Warm-up:
The Thang:
Moleskin:
First time I’ve actually written a BB in over a year! Almost forgot how it works, but since I got this far I would say it’s a win. Immediately following launch the rain picked up getting us nice and wet during COP. I don’t know if its experience or an older and wiser thing, but immediately most veterans (**cough cough**, @frehleys_comet) took shelter under trees and awnings leaving the rest of us to enjoy the extra rain. Hearing lots of suggestions to go to some parking garage, I made sure to head the opposite direction of this unknown garage to squash all hopes of staying dry. I was impressed with all 12 who joined and gave it their all. Lots of great exasperated sounds were heard, letting me know that my mission was successful. I only got to half of what I had planned so will need to sign up for another Q to finish the rest… Until then, stay dry my friends.
Announcements:
CPR Training next Monday and will be the last one for awhile so sign up now
Passport challenge is under way and is a great way to check out other AOs that you don’t normally get to. We are blessed to have so many AOs to choose from and should take full advantaged up this!
Would you believe me if I told you I use to be a site Q at the 87th worst site in Waxhaw? This was before it was known as the 87th worst site. Would you also believe that after leaving Floater 2.5 years ago to start Chiseled, I was never asked back to Q The Floater again (technically I wasn’t asked this time, I volunteered….but lets not get facts get in the way of a good come back story)?
So here I am, rain threatening, lights flickering on the old water tower, and nothing but mashers in the parking lot. It was quite the scary site. Then slowly but surely a few started trickling in. All but the two site Q’s that is.
DiCCs given. Special mention of crossing Providence Road twice. Slippery Bridge. And cars can’t see you, but they especially can’t see you in the rain. I reminder for gazelles to go back and get the 6. Announcements first because we thought it was going to pour on us right at 6:15….Posse ran long so I started the mosey and asked him to keep announcing as we went.
WARM UP
Mosey down to the vet (circling back for 6). Circle up for:
(For those that skimmed that was 50 merkins and 100 mountain climbers).
Some stretching and we are off.
THE THANG
Across Providence to that long road to Dream Chasers with lights for 25 merkins as each light I’m kidding. You should have seen the look on Posse’s face. (That SOB has been needling me the last few workouts so it was time for my revenge – evil laugh). For real, alternating 10 jump squats and 10 speed skaters (2 is 1) until you get to stop sign. Pick up 6.
Mosey to bridge and get into teams of 3. P1: alternate 10 Derkins/Irkins. P2: Runner/bear crawl. Crawl bear backwards up bridge incline round 1. Straight bear crawl flat part of bridge round 2. Bear Crawl down the bridge decline round 3. P3: alternate 10 Foot release squats/step ups. Once relived, run long way around and take over for P1 doing Irkins/Derkins. It sounds really complicated, and apparently to some pax it was as I found Baio and Chatterbox doing dips at some point???
Once everyone has done three rounds we cross Providence together again and do three different sprints with collector exercises in between until we are at the bottom of Keith Jong Hill. About 7 minutes left (less time that I expected) so we closed out with suicides up the hill. Recover for a short walk only to Jail Break back to COT.
MOLE SKIN
The music ceased, and the auctioneer,
With a voice that was quiet and low,
Said: “What am I bid for the old violin?”
And he held it up with the bow.
“A thousand dollars, and who’ll make it two?
Two thousand! And who’ll make it three?
Three thousand, once; three thousand, twice,
And going and gone,” said he.
The people cheered, but some of them cried,
“We do not quite understand.
What changed its worth?” Swift came the reply:
“The touch of the Master’s hand.”
And many a man with life out of tune,
And battered and scarred with sin,
Is auctioned cheap to the thoughtless crowd
Much like the old violin.
A “mess of pottage,” a glass of wine,
A game — and he travels on.
He is “going” once, and “going” twice,
He’s “going” and almost “gone.”
But the Master comes, and the foolish crowd
Never can quite understand
The worth of a soul and the change that is wrought
By the touch of the Master’s hand.
Warmup
Quick mosey to the entrance followed by side stradle hop, imperial walkers, and moroccan nightclub.
The Thang
Started with 5 blockys at station #1 rifle carried to the 2nd station. Took a quick mosey around mt chiseled. 10 curls with the coupon at the 2nd station. Rifle carry to station 3. Another mosey around mt chisleled. 15 Derkins at station3. Rifle carry to station 4. One more mosey around mt chiseled. 20 weighted squats at station 4. Rifle carry back to station #1. Repeat stations 1 -4.
