Well, merkin Monday wasn’t going to run itself. I decided to try my hand at the tradition that was taking Devil’s Ridge by storm. So YHC and 6 PAX decided to ignore conventional wisdom and work hard to make this Labor Day workout count. Props to Netgeo showing up with a weight vest and Fake News for biking over. I was pretty damn impressed.

Warmup:

15 SSH
10 WMH
12 LBACs and reverse
10 IW

The Thang:

Quick mosey to the parking garage for a merkin circuit: each floor had a different type of merkin, and before you made it to each floor, you had 15 Johnny Dramas to complete. The floors in order:

• 15x standard
• 15x diamond
• 15x widegrip
• 15x EKG
• 15x tricep pushup
• 15x drydocks
• 5x World’s worst

LSH at the top. We then had some Paula Abdul action over about 1/4th of the top deck parking lot. Running back down, we made two pit stops:

• 1st – 3x Perkins (sets of 15, 10, and 5 for each partner)
• 10x C Squared and 10x Aussie Mountain climbers

Continued to just outside the parking deck for a quick “dirty derkins” set: alternating sets of dips and derkins in sets of 10, 8, 6, 4 (though not in the order, because somehow I skipped 8 and had to double back).

Mary:

• 20x flying v’s
• 20x Freddie Mercuries
• 20x American hammer
• 20x flutter kicks

COT: Stair climb next Tuesday at Kenan. Prayers for Baggin’s wife Deb and the safe delivery of their 3rd 2.0 in the next month or so. Welcome FNG Dumb Ox. Happy Labor Day!