was a little jacked up this morning because of other songs in the Spotify Q. As a result, the pax were exposed to some culture in the form of Dr. John and cajun zydeco music. I hope you enjoyed it.
• Random thoughts on names: Has anyone ever noticed that Rachel is named after Rachael Ray, but we never spell it with the extra “a”? And why do we have a “w” at the end of Soul Glo?

Announcements:

• Please keep Header and his family in your prayers as his father suffered a stroke on Sunday. We hope to see you back out at Meathead soon.
• Based on the mumblechatter during the workout, Brown (former Meathead site Q) and Bananas are celebrating their 40th birthdays soon. Happy birthday, brothers. We hope to see you in the gloom soon to watch you do burpees celebrate.