- When:01/16/15
- QIC: Checkpoint
- The PAX: Jamboree, Chelms aka Tater Tot, 'Bout Time, Scabby, Margo, Abacus, Morning Star, Hops, Rip Curl, Mermaid, Frazier, Fire Hazard (FNG), Dear Abby, Cane
Picking on the old guy…
15 posted for YHC’s Q at Centurion. It is always a little intimidating when the War Daddy has to Q as you hate to disappoint. The pressure was high and I tried to lower the bar last night by suggesting it would be an easy day. The Pax immediately started poking the bear. The age insults began and I had a fitful night of sleep. Several pax ran to the site likely worried that they would not get a satisfying workout in today. I tried my best to deliver a quality plan.
The Thang:
- Brief warm up jog
- COP for 25x SSH, 30x selection standard merkins, 25x mountain climbers, 10x 8 count body builders (unlike my experience earlier this week at a liberal arts university not known for quality football like my alma maters, Clemson and Duke, we did NOT do windmills and arm circles)
- Run to the Charlotte Aquatics center hill, furthermore to be known as “the Zoo”
- Bear crawl up the hill, 5x 8 count body builders, run back
- Duck walk up the hill, 10x burpees, run back
- Crab walk up the hill, 20x merkins, run back
- Frog jump up the hill, 30x sumo jump squats, run back
- Human backwards run, recover
- Run to the Panera parking lot for a ladder circuit on the stairs
- Start with exercise, followed by a stair loop.
- 5x 8-count body builders,
- 10x Burpees
- 20x Merkins
- 30x Sumo jump squat
- 20x Merkins
- 10x Burpees
- 5x 8-count body builders
- Run to the hill behind fresh market with an AYG sprint on the way
- Up the hill and 5 burpees
- Then the crowd pleaser – Jack Webbs (1 merkin followed by 4 air presses, increasing each as you go) Due to the bear poking by Chelms we had to go to 13 merkins so we could get to 53 air presses – that is a lot of reps in there!
- Mosey back for COT
This was a fun circuit today. The lack of mumblechatter once we got rolling suggested that it at least got the crowd breathing hard.
Sumo jump squats after an uphill duck walk is a bad idea.
Frazier is fast no matter what you throw at him.
As much as I wanted to shake Chelms since he poked YHC last night, he just won’t let go.
Enjoyed having the Q. Hope it met the standard.
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That hurt Checkpoint. The pyramid circuit hurt so bad I almost ducked into Be Yoga with the tomatoes. #mercy
Solid Q WD. Chelms needs to kindly not poke the bear lest he unleash his zoo friends on the pax.
Hope our FNG Fire Hazard will post again soon…this was no FNG-friendly stroll through the gloom.
Don’t worry, Chelms will continue to Poke the Bear and the PAX will continue to receive the brunt of it. With Purple Haize lined up to Q next week, the Pokes will probably start early and often. As for today’s work-out, the duck walk up the hill is awful (especially for anyone over 5′ 10″ – that’s a long trek to make in a squat position) & I would have to agree that the frog jump/sumo jump squat was a nasty combo. Checkpoint delivered a solid beat-down, even though I could not appreciate the jab at my alma mater.
Checkpoint definitely delivered today and would have done so without my chide at his age. I probably can be blamed for the Jack Webb to 53. Checkpoint must not have noticed but he did “shake me” at least twice on the Jack Webb. My shoulders were screaming well before we got to 10/40.
I’ll try not to poke such an “experienced” bear again but no promises.
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