A PAX of 9 (including 1 FNG) helped YHC officially get the VQ monkey off his back! This was technically YHC’s VQ (only prior Q was a co-Q w/ Dingo almost 2 years ago).
One FNG on the scene. YHC issued the disclaimer and we were off…
Warm Up Circle Of Pain:
Jogged a lap around the lot
Box Jump’s magic runner’s stretch
Side-Straddle Hops x25 IC
Burpees x3 OYO
Sir Fazio Arm Circles (Forward) x10 IC
Sir Fazio Arm Circles (Reverse) x10 IC
Burpees x3 OYO
Hillbillies x25 IC
(I’m forgetting one where I screwed up the count, but can’t remember the exercise)
The Thang:
Count of by 3s for the Pendulum (at least that’s what I hear Maize calls it):
-Station 1 is Imperial Squat Walkers AMRAP
-Station 2 is Standard Mercans AMRAP
Pendulum for 10 minutes
Mosey to playground entrance wall
Raccoon Crawl the length of the wall
Mosey down steps to concave wall on playground
Australian Mountain Climbers x10
Mosey to rock pile, grab a rock, mosey to area between the swing sets
1 Set of Jack Webbs with rock for arm lifts
LBCs x20 IC holding rock straight up
Stand up for:
Curls x20 IC
Triceps Extensions x10 IC
Bent Over Rows (Ruh-Rohs) x10 IC
Triceps Extensions x10 IC
Ruh-Rohs x10 IC
Return rocks to rock pile
Indian Run at a sane pace back to the basketball court
Mary:
LBCs x20 IC
Homer to Marge x20 IC
Protractor hold 45º while PAX give 10 counts around the circle
COT:
Numberama (9)
Name-o-rama (welcome Mr. Troutman, now known as Sea Bass)
Announcements
Prayer requests
Electrolux prayed us out.
Naked Moleskin:
I visited the AO last night to do some timing and scope things out. It wasn’t until I was halfway done, standing in the middle of the playground, that I thought about the fact I was a middle age man alone in the middle of a playground. I was too deep in thought. Nobody called the cops. Maybe catching that couple giving their dogs water in the people fountain gave me some unexpected leverage.
I was very worried that the workout would be too easy. Hearing PAX starting to get a little gassed was music to my ears.
I had a lot of fun looking for some new exercises to throw in.
Overheard at the start of the Raccoon Crawl: “This Looks Dangerous.”
T-claps to Spin Class for keeping me going when I was heading toward an audible on those Jack Webbs.
Welcome Sea Bass! I’ll have to go watch Dumb and Dumber again to remember the character.
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Man, was I nervous. I’ve been putting this off for a long time. T-claps to Woody for having my back just in case. I still almost pulled the emergency break after the Indian Run. Just told myself “Finish It”… and we did! Woody told me afterwards I didn’t seem nervous, but I guess with this the secret is out. That’s half the fun with these backblasts.
Thank you all for pushing me and making me better. I look forward to doing it again soon.
