I’ve been enjoying the “limited” run bootcamps — Tortoises, Tin-2-Iron, Hells Bells — as I need to limit my miles while still getting out with you men. Was thinking of something new to try & decided to give it a go with the men of Tortoises this very gloomy but warm morning. Here’s how it went down …..
The gathering: My GBB & wheelman today, Flacco & I came into the lot hot as our little neighborhood carpool hit a snag kind of like a container ship in a canal. Ok, not that bad, but a PAX who knows who he is overslept — Flacco made two trips to the driveway but was only answered with darkness…. so, -1 on the count so far and I was worried that Shut-In’s challenge would fall short at 149. Expecting a big crowd with the challenge laid down, I was a bit worried about how many cinder blocks were hidden at the church. We pulled in to find 3-4 stalwarts getting ready to go… hmmm, I think we’ll be fine on the blocks. I should have know some drizzle in the forecast would take out a big chunk of Carpex….
Started with a brief disclaimer as the rumored FNG did not materialize, mission, and pledge. Mosey around the pickle & circle up for the basic warm up stuff with emphasis on shoulders. Up to the church to hand out cinder blocks for our thang:
First round: 1 minute to do 5 blockees and 10 block curls — if you finish inside the minute you earned some rest! Repeat 6 more times. Mosey pickle.
Second round: 1 min for 5 burpees & 10 block overhead presses — total 7X. Mosey pickle.
Third round: 1 min for 5 rock-your-blocks and 5 deep as you can slow squats with blocks — total 7X. Mosey pickle.
Fourth round: 1 min for 10 merkins & 10 block rows — total 5x as we were running tight on time & I was getting tired of my block. Was glad we started with the first pairing as it was tough….
Carry blocks overhead back to their cave & circle back up for mary…made the mistake of asking Flacco to call a mary while I collected my phone & bluetooth speaker (did the workout to the outstanding Spotify playlist — Hot for Teacher). While I had managed to keep us off the ground the whole time, Flacco calls Homer to Marge to soak up the parking lot into our shorts. I finished up with my latest creative expression — The (soon to be) famous “Plank You Very Much” — plank, right arm up, regular, left arm up, regular, right arm & leg up cadence crunches, regular, left arm & leg up cadence crunches — Hi-Liter loved it!
Count-a-rama: started with 8, picked up Water Wings on his run & he finished up with us — total 9. I got to meet Egon for the first time and we have a Bolton sighting to report…
3 Respects
6 Mehs
Announcements: 2pm Sunday — Carrying Place lawn care 3rd F. See the Carrying Place Slack channel for deets and equipment needs. This happens every other weekend through the Fall. Please come out & help — good F2 too!
Prayers/Praises: Praises for progress to dat and prayers for staying on track to Bubba’s son Derrick. Derrick is going though drug rehab and is making great progress after a few set backs. Please pray that this young man stays on track and for his family that has been through so much over the years.
I really enjoyed this morning — Motley Crue chat was on!