Lessons Learned

8 PAX got a lot stronger doing stupid things together for an hour.  Here’s what I remember:

Dirt warmed us up with an assortment of Seal Jacks, Hillbillies, Overhead Claps, and Elwoods, and probably some other things I don’t remember.  Then the Bootcampers scampered off, leaving the 8 of us to man the PainLab.  My turn.

The Thang:

• 10 x Imperial Walkers (IC)
• 10 x Toy Soldiers (IC)
• 10 x Dying Cockroaches (IC)
• 10 x Heels to Heaven (IC)
• 10 x American Hammers (IC)
• 10 x Scissor Kicks (IC)

YHC rolled in hot this morning, so the lab hadn’t been prepped yet, and gear was still all in the cars, so we had to gather things up and make sure everyone had what they wanted.  Everyone ended up with a kettlebell, including the FNG (who would later become F3 Murtaugh), so we were set.  YHC tied his no-data phone into his speaker, and we set off for some carries around the parking lot.

• Goblet Carry – half lap
• Suitcase Carry L – half lap
• Suitcase Carry R – half lap
• Waiter Carry L – half lap
• Waiter Carry R – half lap

We ended at the edge of the parking lot backed up to the Nature Trail, where we got down to business.

YHC said that instead of 10 counts, we’d talk lessons learned from this group of wise men, and Tube started off with a classic:

“Never ask a woman how far along she is.”

Circle up for some core work

• 10 x Double Crunches (IC)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches L (IC)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches R (IC)
• 10 x Travoltas L (IC)
  • Nolan Ryans with a point and a little more twist
• 10 x Travoltas R (IC)
• 20 x Flutter Kicks (IC)

Next up, Fish N Chips:

“Measure Twice, Cut Once”

We didn’t bring these bells out for nothing, time to sling em around.  The Main Event was borrowed from Broke’s Bunker Q from last year.  It was also influenced by a message from Tube that said “Gee, Flintstone, I’d love some burpees.”  So we did 5 exercises with the kettlebell, then moseyed to the next line of parking spaces for some burpees.  Looked like this:

• 20 x Curls
• 3 x Burpees
• 20 x Curls
• 3 x Burpees
• 20 x Good Mornings
• 3 x Burpees
• 20 x Good Mornings
• 3 x Burpees
• 20 x Halos (10 CW & 10 CCW)
• 3 x Burpees
• 20 x Halos (10 CW & 10 CCW)
• 3 x Burpees
• 20 x Squats
• 3 x Burpees
• 20 x Squats
• 3 x Burpees
• 20 x Overhead Presses
• 3 x Burpees
• 20 x Overhead Presses
• 3 x Burpees

About halfway through, YHC could tell he’d been doing a lot of run training, as his soccer arms (and chest and back) let out a primal yell.  It was good to be throwing weights around again.

Next up was Bondo, with

“Never propose to a woman with an empty box”

which set off a run on April Fools Day pranks that could have gone a lot further wrong than they did.  In the disclaimer, we say we’re idiots.  We’re definitely all idiots.

So that was it for new stuff, now let’s just keep doing the same things over and over again.

• 10 x Double Crunches (IC)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches L (IC)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches R (IC)
• 10 x Travoltas L (IC)
• 10 x Travoltas R (IC)
• 20 x Flutter Kicks (IC)

Tube was back with

“Never tell your current girlfriend that your ex was pregnant, even if it’s April Fools Day”

to which Fish N Chips, gave a timely

“No bad news in the kitchen with the knives”

so someone’s life may have been saved today.

Another round?  Sure why not.

• 20 x Curls
• 3 x Burpees
• 20 x Good Mornings
• 3 x Burpees
• 20 x Halos (10 CW & 10 CCW)
• 3 x Burpees
• 20 x Squats
• 3 x Burpees
• 20 x Overhead Presses
• 3 x Burpees

Leave the gear to clean up later (which Fish N Chips did, carrying at least 4 kettlebells at once which might have been the most amazing feat of strength on this day) and head back to the flag to get in some more core work.

Hmmmmmmm, what should we do?

• 10 x Double Crunches (IC)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches L (IC)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches R (IC)
• 10 x Travoltas L (IC)
• 10 x Travoltas R (IC)
• 20 x Flutter Kicks (IC)

It’s easier to write the backblast when you can just copy/paste what you’ve already done a few times.  YHC said we’d do flutters til the bells, but Jimi Hendrix drowned it out just enough that we went til 20 anyways, as the PAX called out YHC’s hearing and asked if he was deaf.  And he’s 70.  Good times today.

Moleskin:

Sometimes when I Q, I find myself looking for routines to put in and ways to do things, and I always come back to Broke and Boudin.  Both of these HIMs have a way of getting me to do so many more reps than I think I can do, just by the way they set things up.  Thanks to you both for the push, both during your workouts and to be a better Q.

Had a blast today.  I can’t tell you how many times during the course of the workout that I said “man, I need this”.  Great group of guys.  Thanks for letting me lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo