8 curious individuals who either don’t check the Q schedule or have a blistering penchant for schadenfreude showed up. I think we all made it back. Parts of me did, anyway.
THANG:
SKIN:
Pretty fast crowd this AM with Smoker, Orange Nip, and Skunky out front. I led by explanation, not by example, as I was in the cavern of pain for the final throes. Strong, sweaty work by all.
There was a pretty good chunk of material out there today, but I ain’t got all day, so I’ll just hit the high points.
Awena Nodoors is rolling around Myrtle Beach Polo Club style already. He’s checked out of his day job and has the kids watching Kirk Cameron movies on repeat all day at school. I hear things. Don’t you love it when hundreds of people ask if you are ready for summer?
Not to be outdone, Orange Nip jogs up with the beach body tank T on, flexin the guns. He was pretty proud of himself, strutting around like a rooster after some giggling females gave him a shoutout mid-workout. We didn’t have the heart to tell him that his favorite nipple had already shorn clean off and he was leaving a red streak right down the front of his camisole. He’ll claim that this was after the catcalls, but who you gonna trust?
If you participated in the mid-pack festivities, which I took a large sampling of, you were privy to Stone Cold’s Uber experience that featured two guys in suits, a barefoot driver, and a mysterious dog named RubyQ who nestled in the backseat with the riders. Apparently the dog was rescued from a crackhouse, or maybe the driver was? Either way, it seemed like a fantastic experience. 4.5 stars.
I’m not mentioning any names, but if you have workout clothing that you have been wearing for multiple years that reeks like a dead liquified armadillo then please do us a favor and hit up your local Ross or Marshalls for an upgrade. Sometimes you can’t wash out the demons, you just gotta make it go away.
Tweetsie declared his entry into the New River 1/2 Marathon in a few weeks. Blistering heat, ridiculous elevation changes, and bears. Sounds lovely.
The Coca Cola 600 is coming up, and it reminds me of a story. My BIL and a friend took my nephew and some other kids to the race a couple of years ago and whilst amidst the huge crowds trying to get in, my nephew decided that he needed to use the Port-A-John. He finally gets a turn, and then proceeds to take an inordinate amount of time to complete his activity, which everyone initially assumed was a quick #1. When it dawned BIL that the kid was taking a leisurely #2 on the filthiest toilet known to man, he started screaming through the plastic vents at him – “WHAT ARE YOU DOING! NOBODY DOES THAT! WHO DOES THAT!” The outcome was a slightly shaken up family unit, but no long term damage from what we can tell. Anyway, the moral of this story is something profound that I have forgotten, but it was funny..
This buy-one-get-one Breakfast Pizza from QuickTrip is not gonna eat itself.
Best Wishes,
HH
So many Pax arrive to this AO by foot or by bike, that YHC did not see everyone come in. However, with an all pro team in attendance, a weak disclaimer was given and off we went.
The Thang
Short warm up run (the long way) to the rock pile at the church. Instructions were to gab a lifting rock, one to be proud of and that would challenge you all morning. I did not rock shame as most everyone followed directions
First exercise was to walk with rock over head back to school lot, if your rock becomes to heavy, then smuggle/chest carry.
Circle up for a brief warm up- in cadence
SSH x 15
Using rock left hand on rock merkins x 10
Imperial Walkers x 15
Right hand on rock merkins x 10
Mountain Climbers x 15
Arm Circles x 15 in each direction
Diamond Merkins on rock x 10 (whoops- failed only did 5)
Mosey to the edge of bus lot, line up abreast for the following series x 3 rounds. Instructions were to do 10-15 maybe more depending on the size of your rock. All OYO
During the rest jog to the ledge for 50 calf raises ( Regular, Toes in, toes out)
Mosey to the baseball concession stand
2 rounds of the following- OYO
Run to playground for either 10 pull ups or break them up 5 and do the other 5 on the way back
Finish the run by heading to the little track and back to the baseball diamond
Repto
Grab rock an walk/mosey back to the rock pile to deliver rock
Run back to the cars
Cross over sit ups / Left leg over right knee- Right leg over left knee x 15 each
Finish with the 5 Diamond merkins that “I” could not do to start
DONE
Announcements: Beer mile is coming up- get on slack ask a friend or Gummy
Thank you to HIPPA for the take out
Ye Old Moleskin
I thought I would be helpful and drop something on the Playhouse about the upcoming Q at the worst site this side of HWY 74, The Floater. Little did I know it would turn into my 1782 Q. Recalculating tweaked his back a bit and graciously past the baton to YHC. Without hesitation I accepted! I love this AO!
