At the zenith of the Cold War, the Soviet Union and its satellite states held May Day parades every May 1st to demonstrate their military might for the Free World to contemplate. Fortunately for those of us old enough to remember school time nuclear war drills in which we learned laughably to take shelter under our desks, the threat never materialized. That didn’t stop the Northshore Cold Warriors from celebrating May Day this morning, however.
After a warmup of Seal Jacks, Good Mornings, SSHs, Windmills and Imperial Walker Squats, the PAX mosied over to Bedrock for
19 Romanian Deadlifts with a nice sized rock
then to the Justice Center for
19 Bulgarian Split Squats each leg and 89 Russian Twists IC
all to celebrate 1989, the year the Berlin Wall crumbled.
The PAX then mosied to the front of the Justice Center to partner up for some BOMBS; that is, 50 burpees, 100 OH hand claps, 150 merkins, 200 big boy sit ups, and 250 air squats…one partner performing exercises while the other ran up the ramp and down the stairs to relieve his partner.
Appropriately, the PAX finishing first performed isometric Wall sits instead of planks.
Next, we made our way to the Veterans Memorial for a plank parade, lateral plank walking the Memorial semi circle there and back.
Back to The Gipper, who certainly played his part in the collapse of the Evil Empire, to close things out with a countorama, nameorama and prayer.
Happy May Day men and God Bless America!
