Not that there was anything wrong with the RockZero site (except for a few suspicious looking campers parked near the cricket fields), we set our sites for legacy Day Zero. Hoover and Billy Goat had some alone-time as they were the only two who pre-ran. Sprockets came in hot at 6:59, point of parliamentary procedure announced regarding Billy Goat taking the reins at 7:45, disclaimer given, adventure begins.
Mosey over to the far parking lot, circle up.
Plank jack, IW, MC x 10 (each). Run to DZ playground and plank.
Upon arrival at DZ playground, only BLC (veteran) noticed there were a couple of cardboard signs hanging from the basketball pole. Advised the Pax they could pursue any of the below in no specific order. Gummy had no questions (unusual) so we spent the next 40 minutes doing the following.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
At 7:45, most started back to RockZero.
Mole: Great group today. There was no complaining or utilization of stall tactics by anyone. Got to call out Splack for really motivating the group with his constant encouragement and positivity. Not sure what Sprockets does to get amped up in the morning, but the energizer bunny didn’t disappoint as he was the only one to complete all 4 rounds and did a lap around DZ before we all arrived. I think Boerewors took some comfort on the warm cement and watched Bounce rifle through 10 pull-ups in about 10 seconds (strong). Nemo, per usual, led from the front. We missed some familiar faces this morning as Geraldo was rucking 26 mi, Jet Fuel was carrying his new lady friend’s triathlon gear at Tri-Latta, and Hops, who I personally invited when I saw him at the Lodge on Thursday. Well done gentlemen.
14 men gathered at Charlotte Catholic and most were surprised that YHC was there 5 minutes before the workout began. I knew that my usual one-minute roll-up would stress out the site Q’s, so I did my best to get there early. Apparently that is a thing, but it appears that most people spend that time doing some fake stretches. I gave a brief disclaimer (too brief for Lorax as he commented that “lawsuits are still on the table”. I never went to law school, but I’m pretty sure that just telling someone that they can’t sue you doesn’t actually keep them from being able to sue you).
The Thang
We moseyed up the short ramps to the top of the garage and circled up for a little:
IW x 10 IC
Mountain Climber x 10 IC
Merkin x 10 IC
Plank jack x 10 IC
Dolly x 10 IC
Flutter x 10 IC
Then, we did a lunge walk from the orange cones to the wall and headed down the stairs to the rock pile.
Grabbed rocks and headed back to below the garage for a little Triple Nickel. 5 pull-ups on the bar, take rock to the top level of the garage, 5 burpees with the rock (or “rockies” as Mermaid calls them), back down for 5 times (bringing the rock back with you on the last set).
Then, I gave the PAX some flexibility for a set of 150 reps between curls, shoulder presses, and tricep extensions. Didn’t matter what order as long as you got to 150 in total. Moseyed back to the rock pile to deposit the rock.
When back to the fence outside of the stadium for a little ladder action. Set of heel taps, LBCs, and tricep dips on the curb. 5. 10. 15
Then, did two rotations around the football stadium doing 10 merkins at each of the four corners. First set regular, second set diamond.
All you got back to the launch where we did a bunch of plank exercises for about 5 minutes.
Moleskin
Great group out there today as always. Everyone was pushing it hard, with Snuka and Lorax leading the way mostly. Interesting chatter during the count to 150 with Clover calling out Mermaid for his tattoo and asking him if the tattoo has moved on him. No one believed that Clover was serious but apparently that is a thing. Speaking of Clover, happy 45th birthday!
Heard some mumble chatter from the site Q for walking once between exercises, but I had to remind him that we don’t leave anyone behind in F3. I felt obligated to push the PAX hard today knowing that Lorax will be following me up in a week. And yes, the dips were a little lame on the curb and Champagne said that I should have called them little baby dips. Next time.
Announcements
Ranger is headed off next week to start his physical training program for the armed services (not sure which branch) so keep him in your thoughts and prayers. He shared some powerful words about what F3 has meant to him and how it has prepared him for his challenge ahead. Great encouragement to all.
