04/26/2021 - Dark Tower - Walk Through then Hit It
AO: Dark Tower
When: 04/26/2021
PAX:
Number of Pax: 18
Pax Names: Augustus Gloop, Backdraft, Bongo, Callahan, Catheter, ChainLink, Dingo, Face Plant, Giggles, Harbaugh, Nair, Onions, Powderpuff, Serena, Smalls, Sparky, Twinning, Wet Wipe,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names:
QIC: Smokey
Introduction
Preblast promised to lay the foundation for Professor Waterfall’s BJJ Q’s next week….then get after it. No coupons, just an invitation to get some.
After four text messages asking what the heck the preblast actually meant, I clarified we would be introducing basic BJJ movements without contact with each other so they make sense next week. THEN we would do some bodyweight work.
Once Smalls and Wet Wipe HC’d, Wet Wipe was warned to keep his big meathooks off poor Smalls.
Many shot Serena down on his invite for EC running. AFib was so disgusted by it he slept through the EC and BC.
The rest of us showed up to low 40’s and a perfect morning to workout and got after it.
Warm-O-Rama
Warmup:
Side Straddle Hops In Cadence-25
4 count deep squats in cadence- 20
4 count pushups in cadence- 15 (or was it 10?)
The Thang
Introduced the following BJJ movements:
-Bridge (20)
-Triangle (20)
-Hip Escapes (20)
-Technical Stand Ups (10)
We did each as a 4 count so PAX could get the flow.
The Thang: 11’s
-Moseyed to the covered bridge. Pullups and jump squats (hitting the board each time). Toe touches or knees to elbows for the 6.
-Moseyed to the Tower. Dips and box jumps. Step ups for the 6.
-Moseyed to the “other” bridge. Bridges on one side of the bridge, Triangles on the other. Bear Crawl, crab walk, or lunge walk to the other side every time. Plank for the 6.
Circle of Trust
-Wet Wipe announced then was super vague on the Lincoln Games.
-Prayers were lifted up for Catheter’s mother in law and Smalls’ father.
-CoT focused on never knowing when your clock will run out. A 38 year old from the Maplebrook/Winding Creek neighborhoods with three kids (the oldest is in 2nd grade) died last Sunday while running a marathon (at a 6:30-7:30 clip). Yesterday in the Tribune they had a big spread on Steve “Mongo” McMichael who, at 63, has been diagnosed with ALS and is becoming a shadow of his former self.
-As our wise old friend Onions says, you only get 18 summers with your kids. I’ll add now, maybe. Maybe you get 18. Maybe you get 1 more or no more. None of us knows how long we get here. Be present. Do good. Be kind.
A prayer of thanksgiving and asking God to walk with us today and we called it a morning.
Naked Man Moleskin
-The Naperville Police called during Bridges. Apparently I pocket dialed them via the emergency button. I told them aside from me being an idiot, everything was fine and the dispatcher was satisfied. Everyone had a good laugh at their inept Q so early in the workout!
-I mismanaged my time late in the workout. I should have subbed out Hip escapes and the technical stand up at the Bridge.
-Serena talked me into getting coffee, then never showed!
-Onions, Sparky, Powderpuff, Augustus Gloop and I went to the new Starbucks Reserve, which reopened today. The place was busy with Starbucks executives and “influencers” taking random pictures, but no actual customers but us. Between not being able to work the new registers, messing up 2 of the 5 orders, and charging an extra 20-30% now that they are an exclusive Reserve location, we were less than impressed. The up side- they handed all of us a mystery box with our coffee. Turns out, they gave us like $30 worth of SWAG…so we had that going for us…which was nice.
Solid group of PAX today. Thanks all!