Return of the Skywalker

Return of the Skywalker

It was 11pm last night when it suddenly came to me that I had to lead a workout this morning.  Earlier that evening I had already had visions of a lazy Saturday morning, enjoying the fartsack until about 8pm…but I came to the realization that something even better was in store.  So a small group of men gathered in the OP parking lot, we planted the virtual shovel flag, and off we went…

Ze Ting

Mosey to opposite side of school and run around the parking lot a bit…backwards, high knees, butt-kicks, karaoke, etc. then circle up:

• SSH x25
• IW x25
• Merkins x10
• MC x10
• Peter Parker x10
• Parker Peter x10

Mosey back to the other side of the school to the track, where we did four corners…sort of.  10 burpees at the start, 20 squats at 1/4 lap, 20 CCDx at 1/2 lap, 20 lunges at 3/4 lap, plank while the group finishes.  Rinse and repeat two more times.

Jog to the church across the street, partner up, and grab a nice size stone.  Partner 1 does called exercise while partner 2 jogs to entrance on other side of church and back, then flapjack.  Exercises called:

• bicep curl
• goblet squat
• shoulder press
• good mornings
• tricep extension

Put stones back and jog back to the school.

• Peoples chair
• Step ups x10
• Tricep dips x20
• Decline merkins x10
• Repeato (but this time Geraldo called for air presses during the people’s chair, even though he wasn’t there)

Finish with a little jog around the parking lot to pick up trash.  Deposit into dumpster.  Nice job men!

Moleskin:

So I printed up an old workout last night since I had completely forgotten I was scheduled to Q.  But as I drove through the rain to the workout I started recalling the recent convergence workout at OP that took place in the rain.  Memories of sloshing through rain-soaked fields in the mud and doing LBCs in 2 inches of water didn’t inspire me.  I had even planned for some tunnel of love, but I thought better of it.  We can get a good workout without the sillyness of rolling around in the muck, so we stuck to the blacktop today.

It was great to see Skywalker back in the gloom this morning…his first workout since his knee surgery several months ago #Kotters.  He looked great out there, and while we did do some running today it was only for short distances.  There was a little rust, but only on following directions.  Apparently “run to the other entrance and back” sounds just like “run around the block”… the four guys hanging back doing the stonework got in several extra reps.  I think Skywalker was just savoring the fellowship time.  Great to see Low Tide back out there too.  He was flying this morning during the running portions of the workout.  High Tide looked equally strong doing work with the rocks.  T-claps to Strange Brew for running into the workout this morning…enjoyed your stories of long airplane trips and doing squats in the galley for all to see.  Pele and Fireman Ed looked great this morning.  Enjoyed stories of #lunkheads at Planet Fitness.  As always, it was an honor to lead this morning!

I’m pretty sure the last four times I’ve led workouts it has rained, so I apologize in advance to the men of The Charge next week…make sure you bring your rain ponchos.

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• F3 Golf
• Keep praying for Zip – he’s improving but still needs it
• Thanks to Skywalker for a strong takeout in COT