When Big Kat had to tap out last night because he had mistakenly signed up to Q twice in one morning, I was happy to step in. I turned 50 last week while on a Caribbean cruise and had planned to make Devil’s Ridge this past Monday my first Respect-laden Q, but a nasty case of Montezuma’s Revenge at the tail end of my trip flushed those plans. (All too literally.) Therefore I relished the unexpected chance to get back on the horse quickly, even if it was a million degrees out.
Warm-up
SSH x25
Imperial Walkers
Hillbillies
Willie Mays Hayes
High Knees
Supermans
The Thang
In honor of my 50th, I chose an R-E-S-P-E-C-T theme. Too on the nose? Too bad.
R: Rings of Fire. We did two rounds each of regular/low plank holds, and monkey humpers.
E: On the end line, we did an Escalator of 10 WW IIs, 20 Merkins, 30 Air Squats, 40 LBCs and 50 Overhead Presses.
S: Suicides on the basketball court, though I learned that current mores say they should be called “gassers.” In general I would agree, but it would mess up my theme. Anyway, first we did: run to midcourt, 10 Merkins, back to end line, 5 burpees; run to far end line, 20 Merkins, back to end line, 10 burpees. Then after a water break (stay hydrated out there, people!), we did two rounds of “regular” suicides/gassers, i.e. free throw line, midcourt, far free throw line, end line.
P: Plank stuff, back in the middle of the field. First we did what I was calling Mutombokins though I’m not sure the correct name, in which from a regular plank position you go down on your elbows, one after another, then back to plank. Then we did what I call Merkins With a Twist, which is basically: merkin, right arm up, merkin, left arm up—that’s one, done in cadence. I’m a fan. I came across them a few months back called “Push Ups With Rotation” and have made them a regular part of my routine.
E: Everest. We moseyed to the hill, and the plan was to do Lt. Dans up to the top—lunge step, squat, lunge step, squat, etc. That turned out to be fairly absurd, so we modified to lunge walking. We made it a little past halfway up the hill before cooler heads prevailed.
C: Crab Walk, Crawl Bear, and Crawling In The Manner Of a Bear (which you might know as a bear crawl). Fun!
T: Tunnel of Love, in which we lined up side by side in plank position and one PAX after another army-crawled through the “tunnel” thus formed. Everyone went through twice.
Mary
American Hammer
LBCs
Box Cutter
5 Burpees to finish strong
There were no announcements or prayer requests. YHC took us out, which as a non-denominational sort is frankly one of the trickiest things for me to do as part of F3. (Site chaplain Crockett was much missed.) But I tried to share the genuine gratitude I have for getting to age 50 relatively healthy and happy and for finding an F3 family after moving to NC a year ago. Actually I forget to mention the latter part, but I am indeed thankful for my F3 brothers. Aye!