Players Ball: A 90s Hip Hop Throwback With Montross

I haven’t posted Downtown in quite a while. Bedpan is a regular at Folsom and always picking up the Q so I wanted to ‘return the favor’ and finally got around to signing up. I had a big IT project at work go live last week so I actually thought of this as a bit of a celebration. Earlier this week, I brought “Montross’s Nursery Rhymes” to Midoriyama. It was true F3 silliness, but also quite a workout! I wanted to bring that same workout intensity to Downtown and represent my Folsom brothers well, but decided to go with a no-nonsense, ‘layin’ the wood’ approach.

I had a little Alan Jackson playing pre-workout for Whoopee. Like Whoopee, I am also a conniseur of good classic country music. I mean, of course I am, I live in Dallas! That being said, I grew up in BC and I grew up on 90s Hip Hop. Switch to the playlist! Players Ball by Outkast is bangin’ as we kick this thing off!

Warmup:

SSH – 23 IC (we would have finished earlier but we kept going until Seuss and SA were FINALLY ready)
Grass Pickers – 10 IC
TRAIN!!!! 5 Burpees OYO
Toy Soldiers – 10 IC

Mosey a few blocks across Franklin to Support Inc. I actually worked here for over 5 years and they have a nice large parking lot. It was a great spot for the first exercises.

BOMBS – nice and simple, yet effective
50 Burpees
100 Overhead Claps
150 Merkins
200 Big Boys
250 Squats

Mosey back toward the Rotary Pavillion and we stopped in the park/alley where the fountain is for some circuits.

The ol’ Folsom 3-1-1-er. Shoutout to my man Allen Tate with this one (ala, the 5-1er)
30 LBCs IC
10 Jump Squats
10 Hip Slappers IC
Repeat for 3 sets

Second Circuit (no fancy names here)
Dirty Hookups 10 IC
Flutter Kicks 10 IC
Peoples Chair w/Overhead Claps 10 IC
Mountain Climbers 15 IC
Repeat for 3 sets

20 ft fellowship mosey back to the Pavillion for Mary Mary

Whoopee called Freddie Mercuries – 10 IC
Gump called Stair Jumps – 10 IC
Pledge
My watched showed 6:15 but there is another train! 5 more burpees OYO.

TIME! For those who may be interested, here is my playlist from today. https://open.spotify.com/user/brandon.p.hastings-au/playlist/1DBogddeGNnPuF2jwRYUKK?si=-FhAq1dlT4qMHJD9u0h0KA

Prayer requests: Dryrub’s mother in law’s health. Breaker’s mom, Mrs Hamm and her family. J2K’s mom, Gump’s student traveling and trying out for Irish Lacrosse team, students and teachers (and parents). YHC took us out in prayer. Announcements: 2.0 workout Saturday at the Yank, other AOs open as usual. Soldier Suicide 5k 9/21 (Speed 4 Need), JJ5k 9/28, Stair Climb 9/14, BRR Ruck 9/5, HIPAA invades Shipwreck on 9/11 (let’s take some HIMs down there)

Moleskin: I led 2 bootcamps this week at AOs I attend from time to time, but they are still out of my comfort zone. I felt the push to bring it and I feel like I gave it all I had. For those that don’t Q or just haven’t yet because you are not comfortable, just do it. If you want a co-Q to make it a little easier, ask someone or ask me. I will join you! I am proof you don’t have to be the strongest or fastest to give the guys a good workout! If that was the case, we would have the same 4-5 guys Qing every workout!

-Montross aka Tronmoss aka T-Ron, aka Dark Angel, aka T-Rock aka Montreezy