- When:05/14/15
- QIC: Slim Fast
- The PAX: Freedom, Insomniac, Sensei, Pele, Lion Heart, Volker, Tawney, Slim Fast
Brothers In Smoked Arms
8 Pax braved the chilling North breeze felt only on The Peak at such high elevations, to test their mental steel and physical limitations… ok, it was chilly to YHC!! Nonetheless, we disclaimed, then we did something like this:
Mosey to lawn in front of FBC Matthews for COP:
Stretching
SSH x 20
IW x 20
Merkins x 10
Low/Slow/Squats x 20
Peter Parker x 15
Mountain Climbers x 15
Final Calf raises x 10
Mosey to front of school to admire the benches and landscaping:
1. 10x10x10x10 – Decline Merkins, Dips, Step Ups (each leg)
2. Rinse and repeat with 15x15x15x15
3. Rinse and repeat with 10x10x10x10
Mosey to baseball field for some bean ball practice… that is, stepping-in to a pitch to get a walk for the team, ala Corbin Bernsen in Major League. Sensei was up first…
Ok, not seriously… but we did find a starfish in the infield:
1. Home Plate – 10 CDD’s
2. First Base – 10 Jump Squats
3. Second Base – 10 Merkins
4. Third Base – 10 lunges (5 each leg)
Start at Pitcher’s mound, do exercise, pick your base, do exercise, then come back to pitcher’s mound, do PM exercise, next base, etc.
We did 3 rounds, changing only the Pitcher’s Mound exercise each time:
Round 1: 5 Burpees (crowd favorite) – 25 burpees total
Round 2: 10 LBC’s – 50 LBC’s total
Round 3: 5 partner assisted shoulder presses – 25 total each partner
Mosey over to the wall for People’s Chair:
3 Rounds 1-minute each, plus 50 air presses on last round (by popular demand)
Return to parking lot:
Dolly x 15
Flutter x 15
Final Stretching — Done!!
Moleskine:
An honor as always to lead such a great group of men. Personally, my arms were smoked… which is why we only did 1 round of air presses on the People’s Chair!
Sensei joined me for a 5k pre-run. Always great company!
Great to have Lion Heart join us from Mint Hill. Very strong out there! Definitely looking forward to future posts!
Pele took Insomniac’s place as stealth ninja and appeared from the trees during COP.
Freedom, strong as usual… and thanks on behalf of Sensei for letting him drag you around!
Volker and Tawney brought their A-games… always strong!
Just an excellent way to start a Thursday morning, capped by excellent prayer from Freedom!
Announcements:
1. Red, Light and Blue Ruck this weekend. We will be rooting our own Geraldo on to a successful ruck challenge!
2. Sign-up for BRR… open spots for runners and drivers!
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Geraldo was beast mode at Red Light and Blue as well as Whitesnake and Swiss Miss, who was calling the shots by the end of the party #nosurprisethere #trueleader
I on the other hand tried my best to look like a boiled lobster and die of heat exhaustion. OK enough of that, I’ll stop that story (eventually).
Seriously though, Whitesnake, Swiss Miss and Hairband were all new GORUCKers and earned their patch with class and honor. So proud of them.
I should be back in the swing of things this week.
Looking forward to a brew of strangeness. Maybe Brew will bring us some of the fun he learned on Saturday at RL&B. I heard at least one question by the Cadre about his Canadian patch. Did your homeland proud brother.
OK enough rambling and mubmlechatter. I didn’t even post!
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