January 12th, 2017 By Sugar

20 PAX from West MeCa Pounced on Rolling Stone for their DRP!  I had planned another painful stroll down the Greenway…(Ha, who am I kidding??!!  Plan?  I never plan!  I like the surprise!!) then I got a late night text  from Schnitzel at 8PM (8PM – yes that’s late for us mature guys) asking about the quantity of running in tomorrow’s beatdown.  You see, some of us guys struggle or have struggled with Achilles issues from stuff like running too much, not stretching, naked twister, etc. so being able to sympathize I scrapped the non-plan for some good ol’ non-traveling pain!  What we ended up with was 45 minutes of funk.  No other way to describe it. It kinda went like this:

The Thang:

Disclaimer and Mosey to the teacher lot (with a bit of Quadraphelia) for some warm-a-rama:

SSH

Merkins

Plank Jacks

Cotton Pickers (cause we like the clapping)

Windmills

Mosey to the ball courts for so EMOM fun:

PAX get 1 minute to accomplish the following: 4 Burpees, 8 Hand-release Merkins, 12 Squats – 12 rounds.  Not as much Mumble Chatter as expected (with the exception of a new haircut shout out).  YHC tried to liven things up with an obscure 90s movie reference and explanation of how we used to look things up before the Internets but apparently the youngish crowd didn’t bite.  Maybe out of breath and couldn’t talk????

Next up:  Leg Work

Round 1 – Line up on grass side of ball courts.  Groucho walk to school and back, plank up for some plank fun.  Repeato a few times

Round 2 – Google Bun Shapers (GBS) to the school and back fro some plank fun. Which from now on could be referred to as ‘Naked Twister’!

Round 3 – Bear Crawl to the school, Balls to the Wall (BTW) for 10 count and Crab walk back for plank fun.  Repeato with Bear crawl/lunge walk – Plank

Round 4 – Partner up: Wheelbarrow to the school for partner Derkins, swap and Wheelbarrow back for partner Derkins

Round 5 – Wheelbarrow to the school for partner Dips, swap and Wheelbarrow back for partner Dips.

Mary:

Pretzel stick

LBCs

Homer to Marge Combo with Rosalia, Low Dolly and Low Flutter thrown in.

Naked Man Moleskin:

Thanks for following my lead today!  I hope you enjoyed it!  I think I’m already starting to enjoy it as I had a tough time getting out of the Element at work!  Great numbers and nice to experience some mild temps!  Great to see all the visiting PAX, thanks for making the trip!

Having been doing this for a while and thankful for being able to continue doing this, I’ve had the opportunity to see guys getting stronger and improving and I definitely saw that for sure today.  I remember first workouts of several PAX there today (me included) and it’s amazing how we’ve all changed.  So improvement is possible.  Let’s remember that this is not just about the workouts and that it’s also our responsibility to improve in other areas too.  Better Husbands, Fathers, Friends, and Community Leaders.

Thanks again for doing crazy stuff with me this morning!!

Rolling Stone

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