Lucky Number 13

Lucky Number 13

‘Twas the morning after Christmas and 5 pax posted with their bells at Petsmart in Blakeney in the early morning chill. The Da Vinci/RockZero crew was intimidated by the pax’s steely determination to not run and were led off to the far reaches of the parking lot by Taco Stand.

The plan for the day was to celebrate the holidays with a 12 days of Christmas themed beatdown. An extra 13 exercises were added to day 12 to celebrate my 2.2’s birthday today.

Warm up:

• SSH x 20 IC
• Halos x 5 each direction
• Prying squats x 2 with some leaning

The Thang:

Each day builds on the last, so day 1 = exercise 1, day 2 = exercise 2 + exercise 1, etc.

• Day 1 = 1 Sumo deadlift + 1 dozen 2H swings
• Day 2 = Racked squat (alternate sides per round or do doubles)
• Day 3 = Overhead tricep extension
• Day 4 = Snatches per side (R/L)
• Day 5 = Presses per side (R/L)
• Day 6 = Reverse lunges per side (R/L)
• Day 7 = Merkins
• Day 8 = Cleans per side (R/L)
• Day 9 = High pulls per side (R/L)
• Day 10 = Deadlifts
• Day 11 = Russian twists per side (R/L)
• Day 12 = 1H swings per side (R/L) + 13 lawnmowers per side (R/L)

Mary:

• Elbow plank x 1:00
• Hollow body hold x 1:00

COT: Circle up with the boot campers.

Announcements:

1. Keep an eye on Slack for holiday hours for the next week or so:
   1. The Matrix will have its going out of business sale on Monday with Joker on Q. Swole will be on holiday hours and will launch at 0600 with Mighty Mite on Q.
   2. Bagpipe and Fast Twitch will converge with Hawk’s Nest on Tuesday.
   3. Centurion is hosting a convergence on Friday.
   4. Metro is hosting a convergence to celebrate the 10 year anniversary at AG on Friday.
   5. Da Vinci will converge with RockZero next Saturday at Calvary at 0700.
2. Keep Bout Time and his family in your prayers as his 2.0 Jennings fights leukemia for a second time.

Moleskine:

• Thanks to the pax for coming out to the workout yesterday. I believe Lois was a site FNG, although he has plenty of experience with kettlebells being a regular at Skunkworks. He brought his brother-in-law, Hot Pocket, from Sumter, SC to join in the fun. I’m sure he really appreciated it, Lois!
• Cobains for putting this out a day late. It’s tough to get on the computer during the family time over the holidays. However, the effort delivered by the pax yesterday during what was a tough workout in tough conditions deserves to be chronicled for posterity (and to make Horsehead happy).
• The music was provided by a Spotify Christmas Rock playlist. It was an interesting mix of classics and some truly horrendous music that none of the pax could identify or hoped to ever hear again.
• After doing so many swings lately, it was fun to mix it up with some other exercises. The pax all agreed that the workout didn’t get serious until about days 4-6. Cleans followed by high pulls were also a challenge. Dead lifts were sprinkled in there to make Unplugged happy and an extra 13 reps (per side) were added for my son, Daniel’s, birthday.
• I’m in my 8th year of F3 and am truly thankful for the brotherhood I’ve found. Thank you for being a part of it. Let’s get out there and share it with as many men as we can – they need it like we do.