9 Pax joined came out to Ignition and got used to carrying some rocks around campus.
Warmup:
Grab a “running” rock from pile. Chatter starting already that pax afraid it will be like crossing the Delaware River as we heard Deadwood’s Q included Saturday. But low and behold everyone stayed dry.
With rock in hand continue to mosey down concrete pathway towards HS parking lot. Along the way alternate with rock in right, left, and both hands doing shoulder press.
Once in parking lot put rocks down and line up along line. Do multiple running warmups back and forth. Unfortunately, just did not feel right to do A or B skips without Brat in attendance, so those were saved for another day.
Thang:
Stacked 4 Corners:
Run to corner 1 do exercise, return to start. Run to corner 1 do exercise, run to corner 2 do exercise, return to start….
Start: 10 Merkins
Corner 1: 20 Squats
Corner 2: 30 Mt Climbers (15/leg)
Corner 3: 40 Curls w/ Rock
Corner 4: 50 LBC
Upon completion. Get with group and do burpee indian run to all are completed. Once all completed everyone grab a rock and burpee indian run around parking lot. Upon running to front Pax at front hold rock over head until next Pax arrives. Continue to 2 circles by Football Stadium
Partner Rock Run:
Partner Up and P1 run one way around circle w/ rock over head. P2 run to bottom circle and around. When meet partner complete 5 hand slap merkins. Trade rock and continue. Complete 5 rounds
Once complete Rock Burpee Run to Transporter Shed – Wall Sit and 20 x Jabs IC
Once complete mosey with rock up concrete path to 2nd light from COT lot.
Curl/Tyson Suicide Run:
All pax walk and do curls to next light with rock. Drop Rock and run to Transporter’s Shed and do 100 5 x Mike Tysons (This was not Recalc/Hooch’s AMRAP). Return to rock and repeat – curl to next light and run to Transporter Shed…
Moleskin:
Twas a chilly Saturday morning that 8 PAX decided to brave in order to learn the ABC’s of being a Q from two of the original fellas: Posse and Moneyball. Despite the breathtaking cold, we were fortunate enough to gain twice the knowledge through a do-it-yourself, hands on workshop.
The Warm Up:
Stretch on our own: learn all about the disclaimer to be given. Review safety concerns (two phones are one, one phone is none). Assume no car or bus can see you. Be aware of your surroundings at all time.
Circle Up:
The Thang:
The Moleskin:
Appreciate MB and Posse taking the time to go through the motions and to make a decent workout in the process out of it. Counting in cadence and giving instruction is not as easy as workout Qs make it look. It’s going to take some time to learn the names for the various individual exercises. Concerned in the moment of my ability to avoid the temptation of blurting out ‘pushups!’ or the actual name for a movement. Although, Merkins are prob one of the ones I have engraved into collective memory.
Final Thoughts:
As I told Dancing Bear during the workout and his wife on Saturday night – Care Bear is better looking and runs faster than his old man. He also has a better eye and feel for NFL QBs.
Enjoyed partnering up with Legalized. Although we’ve attended the same workouts before, had yet to work together.
Appreciate the ride to and from Fuse. Same to all of the Briarcrest brothers, good looking out as always. Further cementing how much cooler we all are than the Lawsonites.
Welcome Deliverence.
Due to end of 2018 and 2019 schedule, it is impossible for me to make workouts during the week. It’s good to know that even after a couple months away you all welcome me back with open arms.
I feel badly that I most likely won’t be able to experience my fellow PAX losing their V cards, know that I wish I could be there to show the support that I know you all will show me someday. Regardless of how little of it I deserve.
For some reason when Pax hear “Deadwood is on Q” their hair stands up on the back of theie neck as if they have heard nails on a chalk board…some Pax. I think its mainly because you really never know what your going to get. The only thing that is a constant is the running. Not today…
Warmup:
1 mile slow mosey. Down the gravel trail, past the club house back around to the school parking lot.
I’m not sure when Bottlecapp arrived, I think he came in Jingles hot, but I could hear him talking as we were a little ways down the gravel trail. I kept the pace as slow as humanly possible, without walking, with hopes of suppressing the anger of the pax due to the long warmup run. Then I hear from the Coke man himself, This IS NOT pursuit! Nope, according to Garmin, we only hit about 3.3 miles.
Circle up!
10 SSH IC
10 Crab Cakes
5 Regular Merkins,
5 Wide Merkins,
5 Wider Merkins,
5 Diamond Merknis,
6″ plank hold
Single leg toe plank, raise knee 2″ and hold – flapjack – Banjo was volunteered to show us all proper form on this move and what 2″ really looks like.
The Thang:
Black Jack that quickly turned into 11’s.
Did someone say AUDIBLE!
