The bad with the good, or that time Spam’Tan dropped a bomb!
QIC: Greenspan
Date: 12/18/2019
PAX: Post Hole, Turnover, the H.O.G., Huckleberry, Spam’tan, Splash!, Offsides, Touch Me Not, Zima
YHC concluded his late push to be within 30 Qs of Sgt. Schultz for the year with a visit to the “Premier” Wednesday workout in MeFoCo: Mayhem. And let YHC tell you, it was chaotic as we explored both YHC’s physical (and mental) strengths and weaknesses.
Warmarama:
Shot out of a cannon lap around the parking lot followed by the normal Greenspan mix getting all the limbs loose. The disclaimer, the mission, and a few of the core principles were mixed into this section with marginal success.
The Thang:
Mosey 25 yards to playground and partner up:
Partner A does pull ups x 5
Partner B does Dan Taylors AMRAP
Flip flop and repeat 5 times
Mosey to wall along the side of the school.
On your back, legs against wall 90 degrees to the ground
Toe touch (or as close as you can get) crunch x 10
Up on your feet for rebound drill x 10
Back down for toe touch x 10
Rebound drill x 10
Mosey around corner, still on the wall.
Mike Tysons x 10
Bear Crawl to end of asphalt
Crawl Bear back to wall
On your back toe touch x 10
Rebound drill x 10
Mosey across the AO to Jameson Park. Return to your original partners and pick a big rock from the pile.
Partners sit back-to-back and pass their big rocks to one another.
Pass to the left x 10
Pass to the right x 10
Return big rocks to the pile and pick two smaller, similar sized rocks.
Partner A exercises AMRAP, Partner B runs lap around two islands.
Exercises: Right-armed static curl, Left-armed static curl, Right-armed merkin, Left-armed merkin
American Hammers with rocks AMRAP while waiting for all groups to finish each exercise.
Return little rock to the pile. Mosey to the base of the hill to nowhere. Run to the top ice patch 1/3rd of the way up. Then:
Monkey humpers x 5
Backward lunges x 10
Repeato until you return to base of the hill to nowhere.
Mosey home. No time for Mary.
Announcements:
- VG has WIB on Thursday. Location TBD.
- Happy Hour at JoyMongers at 7:30 pm on Thursday night. Families are welcome, though not required.
- F3/FiA convergence 12/24. See the Twitter.
- Valdez, runner extraordinaire, has the Q at the Outhouse on Monday. Show him a good welcome.
Prayer Requests:
- $5 Footlong has a stomach virus.
- O.G.’s other son has a stomach virus.
- $5 Footlong’s father has been hospitalized with high blood pressure and is experiencing severe anxiety.
- Physical healing for Blue Steel, Spicoli, Root Canal (Pharaoh Jelly Leg), and Rust Bucket.
- Prayers for those who wish they could be out with us but are unable to.
- Soul healing for all those suffering.
YHC took us out with prayers of thanks and petitions for help for all pax for the places of darkness in our lives.
NMM:
This was a weird one. YHC was gassed from start to finish…couldn’t remember the order of the mission or the 5 core principles, didn’t see TMN until the sprint around the lot was complete, although he was there the entire time. Perhaps it was the apprehension of leading several exercises that YHC is definitely not proficient at. Those include anything with abs & V-ups (talk to H.O.G. for validation), crawl bears (talk to Cheesesteak), or extended static moves (again, talk to Cheesesteak). Who knows? YHC is thankful for the relentless good-humored MC. Only had to call burpees once, in accordance with Q-school guidance.
YHC was so gassed that he can’t even remember what precipitated it (perhaps crawl bears?), but Spam’Tan let out a man-sized “WTF?!” Then, he disappeared entirely during the backwards lunging only to be found at the launch point. Does that count as success? YHC believes so…and fully expects his paycheck to be docked as a result.
YHC had the good pleasure misfortune of partnering with Offsides, particular with regards to Offsides selection of a big rock. Someone needs to take Offsides back to geology class and show him the difference between a boulder and a big rock. Wait, all the other pax did that already. Nevertheless, YHC is thankful for the push Offsides’s lack of judgment offered to our partnership.
YHC asked Zima “A or B” at the bottom of the hill to nowhere. Zima responded, “B. But I don’t think it matters.” Correct, sir. YHC did not scout the hill to nowhere ahead of time, however, so we reversed course when we unexpectedly ran into a sheet of ice 1/3rd of the way up the hill. The pax were immediately alerted to the hazard and took evasive action to get off the asphalt. As a compensatory gift for not getting to run up the hill, YHC pulled out the monkey humpers/backward lunge combo. It was as popular today as on Monday at the Outhouse.
Speaking of which, you should check out the Outhouse if you haven’t before. Great AO. Pert Plus (heartthrob with the best hair in the dash pax) is a regular if that helps your motivation.
Splash!, Post Hole, Turnover, Huck, and the H.O.G. quietly got it done. Or maybe they just weren’t as loud as others.
YHC loves the Mayhem AO and the men who frequent it. It was a pleasure today as it is on each visit, and hopefully we kept premier in one regard or another.
Turnover, the keys fell out of my pocket on the icy hill.
