January 7th, 2025 By SS Minnow

Seven men enjoyed the 27 degree chill and and circumnavigated the HS parking lot a few times while stopping for exercises here and there.

Pax: Dr Lecter, Constitution, Bear Claw, Mad Dog, Othello, Uncle Floyd

QIC: SS Minnow

Warm-a-rama

• mosey across parking lot
• side straddle hop
• imperial storm trooper
• windmill
• merkins
• mountain climbers
• air squats
• burpees
• mosey to center of parking lot

The Thang

• Run figure-8 around the parking lot
• At each corner do increasing number of 8-count body builders (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
• At center of the figure 8 stop and do 2 sets of these 4 exercises
  • 8 x WW II situp
  • 8 x merkins
  • 8 x side straddle hop
  • 8 x little baby crunch
• Run figure-8 around the parking lot in the reverse direction
• At each corner do decreasing number of 8-count body builders (8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,)
• At center of the figure 8 stop and do 2 sets of these 4 exercises
  • 8 x WW II situp
  • 8 x merkins
  • 8 x side straddle hop
  • 8 x little baby crunch
• do a lap around half the parking lot and at each of the four corners do 8 x jump squats

• at the center of the parking lot do two sets of these four exercises
  • 8 x WW II situp
  • 8 x merkins
  • 8 x side straddle hop
  • 8 x little baby crunch
• Mosey to Mary

Mary

• pickle pounders
• heels to heaven
• little baby crunches
• superman pulses

Moleskin/Announcements

• Excellent work, men! Everyone kept moving and pushing themselves!
• We all get plenty of motivation from each other’s enthusiasm
• British invasion playlist from Constitution kept the old timers trying to name the artists
• Mt Afton Challenge is coming up on Jan 18
• The Gremlin, in Mint Hill, is coming up in a few weeks too

 

Life has its ups and downs. We call them squats

 

 

The Ridge

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