My return to my home base, Okwata, was exciting since I haven’t been here since the Murph in May. I know this AO always offers the potential for the toughest workouts between the elements and structures/obstacles offered. I was excited to know that there was no Q on the sheet because I wanted the challenge to lead this morning.
When I arrived, I was greeted by the beautiful sight of 4 newly-minted shovel flags that we were hard at work last night finishing. It truly is amazing to see this when you arrive to workout.
5:30 hit and after the disclaimer, we moseyed to the fountain for some high knees, butt kicks and carioca left and then right. We circled up in front of the fountain for warm-up.
SSH x 20
Imperial Walker x 20
Peter Parker Peters x 20
Arm Circles 10 front and 10 reverse
20 Seal Claps
20 Overhead Claps
Self Love
Moseyed to the House of Pain for a circuit workout which was divided into:
Low Slow Squats
Merkins
Lunges
Pull-Ups
Timer was a run to the first oak tree on the sidewalk toward Canal and back to the HOP. We completed one round, and I decided to poll the PAX for the next challenge. We had one vote for a run and the rest chose levee work. They chose wisely…
We hit the levee for 11’s starting with 8-count body at 10 reps, 5 plank jacks at the top of the levee (both ways) and low slow squats 1 rep. I called it when our six got to 6 eight counts and 5 low slow squats. We moseyed back to the grass in front of the fountain where we completed the 11’s as a group with 15 eight count body builders and 21 low slow squats.
We concluded with 5 minutes of Mary.
30 seconds of Halos clockwise then 30 seconds counter-clockwise
1 minute reverse crunch twists
1 minute dynamic planks
1 minute chainsaws
1 minute controlled, slow big boy sit-ups
We closed with count off, name-o-rama and prayers of gratitude/safety from the storm. Always an honor to lead.
