SOB hammer comes down part 2

SOB hammer comes down part 2

The SOB convoy rolled into Blakeney at 7.02 am for part 2 of the double down pain fest.  We were joined by another 6 pax for a total showing of 17 men.  Not bad for the second week of a new workout on a snow day.

The Thang:

Kick off with a merkin fun fest: 10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1.  Then head to playground for attempted pull-up / burpee routine.  This didn’t really work due to not enough pull up bars plus ice, so YHC changed tactics and headed to an open space.

Burpees, merkins, handslap merkins, and ab routines interspersed with planking plus sprinting back and forth ensued.  Most of this was standard stuff (read: hard), but the planking / ab routine is worthy of further comment.  YHC found himself turning into Angry Q and increasingly yelling at the pax: “6 inches!!!”.  The goal became to try and see who would give in first (Fireman Ed?).  We interspersed holding our feet 6 inches off the ground with elbow planking for a good long time.  YHC did not know when it was going to end, and nor did the pax.  It went on for a long, long time.

After this brush with hell, we reconvened at the fountains for dips and durkins.  Can’t remember how many sets – it was getting fuzzy at this point.  Almost lost Mic Check at this point, but he held on in the end.

Then we wandered over Ardrey Kell to a long stretch of virgin snow on a slight incline.  There we proceeded with more merkins, 6-count burpees, bear crawls, and sprinting back and forth in the snow.  When YHC got to the point that he couldn’t run anymore, we switched to another 6-inch / elbow plank routine.  This one went on for a while also.  After that we did a few more merkins then headed back to the fountain for COT.

Moleskin:

The pax were forced to look deep within themselves during the planking / ab routines.  Did you like what you saw?

There was a fair amount of chatter.  Mr. Bean in particular called a lot of people out during the 6 inch routines.  Interestingly, he only had energy to speak when his own feet were on the floor.

T-Claps to Jean Claude for a strong post.  Good to have you out there brother.  Also Heartbreaker, Bunker, and Strawberry were notable for keeping strong form throughout.

Mic Check inspired a lot of this workout with his trash talk at the bar.  I hope he suffered, but apart from his minor breakdown during Durkins he didn’t seem to struggle too much.

Loogie has the most creative approach to planking. Frehleys Comet seemed at the end of his rope but stepped right up to lead burpees when called.  The old man is a beast!

Bratwurst objected strenuously to the planking routines, but held it together.  That’s what you get for crushing YHC at the Joe Davis run!

Wingman, Tuck, Mighty Mite, Fireman Ed, Market Timer, Madame Tussaud and Tolkien were all characteristically solid, performing all required motions with little fuss.  Mighty Mite had extra speed on the snow sprints.

I was proud of the SOBs today.  Great workouts with a great group.  Thanks for the opportunity to lead.