Mary is Pissed…

Okay, so like, you guys are so, so mean. I mean really mean to me and all my sisters. At the end of all your little workouts is supposed to be my time – you know Mary! But you always spend all your precious workouts doing the thang and lately I’m not even getting one minute, let alone six. The only one that seems to love me is Tool Time and honestly he freaks me out a little. But he does love a good core work and at this point I’ll take what I can get. But for all you other meanies, you better not forget about me and my sisters at Alpha Beta Sigma. We might not be as pretty as the Betas (burpee) or sexy as the Mu’s (merkins) but we are the ones that will shape up those nasty beer bellies of yours so you better pay us attention.

Hugs – Mary, ABS Athletic Director

Warm-Up

• Imperial Walker IC x 10
• LBC’s IC x 10
• American Hammer IC x 10
• Merkin IC x 10

Pledge

We moseyed into the dark of morning along Neal Hawkins at a moderate pace. Odd how only a few weeks ago this time of day was a sauna and now we have to add layers and see the huffs from our gasps evaporate as we blazed a trail toward the baseball field concession stand. YHC provided a quick demo of the five core exercises in the set:

• Homer/Marge/Reach for Maggie
• Flutter Kicks IC x 20
• Dry Dock Crabs IC x 20
• Freddie Mercury IC x 20
• Burpees OYO x 10
• Run to the end of the sidewalk and return.

As I stated in the brief disclaimer before the warm-up, I’m not expert, just an idiot with some suggestions; but in my experience, the key to good core burn is changing the positions from back to plank to six, all with different exercises. Today’s workout was designed to do that. I added the “reach for Maggie” that while the PAX legs are vertical, take both hands to reach toward your toes. The third one was swiped off the new exercise list and I encourage you to give it a try and include in your next Q. Get in CDD position. First count is to exchange positions of your right hand and left foot, so they cross in the middle; return to position is two; third had left hand and right foot exchange positions, then returning for the first rep. See how many reps you can do before the burn spreads like a bad diablo sammich. The mumble chatter started, happily hearing more groans when burpees were announced. They are always a crowd favorite. We went for another round with 5 less reps of flutters and 10 less reps of dry dock crabs.

Mosey to Field 4 and one thing was clear it is dark as a monkey’s ass on that side of the AO. It’s also wet. QIC made a mental note for future sessions to stay toward the light. So we managed to run the Four Corners with more ab work. We went two rounds. We did Knee Taps in standard plank due to the wet ground. Probably should have increased the reps to get more burn – Mary was shaking her head saying “wussies.”

1. Plank-jacks x 10
2. Crunchy frog x 15
3. Burps x 20
4. Knee taps x 25

We migrated toward the hill with intentions to use it in the running portion of Dora 1-2-3. The jagged terrain of the hill is bad enough if you can see it. Our problem was we couldn’t see anything and YHC quickly Omahaed, opting for a run to the far light pole and back. We split nicely into three groups and did an aggregate of:

• Merkins x 60
• WW I Sit Ups x 90 (fun in the cold, wet grass)
• Jingle Balls x 120

Once completed my watch said 6:13. I checked my Weinke and sighed that my last pain station of six more core challenges at the picnic shelter would not be achieved on this effort, even though the PAX might have been willing. I pictured Mary, arms folded, shaking her head. So I didn’t get to put the cream on top of the cake. But just like my senior prom date said, ‘next time, we’ll go all the way, I promise;)’

We moseyed toward the snowcone palace, breaking the lengthy return with 10 LBD’s IC along the curb.

Announcements: CSAUP November 11-12; CSAUP T-shirts available via MudGear until 10/19.

Prayer Requests: Praise for Sledg-o-matic’s father’s successful surgery; we lifted up Easy Rider’s aunt that recently passed; Also Easy Rider’s friend’s daughter – Trinity fighting cancer.

Moleskin:

If your reading to this point, you either skipped ahead to the workout or indulged my “story” about Mary’s lack of attention. It was a fun workout to attack our cores the entire time which went by way to fast. It won’t be too long before Mary is Pissed Again finds its way to an edited Weinke. It was a good group that pushed through. Sledge-o-matic is becoming a regular at multiple venues. Linus made a mid-week return. I have heard some preliminary plans for his upcoming GasHouse Q on 10/29 – that will be one you will not want to miss. Make sure to keep Mary on your good side – she can be a bee-atch if she doesn’t get any love.