The BackBlast:

AO:

chatterbox

Pax Names:

Einstein, Bottom Feeder, Odd Job, Trill, Nomad, Hood Hands, Tenderfoot, Grylls, Jungle Love, Daisy Duke, Gryll'd Cheese, Spock, Festiva, Dody, Helen Keller

Number of Pax:

15

FNG Names:

Gryll'd Cheese

Number of FNGs:

1

Intro:

MaBell’s maballs had seen some good days, but they needed some cleaning at Chatterbox.

Warm-o-Rama:

Short Mosey
Windmills
Weedpickers
Imperial Walkers
100 Side Staddle Hops, IC (this threw off the pax)

The Thang:

Back to the car to pick up maballs. There were only 12 balls, but the pax figured out how to share. No big deal. This was almost a 0.0 because YHC wanted to try something different. Maballs are deceiving because theyrtmuch heavier than they look.

Partner up for some Lazy Dora 1-2-3
– partner 1 exercises while partner 2 does a 15 reps of "clean and jerk" with maballs. Touch the ball to the ground, bring it up the chest, then press it overhead for 1 rep.
– continuing each other's count on the exercise, partners completed….
— 100 merkins
— 200 big boi sit-ups
— 300 squats

Helen Keller led the pax in a short run on the track while waiting for the six to finish the routine.

21s, with very little instruction and a quick 'test' that went to 6 (we're going to fail anyway, so why practice too much).
– in sync, pax perform 21 total SSH. The first 5 are in cadence, the rest are silent and are expected to all end at 21.
– pax fail, YHC calls a lay down "pull over" to the knees with maballs for some ab work, for about 15 reps
– another set of 21s, some pax fail again, so everyone picks up maballs and takes a mosey around the entire track

Back to the Circle and set maballs down for a break. Time for some air presses, in cadence. The pax were doing so well and seemed full of enthusiastic chatter, so YHC was inspired to reach 100 IC (200 reps). YHC was very proud of the pax for hanging in.

Backward lunge twists with maballs. 20 Rubicon count backwards, 20 Rubicon count forward. Twisting to the same side as the front leg. This seemed to take plenty of thought and coordination… Not too easy for the Chatterbox pax.

Finally, Green Sally Up (Flower, by Moby). The longest 3.5 minutes of our lives with maballs. The pax finished strong!

COT:

Festiva's kids are traveling, but he gets the week alone with the M.
Einstein's daughter has surgery on her finger.
Helen Keller's friend has cancer and is in a not-so-great nursing home. Hope to get him to a better place.
Silverado's M has more surgery and diagnosis for a mass in her hip.

…more that YHC is forgetting.

Naked Man Moleskin:

YHC had his son out for the first time to F3, Gryll'd Cheese. He said he felt way better than how he feels after CrossFit. YHC think the strength fills him like it fills the rest of the pax.

In him, I am most pleased.