Earning Our Turkey

10 men conquered the fart sack to post at the School Yard to earn an opportunity to eat more turkey. This workout was based on three simple exercises (Side Straddle Hops, Merkins, Squats). Here’s how it went down.

Round 1 – (Warm-up) SSH x 50 (4count); Merkins x 20 (4ct); Squats x 30 (4ct)

Round 2 – (EB Aycock Entrance) SSH x 50 (4ct); Dirkins x 20 (4ct); Single leg Squats x 30 (15 each leg) (4ct)

Round 3 – (by the Rock) SSH x 50 (4ct); Carolina Dry Docks x 20 (4ct); Jump Squats x 30 (4ct)

Round 4 – (Bus Lot Hill) SSH x 50 (4ct); Irkins x 20 (4ct); Hill Squats x 30 (15 each leg on high side) (4ct)

Round 5 – (Flag) SSH x 50; Wide Arm Merkins x 20; Sumo Squats x 30 (4ct)

So Math is not String Bean’s strongest subject, nor YHC’s. The intention was to do 100 reps each round. The 4-count Merkins and Squats were accounted for because 2=1, but the SSH were not. That meant we completed 100 SSH each round for a total rep count of 150 each round. That’s 650 reps of 3 simple exercises.

BOM/COT – Prayer Request for Hot Pursuit, King Pin, and Pied Piper. Pied is having an MRI done today. Prayers for Bad Boy and Wimpie and his 2.0s. Prayers for Spinal Tap and his mother-in-law who is living with his family now. That’s an adjustment.

Announcements – The Turkey Trot packet pickup/sign up is a Moe’s this afternoon and the race is at the Hilton tomorrow am. The Pub Ruck is on Black Friday – 10 miles and lots of 2nd F – https://www.f3enc.com/backblasts/csaup/preblast-black-friday-pub-ruck/ Be sure to sign up for the Reindeer Dash for Cash on Dec 2nd. The new Rucking division needs some love – bit.ly/2Dy45qM

Moleskin – Between exercises, guys could talk about their favorite food and why they love it. For some reason focusing on another man tends to get the mind off the suck and grind. It turns something stupid into something intriguing. When the brain is intrigued it has less energy to bitch and moan about pain.

Here are some of the truth nuggets we may have learned today:

• There are several variations of stuffing the pax loves – Oyster Dressing, home-made dressing (not Stove Top). The thought of Oyster Dressing was intriguing to YHC. Gonna have to write an old fashion letter to the Twitterless Slim Jim or text Glow Worm to ask for the recipe.
• Fried Turkey was the only variation of turkey mentioned, although there was a discussion on whether or not a Honey Baked Ham counts as part of the Thanksgiving or Christmas meal. Consensus was it is good enough for both
• Casseroles were either loved or hated, mostly based on the fact that Vedder and others don’t like food touching, while Spinal Tap has this thing for both String Bean casserole and sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top. That’s more like eating dessert as part of the meal for YHC.
• We all agreed that Ma Bell and Spinal Tap could eat what ever the heck they wanted. Ma Bell was getting agitated during the Sumo Squats, so we allowed him to drool a little without giving him a hard time as other talked about food.
• Cold Cut can actually sprint (while running backwards) down Red Banks Road. Glad that Panther can bring that out in an old man. We’re going to have to remember that. Guess it’s the thought of food that motivated him.
• Vedder is a real, Pearl Jam fan as him and String Bean weaved the lyrics of the real Eddie Vedder into notions of Mashed Potatoes and Oyster Dressing – Imagine singing about Mashed Potatoes in an Eddie Vedder voice.
• Wimpie decided to run with String Bean to the AO in just shorts and a t-shirt. Luckily his arm pit sweat froze early on and didn’t drip down the gloves YCH let him borrow. That man was smelling like a pot of collard greens when he first got to the AO.
• Panther had to make sure Yeast Rolls got mentioned right before the COT – those things are good.