Kermit originally was the substitute-Q for this week but was battling a sore knee the last couple days, so I accepted the opportunity to take the Q on short notice the day before. My plan was to come do a site visit later that evening since I have only posted at Laces In a couple times and am not too familiar with the FMHS campus. Well life got in the way of that plan as my M was rear ended pretty much immediately after I clicked accept on the worship planner invitation (her and 2.0s are fine). So my site visit didn’t come to fruition and I was gonna have to wing it….
The mid 20s temps weren’t going to deter the 5 PAX from getting better this morning and so at 0515 the standard disclaimer was given as an army of headlamps descended on the parking lot like a band of wild hooligans {Soul to Sole).
Moseyed past some sort of Soul to Sole mating ritual (Maximus moseyed through them) over to the pavement football field where we warmed up with a brief CoP (all in cadence) – 20 SSH, 10 Cherry Pickers, 10 Hillbilly Walkers, 10 Merkins
Thang Part 1 – (Un)Bear-ab-le Ladder
Bear Crawl to each ladder rung and complete Ab exercise – Crawl Bear back to Goal Line
10 yard line – 10 American Hammers
20 yard line – 20 Shoulder Taps
30 yard line – 30 Flutters
40 yard line – 40 LBCs
50 yard line – 50 Plank Jacks
Al Gore for the 6 at each goal line return with a couple 10 counts to keep the group together
Totals:
150 Yards of Bear Crawls, 150 Yards of Crawl Bears, 50 American Hammers, 80 Shoulder Taps, 90 Flutters, 80 LBCs, and 50 Plank Jacks
I was a little unsure how that bear crawl combined with ab work would play out – definitely tough but I think I will keep it in the back pocket for future Q’s.
Mosey to St Phillip Neri Parking Lot for Part 2.
Thang Part 2- Half-DORA – Partner 1 Runs to end of Parking Lot and Back while Partner 2 completes exercises – switch and repeat
50 – Jump Squats
100 – Merkins
150 – Calf Raises
We probably had time for the full DORA but there was mumblechatter about hills early in the workout so I wanted to make sure and get some hill sprints in to reward the PAX for coming out.
Mosey to hill entrance where we had time for 2 sets of 5 Burpees/hill sprint and a set of 5 burpees followed by a sprint back to COT. More solid mumblechatter around Cuban food and the need for Cohiba to host a dinner party.
Finished at 0600 – Name-o-rama, announcements, prayers, and praises
I suppose one should expect unpredictability when you kick it with Laces In – However, the last minute audibles all panned out this morning and we definitely didn’t have any Ray Finkles in the group. Thanks for the opportunity!
-Badlands