Author: Chum Bucket

Five of us took advantage of much cooler weather in posting for tonight’s Punisher. Short mosey to the far end of Laburnum Avenue school yard for COP with 25 x SSHs, 15 x IWs, 15 x DQs, 15 x Ukrainian Soldiers, 16 x Helicopters, 15 x Carolina Dry Docks, 15 x Reverse Crunches, and 15 x Big Arm Circles, forward and back.

Short additional stroll to the grassy southeast corner of the school property for Deck of Death. PAX choice of exercises with reps indicated by the cards: Spades – Copperhead Squats, Hearts – SSHs, Diamonds – Merkins, Clubs – Rocky Sit Ups (two count, elbow to knee), Jokers – 10 second faster jog in whatever direction with a jog back. Drizzle begins mid-way through the sequence. Cheap Ocracoke Island cards not waterproof.

Slide circle near the center of the grass for a few minutes of stretching. Short mosey to the edge of the parking lot. COT and Weapon X took us out.

Three posted for the relocated short workout / social at Bingo Beer. Two of us made it for the short workout. The third posted to the usual AO because of poor follow through by the Q, but made it to Bingo for the social.

Five posted for the Punisher before last. Burpees with Broad Jumps to start across the width of the school. Pentagon up nearby with some of our favorite starter exercises. Move to the school for a short mini-Murph with 10 x Plank Rows, 20 x Merkins, and 30 x Squats followed by a short lap around the big trees in front of LHES. Five rounds.

Relocate to the bus loop for Elevens with Curb Dips and Mountain Climbers. Line up and Lunge Walk in a northerly direction, taking turns counting steps and with Merkins in between. Finish with Conveyor Belt Mary on sidewalk squares, alternating LBCs, Box Cutters, and Reverse Crunches along the sidewalk from the east side of the school to the south side of the school near the parking lot. Mosey for COT. (correct me where wrong)

Two of us left our adjacent houses and posted at Linwood Holton Elementary School for the Valentine’s Day Punisher. Brief warmup with several of the usual. Followed with a couple of two man Triple Check rounds and some dealer’s choice exercises.

Six of us made it to Bingo Beer for the February social, two for the brief workout in the rain beforehand, but all of us for a beverage.

Five posted for last week’s Punisher. Met in the usual parking lot at the southeast corner of LHES property facing a stiff, cold breeze from the west. We may need to get a Solo Stove for the AO. Mosey to the side yard for COP with some of the usual warm up items but with Imaginary Jump Ropes after every called set.

Move to the nearby outdoor classroom. Pick a side of a picnic table and complete 10 Incline Merkins followed by 10 Step Ups per leg. Continue, dropping a rep, from nine down to one, pausing in Al Gore between rounds.

Jog to the concrete pad adjacent to the school just east of the outdoor classroom for a Lindsay (always 40 reps) involving Two Count Flutter Kicks and Reverse Crunches.

Mosey to the wet grass at the edge of the playground blacktop for Jack Webb variant, starting with one Pickle Pounder, four Air Presses, four Curls, and eight Arm Circles. Add another Pickle Pounder and maintain the same ratio of the other exercises. Finish with 11:44:44:88.

Jog to the nearby bus loop and complete five Squats with five Side Lunges each way, followed by Invisible Jump Ropes while waiting. Continue, dropping a rep, down to 1.

A few minutes of stretching followed adjacent to the school building – blocking the wind – and finish with a COT.

Eight posted for the second Punisher of 2022 – relocated, by design, to Bingo Beer in Scott’s Addition. A few of us met early to do a few exercises to Yahtzee dice behind the brewery and we caught up for a social thereafter. We discussed doing the same sometime in February. Will let you know.

Three posted for the first Punisher of 2022. Brief mosey across the parking lot and through a couple of inches of snow to the circle in front of Linwood Holton Elementary for our warmup. Relocate to the covered patio nearby for 22 reps of 10 exercises, repeated once – 2022. Next, a few rounds of a medley with a Burpee, a few Donkey Kicks, etc. Finish with a few LBC rounds. COT and YHC took us out.

We relocated Punisher to Bingo Beer for a brief run – primarily to spot holiday light installations on Monument Avenue – and followed with a little social time. Turns out just a few households (really just one) in the nearby few blocks of Monument went big with lights. Not much to see in the 1K mosey. Point was to have some social time, anyway. Back patio at Bingo is nice with propane-fired fire pits. May head here again. There was a motion to possibly relocate Punisher once a month in the winter season for similar social time. Did I miss anyone in the PAX list? Thanks!