• When: 2018-01-10
  • QIC: Spot
  • The PAX: Papercut, Love Seat, Teddy, Land Shark, Rum Runner, Stretch, Spot


“…Merkins made America great…”

A balmy 40 degrees…a different world from the previous weeks’s winter.  Seven PAX met in the gloom to #BeBetter.

A mentor instructed me once that Merkins made America Great.  So Merkins were the centerpiece of the morning.

Warm Up

Squats x 20, Halos x 10 (clockwise and counter), Sling Shots x 10 (clockwise and counter), Rows x 10 (each arm)

The Work

Tabata: 40 seconds of exercise and 10 seconds rest: two sets of three exercises

Curls for the Girls, Tricep Extensions, Goblet Squats

Merkin Ladder: lap the parking lot, stopping every 50 yards for merkins (5 stops)

10 merkins, then 15, then 20, then 25, the 30 for a total of 100

Tabata: 40 seconds of exercise and 10 seconds rest: two sets of three exercises

Napalms, Axe Chops (right side first set, left side second), Cling and Press (right side first set, left side second)

Merkin Ladder: lap the parking lot, stopping every 50 yards for merkins (5 stops)

10 merkins, then 15, then 20, then 25, the 30 for a total of 100

Tabata: 40 seconds of exercise and 10 seconds rest: two sets of three exercises

Heel Taps, Russian Twists with the bell, LBCs

Merkin Ladder: lap the parking lot, stopping every 50 yards for merkins (5 stops)

10 merkins, then 15, then 20, then 25, the 30 for a total of 100

And one last set of curls just for fun.