The Intimidator Intimidates?

The Intimidator Intimidates?

Despite Tiger Rag’s shameless attempt to steal PAX with his #F3Skunkworks pre-tweet yesterday (it’s true – check the Twitter timeline), 12 men posted this morning for something new at SOFAWIB. It was either an attendance record or close to it. #BRRisobviouslyover

The Q showed up at about 5:25 to see a very crowded parking lot by SOFAWIB standards. I guess the secret’s out. At about 5:28, YHC started to get nervous. Where were Kirk and Sundancer? Still no sign at 5:30, so we got moving.

The Thang:

Shockingly, it was very similar to the pre-blast:

Warm-up mile to Harris Teeter and back.

PAX partner up based on 1) KB size and 2) speed.

Catch me if you can (CMIYC) to the buddy bench with kettlebells and 5 burpees.

Partner 1 performs AMRAP of a KB exercise while Partner 2 circles the fence around the nearest baseball field. Flapjack upon P2’s return.

1. Swings (2H, L, R, mix it up)
2. Goblet squats
3. High pulls
4. Reverse lunges #ugh
5. Snatches (flip the watch to the inside of the wrist or it will be crushed)
6. Presses (2H, L, R, mix it up)
7. Cleans (seriously, flip the watch around)

CMIYC back to the start at 6:02 since we didn’t have time for both partners to complete another round. Also, the Q was smoked.

Run the HT mile again. One Eye and the other speed demons led some Mary until the six came in. YHC was present for some Rosalita and Protractor.

Done.

Thanks to Simba for the take-out in COT. And a belated congratulations on his successful adoption of his children, which became official last week.

NMM:

YHC named this workout the Intimidator because it reminded me of NASCAR with all of the left turns around the baseball diamond. Plus, it sounds cool and I don’t think it’s taken.

When Kirk asked YHC to bring a kettlebell workout to SOFAWIB, I was flattered. With all the speed demons out there, I didn’t think they would be interested in swinging the heavy metal. I guess I was right as Kirk and Sundancer both chose the fartsack over posting this morning. There was much discussion over the reason for not posting after both retweeted and favorited the pre-blast. Here were the top 10 reasons YHC came up with during those long, dark runs to HT and back:

10. They dropped a kettlebell on their foot one time and swore to never lift one again. #neveragain

9. They stayed up too late at their pre-SOFAWIB sleepover braiding each other’s hair. Wait, Sundancer doesn’t have hair… #pillowfight

8. If they posted, the attendance record might be too far out of reach for them to ever exceed it. #bestSOFAWIBQever

7. They knew Swiper wasn’t going to show, so they weren’t losing ground. #noswiping

6. They were afraid Bushwood would show them up by swinging a bigger kettlebell. #mansizebell

5. They were afraid Champagne would Q jack and call 30 minutes of Turkish get-ups. #TGUsrule

4. Maybe they got there early and made fun of Iron Mike’s long sleeves again, so he locked them in the trunk of the police car. No, that can’t be it because Iron Mike wasn’t there either. Neither was his driver, Talkbox. #masterblaster

3. They were attending the Hilliard Studio Method class taught by Brushback’s M this morning. There’s better scenery and Brushback swears it’s a great workout. #notsurewhyheknowsthat

2. Alien abduction. #tractorbeam

And the #1 reason: they are repaying YHC for fartsacking at their own workouts over the past few months. That must be it. #payback

Alright, joke time is over. Thanks to Kirk and Sundancer for the invitation to Q and thanks to the PAX for trying something new. And thanks to the meatheads (Chanel, Ickey Shuffle and Champagne (sort of)) that put up with a surprising amount of running (3.6 miles) to support a bro Q at SOFAWIB. It was good to see some new faces at SOFAWIB, the best workout in F3… on Tuesday… on Rea Road. I hope to see you in the gloom soon.

Announcements:

• If you want more kettlebells and less running, come on out to Meathead on Thursday at Elizabeth Lane. YHC is the Q this week. If you like your kettlebells with a little less running, come on out to Foxhole on Mondays at Elon Park Elementary, where Chanel and YHC are site Qs. #shamelessselfpromotion
• Mud run sign-ups extended to October 3rd. This is the final deadline. Really. Click here to sign up.
• EO Thirst is at the USNWC on October 4th. Click here for details.
• If I missed anything, please feel free to add it the comments below. Also, feel free to add any jokes about the site Qs. Semi-Gloss and Bushwood, I’m talking to you.