“You Will Get Wet, You May Get Soaked”

“You Will Get Wet, You May Get Soaked”

All I could think about last night as I was heading to bed was the slogan from Rip Roarin’ Rapids. If you grew up in the Charlotte area, you’re likely familiar with it. There’s a sign just as you walk in that reads: “You will get wet, you may get soaked.” With that in mind, I built the weinke for a little dry and a little wet. Luckily for the 7 PAX who showed up, they didn’t have to worry about either as the rain had stopped by the time we rolled up @ 5:30am. But even without the rain, with the humidity pushing 90%+, it was like working out inside a dog’s mouth.

Here’s what went down.

The Thang

Mosey across 51 and over to the Charlotte Catholic deck. CoP @ bottom entrance.

Warm-Up Exercises in cadence:

• SSH x 15
• IW x 15
• Merkins x 10
• Peter Parker x 10 each leg
• Burpees x 10 (OYO)

WAVE 1: Catch me if you can (Partner Up)

• P1 Starts running backwards up the short ramps to the 4^th floor
• P2 3 Burpees, then runs to catch P1
• Flapjack once P2 catches P1
• Repeat until you reach the top
• Once we reach the top, back down to the first floor for Round #2, this time swapping 10 CDDs for Burpees.

Back down Stairwell #1 and across to the stadium

WAVE 2: Leg Lifts and Bearkin Lunge Crawls

• Line up, socially distanced on curb outside of stadium
• First, complete 20 leg lifts (Holding underneath the fence, raise your toes to touch the fence)
• Next, Bear Crawl to other side, 1 Derkin
• Lunge walk back to original side, 2 Derkins
• Repeat until we get to 10 Derkins
• We were supposed to finish with 20 more leg lifts but YHC forgot. You’re welcome.

Mosey over to Stairwell #2

WAVE 3: Deck Routine (Partner Back Up)

• Starting at Stairwell #2, 10 Merkins each
• P1 runs up Stairwell #1 to 2^nd floor, P2 runs up Stairwell #3 to 2^nd floor
• Meet back at Stairwell #2, complete 10 burpees each
• Run down to 1^st floor, 10 Merkins each
• Next set, 3^rd Floor with 20 Jump Squats, back to 1^st floor, 10 Merkins each
• Last set, 4^th Floor with 30 LBCs, back to 1^st floor, 10 Merkins each

Mosey over to rock pile on McMahon rd., pick your weight

WAVE 4: Rock Work

• 10 Curls, 10 Presses, 10 Triceps (2 Sets), run around circle and back
• 10 Triple Lindys (Curl to Press to Triceps combination)

Mosey back to Launch Point

Mary until time is called

• 20-count Freddy Mercuries
• 10-count American Hammer
• 5-count Windshield Wipers (This was a crowd pleaser for sure and will definitely be making it back into the rotation)
• Protractor (Thanks Snuka)
• 10-count High Slow Rosalitas

Called time and COT.

YHC with the prayer.

Moleskin

• All the PAX worked hard this morning.
• The vets like Lorax and Snuka were out front most of the time.
• Margo was clearly pushing himself this morning and put in a strong effort across the board.
• Surprisingly, Clover forgot to try and throw off our cadence count. Must have been the humidity.
• Bout Time (who ran in), Snowflake, and Limey all had a strong showing as well.
• If I had known Snuka was so slow at CDDs I would have let him lead the 2^nd round of “Catch Me If You Can”. His method ensured YHC got all the inclines. Sneaky smart Snuka, respect.
• By the time we wrapped @ 6:15 it didn’t matter that the rain never came. We were all soaked.

Announcements

• Bout Time’s M (Lauren) has been nominated for “Woman of the Year” by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The story about their son, Jennings, is truly inspiring. If you’d like to hear more or help out by making a donation, use the link here: https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/nc/clt20/jpalmer