First Good Sweat of 2024

10 men made it past the wreck on Dallas-Stanley Highway and put in work at Midoriyama.  Guessing there might have been some who wish they would’ve just gone home.  Here’s what I remember:

An early season girls soccer tournament brought out the traffic, but we stayed far away from all that.  For the most part.  Radar was right in the thick of it as a referee, but no COT = No Rep.  Adjustments were made to the weinke to stay out the road and away from the fields.  We wouldn’t have had time anyways.

The Thang:

• 10 x Don Quixotes (IC)
• 10 x Imperial Walkers (IC)
• 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)

Grab blocks.

Original plan had us carrying to the soccer fields and stopping at each light pole, but we adjusted the warm up a little

• 10 x WW3 Situps (Yeah, that’s more like it)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches L (IC)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches R (IC)

Short parking lot by the batting cages and turd shack.  Long ways.  Use a light pole as a guide.

• Block Carry to light pole
• 5 x Block Swings (OYO)
• 10 x Bent Over Rows (OYO)
• Block Carry back
• 5 x Blocks Swings (OYO)
• 10 x Bent Over Rows (OYO)
• Repeato for a total of 3 down-and-backs

Slow start, but the locals knew we were there, as Wirenut brought the mumblechatter.

Cross the street to the long parking lot by the softball field which was conveniently vacant except for an old Chevy Lumina van (as far as you know) and an old dude on a lawnchair that in hindsight we should have EH’d to give Leppard some company.  Q Fail.

• 10 x WW3 Situps (OYO)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches L (IC)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches R (IC)

Alright, so no clipboard for the routine, but there probably should have been, as the exercises and rep counts weren’t standard.  Blart made a Short Sale reference if that gives any clues as to the way the instructions went.  Truth is, the only one who needed to know was Broke, because the rest of the PAX were gonna be smelling my farts anyways and could just follow along.  Here’s what was so difficult:

5 Rounds total

• Top of the Lot – 5 exercises – rep counts per round 5/10/15/10/5
  • Double Crunches w/block
  • American Hammers w/block
  • Pull throughs w/block (L+R=1)
  • OH Presses w/block
  • Curls w/block
• Mosey to the bottom of the lot
• Bottom of the Lot
  • 15 x Perfect Form Merkins
  • 25 x Flutter Kicks (Count Left Side Only)
• Mosey back to the top of the lot
• Repeato for 5 rounds total, adjusting the rep counts for the block work only and keeping the same reps at the bottom

So maybe it was confusing, but it was more awful to do than it was to understand.  Round 3 brought the faucet and YHC realized it was 70 degrees and sweat season again.  Was a total grinder and was glad to have the push of Broke and Wiki.  Finishing felt good, but we had to call it before everyone could get done to return the blocks.  Everyone pushed hard and got their money’s worth.

Between the pull throughs and the sweat, it felt good to leave our mark out there.  Here’s to pouring out a lot more sweat in 2024, especially at Midoriyama.  Thankful for the opportunity to lead this group today.

Yabba Dabba Doo