A Morning Swim at The Armory

5 men made it to The Armory on the wet November morning (There might be a song in that). All kidding aside, is was great to see headlights join Dark Helmet and I in the parking lot, my expectations were not high.

Disclaimer and a brief comment of where we may stay dry, but the boards were in place and we were off.

A traditional Armory warm-up mosey around the lot, 20 SSH, 20 IW, 20 Windmills, 20 Squats. Mosey with your bell to the front ledge (a 2ft incline). OYO 20 dips, 10 each step-ups, 10 derkins. Mosey to the big lot. NOTE: In a heavy rain ... 2x4s, duck tape and Sharpie ...

One end of the lot there are 8 KB exercises, on the other there are 8 w/o the bell. KB first, run around the edge to the others, then back. We made it though the entire program once, then the KB side twice, with running in between.

KB side: 20 tricep extensions, 10 each arm curls, 10 goblet squats/10 overhead, 20 chest presses standing (Howitzer insisted we do the second round like it was originally written, on your 6 w/ flutter kick), 20 swings 2 handed, 10 rows each side, 10 each side clean & press, 10 each way figure 8s.

w/o the bell side: 10 merkins, bear crawl to the corner, 10 bombjacks, 5 burpees (yes, only 5 and modify if needed), 20 mountain climbers, 10 monkey humpers, air chair with 20 overhead claps, 10 carolina wet docks.

Back to COT. Safe travels to Howitzer as he is on his way to the Middle East.

This morning marked 6 months for this former sad clown. Honored to Q at The Armory, thanks to Dark Helmet for giving me the keys and Howitzer, Socrates & Patton for joining me on a tough morning.