Ascension to BallRoom

Running with Dark Helmets "Ascend" theme from the Ballroom last week, the 12 pax that posted this week were tasked with climbing a pair of cascading walls up to the launch-point parking lot (an exercise introduced by Senator Tressel shortly after this AO came online).

After COT, a bonus exercise of hunting for Dark Helmet's lost key to his cargo van ensued (tweet pic). I believe the pax were especially motivated to help find the key in hopes that the van (fence-mobile?) contained high quality goods they could buy with cash at a low price (like speakers or tv sets). The key was found after a few minutes of searching, but no such booty exchanged hands (at least no one is reporting to have witnessed such transactions).

The Thang:

Double Applesauce down to lowest parking lot for dynamic warm up

- SSH x25

- WM x15

- Bear crawl half way across parking lot, lunge out the rest of the way

- Low Slow Squats x20

- Toy Soldier in place x20

- Sprint back to starting side of parking lot

- IW x20

- Mountain Climbers x20

- Karaoke across parking lot (flip sides half way)

- Carolina Dry Docks x20

- 5 Burpees OYO

Double Applesauce back to one of the upper lots, where the cascading retaining walls loom.

Main Event - Triple Check (modified):

- Split into teams of 3

- 1st man in People’s Chair

- 2nd man doing merkins

- 3rd man climbs wall and runs around back to team

- Rotation positions when 3rd man returns

- Exercise complete when team reaches 200 merkins

- Repeat w/ bomb jacks (100 count)

- Repeat w/ plank jacks (200 count)

Run to grassy area near launch point

- Dual tunnel of love

- Seal team sit ups

- Rinse and repeat

Ab Lab

- Seniors choice (start with most senior pax and work down). Exercises picked were:

- LBCs

- Rosaletta

- Low slow flutter

- Freddie's

- Protractor

Thanks to the pax for post, effort, and encouragement during and after the workout. It's always and honor and pleasure to Q.

-old bay