May 19th, 2020 By KleanUp

6 Highlanders joined in the moist post gloom for a 6:30 edition beat down.  Disclaimer provided, including reminder of required social distancing.  Additional disclaimer that YHC’s watch was running on about 1/2 % battery so we’d go for 45-ish minutes.

Mosey around the golf cart parking lot and gather in circle for a Warm-a-rama including SSH, Windmill, Mountain Climbers and Cotton Pickers.  *see moleskin below re: cotton pickers

The Thang:

A couple months back (PC = Pre-Covid 19) I had the opportunity to Q a Sat am beat down at MCP.  A plan was devised that would not only challenge but impress the PAX.  But, as we began to tour the AO the gate to the MCHS football field was open so how could we refuse.  Among other on-the-fly exercises, MAMA was born using the goal line, 10, 20, 30, and 40 yard lines.

Gather at the parking lot curb, facing golf course, with 4 parking lot islands ahead.

Run from curb/base to first island for an exercise, return to base, run to second island, exercise and return, etc, etc.  Once all four islands/exercises performed, run lap of lot and repeato x 3.  Yes, 3!

The return of MAMA includes:

• Merkins x 10 at the first island
• Air Sqauts x 20 at second island
• Merkins x 30 at third island
• Air Squats x 40 at the fourth island

Good news/bad news…  Good news = MAMA covered greater than a mile, bad = we were only 20 mins into the beat down.

Mosey across HC Parkway to the Shelley Ave rail for a series of Dips, Incline Merkins, Dips, Incline Merkins and Dips IC and then mosey back to HC Pkwy.

Poutine knew what might be ahead so Snape was given the option to choose our next adventure; left or right on the parkway.  Snape chose right (and shall we say correctly?) so we headed to Skyline Dr for our next MAMA series.

From the base of Skyline, up to each of the next 4 roads (2 of which can’t even been seen), back down and up again and again and again.

• 1st road = Merkins x 10
• 2nd road = Air Squats x 20
• 3rd road = Merkins x 30
• 4th road = Air Squats x 40

Time was short so back across the street to HCGC for Mary:

• Low Flutter and Mason Twist IC

Moist Moleskin:

• Prayers offered for Poutine’s father-in-law, ONJ’s daughter and Brinkley
• Naming rights for MAMA belong to Sugar (if memory serves correctly)
• Snape for a double down today.  Well Done!
• *Also a discussion and thoughts provided by our MQ Poutine regarding the exercise we often refer to as Cotton Picker and what can be the unintended (or who knows – perhaps intended?) implication and perception the term carries.  Some have taken the opportunity to use a different term (daisy picker, weed picker, etc).  Stay tuned for a potential formal re-name, and/or consider renaming it yourself when you Q.  Thanks to Poutine for pointing it out.
• Enjoyed being back out in the (post) gloom.  Hope you did as well.

 

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