The Gloom

12 men gathered in the gloom at the Fort. 6 of which were destined for Milllllllkshake and the other six submit themselves to a beatdown by Keiser and YHC.  I will not attempt to begin to understand the inner workings of Millllllllllllkshake, and will let their Q write more about that later.

Keiser looked for any new faces and dispensed the disclaimer to the crowd of veterans.

Warmup

Despite having never met Keiser, this co-Q worked out very well.  Keiser started us off with some tappy taps, windmills, SSH, and imperial walkers. Then passed the baton to YHC who added some low, very veeerrry slow, squats, and hillbilly walkers. Then gave the baton back to Keiser.

The thang – keiser

Immediately moseyed straight to the playground and paired up for an arm-burning dora.
50x pullups
100x derkins
200x dips
The run was around the playground (roughly 160m).

As the workout continued to move along we noticed that a large group of people were gathering on the Eastern field. Turns out they were wearing Krav Maga shirts and eventually running in circles around the park.

That wasn’t enough to pad out Keiser’s half of the workout, and he knew it, because there was a round two.
100x hello dolly
200x LBC
300x flutter

With one minute left, there was a 6″ plank called.

The thang – yhc

The first thing YHC said was that Keiser must have overheard him talking at the Christmas party because the dora (which is an old standby for a darn good reason) was my idea, too. No matter, let’s do AMRAP and run even farther!

Split the group up according to the original partners and instructed the 3 PAC running and doing the exercise to work as a group.  We did all of our reps at the picnic table just outside the SE side of the playground.  The runners would B-line from picnic table to the white mile marker thing seen just over the trash can here. Then turn right and run to the top of the hill turn around and head back on the same path. In total about 530m.  The exercises were (again, AMRAP):

1. Step ups
2. One leg down, the other on the bench behind you, squat (these have a name but I can’t find it)
3. V-Ups
4. Pistols

YHC was pleased to hear mublechatter amongst the PAX as they ran together and learned about Big Ben’s graduation from AIT recently.  When YHC mused, “I suppose these runs are easy mode for you.” Big Ben responded with a smile and an enthusiastic “Yes, sir!”  YHC is always honored to work out with veterans and those actively serving and Big Ben was no exception.

Five minutes left, not quite enough time for one more round, so YHC announced a mosey back to COT for 5 minutes of Mary. But that seemed like a darn waste of such a fine field. So we stopped 4 times for 5 OYO burpees.

COT

Met up with the Milllllllllllllkshakers and noticed there was a WHOLE MINUTE left and did 10 windshield wipers. There were some park maintenance people who were (im)patiently waiting for us to vacate the parking lot so we kept it quick. But first we renamed Big Ben to Screaming Eagle.

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