Twenty Pax were crazy enough to show up for me trying to find a way to make them anguish in pain or simply wish that they had fart-sacked like Deflated. As a Clydesdale, most people have come to expect less running when you see a Q who weighs in at 265 lbs. However, it is more fun to surprise the pack and offer a Dasher Q in a Clydesdale package
Let’s Mosey: WThe PAX headed down the path, stopping at every light for a different exercise, starting with 20 side straddle hops, Merkins, Plank Jacks, Potato Pickers, Moroccan Night clubs, Low Slow Squats, and finishing with everyone’s favorite, Mike Tysons. We mosied up to the circle near the high school to plank while the six arrived. They, unfortunately, got to run more as we jogged to the high school parking lot. The PAX was introduced to the Triple T Nickel which consisted of 5 squats at the bottom, run out to the T and perform 5 t-Merkins, and run to the top of the hill for 5 Full Situps. Repeat the process 5 times and you have 2 miles and a lot of complaints. Once we finished at the bottom, Run Flat was appreciative of having to Mosey back to the top of the hill. After a brief 10 count, we did 10 squatting jabs at one light and alternated to a burpee at the other light all the way back to the middle school. Finally, we grabbed some bench for 25 dips, ran a lap, and did 25 more dips. We finished with a plank for the last 60 seconds.
COT: We graduated a few new Gazelles into the group after today’s adventure in running. Great workout and thanks for the patience on the backblast.
Announcements: Fix it for Christ, Show Up at Waxhaw Methodist on Saturday at 7:00 AM, No Signup Necessary- COme Fix a local home to help a family out
F3 Dads is tomorrow as well. Google it for details
Wrong Turn needs help moving tomorrow. Reach out to Legalized to help after Coffeteria.
That song got stuck in my head for some reason as we were all breathing in that dense humid air. I love summer, I wish it was all year round, there just something fun about it, maybe fond memories of no more getting up for school, vacations or who knows but I love it. With that I was excited and anxious to Q the brave as I typically am. The expectations are high with this group, they come to work out and I know I have to give everything I got to keep them happy. 5:14, Disclaimer Check, 5:15, GO.
The Thang: Mosey starts quickly out the gate for most it was between a 7:15 and 8:30 Pace toward Stonecrest. Stop a couple times for a very brief warm up and some burpees to arrive at some parking lot for 11’s, Burpees on one end, merkins on the other. Finish up with some Mary for the Six and mosey across the street to the hill. 7’s on hill. Merkins at the bottom, Air squats at the top. Finish with some mary for the six. Next, 4 corners around the “mall?” starting with 20 Burpees, 15,10 and finish with 5 at each corner. Mosey back to start with 10 jump squats at each intersection. Finish with some sprints for roughly 4.6 miles and 14 flights of stairs (according to Garmin).
Moleskin: 3 Respects (whats your excuse????) not to hit the Brave. They are the leaders. They are who we need to be when and if we ever grow up. SnowFlake has always em(bodied), figuratively and literally, F3 and the definition of leadership, I hope to be somewhere close to his shape when I am 57. I will follow that man where ever he goes, he’s doing it right. Frehelies continues to impress me and gets after it and Paper Jam doesn’t quit and keeps doing something rather then sitting at home because he is injured. As far as the rest, I saw all heart today and perseverance. Burpees are a drag, that’s why they are a great exercise but no excuses today, we were all in it and in it and in it together to finish Nice work gents.
Announcements:
Sandbox Prom Event~ August 30~ Hotel in Concord 6-930ish
Sandbox Speed for Need November 2
SOB Summer Pool Party Saturday July 27th (Sign up today on Slack)
15 PAX celebrated the summer solstice and longest day of the year bright and early with the most confusing site name in the region and perhaps the most confusing line-up of exercises they’ve seen in a while.
WARM-UP
Mosey through the Whole Wallet parking lot, mixing in some alternating side shuffles with the mosey, circling up in the back employee lot.
THE THANG
Mosey straight to the parking garage and jump the wall to get into the lowest level of the garage.
Mosey back down 2 levels of the garage, jumping and slapping every other crossbeam above the down-ramp area of the garage.
