Griffey, Jr #24

Griffey, Jr #24

QIC: Harden

Date: 06/02/2018

PAX: Fingers, Van Pelt, Schneider, Bella, Hardwire (FNG- Chuck Neilen (SP)), Harden

Q: Harden

Date: 6/2/2018

Pax: Fingers, Van Pelt, Schneider, Bella, Hardwire (FNG – Chuck Neilen), Harden

5 Pax and 1 FNG came to the dog park @ Tanglewood for another installment of The Dawg Pound. All the required marketing materials had been sent and an attempt to coerce some of the dash pax to come to Dawg Pound was executed. A promise of little running was given to some, and fulfilled as promised.

The plan: celebrate the career of #24 Ken Griffey, Jr. who was drafted on this day, June 2, 1987 with the 1st pick in the MLB draft.

This information was given to the pax on hand and then we proceeded:

Warm-o-rama

Griffey, Jr. wore the #24

• SSH x 24 IC
• IST x 24 IC
• Arm Swirly Things F x 24 IC
• Arm Swirly Things R x 24 IC
• Overhead Claps x 24 IC
• Seal Claps x 24 IC
• Wirly w/ the clap x 24 IC

The Thang

Bruce Lee

• 6 abs exercises executed with no rest in between sets, 30 second rest after 6th exercise.

1. American Hammer x 20 IC
2. LBC x 20 IC
3. Heels to heaven x 20 IC (OYO rounds 2-3)
4. Penguin Crunch x 20 IC (OYO rounds 2-3)
5. Mutton Crunch R/L x 20 IC (OYO rounds 2-3)
6. Mutton Crunch L/R x 20 IC (OYO rounds 2-3)

Mosey to RV park and back after each set

Repeato 2 more times

4 Corners Escalator – Griffey was a 10x Golden Glove Winner

• Corner#1 – Jack Reachers x 10 OYO
• Corner#2 – Jack Reachers x 10 OYO; Squats x 20 OYO
• Corner#3 – Jack Reachers x 10 OYO; Squats x 20 OYO; Merkins x 30 OYO
• Corner#4 – Jack Reachers x 10 OYO; Squats x 20 OYO; Merkins x 30 OYO; Big O x 40 OYO (Crowd Pleaser)
• Repeato 2 more times

Dynamic – Griffey hit 630 Homers and remains only player to have hit warehouse at Camden Yards in Baltimore. As a result he perfected his home run trot. He was 3x Home Run Derby Champion:

• High Knees – Down
• Butt Kickers – Back
• Apollo Creed – Down
• Karoke – Back

9MOM – Unconventional, but beer and planning will cause that:

• G – Gas Pump x 10 IC
• R – Rosalita x 10 IC
• I – IST x 10 IC
• F – Freddie Mercury x 10 IC
• F – Frankenstein’s x 10 IC
• E – “Easy” LBC’s x 10 IC
• Y – Plank Jacks x 10 IC (Why, because they look like Y’s)
• J – Jump Squats x 10 OYO
• R – Ranger Merkins x 10 OYO

Jog to trailer park and back to give the pax the last 3 minutes they were owed.

Finished!

NMM

• The promise of low running was fulfilled, however the pax to whom that promise was made were absent. Sorry Van Pelt.
• Mumble Chatter was low this morning, however Fingers lead a revolt against holding right out of the gate during Warm-o-rama.
• YHC provided the pax with lots of Griffey facts along the workout, reminding them the workout was very loosely based on his career – most reps were to be 24 but were omaha’d due to Q fatigue.
• Hardwire, a runner, put in max effort this morning. Nice work and Welcome!!
• Nice to meet and work out with Bella for the first time. Nice work today.

Announcements

• YHC has Q at The Distillery this week – come join for more fun.
• Fingers needs Q’s for Dawg Pound, come on guys, sign up! Help the man out.

FNG Naming – Hardwire – Bella told us that he is the smartest IT guy he knows. They work at Corning together. He has two kids, a teacher and an accountant. Big runner. He likes all movies and all bands, or in his words, he wasn’t going to make this easy on us.

Prayer Requests

None provided. YHC told the pax that during his research that it was learned that Ken Griffey Jr. attempted to commit suicide at a very young age (18 if memory serves). We should remember all those struggling on a daily basis, be it with addiction, family, or things that make life seem more difficult.

YHC took us out thing HIM for the day, our bodies, the ability to workout, those who were unable to workout with us, and asking him to be with those struggling.

Thanks for letting me lead this morning, Fingers!

Harden