I pulled up the last four Weinkes that I used at #87 and they were all very similar so it was time for a change up! Fuse said I did suicides at my Commitment Q but I didn’t see it…I think he is ConFUSED. 😉
Arriving at #87 I see Kid Rocks truck and someone said they saw Damascus?? 5:29.59….Let Mosey, no sign of the two lone Pax.
Di Cell Cpr Safety
First Exercise, Banjo under his breath “Side Straddle Hop”, AUDIBLE… Merkins!
The Thang:
DUCK WALK WEB
1 Squat/4 DW 10/40
This duck walk was terrible! I didn’t hear a single Pax talking! Did my last BB sink in? Or was the exercise that bad…it was that bad!! I intentionally did this before the suicides to cause more leg burn!! You’re welcome!!
This turned out to be more than the original 45 Merkins I calculated last night! I guess I should have used street view…I think we did around 65-70 in about 2 mins.
On the start of this Rudy walked off…walked back and then just disappeared! He was trying to walk it out to keep it in but with no luck! We finished up and still no Rudy, we thought he was in the restroom nearby… Lets Mosey!
As we approached the AO parking lot on our way to KJH I yelled to the 6, “Do you see Rudy?”, Rudy said hear I am as he popped out of a Porta Jon up ahead..haha.
We had 5 mins to go and the 6 started stretching out. AUDIBLE!! Wait…What is that in the distance?? A pink shirt coming at us up KJH…It was Damascus! The lonely warrior had been running around Waxhaw (5+ Miles) in search of his band of brothers. HERE WE ARE!
5 Burpees OYO at the top of KJH. Head back grab some wall…Wait, we have another Pax in our presence…Kid Rock! Apparently, Damascus and Kid Rock did a prerun together and stop by Bojangles to do some paperwork and couldn’t make back the AO before the 5:30 launch!
2 minutes of Donkey Kickoffs – No merkins. We made it from 10 to 5 and recovered! Mosey back for COT!
DONE!
The Skin:
Welcome FNG Creeper! Damascus EHed him and Damascus was now where to be found all morning. Creeper standing roughly 6’6″-6′-7″ did well and held his own for his first post. He and I share a commonality, we hate talking during workouts…My man! Nice work!! Please post again and maybe this time Damascus will join you…HA
All Pax pushed hard with little chatter. The only feedback I received was regarding the Merkins on the way to the park. My count of 45ish was way off and Banjo let me know!!
Announcments:
Mad Dog is orchestrating something to help Radars family. Food drop off or other help during the time of morning of his father passing. Lets discuss on GM.
let’s Mosey: First, we ran an easy mosey to Chick-fil-a we did 21 side straddle hops, imperial walkers, and potato pickers. After we smelled the beautiful Chick-fil-a air, we moseyed to Target where we did four corners TWO Times 1st corner was 10 merkins, 2nd corner was 10 squats, 3rd corner was 10 burpees, and the 4th corner was 20 LBC’s. After we were done with Target we ran behind Brooklyn Pizza and got into partners while one person was on the ground doing 100 Heels To Heaven the other dude was running to the dumpsters. ( I had to modify from the dumpsters, that was a bad idea). Next, we ran back to Target and did the Circle of Death were one dude called out an exercise to do while he was running 2 times around the circle. After that, we ran to the neighborhood and did a run down the hill and then bear crawl back up the hill. After that, we ran to Petsmart where we did 30 jabbs, 30-foot touches, and then we ran to the middle of Petsmart were I made Damascus do 40 pushups in a vest while we ran in a circle then we went to the middle and went around in a circle 1 and while we were doing squats one person was going into the middle and do 2 burpees and then run back out. We ended with a run back to the start.
