7/12/17
Eight men came out to get better this morning. Welcome FNG Opus. As YHC’s knee is still a bit tender from Saturday’s 10-mile Rabbit Ruck, the PAX did no more traveling this morning than a couple relocation shuffles. But we made up for it stationary sweat.
WARM-UP
IC SSH, IC Shoulder Rotations each way, IC Imperial Walkers, 25 LBCs OYO
THE THANG
Mosey to the Mile-of-Benches for 15 OYO dips and 15 SC decline Merkins. Mosey back to turf.
Back at the beloved astro-turf playground (F3 Birmingham’s Augusta National) the PAX hunkered down for a DECK OF CARDS. We took it up a notch from last time…
- CLUBS = IC Raise the roof
- DIAMONDS = SC Merkins
- HEARTS = SC Iron Tribe situps
- SPADES = Prisoner Squats
- JOKERS = 10 Burpees (per Paperboy’s instructions)
To this card game we added a ROULETTE WHEEL. Two duck taped bricks that YHC spotted while leaving the garage were passed around clockwise – as a pair – chaging hands for each of the 52 sets. If you had the bricks, you hung on to them, incorporating them into your set. This added some variety and the next time we will work in a couple more sets of bricks to the circle. With virtually no breaks, these 520 reps (counting the IC exercise as 2 reps per count) catch up with you.
EXTRA CREDIT
Paperboy called for some Diamond Merkins. Sloss called out some Flutter Kicks. The Donald called something other than Diamond Merkins to Exhaustion (he’s on probation). I think that was it. We finished with a jog (that’s not a shuffle…but not a sprint) up Gloom Hollow and back – a.k.a. the Hollow Hustle.
COT
Prayers for Choo Choo’s mother and Paper Boy’s girlfriend’s mother. Announcements: Happy’s Barons game, Pickle’s solo mission trip to Rawanda, Happy Hour tonight, etc. The Donald led us in prayer after claiming to have no prayer skills. It turned out he was sandbagging that too.
Thanks for coming out men. If you are reading this and have not yet experienced a workout “on the Mountain”, come and see for yourself. It’s a great location. Namaste Q’s Thursday at the mother ship – The Vulcan. Scam has Saturday there. I’m not sure about Monday and Tuesday. I know The Donald has Wednesday at Gloom Mountain.
See YOU in the gloom,
– Fife
PS – Opus was 90th man to brave an F3 Birmingham workout.
Here is that full PAX list:
| BamBam, Barney Fife, Batter, Beaver, Big Rig, Bird Dog, Blindside, Bobber, Braquo, Bronze, Catnip, Cessna, Chavez, Cheaha, Choo Choo, Cinco, Cocky, Commie, Copay, Coupon, Cowbell, Crappie, Doogie, DuBose, Edge, Fanny Pack, Felony, Gator, Grundle, Hoosier, Gold Bond, Gomer, Goose, Gov, Gump, Happy, Hawkeye, Heisenburg, HIPAA, Hi-Viz, Jiffy, Juice, Marion Barry, Merc, Mini, Namaste, Navou, Opus, Panic, Paperboy, Peanut, Pew, Pickle, Quack, Quickrete, Rabbit, Rapid, Rebar, Rebel, Romeo, Rudder, Salmon, Saluki, Saluki, Scam, Schilling, Scrum, Shakespear, Shank, Skullbucket, Slider, Sloss, Sparrow, Spud, Switzer, Terrier, The Donald, The Dude, The Ponz, Tinactin, Tommy Lee, Turnbuckle, Weber, Wham-o, Whistle, Wildfire, Wilson, Winger, Wiregrass, |