The Big House – Today’s Episode: Off Campus We Go…or…Why Is the Lady With a Clipboard Yelling?

The Big House – Today’s Episode: Off Campus We Go…or…Why Is the Lady With a Clipboard Yelling?

6 PAX, including 1 FNG, converged on The Big House’s shovel flag this gloomy, wet, cold morn’ in search of gifts…but the greatest gift of all was what they found inside themselves.  Also, there’s probably a pill you can take for whatever you have, Udder.

Disclaimer was given for said FNG (friendly new guy) Tim, who YHC, Cinnamon, and Private Benjamin all knew from our neighborhood.  Once YHC was convinced that errrbody got the message, we were off for a 1 mile run from the AO lauch pad (Pineville PD) to Pineville Lake Park for some 12 pains of Christmas, but not before some of the following:

COP.

Windmills x15
Low slow Merk x15

The Thang

On the 1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th/6th/7th/8th/9th/10th/11th/12th day of christmas my brothers EH’d me…

(into)
One F’ing bur-ur-urp-ee
Two Lunges Lunging
Three Low-Slow-Squats
Four Freddie-Mercs
Fiiive Box-Cut-ters
Six Peter Parkers
Seven Parker Peters
Eight Merkins Merking
Nine Floyds (Mayweathers…see F3 dictionary) a’punching
Ten Carolina Dry Docks (too many syllables, can’t Christmasize it)
Eleven Wide-Arm-Merkins
Twelve Makhtar N’Diayes (Pronounced Mak-tar JAI…see F3 Exercise dictionary…really sucks after all that)

Time to mosey back to base via Indian Run…for a mile.

Mosey past launch point over to Concrete Tree Farm for 12 up, 1 down.
11 Step Ups, 1 Dip
10 Step Ups, 2 Dips
etc etc etc
…………1 Step Up, 11 Dips.

Done? Done. Mosey back to base…RIGHT ON TIME! Great success.

COT
Name-o-rama introduced us to Tim, who DF first met when they were both going through new daddy boot camp over two years ago. Small world, brother. Tim’s wife is in residence right now in town, and Tim travels a lot for work and was looking for something to smack him around a bit. YHC observed he seemed to handle most of the pain, but is pretty certain that Makhtar got the better of him. Given his M is on her way to full-bird MD status, so he was dubbed Patient Zero. For those among us familiar with Max Brooks’ World War Z novel, this means something. For the rest of us, it was the most suggestive thing available short of something like “Hellooooo NURSE!”, which in retrospect, might have worked as well (fair comment, Utah). Welcome Patient Zero!

Other Observations:
– TCLAPS to Udder for leading the way for most of the workout and for attempting to sing the 12 pains all the way through to himself. Only made me want to end it quicker.
– Cinnamon and Private Benjamin…hands down are regulars at The Big House now. Pvt Benji was a game-time decision thanks to a nice game of dodge-rock played at RockZero on Sat. Glad you made it out Brother.
– Utah – Good to see you back out at the Big House w/us!
– About to send an APB out for Tramp Stamp and Alice, who we haven’t seen in a while…gotta EH dem boys back out.
– White Collar planning to return once he stops smoking – just kidding dude, stop trying to get sick so you get to skip the winter workouts.
– Banana Boat being worked to death by Tuck (I’m guessing). Filing a complaint w/Labor Dept tomorrow.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Joe Davis Run for Recovery – The run this year will be on 01/07/2017.  Sign up (I’m looking at you, Cinnamon & Pvt Benjamin)

*****THE BIG HOUSE WILL RETURN ON MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2017*****
(Alternate options MIGHT be available for Monday 12/26 workouts…check the Q schedules and the Twitter for any deets)
MERRY CHRISTMAS F3 PAX, and PAX of The Big House.  This AO was launched during the least opportune times, but it’s survived and thrived thanks to men pushing themselves to become better than they were the week before.  Thankful for all of you.