33 Death Valley faithful posted around the VSF and got after their mid week downPAINment. After a day of slinging dumbbells around (shoulders, bi’s & tri’s) and playing Double Dutch jump rope with one another (I swear I even so a few of the PAX playing hopscotch yesterday), it was time to get back to our roots for some old fashioned cardio-burn!
the Thang:
Run down to the track for a quick circuit .
50x SSH
20x Imperial “WANKERS” in our best accents from across the pond
15x Merkins
20x LBCs – hold – 20x Dollies – hold – 20x Flutters – hold – 20x Rosalitas – hold
HOOPS work (a.k.a Basketball):
Mosey to Basketball Courts for 11s – Jump Squats and Merkins (run width of 2 courts between each set of exercises) – Plank
“Burpee Suicides” – 7x – Plank
Bear crawl length – Run back – 5 burpees
Rail Work:
Mosey down to the ball field(s) to the rails for “Supine Pull Up Ladder” – crowd pleaser
10x inboard – 8x inboard – 6x inboard – 4x inboard – 10x inboard
Field work:
Mosey to field for “Burpee Merkins”
Sprint to mid field and back (100 yards) – 5 merkins – Plank
Sprint full length of field and back (200 yards) – 5 merkins – Plank in the interest of time, we had to scratch this segment but wanted to ensure we got the full effect with the final 2.
Sprint to mid field and back and full length and back (300 yards) – 5 merkins
Plankorama
Sprint full length and back 2x (400 yards) – 5 merkins – Plank
Mosey back to Bball Courts / Parking Lot for COT
Moleskin:
_Large showing today with a PAX of 33 arriving in the gloom – QIC thought about splitting up the PAX into 2 groups but was beat down with mutiny stating “We come as a group, we work out as a group and we leave as a group”. Nuff said!
_Great to see Skywalker making a strong comeback off the DL and bringing it strong…
_Strong showing by Donkey Kong once again, brother continues to just bring it day in and day out, ruck no ruck, rain no rain etc… Donkey Kong don’t care, he don’t give a ……!!!!!!! – great to have you out.
_Tclaps to Bulldog and Run Stopper playing the rabbits throughout the workout. #too fast for me – sorry TR but you only get an honorable mention this go round. Especially since you were caught vacationing during COP – Have to give respect to HOPs, Cheese Kurd and (Abacus, Smash, Lex Luthor, Hammer, Wolfman etc….), you boys were flying out there.