04/21/2025 The Eagle – Avalanche Was A Beast

April 23, 2025

WHEN: 04/21/2025
QIC: Pumpkin
PAX: Lap Lane, The Good Nurse, Missionary, Scapula (Respect! KB), Peppermint Pattie (Respect! KB), Cheesesplint (Respect! KB), Castaway (KB), Swamp (Respect! KB), Bellhop (KB), Uga (KB)
ME HEADCOUNT: 10
EC HEADCOUNT: 2
COFFETERIA HEADCOUNT: 2

In YHC's deep dive, I've come across various references to locations, exercises, routines, that I'm completely unfamiliar with. In the case of my desired homage workout for The Eagle, there was reference to Integrity Hill ( https://f3churham.com/the-eagle-1-year/ ). During an EC ruck with the estimable The Good Nurse, we traveled around the AO a little in search of said hill. YHC wasn't able to find it, but that ultimately wasn't an issue as we didn't get through the full workout to the point of needing it :-).
Upon returning to the AO from the ruck, TGN and YHC were greeted with a steady stream of cars rolling in. As has been the case for a bit, The Eagle has seen a shift in attendance from bootcamp to kettlebell. YHC isn't free of blame in this regard, as I bounce around a bit and wax and wane with my attendance of any one site. Having said that, The Eagle was one of the first places I started journeying to, and I hope this isn't the beginning (or middle already…???) of the end. Time will tell.
WARMUP:
With everyone together, we kicked off our warmup.
Side Shuffle Hop (10 IC), Willie Mayes Hayes (10 tempo), Imperial Walkers (10 IC), Hillbillies (10 IC), Michael Phelps (10 IC), LBACs (10 IC).
KBs split off, and bootcampers grabbed a coupon and got moving.
THE THANG:
Carry blocks out to the front of the school by the half wall. Place blocks down for three rounds of 25 dips (phew, OG workout called for 25 dips *in cadence*!), 25 box jumps.
Circle up at the painted eagle for 100 merkins via pyramid.
While the crew Avalanche lead managed to have enough time for a few more exercises, we had a couple extended mumblechatter breaks, getting to know each other a little more, especially the admirable work @missionary (and his parents!) are involved with. With time running short, we carried our blocks back and circle up for Mary with the KBs.

MARY:
YHC is drawing a blank for mary…crunchy frogs, LBCs, and stretching?
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