The Heat Is Returning To The Mountain

Midoriyama has become one of my favorite places to post over the past 2 years. I do like working out in the afternoon and sleeping a little later, but I also love the people and the comradery. The Midoriyama crowd is generally a well-seasoned group of HIM who have been around the F3 block a few times. Shyness does not exist. Modesty is nowhere to be found. All you will find at Midoriyama is farting, a few risquee jokes, lots of chatter (it’s usually not at a mumble), and a few guys you know you will spend all day chasing. However, as they say, you get faster by chasing a faster man! 8 such men came out to give me an opportunity to practice leadership from the Six! I really like my Trail O Tears workout. Last time, I had to call an audible because the blocks were smashed so I’m going to give it another try with a few adjustments to make it tougher.

Warmup – Side Straddle Hops and Grass Pickers. I may have started off a little fast on the grass pickers. Let’s get to it, we have a lot to do!

Mosey to the large parking lot beside the playground and queue up the Classic Rock Workout playlist. We all start off on a good foot and seemed to agree Creedence is one of the greatest bands ever. So freakin’ good!

Route 66 – Mike Tysons at every other line of the parking lot, lunge walk to your the lines. It didn’t take long for the sweat to start pouring! Sure it isn’t in the 90s yet, but this was definitely the warmest/humid day we have had so far this year. We got a little taste of the Midoriyama heat today! Slawbag led the PAX in a round of flutter kicks for me as the Six arrived. Mucho gracias!

Another Route 66 – Squats or Jump Squats at every other line, bear crawl to your lines. The usual suspects Slaw, Defib, Gumby, Freight, and Flintstone all did jump squats. The rest of us mixed it up. Defib helped me out and called Mountain Climbers as the Six arrived. Thank you sir!

Mosey back to the lot beside the turd shack and grab a block. In case you didn’t know, the girl who stars in the song Rocket Queen was Steven Adler’s girlfriend, but Axl Rose is responsible for her being on the track. We’ll leave it there.

Time for some circuit work:
20 curls
15 bent-over rows
10 block swings
5 squat thrusters
Take a lap around the parking lot.

My rough target for this was 5 laps. I honestly can’t remember if I got 4 or 5, but I know Defib was at 6 or 7 laps, as was a few others. Several of the Midoriyama men have used some variations of this circuit. It is always tough and also gives everyone a chance to push at their own pace.

Now for some ab work. First – 5 Body Destroyers in cadence. Then, 3 circuits of:
– 20 LBCs IC
– 15 Flutter Kicks IC
– 10 X-crunches OYO

We return the blocks to their hiding place in the woods. I was checking in with Huck this afternoon and asked him if there were any exercises he’d like me to call today. Feet on the wall boys for a set of Australian Mountain Climbers.

There were about 2 minutes left, not quite enough time for the last item on my weinke so we got in a little Mary. Freight led us in a set of Little Baby Flutter Crunches and Flintstone led us in a set of Dying Cock Roaches. Time!

Prayer requests: Huck, Ratchet & family, Flintstone’s dad, Happy Tree’s mother-in-law, Clavin’s M’s aunt.

One last thing – I want to give Happy Trees a shout out! He just started posting 2-ish months ago and he’s already getting it figured out. He’s out there every Tuesday and Thursday putting in work. I can absolutely tell he’s getting a little stronger and a little faster already. Not only that, but he’s starting to make a few joes and join in on the chatter. I see the PAX encouraging him and telling him about how we were all in his shoes at some point. Keep pushing that rock my man.

–Montross