• Post Type: Backblast
  • When: 10/11/2021
  • AO: The Sandlot
  • QIC: Flintstone
  • FNG's:
  • PAX: Whoopee (R), Defib (R), Folgers (R), Cinderella, Linus (R), Watts Up (R), Maybelline, Captain Stubing

9 strong to start the week at The Sandlot.  Well, 8 strong.  YHC made it, but it wasn’t pretty.  Or on time.  Here’s what I remember:

I was up at 4:15.  I didn’t go back to sleep.  No snooze buttons.  Nothing.  Just the perpetual call of nature.  Had to phone in for backup, but luckily Whoopee had HC’d at Coconut Horse yesterday, so he stepped in and got in the pledge and the warmup while I was pulling in.  From a distance, I saw some SSH, Big Boys, Flutter Kicks, and Squats.  There were probably some Step Ups and Hip Slappers too that I missed.  Whoopee with an assist at a critical time in The Gloom.

I was glad to be there with a Weinke I liked, so once I hit the circle, we moseyed on our way to the entrance to the park to fight off those soccer arms with

  • 10 x Moroccan Night Clubs (IC)

That was it for the arms today.  Well that and planking.  We did plenty of planking.  Next we moseyed to the picnic shelter at the park where we got to work

The Thang:

  • 1:30 Step Ups (OYO)
  • 10 x Oblique Crunches L (IC)
  • 10 x Oblique Crunches R (IC)
  • 10 x Heels to Heaven (IC)

Mosey to the center of the ballfields.  Partner Up.  1 partner does exercises the other does a hold.  Switch as either partner needed.  Keep at it for 2 minutes.  3 rounds of this, went something like this:

  • 2:00 Plank/American Hammers
  • Run around 1 field
  • 20 x Monkey Humpers (IC)

After the morning I had, Whoopee warned the rest of the PAX of maintaining a safe distance with the monkey humpers. Cinderella doubled down on the joke with a “Yabba Dabba Dookie”.  We’re all idiots.

  • 2:00 People’s Chair/Squats
  • Run around 1 field
  • 20 x Monkey Humpers (IC)

My partners took off on me, as Maybelline and Watts Up were movin.  I had to faster than I wanted to to keep pace.  That’s a good push.

  • 2:00 Low Plank/Flutter Kicks
  • Run around last 2 fields

Mosey back to the picnic area and do it all over again as time allowed:

  • 1:30 Step Ups (OYO)
  • 10 x Oblique Crunches L (IC)
  • 10 x Oblique Crunches R (IC)
  • 10 x Heels to Heaven (IC)

Mosey back to center of the ballfields

  • 1:30 Plank/American Hammers
  • 1:30 People’s Chair/Squats
  • 1:30 Low Plank/Flutter Kicks

This round felt the right amount of awful.  Sucked enough to hurt, but stubborn enough to push through it.  Mosey to the entrance of the park.  One more round for the neighbors

  • 20 x Monkey Humpers (IC)

Back to the flag where we ended it with the disclaimer and an introduction to the Q, since YHC jumped in midstream.

Announcements:

Prayer Requests:

  • Guys traveling
  • Unity in our nation

Moleskin:

Mondays.  Nobody likes ’em, but they set the tone for the week.  It’s a prime day for resolutions and focusing on acceleration.  The craziness of the weekend is over, and we return to structure and routine.  It’s the perfect day to start new habits, and a day we should all be sharp to keep good habits from going bad.  Strengthen your Mondays.  Post somewhere.

Thankful for Whoopee being always ready to step up.  A true HIM who bleeds Badass Black.

Happy Race Week

Yabba Dabba Doo (kie)