Modified Deadlifts
YHC was first at Anvil (that had to be a first for me) and waited to see a strong showing of 16 men arrive to enjoy the nice warm 50+ degree weather. Amazingly both site Qs were there, which disposes the myth that Lorax and Brushback are the same person. Short disclaimer was given.
Thang
Mosey down towards the rock pile and circle up.
COP
LLS x 10, Merkins x 10, Mountain climbers x 10, High plank jacks x 10, H2H x 10, all in cadence
Grabbed some rocks and headed to the alley of trees, which I confirmed pre-workout that there were 10. At each tree did a set of curls and shoulder presses, starting at 2 and increasing by 2 until we hit 20 at the last tree. Turned around and did the same set back, except that we substituted squats and deadlifts.
Headed to the front of the church and the grassy (artificial) knoll. Did lunge walks across the wall, five merkins at the end, plank walk to the other side and then five diamond merkins. Repeated that set 3 times.
Headed to long parking lot right next door. Partnered up. First partner ran to the end of the parking lot, did 5 burpees, and then ran back while other partner did some Mary (flutter and then Freddie mercury). Finished off with everyone doing one last sprint and 5 more burpees.
Headed to the playground. Partners set of 60 pushups and 100 hand-release merkins. Sadly, ran out of time before anyone could hit that mark and headed back to the launch point after dropping our rocks back off.
Moleskin
It was a great group of men, but everyone started off very quietly. YHC is not a morning person, so silence always works for me, but a little unusual for this crew. Would have to say that the deadlift set was a bit of a miss for the PAX. Mermaid tried to correct Lorax on his form but was quickly corrected on his own. Perhaps a demonstration was in order. But, judging by the way my legs feel now, I will likely just skip that exercise next time.
YHC was a bit aggressive on the last set and a time check warning from Mermaid made me quickly realize that 60/100 was not going to happen. But hey, it was worth a shot. Starting to feel like this site has some really consistent PAX that I’m sure most were eager to get out after last week’s rain. Everyone gave great effort and there was little complaining even though we pushed ourselves pretty hard.
Always thankful to lead this workout. Keep Red Rocks in your prayers. He has made great progress over the past few days, but has a long road ahead.
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Good Q, brother. This was actually pretty difficult. I’d give it a solid John Wayne on the Herman-Willink Scale.
Maybe even a half Churchill
The silence you heard (or didn’t hear) at the beginning of the workout was the sound of 16 Pax trying to do the mental math of counting up total reps of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and, if they could count that high, coming to grips with the sheer volume involved. #mindblown #notamathmajor
We finally found Mermaid’s weakness – deadlifts. Admittedly hard to do with rocks instead of a barbell, my back is still feeling it this morning. Appreciate the innovation! Should be a regular part of our workouts.
P.s. – Pullups are hard (mostly because too few Q’s call them). #tclaps
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