October 12th, 2020 By Poutine

When YHC got to the HC Sports Club, @retread was already parked on the side of the road and walking toward the warmarama.  The gate was still locked but the very nice security guard opened up the gate for us.  Shortly after the gate opened up, @man down and @surf n turf showed up to complete getting the band back together.  I could say where it would have been easy to fartsacked this am, but despite being very humid and foggy, the temperature was very nice. I’ll take that over 95F.  A full disclaimer was given even excluding Canada from any sort of liability, especially on this Canadian Thanksgiving Day.  YHC completely forgot it was Thanksgiving in Canada today. I guess I’ve fully become an American and don’t care much about what’s happening in the Great White North. We moseyed to the round about and back doing some butt kickers and then circled up for warmarama.

WARMARAMA

1. Mummy                           IC x19
2. Skiers                             IC x17
3. Prisoner Squats             IC x15
4. Gremlin                          IC x13
5. IST                                IC x11

THE THANG

Today’s beatdown was to honor Eddie Van Halen who passed away way to soon following battle with cancer.  He was one of the greatest guitar player on the planet.  Therefore today’s beatdown consisted of several exercises where we did 19 reps followed by a walk with KB for 84 meters (a meter is very close to a yard for you hard core Mericans).

1. Curls OYO x19                             Walk 84 meters holding KB overhead
2. Skull crushers OYO x19               Farmer’s walk 84 meters
3. Shoulder Press OYO x19             Walk 84 meters holding KB chess high
4. Bent Over Rows OYO x19            Farmer’s walk 84 meters
5. Squats OYO x19                           Walk 84 meters holding KB on shoulder
6. Upright Rows OYO x19                Farmer’s walk 84 meters
7. KB Swings OYO x19                    Walk 84 meters holding KB on shoulder
8. Sumo Squats OYO x19                Farmer’s walk 84 meters
9. KB dips on curb OYC x19             Then circle up for Doomsday Clock

YHC learned about Doomsday Clock from F3 Chicago who meets by the famous Bean.  For Doomsday Clock, the PAX circled up and perform one rep and come back to their starting position.  PAX call 1, then second PAX does his rep and call 2, etc.  Today we were going to 84 reps as a group.  While the other PAX perform their reps, the other PAX hold KB in resting position mentioned below until it is their turn.

1. Doomsday Curls – resting low                                             x84
2. Doomsday Skull Crushers – resting overhead                     x 84
3. Doomsday clock – Squat Thrusters – resting in low squat   x 84
4. Doomsday Clock – Shoulder Press – resting low                 x 84
5. Doomsday clock – Thrusters Squat – resting standing         x 84
6. Doomsday Curls – resting high low                                      x 84
7. Doomsday Skull Crushers – resting arm bent                      x 84
8. Doomsday Clock – Shoulder Press- resting high                 x 84

While we got to Van Halen song Jump, we jumped Doomsday clock style for entire song.  Needless to say, the PAX too some much needed short breaks to shake off lactic acids.

MARRY

Stretches of IT bands, quads,  hamstrings, and hips.

COT/BOM

MOLESKIN

• Prayers for @brinkley who had another retina surgery.  It has been a rough go for our beloved @brinkley with 2 retina surgeries and meniscus surgery. Let us know if you need anything Brinkley!
• Prayers for the fine folks in Lake Charles Louisiana who have been hit with second major hurricanes in 6 weeks.  YHC can’t imagine the emotional toll on the community, especially in the middle of a pandemic.
• Prayers for my father-in-law Richard Milam who is fighting second round of cancer, which we thought was won months ago.  He had surgery Monday to remove lymph nodes and then will start radiation.  He is 73 years old.
• Prayers for all of those battling mental illness. This pandemic is making it extremely difficult for those suffering from anxiety and depression.  Please talk to your kids, your friends, colleagues, etc.  Be a good listener because mental illness is at all time  high.  If you haven’t seen some of our PAX in a while, simply message them to see what they have been up to.
• Don’t forget the Blood Donation drive October 16th at Prosperity Church.  There is a dire need for blood currently, so let’s support this great cause.
• Counting was challenging this morning.  It was probably the counter clock counting that threw off the pax. Thank goodness @man down kept the pax on track. As always, Canada was to blame for the counter clock counting during Doomsday Clock.
• Shout out to the Skywalker pax who stopped for a short visit during their run, which included our very own @chowder.
• It was a pleasure leading this morning.

Have a great week!

Poutine.

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