Merkins + Merkins = March Madness

Merkins + Merkins = March Madness

Last week Midriff asked for a Substi-Q, so I rang the bell.  DaVinci is a great AO, easy weinke and lots of area to cover, so I planned a brief tour.  First two out of the cars, YHC and Loogie. None of the ‘good morning’ time wasters, straight too it. “Well, NC State has won the same amount of Tourney games as UNC.”  HAHA that was just the start…

The Thang:

Disclaimer

Mosey – circle around back of best buy

X10 merkins at every stop sign (done once we reach 200 merkins) (Madness)

COP (near Velo bike shop)

–          Imperial walker x 20 in cadence

–          Hands up / LSS x 20 in cadence

–          Explosive squat x 12 22 in cadence (hands to ground in semi squat, legs kick back like a burpee, feet back to start, stand up (1)) We kept at this modified burpee until the giggling stopped

–          American hammer x 20 in cadence

–          Recover

Mosey to first row parking – shoulder to shoulder facing chick joint

–         Bear crawl to next set of parking spots, lunge walk to next, bear crawl, lunge – 4 rows – repeat back (I could feel this in the legs)

Line up facing lot, shoulder to shoulder plank, each have a parking spot – (another made up excercise)

–          far left side Pax runs to opposite end, drops to plank, everyone does one merkin, next guy, 2 merkins, next guy 3 merkins

–          Repeat until everyone has gone

•   Then we did it again. (I split the pax into two groups of 5) About 30 merkins each

–          (hopefully enough to cover a 3 minute plank)

Mosey behind target – x10 merkins each stop sign

Grab a lifting rock

–          20 curls

–          20 triceps extensions

–          20 overhead press

–          X2 – replace rocks

Lunge walk to speedbump Mosey to lamp post / 20 squats x3 speedbumps lamp posts

Little plank work at the end

Mosey to Blakeney Heath

Everyone turn around and run up the hill backwards

Mary

–          High Flutters x 20

–          Box cutters x 15

Backwards down the hill (carefully keeping an eye on any cars, none were seen)

Mosey to fountains – (finish up merkins) – Well almost…we got to about 160, lots o mumble chatter about them

At fountains – dips x 10, step ups x 10, derkins x 10  take a merkin break – 15 Big Bois

Check time

Head to playground

–          Partner one does pullups / partner two runs to starbucks bushes and back

–          Flapjack

–          Repeat until each partner does 30 (most were accomplished)

Check time

Head back to start – we got to 180 at BB

–          2 1/2 minutes remain, what should we do? 20 merkins to 200 (Mic Check)

•  Loogie call a mary “Heels to Heavan” (someone “Cause they ain’t going anywhere else”)

HBH for one minute

Done

 – Awesome group of guys. Several young guys too, and they were always in the front. Only ‘letting’ me lead.

• Loogie started and ended the workout with a little UNC humor – love that guy.
• Mic Check kept me in check for my promised 200 merkins
• Great to meet Butterfingers – I think he’s ready to Q
• Circuit City quietly put in a strong effort, always with friendly banter, except for that last 20 merkins. haha
• The three teenage guys – watson, t1000, johnny5 – killed it, always pushing me a bit. Thanks guys
• Their dads?  Yeah they put in a solid morning too, C3PO only cursed me once. (well not really) and Dwight – great to see you.
• We had ages 14 to 54…quite a span

Thanks for the takeout Mic Check.  Loved the addition to ‘raise up any unspoken prayers’.   Sometime we hold them in, sometimes they need to be ‘raised up’.

Fredo out –