PAX: T-Cell, Moneyshot, Hipster, Princess Aurora, Spinal Tap (Kotters), SATCO (FNG) and En Fuego (QIC)
7 PAX tried out a new potential residence for the Skunk, journeying to the home of the III Pillars AO, and in doing so faced a “kid-friendly” workout full of monkey bars, relay races and crab hunting in an effort to honor Levi Hughes, the son of a buddy of mine who passed away in a drowning accident one year ago today. This workout was performed just under 12 months ago, about 3 weeks after Levi’s funeral, and today we turned to it again, hoping the little man was enjoying what he was seeing.
Warm up with a mosey heading up to the field, making separate stops to perform 3, 13 and 15 merkins (Levi’s birthday of 3.13.15)
COP: SSH x 13, WMH x 13, Scorpion Stretch x 13 (totaling 39 reps, representing the 39 months Levi spent in the arms and care of his family and friends). Head to the monkey bars to begin the…
THANG:
L – Lateral Pull-Downs, aka pull-ups. 273 total reps amongst the team of 7, approximating 39 per PAX (YHC had a little trouble with his math here – PA there for the rescue). Upon completion, head to the track for a relay race – 2 PAX complete a lap while the remaining PAX hold high plank; repeat for next 2 PAX and then final 3 PAX. Head to corner of the field for:
E – Escalator utilizing BLIMPs. Collective counts of 70, 140, 210, 280 and 350 (YHC again a little fuzzy on the math) with respective BLIMP of Bodybuilders, Lieutenant Dangers (Dans with a merkin thrown in – became quickly apparent that each PAX had their own way of performing said exercise), Imperial Storm Squats, Merkins and PlankJacks. Knock out respective count as a team and then run to next corner to begin next exercise. All in, head back to track for next relay race, this time PAX hold low plank
V – Vacuum Cleaners. Two PAX hop in wheelbarrow position; wheelbarrow to sideline (approx. 20 yards), perform 5 derkins, reverse wheelbarrow back to starting line. Flapjack until all PAX have wheelbarrow’d. Back to track for final relay race, this time PAX alternate between high and low plank
I – Indian Crab Walk. Levi’s favorite beach activity was crab hunting, and in his final moments he got to live out the excitement of putting on his Crab Hunting t-shirt (favorite shirt to wear) and get ready to head to the beach to go do just that. PAX line up on their six, PAX in the back crabwalks to the front, then next PAX, etc. PAX on six alternate doing LBCs, flutters and American Hammers. Perform until time no time left on the clock – got to believe the little man enjoyed that one – and we mosey back for COT.
Honor to have led and appreciate you allowing me to celebrate Levi this morning. Thank you for showing up and doing your part.
We discussed in the COT, I’ll throw in the backblast as well. Levi’s mom mentioned in the eulogy that Levi came to her at 11:00 that night wanting to hop in bed with her. Whereas normally she might encourage him to head back to his bed, that night she rolled over and they spent their last night together, just the two of them, in a bunk bed. Amazing moment that gives YHC a tiny bit of joy in an otherwise extremely sad situation. Great reminder to YHC and hopefully to us all – nothing is guaranteed, enjoy and appreciate each day and breadth for the gift that it is, keep telling those little ones in your life how much you love them. And the next time little feet patter into your room in the middle of the night, maybe roll over and create some space while you still can.
En Fuego