Shorty Starfish



Shorty Starfish

It was cold on the Peak today. We had a small crowd, so, let’s get after it.

THANG

Mosey to back bus lot and circle up.

  • SSH x20 IC
  • IW x20 IC
  • Windmill x15 IC
  • Hillbilly x20 IC
  • MC x15 IC

Okay, let’s keep moving. Today’s main event, a couple of rounds of starfish.

Round 1, welcome to Merkinville. Do 15 reps of each:

  • Corner 1 – Merkins, standard
  • Corner 2 – Merkins, wide-arm
  • Corner 3 – Merkins, diamond
  • Corner 4 – Merkins, hand-release

Start in the middle, and before heading to any corner, hold plank for a 5 count. Every time you return to the middle, add 5 seconds. So, at the end, you’re looking at a 25-second hold. Which, after all the merkins, is trickier than it sounds.

Round 2, legs and such. Do 20 reps of each.

  • Corner 1 – Squats, regular
  • Corner 2 – Lunges, each leg counts as 1
  • Corner 3 – Squats, jump
  • Corner 4 – Calf raises on the curb

Start in the middle with 5 plank-jacks. Add 5 each time you return to the middle. Ending with 25 plank-jacks.

With the small crowd of vets and the chilly temps, we had an early COT and then took a sojourn to Brakeman’s for a coffeeteria.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Joe Davis Run this Saturday.

SKINE, MOLE

We got off to a rocking start this morning, literally. In pre-launch conversation talking about AC/DC, Slim Fast busted out his guitar and launched right into the riff for “Thunderstruck.” I took the kick drum and the gregorian chant parts. AH-AH-AH-AHHH-AHHH-AHHH-AH-AH! THUN-DER!

We also discussed Slim doing the Angus Young duck walk during his performances. I would pay good money to see this happen.

Also, the temperatures, while chilly, didn’t bother us, as we took heat from the runnin’ Spartans as they did some work on the playground to break up the miles.

Our fearsome foursome was able to do the starfish together as a group, which made for some great mumblechatter. Topics covered:

  • University of South Carolina’s Dance Marathon raising a boatload of cash.
  • Lois and Cocktail opting for the ninja look this morning with balaclavas.
  • New math — how does it work?

Slim Fast also served as our starfish GPS, helping our foursome avoid the yippee dog that the nice man walks in the mornings through the bus lot.

The hand-on-ground merkinfest did make things a little chillier than I had hoped. Our hands all warmed up at the impromptu coffee break, so, all is good there.

As we thaw out, hopefully coming soon, we’re hoping to see more of our crew out on Thursday mornings. I mean, I know our beds are cozy, but, it’s fun to remember when we start complaining about it being too hot that we complained about it being too cold!

Cobains to Sparta for any confusion when it came to our typically combined COT. It was an audible to give us a strategic advantage, as we were coffee’d up before a good number of the rest of the world.

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