Partner up and do 100 curls and 100 military presses combined. Partner ran around mt chiseled did 10 Bobby Hurley on the backside of mt chiseled and return to tagout with partner.
Rifle carry coupon back to station one. 5 more blockys at station 1. Rifle carry to station 2. Take one last mosey around mt chiseled. 20 speed skaters at station 2. Rifle carried back to station 1. Lunges to the curb of the parking lot. Finished with a couple squats as time expired.
Moleskin
First Q went smooth. Didn’t catch too much flack from Fuse Box or Chastain…..yet. I was impressed how Bread Bowl stuck with it and kept moving forward never giving up, keep it up young man!!!!! Shout out to all branches of our military thank you for service!!!! Thanks to F3 for giving me the honor to lead this group today…….Hope I didn’t botch this first post too bad.
Announcements
CPR training next Monday last one for a while sign up now
Passport challange, Waxhaw is killing it, dont forget to log attendance
Failing to realize that today is a bank holiday, YHC agreed to Q Meathead earlier this week and the dream of sleeping in was dashed. The one upside to this prolonged house arrest period however, has been the discovery of the post F3 nap. Knowing that the blissful 6:45-7:30 am slumber awaited, five Pax tackled a strength and conditioning workout in the friendly confines of Calvary’s hotbox, since the Q had less than zero interest in standing around swinging kettlebells in the rain. Today’s playlist had the potential to be controversial for an 11/11/20 workout, but seemed to be well received. I decided to go with Christmas music this morning even though normally I am in the not before Thanksgiving camp. With all that has happened this year, the opportunity to spread joy and good cheer needed to be seized. Also, my Spotify Christmas playlist had already been created years ago and required no additional effort.
Warmup: Not a fan of them
Round 1: Alternating Swings & Merkins from 10 reps down to 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 then 25 LBC to catch our breath
Round 2: Alternating Swings & Squats from 10 down to 1 then 25 LBC
Round 3: Alternating Swings & Wide Arm Merkins from 10 to 1 then 25 LBC
Round 4: Alternating Swings & Deadlifts from 10 to 1 then 25 LBC
Round 5: Alternating Swings & Diamond Merkins from 10 to 1
That got us to 275 swings. Or 265. Or 250. Or 270 depending on who you asked. After Ernst & Young verified the results we did the remaining 25 swings to get to 300. Next up was three rounds of split squats and dips and we were joined briefly by the Anvil Pax led by Ductwork and his eight tiny reindeer. One minute of elbow plank and we were finished and now we can move on to naptime.
Now for the part you people actually care about…the Christmas playlist clocks in at 3 hours and 35 minutes and is chock full of auditory presents. The elves of random shuffle gave us The Royal Guardsman’s “Snoopy’s Christmas”, The Jackson Five’s “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”, The Angelic Whitney Houston’s “Do You Hear What I Hear”, Robert Earl Keene’s “Merry Christmas from the Family”, Bryan Adams’ “Christmas Time”, Billy Squier’s “Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You”, The Ramones’ “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)”, Alan Jackson’s “Please Daddy Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas”, Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” and of course Mariah. This is the time of year where Mariah awakens from her yearly slumber ready to dominate the next month and a half. Some of the gems we didn’t get to include “Mamcita Donde Esta Santa Claus”, “Dominick the Donkey”, “Christmas in Hollis”, “Mele Kalikimaka”, and Weezer’s version of “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”. The weather may be warm and muggy, the trees may still have most of their leaves, and the Big 10 may not have had their front-runners drop games to lesser teams in embarrassing fashion, but this morning we officially rang in the Holiday season. It’s been a pretty messed up year, so in YHC’s opinion we should go nuts for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. If something is worth doing, it’s worth overdoing. Buy too many presents for your family, cook a second turkey, break out the good wine, play Christmas music, put up more lights than are tasteful and necessary. Let’s make the next seven and a half weeks memorable.
The Thang
Diccs given, words of safety, let’s mosey …
Warm-up’s: SSH, Imperial squawkers, Mtn climbers, potatoe pickers, Merkins & Calf stretch
First Exercise – Parking lot suicides
Mosey to HS entrance
Mosey to MS entrance
Mosey to covered Picnic tables
Mosey to COT and Premature led us thru 100 Heels to heaven to expire our time!
