Death Valley and the Witch’s… er, um…

Death Valley and the Witch’s… er, um…

16 PAX disregarded the threat of catastrophic ice, wind, snow and polar cap shifts to endure a Slim Fast-delivered dose of pain.  Of course, it is easy for YHC to say that since I had 2-3 layers on, but I am a self-proclaimed cold weather wuss, so no news there!

Anyway, with a heart-felt disclaimer, off we went…

The Thang:
Couple of laps around the parking lot for warm-up with butt-kickers and high knees.  Circle up for COP:
SSH x 20
Mountain Climbers x 20
Imperial Walkers x 20
Squats x 20
Peter Parker x 20
Rock Hoppers x 20
Quick plank stuff…

Next is simple pyramid, ladder, or Witch’s ____ since it was as cold as one… !!!

This is how it looked:
<set>             1  2  3   4   5   6   7   8  9
Burpees        5  5  5   5   5   5   5   5  5       = 45
Merkins           10 10 10 10 10 10 10        = 70
CDD’s                    15 15 15 15 15              = 75
Jump Squats              20 20 20                   = 60
Nippler Merkins             30                         = 30

So the sets are vertical (down).  We started at the Snack Shack for Set 1, then to track for sets 2-3, then to baseball field for set 4, back to track for sets 5-6, back to baseball field for 7, back to track for 8, then finish at snack shack for set 9.  2.25 miles total.

Grab some wall… 3 sets of people’s chair with arm presses x50.
Back to parking lot for Mary…
Dolly x 20
Flutter x 20
Protractor as administered by Geraldo
LBC x 25
Done…

Moleskin:
Always an honor to lead and/or workout with this group of men.  Of course, the most cold weather averse guy gets to Q on one of the more extreme FORECASTED mornings, but which never materialized.  I wasn’t sure which surface was going to be viable… grass, asphalt, both, NEITHER!  The main thing was to keep us moving, so hopefully that was accomplished, and hopefully everyone was breathing as hard as I was!

Semi-Gloss, Header, Busch, Stagecoach, Hairball and YHC joined in for some pre-KB fellowship.

No new faces, but man, all of you guys are getting strong!  Everyone stayed together pretty closely today, and no one was struggling with the exercises and repetitions, even with the running built-in as recovery.   The Witch will be disappointed!

Sussudio took us out.

Announcements:
1.  Continue to watch website for 3rd F/Community opportunities.  There are a lot of neat ones out there, and they are all very worthwhile.
2.  Strange Brew mentioned Fight Club… I thought the number one rule is to never talk about Fight Club… but…. starts Saturday night.  Contact SB for more info.