• When: 2022-09-08
  • QIC: Soaker
  • The PAX: Brick, Cheers, Runaway, Revere, Lego, Garth (R), RamRod, Hash & Rice, Sunday Driver, Duff, Soaker


Blackjack with the Bros

YHC was playing with his favorite 2 year old last night. She wanted to race across the yard. Sounds fun, right? It was fun until she picked bearcrawl as the mode of transportation. Well, I beat her but paid the price. She got up and laughed and I got up and groaned. YHC decided then and there, no bearcrawls today. 

Well, here is how the BC was planned. I decided to hit SL with 2 other studs and plan something out by the time we got back. Revere and I were in deep conversation as Lego was a quarter of a mile ahead of us. Mr. Trifecta keeps getting stronger. Good work, Lego. Thanks to Revere for hanging back with me. This dude has some awesome stories.

YHC was expecting lower numbers due to the launch of The Junction with Mercy Rule. This AO will crush it with MR at the helm. My expectations were wrong and car after car pulled in the Shank parking lot.

Sunday Driver, the Gauntlet man, posted with us. This guy has a motor that does not quit. Good to see this dude.

Cheers was there and kept his nipples covered up throughout the workout. Lots of mumblechatter, lots of work from this dude. 

Lego, aka Mr. Trifecta, did his thing as well. When I grow up, this is the pax I want to be like.

Hash & Rice brought his A-game. I am positive he did not complain a single time. Little fella is growing up right before our eyes. 

Brick brought his abs and pushed through the workout while nursing an injury. As Chicago used to say…You’re my inspiration.

Runaway brought his cheerful, morning self out again. It is always good to hear his jeep rumble up and see this guy post. I can sense a V-Q coming up soon.

Duff, aka Willie Nelson, posted again. He’s been on the road again but finally found his way home. Huge country music buff right here. Ask him anything about Joe Diffie and he knows the answer. It is almost like he stalked him back in the day. Weird.

Garth was there for another solid posting. He gets sucked into every uranus conversation for some reason. War Daddy of the day.

Ramrod, yes Ramrod, was there. It has been a while since we saw our Christmas party host due to his work schedule. Great to see him back in the gloom and hear the twang. Do we run dagnol (diagonal)? This dude cracks me up. Unlimited oysters for Hash sometime in December. Stay tuned. 

Enough about the guys, let’s get to the business.

1 minute warning, disclaimer, no FNG’s, open in prayer.

Mosey to the blocks, grab a winner, and line up on the near field.

COP:

SSH x 30 IC, TTT x 10 IC, Michael Phelps x 10 IC.

The Thang:

Blackjack with a twist:

3 exercises at 20 reps each at the block station – curls, oh press, v-ups

Run to the first light – 3 burpees

Run to the second light for 3 exercises at 1 rep each – squats, lbc’s, merkins

Run back to the block (hit the burpees again) and repeat. This time 19 reps at the block station and 2 reps at the second light. Always 3 burpees when passing the first light on the way to and from the blocks.

Keep repeating until you are doing 1 rep at the block station and 20 reps at the second light.

Most of us made it to 12 and 9 which means a total of 144 each for curls, oh presses, and v-ups. 45 each for squats, merkins, lbc’s. 54 burpees.

Return the blocks and mosey to the shelter for 20 merkins, 20 squats, 20 lbc’s, and 5 burpees.

Recover.

Announcements:

BRR this weekend. Good luck and safety to the participants.

9/11 challenge on 9/24 – 2 strong teams from Shawshank.

D2D – 2 Shawshank teams registered. Time to train.

1/14 – Harbor Walk – support for Lighthouse for Life during human traffic awareness month. Cheers and Lego putting the event together. Strong work, men.

Prayer requests:

Pax and FIA battling cancer.

Marriages, country.

Close in prayer.

Devo: Psalm 23:1 – The Lord is my shepherd. It’s an awesome thought to realize the God of the universe is a personal shepherd to those who follow him. Through peaks and valleys, we have someone leading us.

 

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