YHC was excited about sharing a beatdown to celebrate my 50th year on planet Earth, arriving 20 minutes early to plant the shovel flag at the Unit. Sneakily tiptoeing around the pre-thang crew so that they wouldn’t notice, I got back and arrived on a chilly morning just as the sun started to rise on the lake.
Today, or rather tomorrow, RESPECT would be given and observed – since YHC’s birthday was on Sunday the 20th, instead of the 19th. But we would celebrate the number 50 for an hour and have a good time.
Warm Up (5×10=50) Except we actually did 51 as the QIC had an early senior moment and hit 11 IC for the Grass Grabbers
X10 IC SSH, Grass Grabbers, Torso Twist, Self Love, IWalker
Mosey to the unit, circle up for further instructions
Thang: Grant’s Tomb
Ulysses S. Grant was our 18th President of the US, and his mug adorns our $50 bill, so we would continue to celebrate “50” with 50 reps and a 50 yard mosey for 8 sets of pain.
What looks good on paper sometimes does not translate in real life, as was the case today. This routine was hard. I knew I was in trouble when I looked over and saw @zoolander taking a break before finishing up Irish Jackass’s. The good news – we got a really strong shoulder workout.
- George Thorogood’s*, Bear Crawl, Tuck Jumps
- Freak Nasty, Sprint, Superman Lat Raise
- Peter Parker Row*, Crab Walk, Irish Jackass*
- Stone Mountain, Sprint, Squat Walk*
- WW2 Squat Jump, Long Skip, Hallelujah High Knees
- Merkin Jacks, Murder Bunny, Tae Bo Squat *
- Big Boi Situps, Sprint, Good Mornings
- Irkin, Sprint, Apollo Ohno’s
*** Al Gore single leg calf raise; Merkin w/ pushoff Donkey Kick; Squat Hold with 2 steps back and 2 steps forward, Deep Squat with left and righthand cross (aka Billy Blanks)
Mosey to the Gazebo
Continuing on our celebration of 50, we did Tabata with 35s for exercise 1 and 15s for exercise 2. Our esteemed math teacher @jose10k quickly pointed out that 35 + 15 does not equal 60 seconds. YHC pointed out the theme again, and that 35 + 15 did indeed equal 50 – which was the whole point.
15 Minutes of Mary: 2nd exercise is always a plank,, either reverse or regular
35 seconds/15 seconds Reverse Plank: Flutter Kick, Leg Raises, Crunchy Frogs, Windshield Wipers, Scissor Kicks, 1 Legged Wife Please (left), 1 Legged Wife Please (Right), American Hammers, Hello Dolly
35 seconds/ 15 seconds Plank: Left Side Plank, Right Side Plank, Mountain Climbers, Superman, Bird Dog Left, Bird Dog Right, JLo’s, Scuba Steve, Peter Parker
There again, that looked a whole lot easier on paper, and a whole lot quicker too. Thanks to the mumblechatter, time passed fairly quickly.
Mosey back to the flags to find that Santa, or possibly Garfield had spread some early Christmas cheer with Reeses Cups and Candy Canes on the cars.
COUNT, NAME-O-RAMA
COT
YHC gave thanks to my F3 brothers for pushing me to do what I could never do alone; making me a better man, husband, and father; and for supporting me in some difficult times over the last few months.
@the-hammer prayed us out
Coffeeteria: Book and the Bean for coffee and fellowship with a surprise visit from @ringo
Moleskin
“The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.” Ulysses S. Grant
