AMRAP at DaVinci

AMRAP at DaVinci

Midriff, the bundle of excitement that he is, is hard to say no to when he asks you to take a Q. He doubled down with the offer of Q swapping so there was no way to say no. I’m used to the early starts and an 0630 start is hard for me to swing but I can do them every now and then especially when I bring home breakfast. Chicken or bagels don’t matter to my crew.

I pulled up a little early to an empty lot. 4 more PAX arrived in time for launch. Dwight and Watson were rolling in to take off only a few seconds later. I already knew C3P0 and crew always post DaVinci but are known to be last in. Just for them, I planned warmorama in launch lot. As expected, we took a few strides toward NC Velo and another car pulls in, but wait, it’s not who we expected, it’s Mighty Mite! He caught up to us at warmup and received less ribbing than I expected. Soon after the expected robot gang arrived and joined us.

Warmup

15x SSH IC
15x IW IC
15x Merkins IC
15x LSS IC
Side shuffle across lot and back

Mosey to the playground and fountains to prepare for the main event. On the way do some high knees and buttkickers.

The Thang

This week I attended my first WAMRAP and loved/hated it. I decided to bring that awfulness to DaVinci this week. I strongly considered doing a straight 1 hour of a single routine but decided to break the PAX in to it slowly so they will come back for more. We managed to squeeze in 3 15-minute AMRAP routines. The general format being:

15 reps of 3 exercises each, a small lap less than a quarter mile, then a burpee counter. Start with a single burpee for the counter. Repeato for 15 minutes, each round adding another burpee.

Routine 1 – Fountains – Legs
15x jump squats
15x split lunges
15x wall jumps
A lap around the lot to Banana Republic and back
Burpee counter

Smuggler was the star of this one. I think he finished 5 rounds while most the other PAX ended with 4. I planned this one first because I wanted to burn out PAX’s legs for the next half hour. It worked well. The explosiveness of all the exercises really killed it.

Routine 2 – Playground – Back
15x pull ups
15x wide arm merkins
15x one legged deadlifts
A lap around Smashburger and the Thai joint
Burpee counter

C3P0 really got on everyone’s good side with this one. I had planned to restart the burpee counter for each routine but he insisted on continuing from where we left off. I loved the idea. Nobody else really complained, so we went for it. Later it turned out to make things pretty tough. Those 15 minutes were half burpees.

Mosey back to launch where I was kindly reminded by Mighty Mite that we still had 15 minutes in the workout. Luckily, I already knew that and we had exactly 15 minutes. Let’s do it!

Routine 3 – Bank of America – Chesticles
15x merkins
15x diamond merkins
15x explosive merkins
A lap around Bank of America
Burpee counter

At this point everyone was gassed and the merkins were slow going. The mumblechatter had quieted and shifted to “how much time’s left?”, “finish strong!”, and “I can smell the chicken!” Time finished while YHC was starting his final 12 burpees, 4 at each routine. I think everyone else was close to the same.

Announcements / COT

• Kirby will be collecting this week for Escobar s charity which sends clothes to Columbia. Specifically, for children and teens. Bring to workouts.
• Soft Pretzel on Q at Firestarter Monday, right back there in Blakeney. DaVinci for kicking off the weekend. Firestarter for kicking off the week. Get out of that fart sack and post!
• Paper Jam needs some extra hands to help him move stuff from his Dad’s apartment in Blakeney today, 1/9. It’s already started before this is published but if you’re reading it in time and looking for something to do, go help. The address is in Slack.
• Mighty Mite has organized another blood drive on 2/19. Look out on Slack for details and sign up. Blood is always in high demand and if you have the ability to give, it’s one of the best things you can do to help others.
• C3P0 looking for Q’s at The Appetizer. 1730 @ Rea Farms Elementary – 2.0 friendly. I wish my boys were old enough to attend, I’d be there every week. Go help him out and keep those afternoon AO’s rolling.
• Midriff reminded everyone how tough this year has already started. The antics in the capital show how much pent up anger and frustration there is. A lot of people need some help out there, so keep an eye out and be that helping hand. Chopper added that it’s not just out there, it’s in our circle as well. He is absolutely right. If you feel this way or know someone who does. Talk to someone. This group of guys will bend over backwards for you, whether they agree with you or not.
• Thanks, Kirby, for taking us out

Moleskine

• Solid crew out there this morning. Everyone was giving it all they had. Lots of encouraging words exchanged.
• I didn’t know how the AMRAP was going to be received. It seemed to go over great though. The other great part about it is it’s simplicity. I’ve posted before about how I like simple but hard and this fits right in there.
• Pulling up to launch I thought maybe I had my times mixed up and I ghosted everyone by mistake, but all those cars and trucks were runners.
• Thanks everyone for coming out and getting after it. Great way to kick off the weekend.
• A special thanks to McGee, Alf, and Jazz Hands, none of which were at this workout but at WAMRAP this week, who introduced me to the format. If you want more of what we did today go get it 0530 Wednesday mornings at Viva Chicken in Waverly. I know I’ll be back there.

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