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Post Season: The Men of October

The air was crisp, the ground was wet with dew and a bakers dozen PAX defied the urge to sleep in and got better, stronger, sandier!

The Thang:

After being disclaimed, we took on a brief recon mission to rescue one missing PAX from his “search” then circled up for COP.

  • SSH x 25
  • Squats x 25
  • Merkins x 15
  • Mtn Climbers x 20
Mosey to the Rea Rd. baseball field for 9 Innings of Pain:
  • Bear Crawl – Home to First.       5 Called Exercise
  • Lunge Walk – First to Second.  10 Called Exercise
  • Crab Walk – Second to Third    15 Called Exercise
  • Sprint – Third to home               20 Called Exercise
Called Exercises:
  1. Merkins
  2. LBC’s
  3. Squats
  4. Wide Arm Merkins
  5. Russia Twist / American Hammer
  6. Sister Mary Catherine’s
  7. Seventh Inning Stretch (Run from home base to RF foul pole, around to LF foul pole, return to home base)     Carolina Dry Docks
  8. Dolly’s
  9. Burpees
Mosey to pavilion near soccer fields for 3 rounds of:
  • 10 Dips
  • 10 Derkins
  • 10 Jump ups / Step ups
Moleskine:
YHC has been missing Anvil workouts lately and glad to be back out with the veteran crew that assembled this morning.
Some Observations:
  • Van-Pelt is quite the astronomer. He was naming constellations from the ball field. Stargazer!
  • Almost 1/2 the PAX ran in to or before the workout this morning. Solid!
  • Dear Abby deserves the game ball for 9 Innings of Pain. He was out front all morning. Strong!
  • Mermaid is a walking encyclopedia of everything Burpee. Facts!
  • ISI. AYE!
Thanks for taking us out in prayer, Mermaid!

Centurion Field Trip!

12 Adventurous studs rolled into Catholic for another edition of Centurion. This week YHC had a little field trip planned that went a little something like this:

Disclaimer and grab my phone!

Mosey to front of school and cut through back of Chipotle parking lot (watch out for that puddle…doh). Continue on the sidewalk along 51, cross over Johnston Rd and take a hard right onto McMullen Creek Pkwy. This is where YHC expected to lose some PAX to the sweet smells of the Waffle House but they heeded the temptation!

Place phone on top of leasing sign (Instruct PAX to remind me to pick it back up…) then circle up on this perfect square of grass for COP:

  • SSH x 20
  • IW x 20
  • Squats x 20
  • Mtn Climbers x 15 (hold it)
  • Merkins x 15

Partner up for some circuit work utilizing the 5 boulders at the far corner.

  • P1 – Dips on boulder
  • P2 – Run perimeter of lot, 25 supline pullups at far corner, run back.  Flapjack
  • P1 – Jump ups or Step ups boulder
  • P2 – Run perimeter of lot, 25 Jump squats at far corner, run back.  Flapjack
  • P1 – Decline Merkins on boulder (Q fail #1…I started to run, should have Merkin’d)
  • P2 – Run perimeter of lot, Plank walk roughly 25 feet (Q fail #2…better demo next time), run back.  Flapjack
  • P1 – Knee ups
  • P2 – Run perimeter of lot, 25 LBC’s at far corner, run back.  Flapjack

Time for some rock/strength work:

Grab a rock from the pile behind us (Q fail #3…most of the rocks required some excavating but not next time) *Civilian Cadence.

  • Bicep Curls x 15
  • Overhead Press x 15
  • Tricep Extension x 15
  • Bicep Curls x 10
  • Overhead press x 10
  • Tricep Extensions x 10

Return rocks and mosey through Lowes parking lot to hill entrance at farthest point from the store for Triple Nickel:

5 Merkins at bottom, 5 LBS’s at the top, repeat 5 times (Wheres my phone…?! Q fail #4, sorta).

Return to launch with just enough time for a little Mary: Dollies & Flutters x 15 IC.

