The vital signs were not good

The vital signs were not good

15 hearty souls mustered in the cool, crisp autumn gloom at OP Elementary for another Thursday morning edition of Hydra.  No SF…I think DK or 49’er still have the Hydra SF.  Nevertheless, we launched after a feeble disclaimer from YHC…not that any of the pax were listening.

The Thang & Ye Olde Moleskine

Bugeater, yes that Bugeater (former and original Hydra Tri-site Q), was among the pax.  Reached out to him Tuesday and after a delayed HC, he said he was in and that YHC could pick him up.  So here’s the rest of the story: YHC texted him Tuesday night, and he said the invite was tempting; but no HC.  Wednesday at about 1pm, YHC gets the HC text from the #happynebraskan.  Turns out, Bug sent the text immediately following his biometric screening at work.  In his words, “the vital signs were not good Hops”.  T-claps to Bug for posting; glad to have you back in the gloom.

So this leads me to a larger point.  When’s the last time you EH’d a pax that hasn’t posted in a while or an FNG?  Perhaps their vital signs are not good, and they don’t even know it.  And I’m not strictly referring to blood pressure, HDL, etc.  What about the other vital signs in a man’s life?  Emotionally?  Relationally? Spiritually? Socially?  Check in with someone today brothers.  EH him. Do it.

On to The Thang:

We ran around the back of OP to the bus lot for COP

IW x 20 IC

H-R Merkin x 20 IC

MC x 20 IC

Slow squat x 20 IC

Slow flutter x 20 IC

Run over to the Methodist church, and each pax grabs a rock from the creekside.  Haze took forever;  think he broke out his adze to chisel & polish one to his liking.  Mine was too heavy, so I spiked at it some point during the exercises and reduced the weight by 20’ish%.

Walk with rock overhead to back of church lot.

Partner up for 2 rounds of the following:

P1 runs to road & back, P2 does tricep extension. Flapjack.

Also did bicep curls #poolandbeachseason, flutter press & squats

Plankarama with alternating leg lifts x 10 IC.  T-claps to Puddin’ for correctly calling these the Dancing Chilcutt. I think even LaRhonda complained about this one.  It’s rarely called but always effective.

Pickup aforementioned rocks, overhead and mosey around the church stopping at each street lamp on the right for 5 burpees OYO.

Redeposit rocks in the creek bed.  I think Haze kept his….Marge might have as well.  Wolfman, Jet Fuel and Puddin’ ate theirs.

Plankorama including some Southern Gentleman, Yankee Aggressor & Christian Laettner.

Run back to OP.

People’s Chair w/overhead press x 25 IC

Run to field and partner up again for:

Old school sit-ups x 20 with partner holding feet in plank. Flapjack.  Rinse & Repeat with 15 reps.

Prairie Fire Mary x10L x10C x 10R. Flapjack.

Lunge walk 50 yards. AYG run 40 yards to end of field.  Do the same thing coming back.

Circle up for 6 MoM.

American Hammer x 13 IC

Makthar N’Djaiye x 13 IC

Cumberland County Viaduct (OF COURSE!) x13R & x 13L IC. Flapjack.

6-count Burpee x 8? IC. On this one, IH exclaimed, “that’s just a regular burpee!”  Exactly, did you not see the form on the OYO burpees earlier?!! Champagne would have been fuming and perhaps spiked his rock on some pax performing the flying squirrel.

Done.  Mosey back for COT.  Hannibal ably took us out.

Another solid performance by the Hydra pax.  Hope the bootcamp format didn’t disappoint those who fancy themselves as runners. That workout’s down the road and entitled Devils Turn.  Even in “BRR Season” which seems to span 6-7 months, bootcamp workouts shouldn’t be 3.5-4 miles.  Aye?!  No idea how far we went frankly.  Forgot my watch and borrowed Bug’s.  Much obliged brother.  Pele offered his, but YHC apparently was choosy while begging and didn’t want to use his. Cobains.

Some other sundry observations from this morning:

It was eerily quiet without Gummy and Spackler among the pax.  Wolfman’s verbosity knows no bounds…but that’s in the form of one-on-one banter not sarcastic, acidic mumblechatter.

YHC, for the 2nd time in a few weeks, forgot the last pax in COT during name-a-rama. Haze was my victim this morning.  Cobains.  Made sure to include you in the pax list.

Appreciated LaRhonda asking about the derivation of several of the exercise names.  While the derivation is a mystery to many except Dredd, I appreciated his youthful, eager inquisition.

I should probably get to work now.  Good work men.  It is a blessing to Q the pax every time I do it….and even more so without the “encouragement” from Gummy and Spackler.

Did you know you can’t spell Thursday without H-Y-D-R-A?

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