Howling Monkeys, Duck Jousting, and a Virgin Q
13 PAX showed up for a Virgin Q by YHC. It was a freezing 21 degrees (felt like 14) at 5:06am as 5 PAX headed out on the standard loop for EC: Deadbolt, Full House, Breach, Nemo and YHC.
Warm Up:
Lap around the soccer field for warm up. YHC thought he saw headlights as we began, but was reassured by the PAX that no one was tardy.
Circled up on the soccer field for:
SSH x 20 IC
Windmills x 10 IC
Frankenstein leg kicks x 10 IC
Daisy Pickers x 10 IC
Sir Fazio arm circles 10 forward/10 backward IC
The Workout:
YHC got creative this week and came up with a new routine, dubbed Evolution (crawl, walk, run). Evolution went as follows:
Line up on sideline
Bear crawl 1/4 of the field
10 squats
Lunge walk to center line
10 WWIIs
Sprint to other sideline
10 shoulder taps
For the final leg YHC decided to reverse things and PAX did crawl bear, backward lunge walk, and backward sprint with 20 of each exercise.
PAX then circled up in a tight circle for Howling Monkey.
PAX in monkey humper starting position
Moving around the circle, each PAX do 10 monkey humpers
After 2 rounds, our monkeys were howling and we moseyed to the abyss for some quick stair work.
It was only after our rounds of Howling Monkeys that I heard some mubblechatter to Chips. After further questioning it was determined that Chips was indeed tardy, so 5 burpees OYO.
On the mosey, we partnered up and did the following on arrival:
Round 1: Partner 1 did LBCs at top while Partner 2 ran to bottom of stairs for 10 diamond merkins then switch.
Round 2: Partner 1 did Homer to Marge at top while Partner 2 runs to bottom of stairs for 10 diamond merkins then switch.
Some interesting mubblechatter by Deadbolt about being between a bush and they abyss while looking at the moon. The sky was in rare form this morning as we saw Jupiter and Venus on either side of the moon.
25 LBC’s IC then moseyed back to soccer field for Mary.
Mary:
In preparation for this VQ, YHC spent some time reading the Exicon. As a result, Mary consisted of:
Duck jousting: PAX get down in duck walk with hands on chest (like a duck) and try to knock each other down (joust). If PAX fell, 10 merkins and re-join the fight.
When YHC explained this to the PAX, it was received with uncertainty and reluctance. After a few minutes of walking around solo, PAX jumped in and by the end there were ducks falling all around. This was done as a free for all, but could also be done 1-on-1 (bull in the ring style).
With 1 minute left, YHC wanted PAX to get their money’s worth so time was filled with 45 seconds of Pickle Pounders IC followed by Have a Nice Day.
Announcements:
Wear red tomorrow, cell phone challenge, daddy-daughter date nights (posted links to social channels).
Crablegs challenged us to try and find something awesome in your everyday (like the beautiful sky this morning).
Prayer:
Full House’s dad, Pacman’s vertigo, Crablegs – Way to post in the cold with us!