Moleskin
First exercise included Big Boy’s in a very wet parking lot. I heard more than one gasp as all of our backs first hit that cold wet asphalt:) But we shook that off quickly with suicides. Mental note, don’t give the Q keys to Premature to end the workout. He nearly killed us with 100 heels to heavens. And of course Ice 9 was cheering him on, smdh. Thanks for allowing me to lead you guys this morning, always an honor. You guys all impress me so much, getting up early, working out in the pouring rain, pushing yourself during the workout and encouraging one another. Great work gentlemen!
Announcements
It’s good to be new. Try out new things, visit new places, Q new sites. Thanks to One Star and Fiji for allowing me to spread my wings and run around an AO I’ve only visited once before. In case you hadn’t heard, the 2020 Passport Challenge is underway and it’s designed to get you out of your comfort zone. That is, those repeat AOs you post at every week and everybody knows your name. And no, not the Cheers bar.
This beautiful morning we had 14 pax that took a stroll around the greens of Bushwood. Eager to make a good impression, YHC sported a sleeveless shirt, complete with collar. Everyone got the DiCCS and we departed for destinations unknown.
Warmup
A quick loop around the bus lot for some SSHs, Imperial Walkers, Moroccan Night Clubs and that’s it
The Thang
Off to the neighborhood to hit the holes. The theme would become apparent pretty quickly. At the top of each road we do an exercise and at the cul-de-sac we do an exercise. They’re all OYO but I made myself clear (or at least I thought I did) there was to be no standing around and no Mary. If you’re fast (or you cheat) then you go back and pick up the six. Run with them. Do the exercises with them. Don’t wait around. That didn’t exactly happen…We’ll get to that. For those who care, here are the exercises for each road:
So when you haven’t posted at a site before, you rely on Google Maps. When you rely on Google Maps, things seem closer on the screen than they do in real life. YHC fell victim to that and had to audible a bit and cut out some planned cul-de-sacs. We eventually moseyed our way to the Arborvitae cul-de-sac and followed the trail back out to the school, but not before YHC noticed pax standing around and not going back for the six. Someone mentioned Monkey Humpers at one point and I mentioned they might make an appearance if there was any more standing around. Apparently the Bushwood crowd loves some Monkey Humpers so we worked those into the rotation.
Back to the trails, we can now see the school so the call came for a Burpee Run. You know, like an Indian Run, but the person at the back of the line does a Burpee then sprints to the front. From the woods all the way to COT I think only 2 pax did a Burpee and sprinted. No idea what happened there. Methinks mutiny. No worries.
Line up on the curb for some Suicides. To the far curb and back – 5 Burpees. Repeato with 10 Mike Tysons. Repeato with 15 Bonnie Blairs. Thanks to One Star for pointing out the expansive wall. We finished up with a few rounds of Donkey Kicks then made our way back to COT.
Moleskin
I had fun. I dunno about everyone else. The last time I posted at Bushwood was the beginning of January. That was too long of a break. I’ll be back sooner next time. Don’t forget to stamp your passports!
Announcements
YHC took us out
One of the foundational A51 F3 locations, The Matrix on Mondays, has been creeping back up in the ratings as many F3 vets have rallied behind the iconic AO to see if they can save it.
A great group of 8 randos showed up today. I can say, I have rarely seen these guys all post together in any normal cadence but today it all came together.
Promising low mileage and more strength building we did just that….
The Thang
Run around the school to lower parking lot for SSH, Low Slow Wide Leg Squats, Merkins
Starfish in parking lot (short run)
Lifting Rocks
Shoulder Press/Curl combos – 10, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8, 7, etc.
Other exercises in cadence with final overhead rock hold for a 10 count by all 8 PAX
Playground
Partner work
P1 – Pullups (10, 8, 6, 4, 2)
P2 – Big boy sit ups (waits for P1 & flapjack)
Wall work
Partner 1 holds feet on wall, Partner 2 bear crawls to line and does 5 merkins & walks back and taps Partner 1 (3 rounds
ABstacles
5 minutes of various ab exercises to wrap things up
Moleskine
Announcements/Prayer Requests:
Paper Jam’s mom sadly passed away unexpectedly over the weekend, please keep them in your prayers
A51 Q School November 21st at the Panera at the Arboretum – 7am workout followed by instruction – contact me for more details juliusmilani@gmail.com or Slack
12 immigrants looked to get their lower back Passport stamped at Ignition.
