The first Bastille workout after this year’s Bastille Day. What to do? My initial thought was 1789 burpees oyo. Then the Rush song “Bastille Day” came to mind. Maybe Canadian trivia? What about a word association to see what random topic we could arrive at starting from Bastille Day? Bastille Day—Rush—Canada—Ottawa-born actress Sandra Oh—Seattle-based Gray’s Anatomy—the Space Needle—Needles—Snoopy’s brother Spike—Spike Lee—Bruce Lee—Isaac Bruce—Isaac Asimov….

Sometimes it is better to keep it simple. I finally settled on no gimmicks, no jokes, just a straightforward workout.

Warmup

30 SSH, 20 IW, 10 WMH, 15 slow merkins

Dynamic stretching: back-and-forth across the parking lot with high knees, butt kickers, knee hug, ankle hold

The Thang

Mosey to the rock

Partner

50 burpees, 100 merkins, 150 squats

Mosey to that odd log circle by the trail and grab a log

2 x (10 leg step ups on each side and 15 Johnny Dramas)

Mosey to hockey rink

Cross the rink: Bear crawl from baseline to middle; crawl bear from middle to baseline

25 WW2s

Go back across: crawl bear to middle, bear crawl to baseline

25 WW2s

Mary

35 Flutter kicks

5 merkin Ring of fire

Announcements

Bon voyage to Coco events: convergence tomorrow at TBL and 6 pm Wed Aug 1 at He’s Not Here

Dean Wormer asking for PAX to sign up to Q Bastille

Dean Wormer looking for new Bastille site Q as his M is due in a few months (Congratulations, Dean and family!)

COT

Thankful for health, family, friends, and the ability to join fellow PAX in the gloom. Try to take that gratitude and channel it towards being better husbands, parents, friends, coworkers, etc.