10 pistol crunches per leg and then mosey back up to the top of the garage using shortcuts of cutting through the gaps in the walls and climbing the metal cable railings. 10 more pistol crunches per leg on the flats.
Top Rope Challenge – At the top of the deck, 1 burpee then cross to the other side of the deck for 5 Supermans. Return for 2 burpees and then cross again for 10 Supermans. Repeat with 3 and 15. Highly encouraged to go straight across, climbing the cable railings between exercises.
3-Man Tag Team – Mosey down to the Haagen-Daz area, gather in threesomes. Two PAX get in plank beside each other while the other puts feet on the short wall, and one hand on the back of each team member for 10x merkins. When done, the merkin-er runs a timer lap while the other two do dips. Switch up and give each PAX the time for merkins.
Return to COT with 7x Flying Sun Gods per leg to finish out.
MOLESKINE
YHC hasn’t watched wrasslin’ in many years, but much of the joy of watching the NWA on the SuperStation TBS as a child was the creativity of the matches. The most memorable of the creative matches was the scaffold match that pitted the Road Warriors vs. the Midnight Express at Starrcade 1986 which culminated in Jim Cornette dropping from the scaffolding and mauling his leg.
YHC wanted to have some creative fun to kick off summer and the longest day of the year, but he was also still suffering from his own stupid ideas Q’ing Dromedary two days prior and did not want to end up like Jim Cornette. That fun came through attacking the parking garage in new and different ways that elicited mumblechatter, some revolt and an open call for a Q-jack at one point.
The initial wall climb into the garage was a nice twist on using open space to enter an area. The calf-raise ascent of the stairwell was possibly the slowest ascent ever and quite painful. Descending the ramps and seeing others jumping to slap the crossbeams was pretty entertaining. Climbing through the wall gaps to go back up was initially cumbersome, but it prepared the PAX for the full-bore assault on the braided-cable railings at the top.
For some reason, Job is not well-versed in mid-1980s southern regional professional wrestling, but he easily got the hang of climbing the cable railing. There was minimal flying from the top rope, but some PAX did get creative with that, though YHC heard no Ric Flair-esque cries of “Woooooooo!!!!!” If one looks down from the top level through the gaps and ropes, it’s quite a descent but all PAX stayed safely within the ropes of the squared circle. The 3-man tag team effort was chaos, but those matches always are — metal chairs were moved around on the concrete, but fortunately, Gumbo and Billy Goat didn’t get angry enough to throw them.
For historical reference: https://www.wwe.com/videos/jim-cornette-falls-from-the-scaffold-wcw-starrcade-1986
ANNOUNCEMENT
Fixing it for Christ service project this weekend in Waxhaw. It’s a great opportunity to serve the community and you can learn more on Slack (via Jingles) or at www.FixingItForChrist.com.
The Naked Moleskinny Thang:
What in the name of Jay Berwanger is going on here?!
YHC, after noting that the SF was firmly planted in the Stonecrest soil #allisrightwiththeworld and introducing or re-introducing myself to the Rebel Yell pax, a woefully insufficient disclaimer was issued, and off we went. Not to worry, there were, at least, 2 attorneys (Patent Pending & Teleporter) present – so they had my back.
The pre-runners – Billy Goat, Taco Stand and War Eagle (I think?) had worked up a good lather. I asked if they pre-ran. Had to be that or they each had just taken care of a heavy load of paperwork pre-workout. Speaking of Taco Stand – my man has gone from no F3 to 5 workouts per week and a planned 50K this fall. Why not, brother?!! T-claps.
We ran over to the Firebird’s parking lot for COP, but not before the first trivia question was asked. Question: What is the capital of Alabama? Ralph’s answer: Tuscaloosa. At that point, War Eagle yelled: “Your damn, right!”. But alas, he was wrong. 5 burpees. The actual answer: Montgomery
COP – not exactly sure what we did but think it included slow squats, H-R merkins, IW’s and Flutters.
