11/26/2020 - Virtuosity - The Gobbler Challenge
AO: Virtuosity
When: 11/26/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 13
Pax Names: Backdraft, Bean Counter, Blueprints, Bob Ross, Chun Li, Frogger, Magellan, Mr. Hankey, Mudslide, Small Cakes,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 1
FNG Names: Flip Flops (Smallcakes 2.1), Minnow (Smallcakes 2.0)
QIC: Ozark
Introduction
With the holiday upon us with disrupted and busy schedules, travel, and other obstacles, YHC thought it was a good day to fire up the Zoom machine and open Virtuosity for a pop-up beatdown. I promised that we’d gobble till we wobbled, and courtesy of the Nations Truebadour Gobbler and his challenge I think we were able to do just that.
Warm-O-Rama
The hammies were gonna take a beating this morning so we opened them up with a few tappy taps. Shoulders would be involved as well so some arm circles were in order. After some side-straddle hop to get the blood moving there was no time to waste to start this big thang.
The Thang
The “Gobbler Challenge”
This thang consisted of 5 rounds of following
- 10 coupon swings
- 10 Exercise of the round
- 15 swings
- 15 Exercise of the round
- 25 swings
- 25 Exercise of the round
- 50 swings
- 50 Exercise of the round
- 200 yard out and back (400 total) to recover
The exercises to pair with swings for each round were:
- Hand release merkins
- bodyweight squats
- rows
- Rowers (WW1 situp with leg tuck)
- Overhead press
I didn’t figure we would get through the whole thang before 0600, but the pax were game and it looked like most made it to the rowers, which we converged on for “Mary”
Circle of Trust
On Thanksgiving it’s hard not to start with a reminder to be thankful. This is a hard one for me coming from a long line of worriers and pessimists. But, there is always much to be thankful for. My father likes to say that “Any day this side of the grass is a good day.” As much as the world we live in might tempt us to think otherwise and focus on the suffering both large and small that surrounds us, we can yet be grateful that today we are alive and can take action to make things better.
The pax offered up the remembrance of Hasselhof’s daughter Lance Corporal Mary McGavin, and Smallcakes mother today. As well as prayers for Mr. Hankey’s daughter who is going through difficulties in her life. We offer prayers for all those who are ill, recovering from, and otherwise battling the pandemic.
Naked Man Moleskin
YHC considered switiching to hubris as my COT message as I grabbed a 1.5 pood (53 lbs) kettlebell as my coupon to start this and had to set it down again in round 2 and switch to all squats until my backside recovered.
Kudos to BR who attacked this thing with gusto, and to smallcakes who got two of his 2.0s to join in.
Hope you enjoy an awesome post turkey nap today Mr. Hankey for joining us at 3:15am local time!
Glad Backdraft could join us, and here’s hoping that everyone frying their turkey remembered to thaw it first.