The Northshore PAX, with a nice assist from Southshore brothers Reluctant Yankee and Hawg, threw it down this morning on the Lakefront in honor of Chief Petty Officer Byers, our country’s most recent recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Chief Byers did a Jack Bauer and then some on some bad guys in Afghanistan holding an American hostage back in 2012. After breaching a hostile building and taking immediate fire which mortally wounded a teammate, Chief Byers entered with no regard for his own safety. His bold and decisive actions under fire saved the hostage and the rest of his teammates from harm. Infused with respect for this hero, the PAX got underway with a mosey to the first COP.
Warmup with SSH, IW, squat thrusts, Merkins, seal jacks, hillbillies, torso twists, mountain climbers, good mornings…all IC for 20x
Mosey to the Proving Ground for a nice dynamic warmup. Started out relaxed with quad stretches, lunges, Frankenstein walks, shuffles, lateral lunges, forward skips, backward skips and then picked up intensity with backpedal/jog, skip for height, skip for distance, crossover runs, carioca, groin skips, broad jump to vertical jump, and finally lateral jump to vertical jump. T claps to Southshore stalwart Hawg who backpedaled right into a drainage grate, twisted his ankle, declared that it was just a flesh wound and that he was unworthy of any further attention, and then proceeded to knock out the workout as if nothing had happened.
Mosey further down the Lakefront for a Ring of Fire. Circle up in plank position. Bear crawl to the right for a half circle, halt, and then hit a Merkin wave around the circle. At the time, the PAX were 12 (including a FNG who later departed early and unnamed-like Chevy Chase he had a ‘thing”) counting out Merkins like clockwork. Bear crawl left for a half circle, halt, and then another Merkin wave. Back to the right, halt, right foot up for ten count, left foot up for ten count. Yes you guessed it back to the left, right arm up for a ten count, left arm up for a ten count. Then bear crawl forward to the center, backwards to reform the circle, halt and another Merkin wave. One more time bear crawl forward to the center, back to the circle, halt. Ring of fire. There you have it.
Mosey back to the Proving Ground for 7 reps of fun. Jog in place, hit the deck, pop right up and sprint about 20 yards, returning to the starting line at a jog. 10 counts between reps from pretty much every member of the PAX, the speed of which betrayed his relative fitness. FNG Coffee Break counted like he had to visit the head and fast.
Final mosey to the shovel flag for Mary. Long flutters, slow Hello Dollys, wife pleasers, jackknives, and Nolan Ryans, all IC and 10x,
Countoff, name o rama, and a Ball of Man with prayers for the safety of our law enforcement officers, for all families and communities touched by the recent and unfortunate violence, and for peace brothers peace.
Northshore PAX are strong and getting stronger. Come post with us.
A few T-Claps for TurboTax.
1. Well done with sharing Cheif Byers story. Very inspiring.
2. Great beatdown. One of the best warm-ups I’ve done and the proving ground work was awesome (minus the sneaky drainage grate).
3. Yankee is definitely stealing your version of Ring o’ Fire.
4. For writing your own backblast and not making EIEI do it.
5. For reminding me of some really good comedy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6VTci1Bunk
It was great to see you guys. Thanks for the hospitality and beatdown. We thoroughly enjoyed it.
Good beat down Turbo. Good job keeping all our whining in check with a story of REAL guts and bravery with CPO Byers’ story. As usual, classy touch.
Turbo Tax – Awesome workout! Thanks for the beatdown.