Happy 38th Birthday, A B B Y!

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Happy 38th Birthday, A B B Y!

QIC: Van Gogh

Date: 4/10/2025

PAX: @Rollback, @Pollster, @Bagpipe (WB), @Rubber Ducky (WD), @van.gogh (QIC)

Today is my sister’s 38th birthday, so YHC decided to theme today’s WIB in her honor! Her name is Abby, so we’ll try and spell her name with fun exercises… dannnnng not too many Ys. Oh wait, the shoddily updated Exicon on the f3nation website.

 

For the record, my sister, Abby, is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. This workout? Not so much… 

 

Warm-o-rama

  • Mission Statement / Core Principles!
  • No warmup!

 

The Thang

  • ABBY
    • American Hammers (DC) x 38 (DC)
    • Burpee x11 (3+8)
    • Block Curl x24 (3+8)
    • Yurpee +1 
      • Burpee with Clap Merkin and Double Tuck Jump
    • Run to the far end of parking lot and back (approximately .25 miles). Repeato with incrementing Yurpees!
  • On lap 6, the “Y” becomes a “WHY!?” and you must rifle carry the block to the end and back. Then resume Yurpees after.

 

Mary:

  • None

 

CoT:

  • Praise for my mother-in-law’s health insurance coverage.
  • Pollster needs a 2 bedroom apartment from July-September before he moves to NOLA (this news made the PAX sad). 
  • YHC took us out giving thanks for the AO, for the church, for my sister, and for the group’s many prayers for YHC in recent weeks.

 

NMM:

  • This workout saw many iterations… from only Abs, to only reps of 38, to 4 – 10 – 19 – 84, to only Burpees if Lambchop posted!!
  • The final version was a nice balance of high rep, with high cardio, with anaerobic all mixxed in.
  • YHC spent a lot of time talking with Rubber Ducky about various things. His son waking up at 4:30 and asking to read; his toe; work and tariffs; YHCs mother in law; surprisingly nothing about Bourbon!?
  • YHC also talked with Rollback a lot. It seems he has caught the Spartan bug after last weekends Spartan Super! This makes YHC very happy, even though not running Spartan’s at the moment, they are a great challenge and a great motivator to keep up training. Rollback’s daughter (who is classmates with YHCs son) also ran the kids 1km and we discussed the cool moment of her taking a deep break and jumping into a muddy creek crossing. 
  • Pollster struggled some for the first time in history with the block carry, but then proceeded to finish super strong ahead of everyone else!
  • Bagpipe rolled in a little late, with his engine splash guard loudly dragging along with him. Seemed like a quick plastic rivet would fix it. Was glad he posted so he could motivate YHC!
  • In total we did 2.5 miles, 30 Yurpees, and 99 of everything else! Rollback got his 12 burpees to hit his limit.

 

This turned out to be a great morning, with perfect weather, and a great group of guys to workout with. 

 

Happy Birthday to my little sister. You’re officially in your mid, late 30s! While 38 isn’t all that exciting, I know this year will be filled with daily excitement thanks to my 3 beautiful nieces – and that newborn Lainey especially. Thank you for your influence in my life; for making delicious baked goods; for loving on my kids and letting Axel hang with Stella especially; and for your joyful spirit and kind hearted nature. Your big brother will always be there when you need him. Love you, sis!

 

Root, the keys are under the 8th block from the right of the 3rd row from the back.

 

VG

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