February 2nd, 2018 By Grinder

Today is a new day full opportunities to get better.  Eight men did just that by rolling out of bed and posting to F3 Skywalker.   It was a balmy 41 degrees (despite what @BlackSheep had to say) when the disclaimer was given and the pax moseyed off into the gloom.  The new and always improving disclaimer now includes the option of a virtual doctor visit to @Churchill’s sister even though neither one of them have agreed to this, yet.

We ran up the hill to the middle parking lot and assembled into what seemed to me more of a bass clef than a circle.  With this questionable formation in place, we proceeded with a few standard warm-ups to get our bodies ready for the assault that was about to be unleashed on our upper bodies.

The First Thang:

Partner up for the Army Physical Fitness Test (minus the run)

• 2 Minutes Max Pushups
  • Rep only counts if your chest touches your partner’s fist that is on the ground beneath you.
• 2 Minutes Max Situps
  • Fingers interlaced behind your head.  Elbows must touch your knees.

The Main Thang:

• Grinder’s Ocho
  • Circuit of 4 exercises performed at each corner of the parking lot
    • 8 Cinder Block Thrusters
    • 8 Burpees
    • 8 Merkins
    • 8 WWII Situps
  • Repeat circuit 8 times

Time was up so we blew the whistle and circled up for an abbreviated mary.  And just in case our chests weren’t completely smoked, we finished it off with 30 seconds of max rep merkins.  You’re welcome.

The Punxsutawney Moleskin:

1. Well, it looks like we have 6 more weeks of winter coming up.  Don’t put away that cold weather gear yet.
2. Huge TCLAPS to all of you guys this morning.  You all pushed to edge of muscle failure and held in there.
3. You can look at the requirements for the Army Physical Fitness test here and see how you measure up.  We’ll do the run one day but we might need to modify the times requirements to accommodate for some hills.
4. Thank you for showing up a gutting it out with me this morning.  Hope you got what you came for and then some.

Make it a great day!

 

“Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.”

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