WARMUP:
THANG:
MOLESKINE:
PRAYER OF THANKFULNESS . . . LET’S LIVE THAT OUT BY SEEKING OUT THAT 1 PERSON TO IMPACT EACH DAY.
9 joined us today for this weeks installment of Base Camp led by YHC a former Base Camp Site Q. After a through disclaimer that was highly enjoyed by most of the pax, with no FNGs present after a short run around the bus lot we began right by the Staff lot for a quick cop.
COP:
10 IW IC
10 LSS IC
10 Windmill
Following completion of the Windmills, instructions were made to run towards the intersection of Strawberry and Rosecliff. Upon reaching each speed bump(3 in total) pax were instructed to perform 5 jump squats. Leaders were also instructed to collect the six upon reaching Rosecliff. After a quick 10 count by Mr. Magoo instructions were given for the main event.
Triple Nickle:
Top of the Hill( Intersection of Strawberry and Rosecliff) 10 Merkins
Bottom of the Hill(first neighborhood intersection off of Rosecliff) 10 Diamond Merkins
Rinse and repeat 5 times for a total of 100 merkins
After a quick round of LBCs and a Thunder Road 10 count, off we went back to launch. Stoping at each speed bump for 5 monkey humpers, facing traffic after a fellow pax asked which direction they would be faced(you’re welcome). After stoping right before the entrance of SCMS, instructions were made to run back to Semi’s Office. Upon going over the mileage amount YHC had originally planed it was time to bring a good friend back to visit after picking up a lifting rock.
Jack Webb
1 slow merkin
4 air presses with lifting rock
We went up to 4 slow merkins and 16 air presses then worked our way back down
Following a Hoover 10 Count, we went over to Semi’s office and grabbed some wall for 2 rounds of 25 air presses on YHCs count.
Mary:
10 Flutters IC
10 Rosalita IC
10 American Hammer
Protractor till time was called
Done.
Moleskinny:
-YHC realized on his drive home from Columbia yesterday that he was the QIC for Base Camp on Monday, Thunder Road remembers this beatdown from my December 2018 q at Base Camp only it was about 30 degrees colder outside
-The plan was for around 2.5 miles today, YHC underestimated that the Triple Nickle was probably closer to a half a mile each way than the 0.4 miles each way YHC had measured. YHC had us clocked at 3.24 miles, miles varied from 3.08-3.24+. A bit higher than what Base Camp traditionally is however, everyone crushed it out there today
– Air Wolf was out in front most of the workout followed closely by Way, no surprise there as Air Wolf has gotten faster since posting at Fast Twitch
-With this being Makeshift 10k/Half Marathon/Marathon Taper week YHC broke his usual limited Merkin usage to be taper friendly(you can still get upper body in while running in workouts)
-Its been quite awhile since YHC had visited Base Camp, probably close to a year. Thank you for Thunder Road and Mr. Magoo for brining me out of Base Camp retirement
Announcements:
-Makeshift Marathon Saturday 11/14 7 AM, preblast here
-Saturday November 21st Orange Whip be holding an A51 Q school at the Panera in the Arboretum at 0700. 45 minute workout followed by instruction from some veterans(30-45 minutes). If you haven’t q’d in awhile and are looking to step up and lead a workout this is a great place to learn the basics in leading a workout and F3 Site
-Thunder Road with the strong takeout
Benny out
A small(er) group of men gathered for a Monday meltdown.
90 seconds each set
10 two-handed swings
4 thrusters
4 push-ups
10 single-arm (weak side) swings
4 thrusters
4 push-ups
10 single-arm (strong side) swings
4 thrusters
4 push-ups
10 alternating swings
4 thrusters
4 push-ups
10 American swings
4 thrusters
4 push-ups
x 5
Waiter, rack and farmer’s carries
Elbow plank 1 min
Glute bridge (almost) 1 min
Moleskine
After Van Halen and KISS playlists, I decided to push the sonic boundaries and play one of my favorites bands – The Pixies. It’s not likely that you’ve heard them, but your favorite alternative bands love them. They wrote guitar-based songs with hooks, but mixed artsy noise and cryptics lyrics that would alternate between breathy whispers or full-throated shouting. They were among a handful of 1980s bands that provided a contrast to make-up and spandex rockers. (Other notables include REM, Replacements, Husker Du, Jesus & Mary Chain and Sonic Youth.) Over the years, a few songs have made it onto soundtracks and even commercials. You can find their best loved “hits” here.