Spike’s gauntlet from the prior Monday to “bring it” in the summer heat led your QiC to worry over the weekend leading up to the morning’s gloom.  Fear of making it too easy for the regulars was real.  This is good peer pressure.  But the value of Spike’s coffeteria peer pressure shaming me into a writing a back blast is debatable.  Goal – with unknown success – was to give my arms another couple of days rest after the last week of brutal beatdowns by focusing on legs.   Maybe selfish?

Warmup:  Side Straddle hops, Imperial Walkers, and Abe Vigoda (which I would have spelled incorrectly unless I looked it up).  Your QiC showed his naivete and lack of rhythm in fumbling through the count twice.  One out of three.  Avoided counts the rest of the Q.

Beatdown:  20 squats, 20 step-ups, and 20 lunges the easy way.

Line up in a line (actually an “S” given our numbers).  Start with first person doing 5 burpees while everyone else did mountain climbers.  Go through the line with each person getting their own chance to relax and do 5 burpees.  Questioning of the Q was highest at this point particularly wondering if I realized we had 10 people.  Mosey.  Repeat the 3 exercise 20s.  Same line, 4 burpees while everyone did Peter Parkers.  El Toro seemed appeased by knowing the numbers were going down.  Complaints receded a little.  Mosey.  Repeat 20s.  Same line, 3 burpees while group does Parker Peters.  Mosey.  Repeat 20s.  Same line, 2 burpees while group does plank jacks.  Mosey.  Repeat 20s.  Same line, 1 burpees while group did Mike Tysons.  Mosey.  On our own repeat the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Inexperience showed again when a simple question of whether beatdown should end at the 45 minutes or if the COT was part of the 45 minutes.  El Toro and Einstein talked about it through the final mosey and I am more confused than when I asked.  Will likely ask Spike at another time.

Some core exercises to close it out.

COT – Announcements, family friendly beatdown on Saturday, funeral services for a member of Spike’s Church, family visiting from out of town and hope for a job interview.    Head out into the day. Control what we can control.  Try not to worry about the things we can’t.  Thanks for the good peer pressure to get up this morning.