No Labor Day Break Here



No Labor Day Break Here

9 men made the (maybe) wise choice to kick off the Labor Day weekend by posting at DaVinci.  Since YHC is a football fanatic I thought that it would make it more interesting to tie it into the college football kickoff weekend.  The workout may or may not have been ripped directly from the Alabama strength and conditioning program better known as the 4th Quarter Program.  Here is what went down.

The Thang

Moseyed over to the Best Buy parking lot for COP

SSH x 15 (Hops set the tone early with some refusnik on the COP)

IW x 15

Moroccan Nightclubs x 15

Mtn Climbers x 15

Merkins x 10

Bear crawl from one parking island to the other stopping to drop for a merkin at each parking line.  Then did the same thing back.

 

We then moseyed over to the Blakeney playground.  The plan here was to partner up with partner #1 running a lap around the restaurant seating area/grass lawn while partner #2 did the called exercises on the playground and flapjacking until the number of exercises hit. YHC stopped by early to leave a poster sized weinke of exercises so there was no confusion by the Pax on what was needed.  There was a slight sense of pride when Mary Kay complemented the size of YHC’s weinke.  The called exercises that the partners needed to hit were pull ups x 50, derkins x 60, dips x 100 and step ups x 125.  The Pax knocked these out and Paper Jam and Finny (sp?) led some Mary until all were in.

From here we moseyed to the Montessori School stopping at a wall for People’s Chair with overhead presses and then stopping at the neighborhood entrance for Mary.  Once at the Montessori School everyone grabbed a lifting rock.  In a circle we did 17 bicep curls/rotate to the rock on your right, 17 overhead presses/rotate to rock on your right and 17 tricep lifts/rotate to rock on your right.  YHC offered a prize to whoever could tell why we did 17 reps.  After a few attempts at humor regarding Bear Bryant, etc. (probably from Clemson or Ohio State fans) YHC gave the answer that everyone knew.  Yep, 17 national championships for the Crimson Tide.  This led to more jokes about made up National Championships but if UCF can claim one for 2017 then Bama has 38*.  The prize was 17 reps of Triple Lindy’s followed by 17 upright rows.

*Number not verified by actual stats but more of a guestimate by unbiased sources.

The Pax returned to Blakeney shopping center stopping at the stairs.  Partnered back up with Partner #1 running up stairs, doing 5 Carolina Dry Docks at the top and then finishing the loop down.  While this is going on Partner #2 does supine pull ups on the railings at the bottom of the stairs.  Each partner to do 4 laps and 4 rounds of pull ups.  After this it was time to head back to launch.  Before leaving the area completely Chopper said that he wanted more before we called it…actually I think he asked if we were headed back to launch but YHC realized we had a couple of minutes and took it as though Chopper wanted more.  The Pax gathered in a circle planking outwards and a verse of Bear Crawl Banjo was strummed.  Head back to Launch and time.

COT

Moleskin

This post was a fun one for YHC.  The numbers were down a little due to slackers with end of summer vacations (I’m just jealous I was not vacationing) but the 9 that posted made it an enjoyable one.  The workout seemed to push everyone but yet we were able to have some good 2nd F mumblechatter throughout.  There was no six as everyone busted it and stayed together.  Hops and Paper Jam are the kings of conversation during the workouts but I guess that is because both are runners and a bootcamp is nothing for them.  Mary Kay and Chopper are F3 veterans who talk their game down but in reality do a fantastic job of pushing themselves while helping new guys out at the same time.  That is no easy task.  Boitano crushed it as always and is poised to Q some workouts if he has not already.  Finny recently moved to Charlotte from Whiteville, NC where he helped to get the chapter started there and has been posting in the Marvin area.  It was a pleasure to have him join us as he helped to keep the mood light.  We welcomed two FNG’s, Ponce de Leon and Dig Dug who both knocked it out.  Looking forward to seeing all three of you gentlemen at future posts.

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