10 Pullups – 1 Merkin 9-2, 8-3, ect. –
Partner up. P1 assists P2 with pull-ups – flapjack. Once complete both partners do merkins. The goal here was for all pax to get all the pull-up reps. The partner holding the feet probably got a pretty good bicep work out as well.
To look at those arms on Bottlecap, you would never think the guy could many pull-ups but he killed them!! I had to help some but not much, nice work! We know who actually did the pull-up challenge! I didnt see how the other pax did but from what I could hear they need, myself included, to do more pull-ups. Exercise completed, lets Mosey
Mosey to circle near the baseball fields:
Failure to Launch:
All pax hold Lt. Dan and on jump we all jump and go right back into Lt. Dan. We did this until we couldn’t launch. Lets Mosey! Pretty hard getting the legs moving after failure to launch but I picked up the pace a bit on this mosey.
We took off down the gravel road towards the clubhouse once again. Banjo and myself arrived and married for a few mins…6 is in.
7’s – Splinter Master and LBC
Zinfandel had this awesome idea of adding a bomb jack to the end of the mater splinter… we call it the splinter master. A burpee with a hand release merkin, with shoulder taps, then up for a bomb jack…thats 1.
Start at one side of the parking lot, 1 LBC, bear crawl to the other curb (maybe 40-50′) 6 Splinter Masters, run back. 2 LBC, BC, 5 SM’s….
This was a complete smoker!! I’m pretty sure I didn’t complete all the SM’s. Bottlecap and Tupperware were the top finishers. The jury is still out if Tupperware was doing the entire SM. Zin pulled ahead of me and we were killing it but I think Tupperware lapped us… you tell me??
We all finished and I felt half dead. Lets mosey! We headed towards the covered bridge and stopped at the intersection. Lets get in some running!
Long Suicide:
Headed back to the school there were to side roads along the way and then an intersection that we will call road 3.
Run to 1 road do 1 merkin, run back to intersection do 1 merkin. Run to road 2 do 2 merkins, run back to intersection do 2 merkins, AUDIBLE AUDIBLE… The plan was to run to road 3 do 3 merkins and run back to the starting point.
We were running out time and some of the pax were falling behind on the run, plus I had a few more items on the weinke I had to get to! Hold at road 3 for 6. Marry for a min. 6 is in, let’s mosey! Head back to circle near the baseball field and circle up!
Circle Burp:
YHC yells 1, all pax do a burpee with one merkin. Next pax yells 2, all pax do a burpee with 2 merkins… This continue all the way around to the 15th person. Total 15 burpees and 120 pushups. Im hurting today! Time for one more!
Circle of Pain:
Still circled up, each pax calls out an exercise while they run around the circle. 45 secs to go we recovered and AYG back for name o roma. DONE!
The Moleskin:
I would like to welcome Deliverance to the group! You did very well for your first work out and I hope to see you back out!
On the opening mosey YHC decided to take us off road in hopes of cutting down the run by a few feet as we approached the school. I was just looking out for all the pax, I swear! It slipped my mind that it had been raining a day or two before. There were only a few pax that actually followed the “light” down the hill and the other, wiser, pax stayed on the road and ran around. As I crossed the 1′ ditch I yelled “water” but it was too late. I think Recalculating was the first pax to hit the water about 15′ before he even got to the ditch. DAMN IT DEADWOOD followed by a few other words from him and about 4-5 other pax. Chainsaw lit into me… DAMN IT PHILLIP! You know he’s mad when he calls me by my birth name at a post! LMAO. May I add it was about 26-27 degrees as well!! Coffee is on me!
All the pax killed it today and left everything in the gloom. Its an honor to lead all you men! Until next time….
Announcements:
Casino night at B and C – The Don of Briarcrest didn’t show.
Stayed tuned for more Q Source info…
Seven Pax including 1 FNG came out for some grace on a chilly Saturday
The Thang:
Warmup lap
COP: Merkins, SSHs, IWs etc.
Run west on McKee to South Hall neighborhood; snake through to Lady Grace, stopping for several pain stations along the way
Sevens w/merkins and squats between speed bumps on hill
Continue on to Providence Spring Elementary; 10 dips, 20 step-ups
Return back to Providence, south to apartment complex. Run around perimeter, stopping for merkins at each speed bump. Exit at McKee, return to base.
COT
Moleskine
Zoolander and Hansel were both #noposts, but that is probably because it was a dark and crisp 26° this morning when we arrived for Q School, lead by great Posse and Moneyball. Some of us were still sore from yesterday’s AMRAP and groaned about Mike Tysons and Derkins, but we know we loved it. So we started with a lot of talk about DiCCs and general safety before we finally got a chance to move around and try to warm up a bit. The rest of our time together, went a little something like this:
There were a few Bobby Hurlies, jokes about Deadwood, and a frozen beard as well, but we ended up at Chik Fil A where we got to learn more of the finer details of running a Q. Much appreciation for the fellas who gave up their morning to instruct us.
