Another glorious gloom at the Milestone Marsh shows us that valuable lessons in life can be garnered from even the most unexpected places….
QIC decided that today would be a great time to test out some (in his limited experience) never before tried- by-F3Northshore exercises (save for 1 or 2). The Marsh regulars are always down for a challenge, and as they gathered at center court, the formerly ubiquitous Weinke emerged to once again shine a magnificent light of recall upon the Q in his quest to drop the beat…doooooooown!
WARMORAMA
Nancy Kerrigans – on 1 foot, with the other extended behind, bent at the waist, and arms extended outward…arm circles x10f, x10b
Hairy Rockettes – x20 straight leg kick, touch right hand to left foot and vice versa
Sprinkler – x20 with arms out in front, torso twist to the right with right knee up to the left and vice versa
Failure to Launch – x6 hold Al Gore while Q counts down from 10 the tuck jump
THANG
With a robust selection from the Core category of the Exicon, the PAX proceeded thusly…
XYs – x25 Rosalita and Flutter Kick done together in a 4 count. Trickier than it sounds
Cross-Elbow LBCs – x25 self-explanatory nod to the obliques
Inch Worm – x25 plank position with feet on a swing, bring knees to chest
Swerkins – (count MAY have been abbreviated???) again in plank position with feet on a swing, merkin followed by knees to chest
*while at the swings, a barn owl swooped down near by to see what we were up to*
Weezy Jefferson – x25 (done in reverse from stated direction) from 10 degrees to 90, legs up on 3 count, down on 1
Van Goghda – x25 on your 6 with legs spread, sit up r hand to left foot, and flip flop (YHC’s poor brush-burned coccyx is still regretting doing this on concrete)
Protractor – on your 6 with legs extended straight, raise or lower to Q’s called-out angle from10 degress to 90
J Lo’s – x25 in chill cut plank, pivot hips to the ground side to side
Panseys – x5 pull up and hold, then raise straightened legs to 90 degrees (or at least attempt to) then lower legs and back down
Never Cross Dolleys – x25 Hello Dolleys with arms out in Iron Cross position
T-Bombs – x25 (look for these very soon at a Saturday beat down near you!) start in crab position, 1 kick legs straight out, 2spread legs aprt, 3 bring them back together, 4 back to crab position
And Finally…
Steinls – 2 sets, 30 second plank, 30 second chill cut plank, 10 merkins, 5 IC r leg peter parker, mountain climber, parker peter, followed by l leg, 10 more merkins, then return to plank, rinse and repeat.
COT
Waterpik did us the honor of leading us out in prayer
As we were spending so much time facing up, the PAX observed our visitor the barn owl stealthily perched on a rafter, hunting dragonflies that had trapped themselves under the ceiling thinking they’re freedom awaited them at the source of the daylight now streaming through the translucent skylights. She would swoop up and abscond with a crunchy morsel to devour in a near by tree. Repeatedly, she kept coming back to the buffet.
2 lessons dawned on YHC watching this play out:
1, Don’t necessarily follow the light, it can sometimes be an illusion (all that glitters is not gold)
2, If you want to catch fish, go where the fish are.
