The Wet Princes of Bellaire

by | May 30, 2017 | Houston, The Yard

Against medical advice, 9 PAX including 2 FNGs washed down a burpee/BLIMPS open-faced sandwich with 248 gallons of sweat on a steamy morning at #theyard.

#Disclaimer

YHC is not a professional. This is a voluntary workout.  Push yourself, but don’t hurt yourself and modify if necessary. Hydrate as needed.

#Conditions

83 Degrees, 91% humidity. Basically – disgusting.  YHC questioning the decision to move away from the Pacific coast.

Warm Up/COP

Gather in the Western parking lot due to unexpected closure of the Toyota Center and surrounding environs. Disruption taken in stride – literally – as we started with a ~1 mile Mosey through the empty streets of Bellaire before heading to the town square.

  • Side Straddle Hops x 30 IC
  • Seal Jacks x 20 IC
  • Grassgrabbers x 10 IC
  • Toy Soldiers x 10 IC
  • Morrocan Nightclubs x 15 IC

The Thang

Crowd favorite – the Burpee Broad Jump across BTS. Repeat x 2 with recovery jogs and then x 1 more with bear-crawls on the finish.

New exercise: The Jay-Z. Hold plank position, brush shoulders off.

Jay-Z Left x 10 IC

Jay-Z Right x 10 IC

Time for BLIMPS, which felt more like Hindenbergs in the heat/humidity. At this point the Accuweather Real Feel heat index suggested that working out on the surface of the sun would have been a refreshing alternative.

Each BLIMPS exercise was “recovered” by a jog/sprint combo around BTS.

  • Burpees x 5 OYO
  • Lunges x 10 IC
  • Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
  • Merkins (Iron-Cross/Hand-release) x 20 OYO
  • Plank Jacks x 25 IC
  • Squats x 30 OYO
  • Water fountain drinks x 1,000 OYO

Circle the wagons for some abdominal torture:

  • In and Out Abs (Animal-Style) x 15 IC
  • Freddie Mercury x 15 IC
  • Rosalita x 20 IC
  • Low-Flutter Kicks (Buble-Approved) x 30 IC

Mosey back to the parking lot and watch the steam rise from the PAX.

Count-O-Rama and Name-O-Rama

9 PAX including FNGs Daredevil and Magnus. Welcome!

Ball of Man

Circle of Trust, Ball of Man and Thoughts and Prayers

YHC told a long, convoluted, minimally-interesting story about a dog movie and an alcoholic abusive dad and somehow intended for this to serve as encouragement to post for workouts and EH new guys. Story effectiveness rating = D minus. At least it wasn’t an F.

#Tclaps to Whiskey for taking us out and to Duggar for helping FNGs navigate as always.

As the heat rises don’t forget to hydrate pre- and post-workout!

WW