I Can’t Drive 45

I Can’t Drive 45

14 men gathered this morning in the gloom to stand in the street for some reason. Once Q herded the cats back to safety, rescued Snoopy from the bushes, and delivered the disclaimer it was time to do some work. Here’s how it went down.

#COP

x18 SSH IC
x5 Squat Complex OYO
x9 Lunge IC
Sally
– 1:00 Squats
– 1:00 Merkins
– 1:00 Leg Lifts

#MOVE

Indian run from the rally point over to the bus lot.

#DOWORK

Partner up for:
DORA 1-2-3 (Half Version, 100 meters)
– 50 pushups per team, plank
– 100 flutter kicks (single count) per team, plank
– 150 squats per team
– 10 chest-to-deck burpees with your teammate
– Pass out

Keep your partner for:
SHOULDER WORK
– P1/25m Bear Crawl, P2/Elbow Plank, Flapjack
– P1/25m Crab Walk, P2/Elbow Plank, Flapjack
– P1/25m Lunge Walk, P2/Max CDD

Cross-county mosey back to rally point for:
6MOM
– 6-in hold while the 6 comes in
– x18 LBC
– x18 Dolly
– Protractor

COT

#END

#NMMS

Thanks to Sensei and Booyah for letting me take the reins at The Peak — one of my favorite favorite workouts that has nothing to do with the fact that it’s practically in my backyard and I can roll out of bed at 0525 and be at the rally point with a few minutes to spare. Nothing at all.

Everybody loves Sally. Do more Sally. More Sally.

I love the DORA 1-2-3 because it’s a team workout. You have to work WITH and FOR your brother as you grind through the high reps and try to catch your breath during the run. I saw all the teams working together with strong output. Everyone blazed right through the sequence, which, of course, ended up getting the crew a bonus 10 CTD Burpees immediately following the 150 team squats. It may pay to be a winner, but you might not like what I’m paying. Q was paired with a very respectable young man of 18, M*A*S*H. I don’t know this young man’s story, but he definitely pushed his Q to max output. Bravo, young man.

Dora’s workouts have a certain, steady pace to them, and I think some of the pax today were a little fed up with waiting for the Q to set them loose as I looked down the line prior to the last iteration of shoulder work about to give the Go Ahead for the lunge walk and I see Booyah, Big League Chew, Snoopy, and Tawny all staring back at me already halfway through to the turnaround. Sorry fellas! You just can’t hold a beast back. Don’t even try.

Shout out to MAD who posted with his ruck after checking with Dora to see if the workout would be ruck-friendly last night. Every Dora workout is ruck-friendly, but no Dora workout is ever ruck-easy. Instead of 3 exercises for Sally, MAD had to do three solid minutes of ruck thrusters…AS A WARMUP. And he had to do ruck presses during the flutter kick portion of the D123. Strong work, brother, can’t wait to earn a patch by your side soon.

More Respects than you can shake two sticks at this morning. If you ever EH and get the age excuse, drag that #sadclown out to Peak 51 and let Hacker, Nomad, Big League Chew, and Freedom show him what determination and resolve can produce. I’m blessed to have men like this to look up to and emulate as I approach the Respect Milestone.

The rest of the guys just kept grinding away; Horsehead, Pele, and Normandy (Big League Chew’s 2.0) didn’t need to say much, they came to do work.

Well done, men. It’s an honor to lead you. Can’t wait until next time.

thx/d

ANNOUNCEMENTS

F3 Dads – Lots of fun with your 2.0s. Horsehead has the Q this week!
F3 Golf – Booyah is putting together a 4some of duffers from Peak 51.
F3 Whetstone – Mentors and mentees among the Pax. No one is so good that they can’t get better. Learn from your brothers who’ve gone before you.
F3 Everything – Do it all.