12/15/2021 House of Pain – Island Hopping, Bob Marley Style

December 17, 2021

WHEN: 12/15/2021
QIC: Soybean
PAX: Botched, Crab Cake, Grandpa Ninja, Llama Llama, Sweatervest, Yunus
ME HEADCOUNT: 9
EC HEADCOUNT: 2
COFFETERIA HEADCOUNT: 0

From satellite imagery, it appeared as if there were 22 islands in the parking lots of HoP. Seemed liked a reasonable idea to make 30 degree weather feel like the Caribbean using them as stations…

WARMARAMA
SSH x 15 IC
Seal Jacks x 15 IC
Smurf Jacks x 15 IC
Plank Jacks x 15 IC
Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
Windmills x 10 IC
Willie Mayes Hayes x 10 IC
Chinooks x 10 IC x reverse

THE THANG
PAX instructed to grab steel, then meet at first island in far back lot. Q had Bob Marley on Amazon Prime Music in his pocket and led PAX for Island hopping excursion with the following exercises:

Curls x 20
Goblet Squats x 20
Shoulder Press x 20
Lunges x 20
Merkins x 20
Johnny Dramas x 20
Thrusters x 20
Rocky Balbaos x 20
Bent Over Rows x 20

Worked our way from back to main to left side lots. Ended up being 26 islands.

MARY
Return steel then circle up for round the horn each PAX calling an ab buster:

Little Baby Crunches x 20 IC
Flutter Kicks x 20 IC
Hammers x 20 IC
Alternating Shoulder Taps x 20 IC
Hello Dolly x 20 IC
…and a couple more

COTS
Lifted up the folks in Kentucky and other states that experienced recent tornadoes. Prayed that we would be light for people in darkness.