When you arrive at Tortoises early you have to join Theismann in ECPs. Spartan, MaBell, Red Ryder and Theismann were already knocking them out, so I did a couple sets with them.
I had prepared music to last 52 minutes, so at 5:23am the mellow piano of Floyd Cramer (playlist is below) greeted the 29 PAX as they stumbled in from the gloom. At 5:30 we moseyed over to the front lot, circled up and did:
- 5 Good Mornings
- 8 SSH
- Sir Reginald Fazio Arm Circles (make them bigger) x10 forward x10 backward
- Alligator Merkins x8
- Staggered Hand Merkins, x5L, x5R
- Peter Parker Merkin (bring leg in on down) x8
- Carolina Drydock x8
- LBCs x10
- Finger Tip Merkin x8
- Knuckle Merkin (knerkin) x8
- Hand Clap Merkin – Clerkin x5
- Freddie Mercury x10
- Travolta Merkin (on up, hand out, then touch knee) x8
- Copperhead Merkin (slow on down 4 count) x5
- Michael Phelps
- Twerkin (down dog, go under fence) x8
- Merkin wipes (touch nose to R/L hands) x8
Somewhere in the middle the PAX began to catch on that the pre-blast promise of Merkins and Music meant ALL The Merkins.
On the curb:
- Round the clock merkin (rotate 90 degrees every 5) = 20
- Irkin x8
- Derkin x8
Mosey over to top of hill by handrails, and with a partner:
- Booyah! Merkin – touch partner’s shoulder x5
- Partner Clap (alternate hands) x5
- Partner Derkin – one planks, other merkins feet on back x5, flip-flop
- Squerkin (one does squat, other does merkin) x5, flip-flop
- P1: Double Merkin Burpee x3 + Catalina Wine Mixer until partner returns; P2: Australian Pushups/Pullups x10
Headed over to the lower lot to pick up a coupon and with partner flip-flop three times:
- P1: Blockee (merkin on block) x5 + Rock Your Body Until Partner returns
- P2: Mosey to Flag, 10 Wide Merkins (werkins)
Circle Up for more Thangs & Mary:
- Diamond Merkins x10
- Merkin/Superman x10
- Low Slow Flutter x10
- Dying Cock-a-roach x10
- WWIIs x10
- Hand Release Merkins x8
- The Bruce (stacked feet merkin) x8 both sides
- Hotty: Pickle Pounder x10
- Theismann: Australian Snow Angel x10
- Chinese Downhill: some core exercise
- Standard Merkin x28
- Frisco: American Hammer x20
- WWW: Boat/ Canoe x10
- 100’s
- Earhart: Ranger merkin (at ribcage) x10
- Yogi: Prisoner Squat
- Pickles: Alternating pace merkins x10
- Red Ryder: World’s Worst Merkins x5 OYO
- Have a Nice Day
That makes a total of at least 305 merkins of various types. If you did a lot of Catalina Wine Mixers while waiting for your partner to return you can up that number.
“He who sweats more in training bleeds less in war.”
Spartan Warrior Creed
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.”
Edith Lovejoy Pierce
COT
29 PAX Continued prayers for Ausfahrt at Big Wake – please go visit him. You may be able to smuggle in food & drinks. He’s got a long recovery ahead of him.
Yogi took us out. He praised the HIM present and prayed for those with Cancer.
NMS
When you search for ‘merkin’ in the F3Nation.com list of exercises you get about 42 different types of merkins, not counting merkins as part of a set (like when merkins are part of a DORA). We did 30 different types of merkins today. Pickles reminded me that we missed scorpion merkins. I didn’t want to try one armed merkins. Some we didn’t qualify for (berkins on bricks), some in the exicon/exercises were variations of others (a sphinx merkin is similar to the Catalina Wine Mixer). The PAX were up to the challenge today.
It was a pleasure to lead today and to share my 58th birthday with y’all. Your continued push and support is a source of constant encouragement.
Playlist – Songs from 1960 – 1979
1960: Last Date – Floyd Cramer
1961: The Lion Sleeps Tonight – The Tokens
1962: Return To Sender – Elvis
1963: Louie Louie – The Kingsmen
1964: I Feel Fine – The Beatles
1965: Turn Turn Turn – The Byrds
1966: I’m a Believer – The Monkees
1967: I heard it through the grapevine – Gladys Night & The Pips
1969: Someday We’ll Be Together – Diana Ross
1970: The Tears of A Clown: Smokey Robinson
1972: Rockin’ Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu – Johnny Rivers
1973: The Joker – Steve Miller
1974: Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas
1975: That’s The Way (I like it) K.C. and the Sunshine Band
1977: Every Time I Turn Around (Back In Love Again) – LTD
1978: I Love the Nightlife – Alicia Bridges
1979: Rock With You – Michael Jackson