02/14/2023 The Piranha – Story Time

February 14, 2023

WHEN: 02/14/2023
QIC: Nightshift
PAX: Cherry Baked, Loonie, Knope, Crash Cart, Count Chocula, Cardiac, Weed n Feed, Cosmo, Castaway, Hammer Time, Red Tape, Scapula, Hutz, Pikachu, Awesome Baby, Swamp, Geppetto
ME HEADCOUNT: 18
EC HEADCOUNT: 13

I've been calling stretching during my Qs lately. This AM someone asked if it was story time when I said circle up on your 6. I replied it was a story about a bunch of middle aged men who cannot touch their toes. Quick test: stand up, bend at the hips and try and touch your toes while keeping your legs as straight as you can. Can you do it? If you can, you've likely been stretching. Ain't a thing to it, but to do it! Touching your toes displays lots of flexibility in your glutes, back, calves and hamstrings. It's a great yardstick to measure your mobility by. You'll also likely be more physically able into your twilight years, providing you keep up the stretching. As we get older, our muscles naturally shorten as we undergo a process called atrophy, limiting our muscles' range of motion. Imagine the shuffle of an elderly person, in comparison with the confident stride of a 40-year-old. Stretching is a process that lengthens the muscles, fighting against the process of aging. So get to it y'all! Stretch now or stretch later after you go to PT from an injury.

Warmarama
Mosey’d round to the back lot. SSH, Fig Newtons Merkins and Squats. Lap round the little lot. WMH and Windmill. There were some burpees to celebrate Pickachu's arrival.

Main Event
11s with alt Donkey Kicks/alt should taps and Bear Crawl/Crawl Bear
Stretch to toe touch. Mermaid and Sea Turtle
Pendulum lunge walk the one side of the lot with jump squats half way and at the turn. Ran round to the start. World greatest stretch.
Sobriety Style and Jack Webb
Bear crawl or lunge walk back to the startX. PAX could call BAM whenever for Jack Webbs. Count increased each time it was called.

Mary
6" hold between Hello Dolly/BoxCutter/Heels to Heaven/Flutters