It’s Monday!
We played a giant game of Cooperative Musical Chairs on the benches in the park next to the Esplanade dock this morning.
It was wet and rainy, kind of hot and very humid. So why not have a lot of fun while we’re sweating on Monday morning?
What’s Cooperative Musical Chairs you ask? It’s just like traditional Musical Chairs where you dance (or skip) around while the music is playing, then you climb on top of a bench when the music stops. But instead of trying to eliminate people from the game, the team works cooperatively to get everyone on the benches each round, even though there are fewer and fewer benches available to get on as the game continues. Who knew there were so many different ways to skip/dance?
And then, why not use those benches as the base for two of the 4 group members doing bench dips, then bench pushups, while a third person “walks the plank” out on the dock (holds a plank), while the fourth runs a lap around the whole bench area?
Why not exactly! That’s what we did. It was about 15 min of upper-body-burning, core-burning, lung-burning work. Basically we were on fire.
And then to add to the heat, and to turn the music up, we did a squat burnout to “Bring Sally Up.” Everyone loved it so much they asked us to be sure to do Rando Guy burpees after the group photo.*
We took the group photo on the dock and no one jumped in the river, mostly because there were signs up about the high bacteria count in the river and the danger to our health. #SafetyThird couldn’t even help us there.
Rando Guy burpees resulted in 5 minutes, picked by two people who ended up joining us for all 5 minutes.
Musical, fun, the kind of #DestinationDeck we love. Tomorrow, we’ll hate it because our triceps and quads will be so sore, but you’re welcome, in advance for that!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Wednesday is PRday in the stadium–come ready to race! And we will be tagging #GrassrootsGear. Bring shirts to be tagged–no black shirts as we only tag with black paint.
Next Monday, July 30th is our next Sunrise6k race. We will meet and start at Weeks Footbridge, both at 5:30 and 6:30am. Put it on your calendar and tell EVERYONE about it.
*#FakeNews
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