PAX: AKBAR, GROVER, HOGSBREATH, RUSSO, SHOOTER
QIC checked the weather a lot last night wondering how cold and wet it may be, and how much to modify if necessary. Alas, there was no rain and the plan would go as scheduled. Today we celebrated the athletic prowess of our past leaders of the free world.
Warm Up: SSH, Windmills, Grass Grabbers, Torso Twist, Imperial Walkers x 10-15 IC
Thang: Celebrate our most athletic Commander in Chief’s and their respected sports. Mosey stopping at each block for work on Noah’s Ark to the lakefront and back.
Each exercise consists of 2 rounds of Tabata: 46s work and 15s rest.
- George W Bush: Running | Run/Sprint between each block
- Woodrow Wilson: Cycling | Freddy Mercury
- George Washington, Abraham Lincoln: Wrestling | Bear Crawl, Crawl Bear
- Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama: Basketball | Bobby Hurley’s
- Ronald Reagan, JFK: Swimming | Scuba Steve’s
- George H Bush Baseball | Squats with arms out straight
- Teddy Roosevelt Wrestling, Boxing, Jujitsu | Jujitsu hips**
- Gerald Ford, Dwight Eisenhower: Football | Up Down Merkins
- Richard Nixon Bowling | Bowler’s Lunge
Interesting Facts:
- Woodrow Wilson – once biked more than 200 miles from York to London
- Ronald Reagan won a Gold Medallion in the international swimming hall of fame and reportedly saved 77 lives as a lifeguard in his youth
- John F. Kennedy swam at Harvard, In WW2, his PT 109 was sunk and he towed an injured crewman to an island by dragging him with the strap of his life-vest in his teeth.
- George H Bush played first base for Yale
- George W Bush played baseball at Yale, and like to cycle and run. He ran the Houston Marathon in 3:44.
- Jimmy Carter played baseball in high school as well as basketball
- Gerald Ford played football at Michigan and won championships in 1932/33 and MVP in 1934. He was recruited to play for Green Bay and Detroit, but decided to go to law school at Yale.
- Richard Nixon installed the bowling alley in the White House
Mary: Heels to Heaven, hands to heels, leg raises, American hammers
Count, Nameorama – YHC prayed us out
Lagniappe F2: Hogsbreath had to split but the rest of us went to Waffle House for a well deserved hot breakfast.
Til next gloom – Akbar
Moleskin
The run was really nice and kept us warm – better than sitting on the basketball court – although coming back, we were against the wind. It was so cold that Shooter wore pants, but will be much colder tomorrow.
Wasn’t sure about the timing and how 46 seconds would work, but it was challenging on the squats, lunges, Hurley’s, and even Scuba Steve’s, Worked a lot of legs today.
**Jujitsu Hips: lay on the floor with arms extended to the side and your knees just slightly bent. Cross your right leg over the left thigh, digging your right heel into the ground and letting your right hip come off the ground. Now put pressure on your right heel and lift your bottom slightly off the floor, sliding your left leg out from underneath your right and preparing to twist your hips to the other side. Next, repeat on the other side by crossing your left leg over the right.
