03/08/2021 - Dark Tower - Shark!

AO: Dark Tower

When: 03/08/2021

PAX:

Number of Pax: 15

Pax Names: afib, Aladdin, Augustus Gloop, Bjorn, Dabo, Dingo, Jackie Chiles, Moonlight, Nosejob, Radio Flyer, Riunite, Sun Devil, Townie, Twinning,

DR Names:

Number of FNGS: 0

FNG Names: Floss (2.0)

QIC: Sun Devil


Introduction

Live every week like it’s Shark Week!

Come be a shark. No coupons needed. Wear gloves.

Warm-O-Rama

  1. Seal Clap SSH IC
  2. Matt Biondi – Standing Backstroke IC
  3. Matt Biondi – Standing Frontstroke IC
  4. Sumo Squats IC
  5. Swimmers to Surfees (on 12, pop into surfee position on “surf’s up call”)

The Thang

Thang #1: Shark Corner

Four corners, each lap add an exercise (lap 1 – 1 exercise per station, lap 2 – first 2 exercises per station, lap 3 – first 3 exercises, lap 4 – all exercises each station)

Tiger Shark station

  1. 5 Merkins
  2. 10 Big Boy Situps
  3. 15 Ball Slams
  4. 10 Bonnie Blairs

Great White station

  1. 5 Side Straddle Hops
  2. 10 Mt Climbers
  3. 3 speed ladder runs
  4. 10 LBC’s

Hammerhead station

  1. 5 Plank Jacks
  2. 10 Carolina Dry Docks
  3. 15 Grady Corn
  4. 10 Monkey Humpers

Megalodon

  1. 5 Air Squats
  2. 10 Flutter Kicks
  3. 15 Pickle Pointers
  4. 10 Calf Jumps

Island Station – for recovery

Not used by any PAX, secrets will stay buried there

 

Thang #2: Reel’em In Relay

PAX split into 2 lines, relay race with next in line to run in squat position and “reeling in the runner”

Thang #3

Sharks & Minnows: minnows do 2 merkins and shark does +2 (e.g. 4 merkins); each split changed to new exercise (wide merkins, ranger merkins, burpees, SSH)

Thang #4 – Air Jaws

Ring of fire, PAX do Seal Pushups, while one Shark leaps out of the water to tackle the seal (tackling dummy)

Mary

  1. Plank Railroad Tracks (high and low)
  2. Freddy Mercury
  3. LBC
  4. V-ups
  5. Heel Taps
  6. Lolitas
  7. Heels to Heaven
  8. Flutter Kick
  9. Cobra stretch recovery

Circle of Trust

I love sharks. At age 24, we were in the hospital waiting for my first 2.0 to be born. For those that have been through a scheduled labor induction, it can take 24-48 hours. To pass the time, I binged Shark Week dvd’s…so much so that I was telling the labor & delivery nurse how fascinating it was that a Megalodon was the size of a school bus, she responded, “that’s great, why don’t we focus on this now!”

It’s great to have passions, but don’t let it overtake the important moments/priorities in your life.

Secondly, it’s great to have a shark mentality in life and be Big and Bad and always on the hunt….but think how you appear to other people. Your big scary teeth could be like Bruce the Shark and you might be intimidating to those fish out there that want to become sharks. This applies to FNG’s and new members of our team…try to be friendly and welcome them so that they too can someday be a shark.

Naked Man Moleskin

@Floss, my 2.0, you crushed it! Proud of you for waking up and pushing yourself.

@Augustus Gloop, thanks for having my 6! AND making sure that I came home with my 2.0!

@AFib, @Bjorn, @Augustus Gloop dominating with an EC run and then pushing the pace at Shark Corner.

@Dingo, good to be paired with you today! You applied your knowledge from Great Barrier Reef to navigate the waters.

@Twinning, first time we posted together. I was impressed with your flying Air Jaws.

@Jackie Chiles, were you a swimmer? You were backstroking like Phelps…I think you may have said that it wasn’t even your best stroke.

@Dabo, you popped up on your board like a natural with the surfees! Maybe we should have called you Point Break!

@Townie and @Radio Flyer, you must be fisherman because you reeled in those racers like champion anglers.

@Nose Job and @Riunite when lions are in the water, do they become lionfish? More like Tiger sharks today. You both pushed hard from start to finish. @Nose Job, just because it’s your call sign doesn’t mean you are forced to tackle with your face =)

@Aladdin….might have been the Megalodon today. Kept the crew in cadence and on the hunt. I needed to get out of the way when you tackled that seal.

@Moonlight, were you hanging out on the island? You must have scuba’d shark corner and gone to the lower level. Good moves today during sharks and minnows.

All PAX who entered the water, made it back out!

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