Goodbye Shoulders

Goodbye Shoulders

10 men gathered outside The Vine this morning to follow Soft Pretzel YHC into the gloom at Bagpipe and accomplished the following:

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• Mosey, disclaimer
• COP in the Brixham Green lot where we were treated to some of the Swift guys flying by early on in a brutal workout of their own
  • SSH x15 IC, Low Slow Jump Squat x15 IC, Windmills x10 IC,
    (Merkins x7 IC, Mountain Climbers x7 IC) x2
• Mosey to the putting green outside BCP for 4 corners. Each round we went 3 times around starting with 15 reps of each, then 10, then 5
  • Round 1: Burpees, Dips, Merkins, Squats.
    Face the building between corners (front run, shuffle left, backwards run, shuffle right)
    Plank-o-rama recovery
  • Round 2: LBC, Knee Ups, American Hammer (both sides is 1 rep), Burpees
    Just run between the corners this time; but run, don’t jog
    Mary recovery
• Everyone grab some curb for ascending curb crawls
  • Feet on curb, 1 derkin
  • Bear crawl across to other curb, 2 incline merkins
  • Reverse bear crawl back, 3 derkins
  • Up to 7 incline merkins
• Mosey to Snyder’s lot for some plank. Considered AYG up the hill but thought better of it.
• Mosey to Fitness Trail for 2 rounds of 7 pull ups, 14 big boy dips, 21 squats
• Return home with a short stop for Merkins x7 IC, Mtn Climbers x7 IC, Merkins x7 x5 IC
• Bagpipe name-o-rama and then Announcements w/ Swift (Brat said we were late, I think they were early. 6:15:59 is still 6:15. #AgreeToDisagree)
• Take-out by Tolkien

Moleskin

Have an M and 2 girls breathing down my neck to pack the car for our trip to Disney so this will have to be short and sweet (or short and sour if you ask Brat or Haze). Some were surprised to discover that YHC had the Q today as the schedule still showed Soft Pretzel on deck. He was kind enough to swap Qs with me a couple weeks back when YHC’s hip was acting up so hopefully no one was too disappointed.

Wanted to work the upper body today in the hopes of staving off soccer arms during my week away. We accomplished just that and the shoulders were near jello by the time we returned to COT (Curb crawls may be a new YHC favorite. Tolkien Beware). Heard some mumblechatter from those of you who were at Foxhole yesterday and were already treated to some shoulder/back work by Hairball. Cobains (not really).

Everyone came to work this morning and we managed to put in just under 2.5 miles along with all the upper body work. Frehley’s only threatened gave me angry looks two times in this workout which I think is a decrease from my last Bagpipe Q. #weinkefail. Yogi was out front crushing the 4-corners and made the burpees and merkins look easy. Bucky wasn’t far behind on any of the sets throughout the morning, pushing the pace. Strong work. Unfortunately, YHC was in a bit of a bubble this morning and didn’t hear much else other than my own heavy breathing. If I missed anything worth noting, please shout it out below.

Heard some groans when burpees were repeated on the second round. If anyone was surprised, you have not been to enough of YHC’s Qs (love for the burpee). Speaking of which, it was nice to see a number of faces that I don’t get to see regularly (Dumpster Fire, Morning After, Slum Lord, Pulp Fiction). YHC used to be more regular at Bagpipe before I got sucked into the Swift cult group. Will have to make more of an effort to make it back to Bagpipe as it is a great group and a great workout. Soft Pretzel and Outback have done an awesome job as Site Qs and they handed off the reigns this morning to new Site Qs Bucky and Morning After who I expect will continue to help Bagpipe thrive. Thanks for all the good work SP and Outback and thanks to the new Site Qs for stepping up!

It was an honor to lead this morning as always. Thanks for coming out.

Announcements (see newsletter or other BBs for links)

• Christmas Party on December 2nd
• SOB HDHH tomorrow night (Wed) at Brazwell’s at 7:30
• Bucky and Morning After taking over Site Q responsibilities of Bagpipe
• Joe Davis Run (sign up!)
• Southern Discomfort this Saturday