78 degrees to start today, and looking for any reason for positive weather news, (1) there was no rain and (2) it was slightly less humid than it has been. Really good start to the morning for a split Q of IPC week 0 and a birthday cakewalk.
Warmup (between 10x and 14x, all IC)
-Toe touches
-Arm circles
-Self love
-Cherry pickers
-Grass grabbers
Thang: while Zoolander took half the pax to the west for IPC, YHC led a cakewalk (trademark to either Grundy or Zoolander), your basic descending ladder of exercises and reps, starting at YHC’s age (in this case, 44) and work your way to 1, with some moseying in between around Old Mandeville/Lakefront.
The order:
44 High knees (2 is 1, which YHC forgot right off the bat and thought “count by 2”, so thanks to Jose for keeping me honest. Math is hard)
43 SSHs
42 Plank Jacks
41 goof balls
40 squats
39 Hello Dollies
38 Calf raises
37 Apollo Ohno’s
36 Freak Nastys (correctly guessed by JV Raider Pride!)
35 step ups (also correctly guessed by the Pax)
34 flutter kicks
33 butt kicks (2 is 1) (lead IC by the entire pax rotating, very nice job, gents!)
32 Peter Parker’s (2 is 1)
31 imperial walkers
30 Shoulder taps (2 is 1)
29 American hammers
28 Monkey Humpers (Happy Birthday JV!)
27 Merkins
26 Smurf jacks (where we were joined by Ms. Cute Young Jogger, who either (1) felt bad for the old guys struggling to mosey and catch their breath, (2) knew it was JV’s birthday and wanted to give him an early birthday present, (3) was on a runner’s high and wanted to be friendly on a Saturday morning, or (4) some combo of all of the above)
25 leg raises
24 Rosalitas
23 crab jacks (crab position – think reverse plank jacks, which Moby was having none of)
22 groiners
21 Bear crawls (counting your right hand as a rep)
20 murder bunnies
19 Wide merkins
18 Bobby Hurley’s
17 crab cakes
16 circle ups
15 Bulgarian split squats
14 durkins
13 big boy sit-ups
12 LMCs IC
11 diamond merkins
10 star jumps
9 donkey kicks (an ode to Shooter)
8 wife pleasers
7 merkins
6 6 inch drills
5 Carolina dry docks
4 SMCs (2 is 1)
3 jump squats
2 burpees
1 minute plank
COT, name-o-rama, announcements, and prayer closed us out.
Thank you, gents, for either joining me or pushing yourself hard with IronPax. And a larger thanks to each of you for not only pushing me harder, making me better through your example, and providing friendship for 4 of my 44 years, but for being a light in your families, work, and communities.
SYITG
