The clock ticked steadily towards 5:30. The growing herd of PAX started to get restless. Mutterings of “Who’s the Q?” were heard. YHC had checked the sheet the night before – Cowbell was on the list. Surely Cowbell would have also checked the list, or his email. Right?
Wrong.
5:30 arrives. No Cowbell. But the PAX wait on no man, and the Workout must go on. So YHC grabs the Disclaimer, and leads the PAX off to the rock pile – with the warning that others better be planning their own part of the workout.
Rudy – The Warmup
Typical Rudy start. SSH, Smurf Jacks, Monkey Humpers, IW, then Plank-o-rama with Peter Parker, Mountain Climber, Parker Peter.
Go grab a rock.
Mahatma – The Ruck
Line up in 2 lines for a Ruck. Follow Mahatma’s lead. Start with the rock held on one side (NO RESTING ON THE SHOULDER). Then up above your head. Then to the other side. Ruck down to the tree line.
Line Up and Partner Up.
- PAX 1: Carry Rock #1 out about 30 yards. Bear crawl back.
- PAX 2: Simultaneously start bear crawling out to Retrieve said rock and return it.
- PAX 1: On return, grab Rock #2 and carry out about 60 yards. Sprint back.
- PAX 2: On return with Rock #1, sprint out to retrieve Rock #2 and carry back.
Rinse and repeat.
Bogey – The Slllllllooooooowwwwww Count
All exercises in slow count cadence. Up in 4, Down in 4. x20 (or so) each
- Curls
- Straight Out in front (ok, this one was “not easy”).
- Rows
- Squats
Pai Gow – The DangerFEST
Line up. Be watchful – its time for rock throwing!
- 5 Burpees
- Throw rock, bear crawl to it. Throw it again. Try to avoid bear-crawling PAX in the vicinity. Bear crawl some more. Until Tree #1.
- 10 Merkins.
- Throw rock, lunge walk to it. Repeat. Until Tree #2.
- 20 Shoulder Press.
- Return following roughly the same pattern. Or we may have gone out to Tree #3 for another set of exercises before the return. Sorry, YHC memory is faulty, caused by high humidity, high sweat, and high fear of falling rocks.
King Kong – Work them Abs
Circle Up. King Kong runs us through some Core, while holding the rock.
- American Hammer. Twist that rock.
- Scissor Kicks. Keep the rock in the air.
- Flutter Kick. Keep the rock in the air.
- One other set.
Then Mahatma led us on a Ruck back to the Rock Pile. Then a final sprint back to the flag.
Walleye then took us home with the Count-off, Name-o-rama, Announcements and a closing Prayer.
