Focus On (Someone Else’s) Form

Focus On (Someone Else’s) Form

The first quasi-chill of the season greeted five PAX this morning at Anvil.  A smaller than expected crowd was present for the morning’s events meaning either not many saw YHC’s tweet about continuing #BurpeeFreeOctober or there are some sick individuals among us who seek out burpees.  No matter, the watch found the satellite connection and we were off.  First we ran to the AstroTurf pavilion for COP:

20 SSH IC

10 Merkins IC

20 Plank Jacks IC

10 Wide Arm Merkins IC

20 Mountain Climbers IC

10 Carolina Dry Docks IC

20 Imperial Walkers IC

10 Diamond Merkins IC

We attempted to explain each exercise to our FNG, Depth Charge, as we went, but nobody really had a good justification for the Imperial Walker beyond “it’s just something that we do”.  Next we ran to the hot box for some more upper body work.

20 Dips, 20 Decline Merkins, 20 Incline Merkins, run a lap around the light pole and back.

15 Dips, 15 Decline Merkins, 15 Incline Merkins, take a lap.

10 Dips, 10 Decline Merkins, 10 Incline Merkins, take a lap.

5 Dips, 5 Decline Merkins, 5 Incline Merkins, take a lap.  “Way to mix it up Ickey” said Lobstah Roll.

10 Dips, 10 Decline Merkins, 10 Incline Merkins, take a lap.

15 Dips, 15 Decline Merkins, 15 Incline Merkins, take a lap.

20 Dips, 20 Decline Merkins, 20 Incline Merkins, forgo the lap.

Run to the Avenue of Trees and gather at one end.  Sprint to the other end then jog  back, stopping at every tree along the way for 10 squats.  Repeat and do 10 LBCs on the way back.  Repeat and do 10 Flutters on the way back.  YHC attempted to demonstrate the flutter to our FNG, where Hannibal was nice enough to allow my to finish before chiming in with “except keep your legs straight”.  Hannibal was the war daddy today.  #Old.  Repeat with Russian Twists on the jog back.  “Hannibal I’m thinking about puking” said YHC.  Lest we forget, Hannibal was the war daddy today.

Run to rock pile and select a big, heavy, proud, manly rock.  Time was running short so we only had time for 3 rounds of 5 straight leg deadlifts on the left side, 5 straight leg deadlifts on the right side, 5 curls, 5 triceps extensions, and 5 presses.

Run back to the launch lot for a bit of Mary including dollies, sit ups, heels to heaven, etc.  During the heels to heaven this morning’s war daddy reminded the PAX to “get your butt up” which prompted Udder to immediately break wind.  Sage advice indeed.

Welcome to Depth Charge, a software engineer from Indiana who is new to Charlotte and found us via an unidentified media source.  We briefly considered Mellencamp as an F3 name, which in hindsight should’ve led us to a little ditty where we named him Diane.  Chalk that miss up to an early hour, a hopefully strenuous workout, and a small group.  Sign up for the Christmas party and the Joe Davis run.  Hannibal was the war daddy today.