Conditions- like a steam room without the room. Dank and sticky.
0455- YHC rolls up and only Crayola and Encinoman are lurking in the gloom. That puts Encinoman about 8 minutes early.
0459- one minute warning and disclaimer as the rest of the victims arrive.
0500- Go time
Head to the Prison Yard and circle up for the warm up.
Warm Up–
30 Side Straddle Hops In Cadence
10 Jungle Boy Squats IC, yes these are squats. Get on down…
30 SSH IC (getting hard to breathe)
10 JBS IC (getting hard to count)
30 SSH IC (can’t breathe or count)
The Thang– 5 work centers
Center 1–
20 Burpee Pull Up’s
50 Big Boi’s
20 Bonnies the Fury way
Power skip to woodline and do 10 Super Merkins( begin at high plank, lower to the ground and perform a Super Man, then push back up to high plank=1)
Center 2-
20 Burpee block jumps
50 WW1 SU’s
20 Thrusters
Power skip to woodline and do 10 Super Merkins
Center 3-
20 OHP
50 WW1 SU’s
20 Goblet squats
Power skip to woodline and do 10 Super Merkins
Center 4-
20 KB Swings
50 BB SU’s
20 Reverse Lunges
Power skip to woodline and do 10 Super Merkins
Center 5-
50 Curls
50 WW1 SU’s
Power skip to woodline and do 10 Super Merkins
Finishers run to Laurel stop sign and back.
Ring Of Fire-
120ct low plank (crowd pleaser)
Got a little light headed standing up after that, so holding our coupons in rifle carry position seemed like the only logical thing to do next.
Working PAX does 5 overhead presses while the rest of the PAX hold rifle carry. Then the work passes to the PAX in a counter clockwise direction. We completed 2 rounds.
Recover
100% Shirtless COT-
Countorama
Nameorama
Announcements- Sasquatch on 8/1. Get a partner and sign up.
Prayer Requests/Praise Reports- Quickie’s recovery, Crayola’s brother-in-law
BOM- YHC prayed us out.
NMM- The first thing that stood out was the grass. I mean it really stood out. I looked like it hadn’t been cut in weeks. We looked like 7 hyenas and a wildebeest crossing the Serengeti. There’s no way we’re going to be able to spot the Fury Ants now.
It’s been a long time, too long, since the ziploc baggies have appeared at Fury. The baggies and work centers gave Inspector flashbacks of the good ole Montessori days. Word around the yard was that the grass is what was slowing everybody down. I know for a fact it didn’t help the jump rope one bit. And if you didn’t close your mouth and eyes when doing merkins or burpees, then you’d get a mouthfull of grass or get your eyes gouged. The burpee pull ups were even worse than they looked on paper. There was a lot of mumblechatter. Burpees and bonnies tend to bring it out. Everybody got in all 5 centers and the run. A Ring Of Fire Plank Off is always a great idea. I think we can go 3 min next time. What do y’all think?? It got really uncomfortable really quick when a few PAX began admiring each others physical attributes in the Ring. I wouldn’t dare repeat which two PAX it was, but their names rhyme with Frayola and Encinopan. After we doused that fire, it was time to recover. I’ve been on the IR for what seems like forever with various ailments, but it has been so good to get back in the gloom and even get on the Q sheet. I’ve said it before. You never know how much you will miss doing something until you can’t do it. It will make you rethink rolling over when the alarm goes off. I was honored that this group of studs showed up to stand beside me and each other and put in some grueling work just so they could leave a little better than they came. This form of iron sharpening iron can not be duplicated. Some things have to be heated up, bent, warped, pressed, and beaten to become stronger. While we all see the workout and the laughs and the fist bumps on the surface, the real forging is taking place on the inside. Take advantage of the next opportunity to be in the gloom. You are a critical part of the forging process for me, the PAX to your left and right, and to yourself. Until the next Ring of Fire….
Southern Belle is hanging up…