Demonstration – I am not a professional

  • When:01/11/16
  • QIC: Swiss Miss
  • The PAX: Insomniac, Stay Puft (Respect), 777 (Respect), Tawny, Uncle Si, Goony, Marge, Smithers (FNG-Matt Cameron), Big Tuna, Adobe, Smash, Escargot, The Fridge (RespectX2 - WD), Jail Break, Marvel, Boowah, Tang, Simba, Swiss Miss (Q), Balk


Demonstration – I am not a professional

A cold, still morning welcomed the 20 men of Area 51 who gathered under the soft glow of the parking lot lights, ready to start their Monday with a dose of downpainment.  The stillness was broken by the Q, who announced he wasn’t a professional, then proceeded to demonstrate the fact.  Here’s how:

Mosey to 51 and circle up:
20-SSH
Mosey ~ half-way to Windswept Dr and circle up
20-IW
Mosey to Windswept Dr and circle up:
15-full-range Merkins (3down/1up)

Mosey to playground for the Main Thang:

Starfish #1:
Legs = 10 pullups, 10 step-ups (each leg=1) on fixed bench, 10 merkins by back, 10 dips on picnic benches, 10 donkey kicks on swings
Center (at playground entrance) = 1 burpie + 1 each time you complete the entire set of 5 legs
(time = 10 minutes)

Starfish #2:
Legs = 10 squats by back left toy, 10 supine pullups (on swings), 10 speed skater by back center of playground, 10-sealjacks by back right toy, 10-lunge (each leg is 1) by swings
Center (at playground entrance) = 1 clap merkin +1 each time complete entire set of 5 legs
(timer = 8 minutes)

Mosey back to school, stopping at corner by Gateway for inchworm merkins until 6 arrives Mosey to parking lot for Mary:
12-Freddie Mercury

COT

Moleskin:
Welcome to our newest member of the F3 nation, Smithers.
Simba lobbied hard for FNG Matt to be called Dabo (underestimated, but leading).  After some polite banter (after all, he is Site Q, and not afraid to remind us), we moved on to gather more intel, and based on his job description found a better fit with “Smithers.”

Simba, Insomniac and Smash demonstrated the core F3 value “I am 3rd” when we had one man go down on the way into the park.  Balk took an unlucky step in a hole and injured his ankle.  Smash stayed with him while Insomniac and Simba ran back to get a car and drive him back to his car.  Apparently he was just getting back after 6 weeks out with an ankle injury on his other foot.

YHC offers sincere apologies to any pax that felt the moderate part of Base Camp’s designation “Moderate Intensity” was missing.  I didn’t have any 10-counts and we didn’t plank to wait for the 6 after the runs.  It wasn’t an oversight, but instead I wanted to offer a challenge to every level: faster guys got to do a few more reps of whatever the called exercise was, but everyone got to do some of that exercise.  Also the design of the starfish is that you push yourself as hard as you want/can.  So I thought I had the “moderate” part and the “intense” part both covered, but if I missed the target, I apologize.

Happy Birthday to The Fridge!

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Simba
8 years ago

I missed most of the workout but enjoyed the multiple trips to and from Davey. Good work Swiss Miss. Go Tigers.

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