No Blood Shed Today

A half dozen PAX on a Monday at Mount Hollywood where we beat the odds and with a crowd including Termite and Red Ribbon, no one fell.  Bricks were the focus of the workout, but it seemed like it was going to be light on running, so I guess I overcompensated.  Here’s what I remember:

A new face in the Gloom, just means YHC hasn’t met everyone yet, and it was a privilege to put in work with Love Shack this morning.  Another AM weinke-less Weinke where the ideas were vague and came into focus as we went.  Started with a standard warm-up.

The Thang:

• 10 x SSH (IC)
• 10 x Imperial Walkers (IC)
• 10 x Gravel Pickers (IC)
• Tesla Stretches
• 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)
• Figure 4 Back Stretches
• 10 x Dying Cockroaches (IC)

Time to go find the bricks that Choo Choo brought out at his VQ.  It’s been a while since YHC got to lead a brick workout, and didn’t even need to transport them by Footmobile.  On the way, stack some exercises:

• Mosey to the corner
• 10 x HR Merkins
• Mosey to the library
• 10 x HR Merkins / 20 x Freddie Mercuries
• Mosey to Oakland
• 10 x HR Merkins / 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 30 x Squats
• Mosey to the brick pile at the Farmers Market
• 10 x HR Merkins / 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 30 x Squats / 40 x Flutter Kicks

Destination reached, and there the bricks were, all neatly placed and ready for some action.

Simple Circuit,  but not the usual. Our grips would be tested today.

• 15 x Curls (OYO, each arm)
• 15 x Renegade Rows (OYO, each arm)
• 15 x 6 inches / Skullcrushers (OYO)
• Walking Iron Cross (holding bricks to the side) to the last booth at the Farmers Market
• 5 x Brickees (OYO)
• Walk holding bricks in front of you back (I’m sure it has a name, but I don’t know it)
• Take off running across the parking lot, across the street with the hill, and around the loop at the church, then back
• Repeato for 3 rounds total

YHC stays impressed at the pace of the Mt. Hollywood PAX.  These are your unsung batflippers, as Blueprint is as fast and fit as anyone in the region and Red Ribbon only has 1 setting on his dial and it’s 11. When Freon looks mortal, it’s a tough group.

Not sure if it was the runs or the stack that were longer than expected, but time was ticking, and we needed to take the long way back and unstack the stack. There was a whole routine on the weinke-less Weinke that will have to wait for another day.

So we headed back and unstacked properly, because somewhere, Watts Up was watching :

• Mosey to the bank parking lot
• 40 x Flutter Kicks / 30 x Squats / 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 10 x HR Merkins
• Mosey to the train tracks and take a left on Catawba
• 30 x Squats / 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 10 x HR Merkins
• Mosey to the elementary school (the long run)
• 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 10 x HR Merkins
• Mosey back to the flag
• 10 x HR Merkins

And that was all we had time for.

2 miles, which is a lot for YHC at a bootcamp. Must’ve overcompensated.

Strong work by the group. Termite held his own at a bootcamp. Love Shack kept up with a running workout, even though he said that was where he struggles.

A great day in The Gloom. Thankful for the opportunity to lead this group. If you haven’t been to Mt. Hollywood lately, you’re missing out.

Yabba Dabba Doo