More like Breakin’ Cinder Blocks in the Gloom to be honest. So YHC was careful to give the disclaimer this morning. Not only did the PAX include FNG Collard Greens, but the THANG included the inaugural use of cinder blocks on the Northshore. While the Southshore PAX are rock and cinder block experts, YHC was concerned that their country brothers here on the Northshore might not prove quite as adept at handling awkward objects.
So the THANG started with a warmup under the Gipper’s gaze: SSH, IW, Merkins, torso twists, windmills, and arm circles, all IC mostly for 15 reps.
Mosey to the cinder block pile, grab one and then mosey over to the School Board Taj Mahal picnic area for a couple sets of: squats, RDLs, upright rows, curls, shoulder presses, and manmakers, all IC 10x with the cinder blocks, followed by box jumps up and over a couple of picnic tables. Lucky for all the School Board employees, Collard Greens waited until the end of the beatdown to splash Merlot discreetly.
Next up were five sets of quick foot toe taps on the cinder blocks, a 30 yard or so sprint across the parking lot, followed by a return mosey and then a cinder block throw. This is where YHC’s inexperience with awkward objects made itself evident. Green Mile crushed, and YHC means crushed, his cinder block with a throw. Not really thinking things through, YHC encouraged continued destruction (who doesn’t like breaking things?) but reversed himself in short order once it became evident that the PAX would not be returning to the Trailhead with any City owned cinder blocks unless YHC reigned them in. So we replaced the throws with squat jumps after the second set, but YHC is determined to find something the PAX can throw once he pays off the installment loan on the replacement cinder blocks he will promptly deliver back to the City.
Indian lunge walk back to the Trailhead exchanging the remaining cinder blocks under EiEi’s guidance. Mary at the Trailhead: Putins, ABCD abs, Scuba Steves, and Nolan Ryans, all IC.
Count-o-rama, name-o-rama, and prayer. Einstein has the Q next Wednesday. Thanks for letting me lead. Welcome to the PAX, FNG Collard Greens.
Sounds awesome. Creative use of the Cinderblocks – I think we may have to add more “Throw it!” to Southshore routines. Monday Rock City Q for me. Hrm…….
One of these days, I’m gonna have to make the trek to the NS so I can work out under the watchful eyes of The Gipper.
Nothing like seeing a cinder block being tossed up into the tree!
When you were a kid, didn’t your mom tell you “not to throw cinder blocks?”
“You’ll poke your eye out”
Rudy, you and rest of the Southshore PAX are welcome anytime. In fact, I am sure that by next Wednesday Einstein will have calculated the terminal velocity of a thrown object as well as various force vectors, etc., etc. so that we will be able to throw things without destroying City property.
This certainly hits two requirements for an awesome workout: destroying property and splashing merlot. I definitely want to attend The Gipper someday. I’ll have to check to see if my passport is up to date. You give us Southshore guys way too much credit. We have had plenty of mishaps with thrown rocks. The most common is pocking the baseball, soccer, and football fields of our area playground, creating huge ankle breaking holes for our children. We had some head trauma when we tried the prone tricep extensions. You can ask JingleVader aka “The Skull Crusher” about that one. We also had a thrown rock land in a big pile of dog mess unbeknownst to the thrower. He picked up said rock and put it on his shoulder for the mosey back to the rock pile, smearing the dog mess across his face. He was an FNG. We named him Lucky Dog (which was much better than many of the other choices). He’s never been back.