Hard of Neck

Hard of Neck

Eighteen Pax came forth–most, it appeared, beswaddled from the lost and found at Curves:  Woolly Vests, Suzy Chapstick headbands, tights, midriffs, Uggs, and skinny sweats with stirrups around the feet.  No sign of the Lars sweater.

The only thing dumber than working out at 0530 is standing around at 0530, so we lit off into the gloom: Fellowship mosey to the Green and circle up close to the building, where the acoustics are much more sensitive to Zip-A-Dee’s enthusiastic counting.  Mr. Bluebird is on my shoulder alright–and he’s screaming in my ear like Gilbert Godfried.  An intermingling of sprints/bunny hops to top of the stairs with SSH’s / those Step-Over-The Stool things from P90X / I-Walkers / Slow Squat Jumps and maybe something else.  I wasn’t really paying attention.

Mosey to the curb for statistical work:  Median Suicides.

• 2 Hand Release Merkins / Sprint to 1st median and back
• 4 Hand Release Merkins / Sprint to 2nd median and back
• 6 Hand Release Merkins / Sprint to 2nd base of hill and back
• 8 Hand Release Merkins / Sprint to top of hill and back
• 10 Hand Release Merkins

Round 2 – Similar, but with Curb Squat Jumps, an O’Tannenbaum favorite:  squat your six to the curb then jump up.

Round 3 – Heels to heavens and sprints.  Straight-legged in the 6″ position at the bottom.

Round 4 – Alternating AYG Sprints:  All You Got.  First group sprints out and back.  Second group rests.  Flapjack until completed.

CYB Mosey:  Catch Your Breath on the way to the rock pile, then grab a rock for exercising, not for running.

• One-legged curls
• Other-legged curls
• Static hold:  5 count per Pax
• One-legged dead lift, with and without rock
• Other-legged dead lift, with and without rock
• Squat to overhead press
• Overhead hold: 5 count per Pax.  Then do it again so Mr. Woolly Vest can take in the majesty of my exposed midsection.  #Shortshirt
• Jack Press with rock (that’s a jumping jack while pressing your rock over your head, not (yet another) derivative of the Jack Webb stuff).

Return rock.  COT

MOLESKIN

• “And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.” 2 Kings 17:14
• “But others did Halos with KB and became stiff necked, like their fathers who played soccer with dodgy knees.”  Or something.  The gist being Bulldog wanked his neck and wasn’t up to Qing.  Got you covered, little man.  (Anybody notice that Bulldog looks like that faux British architect from Something About Mary?)
• Haggis won the UK Median Sprint Championship.  Wasn’t even close, really.
• Surprised to see Spielberg in the COT.  Thought he was Semi-Gloss the whole time.

If you’re not coming to Compass on Friday’s, you are missing out.  Sure they’ve gone wobbly and moved it inside but the 2nd and 3rd F is outstanding.  The books have been more or less a variation on a theme–the first was Be A Courageous Man; we just finished, Make A Courageous Resolution Like a Man; and the current one is Resolve to Fight Like a Courageous Warrior Man.  And unlike The Stand, we welcome Pax with hair.