The Rose Bush

The Rose Bush

QIC: Greenspan

Date: 3/23/23

PAX: The Singing Cowboy (EC), Boomerang, Green Acres (EC), Starfish (EC Pacer), D-Day, Bam (EC), Argyle, Schlitz, Ziggy Starfish, Doublewide (EC), Root Canal, Burlap, Bevo, Greenspan

Following five ECers returning from their jaunt up Polo, seven additional HIMs took the bait and joined YHC at TRQ.

Warmarama:

SSHs, Abe Vigoda, Down/Upward Dogs, Cherry Pies

The Thang

Mosey to planter bed.  Partner up:

Partner A:  10 squats

Partner B:  AMRAP dips

Repeato x 3

Mosey to wall.  BTTW crawl to opposite end.  Lunge for the six.  Return BTTW crawl.

Mosey to the rock quarry.  Retrieve a medium-sized rock.  Carry chosen rock to asphalt adjacent to playset where a weinke awaited.

Perform pullups x 20; pullup style was each pax’s choosing.  For any reps short of 20, complete the difference of the following exercises (one exercise each round).  Use rock when appropriate.  Then complete SSHs x 25.  Proceed to next round.

• Dive Bombers
• Curls
• Squats
• WW2s
• OH Press
• Bent-Over Rows
• Side-to-Side Merkins
• Lunges (DC)
• Glute Bridges
• Front Raises
• Monkey Humpers
• Cobra Crunch
• Side Lunges (DC)
• Dying Cockroach (DC)

Return to launch for 1 minute of Mary:  Dying Cockroaches, IC, x 12.

NMM:

• Starfish led the charge of the EC runners, setting an ambitious pace for all others to draft behind.
• Great to see Doublewide, who has made EC runs at bootcamps a regular part of his daily schedule. The Singing Cowboy, another EC regular and the closest challenger to Van Gogh and Hansel in the WS Pax Challenge, was right there with him singing his sweet song.
• On the return trip of the balls along the wall, YHC’s shoulders failed. In bailing out, YHC found himself staring face-to-face with a rose bush.  No damage was done to the rose; YHC picked up a strawberry in the encounter that caused Bam empathetic concern during COT; just a flesh wound.
• One person whose shoulders did not fail was Green Acres, who walked on his hands as close to perfectly vertical as a non-Olympian can. Just amazing.
• Root Canal dominated the pullups, opting for the thickest and highest bars. He also subjected the pax to a thunder-clappy rendition of SSHs throughout.  It was amazing how it was more effective in creating a larger buffer zone than his toots usually do.
• D-Day was looking fit and trim while maintaining his jovial demeanor, helping clarify what the scribble on the weinke said and meant.
• Argyle asked for a demonstration of AMRAP. Honestly, YHC had no witty responses at hand, so, point Argyle; will have to get back to you on that.
• Burlap is always a dependable counter. Following the workout, he joined YHC and Boomerang to audit and correct our estimations of those present that had just been recorded.
• Schlitz showed up in jovial form and rolled through the rounds of pull ups / exercises. He didn’t bring any friends with him today, though.
• Bevo performed 20 pull ups each round and 20 reps of each exercise.  He’s an inspiration and was great to have him there.

Announcements:

Q School coming up.

Prayer Requests:

• Starfish’s and Frostbite’s family.
• Green Acres’s ongoing treatment.
• Turnover’s upcoming trips to Houston and England.

YHC took us out.

Thanks for the keys, Green Acres!  Always thankful for your fellowship and inspirational fitness.