Dancing Bear mentioned the importance of calling out announcements on the Back Blast as it has benefited him greatly in his recent job change. He also mentioned Poker Night, where we’re gambling so some chumps with half acre lots can start a swim team. Apparently they don’t know that you can lie about your address and join the Millbridge team.
8 of Union County’s finest made it out to the famous “Q School” this AM at Cuthbertson Middle School. Moneyball and Posse lead the way and put us through the paces. Each of us is now ready to lead the Pax with our own unique workout.
Circle up in front of the middle school to discuss DCCS with Posse taking the lead.
Things started to get interesting as Moneyball started our mosey towards the main entrance stairs and we paired up to do two rotations of stair climb/sprints to the front door and back while the other partner completed LBC’s. He made sure to remind us to tell the gazelles ahead of time to do “Mary” until the 6 was in. When everyone finished up we had a brief discussion on using the “lay of the land” to assist in the planning. We then moseyed over to the side of the school where we paired up again to do 300 dips in total while the each partner ran to the side door of the school and back and then switched on/off. Once the 6 was in Moneyball discussed how to use “compounding” exercises to make the Pax whine while not over doing it. We learned about using correct form to ensure “max burn.” The next phase was a mosey to the back part of the school (large parking lot) to discuss “four corner/starfish” exercises. Four of the Pax chose an exercise to complete in each corner. Posse reminded everyone to be sure to clearly spell out to the gazelles that they should do “Mary” upon finishing up early. We received a full demonstration of both Jack Webbs and Lt. Dan’s. It was then a quick mosey back to the parking lot with a “jailbreak” finish. This concluded the “on the job” training portion of “Q School” it was then on to Chik-Fil-A to go over the “How To Q” paperwork in addition to a quick Q&A. By the end of the morning my head was spinning and it was time to head home to start thinking about what my first Q will entail.
Announcements – Dancing Bear reminded everyone of his neighborhood casino night fundraiser tonight while Fuse reiterated his upcoming fund raising efforts as well.
Posse took us out with a famous quote by FDR.
4 Men posted for this week’s Sparta. A good steady rain was coming in at launch time, but 60 degrees on a January morning ain’t bad. Those who slept in missed a good one. As we moseyed out of the parking lot there was some discussion, based on weather conditions to just make this a straight run vs. run-ish, boot-campish. I debated adjusting the weinke for a moment but really didn’t prefer to be on busy streets and sidewalks in all that rain, so off we went into the deep dark corners of Matthews.
COP – Triangle up at the Post Office. Imperial Walkers, Low Slow Lunges (alternating legs), & Low Slow Squats.
The Thing:
Mosey on down to the Matthews SportsPlex. Plank for instructions. A variation of the WAMRAP workout several enjoyed just before Christmas! The route was around the 4 soccer fields. At the beginning – 5 Merkins, 1st cross walk, 5 Jump Squats, at 2nd cross walk, 5 Full Sit Ups, at end 5 burpees. Run around to opposite side of field and repeat adding 5 reps to each exercise. Keep that going until time called. On the lap of 25 reps we were running low on time. Turn around and head home, but we owed 25 burpees so we hit them in chunks of 5 along the way with 10 at the end for good measure. Thanks to Madison for showing me the shortcut behind the bank to get us back on time. We snuck in right before the Peak 51 guys got there.
Moleskine:
Thanks to Madison, Tweetsie, and Gypsy for joining me on the rainy morning. Nothing better than starting the day with miles and burpees!
Announcements:
Sign up for Joe Davis Run and Operation Sweet Tooth Run in March! Support your brothers. Speed for Need will be at both races. Reach out to Gypsy if you have interest in pushing. Keep Hoffa in prayers as he hit a deer while riding a motor cycle. He’s out of the hospital and home recovery but fairly banged up. There’s a sign-up on Facebook to help the family out with food, etc. while he recovers.
Thanks to Slim Fast for the takeout.
-Alf
Lots of pressure writing a backblast on the same day as Horsehead. Here goes…
26 men gathered at South Charlotte finest Catholic High School for the weekly gathering that is Centurion. Contrary to Purple Haze’s comments, I have posted at Centurion before – a couple of times 3 years ago, but still. I knew where it was, and Google Maps has pretty good satellite imagery of the campus (really, street view is amazing – that’s how I confirmed the location and adequacy of the rock pile just off campus). After a thorough, well thought out disclaimer, we exercised thusly…
10 burpees (Mermaid said the Centurion guys love burpees), then yog over to the parking deck. Up the stairs to the top, IW, then down the ramps with various warmings up. Assemble at the bottom (9 burpees) to point out the loop to be referred to later, then mosey back down near the launch lot.
