The regular crowd

The regular crowd

It was good to be back at The Matrix after a bit of hiatus for the BRR.  Spent too many Monday’s running up and down that McHorseArse hill off the greenway.  Good to be back out today with an all regular crew.  Steady as she goes at The Matrix.

By the time 5:30 rolled up on us, 19 PAX had arrived on a great cool morning.  O’Tannenbaum was last – but there with 2 minutes to spare.  Disclaimer butchered and off we moseyed to basketball goals with a little shuffle right and shuffle left on the way there.

COP:  The usual suspects, SSH, IW, Merkins, Peter Parker, and low slow squats.

The meat of it:

Mosey to the track:  10 Merkins, 10 RDL’s (5 each leg), and 10 Heels to Heaven run the track.  Repeat 3 more times with reps increasing to 20, 30 and 40.

Plank for six then mosey to the tires on the backside of school.

10 Sit ups, 10 squat jumps (jump over tire), and 10 Mountain Climbers run down the path to the railing and back.  Repeat 3 more times with reps increasing to 20, 30 and 40.

Plank for six then mosey to the tires on the playground.

5 Toes to Bah, 10 derkins, and 10 dips run around far island and back.  Repeat 3 more times with reps increasing to 20, 30 and 40.  (5, 10, 15, and 20 for Toes to Bah)

Done.

Moleskine:

We busted tail from start to finish on this one today.  Most PAX finished the 3rd round on the playground and were working on round 4 when we ran out of time.  After all the prior core work most were happy to cut the toes to bar in half, and even that was pushing the luck, but Lobster seemed to be enjoying it.

Cold Cuts, Smokey, Witch Doctor, Lobster Roll, and Orange Whip were crushing it out there today.  Turkey Leg let me know early that he came out to The Matrix as a “recovery day” from his long run yesterday.  Way to prop up the Q’s ego.  Surely back in the day you must have used pick up lines like: “You look way prettier with make-up”,  “No, you’re not as fat as some girls,” and “Don’t worry, you should be smart enough to pass the GED.”  Smooth for sure.

In an effort to actually get the PAX to jump as part of the jump squat I asked them to actually jump over the tire.  It might be a whole 10″ high.  It worked, except the squat part of the exercise soon was lost and it was mostly bunny hops over the tire.  Next time burpee tire jumps should do the trick. (Lobster Roll just got interested).

Appreciate you all letting me lead and for Squid, Pop Tart and Witch Doctor continuing to do a great job with one of the oldest A51 workouts going.

Thanks to Squid for the takeout.

-Alf

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