03/17/2021 - The Complex - Testing the ceiling and an Irish Blessing.
AO: The Complex
When: 03/17/2021
PAX:
Number of Pax: 37
Pax Names: Baby Hands, Blueprints, Bongo, Buttermaker, ChainLink, Chazz, Columbus, Corningstone, Crabgrass, Dabo, Face Plant, FakeID, Flatliner, Glass Joe, Goldberg, hot box, Jackie Chiles, Leuben, Longshanks, Mendoza, Mom's Group, Mr. Belding, Nair, Nest, Onions, Powderpuff, RoachCoach, Shandy, Short Round, Skilling, Spork, Tailspin, Twilight, Waterfall, Wide Right,
DR Names: Baywatch - Could not get his name to load.
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names:
QIC: Ronda Rousey
Introduction
Please kindly consider this your invitation to join YHC tomorrow morning at The Complex. We’ll honor the patron saint of Ireland by beating the snakes out of our bodies. Let’s get better together and turn the craic up to 11. I might even break out my mix tape dubbed “Kegs and Eggs” from a party I hosted in Roscoe Village back in the early 2000’s. Bring a coupon. Now is the time to stop thinking about what could be and HC below @channel.
Arrived at The Complex and took a quick drive around the entire parking lot. Caught the eyes of at least ten deer out on the field past the basketball court. Blueprints showed up and started to ruck and I told him to check them out if he’d like. I sat in my car to keep warm until about 5 minutes to show time and made sure the playlist was fired up and ready to go. Nair greeted me and I took him through the game plan. He took it all in like the Site-Q professional he is and he checked the clock. I meant to tell Nair to keep away from Baby Hands due to some gas related issues he’s had with magnesium at his last couple of posts, but I forgot to make mention of this potential hazard. I watched Nair line up pretty close to Baby Hands for the Thangs and realized that it was in God’s hands now. I was thankful that I brought my own watch just in case Nair went down.
Warm-O-Rama
Tappy Taps x 15 IC
Smurf Jacks x 25 IC
Arm Circles x 15 IC F/B
Ultimate Stretch
The Thang
Thang 1
Derkins (feet on coupon placed vertically) X 20 IC, Single Arm Chest Press x 15 R/L IC, TMerkins x 20 IC,
Skull Crushers x 30 IC
Each exercise for all Thangs was followed by these runs across about half of the main lot – High Knees, Butt Kickers, Carioca facing both directions.
PAX were instructed to do penalty prisoner squats if they had to break form, or could not complete the reps called out IC.
Thang 2
Single arm shoulder press x 10 R/L IC, Lion Kings X 25 IC, Riunite Wine Mixers X 25 R/L IC, Butter Maker Wood Chopper Jobbers x 20 R/L IC
Thang 3
Single arm back fly x 20 R/L IC, Super Man to Iron Man x 10 slowzy style IC, Overhead fly x 40 IC, Bent over row x 65 IC
Thang 4
Single arm curls x 20 R/L IC, Side curl x 20 R/L IC, Reverse curl x 25 IC, Regular Curls X 30 IC
Circle of Trust
I’ve been known to run a little long on my COT messages, so I wanted to keep this one short and try to send everyone away with a smile. Recited the following words in my best Irish accent.
May the friendships you make,
Be those which endure,
And all of your grey clouds
Be small ones for sure.
And trusting in Him
To Whom we all pray,
May a song fill your heart,
Every step of the way.
This Irish blessing has always spoken to me.
Prayers were offered for Small’s dad and we ended with The Lord’s Prayer.
Naked Man Moleskin
This is the most PAX I’ve ever lead in a workout. Very humbling. I want everyone to always walk away feeling glad that they got up that morning to workout when attending one of my Q’s. The workouts are free, but there is a price paid by everyone. I hope I made good on paying that tab today.
The goal today was to work on form and to have everyone push past the standard limits of reps they might have set as the ceiling in their heads. I was extremely proud of the form, grit and determination that everyone showed this morning. There are some guys that can really push some weight in this group!
Some highlights:
Nair is on day (not sure) of 75 hard and looks amazing.
Leuben brought beer and many stayed around for some good conversation and libations to kick off St. Patrick’s day. Thank you Leuben for your generosity! I’m guessing this had more than a little to do with the numbers this morning.
It’s impossible to not smile and feel welcome whenever Buttermaker is present. It’s just science.
The same goes for Onions, but the feeling is different somehow. It’s just weird science in a good way.
Jackie Chiles will work for beer. Great rate if you are looking for an attorney.
I’m pretty sure Columbus started with sleeves, but he must have lost them at some point.
I’m not sure if the baby was painfully gassy today. He was either throwing a tantrum, or simply screaming for more reps for each exercise. Make no mistake, you always have to feed the baby.
I know there were more than a few people that posted today that are dealing with some aches and pains. Way to push and modify as needed!
I would like to end by sincerely thanking everyone for coming out this morning! I love you guys and this group! The familiar faces I ran into were great to see. My goal is to find out about everyone’s story and make every face, a familiar face. I’ve been energized all day by your presence, humor and support!!
Thank you kindly,
RRR