I’ve had a few parking lot conversations with some pax recently about the concept of a workout designed for those who are recovering from injury and want something less boot-camp-ish. It’s been done in other regions and seemed like an interesting concept. And I suppose it’s TRQ or Parliament by another name, in some respects.<\/p>\n
YHC decided to test his theory with a few guys who I knew would most likely not venture to a bootcamp convergence on Memorial Day. The result was some immediate and enthusiastic HCs (after some back and forth on how early to start on a holiday. 7 am seemed good.<\/p>\n
So, that is how it came about. Nothin’ against a convergence or WeFoCo. It was a test of a theory: if we had a non-running, mostly stationary beatdown, would guys who would not otherwise post come out? I think it was a success, and the theory seems to hold.<\/p>\n
We had an FNG so we gave all the formal preamble. After some warm-o-rama we did…<\/p>\n
THE THANG<\/p>\n
Amazingly, I could not find any actual dice at my house on Monday morning. I imagine they are all in Bloodsports’ room from his last DnD session with the homies, and I was not about to wake a sleeping teenager on a holiday at 6:30 a.m. to ask for a D20. Technogly had it for me, and the dice rolling app worked well, though some wondered about the settings.<\/p>\n
Two dice: one gives the reps for a called ab exercise, one for a called merkin varital. All 6 of us rolled and we took a break with Lieutenant Dans in the covered area, then back to it. 20 sided die for the abs, standard 6 sided for the merkins. Guess which pax decided to add a modifier of 10 to each merkin number? Yeah, you got it.<\/p>\n
The rain kind of slacked after three or so rounds, and we decided venturing to the rocks was a good way to eat up our last bit of time.\u00a0 Pax went in a circle and called reps and rock routines for six good minutes, then we headed back to start.<\/p>\n
Our FNG is Elijah, Frank and Beans 2.0. He’s into lots of standard teenager stuff, but indoor rock climbing sticks out. Pebble stuck immediately. It’s a solid name, and I think Green Acres gets the credit.<\/p>\n
A great mostly dry morning with a solid crew, and one more member of the next generation has begun his inculcation…<\/p>\n
Coffeteria followed at Eggs Up and Grill, which was excellent.<\/p>\n
My gratitude for this group of men is immense. SYITG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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