We found ourselves with 16 men at 5:29am and we had no Q for the workout. At that point everyone cheered and said “Everybody loves Gastone, why don’t you take the Q”. I quickly obliged all the requests, it would have been hard to turn down.
The Thang:
5:30am Pledge to start the day off with America.
50 SSH
25 Imperial Walkers
10 Merkins
Follow me for a little mosey. Quick stop at Mcquitter Wall for 15 Dips.
Mosey some more down to Rite Aid on Garrison.
Plank, Plank Right arm, Plank Right arm right leg. then switch sides while we gather the pax for the short mosey.
Elbow plank 45 seconds.
Mosey to Marietta and Garrison intersection.
10 Burpees
Mosey to power pole, 10 Sumo Squats
Mosey to power pole, 10 Sumo Squats
Mosey to power pole, 10 Sumo Squats
10 Burpee’s at Intersection.
Mosey to power pole, 10 Sumo Squats
Skipped 3 power poles because of crazy pack of attack Yorkshire Terrier’s. The neighborhood would have been awake.
Mosey to power pole, 10 Sumo Squats
Mosey to power pole, 10 Sumo Squats
Mosey to Power pole, 20 Monkey Humpers
10 Burpee’s at Intersection.
Mosey to power pole, 20 Monkey Humpers
Mosey to power pole, 20 Monkey Humpers
Mosey to power pole, 20 Sumo Squats
Mosey to power pole, 20 Monkey Humpers
10 Merkins at intersection
Mosey to power pole, 20 Sumo Squats
Run Backwards to 3rd
Plank (I waited for everyone to catch up and then I waited for everyone to get into a plank) Stroganoff caught on before Turtle Man.
Elbow plank for 30. This was more of a rest.
Mosey down 3rd over to South Street.
10 Diamond Merkins
Lunge to Power pole up hill
Run backwards to Franklin.
At this point I let a couple people do 10 counts.
50 wall jumps, OYO on McQuitter Wall. (Right before we started this workout Spiderman jumped out of a bush that he was hiding in at the church to join the pax. He tried to just blend into the crowd without anybody noticing. Almost worked)
Frogger across Franklin and then Mosey to Code Enforcement Parking lot for some Mary. (Almost lost Easy Rider and Bulldog to a sprint but as they started they happened to hear me say everyone to the parking lot for 6 minutes of Mary).
6 Minutes of Mary
15 LBC’s
15 Flutters
15 Freddy Mercury
10 LBC’s
10 Flutters
10 Freddy Mercury
5 LBC’s
30 Flutters (The head fake at this point was really enjoyed by Gastone. Strognoff dropped his 47 year old feet to the ground for the last 10 as I counted louder in his direction)
Mosey back to the start.
The Moleskin:
I am sure Spiderman had a plan for us but his alarm clock was on the fritz. It was 5:30 so someone had to take the Q so I jumped in with cheers from the crowd as I did this one. Some of my favorite comments were “We are only 20 minutes in”, “I won’t be able to walk today”, “I plan on sitting all day so I don’t need to walk”. These just give me energy to even make the workouts more fun. Whoopeee tried to knock me off with the crazy count but it was like rain on a windshield bouncing off after a good wax job. We had an FNG and he was a warrior and handled the workout like a champ, welcome Reed Jentsch will now be known as Malfunction.
Prayer Request’s: Hunter Stubbs and Helen Hayes passed this week, please keep them and there family’s in your prayers. Prayer request for Bob from Whoopee and Pray for Easy Rider’s friend having surgery.
Ball of Man: Executed by the Q walking to the middle of the circle and all men trying to get a hand on him and someone else. The a prayer is completed by the Q or the person of his choice. This is also done while standing but your head in a prayer position. All hats would be removed or you would be reminded to remove them.
Thanks everyone, it is always an honor to Q. You guys are all great and I could not be luckier to know all of you,
Gastone Out!