AO: Purple Cow
Conditions: 52 degrees, cloudy, moderate breeze…aka Perfect
PAX: Backlash, Black Widow, Boone’s Farm, En Fuego, Leatherneck, Offshore, Penny Loafers, Toga
QIC(s): En Fuego, Leatherneck
INTRO
Conditions were perfect, only a slight breeze,
Evidenced by no beanies and more PAX in short sleeves;
All PAX dressed in black, dark greys or midnight blues,
The only reflective gear we had was Penny Loafers UT orange shoes;
I checked my watch for the infamous, “Let’s go”,
As one more PAX arrived, ahem…”Black Widow”.
A brief mosey ensued with essentially no light,
A slight twist of Offshore’s ankle, thankfully he was alright;
Circle up for WOR, as YHC gave a late disclaimer,
You can always count on Toga to correct bad behavior;
4-count exercises, ah the usual stuff,
Only did 4, because honestly that’s enough.
En Fuego and Leatherneck broke the Thang down in 2’s,
That’s usually what happens when there are Co-Q’s;
YHC quickly walked over to the Co-Q stash,
Gotta mention two other HIMs…Boone’s Farm and Backlash;
Grabbed the jump rope for Thang Part 1,
Hold on tight, this is gonna be fun.
THANG – PART I
- 1 PAX – 50 jump rope repetitions; remaining 7 PAX perform called exercise while 1 PAX jumping rope. Upon completion of each 50-rep jump rope, all PAX run to bottom of hill entrance and back up. No rest in between. Cycle through all PAX and this format until each PAX had a turn jumping rope. Called exercises:
- Merkins, Air Squats, Flutter Kicks, Irkins, Alternating Lunges, Hello Dollies, Derkins, Low Plank
- Penalty – any mess-up/mis-hap/whatever you want to call it resulted in Burpees x 2 at the end for all PAX. Only one mis-hap out of 400 reps (not going to mention any names, but you know who you are…Toga).
- PAX Partner up in 2’s. Two evolutions.
- Evo 1: PAX 1 – wall sit. PAX 2 – bear crawl across parking lot, crawl bear back to starting point. Flap Jack.
- Evo 2: PAX 1 – wall sit. PAX 2 – Lt. Dan’s across parking lot, broad jump back to starting point. Flap Jack.
YHC had the pleasure to turning over the reins to En Fuego for Thang Part 2.
THANG – PART II
Upon Q handoff from Leatherneck, brief mosey around parking lot and arrive back at base of lot positioned with 3 light posts approx. 50, 75 and 100 yards away. YHC congregated the PAX around the Q stash, which included a variety of 20-30 lb coupons (ruck plates, dumbbells or homemade brick coupons). YHC informs PAX to keep same 2-PAX partner groupings and each group needs one coupon. Coupon Shuttle Run with Variety of 10-20-30s (Two Evolutions) awaited us.
- Evo 1:
- PAX 1 commences coupon run to first light pole (approx. 50 yrds away); performs 10 goblet squats, run back to Partner 2.
- While PAX 1 completing shuttle run, PAX performs rotation of 10-20-30s until PAX 1 returns, alternating between two exercises – Merkins and LBCs (10 merkins, 10 LBCs, 20 merkins, 20 LBCs, 30 merkins, 30 LBCs)
- PAX 1 and PAX 2 flapjack.
- This same process continues to light post 2 (75 yds) and 3 (100 yds), except goblet squats increase to 20 (at light post 2) and 30 (at light post 3).
- All in
- Evo 2:
- Rinse and repeat above with following differences:
- Replace goblet squats with Iron Mikes
- Replaces Merkins and LBCs with Moutain Climbers and Flutter Kicks.
- Rinse and repeat above with following differences:
With 5 mins left, YHC instructed PAX to do one final run loop, with an AYG up the hill entrance for 1 minute of Mary – 15 4-count flutter kicks and approx. 25 second 6-inch leg off the deck. Time.
COT
Good to be back in the Q saddle and thoroughly enjoyed the Co-Q with En Fuego. I went cold turkey UA for a long time and it’s been great being back out in the gloom and getting to be part of a great AO and great group of guys. Pleasure to be on Q this morning for you all.
Not a lot of announcements this am, but did want to share one quick item. When I got home from the workout this am, my M (Mandy) was visibly saddened by the news that one of her good friend’s husband was found unresponsive this morning from a drug overdose. I don’t want to dishonor his life by detailing his struggles, but as I sit here writing this BB, I’m reminded that people do have struggles (all in different forms and severity). While overcoming one’s struggles leads to becoming stronger, sometimes going at it alone isn’t enough. I’m convinced he didn’t really have someone (or someones) he could count on…a real “go-to” in his time of need. My hope for each of you is that you have that “go-to”, that someone (or someones) you can count in to be there for you in a time of need (no matter the severity)…and vice versa. There is strength in numbers…
Roger that,
Leatherneck and En Fuego