After laying the guilt trip on Yankee, I got him to finally post at The Uptowner. As lagniappe, he brought a flag. YHC had a goal to meet so I told everyone to pick their rocks, a big one and a bigger one, as they rolled in. The bigger one was to push yourself with. The smaller one was for modification (without having to take the walk of shame).
0530 and it was time to Rock ‘n Roll….something seemed like it was missing though…things felt incomplete…oh well, disclaimer given and let’s get it.
Warm-up COP sans rocks and in cadence: SSH x 20; Windmills x 10; LSS x 15; 8-count Body Builders x 7
The Thang
A close approximation of our Veteran’s Day GRT welcoming party – Deck of Death with flutter kicks with rock held above chest (or head if you are showing off), Squats con roca, Shoulder press con roca (this devolved or possible evolved into a push press for YHC), and 8-count Body Builders.
All reps were in cadence. The face cards represented 10 reps, aces 15 and all others were the card value. The appearance of a Joker meant you did the previous exercise with twice the number of reps.
The goal was to finish the deck, but we finished 7 cards short. Next time it will be less time doing windmills and trying to build a card table and more body builders. Unfortunately, (or fortunately if you like things easy) the first joker came after the 6 of Flutter Kicks and the 2nd was one of the 7 cards we didn’t get to.
Total number of reps (counting 2 reps for each cadence count except Body Builders):
194 Flutter Kicks; 178 Squats; 194 Shoulder Presses; 86 Body Builders
*Note – a full deck w/o Jokers is 99 Body Builders and 198 of the others.
Moleskin
- Kimchi showed up part of the way through the deck. That’s what was causing that uneasy something is missing feeling. Fortunately he came on out after oversleeping to push the streak to 41.
- Kimchi, 3Shift, and YHC got in a lagnilappe / tour of the new Pontiff benches and trash cans afterwards. Nice work Jennifer Van Vranken.
- T-claps to Yankee for making the drive. Now you just have Okwata, The Coastie, and Lafitte’s Plunge left? Speaking of which, by my count, JV is the only man to post at all 11 F3Nola AOs. #Respect
- Glad Bubba made it out this morning. It’s like he has a Deck of Death radar.
- The GrowRuck is happening June 10th/11th. Start talking it up now! Hopefully the Deck of Death whetted the GRT appetite.
- Quick Draw is having his 50th birthday party tomorrow morning at City Park for 0630. Everyone is invited.
