Thrive Challenge Nov 2018



Thrive Challenge Nov 2018

Somehow I posted this backblast late, I would call it laziness except I posted one for someone else and for my Q at Conviction which happened a day later. I guess Willie Wonka’s words hold true, “You have to go forward to go backwards.” #Wisdom

Anyway here is The Thang:

The Thrive Challenge is always a different F3 workout, no cadence, no COP, no Mary.
This is you vs you to set a baseline (If your first time) to compare back to at a future challenge or hopefully crush your last challenge if not your first.

It goes like this…
Perform exercise 1 using whatever time you need to still have the best form you can muster. Once complete you will run, walk or crawl a predefined lap around the perimeter of the parking lot which is about 1/3 of a mile.
Get back and complete exercise 2, do lap, etc.

Get through as much as you can until time is called. If you cheat or cut corners you are only hurting yourself and your baseline. I don’t care if it takes the whole time to get through one or two things, that will be the baseline you will work towards crushing the next time. For example, bend those elbows on a merkin, at the same time do the full rep, don’t race and “bounce” the merkins, etc.

Here is the list:
Mountain Climbers – 100 (count each leg as one, i.e. civilian count, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc. if you have posted you understand how for some this is the challenge. #SMH)
Lap
Calf Raises – 150 (50 regular, 50 toes pointed in, 50 toes pointed out)
Lap
Merkins – 100 (25 wide, 25 regular, 25 narrow (elbows close, also called “perfect Merkin”), 25 diamond)
Lap
Burpees – 50
Lap
Carolina Dry Docks – 100
Lap
LBCs – 100
Lap
Jump Squats – 100
Lap
Dollies – 200
Lap
Squats – 100
Lap
Rock Hoppers – 100
Lap
Russian Twists (American Hammer) – 100
Lap
Burpees – 100
Lap
Burpees – 200

Apparently too many of the PAX were scared off by #Cantore because there were only 4 of us there, the rest can turn in their man card to the main office.

Results (current in bold, your prior results in italics):

Bonhoeffer – 3/4 lap after dollies – 129 Dollies
Shepherd – 21 Squats – 20 Dollies
Gypsy41 American Hammers – 82 Squats
Hair Band – lap after dollies – 3/4 lap after LBCs

Moleskine:

My timing is getting better and of course there is less info to convey with only 3 other PAX who have done this before. I try to get the info out before hand but allow 2 minutes in case there is someone new. There wasn’t today but I want to stay consistent.

As I have said before if you do not beat your last results there can be valid reasons, lack of sleep, not hydrated well, but more importantly as you get stronger you will be able to have better form in many of these things and that could take a little longer.
There is nothing wrong with being a little slower while having better form. Fortunately we all beat our last results and I know Gypsy has that set of 100 burpees in his sights!

While there is not much actual leading at this type of beatdown it is still awesome to see everyone pushing themselves and an honor to be a part of a group of men to always try to excel, AYE!

Hair Band

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