Not Today, Satan!

Not Today, Satan!

When Chiseled was first becoming an AO, I suggested the above title (it’s a church parking lot for those outside the WUC). Clearly, it didn’t stick. So I boycotted NTS Chiseled, staying comfy with the Dromedarians I hold so dear. Even though NTS is closer, my grudge fueled the difference in distance.

So when Fuse Box asked me to Q, I had to confront more demons than just how to spend 45 minutes.
Never Q’d a gear workout.
Don’t really feel that strong.
Kinda busy. Would rather just be a taker than a giver right now.

Warm Up
I’m known for my long DiCCS. Wait, come on, people, I’m on church property here!
Disclaimer (standard F3 stuff)
Cell phone on body (Mad Dog & YHC)
CPR certified (just me – admonishment to get certified; Short Circuit gives excuses instead of finding the closest fire department)
Site Safety (with gear, good form is vital. If you don’t know, ask; if you do know, tell [even if you aren’t asked]; you are your brother’s keeper)

Slow mosey to other side of Mt. Chiseled. Combination of Butt Kickers, High Knees, & Toy Soldiers while I tell what today’s deal entails.
Partner with someone of equal ability. You will stay with them throughout your time here.
13 stations
2 minutes each station
14 seconds to switch between stations

The Thang

1. 40 lb Concrete Buckets – Farmer’s carry 1 in each hand
2. Truck Tire flip (P1) while P2 does a reverse burpee; flapjack for EACH flip
3. Big Rope – 1 Horse Open Slay™
4. Cinder Blocks – triceps
5. Sand Bag burpees
6. Kettle Bells – good mornings \ clockwork
7. Slam Balls bear crawl (from yesterday’s Watchtower with Recalculating; reduced my hatred of bear crawls by a significant 8.3%)
8. Rocks – Halo / 21’s
9. Handslap Merkins around Mt. Chiseled
10. Resistance bands – leg stretches
11. Barbell lateral arm raises
12. Merkin ladder
13. Curb agilities

For the last 2 minutes, we took the rocks back as a group to the rock pile. Then we jailbroke back to Mt. Chiseled for COT.

In the hype from last night, the Pax wanted music to go with my Q. Here is the playlist. You will notice some obvious passive-aggressive digs at the AO.

Running with the Devil – Van Halen
Love Runs Out – One Republic
Shoot to Thrill – AC/DC
The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
Hot for Teacher – Van Halen
Best of You – Foo Fighters
Mama Said Knock You Out – LL Cool J
When Love Comes to Town – U2 & B.B. King
Best of Both Worlds – Van Halen
Bring Me to Life – Evanesence
Freewill – Rush
Hallelujah – Panic! At the Disco

Maybe you also notice some other attempts to make nice. It’s complicated. Like all of us are. Maybe all of these songs exemplify your spiritual mindset throughout the day. I picked the songs, so of course it matches me.

Moleskine
I could hear other partners having reasonably good chatter. That’s great. I got to know my partner, Banjo, a lot better. He complained-imented a series of stations he dubbed “Murderer’s Row”. I took it as high praise. Gave me the feels.
Banjo also gets Site Q kudos. Double Doink came in as the odd man, so he stuck to the station next to us. Banjo had plenty of go to do double duty when partner work was involved with DD.
And Double D had the hardest spot of all – working without a partner. There may have been some demons he was having to fight as well. Great job, brother!

The other Site Q also earned kudos. Fuse got the equipment list out to me several days ago. Offered up his help. Arrived early to help set up all the stations, the most challenging one was to roll the tire from one side of the property to the other. Thanks to Mad Dog & Jingles for the return trip.
Once everything was put back, we exchanged feedback regarding the AO & the Q. He got that from the Site Q documentation, and that meant a lot. It told me how much he cares about the site & the Pax who work out here.

This was pretty much a duplicate of Rudy’s VQ here last week. Just put in different exercises. Thanks, Rudy!