August 13th, 2020 By Christopher Smith

14 Men, or maybe it was 15, decided to find out what a parking lot was really all about with a Parking Space workout designed for only real men with cool F3 names like Bay City Roller!

 

The THANG:

Mosey to the Hospital Annex parking lot

SSH x 21

Loose Change x7

Plank/Slow Mercs on your own x7

Arm Circles

Pick your parking spot (actually it was 2 spots) and try to follow the (somewhat difficult) directions

Bear Crawl  around the whole space

21 Jump Squats

7 Hand Release Mercs in each corner (28 total)

21 WWII

Run a lap

Repeat 3x

Lunge Walk around the whole space

7 DownDog Mercs

7 IST squats in Each Corner (28 total)

21 JLo’s

Run a Lap

Repeat 3x

7 LBC IC in each corner

Mosey Back to Mary for some alphabet core

Prayers were said for LMU’s son, Indy’s daughter, all our kids, and all the kids returning to school.

MOLESKIN:

While my directions were not as crystal clear as I would have liked, most PAX performed the exercise sequence with only slight modifications or difficulties.  There was some good chatter going, especially with DeerTick, Pvt. Ryan, and Skinner, at least until a vintage 2017-18 Nissan Altima decided they needed to practically run over Back Draft to get their primo spot in the back lot, right in the middle of our workout.  In good Jesus fashion, we said hello, and continued on, paying close attention not to scratch the majestic metallic silver frame or damage the brushed chrome wheel covers.

While my goal was to limit running, this still turned out to be a pretty tough workout.  The 28 hand release mercs were no joke and it was a solid total body workout.  We clocked in over 300 reps total and kept moving.

It was great seeing Spud back out there.  Coming to a workout without Spud is like going swimming in a 3 foot pool; it may sound fun, but it ain’t!  I was also glad to see Catfish accounted for as apparently someone does not think the mighty Catfish is worthy of being mentioned in a backblast!  Well, I for one good sir, would strongly disagree.  Indy and DeerTick have been inspired as of late and post just about every day.  I’m pretty sure it was my own BackBlast from 2 weeks ago that inspired Indy to make a life change.  I just pray he changes everything in his life, including moving that life-size cutout of Mayweather out of his bedroom so he quits staring at it and wasting his evenings.

I’m proud of this crew.  Let’s make sure we keep supporting each other as we walk through life together.  Keep praying for each other and being available to offer a kind word, pat on the back (virtual maybe?), and encouragement.  A little goes a long way.  At least that’s what Fire Chicken told me.

Always a blessing and an honor,

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