I Got You Babe

Fruity Pebbles asked me to bring some Mayhem to The Westside and I was glad to accommodate.  Saw that 2/1/19 was the day before Groundhog Day, and had a VISION of a fun Friday beatdown.  Needed my Bluetooth speaker to add some effect for the PAX…..arrived right on time (5:28) to a vacant AO.  Not a man in sight!  I saw a few cars and checked a couple for F3 stickers, but saw none. in the meantime, it was 5:30.  I looked around the corner and saw 4 PAX emerging from the fog from some EC Rucking. Apparently they went by Patch’s watch, which is 2 minutes early (documented fact) and figured they had time for another lap around the building.  Anyway…..I cranked up “I Got You Babe” by Sonny and Cher, we gathered around the shovel flag and began around 5:32

Warm Up and Tha THING

• Good Mornings x 5
• Good Nights x 5
• SSH x 10
• “Follow Me” as we ran to the right of the building to the first speed bump
• LBC’s x 20

At this point, I told the PAX I had forgotten something……..so we ran back to the shovel flag.  Heard lots of mumblechatter and complaining…….but Mayhem had a plan!  I had my phone in an ECU plastic cup to protect it from the elements, along with Bluetooth speaker.  Hit play again to start the warm up over with “I Got You Babe” by Sonny and Cher. Asked the PAX to gather around and let’s get started with our warm up! At this point the lightbulb went off with the PAX……..GROUNDHOG DAY!!

• Good Mornings x 5
• Burpees x 5  (not received well by the PAX. Stabler had promised Patch no Burpees…….Mayhem is everywhere)
• SSH x 10
• “Follow Me” as we ran to the right of the building to the first speed bump.  At this point we tried our best to replicate the conversations we had already had, which was pretty funny. “I really thought nobody had showed up”, “Watch out for that apple”, “I didn’t see any F3 stickers on cars”, “Gamecock apparently can’t post after he has posted for 2-3 days in a row”.
• LBC’s x 20
• Continue our run around the building. On the way back toward the shovel flag, Fruity Pebbles had to detour for a brief ELVIS and water the bushes behind the school trailer on the right.

Back to the shovel flag.  Press Play on the Bluetooth for more Sonny and Cher! Patch asked what was Sonny Bono’s last job? Fruity Pebbles caught up with us.  Repeat Warm Up!

• Good Mornings x 5
• Good Nights x 5 (went back to original to avoid riot by the PAX from previous 5 Burpees…..it’s Friday)
• SSH x 10
• “Follow Me” as we ran to the right of the building to the first speed bump. Tried our best to replicate the conversations we had already had. “I really thought nobody had showed up”, “Watch out for that apple”, “I didn’t see any F3 stickers on cars”, “Gamecock apparently can’t post after he has posted for 2-3 days in a row”.
• LBC’s x 20
• Continue our run around the building. On the way back toward the shovel flag, Fruity Pebbles had to detour for a brief ELVIS and water the bushes behind the school trailer on the right. (it was quicker this time since he didn’t have to go…….but he had to make the detour to keep with the theme!
• Back to the shovel flag. YHC told the PAX the next exercise:
• 7’s with Elephant Walks at shovel flag and Jump Squats at the fire hydrant.

At completion YHC pressed play on speaker for more “I Got You Babe” by Sonny and Cher ! 

• Good Mornings x 5
• Good Nights x 5
• SSH x 10
• “Follow Me” as we ran to the right of the building to the first speed bump. Tried our best to replicate the conversations we had already had. “I really thought nobody had showed up”, “Watch out for that apple”, “I didn’t see any F3 stickers on cars”, “Gamecock apparently can’t post after he has posted for 2-3 days in a row”.
• LBC’s x 20
• Continue our run around the building. On the way back toward the shovel flag, Fruity Pebbles had to detour for a brief ELVIS and water the bushes behind the school trailer on the right. (it was quicker this time since he didn’t have to go…….but he had to make the detour to keep with the theme!
• Back to the shovel flag. YHC told the PAX the next exercise:
• 7’s with Elephant Walks at shovel flag and Jump Squats at the fire hydrant.

YHC looked at the time and felt in order to get in the last exercise we needed to cut 7’s off at 4……Much like the move where Phil Conners got pretty good at playing Piano and didn’t require as much practice!

• Mosey to the soccer field, where we did 4 corners. We had PAX choice of exercise at each corner:
• Windshield Wipers x 10 in cadence
• LBC’s x 20 in cadence (Stablers Cadence actually had us do 40…….but who cares. YHC needs all he can get)
• Merkins x 30 in cadence; Fruity Pebbles might be the Merkin King. He did a double count on Merkins so he really did 60! At about 20 (which was really 40) he announced that we could modify to our knees if we needed to!  Some of us PAX replied that we started out on our knees from the get go!
• Ja-Lo’s x 40 in single cadence led by Patch.
• Mosey back to the shovel flag with about a minute left, so we did a minute of Freddie Mercuries until 6:15

Count O Rama and Name O Rama

Prayer Requests

• Stabler said Trophy Wife’s Mother has stage 4 lung cancer; prayers for her and her family
• Injured PAX members to return to the gloom
• Travels upcoming for Stabler and Fruity Pebbles family

Announcements

• Lunch today next to K&W at a place that serves Raman Noodles………probably buys them from Food Lion, cooks them up, and sells them to public with a drink for $10
• Rucking at 116 tomorrow morning. EC at 6am and regular workout at 7am; Chimichanga leading us on a STAIR CHALLENGE. If you are interested in doing the stairs, be there by 6am; 7am workout will finish the stairs and get more mileage
• Mayhem has the Q at the RUSH this Thursday 2/7/19; We will stay on location for combination of mileage and abs
• Mayhem also has the Q at 116 NEXT SATURDAY 2/9/19……..complete the Mayhem Trifecta by attending
• Mayhem also has the Q at BLP on Wednesday 2/20/19…………be there or be square!  $ Q’s in a month??  Mayhem is ON TOUR!!

Moleskin

YHC had a great time coming up with this Q !  A little bit corny, but worked good…….especially on a Friday. Haven’t been out to Westside in a while, so it was good to get back to that AO. Elephant Walks……basically an inch worm down to a merkin, then work your way back up to standing position…….is basically a low impact, modified burpee.  Same movements, achieve plank, merkin, then works your arms and core getting back to standing position. All AO’s should consider working these into your workouts. Less strain on lower back that can happen by doing Burpees improperly (flying squirrel).