YHC rolled up first to Anvil this morning with Magoo soon following. It felt pretty cool as I got out of my car, but somehow that drastically changed midway through the workout. Pretty much the Anvil usual this morning. Whatever mileage the rest of us had, you can add .276 to it for Haze’s RT run in. YHC doesn’t usually wear a watch, but I do have one I charge up for every Q. But with the house renovation and living arrangements we have been in, it was nowhere to be seen last night. Mermaid agreed to keep time, but YHC found it in a desk drawer and all was good with the world. Except at 5:27AM, as I’m just about to deliver the most amazing disclaimer the world has known, it starts vibrating saying my 94 year old grandfather is calling. He lives on his own, with my mom and her 2 sisters and families checking in and helping out, except they are all in Italy this week, so the baton was passed to my brother and I. So I got a little worried, ran to my car, grabbed the phone, and found out all was well, just an accidental dial as he was on his way to Hardee’s, just like every single other morning. #lifegoals (sub Hardee’s). After Mermaid giving the 2 minute warning while on the phone, I cut it short and we started promptly on time, disclaimer and all.
COP
Mosey past the rocks where it looks like some drainage work is about to begin, then circled back to a main parking lot.
The Thang
Mosey across the street to the library, partner up. Partner 1 lunge walks the straightaway, while Partner 2 runs the loop and catches up. Flapjack. As Partner 1 ran the loop and caught up, we were close to the end so all Pax just lunge walked to the end, mosey back to beginning.
Round 2 same but squat walk
On the other side coming back towards the entrance was a set of small light posts. We ran a merkin suicide up to 10 on those, each time running to light post 1, 1 merkin, back to start, run to light post 2, 2 merkins, back to start, and so on up to 10. Some plank work waiting on the six.
Mosey back to the picnic tables for Thang 2. Pax chose the decreasing option, so we started with 20 incline diamond merkins, 20 dips and 20 decline diamond merkins and then ran the North Face loop. We then came back to the tables and repeated for reps of 15 and 10. Wall sits waiting on the six.
After a 10 second count, back to the wall for air presses x 50. Mosey back to launch with a quick sprint to the end of the lot and a quick sprint back.
Mary
YHC took us out in prayer
Moleskin
Pax pretty much stayed together today, everyone pushing hard. Ickey took off on the tricep table circuit and proceeded to say he would rather be at Hardee’s. That circuit hurt, diamonds hurt. HIPAA said on Twitter he was too winded to talk, please note challenge flag thrown. I appreciate Mermaid’s backup timekeeper status, and the later affirmation that we started and ended on time. The Brilleaux/Hammer combo was tough to beat on the partner work, Snuka out front for the merkin suicides and Haze finished first in the solo run in. Clover continued is streak of ugly dook shirts, this one might have topped the others. I thought for sure the brisk cool air that we started in would have been enough to warrant Magoo’s yellow windbreaker, but all were left disappointed.
Enjoyed the group and chatter this morning and appreciate the fellowship and accountability.
3 PAX strong
The Warmup
Started with a warmup snake through the front parking lot and ended at the front entrance to the school flagpoles.
The Thang
Moleskine
3 PAX, solid encouragment to get at it and work hard.
After a few times running around the parking lot, everyone thought it made it much better to run the other direction for different scenery.
Woody asked what we were going to do when we finished everything on the board. Shep wisely replied, “We’ll just repeato.” See, y’all, he knows the tricks of the Q. He’s just holding out on us.
Woody said he enjoyed the whiteboard and being back at school.
El fin.
Announcements:
YHC rolled up early to WAMRAP. I didn’t sleep well for some reason. I wasn’t nervous about my Q since WAMRAP is a fire and forget workout. The only site easier to Q is Donut Run, which Bushwood does remotely via Slack messages, and only after someone asks for a route. However, after the second early morning wake-up, I started worrying I’d miss my alarm. That and the ensuing heckling might have been better than what actually happened.
The Thang: Mosey to the parking deck and plank at the base of the first ramp for instructions.
Round 1:
Round 2:
Repeat rounds 1 & 2 AMRAP-style. Backward run on the ramps and forward run on the flats.
At 6:11, run back to the launch. Complete 10 of each Round 2 exercise (we stopped after the third time through Round 1) and then some planking to kill time.
COT – Thanks to Flipper for the prayer.
Moleskine:
I had a nasty thought one day about how to make a Web combo even nastier than what I had previously experience. That combo, which you’ll see below, was the center point that this Q was built around.
Secondarily, knowing that Chiseled is supposed to be more gear focused and lower mileage, I was challenged to come up with a workout that would be both tough and short distance – exactly 0.0 miles. The PAX in attendance will have to tell you if I was successful, but it was a fun challenge either way, and as always, I feel honored to lead such an amazing group of men.
Modified DiCCS presented (lifting safety vs running)
Warm Up:
The Thang:
Moleskin
Announcements