Next trivia question was asked of Loogie. It was a really obscure reference to “Field of Dreams”, which YHC had taken his family to see on Sunday (Father’s Day) as it was back in theaters for a couple days. In fact, it was at Stonecrest. Loogie missed badly. Asked which two St. Louis based ball clubs were represented on the field when the ghosts started playing actual games. He answered with the Cardinals (correctly) and then some team from another state… Wrong. 5 burpees fellas. St. Louis Browns was the other team. My great uncle, Walter “Boom Boom” Beck, pitched for the Browns (his 1st major league club). True story. Don’t believe me? You’ll have to look it up.
We then partnered up for some circuit work. P1 runs while P2 does called exercise. Jump squats, one-legged squats and Freddie Mercury. By the way, according to Billy Goat and Teleporter, he is either from Buda, Hungary or Pest, Hungary…or is it/was it Budapest.
The Goat’s trivia question about the long-departed Queen lead singer got me thinking European geography for our next question. Capital of Bulgaria? BG answered incorrectly, but someone else answered correctly…can’t remember who that was? Nevertheless, the first answer is the only one admissible, thus, 5 more burpees. Actual answer: Sofia
0-fer on the trivia at this point. Come on guys!
Jog over to the fountain area for some wall work consisting of double-squat jump-ups and merkins (a box jump burpee, if you will…somewhat disguised), incline merkins as well.
Asked an NC State trivia question at this point, which Loogie didn’t even know. YHC imagines Fredo and/or Mighty would’ve punched Loogie in the yap at this point. Question: what 2 years did Mr. Wuf & Co. win the NCAA basketball tournament? Can’t remember who answered, but he was off by quite a bit…twice. Answer: 1974 & 1983. 5 burpees while Jimmy V rolled over in his grave.
Jog over to the expansive Target parking lot. At this point the pax got a little nervous as the Devil’s Turn pax were mustering and YHC hinted we might converge…..no way. Boot camp workout. Boot camp workout. 1.87 miles. You’re welcome.
In the lot we did some lunge walks, broad jump burpees and karaoke. Not the singing variety of karaoke, thank goodness. Though methinks Swine Flu could sing like Frankie Valli – he kind of looks like him and also sounds like he’s from New Jersey. Francesco Stephen Castelluccio of Newark, New Jersey
By the way, Frankie and his Four Seasons are still alive and touring and will be at Ovens Auditorium in the CLT on July 12th. Don’t believe me?
Ok – now we head over to the movie theatre for some more wall work consisting of Walthar N’Djaiye’s and overhead press while in “the chair of the people”. But before that…one more trivia question. Question: capital city of West Virginia? And then like a knucklehead, I answered the question in advertenty….thus I did the 5 burpees…though a think a few pax joined me. #cobains
While in the chair, YHC asked another movie question. What famous actor was the corpse in “The Big Chill”? Answer: Kevin Costner. Don’t remember the guess, but it was wrong. 5 more burpees, gentlemen. In full truth, I wasn’t entirely sure this was accurate. But upon further review: He played a character who died by suicide and filmed various flashback scenes for the film. When it hit theaters, however, Costner was noticeably missing from The Big Chill, featured only as a corpse with just seconds of screen time.
Mosey back to the launch lot for 6 MoM, and a couple more trivia questions. Don’t really remember what exercises we did but the 2 trivia questions were as follows: 2 part question (penalty of 10 burpees): Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? And at what fort did he see the flag flying when he was inspired to pen the words? Answers: Francis Scott Key at Fort McHenry. Somebody(ies) nailed both, so no burpees. I knew the good pax of Rebel Yell were red-blooded Americans! T-claps.
Last question was how many albums did Boston record? Somebody guessed 1, and someone else said “too many”. Answer: 3 albums.
5 more burpees.
Finito.
Announcements: pool party/cookout after Crane Relay on 7/26 where 2.0’s and M’s are welcome but may regret posting. For details, move in to Park Crossing or bug Thin Mint? Tagalong? Mighty Mite? I don’t know.
Enjoyed it men. Thanks to War Eagle for giving YHC the reins to the Rebel Yell steed. Hope we didn’t gallop off the cliff.
…..OH YEAH: One more trivia question was asked:
The first Heisman Trophy winner, who graced the gridiron at the University of Chicago (nickname: Maroons)? Answer: Jay Berwanger (1935)
Another interesting fact about the University of Chicago. True story below:
The Atomic Age began at 3:25 p.m. on Dec. 2, 1942—quietly, in secrecy, on a squash court under the west stands of old Stagg Field at the University of Chicago.
