I just did what I do best. I took your little plan and I turned it on itself… You know what I’ve noticed? Nobody panics when things go “according to plan.” Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, we do merkins over and over again, nobody panics, because it’s all “part of the plan”. But when I say that we are going to do stairs the entire workout, well then everyone loses their minds!
– adaptation from The Dark Knight

With the polar vortex once again preparing to ruin our lives with *gasp* 2-5 inches of snow, YHC took a few minutes from preparing for Armageddon to Q today’s version of Top Shelf…

Long warm-up: yog, SSH, good mornings, arm circles, wind mills, dan jansens, stretches

8 flights of stairs up and down, 10 merkins
8 flights of stairs up and down, 9 merkins,
8 flights of stairs up and down, 8 merkins…. do you get the pattern here…
8 flights of stairs up and down, 7 merkins
8 flights of stairs up and down, 6 merkins
8 flights of stairs up and down, 5 merkins
8 flights of stairs up and down, 4 merkins
8 flights of stairs up and down, 3 merkins
8 flights of stairs up and down, 2 merkins
8 flights of stairs up and down, 1 merkins

circuit 2 times through – 5 pull-ups, dan jansens, air squats

COT

Moleskin
– word to the wise, if you choose not to Q, then be ready for the pain
– get better riggs… lung butter is no fun
– seriously, is flying j dead? has anyone actually seen him?! the watch continues…
– Tobacco Road, this thursday, 0530, Herndon Park in south durham

– RELAUNCH OF DURHAM/CHAPEL HILL SATURDAY WORKOUT – THIN BLUE LINE – OLD CHAPEL HILL ROAD PARK – 0700 – it’ll be a blast – great terrain, plenty of obstacles, and with the combined D/CH gangs, we can’t go wrong… find an FNG and make it out!