9 PAX showed up to shake off the 4th of July gluttony in the gloom. 2 took an extra bite of the apple and got after it with some Man Maker EC.

Everyone remembers the legendary events of July 4th, but all the great accomplishments of July 5th are often overlooked. YHC designed a workout this morning to help us remember the monumental achievements of the day after American Independence Day.

Warm-up

SSH x 20

WMH x 10

Arm Circle x 10

Reverse x 10

Seal Jacks x 15

IW x 15

Around 1840, some guy opened up the world’s first travel agency on July 5th. So, travel we must to commemorate this great man, whose name escapes YHC.

Mosey to the Food Lion parking lot.

Count off by 3’s and get ready for some SPAM Dora. That’s right on July 5th, SPAM was introduced to the world and mystery meat has never been the same again. Starting at the red gazebo(?), steeple (?), clock tower without out a clock thing (?) – one partner runs the length of the parking lot around the far island and back. While he’s gone, the other two partners work towards the following cumulative totals:

• 300 Squats
• 100 Pull-ups
• 300 Alternative Lunges
• 300 Merkins

When partner 1 returns, partner 2 takes off as 1 & 3 continue to work towards exercise totals. When 2 returns, 3 takes off and 1 & 2 knock out more reps. Repeato until all teams reach the totals above.

This took longer than expected. Maybe it was the excessive beer and grilled meat consumption yesterday, maybe it was the humidity, maybe it was introducing math…hard to say for sure, but a good time was had by all.

Next, we mosey’d to the park tennis courts to honor some Wimbledon tennis legendary feats on July 5th. YHC gave the PAX a choice of what to do next and despite the festivities of last night, everyone decided that they hadn’t had enough “fireworks”. So, it was an “Agassi” for the group with “fireworks” at each turn. That’s a suicide sprint with ascending star jumps at each court and back. So, sprint first court – 1 star jump – sprint back to start – 1 star jump. Sprint 2 courts – 2 star jumps – sprint back to start – 2 more star jumps. All the way up to 6 courts & star jumps. We got some wind back with a :60 plank hold with some alternating regular and low holds thrown in.

Running short on time, so we headed back to startex and finished with an abbreviate Williams sister back and forth battle (more memorable July 5th Wimbledon moments between Venus and Serena). Bear crawl 2 parking spots, 5 merkins, then lunge walk 2 spots, 5 merkins, back to bear crawl 2 spots, 5 merkins, back to lunge walk 5 merkins, etc. until the end of the lot.

No time for MARY so straight to COT.

Juco brought out an FNG from Connecticut, who is in town visiting in-laws. Shaun was born in Long Island, lived in New Mexico, Portland, and now the Nutmeg state. He is a risk management adviser for a hedge fund. YHC wanted to name him after the compliance guy in Billions that makes espresso all the time and it the butt of all the office jokes, but I couldn’t remember that guy’s name (it’s Spyros, Ari Spyros…got it Q’d up for next time). Loonie zeroed in on the New Mexico piece and had some great suggestions – Breaking Bad related (although we couldn’t remember the “PT Cruiser” that Walt Jr. drove, another missed opportunity) and otherwise. We stopped down on Area 51 and aliens – since we have an ET and an ALF, we went with the Dan Akyrod classic “Conehead”. Welcome Conehead! Hope to see you again soon.

Prayers for Ocho’s friend James, who is in his mid 40’s with a young family and received a pretty devastating medical diagnosis this week. This life is a gift that we should never take for granted. Get after it each and everyday, even if it’s the day after a holiday and you’re riding the struggle bus. SYITG