There was a plan. Was.
YHC had mentally put together a workout. It required multiple teams of 3 and my biggest stumbling point when mentally preparing the night before was trying to figure out how to address a 2 man team or an extra PAX. This seemed totally doable as Possum Trot regularly has 10-15 dudes show up. 5. We had 5 this morning. Don’t get me wrong, I was absolutely grateful for the 4 HIM that showed up this morning and wouldn’t trade them for the world, but it threw a wrench in what was already a thinly put together plan. Oh well, time to practice was we preach and modify as needed.
FNGs: Nope
Warm Up:
Good mornings x10 IC
SSH x20 IC
Moroccan Night Clubs x10 IC
Squated overhead claps x10 IC
Squated seal claps x10 IC
The Workout:
So the original plan was to do a 3-man team Dora with a PAX on either side of the parking lot and the 3rd partner bear crawling and/or crab walking with a rock in between the other two and having it be a bit of a relay. This did not happen.
What did happen:
We moseyed to the rock pile to get a rock and then headed over to the top of the road leading down to the ball fields. Two groups of 2 PAX grouped up at for a standard Dora (100 merkins, 200 LBC, 300 squats), with YHC being solo. While one partner started on the exercises the other was bear crawling and pushing their down to the not-so-portable Port-A-R4TJ. Once said commode was reached they would flip over, put rock on “rocks” and crab walk back up to their partner. Cycle through this until both groups completed their full set.
Along with the original plan calling for 3-man teams YHC also planned to increase the number of reps of each exercise to accommodate for the larger group. Again, with smaller numbers we finished sooner than expected so I had to think on the fly. Or, as was the case today, steal from Forceps. PAX circled up with their rocks, rotation one rock to the left after each exercise, doing two rounds of:
10x curls for the girls
10x tricep extension (or, if you’re Breach, tris for the guys)
10x rut rows
10x bus drivers
10x chest press
10x dead lift
Afterwards we returned the rocks and headed to the wall on the tennis courts for BTTW -> People’s chair -> BTTW -> People’s chair. The PAX took turns counting to 10 in as many languages (both real and made up) as they could. Breach tried to get creative and do an IC 10 count doing mountain climbers but YHC and his weigh vest wanted nothing to do with that and cut him off at 5.
Mary:
Circle up for:
15x American Hammers
10x Australian Snow Angles
15x Low slow flutter
10x Freddie Mercury
Announcements:
Frosty CSAUP on Saturday
Christmas party next weekend
Q sheet looks bare (at least for PT) . Being with a group that has Q’d often I encouraged them to get other PAX to spread their wings and sign up to Q and fill in the sheet. It’s getting in to the cold months were numbers dwindle so having folks come out and VQ will always draw a bigger crowd.
Prayer:
Wallaby and his family. Pablo is trying to set up time to go over and help put up their Christmas lights. Check the #3rdF channel in Slack or reach out to him directly for details. There is also a meal train set up for the family. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090c44aaab23a7f58-hanlon
The time around the holidays can be hard for some folks. We often times think of it as a joyous time, as it should be, but others struggle to get through these times for any number of reasons. Reach out to your fellow PAX that you haven’t seen in a while, or a friend or a neighbor, and check in with them and see how they’re doing. You never know what someone is going through.
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