Dirty McDeuce – 12x in cadence upper body exercise, 12x leg exercise, 12x Mary, then a lap around that loop I told you about. Repeat 4 times total. There were a couple of interruptions by a slow moving car and a passive aggressive security guard on a golf cart. Mermaid assured me that “this doesn’t usually happen”. 8 burpees
Over to the rock pile on the road over there. 7 burpees. Select a partner and one lifting rock per partner. CMIYC around the block with the chaser doing 5 HR merkins and 5 jump squats. Haze was not happy about the rock that Brushback selected. My partner (Runstopper) was easy to spot in his neon tights (At Fast Twitch this week, Runstopper noted that the shorts over tights look is for the benefit of everyone else, not the wearer.) 6 burpees
With same partners, Partner 1 does an exercise with the rock while Partner B runs over there. Repeated with curls, OH press and triceps while the runs got a little longer each time. 5, 4 and 3 burpee sets interspersed. Somewhere in here I heard Lorax ask if Centurion was an hour long now, and I saw Margo checking his watch. Good indicators. Head back to the launch lot with a stop for 2 burpees. Finish with old school situps, then 1 burpee. Boom.
Announcements:
Chelms is taking donations for the Peru trip for 2 more weeks – summer workout clothes.
Sign up for Joe Davis.
Checkpoint wanted to make sure Haze remembered that Clemson is the national champion.
The rain is actually refreshing!
The Thang
Moleskin
Thanks to the PAX for letting me lead. 6 brave men decided to leave the warmth and comfort of their fart sack to bear the cold and wet conditions presented at the Maul this AM. It was good to see Cold Cuts, who admitted he was back from his fart sack hiatus. There were varying opinions of the weather and what was ahead of us, which led to the suggestion of going to the parking deck. We ultimately held off and kept with the plan.
The Murder horn always presents a nice cardio challenge…Incorporate some exercises into it and it becomes a very tough challenge. As always, Happy Meal was out in front with Tagalong not far behind. As we were finishing up the third rep. and recovering, Happy Meal mentioned the fact that we just did 180 merkins! We were definitely feeling it!
Once we were done with the Murder horn work, the sets of 11 were a nice change of pace to focus on some lifting. The rain started to pick up slightly so we sought out shelter at the covered picnic area for our dips and step ups. The Murder horn never seems to escape the mind at the Maul, especially as you sit at the bottom of it, knowing you’ll have to finish by going back up. To make the experience that much more awful, it’s always nice to do it backwards. The awfulness is further validated by comments such as Tool Bags, “Are you making this up as you go?” as we began the journey back up or Tagalong’s, “My legs are burning…what are these…your quads?” at the top.
All in all, it was a good, full body workout! Nice job today fellas!
Announcements
Please let me know how I can offer additional assistance.
Thank you for your partnership,
Something just didn’t feel right that last part of 2018….couldn’t put my finger on it..oh, we were all missing the Impromptu Monthly Amrap. What better time to kick this off than in Dryuary and help everyone get on track with their New Year’s resolutions.
The site Q’s met with distinguished course designer @Bottlecap to get some input on a new location and route. With that we introduce to you – “The Holyfield”
20 Men showed up at Cuthyb Middle. Quick Mosey to the High School back entrance>>> slow lap around the course to get everyone acclimated to the new course and exercises
This is a race against yourself – get faster, stronger over the course of the year. Thank the usual suspects for setting a fast pace, the newcomers for going at it the first time and everyone else for getting your arses out of bed and doing what 99.999% of all the other men across the land didn’t do this morning – woke up for an unkown challenge and busted their butts.
Name | Laps | Last Obstacle |
BoBerry | 2 | Rock Carry |
Bottlecap | 4 | |
Chainsaw | 3 | |
Chicken Little | 3 | Mike Tysons |
Dancing Bear | 3 | Mike Tysons |
Deflated | 3 | |
Draper | 3 | |
FuseBox | 2 | Rock Carry |
Gerber | 3 | Derkins |
Hollywood | 4 | |
Legalized | 2 | Rock Carry |
MadDog | 3 | |
MoneyBall | 3 | |
Posse | 2 | Bear Crawl |
Recalculating | 3 | Rock Carry |
Rockwell | 3 | |
RubberMaid | 3 | Derkins |
Tupperware | 3 | Hurley’s |
Xerox | 2 | Rock Carry |
Zinfendel | 3 |
Shout out for all the Bday wishes and inspirational photos sprinkled around campus –
Thankful for this great group of men that inspire me and put up with this old curmudgeon…..
Announcements
Prayers up for Hooch’s son, Ray’s Father inlaw, Lynn Marie Longo
QSchool this Saturday – 6:30 at Cuthby – Posse
Qsource at Coffeteria – Golden Arches – 6:30 after Committment.