Moleskine:

Icky Shuffle and I drove through this area on Wednesday on our way home from Anvil and identified the site of this week’s Centurion Field Trip – hope everyone enjoyed it and hope to visit again.

Q fails happen (a lot today apparently) In my defense, I did ask the PAX to remind me to grab my phone…Thanks guys!

The Triple Nickel was fueled by the sweet smell of bacon cooking at the Waffle House. Yum!

Shout out to Margo, Scabby and Mario for running to/from the workout!

Ghost Runner – Thursday nights, 7:30 Arboretum ABC Store. 4 & 6 mile options (Or run 5 with Radar)

The Bear in MECA is coming up at Highland Creek Elementary. Post if you dare!

Thanks to Chelms for the opportunity to lead Centurion Aye!

Starfish on the Bricks

8 or Area 51’s finest report for duty on a balmy Saturday morning to get their weekend started off right with the tag team duo of Boutique and Mall Cop.

Here’s what we did after being disclaimed:

Warm up jog around the track to survey the finest turf in Area 51 meeting back at the basketball court for COP:

SSH x 20

IW x 20

Low Slow Squat x 20

Mtn Climbers x 20

Merkins x 15

Mosey through the woods over to the Yellow Rose parking lot (AKA Spacklers turf) and meet in the middle of the lot for a 3 legged starfish:

Round 1:  

- Run up stairs, 25 merkins, circle back to starting point                  

10 burpees in center                                                         

- Run to sidewalk in front of day care, bear crawl length, 25 wide arm menkins

10 burpees in center                                                         

- Run to entrance ramp, lunge walk up, 25 CDD                                

10 burpees in center

Round 2:

- Run up stairs, 25 LBC's, circle back to starting point                     

10 burpees in center                                                         

- Run to sidewalk in front of day care, bear crawl length, 10 CDD's each side

10 burpees in center                                                          

- Run to entrance ramp, lunge walk up, 15 Turkish Get-ups                 

Plank at starting point and Hand off to Mall Cop

MC then led the Pax back through the woods to his vehicle where he kindly stashed 2 bricks for each of us. Mosey to the Best Turf in Area 51 for a little strength work.

Line up on soccer field goal line for feats of strength and conditioning while holding our bricks.

We did several sets while running the length of the field in between:

25 Man maker merkins

25 Dolly Presses

25 Flutter Presses

50 Push Presses (quickly audibled to 30…OUCH!)

Once the PAX was sufficiently swole we returned our bricks to MC’s car for Ball of Man.

Moleskine:    MC and I exchanged a few messages before our scheduled Q to try and give the PAX a full body smoker. If I’m any indication, it worked.

YHC was a little gassed during the starfish and called on Radar for a 10 count (he was there in spirit). Might Might…er um…THE Might Might was in front all morning…must be nice to be so young! Filmont never fails to keep the PAX laughing – thanks brother!

As always, it was a pleasure Q’ing Day Zero – Thanks to Prohibition and Hairball for the opportunity.

Aye!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Four Corners

11 of Area 51's finest toed the line this morning for a little tribute to Coach Dean Smith.
YCH and his trusty sidekick (THE BEARD) arrived a few minutes early to lay out the court with a little help (Thanks Icky Shuffle!).
As PAX rolled in, Mermaid tried to assign War Daddy status to Purple Haze but must have forgot Abacus
was in attendance. All were eventually trumped by Iron Horse!

The Thang:
We set off on our adventure for the day with a brisk mosey mixing in some backward runs and karaokes finishing in the large lot 
behind Calvary.

