Call it what you want to, it’s what happened…

The call went out late on Thursday evening that WWL would need a replacement Q for the next AM, so two men stepped up to help, and a third got volun-told… Cornhole jumped in as did YHC, but I didn’t notice that CH was in, and knowing I wouldn’t want to ImpromptQ alone, I took the liberty of volunteering Cerrano to help warm things up… Side note: I texted Cerrano and told him of my evil doings, and then asked him if I should bring coupons to the party, which got an enthusiastic, “yes”… So if you hated it, blame him… 🙂

I didn’t plan anything ahead. Partly because there was no time, but partly because I wanted to test and see if I could go Weinke-less for this one… Therefore, I do not remember all that happened. Suffice it to say, we did our best to make it difficult.

The THANG:
With the disclaimer disclaimed we fast-moseyed (even thought he said slow) to circle up for a brief but effective warm up.

SSH, IW, Merkins, squats – all the usual suspects for our COP… led by the man himself Cerrano.

After the men were warm, he handed it off to YHC, and we took another short mosey over to the steps and talked a minute about how each of us is on the same team in this life, so we ought to encourage one another, and also that this life is not about comparing ourselves to the next guy. It’s us against us to improve ourselves and then allow Grace to make up the rest… Then, we ran stairs.

– 2 rounds of 3 laps up and down the flights of steps as fast as we could go.

Mosey over to the fountain area and grab a cinderblock:

I think it was 10 cinderblock burpees, and then 20 each of curls, overhead presses, tricep extensions, then take a lap

Then it was upright rows, step ups, merkins on the block, dips with the block in your lap and other stupid stuff, take another lap

Then we moseyed with our blocks to wall sit and hold them over our heads for a little while… twice…

All in all, it was really dumb…

Then YHC handed it off to Cornhole, who moseyed us back to the Shovel Flag for a few minutes of Mary, which included: Some Freddies, some Dollies and I think some LBCs…

Good work by all, and it was good to be in The Gloom at The Swamp. It’s a great AO, so if you haven’t been, get over there sometime.

Moleskin:
Nothing overly remarkable happened during the workout, but I did love that Royale said he hated it, and then thanked me for it. Also notable is that I saw Gekko and his M at a piano recital for our 2.0s the next day, and got to see the cut on his leg (that apparently his wife asked him about, to which he replied that some idiot brought cinderblocks to the workout).

So… it was interesting to try and come up with a workout on on the fly. I don’t know that I will do it often, but it was a new thing to challenge myself with. And to me, that’s been one of the great things about F3 and the PAX. It’s a place to push beyond comfort zones, and reach outside yourself in the relative safety of your brothers. I know that many, many PAX could tell the same/similar story, but this has changed me for the better. I think I was pretty good before, but this has made me tougher… stronger… mentally, physically, and spiritually. I feel like I am more able than I was a year ago. I wish I had known about it and started sooner, though I wasn’t probably as ready then… That said, get out there and start EHing guys. Free them from their Sad Clown lives. Give them what has made you better.

Helmet out…