You’re Making This Stuff Up

You’re Making This Stuff Up

16 of the best dudes in South Charlotte wheeled into the best AO in South Charlotte on a crisp fall day to experience this thing called Anvil.  Courtesy of Mermaid, I conducted my VQ at Anvil in July 2015.  Here we are knocking on door of year-end 2017, and I am called to Q what will likely be my last formal Q of Anvil.  (Banking changes…thus, I will likely be headed back to the home turf of the Dash (Winston-Salem) after the end of the year.)  A weak disclaimer was given, we virtually saluted the virtual shovel flag, and we took off.

The Thing We Did

COP:

5 High plank jacks + 5 low plank jacks OYO

15 old man style windmills IC

10 hi/lo plank jacks OYO

15 old man IWs IC

15 hi/lo plank jacks

15 old man cotton pickers (with the proverbial clap) IC

20 hi/lo plank jacks

Mosey over for some 4 corners.  This is where the “you are making this stuff up” begins.  Corner 1–donkey kick merkins (weird at first and then pain as the # increases).  Corner 2–snowboarders (“you’ve been using google”).  Corner 3–Calf Raises (really a place to catch your breath).  Corner 4–hand release burpees.   Round 1 is 5 of each exercise OYO.  Round 2 is 10.  Round 3 is 15.  Bankers lover increments of 5.

Head to far lot for The Beast.  6 rounds, 6 stops per round, 6 called exercises at each stop.  Round 1=merkins.  Round 2=monkey humpers. Round 3=Mountain Climbers.  Round 4=Squat Jump (while maintaining form better than mine).  Round 5=Plank Jacks (low for 3; high for 3); Round 6=the ever crowd pleasing burpees.  Fastholes lead some Mary when they are done.

To the Sweat Box/Champs Pavilion.  10 step-ups each leg + 20 dips + 20 derkins.  Run to light pole, find a partner for 10 handslap merkins.  Do this 1 more time, subbing irkins for derkins.

Finished.

Ye Olde Moleskine

Having starting my Qing at Anvil, YHC wanted to go out with some of my “favorite” routines.  4 corners, the beast, and the sweat box are good standby routines for those of us (#Respect) with memory problems. Where did I put my teeth?  Thanks for going along with it, albeit with mumblechatter.  No, I did not make up the DK merkins or snowboarders. My M’s class at the Y (yea, yea, yea….i invite you anytime) does these exercises.  On my occasional visits, I try to pick up new tricks for this old dog.

Rachel & McGee are always out front, setting a break neck pace.  They are rewarded with extra Mary.  Snuka (my co-worker) is fast for anyone, much less a Respect and most-of-the-time War Daddy.  Hammer (who came dressed as the unibomber) plows through it with determination and not much back talk.  Haze plows through it with a LOT of back talk.  Always good to work out when Champagne (the PAX and the liquid) is involved; he keeps you honest.  Thunder Road is usually not one of the fastholes, but he gut checks his way through all of the exercises, even the ones YHC made up.  O’Tannenbaum, a relative newcomer to the Respect world–welcome, is looking forward to Christmas when his F3 name will have some semblance of meaning.  Lorax, the pajama wearing tax accountant, and Brilleuax, my fellow Demon Deacon, show they still have spring in their steps and cartilage in their knees.  Abba shows up just in time to join the mosey and proceeds to demonstrate admirable form on the burpees.  (YHC only knows that b/c i was behind him the entire way.)  Snowflake (EC for RIRO) is one of the leaders of the Respect crowd (along with Check Point); these boys can whip most teenagers out there.  Runstopper kept his shirt on for the workout…I guess b/c there was a little mist in the air.  Hops, yet another Deacon,  gave the HC yesterday at B3 (ya’ll should attend) and didn’t disappoint even though his alarm must have malfunctioned.  We start at 5:30 and have for 5 years.  And there’s Mermaid, who first roped me into the Q thing.  Always encouraging, always checking on other PAX, always looking for a good plate of BBQ.

Announcements

Joe Davis Run–check website and twitter

Christmas Party–lots to choose from.  Check slack, twitter, etc.

Turkey Dash in Blakeney in conjunction with Speed for Need.  Surprisingly, on Thanksgiving Day.

Runstopper and others supporting a Vet running a marathon(s).  Freedom Park.  Nov 11.

Turkey Drive for CLT Rescue Mission $10 donation buys a turkey for those in need.  Mermaid for info.

Always an honor to try to lead these fine men of F3.  SYITG between now and the end of the year.  YHC took us out.