12 PAX rolled out of the sack to the Tega Cay gloom to play a little 52 card pickup. Having had a trial run of this workout over the weekend, I was aware of the pain and borderline Merlot splashing that would await. Fortunately, the Merlot stayed in the bottle but the sweat did not. I enjoy muscle-confusion workouts where you’re not sure what’s next so thanks to the PAX for letting me play a little card game in the gloom.

Here’s the game; every suit represents a different exercise with 4 ab-focused wild cards thrown in for good mumble-chatter. You do the number of reps on the card and the suit determines the exercise. The key to this…quick tempo with minimal rest. Just enough to complain about the next card selection. We’ll do this in 2 rounds. Round 1 is the cardio round and round 2 is the strength round. So after a brief jog around the Teeter parking lot, we circled up to begin:

Round 1: Cardio
Hearts = Run in place (4ct = 1)
Spades = High Knees
Clubs = SSH (single ct)
Diamonds = Jump Squats
Wild Card = LBC x 15

Round 2: Strength
Hearts = Merkin (single ct)
Spades = Burpees
Clubs = Carolina Dry Docks
Diamonds = Jumping Lunge (Jumping Lunge w/ rt foot forward, then left, then squat = 1)
Wide Card = Russian Twist x 15

We didn’t make it all the way through the strength round but nevertheless, the PAX made it through all the clock would allow. Great work on accepting a different challenge. As we closed the COT, Decibel throws out the, “Tell your sister, thanks for the workout” comment. In a different setting and said by someone other than an F3 brother, my reaction could’ve been different. But knowing what Decibel’s getting at, I chose to reply with an “AYE.”

Announcements: Camp Care 5K, Premature Oktoberfest with OMB, The Fort Invergence, Labor Day double-down, Check the weekly email for all those not mentioned.

Prayer/Praises: White Lightning’s upcoming knee surgery, Trucker’s friend (and friend’s family), Decibel’s family and continued praises. Those unspoken.

Until next time….