08/09/2022 The Piranha – Mega Murph Preparation

August 9, 2022

WHEN: 08/09/2022
QIC: WeedNFeed
PAX: Cardiac, AwesomeBaby, Crashcart, Kia, Thirstay, Castaway, Swamp, Pikachu, WreckItRalph, Looney, Cosmo, Houdini, CherryBaked, Scapula, Floyd, Megaladon
ME HEADCOUNT: 17
EC HEADCOUNT: 6

My 2.0 Megaladon (or, as we discovered today–"Don"–for short) was stoked about the opportunity to lead arm circles (thanks again, Scappy) at Tobacco Road a few weeks ago. Our illustrious site Q, Count Chocula, arranged another opportunity for "Don" to get some Q time at the Piranha. He woke up rearin' to go, and brought the pain.

### Warm-a-Rama
(Led by YHC)
– 10 high knees IC
– 10 butt kickers IC
– 10 SSH IC
– 10 merkins SC
-10 WMH IC

(Led by Megaladon)
Bat wings! Don't put your arms down!
– 10 Arm circles IC
– 10 Seal claps IC
-10 Overhead claps IC
-10 Raise the Roof IC

### The Main Event
A quick mosey around the Filbert, then we found ourselves at the picnic tables. YHC has been slowly building up the pull-up stamina in preparation for next year's Murph, and wanted to include the PAX in that delightful journey. With that purpose in mind, we broke into four groups and rotated through pull ups, then merkin-variations, then leg exercises, then ab exercises.

There were some snafus at the beginning, but Floyd got us back on track with a simple rotation. While each group took turns doing pull ups, the remainder worked on merkins/legs/abs. The specific exercise for each category was determined by the trusty ol' F3 card deck. While the specifics escape me now, the rotation included such classics as:
– Wide grip merkins
– Forward and backward lunges
– Derkins
– WW2s
– Jump lunges
– Burpees

Great teamwork on the pull up bars, making sure everyone got help with the reps as needed. Great impromptu leadership to keep the workout moving with shifting Qs (between YHC, Megaladon, and the teams moving around).

### Mary
We ran with purpose back to start X and did a side plank ring of fire, with each PAX performing 5 leg raises. We switched side each PAX.
Megaladon led us in merkins and SSH.
We finished with some invigorating flutter kicks.

### CoT
We're grateful for Hutz's news that his mom's surgery went well. Prayers for her recovery.
Looking forward to The Bull! The shirt's been designed, so it's official now. Add you name to the sign up sheet!