12 pax posted in the gloom for a “fun” workout on the Concrete Monster. All got better!
Yesterday morning while driving into work, YHC was thinking about what strange and glorious types of torture with which to subject the pax. It had come to light earlier that morning that YHC had missed most of March due to different reasons like; “I had a sinus infection & couldn’t walk.” etc. etc. yada yada ya! It definitely felt like being stagnant had taken its toll after Monday’s Out N Back. So there was only one thing to do to remedy such a situation. PAIN! Pain inflicted to the chest, and shoulders, and abs, and legs. Pain created by using coupons, and sprints, and just plain ol’dumb body weight. Thinking over the layout of The Yard the most painful place popped instantly into my head like a cartoon light bulb. Bing! The Concrete Monster. That’s it. That’s where we’ll suffer. So with the site picked out, it was time to determine what types of punishment would suffice.
Disclaimer: I am not a professional. Push yourself to your limit……even past it, but don’t push yourself to injury.
COP (Warm Up): YHC decided to forego the traditional warm up for one with a slightly different pace. After planting the shovel flag at the top of the Monster, the pax were led to the steepest part for their first exercise, Merkins x10 IC. Immediately following the recovery a mosey was in order to the back of the building to the courtyard where it was time for some MtnClimbers x20 4ct IC. Again immediately following the recovery we moseyed to the far side of the building where the retaining wall begins. Here another set of Merkins x10 IC was on the docket. The recover was called and YHC explained the final portion of today’s warm up. We counted off and split into teams of two.
A) Wall sit until relieved by team member
B) Mosey back to the courtyard for x20 Box Jumps on the benches. (1 set for each pax)
A) Wall sit until relieved by team member
B) Mosey back to the courtyard for x10 Double Derkins w/feet on the bench. (1 set for each pax)
Once the last team member had completed the Derkins, he moseyed to the access road and called for his teammate that was wall sitting. They as a team grabbed a coupon and huddled up at the bottom of the Concrete Monster.
The THANG:
Coupon work is cumulative and done at the bottom of the CM.
Work is done in teams of two. One pax works with the coupon while the other pax runs to the top of the Monster and completes busy work, then runs back to swap work with their teammate.
-Curls w/Coupon x300
-Flutter Kicks x15(1 leg)
-Kettle Bell Swings x200
-Reverse Sit Ups x15
-Tricep Extensions w/Coupon x100
-Burpees x5
COT: CountOrama, NameOrama
Announcements: Whetstone this Saturday (4/2), 0800 @ Howard’s On Main; Next Saturday (4/9), Connie Maxwell Mud Run
Read the Newsletter for the rest. Oh, and Jugs, Fury is now open on Saturdays @0700.
Devotional/Prayer: YHC dropped the ball on this. The plan was to read and discuss,
Psalm139:23-24 Search me GOD, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts, See if there are any offensive ways in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
but having something memorized only works if you can recite it under pressure. YHC fumbled and stumbled until it came up on the ol’iPhone. During this time another aspect of devotion to HIM and our higher calling was discussed, but YHC was too busy focusing on his lack of preparedness to remember what was actually said. Cobains Alpo! Cobains.
Naked ManMoleskin:
While standing in the parking lot, YHC assured Judge Judy that there would be very little leg involvement after the Warm Up, except for running up and down the Concrete Monster. He was not convinced nor comforted by my assurance and exception. During the second wall sit, YHC felt obligated to assure him that we were done with leg exercises except…….
There were questioning faces galore when YHC started the COP in the middle of the CM. And then when we moseyed after only one exercise the pax were on the brink of bedlam. This by the way is an instant creator of mumblechatter. “What happened to Side Straddle Hops?” “Wait, where are we going?”
When we gathered for The THANG, it was discovered Blue Print was there waiting on us. He was slightly late and had to leave slightly early. Most pax would have found that reason enough not to post, but tClaps to him for showing up and pushing hard until the sands of his hourglass had ceased to succumb to gravity.
During the The THANG, the question was raised several times, “I thought that this was supposed to be fun?” Fun? Running up and down a 35deg slope to get punished and both ends nonstop? Having to hurry so that you don’t let your partner suffer more pain than necessary because you decided to take a break or trot instead of run? Knowing that to finish you are going to have to do Burpees? Why yes, that does sound like FUN!
Did I mention Burpees? When a Q happens to allow this wonderfully diabolical word to enter the gloom there’s an instant poison in every Pax’s eyes directed with as much disdain as possible back at the Q. It really is a sick and twisted pleasure that a Q derives in adding these to their list of gloom activities. “No one likes Burpees!” …………Well aside from Juggernaut. This statement has been amended to read: “No one likes Burpees that isn’t certifiably insane!”
As always it was a pleasure to post with these fine men. Thank you all for your efforts.
JKS – Alpo