A Minute Takes So Long but Goes So Fast

A Minute Takes So Long but Goes So Fast

A week or so ago, Bullwinkle asked me “last minute” (his words) if I could Q Union County’s toughest moderate workout.  I was honored that he asked and quickly obliged.  BTW, there’s nothing moderate about the effort and exercises the 9 PAX put in at #F3Conviction.  Here’s an example:

05:30 – leave main lot & mosey to bus lot at back of school.  A few high knees and some butt kickers mixed in to help get the hamstrings warmed up.

SSH X 20 IC

IW X 20 IC

LSS X 20 IC

Merkins X 5 IC

Wide Arm Merkins X 5 IC

Mtn Climbers X 20 IC

The Main Thang

• Partner up & mosey to (extra wide) bus parking spaces.  Face partner.
• Perform 5 merkins.  Plank walk left to next line & do 5 more.  Repeat 5 times
• Bear crawl from line to line.  Perform 5 monkey humpers at each line. Total of 5 lines
• Circle up around the speaker for EMOM (every minute on the minute).  Timer is set for 1 minute.  Perform called exercises & # of reps.  If time is still left on the clock, that’s the rest.

Round 1

1. 10 Burpees
2. 20 Knee Up Squats
3. 20 Merkins
4. 20 Side lunges (10 each side)
5. 1 Min of Toy Soldier
6. 1 Min of Jump the Line (side to side)
7. Run a lap

1 Min of Rest

Round 2

1. 10 Burpees
2. 20 Mary Catherines
3. 20 Diamond Merkins
4. 1 Min of Toy Soldier
5. 1 Min Alpine Skier
6. Run a lap

1 Min of Rest

Round 3 (Lightning Round)

1. 20 Merkins
2. 20 Knee Up Squats
3. 20 Diamond Merkins
4. 30 Mary Catherines
5. 1  Min of High Plank
6. 1 Min of High Plank (Right Arm high – 30 sec; Left Arm high – 30 sec)

06:15 – Mosey back to main lot

Moleskin

Everyone, including YHC, was on time this AM, although Playoffs cut it close.  Apparently he thinks STOP signs are YEILD signs at 5:29 in the AM.  If he weren’t heading to the AO, you would have thought he was on a mad dash to look for Elvis with the way he rolled through the Stop sign at the intersection before the school entrance.  He was the low scorer in the FFL, and we thought we would get to see him pay his debt, but Nomad has gone MIA and hasn’t provided the punishment.  Speaking of MIA, it was nice to see Sling Blade in the gloom.  He seemed to re-aggravate an old back injury during EMOM.  Let’s keep him in our thoughts & prayers for a healthy & speedy return.  Since YHC’s weinke was EMOM, it only made sense to provide music.  I believe it was Arsenal who approved the playlist.  It was definitely helpful to have a loud ‘noise’ to distract us from Shake n’ Bake’s Toy Soldier form. #notaprofessional.  The workout started with a good bit of mumble chatter but it quickly died down as the minutes ticked away.  To quote eHarmony, “a minute has never gone by so fast and at the same time seem to take forever.”  I still want to know what Bullwinkle’s “deconstructed burpee” is. #notaprofessional.  You can’t tell Woody was on IR for months earlier this summer.  Dude crushes every workout.  I guess he’s making up for lost time.  Gypsy enjoyed the beatdown so much (or is so strong) that he asked for more #Mary at the end. #hesnotright.  Glad we didn’t have time to oblige – I was smoked and hope everyone else was too.

Announcements

Oct 7 – Anson Co. convergence.  UC PAX to help celebrate 3 yrs of Anson Co AO’s.  Clown car from Carolina Courts at 6AM on 10/7

Oct 7 – SpeedForNeed event at Susan Komen 5K.  Come support by being present &  representing F3.  Need people to be visible and available to answer spectators questions