Location: Stonewall
Conditions: A delightful 44 degrees, no precipitation or wind to speak of
QIC: Pumpkin Spice
PAX: Badboy, Bagger Vance, Brother-at-law, Buttfumble (FNG), Deep Dish, Edible Arrangement, Foxtrot Talks a Lot, Hambone, The Jeweler, Pop-a-lock, Pumpkin Spice (QIC), Tin Man (FNG)
THE THANG
After a brief disclaimer, the PAX moseyed around the property and up to the Mansion for some Warmorama. :
- SSH x 15
- Imperial Walkers x 15
- Hillbillies x 15
- LBAC x 15
- Air Press x 15
- rLBAC x 13 (just to see who was paying attention)
The workout today was mostly confined to the paved circular path around the mansion. The PAX partnered up and completed the workout in pairs. One partner was completing a traveling exercise in a counter-clockwise fashion around the paved circle, whilst the other partner ran a lap around the circle and met up with their traveling-exercising partner. Once a paired PAX completed their traveling exercise and got back around the circle to the starting point, they planked and waited for the Six. A twenty count gave the PAX a break until the next set of traveling exercises. The traveling exercises included:
- Modified Burpee Broad Jump (1 Burpee for every 2 Broad Jumps)
- Bear Crawl (till the half-way point) then Crawl Bear (second half)
- Lieutenant Dan
- Sideways Bear Crawl (leading with right hand till the half-way point, then left hand for the second half)
After the traveling exercises were complete, the PAX lined up and took turns with an individual AYG sprint around the circle. Before they left for their sprint, each PAX announced to the rest of the HIM an exercise they had to do while they waited for them to complete their sprint. This continued until each PAX completed their individual sprint. Exercises included, in no particular order:
- Jump Squat
- Toe Touches
- High Plank
- Low Plank
- SSH
- Flutter Kicks
- Good Mornings
- Hello Dolly
- American Hammers
- Aussie Burpees
- Handless Burpees
- Mountain Climbers
After completing everyone’s sprints and waiting exercises, we moseyed down to the playground for a final touch on the workout. With their partners, the PAX completed 10 Swerkins on the available swings. The waiting PAX were continuously doing American Hammers until each pair completed their 10 Swerkins.
We then moseyed back to the parking lot for COT, COR, and NOR. A strong showing at coffeteria followed.
MOLESKIN
- YHC apparently thought that he and Crablegs had created the Swerkin in a fit of genius at the West Park playground. Turns out it’s actually in the Exicon. Brother-at-law brought YHC back down to earth and he paid the price by doing a true West Park original, the Kangarow (AKA Steve Irwins, AKA Down Unders; laying flat on your back under the swing, pulling yourself up by the swing in a horizontal row motion).
- Bagger Vance continued the pre-party into the Main Event, strategically avoiding the Burpee Broad Jumps
- Two FNGs today, Tin Man (Ryan) and Buttfumble (Tre), endured a tough workout and helped the PAX get better together
BULLHORN
- On Wednesday Nights at 4:13 Strong there is the opportunity to go and prepare a meal and hang out with the men there. This is a great opportunity to show love to some guys who really need it, and who need men like you to pour into their lives. Reach out to Red Skull or Bagger Vance for more info.
- Many February Q’s are wide open — for those who haven’t Q’d in a while, let’s get after it!
- We are continuing to do run-only workouts on Tuesday’s starting from West Park. You don’t have to be a “runner” or be fast to join — all are welcome to come and get better!
– Pumpkin Spice