Ardrey Karen HS

Ardrey Karen HS

4 intellectually curious PAX and 1 Karen went back to school on a beautiful Monday morning at Firestarter.

Thang

Muscle-up an onto retaining wall next to Blakeney entrance at Blakeney Heath Rd – 10 times

Mosey to rock pile behind the Lash Studio

• Curls – 20 OYO
• Triceps extensions – 20 OYO
• Walking lunges w/ rock held overhead – roughly 10 lunges each leg
• Repeato

Mosey to rock pile next to Self Storage place

• Thrusters w/ rock – 15 IC
• Merkin w/ 1 hand on rock, alternating hands – 10 each side
• Repeato

Mosey to benches behind Ardrey Kell HS

• Dips – 20 IC
• Bulgarian split squats – 10 each leg
• Hip slappers – 15 each side

Mosey back to rock pile behind the Lash Studio

• Flutters w/ rock held over chest – 20 IC
• American hammer while holding rock – 15 IC

Moleskine

It was an honor to lead at Firestarter for the first time.  Thank you, Teddy and Mark Kay, for the opportunity and for your support.  YHC could feel the positive vibes you were sending from your fartsacks.  YHC’s guess for the low turnout this AM is a combination of the threat of rain and PAX posting elsewhere for Passport.  Lucky for those in attendance, the rain held off and we had perfect weather.  Small numbers and strong PAX allowed us to cover a lot of ground.  Really strong work by One Star, Sweetwater and Wingman.  In total we got in 3.1 miles aka 5k.  Not too shabby for a 45 minute bootcamp.

The final destination was Ardrey Kell High School.  YHC can’t remember ever going there during a workout, so it was high on the list to check out.  We were only there for a short time, but long enough for a faculty member to see us on her walk into school and then decide to come out and check on us a bit later.  Relax Karen!  Nothing to see here, other than One Star’s Ho Ho Ho socks and Sweetwater’s chiseled physique.  On second thought, who could blame her for wanting a second look at all that.  AKHS has a lot to offer, bootcamp wise, including a plethora of parking lots, bountiful benches and frequent fields.  The only issue is it’s a stretch to reach from Blakeney.  Side note: perhaps Community House MS would be a solid future AO since it has easy access to both AKHS and the Morrison Y.  Not to mention it has it’s own track w/ tires to flip.  Side side note: it was nice to discover that there is a rock pile next to the Self Storage place.

You know how some PAX are freakishly good at 1 specific thing?  Like Market Timer w/ running backwards, Doc McStuffins with dead hanging or Mary Kay with not showing up to Firestarter?  Well as it turns out, Wingman is that way w/ muscle-ups.  He was done well before anyone else even though we were all pushing hard.  Wingman also helped Sweetwater get access to The Brave calendar after the workout.  The issue was resolved by asking Sweetwater “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”  It was so successful that going forward, Wingman will be offering free technology assistance hours to all PAX after weekday SOB workouts.  So bring your broken Palm Pilots, BlackBerrys, Microsoft Zunes and Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s and watch Wingman work his genius.

One Star described a brutal workout that he barely survived once upon a time in Hilton Head, involving a ladder of exercises and bricks.  Hopefully he will bring it to a workout near you.

Sweetwater, safe travels to Atlanta.  This is for you: https://www.f3atlanta.com/workout-locations/