Mardi Gras theme this morning, as Jose and Steve got up early, forgoing roping off a section of St. Charles or Columbia street to catch plastic trinkets and jewelry, to join YHC and engage in some good old fashioned beatdown fun. Clear and cool, rather pleasant this morning.

Warmup
– Arm circles
– Self love
– Grass grabbers
– Seal jacks
– Hillbillies
– Imperial walkers
–
THANG
(1) Trivia, then corresponding exercise (with moseys / column slaloms intermittently disbursed between questions)

How many official colors of Mardi Gras? 3
– 3 merkins at each column

What year was the first known Mardi Gras parade? 1837
– 18 Peter Parker’s, 37 lunges

What year were floats introduced? 1857 (An amazing correct guess by Jose after some clues)
– 18 merkins, 57 squats

When does Mardi Gras season start? King’s day, January 6, or 1-6 (Not January 13 or later, surprisingly, even knowing it was 12 day after Christmas)
– 16 SMCs

How many floats were in this years Thoth parade? 39 – 15 tandems
– 24 plankjacks, plus 15 shoulder tap plankjacks

What float number throw the most? 15
– 15 donkey kicks

What float number was Cowbell on in Bacchus? 4
– 40 crunchy frogs

(2) “What side you on???”
Pax picks a side, doing the corresponding exercise for that side

Round 1:
Neutral ground: 10 step ups
Sidewalk: 10 freak nastys

Round 2:
Neutral ground: 10 BSSs
Sidewalk: 10 box jumps

Round 3:
Neutral ground: 15 Durkins
Sidewalk: 15 Urkins

Round 4:
Neutral ground: 15 leg raises
Sidewalk: 15 Gas pumps

Round 5:
Neutral ground: 15 merkins
sidewalk: 15 merkins

(3) “Throw me something mister!!!”
One man climbs the pilot house to the “balcony”, while another tosses him a foam Endymion football that are now pervasive in YHC’s house. The other men held plank position until their turn.

There may or may not have been flashing to entice a throw.

COT, Name-o-Rama, announcements (Turkey trot and coffee at Pic’s!, Eve parade watching at Russo’s house, both more than 9 months out) and prayer closed us out.

Thanks for joining/reading. You guys make it easier to get up before 5 on a day off from work and push myself to get better.