A brisk temperature of 48 degrees (still not cold enough for sleeves) and a clear sky greeted a pax of 5 this morning for an organized, balanced, and repetitive beatdown that of course incorporated number patterns because that is how YHC maintains a small measure of control in an otherwise chaotic world.
Warmup (believed to be all IC, 10x, but that’s difficult to confirm when Bushwhacker gets to talking about rookie hazing and toilet scrubbing at the firehouse)
– Grass grabbers
– Torso twists
– Cherry pickers
– Toe touches
– Arm circles
– Good mornings
Thang before the Thang
A two block mosey down Girod to the Rusty P and their outside benches to get us started, where YHC wondered how long it would take before someone figured out the secret repetition code. Answer: not long, even in the early morning hours, not with a sharp as a tack Chewy on the case.
11 step ups were followed by 9 freak nastys, then 9 step ups followed by 11 freak nastys.
The gig was up, but the question remained: Why 9 and 11? Despite thoughts of September 11, January 19th, calling 9-1-1 hoping Bushwhacker makes house calls, and something or other about 91, the clue of today’s date finally allowed YHC to see the bright light bulbs going off among the Pax: November 9, which is either brilliant or incredibly lazy in its simplicity. It was probably the latter.
As we moseyed closer to Granny’s (with either 9 or 11 diamond merkins, jump squats, big boy sit-ups interspersed) the pax was briefly stopped by some “traffic”. Prayers up to that mailbox.
Pax made it to the bus stop, where the sequence was 11 Bulgarian split squats, 9 durkins, 9 BSSs, and 11 durkins before a short mosey to begin the Thang:
With only 2 minutes or 25 minutes left (depending on whether you were using Bushwacker’s timekeeping or YHC’s), we worked 6 rounds of alternating reps of 11 and 9 at each column, followed by a trip up and back down the pilot house:
– 11 SSH and 9 squats
– 11 seal jacks 9 merkins
– 11 high knees 9 LBCs
– 11 Apollo Ohnos 9 plank jacks
– 11 mummy kicks 9 lunges
– Butt kicks, hello dollys, and merkins in a 9-11-9 sequence
Just enough time remained for a 90 second plank, and then we closed with a COT, name-o-rama, announcements, and prayer.
As always, I’m appreciative of the opportunity to lead such a fine group of men.
SYITG
