YHC’s eyes opened for some reason at 03:57 this morning. I don’t normally EC but it’s something I want to start adding to my game. I’m awake anyway, so why not today? A great morning for a workout at “the Dog”!

YHC pulled up, strapped on the headlamp and to my surprise another guy gets out of his car and says, “Hey, I’m the new guy. Todd invited me…good to see you.” An FNG…in all this COVID madness…and he’s here for EC! Way to go EHing Norm. Now Norm is usually like clockwork when it comes to EC, so YHC was surprised he didn’t join FNG and I for the EC.  After a few neighborhood loops we also caught up to Forceps. That’s 3 for EC today. A solid start.

EC: Fanny Pack, Forceps, Tool Time

FNG’s: Welcome Tool Time!
Warm Up: After mandatory disclaimers, we mosey to the back of the school and circled up for SSH x 30, and 10 count of Good Mornings, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Sir Fazios, and Frankensteins.
The Workout: Indian run around the school.  YHC had promised in pre-blast that I’d be doing something I’ve never done at Sheepdog before. Being a man of my word, we moseyed to the very dark soccer fields and called for 5 pax to bear crawl all the way to the tree line. One pax said, “ALL the way to the tree line?”  The role of the other 2 pax was to lunge walk to the treeline. When a bear crawling pax could go no further, he would shout for help, say I’m done, tap out, or as Dovetail did call out, “medic!” The lunge walker would then take over the bear crawl in true “pick up the six” fashion. Sometimes in life, we need others to take over the bear crawl for us, but we have to communicate and shout out for that help. Once we got to the treeline, we repeated this procedure on the return. At one point, Forceps asks, “did you scope this out for fire ants first?” YHC actually did s little recon two days ago to make sure it was mostly clear. Told Forceps that, he says, “well, they build those hills fast!” Now done with a couple pax a little pushed that I Q’d that Thang, we moseyed behind the school for a round of 7’s.

7’s were hand release merkins on my down and star jumps on my up.

To the wall. Each pax did a 10 count for People’s Chair the 5 burpees OYO. Repeato. We then performed BTTW for a 5 count from all pax followed by 5 burpees OYO.

Each pax took turns running a lap around the track while the rest of the men did AMRAP sets of: Dips, Irkins, Step Ups, Pistol Squats, and Dirkins.
Mary: 15 counts of Box Cutters, Dying Cockroach, H2M, and Pickle Pounders. Dovetail took over with a Wing-Chun punch ring of Fire for the last 3 minutes while talking about the importance of awareness and mindfulness, not only for personal safety, but for those who seek our help and attention (ie. our families and kids who many of us are around much more lately). Good words brother! Have a nice day!
Announcements: Check Slack.  Stay safe! Take care of Eachother. Ask for help if you need it… don’t “bear crawl it” on your own!
T-Claps (Recognition): FNG Tool Time getting after it this morning with the post +EC…brave soul!
Prayer: Our nation right now, those that are sick. Our brother Martini who had to have a COVID test done. Wives and families who need to adapt to a new normal of being together… ALL the time…with both work and play! Honor to lead men.