Why So Resistant to Change?

Why So Resistant to Change?

17 men gathered at SCMC for a trip to Davies Park for a combination of some running, merkins (and merkin related activities), with a few new things thrown in which got mixed reviews.

The Thang:

Mosey from SCMC to Davies Park

Circle up in the parking lot and start with some Mary:

LBC X 20

Flutter X 20

Wave of Merkins (we will get back to this)

Mosey over to the hill that takes you down to the dog park and partner up:

Partner #1 – Run to the button doing 3 burpees at each light pole on the way down and 10 diamond merkins at each pole on the way up

Partner #2 – Wide armed merkin X 5, LBC X 10, double squat X 15, and side straddle hop X 20 (repeat until your partner gets back and flap jack)

Bear Crawl Inch Worm:

Form 2 lines with each PAX in a plank position with his head at the heels of the PAX in front of him.  PAX in the back bear crawls to the front while the others stay in the plank position.  When the PAX gets to the front of the line, the next in the back does the same.  Similar to an Indian Run but only doing a bear crawl.

Mosey back to SCMC and:

All you got from one end of the parking lot and back X 2.

Round of Mary including Russian Twist, Heals to Heaven, and something Spackler called out which I I have no idea what its called.

Moleskin:

Even with the recent car break-ins (me being one of them) I decided to lead an off-campus workout down to Davies Park.  I heard a few negative comments about this (you shall remain nameless) but needed to change it up a bit.  The goal was to try and use the soccer field for the majority of the workout but unfortunately the ladies were there that don’t take too kindly to the boys of F3 intruding on their “turf”.  Went to Plan B and headed to the parking lot.

Feeling that some of the usual exercises get a bit stale at times, I looked to change it up.  This wasn’t 100% successful.  I went with a exercise called Wave of Merkins.  Basically, circle up in a plank, Q starts with 1 push up while remaining PAX stay planked.  Moving counter clock-wise each PAX repeated 1 merkin.  Repeat until 10 was the goal.  I could tell this wasn’t a good idea with 17 men so we modified to 5 rounds.  Truth be told, likely a good exercise with a much smaller group.  Quite  few were caught cutting corners on the planking but will remain nameless (ie, Spackler).  The Bear Crawl Inch Worm was met with less resistance but I think the jury is still out on that one.  You can grab some new workout ideas on F3nation.com if you want to try and change up your next Q.

All in all….felt like the 45 minutes was productive.  A lot of regulars and a few faces I haven’t seen in a while.  Pretty certain that Puddin’ sharted himself during the Mary at the end which was the only real downer of the workout.  Always a pleasure leading you guys.  Looking forward to next time.

Announcements:

Happy Hour today at the Lodge.  Spacker will be there around lunch time but for the rest of us, the hours are more like 4-6pm.

Keep your head on a swivel with the recent car break-ins.  Bring your ID in your car but leave your wallet at home.  Park in a well lit area if possible.