Today, Henry Moore’s “Nuclear Energy” sculpture and the Mansueto Library occupy the area at the corner of Ellis Avenue and 57th Street where Enrico Fermi and his colleagues engineered the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction 70 years ago. Their experiment was a key step in the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb during World War II.
Ahh, summer is here. And the humidity, and poor Wednesday night eating habits that lead to explosive gas in the AM. Got to OPES a little earlier than usual #Qresponsibility. Had knowledge of Gloss bringing an FNG, low and behold, they were already there yuckin it up with Spack. Spack informed me that he skipped Meathead to come to this dumpster fire #truefriend. Curd came running in shirtless, but had his iPod in his trusty utility belt. Did I hear Asia coming out of there? “Sure as the sun across the sky, this light is over”. Whoa dude, you know how know you’re ….? All other Hydra pax dismounted their whips, and we got after it. Eh hem proper disclaimer given as well for those counting.
Here are the workout details, especially written for those that have no clue why they still get attention.
Mosey over to practice field for COP
IW, LSS, MC, HRM
Recover, mosey to back football field, get in groups of 3 for first round of Grinders.
P1 does exercise (CDD, jump squats)
P2 does exercise 100 yards down field (wide arm merkins, reg merkins)
P3 runs between as timer
Recover and run trail to Foxworth. Gather the six and head up and over hill to the half pipe.
Stay in your group of 3.
P1 on one end of pipe (LBC, dolly)
P2 on other end of pipe (H2H, flutter)
P3 run between as timer
Recover and run back up and over Foxworth to our normal hill for triple nickel.
5 CDD at top
5 jump squat at bottom
5 times
mosey back to practice field for gassers x 5?
done
Story time
Asked for the chatter last night, and the Hydra pax never fails to disappoint. I think Sippy Cup and Big Wheel were the only people counting cadence today. Thanks fellas.
One Eye, Sprockets, Curd all ran in. If they were anything other than ultra runners, I would’ve taken it personally.
Sprockets has to be the most “on it” Site Q of all time. Dude hit me up at Hawks Nest with “48 hour warning”, then last night in a text, then this morning asked how I slept. One of my favorite Met At Work songs is titled “Overkill”. That might be a new nickname for our favorite energizer bunny.
Spack challenged me to stay on the practice field to do the first round of grinders, with the same exercises the entire 45 mins to get the pax fired up. We didn’t get through two rounds before Gummy already started asking for more creativity. That weinke would’ve suffered a mutiny faster than it took Capt Jack to take over the Black Pearl.
Deep Dish was using my stall tactics on me when heading to the half pipe. It was like I was having deja vu with myself. Although Deep Dish doesn’t look or sound anything like me. Is that weird? Anyway, it worked for like 30 seconds, then I wised up. #vetmove
The group that accompanied Gloss and me at the half pipe probably regretted their decision. Not sure what Gloss ate last night, but he let one rip, and it entered my personal space. My defense mechanism kicked in like an Iranian missile to his US drone. The hits kept on coming for a couple of rounds, much to the chagrin of Curd who could smell our swamp farts from 20 yards away. His face was classic. Spack was also talking about some new calorie counting app he’s implemented, thinks he plugged in 10 vodkas while playing golf yesterday. 10am – 10pm…only 10 drinks? Seems light to me. Think you better add a few to that app, unless you had Saboo behind the bar makin stiffies, which has been known to happen at CGC.
Ductwork let me know on Tuesday that his management team was lamenting about having their meetings at 5am on Thursday mornings. They switched it to 9am moving forward, so it will be awesome to see DW at future Thursday workouts. That’s a good boss right there.
Marge was crushing the runs as usual, although his feet never seem to get more than 4 inches off the ground. Fastest waddle you’ll ever see, but the man is fast. Clover and Jet Fuel getting in their solid, slightly subdued work as usual too.