COP
SSH x 25
IW x 25
Crab cake x 20 (a new one for Anvil - seemed to be a crowd pleaser)
Count off 1,2,1,2...remember your #

Mosey to front lot on 51 for Four Corners (our Ode to Coach Dean Smith):

Two groups
Divided and marked with cones in the corners (2 areas)
Approx 40yds corner to corner
*** run between corners except animal set

First set:
1's
1 - jump squats x 20
2 - lunges x 20(10/leg)
3 - Peter Parkers x 20(10/leg)
4 - Parker Peters x 20(10/leg)

2's
1 - merkins x 20
2 - wide arm merkins x 20
3 - diamonds x 20
4 - carolina dry docks x 20
FLAPJACK

Second set
1's
1 - LBC x 20
2 - CCV x 20(10/side) Hops would be proud!
3 - flutter kicks x 20
4 - russian twist x 20

2's
1 - bear crawl from c1-c2, 5 burpees
2 - crab walk from c2-c3, 5 burpees
3 - frog jump from c3-c4, 5burpees
4 - dragon walk from c4-c1, 5 burpees
FLAPJACK

Half Time:
Both groups
- Defensive shuffle to Corner 1
- Spring to Corner 2
- Defensive shuffle to Corner 3
- Backwards run to Corner 4

Both Groups then repeated all but the ANIMAL set (OUCH!!!).

Mosey to courtyard at front of Calvary for some Peoples Chair with Arm Presses in Cadence.
Indian Run back to the Shovel Flag with just enough time for some Dollies and Rosalitas in cadence.

Moleskine:
I think we can all appreciate the 4 Corners a little more after today's workout!

Mumble chatter was on and off today - must be the weather or the O2 deprivation. The tweets came alive later in the morning once everyone cought their breath. 
YHC did sense a little "beard envy"...It's hard work!

As always, it was a pleasure to lead such a solid group at Anvil. Drop Thrill - getting strong brother!

PAX, Sound off in comments for announcements (technology fail for YHC)
AYE!

 

F3 Parking Lot Drying Service

YHC wasn’t sure what to expect with the rainy weather this morning. Thankfully, 22 brave Area 51 PAX joined me for some midweek Anvil down-painment!

Here’s what we did:

After a quick disclaimer we took a jog through parking lot (aka swimming pool) to patio near the Astroturf.

COP:

SSH x 25

Mtn climbers x 25 Hold it

10 hand release merkins

Imperial Walkers x 25

Merkins x 15

 

Mosey to front lot for the beast:

6 stops, 6 reps, 6 times

Plank when done between sets

LBC’s, Flutter kicks, Merkins, Dollies, Mekins, Burpees

 

Mosey to covered entrance near the Astroturf for some Peoples Chair (& a break from the rain):

Left leg up – 10 count

Right leg up – 10 count

Toes – 10 count

Overhead press x 15 in cadence

 

Indian Run to pavilion for bench work:

Dips x 20

Decline merkins x 20

Incline merkins x 20

Repeato

 

Mosey to hill entrance from Rea Rd and partner up:

Round 1

Partner 1 – merkins

Partner 2 – run down hill, bear crawl back up, flapjack

Round 2

Partner 1 – LBC’s

Partner 2 – run down hill, backwards run up, flapjack

Round 3

Partner 1 – elbow plank

Partner 2 – run down hill, lunge walk back up, flapjack

All run down hill, jail break back to the cars for COT

 

Moleskin

Despite the rain, turnout was excellent and every brother pushed it hard today in an attempt to soak up as much water as we could from the Calvary campus. My weinke called for more hand release merkins in COP but I decided to change it up a bit due to the groans after the first 10…don’t worry, we still got plenty wet out there and the rain even let up for COT.

The Beast never fails to deliver – especially on a brisk rainy morning.

Thanks to all for braving the soggy weather and doing some exercises with YHC this morning. It’s always a pleasure to lead the Anvil PAX.

Welcome FNG Suarez (Rich R.).

Thanks to Mr. Brady for taking us out!

Announcements:

F3 Area 51 Holiday Party – December 6th – be on the lookout for more info. I hear it might be at a brewery…