Today’s programming did not offer much in terms of complexity or pizazz, but it brought the pain and the elements brought, well, humidity and thus more pain. It was a great day at TBD – we had PAX shouting expletives in joy (pain?), everybody picking up the six, and even a FNG who did not reveal himself until the end (welcome FNG Tootsie!). We focused more on form for this workout: we wanted good form in our lateral squats, our merkins, our bear crawls, and all we executed. Speed was not the name of our game, and neither was sloppy. In fact, the only thing sloppy was our shirts at the end of the workout. Oh yeah, the Snowman was ringing sweat from his shirt today!
4 PAX rang bells for EC. (3 of those PAX are 2 for 2 for Durham ECs this week: Sweater Vest, Sweats, The Snowman). 5 stations:
- KB swing (45lb.)
- Sumo Squat (100 lb.)
- Push press (70 lb.)
- Lunge with KB in goblet position (45 lb.)
- Juggernaut (45 lb. ruck on with 2 30 lb. KBs in each hand or overhead, lunge for 50 yards)
Not any fun, really.
After a little warm up, 14 PAX started with this zig zag action on the tennis court:
5 burpees to staggered start, then lateral squat across tennis court, 5 merkins, sprint to next tennis court, repeato with lateral squat across and merkins (without burpees) until through all 4 tennis courts. Followed by a four court sprint suicide. People’s Chair to finish.
Bearway to Heaven
Proper bear crawl form (knees close to ground, legs not passing arms on walk, butt down) 4 court suicide with ascending merkins at each end of court (5-20) and ascending burpees at baseline (5-20).
For my money, when done correctly, this is one the toughest workouts on the books. It completely tests your core, your legs and shoulders, and your will and discipline. T-claps to Cardiac, Nickelback, Boucher and Peppermint Pattie bringing a ton of energy and enthusiasm and effort!
Mary:
3 PAX rotate into swerkin position for 25 swerkins each, while others do 25 flutter kicks, H2Hs, and box cutters, and Hello Dolly. This Mary is a true finisher. Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat would be proud. At the end of the day, no one wants to get on that swingset. It was here that maybe Screech or Soda let us all know how he felt about the swerkins in no uncertain terms. We all agreed, but a little less heartily.
CoT: Prayers to Nickelback’s sister, entering rehab. Prayers to Happy’s friend, fighting cancer.
Moleskine: Drove to Winston today. Felt it on the drive. With yesterday’s EC pull ups at Devil’s Ridge and today’s murderous session at TBD, arms are jello snack pudding! Great work everyone!