Gypsy Soul

A tardy Backblast, so the details are fuzzy, but 9 PAX put in work at The Labyrinth and got our gypsy souls rocked.  Here’s what I remember:

EC Wednesday was back, and Whoopee and Maybelline joined YHC for a mosey down to the neighborhood and back before the Beatdown.

The Thang:

• 10 x SSH (IC)
• 10 x Imperial Walker Squats (IC)
• Tesla Stretches
• 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)
• 10 x Dying Cockroaches (IC)

The Site Q brought the coupons, and everyone got a block from his truck and we just stayed put in the Pelicans lot for the opening block work.

Block Circuit:

• 5 x Thrusters (OYO)
• 5 x Tricep Extensions (OYO)
• 5 x Chest Press Pullovers (OYO)
• Run a Lap around Pelicans
• +1 on Rep counts and Repeato
• Last Round: 10 reps of each

Always better to add the reps than take them away.  Gives you more to look forward to, Amiright?  Anyways, the experience Q brought music, but no time spent on a playlist, and Pandora picked Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic”, which is a terrible workout song.  Maybelline was bummed that we skipped the song, but that wasn’t the mood YHC was trying to set.

Give the coupons back, and take a quick tour of Martha’s, heading down into the park, stopping at the entrance for:

• 5 x Burpees (OYO)

Then next to the first shelter.  We need some benches, and there are none finer in all the region:

• 20 x Dips (OYO)
• 15 x Derkins (OYO)
• 10 x Bulgarian Split Squats (Each Leg – OYO)

YHC took the role of Form Police on the Split Squats to try to save some knees.

Mosey to the big flag in the middle of the ballfields for the pledge.  Dusted off an old Weinke and brought back:

Cora Por Dies – Alternate 10 reps of 2 different core exercises while your partner runs the 0.25+ mile route around Ballfield #3

Round 1:

• 10 x Freddie Mercuries
• 10 x Flutter Kicks
• Repeato until

During this round, The Gloom looked so ideally gloomy that we had PAX working to capture the moment photographically.  It was the kind of day they wanted to cherish in their hearts forever, or that they just wanted to be a tshirt design.  Either way, YHC was honored.

• 10 x Shoulder Taps (IC)

in lieu of a 10 count.  Bullwinkle made everyone else’s Shoulder Taps look sloppy.  Strong work.

Round 2:

• 10 x American Hammers
• 10 x LBCs
• Repeato until

And one more set of

• 10 x Shoulder Taps (IC)

So now we got to undo the rest of what we did.  To the shelter:

• 20 x Dips (OYO)
• 15 x Derkins (OYO)
• 10 x Bulgarian Split Squats (Each Leg – OYO)

To the entrance:

• 5 x Burpees (OYO)

Back to finish, with just a little time to spare, and Whoopee was picked to finish us off with Mary and he did so with:

• 15 x LBCs (IC)

Intense finish for sure.  That was that, and we all got what we paid for.

Moleskin:

I get away from Martha’s for too long and I realize how much I miss it.  Check past Backblasts for what the place means to me, but the PAX and the park just remind me of all the things that I’ve done out there.  It’s always a solid dose of nostalgia getting out there, and yet we’re still doing it.  Numbers are picking back up at both The Labyrinth & Ricky Bobby.  Let’s keep pushing through the summer.

Privileged for an opportunity to lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo