“You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” -George Burns
Those were the first words of wisdom shared with the PAX this fine morning which happened to be YHC’s 40th Birthday. Since all of the cool people have been signing up to Q on their birthdays, YHC felt obliged to do the same. Needless to say, 40 would be our number of the day with some lagniappe thrown in. Here’s what we did:
Mosey over and out to the large paved area near the seawall for a warmup COP:
SSH x40IC, Arm Circles x40IC, 10 Burpess, 19 Squat Jumps OYO, re-position near concrete post to balance for 76 Calf Raises OYO.
Meander to the concrete planters for:
Hip Slappers x20IC, RL Step Ups x20IC, Hip Slappers x20IC, LL Step Ups x20IC
Quick breather then a mosey to the shelter for some quality time with the F3/Mitch Landrieu sponsors pull up bars. Started with a few rounds of this circuit:
Pull Ups AMRAP/Hanging Knee Ups x10 total, Low Slow Dips x10, Alt Lunges x10R X10L
After 2 rounds we switched gears by gathering at the base of the levee where YHC explained the fuzzy definition of what “over the hill” means. According to Google, it could be 30, 40, 50, or 60. With that being said, it was determined that none of us are officially over the hill in age but instead we would traverse over the hill and back with Burpess x10 on each side. Once complete, realign at the shelter for 2 more rounds of:
Pull Ups AMRAP/Hanging Knee Ups x10 total, Low Slow Dips x10, Alt Lunges x10R X10L
A mosey westbound on top of the levee brought us near Canal Blvd where we lined up for round 1 of Mary:
Russian Twist x20IC, Flutter Kicks x20IC, LBC x20IC. These were done in solid fashion despite the PAX being distracted by a vine ripened tomato moseying by.
Indian Run the Canal Blvd loop/hill from amethyst to Lakeshore Dr (approx 1/3 mile) and hit the levee again for round 2 of Mary:
Russian Twist x20IC, Flutter Kicks x20IC, LBC x20IC. YHC proceeded to quiz the PAX on Burpee count of the morning to see who was paying attention. Cowbell guessed right which meant we needed to crank out Burpees x10 to top off our 40. Mosey to the flag with no time left for plankorama.
Recap of the total rep count for the am: 40 each (some IC): SSH, Arm Circ, Burpess, Step Ups, Hip Slappers, LS Dips, Pull Ups/Knee Ups, R Lunges, L Lunges, Russian Twists, Flutter Kicks, LBC, (plus lagniappe SJx19, CRx76)
Solid workout by all. I’m out of time typing this (birthday dinner awaits) and may later add the COT details along with the other COT insprational age quotes by Muhammed Ali and Plato.
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