2 Davillians forsook the fartsack and pushed through another Friday workout.
Mosey to rear of church for COP: SSH, arm circles, Imperial Walkers and DQ.
Mosey to field for start of history lesson. On this day in 1173, construction began on the leaning tower of Pisa. It took 200 years to finish (poorly), so we did 50 each of shoulder taps, reverse crunches, blades of steel and SSH.
Stay in the field area, because on this date in 1854, Walden, by Henry David Thoreau, was first published, an account of his time living simply for 2 years, 2 months and 2 days in the woods. So, YHC added 18 and 54 together, split it four ways… do 18 each of merkins, heels to heaven, low slow squats and calf raises, running into the woods between each to touch a tree.
Mosey to parking lot for next history bit: in 1910 the electric washing machine was patented, signaling the end of cleaning clothes using a washboard. In remembrance of the trusty washboard, we worked to develop our own: 75 American hammers, 75 LBC’s and 50 starfish crunches.
For the last history lesson, mosey back to field. On August 9th, 1936, Jesse Owens was part of the gold medal winning and world record setting 4 x 100 relay team at the Berlin Olympics, winning his fourth gold medal of the games. Commemorating this, PAX wheelbarrowed across the field and then sprinted back, then switched it up and repeated.
Mosey back to flag, numberama, namerama, YHC took us out.
NMS
YHC showed up at 5:26 to no cars in the parking lot, but a Trout was there, having run over from his house in Ashcreek. After a few minutes and no one else rolling in, we rolled out. YHC tried a couple of new to him exercises, and will bring back only 1 of the 2. Both were very difficult, but starfish crunches killed YHC’s back (so modified to 50 reps) while blades of steel was just really hard–look it up, seems easy, but it is not, especially at 50 reps. It was great to get a chance to know Trout a little better this morning, really glad he’s part of the Daville family.
In the words of Richard Nixon, who resigned the Presidency on this day in 1974, “I’m not a crook!”, but I have No Idea what I’m doing.
