“It’s easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is best from the top.” – Arnold Bennett
The gloom was truly dingy with the rain that we have been getting all week, but Nine merry men and YHC wanted to get a downPAINment in before the holidays. I gave the disclaimer, and we were off:
Salute the Flag Warmup:
- 20 x SSH
- 10 x Good Mornings
- 10 x Windmills
- Slaughter Starter (15 x Burpees OYO)
Mosey towards the lamppost by the track.
Animal Parade to the other side, each lamppost switch the following exercises:
- Frog Jumps
- Bearcrawls (forward)
- Spiderman Walk
- Jameis Winston (f.k.a. Crab Walk)
Merry Christmas ya filthy animals! Mosey over to the bandstand and circle up on top.
Wave of Merkins:
- Pax gets into plank position, and Q does one merkin, then the next person to the right does a merkin, should look like a wave flowing around the circle, until you get back to the Q, who then performs 2 merkins, repeat all the way up to 10. Stay in plank position the entire time.
This definitely sucked, but not doing this would have sucked more… Great job by the Pax to push thru this one. Once complete, mosey to the lamppost by the road and line up.
Suicide Ladder with Jump Lunges:
- Start with 5 jump lunges, then the Pax runs to the first lamppost and back to complete 6 more jump lunges, then runs to the second lamppost…keep increasing jump lunges until completion (5 lamppost in total).
Plank up for the six, and then mosey back to the bandstand and circle up on top for some Mary.
6MOM – IC:
- 20 x Flutter Kicks
- 20 x Hello Dolly w/ Leg Lifts
- 20 x LBC’s
- 19 x Wife Pleasers (please, no eye contact)… Saved a rep for the holidays, you may need it
- 20 x Peter Parkers
Mosey back to the lamppost for some Tchoupitoulas Choo-Choo:
- The twisted sister of the Indian Run. Pax start in single file line. First Pax drops to low plank, second Pax jumps over first Pax runs 5 yards and gets in low plank. Third Pax jumps over both Pax runs 5 yards and gets in low plank. After all Pax have gone, the first Pax jumps over all the Pax and returns to low plank. This is continued until the destination is reached.
At about halfway down the lamppost, YHC halted the work, and decided to mosey back over to the ledge behind the bandstand for the following IC:
- 20 x LLSU
- 20 x Dips
- 20 x RLSU
The Pax needed a rest, so I let them sit in People’s Chair on the bandstand for a minute, then we climbed up on top again for some sun salutations.
- Round One: Sun Salutation
- Round Two: Sun Salutation – Runner’s Pose (Right) – Warrior #1 – Warrior #2 – Warrior #3 – then reverse order back to high plank.
- Round Three: Runner’s Pose (Left) – Warrior #1 – Warrior #2 – Warrior #3 – then reverse order back to high plank.
Mosey thru the lamppost to the track and planked up in an unorganized, disheveled fashion on the track by the new pullup rack. Two Pax get out of plank and perform AMRAP pullups, and return to the planking chaos. Amnesty went last, and put on a clinic for the Pax on how to perform pullups.
Finally, it was 615am. We quick moseyed back to the flag and finished with the Name-O-Rama, Shout-Outs, & Prayer.
Remember: no workout Christmas morning.. it has been pushed up to Thursday at the usual Friday AO – 530AM Wolfpack Mtn Audubon at St Charles.
