07/22/2022 The Wall – 5 Year Annie

July 22, 2022

WHEN: 07/22/2022
QIC: Chum
PAX: Zook, Montecristo, Quint, Sonic Craut, Brotox, Huckleberry, Turkey Jerky, Hal, Nitro, Bright Idea, Paper Jam
ME HEADCOUNT: 12

Five years ago I came out into The Gloom with a bunch of nicknamed, middle-aged (but devilishly handsome) men. A tall, strapping young HIM with the handle of Dueling Banjos took the lead, and we ran around the ‘hood and did a variety of stuff. Will never forget running up the hill back to the AO as EtE was trying to talk to me about fishing, and all I could think about was trying not to puke coming up that hill. What better way to reminisce than to more or less redo that workout.

Main Event
1. Bataan Death March. Ricky Bobby run. Last man drops and does five burpees and then runs to front of line. As he passes the last man, taps him on the shoulder and he drops back and does five burpees and so on.

2. Curb Ladder. Line up on curb. 10 squats then bear crawl across street. 1 irkin on the curb and crawl bear back. 9 squats then bear crawl across. Then 2 irkins and crawl bear back. So on and so forth, down to 1 squat and 10 irkins. It was during this madness years ago that I noticed nobody does a squat like Grunge does.

3. Chest 45s. (side note – we actually did a DB staple – Colt 45s – with some blocks from some houses under construction. No blocks this time so I modified to…wait for it…merkins)
-15 Hand-Release Merkins
-15 Alternating Shoulder Taps
-15 One Calls (hand-release merkin with shoulder taps at the top [8-count exercise])

4. Bernie Sanders (what? Bernie Sanders? RG3 replied, “feel the burn”!) up the hill.

No finishing run up the hill in NC summer heat because, though I remember that part of the morning, I don’t necessarily want to.

Mary
• Flutterkicks
• LBCs
• WWII
• Homer to Marge
• MF Outlaws
• Hammers

Announcements – None

COT/BOM
I can’t articulate what to say. Not sure many of us can truly and accurately articulate F3, but every one of us can certainly feel it. 5 years and keep coming back for more. Silly ECs. Wacky themed workouts. BBQs. CSAUPs. Stupid GoRuck shit. Moving COTs. Laughs. Seriousness. Improvement. Failure.

I guess the bottom line is that I absolutely feel like I am a better man every single time I’m around you HIMs, and I can’t thank all of you enough for that. Here’s to five more years.

Moleskin
Torn labias and taints