Some things never change… it’s cold in November, the workout starts at 5:30, and Gummy won’t do a side-straddle hop. But sometimes you have to try something different, like bring a kettlebell to a Joust… and sometimes ideas that look good on paper, are best left on paper. I did live up to my promise to Gummy that there would be no Ultimate frisbee this morning. After all, once temperatures sink below 40 catching frisbees and hitting baseballs with an aluminum bat just shouldn’t be done.
So here’s what we did…
Yogged down to the playground area and dropped off the various sized balls of metal, then headed down to the track for a warm-up lap and to the center of the football field…
COP
- SSH x25
- IW x20
- Merkins x20
- MC x20
- LSS x20
Mosey to goal line on the football field.
Start on goal line and run to opposite goal line, stopping every ten yds do a called exercise. Start at 2 reps, and add 2 more at each ten yard stop. Return after doing exercise at opposite goal line.
- Merkins (fingers go numb)
- Squats (fingers to thaw)
- Flutter kicks (ass goes numb)
- Burpees – audibled to every 20 yards (everything thaws again)
Mosey up to the school for peoples chair and kettlebells
- Line up on wall in the seated position
- First person picks up kettlebell and performs called exercise
- Pass bell to next person and bear crawl to specified location (about 15 yds) and back
- 5 jump squats and back into position
- Called exercises: arm extension for 10 count, bicep curls x10, overhead press x10
That wasn’t too chaotic other than a little shifting and getting cozy so we wouldn’t have to resort to a game of KB toss ‘n catch. AND only a few objections from Mr. Brady about having to handle the kettlebells – sorry I forgot to bring the pink one from home.
Partner up for stations – this is where things went south…
Stations were supposed to be:
- Partner 1 – Tricep dips / Partner 2 – run bleacher steps once then swap until relieved by pair running around the track
- Partner 1 – Flutter kicks / Partner 2 – KB Swings (swap every 20 swings)
- Partner 1 – Merkins / Partner 2 – Lawn-mower (swap every 20 lawn-mowers – 10x each side)
- Partner 1 – KB squat press / Pull-ups (swap every 10 pull-ups)
- Partner 1/2 run a lap together as timer. When reach station 1, everyone moves to next station
It was every man for himself at this point. We only had about 15 minutes left when we started this debacle. You know what they say about ‘best-laid plans…”. Even a six year F3 vet can make a mistake every now and then. Hopefully everyone found someway to keep themselves busy. I know STH took advantage by swinging his 750 lb kettlebell a few times…and I know the bell was happy too as it had sat untouched and lonely for far too long.
Thanks to my F3 Metro neighborhood bros for making the trip across region lines: Want Ad, Tom Sawyer, Boondoggle, and STH. Hope it was worth the trip… it had to be at least worth the price of admission.
Yeti… thanks for the opportunity to lead today, even if it was my last.
COT
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