6 men braved what was supposed to be 27 degrees and rainy morning…as it turned out, it was a bit warmer with no rain.  The PAX seemed genuinely disappointed….this was one sick group.  The breeze kicked the chill factor up a notch but we got down to it and shrugged off that chill pretty quickly.

Warm Up: 20 IW; 25 SSH; 20 Windmills; 10 Long slow merkins; 1 minute true plank; 10 Peter Parkers; 10 Parker Peters – long lap around the AO to get the blood pumping.

The Thang

4 Corners drill around the building (Run to corner – 10 burpees; Run to corner – 20 squats; Run to corner – 15 burpees; Run to corner – 30 squats)

Another long lap around the AO – ending in parking lot to play with the toys.

Rd. 1 Tires – 2 minutes of decline round-the-horn merkins with feet on tire – all pax hold position and the merkin rotates clockwise.  Switch to incline round-the-horn merkins with hands on tire for 2 minutes.  (YHC Note – this was much more miserable than I had imagined…painfully close to an Omaha but we suffered through it together)

Rd. 2 Rope – Jumping Squat rope – all other pax run around building and then switch out.  The cries of “I thought you were going to run quicker” were fast and furious.

Rd.3 Sandbag – Wall sit with sandbag overhead press and pass – 5 (or so, I lost count) leg-quivering rotations.  It say something when you look forward to the overhead press to get your mind off your legs.

4 Corners drill once again (10 burpees, 20 squats, 15 burpees, 30 squats)

Another long lap around the AO and then on to AbLab (Freddie Mercury; Padre’s Spiderman – six inch peter parkers; looooong plank by Bogey, LBCs; V-ups; Flutter kicks)

COT – great group of guys this morning including FNG Matt n/k/a “Mailman” who was so named for his questionable choice in movies…”You’ve Got Mail”…really??  We won’t judge…MUCH.  Brief discussion about F3, #HIM and a warm welcome to the group.  Prayers spoken and unspoken lifted up as Padre led us out.  You know it was a good one when you can feel the heartbeats in the hands of the men on your shoulders in the BOM. Again, very proud to lead this group this morning.