Trapped in a cage

Trapped in a cage

A few weeks back I had asked Bernanke to take a turn on the Sparta Q line up and in true F3 fashion I received the standard response.  Sure thing…What day do you want at my AO to Q in exchange.  🙂

Not a problem, I have had the honor of leading this pax before at Carolina Courts and had what I thought was a perfect idea (it looked much better on paper vs. being done) to keep the entire group within mumble chatter distance of each other..  well it was half right… we did remain within mumble chatter distance of each other.  However, there was limited chatter today.

30 degrees 5:30 AM.. YHC 1st sub freezing post of the season.

Disclaimer given and with all Vets in attendance today I knew we were going push the limits of what all we could get done in 45 mins.

Time to get to work

Breaking from the Thrive tradition of a warm-up lap around the parking lot (minus the Thrive Challenge) we promptly got right to it.

Warm up: 1 BLIMPS

• Burpees:  5 OYO
• Lunges:  10 each leg OYO
• Imperial Walkers: 15
• Merkins: 20 Civilian Count
• Plank Jacks: 25 OYO
• Squats:  30 OYO

Mosey to the Tennis court and enter the cage

Perform one BLIMPS

Partner up: DORA 1,2,3

Pax 1 perform exercise as Pax 2 runs to far end of tennis court for 2 burpees and returns to switch out

• 100 Merkins
• 200 WW2 sit-ups
• 300 Squats
• join the 6 to finish

Perform one BLIMPS

4 corners of Merkins w/ 10 Dry-Docks at center.

• Corner 1: 10 Wide arm Merkins return to center
• Corner 2: 10 Regular Merkins return to center
• Corner 3: 10 Narrow/Diamond Merkins return to center
• Corner 4: 10 Ranger Merkins return to center
• LBC for the 6 or join the 6 to finish

Perform one BLIMPS

Ladder 11s

• 10 bomb jacks run to far end of court 1 Dry-Dock
• 9 bomb jacks run to far end of court 2 Dry-Dock
• Ect
• 1 bomb jacks run to far end of court 10 Dry-Dock
• LBC for the 6 or join the 6 to finish

Escape the cage at 6:30 and mosey back to launch site with no time for Mary.

DONE!!

Thank you Lamont for taking us out in prayer.

Moleskin: Okay, like I said above, it looks easy on paper…and truth be told, YHC has been focused on running more lately… soooooo. might have a slight #SoccerArm situation occurring.  However, the noticeable lack of mumblechatter in today’s workout lead me to think I was not the only one just trying to make it through the beatdown.  Oh wait.. I forgot that 2 pax figured out a great modification to get around the beatdown, but still post and chatter..

NOOOOOO i’m not referring to head bobbers or japanese style bow for squats … Actually, it was something about stealing your kids school backpack, filling it with foam and claiming you can’t do drydocks or burpees with it on.. 🙂
YHC has an excellent modification to the modification.. Drop the backpack and join in the fun.

All joking aside, today’s pax was SOLID.. Start to finish, this crew was non-stop.  No 10 counts or slowing down.. No time for mumble chatter or complaining.. Just plain ole’ hustle in the cage for 45 mins straight.  Every one of us left everything we had on the court this morning as we knocked out countless burpees, merkins/dry-docks, squats and all while completing 1.7 miles of suicide sprints in between.