“The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the Lord.” – Proverbs 18:22

17 PAX showed up at The Den this morning to help me celebrate my M’s 40th birthday with a workout she helped me design. So if you liked the beatdown, let her know! If you didn’t like it…well, that’s tough for you then! In the workout notes, I’ll put in () what were her ideas and what were my ideas, so you can really see who wanted to make it hurt!

Warm Up:

Pledge of Allegiance, 5 Core Principals

-Tie-Fighters (x10 IC Right Leg forward), Tie Fighters (x10 IC Left Leg forward)

-Grass Pickers (Today, we called them cherry pickers, because my M’s grandparents were from Traverse City, MI, the cherry capital of the world) (x10 IC)

-40th birthday Motivator (each motivator move, x10 in 4 sets. 40 total of each move, without stopping, like the motivator)

x4 sets: x10 Side Straddle Hops

x10 SSH arms half way up

x10 SSH no arms

x10 jumps

The Thang:

Line up on first base line…Lunge walk (M’s idea) to outfield while doing arm curls w/ coupon (my idea)

Line up in a circle…Bear Crawl around circle til Q calls stop. (Bear crawl was M’s idea)

1st set of 4 exercises, x10 each for 40 total

1.) Squats (M’s idea) w/ coupon (my idea) (x10 IC)

-Bear Crawl

2.) Overhead Press w/ coupon (M’s idea) while doing flutter kicks (my idea) (x10 IC)

-Bear Crawl

3.) Inchworm (x10 IC) (M’s idea)

(Keep legs/knees straight, put hands on ground (1 count), walk hands out to low Merkin position (2 count), walk hands back towards 1 count position (3 count), stand up (4 count)

-Bear Crawl

4.) Shoulder Upright Row w/ coupon (x10 IC) (M’s idea)

2nd set of 4 exercises, x10 each for 40 total

1.) WWII’s w/ coupon (x10 IC) (all my idea)

-Bear Crawl

2.) Bent over row with coupon (x10 IC) (M’s idea)

-Bear Crawl

3.) Pickle Pointers w/ coupon on hips (x10 IC) – Since it’s hump day & my M loves camels (my idea)

-Bear Crawl

4.) Donkey Kick (M’s idea) Blockees (My idea) (x10 OYO)

Tunnel of Love to 3rd Base Line (each PAX crawled through twice) (my idea)

Line up along 3rd base line, sprint up hill, Crawl Bear down, Nur back to 3rd base line (my idea)

Mountain Climbers (x40 OYO) (M’s idea)

Rinse & Repeat 4 times

Mosey back to blocks (that looked like a nice “block-henge” with the rising sun shining so nicely on them)

Indian Run around field w/ block to flag (My idea to pass the time)

Mary:

M Outlaws (flutter kick position, keep feet together, move in big “M” – x10 IC)

Penalty Burpees

COT:

Caterpillar & Popo showed up for COT. Prayers for Double Mint’s daughter, prayers for Pilate (who fartsacked this morning!) and his upcoming training for the Air Force! Continued prayers for my M. I shared a little of my M’s story (brain tumor and 3 surgeries) again this morning. She wanted me to express her personal gratitude to all of you HIM and your continued support of me, her, and our family. She also says thank you for all of the happy birthday wishes from each of you, and sorry she didn’t send me to the den this morning with a birthday cake! She hopes you all stretched and aren’t too sore, but I hope you’re all good and sore!

Thanks for following my M’s lead this morning!

~Bunyan