13 Got Lucky at UA

YHC planned a little variation of The Charles Bronson for Urban Assault, to be enjoyed on the grassy meadow of Bailey Park.   YHC arrived at 0520 to see at least 8 sprinkler heads going full bore, ruling out that venue as an option.  I noticed a fenced in parking lock close by that looked like it might fit the bill.  It did.

WARMARAMA :   Admittedly, it was a little all over the place.  Not my best work.   I was thinking ahead to setting up the Charles Bronson and got a little distracted.  In any event, we did some SSHs, ISTs, Arm Swirly Things, Whirly’s with a Clap, some Abe Vigodas on your own (except I absentmindedly called a cadence anyway), and some shoulder, arm and hamstring stretches.

THE THANG:   The workout centered on a variation of the Charles Bronson (check the F3 website for an explanation), with a little bit of a twist.  It went like this:

Station # 1:  The Charles Bronson  The parking lot in question was about 75-80 yards long.  Approximately 60 yards from one end of the parking lot, YHC positioned some lanterns to delineate a waypoint.   The far end of the parking lot was about 15 yards past the lanterns.    The Charles Bronson routine proceeded as follows:

At the starting point, perform the designated exercise OYO, then sprint to the waypoint marked by the lanterns and perform 10 hand-release Ranger Merkins, then bear crawl 15 yards to the far end of the parking lot.  Each PAX was issued a single 6 sided die.   Upon reaching the far end of the parking lot, roll the die and perform the number rolled of burpees.  Run back to the start point.  Rinse/repeat, performing each exercise listed on the Weinke.

The exercises were as follows:

• 50 SSH
• 50 Alternating Shoulder Taps
• 50 Alternating forward lunges
• 50 Wide-arm Merkins
• 50 LBCs
• 50 Monkey Humpers
• 50 Carolina Dry Docks
• 50 Jump Squats

Station # 2:  The Mike Tyson Squat Workout

YHC often incorporates this routine whenever I Q at TRQ or Purgatory.  However, I don’t often see many of the Urban Assault clientele at either of these AOs.  Accordingly, this was a new routine to most of the PAX.  It goes like this:

YHC passed out some decks of cards from which each PAX obtained 10 cards.  Each PAX lined his playing cards up in a line stretching ahead of him, with each card an inch or two apart. Standing over the first card, squat down and pick up the first card off of the ground (to do so requires squatting low and holding the squat long enough to pick up the card off of the pavement).  Step ahead to the second card. Squat down again to place the first card (the one previously picked up) on top of the second card.  Now empty handed,  squat down and pick up each card in the pile, one at a time – one squat per card.   With all cards in the pile now in hand, move ahead to the third card, putting each card in your hand down on top of the third card, one squat per card.  Empty handed once more, pick up each card, one squat at a time.   Proceed with this pattern — squatting to put each card down and then squatting to pick each card back up — until you’ve moved through all ten cards in the line.  HINT:  This is a beau coup number of squats.

We completed this workout at approximately 0610.  We moseyed back to the start point for some MARY performed democratically.  (I don’t remember who called what or what all we did, but it was good stuff).

NMM:

• Convergence of IS and Purgatory at Samaritan Inn at 0700
• As per usual, Dr. Toot canal had a little flatulence issue, which brought the following iconic movie scene to mind:

COT:  

• YHC sent us out, praising our Lord for His many blessings and asking Him to give us the strength and devotion to say, “Here am I, Lord, send me!”   Isaiah 6:8

Thanks for the keys, Cheesesteak!!  Honored for the opportunity to lead!