20 PAX gathered for a Jedi inspired chilly morning at the Swamp. This Friday AO is a great place to run around, see lots of parking lots, check out stairs and look at the water feature fountain…hard to pass up and a good place to be if you’ve never been. Quick disclaimer and YHC was shot out of a cannon. With the first mosey stop at Petsmart, the PAX followed the leader for some parking lot shuffles, karaokes, high knees, and butt kickers before progressing to the previously mentioned fountain.
Prior to getting to the fountain, we stopped in the back parking lot for some warm-ups which included: low slow squats, slow windmills, merkins (all counts of 10). Given this is a Cha Ching AO, what better way to get the PAX warmed up than a Cha Ching inspired 60 seconds of blood pumping 33 SSH and 7 burpee – rinse and repeat for a 2nd min. This was followed by some up/down dog stretching and then on to The Thang!
Mosey over to the fountain where it was time to get our merkin on…(not that kind of merkin so calm down).
- 20 regular merkins
- 20 wide arm
- 20 diamond
- 20 decline
- 20 ranger
- 20 incline
- 20 hand release
After every round of merkins, PAX were instructed to run to the stairs – up, down, back up, then back down and back to the fountain…for the next set of merkins.
Since this was not enough fun, we partnered up and did some Dora with our new partner.
- 100 bombjacks
- 200 CDD
- 300 American Hammers (double count…well, because)
As partner 1 did exercise in the “warm-up” parking lot by the stairs, partner 2 took off to the fountain and did 20 dips before returning and relieving their partner. This took a good amount of time but the PAX finished American Hammer’s with the 6.
PAX took off towards COT but with 5 or so minutes remaining, MARY was calling our name so we answered the call. PAX went around clockwise with ab exercises until the bell was rung.
Normal mix at COT, but the highlight of the morning was welcoming FNG, now Chicken Noodle, to the party to join the lineage of other “chicken” inspired PAX. Thoughts and prayers to all prayers and praises raised. Thanks as always to Cha Ching for the call…enjoyed every minute of it!
Shady