After a Friday night of tossing and turning and just ‘no sleep’, I was glad to get up and get this morning workout thing over with. I’m not sure what’s up with my restlessness, but I have a hunch it has to do with being the Q at Troubled Waters. After driving from Lakeview to D’han with 10 minutes left till ‘Game Time’, I turned into the parking lot with Tool already there and about to take a 1/2 mile warmup run. T-Claps to Tool! I head on over to the Flag and expect Chipper to show up but….alas…a Fartsacker today. Oh well, 6:32 am and I’m late with the warm up and I give a quick disclaimer and off to the COP.
The Thang – In Cadence
20 x SSH, 20 x High Knees, 20 x Butt Kicks, 20 x Hacky Sacks, 20 x Imperial Squat Walkers, 20 x Plank Jacks, 20 x Peter Parkers, 10 x Mountain Climbers, 20 x Shoulder Taps, 10 x Mountain Climbers, and 20 x Hip Slappers.
NOTE: If you notice, I had to break up the mountain climbers because I was gassed and out of breath. One day I’m going to finish the Rudy Special of 25 x Plank Jacks, 25 x Peter Parkers, 25 Parker Peters, 25 x Mountain Climbers and 25 x Shoulder Taps with no breaks. I’m not there but I’m not where I used to be.
Death March and BearPee Broad Jumps
After the COP, we moseyed to the levee and headed east for a Bataan Death March which is an Indian Run and 5 burpee combo. In the run, the last member of the PAX stops and does 5 burpees and sprints to the front of the pack. The last person in line now stops and does 5 burpees and then sprints to the front until everyone has taken a turn x 2. As we finished the two (2) rounds of the Death March, we took a left down the levee to an open field of grass for some BearPee Broad Jumps. We lined up and then proceeded to do a four (4) hand touch bear crawl followed by one (1) burpee broad jump. Then we did an eight (8) hand touch bear crawl followed by two (2) burpee broad jumps. Then we went did a twelve (12) hand touch bear crawl followed by three (3) burpee broad jumps all the way up to 20 hand touches and 5 burpee broad jumps. After some serious mumble chatter about the grass being crazy cold and wet, we did a rinse and repeat.
Jacob’s Ladder
After we got soaked in the grass, we headed back to the levee and proceeded west with another Bataan Death March but only got in one round as we stopped for some Jacob’s Ladder. At the bottom of the levee, we did one (1) one legged merkin then ran up to the top then back down and did two (2) one legged merkins until we reached 7. From there we headed back to the fitness area under the bridge.
AMRAP
There are five (5) stations which QIC put in place. Pull ups, dips, lunges, squats, and frog kicks (laying chest down on the bleachers while hips and legs hang over and then legs lifted up to parallel with the ground). One member of the PAX does 5 pull ups while the other members do as many reps as possible of all the other exercises x 2.
MARY
With just a few minutes left we circle up for Guantanamo. PAX is on their backs with feet six inches off the ground in a circle. Meanwhile, one member of the PAX gets up on his feet and walks over to push down the legs of the other PAX members laying down x 2. After completing the pushing, that PAX member lays down with their feet six inches off the ground and another PAX member starts the leg pushing process until everyone completes the pushing. With just a minute to go, we do 20 x Supermans with arms moving overhead then down to the side and 20 x WW2 sit ups.
DONE!!! Wait, our FNG (Reformer) is still down on the ground with eyes closed. Is he alright? Injured? Dead? Whew!! I see some movement and he starts to rise up after a few minutes. Our FNG made it! So proud that he made it through the workout and didn’t quit.
CIRCLE OF TRUST
We thanked God for this beautiful morning and lifted up requests for Tool’s brother, safety for Hawg’s family as they travel today, Torque’s brother and Triple Shift’s friend (Mrs. Coe) health. So thankful for the opportunity to lead and impact others!
