June 3rd, 2021 By SoloCup

17 Men, of varying abilities and fitness levels, joined YHC for an Old Skool Beatdown on the last day of class…we kept it moving, made it up as we went along, and got a full body beatdown, just like the old days.  Here’s how it went:

Warm Up

• Mosey to the Stop Sign
• SSH x 15
• Mosey to the Car Rider Entrance
• IST x 15
• Mosey to the Middle School Entrance
• Windmill x 15

The Thang

Mosey to the Baseball Field bleachers

• Step Up/Squats x 5
• Decline Merkins x 5
• Incline Merkins x 5
• Dips x 5

Repeato 5, 10, 15, 20

Mosey to hill by the School Buses

• Quadraphilla 2 minutes (Included a quick pep talk for the group to build self confidence)

Mosey to the Ramp by the practice field

• Lunge Walk to the bottom, sprint up the hill back to the start, plan up
• 30 Squats

Mosey to the Baseball field parking lot

• 20 Mt Climbers
• 10 Squats

Mosey to the Tower (admire the lock on the new gate and fence)

Mosey to the Teacher’s Parking lot

• 5 Burpees
• 10 Mt Climbers
• 20 Merkins

Mosey to the base of The Ridge

• 5 Burpees
• 10 Mt Climbers
• 20 Merkins
• 25 Squats

Mosey to the cars for Mary

Mary

• LBC x 20
• Squirm x 20
• Mosey around the parking lot (forward, backward, forward)
• Crunchy Frogs x 15

Moleskin

1. Strong work by most this morning.  Frankly, this was how most of us used to lead back in the early days.  We would show up, do an improve workout based on what we found, and kept moving the whole time.  Brutal.
2. Significant concern as to what counts as a run these days.  Sorry boys, this ain’t one.  I might go for a swim at lunch time and walk the dog, might count that…
3. Lot’s of lounging instead of doing Mary, that’s why we got up an started running again.  Mary is for the Abs, not just laying there and farting.  If you’re not coming to get better, you are probably stopping someone else from as well.
4. A virtual 5k 6/19 to support @Jiffy and @Deadhead’s fraternity.  Link posted on Slack
5. I need about 3 guys, a truck and some positive attitudes to help move a credenza for the church.  Hit me up on Slack
6. @DT needs some folks to man the concession stand for football games this fall.

A couple of notes:

1. @Clueless mentioned the other day about Drive and Passion in the things we do.  That really hit home with me and I’ve been ruminating on it for the last week.  I’ve noticed a lot of us have lost that in our lives, and it’s even more evident during the workouts.  It is perhaps time we should all reflect on that and change our habits before it’s too late
2. I’m extremely proud of the young men we have in our group. @Ripken, @Pancake, @Mongoose, @Expresso are great examples of giving it 100% every time they are out there.  Their fathers must be equally proud, and you can see by their example where these kids learn it.

Keep Pushing

 

Harrisburg, The Ridge

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