No Ragrets 12/29/20
(if TL:DR….the message is to live with No Ragrets and not just EMBRACE the positive, but BE the positive!)
YHC was excited to have the last Q of the year at the Piranha. My 2020 did not start too well, having ruptured my Achilles tendon and undergoing surgical repair on 12/23/2019. I spent the first three months of the year in a boot and on crutches, unable to post at any AO.
My original plan for today was to compile a series of “greatest hits“ from the three months of workouts that I missed at the Piranha. As I was reading all the back blasts, it struck me how much things have changed this year. I could not incorporate any playground equipment. I could not utilize the swings. We could not share coupons. Buddy carries were out. And the best worst exercise ever, Churhams’ own coyote ugly was off-limits.as in all aspects of life, we have the opportunity to focus on the negatives or the positives. This has been magnified greatly this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite restrictions, unknowns, and unpredictability, there were a lot of positives with an F3 that occurred this year. The Matrix channel provided excellent individual home beat down plans that was just what I needed as I was easing back into things after recovering from surgery. A Zoom poker network was set up allowing for some additional much needed second F. Qs got quite creative in designing socially distanced, safer workouts. The Ruckers have found that small scale homegrown events rival costly GORUCK productions when it comes to fellowship and finding a way to dig deep when things get hard.
So today’s workout, instead of looking back, was a celebration of the present. I tried to incorporate every workout feature of this great site. To celebrate 2020, we completed 20 reps of 20 different exercises. To reflect on where we have been, and where we can be, we incorporated two timed fitness tests.
Warmup:
SSH 20, IW 20, OH clap 20
The Thang:
Philbert loop to front of school
PT Test #1 1min max for each:
- Squat jumps, Merkins, WW2, Burpees
lap to Cinderblocks
Block Work
Swings 20,Rows 20, OH press 20, Curl 20, Half moons 20, Jump overs 20
Mosey to benches
Bench Work (2 sets of 10 for safety/form)
Dips 20, Erkins 20, Derkins 20
Mosey to black top
Modes of Travel
Bear crawl-crawl bear
Crab front-crab back
Lunge walk-backwards lunge walk
Suicide
Mosey to flag
Ground Work
PlankJacks 20, DryDocks 20, ShoulderTaps20
Mary
20 Flutter, 20 Box cutter,20 Heels to heaven, 20 LBC
Mosey to front of school
PT Test #2 1min max for each:
Squat jumps, Merkins, WW2
Mosey to Flag
20 Burpees OYO
COT
-Some Ruckers are hoping to ruck 1000 in 2021. Feel free to get on the bandwagon now.
-Awesome Baby with the last Q of the year at Tobacco Rd on 12/31/20.
-Pallino recovered nicely from his Christmas Eve HC fart sack, letting us know he donated not 1, but 2(!) units of blood the day before. Literally giving back to the community.
-Quote I was trying to recall at COT, but should be how ALL of us tackle 2021:
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”
HAPPY NEW YEAR, PAX!