Showing Up and Finding there is a Q

Showing Up and Finding there is a Q

5 hombres showed up at McKee Rd Elementary this weekend to find there would be a Q assigned to lead.  YHC has made his way back from tax season coma and Huggie Bear and I are striving to return the original AO in Area 51 to its glory days.  OK, maybe not its glory days but at least make it a viable workout PAX will want to show up for.  Beaver (WD) is on the mend from his time on the IR and was the first PAX to join me, followed closely behind by Turkey Leg (nursing some knee tendinitis among other things which has him focused on bootcamp workouts) and O’Tannenbaum (pulled himself away from the Royal Wedding and tea and crumpets with his wife & 2.2).  And last but not least, Prohibition (WB) made his way out just before our 0700 launch.

With all the formalities behind us, YHC led the crew for a short jog through the lower parking lot by the soccer fields and we circled up for COP in The Matrix parking lot where we completed the following:

• SSH
• Cotton Picker
• Merkins
• MC
• Dolly
• Flutter
• LBCs

Properly warmed up we headed up to the teacher’s parking lot in front of the school.  Original plan was to head over to South Hall neighborhood and the nice little hill on Derbyshire.  However, with Turkey Leg nursing some knee tendinitis and groin issues and Beaver working his way back into shape after some time on IR due to his hip surgery, YHC decided to alter his original plan.  In the teacher’s parking lot we ran suicides in a descending ladder as follows:

• Run to 1st light pole, 20 Carolina Dry Docks, back to the start for 5 LBCs
• Run to 2nd light pole, 15 Carolina Dry Docks, back to the start for 5 LBCs
• Run to end of lot, 10 Carolina Dry Docks, back to the start for 5 LBCs
• Plank series in between sets
• Rinse & repeat x 2 with Squats/Russian Twists and LBCs/Burpees

Having broken a pretty good sweat, we made our way to the back playground for some circuit work:

• 10 Pull-ups, 20 Step-ups or Jump Ups on the benches, 20 Dips
• Rinse & repeat x 2

Head back up to the front of the school and find a spot on the wall for PC w/ air presses followed by BTW wall walk, Lunge walk across bus parking lot and the 10 Incline Merkins.  Rinse & repeat (w/ jabs instead of air presses during PC)

Next on the agenda was our old buddy Jack Webb.  Circled up on the track infield and worked on shoulders and upper bodies with the following:

• 1 Merkin/4 Air Presses, 2 Merkins/8 Air Presses and on up to 10 Merkins/40 Air Presses.  It was at this point that O’Tannenbaum had a bit of a middle school giggling fit as he listened to Turkey Leg’s strong cadence counts on each series of merkins.

Once we wrapped up our visit with Jack, YHC led the PAX up to the front playground for another round of circuit work consisting of the following:

• 10 Knee-ups or Toes to Bar
• 20 Calf Raises
• 20 Decline Merkins
• Rinse & Repeat x 2

With 8 minutes left on the clock, we circled up on the lawn for a little Mary:

• Rosalita
• Freddie Mercury
• Back Scratcher
• Cumberland County Viaduct (CCV)
• Toe Tap Crunch (courtesy of O’Tannenbaum)
• Russian Twist/American Hammer (Beaver)
• Dolly? (Prohibition)
• Protractor (Turkey Leg)

COT

NMM:

• O’Tannenbaum continued his streak of showing up at McKee Rd elementary for Area 51.  He has been the most steady attendee over the past 3-4 months.  OT was one of the original PAX that attended the early workouts in South Charlotte when we met on Saturdays and Tuesdays, beginning with our 1st workout on Sep 10, 2011.  He has witnessed all the growth we have experienced over the last 6+ years.
• Turkey Leg has cut back on his running due to some knee tendinitis among other things.  Focusing on bootcamp type workouts while he recovers.  Glad to have him out this past few weeks.
• Prohibition saw YHCs tweet on Friday evening and made the decision to show up at McKee Rd Elementary.  Thought he had shown up at “The Fishing Hole” when he realized he was War Baby by about a decade.  Always provides some good commentary when he is in attendance.  Really spoke up when YHC called for 6 MOM on the nice cool grass/weeds at the end rather than the dry parking lot.
• Beaver continues to make strong recovery from his fall off a ladder several months ago.  Still not at 100%, but that did not prevent him from putting forth a strong effort all morning.

Announcements/Requests:

• Area 51_McKee Rd to converge at Rock Zero for the annual Memorial Day Weekend workout next Saturday, 5/26.  Great workout to take part in if you will be in town.
• Keep Beaver’s mom in your thoughts/prayers.  She is in an assisted living facility up in Boston and has had a couple falls recently.  Would ask that she make a full recovery.