The Scene:The Knoll
Conditions:41*, Overcast, and slightly wind. Park was rather abandoned…
8 Pax made it out of bed and posted! Where did the warm weather go from this week?
0700 – YHC was the only one not wearing a jacket…but of course he was the Q, so he knew how warm we’d be getting in our beatdown! He brought out a speaker…what would that be for?? The Pax would see.
The flag was flying better than ever with a nice steady wind. It was cold and rather depressing looking outside like the scene from an abandoned town. A few brave souls were jogging, but no cross-country meet was taking over the park.
No Disclaimer since there were no FNG’s…hopefully we’ll get some out next week.
Warm-a-Rama:
1 lap (opposite way as usual) around the “track.”
Finkle Swings x11
Goofball x16
Plank jacks x12
Smurf Straddle Hops x14
Seal jacks x20
Peter Parker x10
The Thang:
YHC pulled out his phone, connected it to the speaker, and played Thunderstruck. Pax were instructed to get in plank position and do a merkin every time they heard the word “Thunderstruck.” Backflip wanted to get even more buff, so he added merkins to the word thunder too. Some Pax joined in. A few minutes later, our arms were shaking, and we resented the ACDC artist for singing “Thunderstruck” so frequently at the end of the song.
YHC had mercy on the PAX and decided to let the next the next ACDC song play while we stretched. As “You shook me all night long” played, we stretched hamstrings, glutes, groin, hip flexors, calves, etc.
Backflip gave a recovery countdown while YHC put the stereo away… Pax played Frogger and moseyed across Highland road to the baseball field.
The scene was set…it was a baseball game that had 4 innings…
In inning one, YHC announced that PAX had allowed 7 runs, so we did 7 burpees at each base, moseying in between.
In inning two, YHC announced that PAX had allowed 14 runs, so we did 14 merkins at each base, moseying in between.
In inning three, YHC announced that PAX had allowed 21 runs, so we did 21 flutter kicks at each base, moseying in between.
In inning four, YHC announced that PAX had allowed 28 runs, so we did 28 Al Gores at each base, moseying in between.
70 runs allowed!
Yes, it was a fake game, but the workout was as real as it gets…Any team that bad would be deserving of the first-round draft pick!
Then Pax moseyed back across highland to the pav.
Partner exercise – one partner did a wall sit while the other ran to the pullup bars for 10 pullups, then ran to the sundial for 10 freak nasty’s and finally rounded the corner with 10 merkins at the last “base.” When your partner got to the sundial, the wall sitters added air presses as well. Dagwood showed his real speed, earning himself the gold medal…we all coveted Shangeaux who was paired with Dagwood and therefore had the shortest wall sit…good father/son combo.
Finally, we finished off by visiting the zoo with a duckwalk and bear crawl back across the path followed by a crab walk and frog hop back. Snack pack enjoyed the bear crawl the most since he was rocking his Baylor Bears gear.
Mary:
YHC grabbed a coupon from the car…
American Hammer – 5 each with the coupon, passing it around while the rest of the Pax did non-coupon hammers when it wasn’t their turn. 40 total. The overachiever once again was backflip who cadenced his 5 hammers making them 10.
LBC’s – same as hammers but with coupon held over the head.
Count-o-Rama
Name-o-Rama
COT/BOM:
Prayer requests:
Worms announced his daughter passed a retest at OT school that she had failed the first time…answer to prayer.
Backflip’s baby is due in April…now we see why he was overachieving (trying to avoid the dad-bod!)
YHC prayed… thanked God and lifted up baby backflip.
Most Pax left, a few went to lighthouse coffee house for fellowship afterward.
Ready for warmer weather…see you Wednesday at the Coliseum!
