May 23rd, 2017 By Bull2

Tailgating is more fun with a group:

1 man answered the call for the 4:30 tailgate in the stadium parking lot. YHC was not prepared with a full cooler of ice cold ones, a hot grill, and some tasty wings. This was not that kind of tailgate. Otherwise, Tumbler would have set his alarm. SoloCup was “planning” on being there, but it was quite cloudy and they were calling for at least a slight mist. You guys missed a nice trek over to the land of the pitch fork. YHC left that for another day after a Nautilus sighting, then back to the campus to scope out the conditions.

Game Time:

8 men came out to the Ridge. It was great to have JRR Tolkien out in our neck of the woods. Apparently, he and Exit 54 cannot be at the same workout now with the new security precautions required while getting this Speed for Need thing up and running. Speaking of running…at 5:30 sharp, we were off – maybe Clueless hit the snooze button one too many times…maybe he did a little rain dance and cleared the skies for us…I don’t know. What I do know is that he was about a minute late, and we had to get moving. Here is what we did:

Mosey down the way to the end of the parking lot and circle up.

Quick disclaimer. The key is to not hurt yourself or anybody else….We are here to do the opposite.

SSH X 15

Squats X 10

Merkins x 10

Mountain Climbers x 15

Mosey to the end of the straightaway and line up

20 LBC’s…then keep doing LBC’s until it is your turn to run

Last Man Run (All you got) to the 2^nd stop sign (at the main road)…then the next man, then the next, …you get it. Once you finish your run, do merkins until the six arrives.

20 Reverse Crunches…then keep doing Reverse Crunches until it is your turn to run

Last Man – AYG to the HS Sign…once the guy behind you takes off, do 5 more RC’s, then take off….once you finish your run, do merkins until the six arrives.

20 Squats…then keep doing Squats until it is your turn to run

Last Man – AYG to the MS Sign…once the guy behind you takes off, do 5 more Squats, then take off….once you finish your run, do merkins until the six arrives.

10 Lunges…then keep doing Lunges until it is your turn to run

Last Man – AYG to the ramp behind the MS…once the guy behind you takes off, do 2 more Lunges, then take off….once you finish your run, do merkins until the six arrives.

Partner up

Partner 1 run down the ramp, do 10 Burpees, run back up the ramp

Partner 2 do 20 inverted rows, then reverse crunches until your partner gets back

Repeat 3 more times with the only change being the count on the inverted rows descending to 15, 10, and then 5.

At this point SoloCup was feeling a little guilty about his clear lack of effort and decided to take on the ramp one more time and actually do 10 burpees at the bottom. We all felt obliged to accompany him and take witness to such a momentous occasion for him.

Once back up the ramp we gathered up and Indian ran it back to home base….starting with 3 burpees off the back….then 2 burpees….and finally 1 burpee to get back to the launch.

We closed it out with a little protractor session and some low dollies.

JRR Tolkien with a solid take out.

Moleskine:

1. Good to see Naughty getting after it this morning….funny who you might run into during the wee hours of the morning. #whatchyoursix….it’s on.
2. Preworkout, there was talk by some of the pax about a little rain in the area and heading to the covered area by the high school….You are welcome.
3. Gamma said something about taking this running thing too far….this while lying on his back counting the rain drops….you too are welcome.

Announcements:

1. As JRR Tolkien said, check out this Speed for Need thing that is getting started. This is going to be a great thing.
2. Intimidators game is coming on Thursday, July 20th
3. Memorial Day Murph and Hoops….Clueless has balls.
4. The Bear is coming up June 3rd up in Huntersville area in Isotope Region
5. Harrisburg 4-year convergence on June 10th at #TheRailYard
6. Q-school on June 17th

Harrisburg, The Ridge

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