Rain, Rocks, Laughter & More Rocks
FNGs: Welcome Jean Rolin Auguste! Shredder and his 2.0 met an amazing young man while doing Mission work in Haiti. More to follow on his naming.
Warm Up: Drove through light rain with temps in the high 50’s. Over dressed for sure. Rolled over the speed bumps in the parking lot with 6 cars already there and a Shredder sighting planting a shovel flag! Damn, no easy workout today. I had announced there would be rocks at a pre-blast. As we circled up, I met Rolin, and gave our FNG disclaimer. Nemo asked if there was running. Evidently, a few PAX had run at U-Turn this morning (t-claps to them for doubling down.). Mumble-chatter was incredible. With the drizzle, PAX let the Q know of numerous options, pointing out the blue tarp shelter was fake news guaranteeing a steady drip if we decided to work out there. Site Q pointed out a hidden shelter. Even Shredder suggested Veteran’s Park had a shelter. Unbeknownst to the PAX, Vet Park was in play all along. As the clock struck 730 am, we broke our circle and headed to the rock pile for a medium-sized rock. Mumble chatter commenced immediately. No warmup? Warmup as you head to the rock pile? What was Dauber up to? Where would we work out? Shelter? No shelter? PAX got moist in the stream of rocks. Some PAX took longer than others to grab the perfect rock. Some PAX were overachievers grabbing a larger one. Nice. Perhaps we would be rotating rocks? Perhaps not. We took our rocks back to the area near our vehicles and circled up for a warm-up. Dropped the rocks and executed 25 SSH, 10 Daisy pickers, 10 Don Quixote, 10 overhead claps, 10 Seal claps.
The Workout: PAX were a bit surprised when I announced we were taking a road trip (rock tour) with our rocks to. Veteran’s Park. Immediately, PAX were calculating the distance. More mumble chatter leading to more laughs. Laughs were welcomed as we got down to business. John Cusack down the beautifully paved trail new to Nemo (although he had trained on it 20 plus times over the last few months). Daylight running vs running in the gloom I guess. PAX were again surprised when we stopped along our journey to execute the following 10 count exercises: curls for the girls, squats, plank hold tap rocks (IC) – also known as slap your rock amongst these HIM. Mosey some more in the light drizzle searching for shelter. Used our rock umbrellas. Circle up for 10 count (IC) toe taps on rocks. Mosey with rocks overhead. Stop. Added 10 ground pounders. Mosey. Stop. 10 Overhead presses. Mosey to the stairs in the woods without rocks. Bear crawl back up. Grab rocks. Mosey. Stop. 10 Rut rows. Mosey with alternating right shoulder and left shoulder exercises to from the woods to the parking lot. Introduced Simbas to the PAX as we lined up at the end of the parking lot. What is a Simba? Think of the Disney Classic. Dropped rocks for some alternating lunges halfway down the parking lot. And crawl back you your rock. Grab rock and mosey to shelter. Made it to the shelter just as the drizzle ceased. Dropped our rocks on the picnic tables. Mumble chatter still very present, something about swiping left? While under the comfort of the shelter, PAX executed the following: 10 Australian Mtn climbers (IC) – slippery wall, 10 count People’s Chair (IC) , 10 derkins, 10 dips, 10 erkins, 15 count BTTW (IC), 15 count PC (IC). Tried up and overs with rocks on picnic tables but were cancelled immediately based on the sturdiness or not so much, of the tables. Nemo and I feared breaking city property. Circled up for some rock exercises on our six. Chest presses, skull crushers, H2M, straight arm tricep curls, rock above chest with feet 6 inches, WWIIs with rock between our feet…Additionally more OH presses. 20 LBCs. A merkin. Leg stretching with images only to be found on F3 2020 calendar – coming soon from a shield lock fundraiser. (Note: these PAX will pay you to get these sultry calendars!). Time was of the essence and we were running out of it. Time flies when you are having fun. Doing the right thing, PAX all agreed to bring back the rocks to the original rock pile. Time to mosey. Along the way back, lots of John Cusack, curls for the girls, o/h presses, right/left shoulder, steps ups on Disc golf platform. Added bus drivers. Nemo thought about adding a 500m swim but reluctantly declined at the last minute. Biceps in fire. Finally got back to the rock pile and returned our favorite rocks.
Mary: Running out of time but added pot stirrers (L/R) arms and Ospreys. Michael Phelps. Nemo completely intrigued with these arm exercises. He can’t wait to use them at DT.
Announcements: CPR training, Movie night, Shield lock, Eagle Scout project. Forceps needs a team (Masters team at 5, not sure if we can add him. Any more teams have room or thinking about forming up?)
T-Claps (Recognition): PAX doubling down, Colt 45 building houses – making homes
Prayer: Shredder took us out (thank you), raising up our troops, raising others up, helping others (read Skidmark’s 2020 goals on Slack – great message), spoken/unspoken. Prayers for safe travel for Colt 45 – back to Haiti.
This workout is a hidden gem in SW. Forceps has made this a great AO. Thank you for all the PAX who came out. Haven’t laughed like that in a long time while still getting in a solid beat down. An honor leading you brothers.
-Dauber
Almost forgot, how did we come up with name? We learned about Rolin with some pointed Questions. When not building homes for the less fortunate, he enjoys hanging out with his friends and occasionally imbibes in a beer. When asked his favorite beer, he mentioned three of them: Colt 45, Prestige and a local beer called Kinanm. After some discussion and banter, Q thought Colt 45 was the best fit.