Heading into COT, Pop Tart complemented me on the running amounts today (I think?), Hannibal had us at 2.85. Not too shabby for a bootcamp kinda guy. Geraldo was also asking YHC at DV yesterday if we were doing a lot of running today? Not too much G-man, just enough for me to get a good sweat going. Like that matters.
And now to our FNG, Vince Zito. Gloss brought him out, so he was already playing from behind. Had knowledge of his impending attendance this morning from Tuesday, so Gummy and I were already brainstorming on his nickname yesterday at DV. Only knew his name, so we had to get deep. #thatswhatshesaid Thought about Color of Money, and Vince Vaughn stuff, and thought we might land on Van Gogh. Hydra pax brought it this morning, I think it was Sprockets that pulled Motor Boat from Wedding Crashers. “you motor boatin’ son of a bitch, you old sailor you!!” Good stuff, even though I think we already have one somewhere?
Thanks to Jet Fuel for the good take out prayer this morning.
Announcements:
Kevlar converging at Joust tomorrow
Thanks to Gummy and Overkill/Energizer/Sprockets for the chance to lead the Hydra.
Thanks for taking the time to open the post and read more about the help needed at the 87th worst site in all of WUC. I was just enough of a sucker to let old Moneyball talk me into assisting him with the site and it’s been hell ever since. What’s worst than hell? The Floater is.
With Moneyball making the move to the big city I’ve got very tiny shoes to fill as I slide into the lead position. But now I need your help locating a 2nd site Q to help handpick the toughest SOBs in WUC to Q and to ensure whoever we pick gets those Backblasts out in a timely manner. Keep the streak alive….
All that said, today was my 24th Q since joining F3 and I’m now 24 days away from 1 year anniversary! But today I woke up with a new spring in my step, partially because I ate a lot of Brussels Sprouts and at about 2:30am they decided to leave “the house”. I then went back to bed and woke up at 4:30am with a newer spring in my step because it was the 1st time I would have control of the site without MB hounding me about how he’s in charge, that I need keep my opinions to myself, those shorts really make your quads look nice, etc…..
DiCCS given. No man left behind reminder and no Mary at The Floater, we only circle back.
THE THANG
Mosey over the bridge, cross as a group. At the first lot:
• Bear Crawl to one side
• 20 x monkey humpers
• Crawl Bear back to other side
• Squats until the 6 is in
At the next parking lot:
• 10 x MTs
• 20 x LBCs
• 10 x MTs
• 20 x LBCs
• Jump Lunges until the 6 is in
Mosey to elementary school and stopped at the last street for SSH while the 6 came in. Then we crossed together.
Elementary School lot for 4 corners, 2 laps, finish early keep going:
• 10 x Merkins
• 10 x Speed Skaters
• 10 x Carolina Drydocks
• 10 x Monkey Humpers
Mosey to back of school for some Compass
Mosey to graveyard for some 4 corners, 2 laps, finish early keep going:
• 10 x Peter Parker’s
• 3 x Burpees
• 10 x Parker Peter’s
• 3 x Burpees
Mosey to Bad Idea and down to the base, Jail Break to the white mailbox until the 1st Gazelle makes it and then everyone can stop.
Mosey back down and repeat the opposite way.
Mosey back to start stopping at each intersection 5 x Bobby Hurley’s. Circle back for the 6 as needed.
Cross the street together, on your 6 for 20 x Bicycles and 24 x WW2 Sit-ups. And that’s time…
MOLESKIN
It was a beautiful morning for a butt whopping with only light humidity and do I feel a breeze?Slight audible on the starting location due to the lot being used but the smell of spelt grain was in the air due to a massive amount of spelt grain from Dreamchasers. Banjo and I ate a handful hoping for a slight IPA beer buzz but I didn’t feel anything.
Great job to the 13 men that joined me this morning and everyone welcome our newest FNG, Juiced! He comes from the Crest of Briar and is sandwiched between Dancing Bear and Banjo (pray for him). Juiced is a great dude and as he shared in COT, today was the first time he has ever worked out in his 40 years of life. Never easy but nice work pal!
