Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

Day: August 5, 2023

Sherwood Lightning

I’ve been wanting to do the Lightning workout for awhile so when ShortSale was looking for a Q at GasHouse, this seemed like the right time. I thought I could poke the bear a little by issuing a challenge/bet the night before however nobody took the bait. I was willing to buy breakfast for anyone that wanted to wager a bet on beating me. A newish white pickup truck pulled in a few minutes early and Voodoo and I thought it might be Round Up. I looked at Voodoo and told him that I would be buying at least 1 PAX breakfast this am-no chance for me to beat him. Let’s just say I was not disappointed to see Mayor step out of the truck for more than 1 reason.

0700 rolled around and we did a quick warmup, disclaimer, and then I ‘splained the Lightning workout. I even brought some cardboard signs with written out instructions as I knew I would confuse things. Four of us took off for the Sherwood track. The Lightning workout is no joke. As Wirenut said the night before, this was a heart busting cardio workout. It was still a “You vs You” but knowing the time will likely be posted at some point, I was pushing myself while trying to keep up with JJ. We got through it and realized we still had about 30 minutes to go. Dang, should have gone slower. We kept pushing but it was not the same intensity, at least not for me. We eventually moseyed back home for COT with the PainLabbers.

Good work this am guys. I’m gonna try to do this again real soon, probably as EC.

A few of us went for some sammiches at CDA. Unfortunately JJ was not able to cash in on his free breakfast-I’ll get him another day. Coffeeteeria was a good turnout also. I was reminded of the impact this can have so if you are able, try to make it happen. The workouts are important, but sometimes we need more than that due to things going on in our lives. On a separate but related note, maybe CDA is not the best Coffeeteeria…..the runny bunnies were strong this am in at least 2 houses by 10 am.

Whoopee

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Our story starts earlier in the week when YHC checked the Teamup app to see who had the Q Friday at Snooze and saw it was Nutria. Fast forward to the post-COT chat session after The Pub where YHC ran into Nutria. He had forgotten about the Q and his schedule wouldn’t allow him to be there. After a quick thought, YHC said he’d take it if nothing else to ensure he’d post on Friday. This would also continue the hijinx at the Snooze as to who the real Q would be once 0645 hit.

Forward once again to Friday morning where 3 PAX were standing in the circle as 0645 hit. Two of the three were already in on the hijinx so the small bit of shenanigans that could have been pulled off went off like a wet firework in a hurricane. Regardless, three posted to work so work we did. It went something like this…

Quick warm-up
SSH IC x 10
LBCs IC x 10
Imperial Walkers IC x 10

Mosey across the street and down the walking trail. We ended up at the back of the neighborhood and settled in at the bottom of a hill.
The plan was to partner for Dora 1,2,3, but the count would necessitate a threesome.
“1” PAX would run up the hill while the other “2” PAX would stay and AMRAP exercises. A round of exercises was completed when each PAX had run during that round.
“3” rounds of exercises: 1 – Merkins, 2 – Squats, 3 – SSH

Once this was complete mosey through the neighborhood to the elementary school parking lot
“4” Core-ners
Corner 1 – Crunchy Frogs x 10
Corner 2 – Crunchy Frogs x 10, Freddy Mercury’s x 20
Corner 3 – Crunchy Frogs x 10, Freddy Mercury’s x 20, LBCs x 30
Corner 4 – Crunchy Frogs x 10, Freddy Mercury’s x 20, LBCs x 30, Flutter Kicks x 40
Back to Corner 3 – Crunchy Frogs x 10, Freddy Mercury’s x 20, LBCs x 30
Back to Corner 2 – Crunchy Frogs x 10, Freddy Mercury’s x 20
Back to Corner 1 – Crunchy Frogs x 10

Mosey through the neighborhood with a section of lunges at one point ending up in the parking lot of Dynamo 31
For the “5”, triple nickle of Hand-Release Merkins and Jump Squats with partial bear crawl in-between.

Mosey back to the flag. A couple of minutes of Mary to finish out.

Announcements
Ruck Trifecta (Details TBD) but #1 will be on 8/27 Crowder Ruck, Linwood Access, be on the lookout for more details
Slaw Annihilation at Folsom this Sat
2F lunch Pita Wheel Belmont
F3 Dads Folsom 7am 8/19
Convergence on Labor Day, site TBD but IYKYK
Coconut Derby 9/3

Prayer Requests
Turtleman
Norwood
Termite

Prayer to take us out.

Until next time…

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