It’s been since late last year since I have Q’d because of optical issues. Needless to say, I Q-failed the disclaimer. And if any workout needed a “modify as needed”… it would have been this one. But, there were no FNGs and these were all seasoned Pax. They knew the drill.

Sadly, due to shoulder issues, Balljento couldn’t do a lot of the exercises, but he did what he could… just like I kept cutting the running portion short in order to get back to call out the next set of exercises (I’m the Q and can do whatever I want… modify as needed).

25 Side Straddle Shops – in cadence
10 Gravel Pickers – in cadence
20 ‘Roccan Night Clubs – in cadence
20 Arm Circles Front
20 Arm Circles Back

Circle Up:
Iron Hulks (1:4 ratio of merkin to air presses) adding one with each person in the circle

Bear Crawl to my truck (middle of the parking lot)

Pickup Yard Blocks…

Overhead clap with blocks to the lower parking lot.

20 – SSH
20 – Superman to Iron Man with the blocks
20 – Plank Jacks
Run a lap…

20 – CDDs on the blocks
20 – Flutters holding the blocks up
20 – Hand release Merkins with a brick row
Run a lap…

20 – Arnold Presses with blocks
20 – American Hammers with blocks together
20 – Tricep Extensions with blocks together
Run a lap…

10 – Bent Raise Rotation (Lat Raise – Forward Raise – Reverse)
20 – Freddy Mercurys
40 – Nolan Ryans with the blocks (10 each side)
Run a lap…

20 – Toy Soldiers with a brick/block
20 – Windshield Wipers while holding blocks
40 – Block curls
Run a lap…

20 – Clean and Press with the blocks
40 – Brick Fly cruches
20 – Tricep Extensions with blocks together
Run a lap…

Carry the blocks back to my truck

Circle up and finish with a round of Ab work…

Thanks to those who showed for dealing with me fumbling through a Q like it was my first, and for the insanity that is this block work weinke (as well as the interesting music on my running playlist).

Announcements:
Boondock VQ 8th @ Folsom
1st Annihilate Workout 8th– led by HEI HEI @ Gashouse
Monday 10th convergence @Sandlot/MarthaRivers to honor Turtle Man
Dad/kids Workout 15th @ Gashouse
2nd F lunch 19th @ Bubba 33s

Prayers:
Guffie Family
Turtleman’s Family and Pax closest to him
Pax traveling/vacation
Big Pappy
West Side has a lady at his church with Cancer
Balljoint has a friend also with Cancer

We pushed and pulled lots of coupons!

We pushed and we pulled lots of coupons

15 pax in the gloom for some road work. Some rucked, some ran.

We rucked. Snowballs > Hawks Nest > Harris Teeter > Back. All six returned. Dying cockroaches x 40.

South Of Dallas (Bandit, Davinci, Yak..) playing at Primal Brewery (Belmont) on Saturday from 3 to 6pm.

Workout on Monday at Snowballs in honor of Turtleman.

Gashouse PT Day!

Warm Up

SSH x 15 IC / Imperial Walkers x 15 IC / Gravel Pickers x 15 IC / Plank Jacks x 15 IC / R foot over L stretch / L foot over R stretch / Feet together stretch / Arm stretches, and we were on our way.

Four split from the Shiele Museum pain lab crowd and made their way to Sherwood Elementary.  Two moved quickly and two not so much.  Upon arrival we found Whoopee loitering at the school track just waiting for the fun to begin.

Standard PT.

Run + Merkins / Squats / LBC’s / SSH

1 Lap + 100 Reps of the exercises above.

1 Lap + 75 Reps of the exercises above.

1 Lap + 50 Reps of the exercises above.

1 Lap + 25 Reps of the exercises above.

4 Laps and Done.

There was lots of conversation about college sports, 2.0s graduating, college life and rucking.

Two guys were putting in the work running precision laps and executing every rep.

Three roughed up guys chose to ruck while the others were running and stopped to complete some reps each time the runners stopped.

Time caught us so we headed back to the Shiele for COT.

PT Times:

JJ 44:49

Stroganoff 44:49

Shortsale *INC

Whoopee *INC

BOS *INC

Timeframe gathered the guys and closed us out in prayer.

Prayers for Turtleman’s family.  Termite and Anchorman. Recent Graduates.

1/4 mile mosey

100 merkins
20 monkey humpers
90 big boy sit ups
20 monkey humpers
80 walking lunges
20 monkey humpers
70 dips
20 monkey humpers
60 standing Freddie Mercs
20 monkey humpers
50 jump squats
20 monkey humpers
40 curb cdcs
20 monkey humpers
30 side squats
20 monkey humpers
20 curb jumps
20 curb calf raises
10 candle sticks
1/4 mile mosey
Bus bear crawl slalom
20 monkey humpers