I’m already sore from this morning but those brews Bottlecap promised for tonight’s workout at Clyent Hoppy Hour got my mouthwatering. If you haven’t done a two a day, now is the time since BC promised low mileage and in the shade (but with gear). Can we create a descriptive word for someone, other than dumb, that does all 7 workouts for the week? It’s not easy but is a true mental test as the week goes on!
Doughboy on Q tomorrow and he always has brutal workouts planned. He said this morning he has a few new things planned and I’m scared. So scared I’m going to wear my vest for it….
Thanks MD for taking us out!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Fix it for Christ is still happening through Saturday and volunteers are still needed. Donate an hour, a full day, several days. Whatever you can offer is appreciated.
19 PAX gathered on Juneteenth / 19th in super-humid, tropical Marvin region of the Carolinas for multiple 19s and unknowingly to finish off an exercise that was not completed the last time YHC was on Q at the mid-week camel.
WARM-UP
Mosey around, circle up…
THE THANG
Mosey to the bus lot for a snakey weave.
Mosey back up along the buses to the Boiler Room building. Grab a quadrant of the brick wall and “rock climb” sideways along the quadrant. Finish the quadrant, run past the next one and climb on another one.
Mosey to the baseball shed and grab two bricks…
Mosey to the tennis court benches for Dips x 19 and then haul it back to COT.
YHC arrived a little early to scout the area following a good night’s rain and returned to the start just before the PAX revolted. An unintentional request for Hillbillies went out on Slack prior to the event and YHC had to oblige, along with introducing the Union County crowd to the face of the 1994 Winter Olympics, Nancy Kerrigan. YHC also took advantage of the parked school buses, while the palpable humidity replaced the usual fog of diesel emissions. The rock climb/wall walking quickly became a great way to simulate a farmer’s carry of heavy plates as pinching the bricks worked the forearms.
Kudos to the PAX for sticking with such a stupid Webb idea. Most had Gumby arms for the mosey back to dips and to COT. Solid 2.0 and Respect representation today Wednesday has solid AOs throughout the South Charlotte/Union County area and the Dromedary campus is a fantastic place to post, with quality PAX and it’s exciting to meet new people out each week.
FNG 2.0 is Po, but YHC can’t get the tag to work. Also, YHC is still a terrible judge of time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
It’s been awhile since I Q’d a workout and even longer for a gear workout. I had to cancel my last Q at Chiseled, I wasn’t going to do it again. This is going to be fun……and get a little stupid.
Warmup:
We started with the disclaimer and short statement from yours truly about being your brother’s keeper. Will mention below.
That’s enough of that, let’s do it. Let’s mosey to the brick piles.
The Thang:
Had the PAX gather back to the start point.
Station Work: Use Hairburners with 45 lb. plates as the timers
(Do 10 reps at each station and switch until timer tells to switch)
After completing the stations, we circled up for a well intended but poorly executed exercise. Called an audible for Al Gore ring of fire while mixing in some well placed Shake n Bake’s(5 Burpees on your own) due to someone putting down the bricks.
Moleskin:
This morning I gave a brief statement/story about my Achilles tendinitis. Basically how I got it was from not working on my running form and not giving my body enough time to rest. This led into a disclaimer about using proper form while exercising. I asked the group this morning, “Are you your brother’s keeper?” The answer is yes. If you see your brother using poor form, call them out on it. We do a lot of things and at a fast pace, it only takes a minute to get hurt. One minute you are doing things you’ve never done before and looking/feeling good. Then what happens? You get hurt and the pounds just come back on you(possible scenario). I don’t want anyone hurt. If you see your brother using poor form or doing something that can hurt them say something. That one action could make all the difference. Modify as needed please, but don’t let others cheat themselves out of improvement.
Calling your brother out doesn’t stop with F3. It should be in our lives. We live in a society now where so many people are scared to speak out. Accountability is one of the drivers to improvement. I want to be pushed, I want someone to say I know you can do better than that(not in an arrogant way). I will never be mad or insulted by true constructive criticism or just calling me out on being lazy. I don’t wake up early to be lazy. I’m not trying to be the form police, I just care. We all are our Brother’s keeper. Iron sharpens Iron!
That’s enough of that babble. It was a honor leading you guys this morning.
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