With many Marsh-vets out of town for Mardi Gras, drastically plummeting temperatures, and some excessive crawfish eating, low turnout was expected this morning. What was unexpected, though, was Jose 10k. Lured out by Wacker’s promise of a treat (sorry, can’t disclose – you have to post to find out about such things), it was nice to have a new face at the marsh. YHC had been waffling between a chest or leg-centric beatdown, but that all solidified when I saw Jose, who hadn’t been through my old standby, my bread and butter, the legs, legs, legs beatdown.
First up, though, it was cold and YHC was half asleep. Warmorama would actually have to do just that – warm us up – so we kicked into high gear with SSH, High Knees, and Butt Kicks, all 30x IC. Then into Toe Touches, IW’s, Good Mornings, x15 IC. There must’ve been something else in there that I’m forgetting, as Wacker quipped that it seemed like we might only do a warmorama on this fine gloom. As much as YHC might like that, only a fool would do an entire beatdown consisting of warm up exercises…. 🧐
The Thang: PAX assembled on one end of the court to do the San Antonio Shuffle across. (Looked that one up just for you, Wacker.) I suppose it’d be a Semi-San Antonio Shuffle, though, as the real deal calls for a plank jack somewhere in there, and does not include a broad jump. PAX instead did left leg lunge, right leg lunge, burpee, broad jump. Rinse & Repeat for length of court and back. Next up, bear crawl to half court and back, then slow-mosey over to the pull up bars for…
Set of 7’s: 6 pull ups to 1 merkin. Then 15x hanging knees to chest. As the PAX noted, this was going to severely limit our chances of performing the ISI challenge.
Next, mosey to the trace until we hit Marigny, for a quick leg COP: 15x IC groiners, 15x IC jump squats, 15x IC monkey humpers.
Onward to Grandma’s House for a quick use of the stairs: partner up, partner 1 holds a people’s chair while doing air presses, partner 2 runs up to do 2x merkins. Flapjack, and once it’s back to partner 2, add 2x merkins. Up to 10x merkins for each partner. T-claps to the older couple that gets out there (seemingly) each morning at 0500 and doesn’t mind sharing the stairs with the sweaty pax.
Hit the benches next for Bulgarian Split Squats, each leg 15x IC. Freak Nasties 10x IC. Then knee-ups, each leg 15x IC.
Mosey back to the Marsh in time for an Ei favorite, the Jane Fonda’s. Left leg 15x IC, held it up for quick pulses 15x IC, then heel-to-knee 15x IC. Other leg and time was up.
Countdown, announcements, and Shooter prayed us out with special intentions for the victims of the Esplanade crash yesterday.
The pax being the pax, the regular beatdown wasn’t enough and so we all moseyed back to the pull-up bars to complete the ISI challenge. Even Jose, who had already completed his before the beatdown (of course he had!), took part.
T-claps to Jose not only for the double ISI, but also for making the most of his week off by posting at the Marsh. And T-claps to Bushwacker for both the delicious treats, and for getting Jose to commit to his VQ on April 16th. Take a page from the Wacker and spread that leadership love, gentlemen. It’s definitely a big part of what makes F3 special to me. Thanks for following me on this chilly morning, Mondays at the Marsh with you men are hands down the best way to start a week.
