YHC went into the back of the AO to put out some cones and chalk some pain stations. When I left the parking lot was empty. When I came back, there was a man down and several standing around. And we hadn’t even started. Not a good start. But as I got closer, I saw it was just High Tide playing with his new KBs by doing some Turkish Getups. Relieved we were all OK, I counted down time to launch and then we got going. Here’s the recap:
Disclaimer. Grab some bricks from the crates and mosey to the concessions area of the four ball fields. Put bricks down then mosey back to mini football field with some dynamic stretching en-route.
COP:
20-SSH
10-Merkins
10-Sealjacks
10-Hillbillies
10-Squats
The Main Thang:
Partner up, opposite speed. Start in center and run to opposite ends. Perform exercise at your end and meet your partner wherever his is on the route. High-five and return to your end for exercise.
Ladder #1: Merkins 5/10/15/20/15/10/5
Ladder #2: Speed Skater 4/8/12/16/12/8/4
Mosey to pullup bars for 10 pullups. In cadence. With hold at top. And slow descent. One burpie (or squat) chaser after each pullup. Start with 10-count up, 10-count descent. Then 9, then 8, etc.
Mosey to concessions area for pain stations. 2min AYG, :30 recovery and rotate to next station. Stations:
Grab bricks and mosey back to mini-field. 5yrd each of bear crawl, bunny hop, crab crawl, frog jumps. Turn and repeato.
Circle up for Mary:
10-Left-leg unicycle
10-Right-leg unicycle
10-LBC
10-Russian Twist
10-Flutter
Time!
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Moleskin:
After High Tide finished his solo KB beatdown, he put on a weight vest. YHC wasn’t sure if it was a statement about the upcoming beatdown (billed as a “buffet of pain” in which case his weight vest would be sort of like carrying in your own footlong Subway to a Golden Corral). So when we were walking back to the cars, I asked and learned that, no, it was just a timing thing: he’d been to the clearance at Muscle Driver yesterday and couldn’t pass the chance to grab a 20# vest for half off. Having done some Ruck training last year for the RL&B, I can attest that that extra weight doesn’t sound like much, but feels like twice the amount when you’re trying to do even the basics.
Other than HT’s pain binge, I think everyone else got plenty filled. I know I had all the downpainment I wanted for the day.
Thank you for the chance to lead. I apologize for the day-late BB.
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