Quite Riot and Katy Perry… Not!
As I type this I’m already over 24 hours late on getting this back blast out. (As I post this on behalf Rockwell we are now over 48 hrs late) I’ll make it short and sweet.
Let’s jump right in.
Here’s what went down:
WARM UP
SSH x 20
Potato Picker x 10
Plank Jack x 20
Mountain Climber x 10
THE THANG
Run down to the end of sidewalk. Stop at each light pole for 5 Merkins
Partner up and get a lifting rock (1 rock per group)
Curls – Partner 1 Curl / Partner 2 run to the crosswalk do 3 Burpees then flap jack – 15
combined
Tricep Press – Partner 1 Tricep Press / Partner 2 run to the crosswalk do 3 Burpees the
flap jack – 100 combined
Shoulder Press – Partner 1 Shoulder Press / Partner 2 run to the crosswalk – 3 Burpees
then flap jack – 75 combined
Mosey to the benches – Dips then run on sidewalk to the tables for Step Ups — 20 of each, the
10 of each.
Mosey to the hill in front of the school – Clock Merkins – 12:00 / 3:00 / 6:00 / 9:00 / 12:00 – 5
Merkins in each position
Mosey to the front of the middle school for some Mary before heading back to start.
MOLESKIN
It was a great morning for a workout with perfect temperatures and a great group of guys working har
With Ignition starting 15 minutes before us and the start of Asylum I was impressed to still see some
good numbers. I’m convinced it was the guarantee that we would be motivated by hair band music
throughout the morning! Lots of hard work!
I always enjoy seeing guys push themselves and encouraging their brothers. It was an awesome effort
by all and it’s an honor each time I get to lead this group of great men.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thank you for the Shampoo Crew donations! Keep them coming!
Opportunity to do Career Day at Cuthbertson Middle School. October 19th. 8:30-12:00. See
Bottle Cap if interested.
Week 4: Flash Weight Loss Recap
Week 4 is in the books and as a group the total weight loss is over 176 lbs. THis week penalty for those who are required – 200 Smurf Jacks
No change in the Top 5 this week as Zinfandel continues the push with a strong outing this week. He is quickly closing in on the 20 lbs down mark. No penalty this week for our leader.
Fuse is hot on his tail, but is facing an uphill challenge this week due to travel at work. Will he have the will power to order the salad and abstain from the extra calories via cocktails only time will tell.
Doughboy checks in as the top Lawson participant and is within striking distance, unfortunately does not have a drafting partner from neighborhood to help him as he seems boxed in between the next set of Briarcrest boys.
Chicken Little is manning the #4 spot and is ready to go. Based on scales pics he is “all in” as he even removed the socks for this latest weigh in. (note to self delete scale pics from phone as my groupme chats are starting to look like Rex Ryan Love Bunyon’s chatrooms).
Coming in at #5/6 are Dana (Briarcrest) and Wedding Singer our first non Briarcrest/Lawson entry and the last of the double digit weight loss group thus far. Wedding Singer made big push this week and is safe from penalty, but unfortunately Dana is our 1st victim who has to perform this week’s penalty.
#7 – 9 features Run Flat, Damascus, and Foundation all who had slow weeks this week and also are victims to this week’s punishment. If this group is not careful they will quickly be surpassed by Jingles/Banjo who are in 10th and 11th and have commenced a late rally to get into the top half of the group.
#12 is the first of the 2.0 Tupperware who we have recently found out does not run for charity or weigh in for competitions. For this you are to serve this weeks penalty.
#13 Shake & Bake with yellow jersey for this week. Must have been the Speed for Need event that you ran in that caused the big improvement. Great job
#14 Maple Syrup even while in IR continues to participate and working to help Lawson in group competition
#15-16 Eli/Breadbowl – unfortunately did not record weights for them this week so will serve penalty. Even with no weight do not sleep on these 2 as they have ability to sneak up on others in upcoming weeks. We have them noted on our Sleeper Report ready for breakout week #5
#17-18 Schneider/Southern Belle – after attending Asylum and putting in work, these 2 are silent killers ready to strike. Schneider will have to serve penalty due to no weight this week. With Southern Belle’s Dawgs easy win this week over UT he did not have to stay to end to watch and drink/eat at the tailgate. See if the Dawgs are challenged in weeks to come if that impacts his chances to compete here.
#19 Posse – avoided the penalty and lives to fight another day.
#20/21 – Rubbermaid/Dancing Bear must have enjoyed the weekend as they reveresed the trend and needed to use the expandable waist band this week. But I guess after watching OSU squeek by PSU and Dancing Bear enjoying his Ravens win last night it is to be expected. Just sets up for layup in week #5 for weekly.
| Name | Team | Total % Lost | Lbs Lost | Weekly % Lost | Penalty (Y/N) | |
| 1 | Zinfandel | Briarcrest | -7.77% | -19.6 | -1.52% | No |
| 2 | Fuse Box | Briarcrest | -7.40% | -18.8 | -1.26% | No |
| 3 | Doughboy | Lawson | -6.69% | -18.7 | -0.68% | No |
| 4 | Chicken Little | Briarcrest | -6.45% | -14.8 | -0.92% | No |
| 5 | Dana | Briarcrest | -5.30% | -13.5 | -0.50% | Yes |
| 6 | Wedding Singer | Other | -5.19% | -14.4 | -2.08% | No |
| 7 | Run Flat | Other | -3.82% | -9.2 | -0.43% | Yes |
| 8 | Damascus | Other | -3.27% | -7.8 | -0.09% | Yes |
| 9 | Foundation | Lawson | -3.25% | -7.3 | -0.32% | Yes |
| 10 | Jingles | Other | -2.87% | -7.2 | -1.05% | No |
| 11 | Banjo | Briarcrest | -2.81% | -6.8 | -1.34% | No |
| 12 | Tupperware | Lawson | -2.68% | -5.4 | 0% | Yes |
| 13 | Shake & Bake | Other | -2.65% | -6 | -2.65% | No |
| 14 | Maple syrup | Lawson | -2.51% | -5.6 | -0.91% | No |
| 15 | Eli | Briarcrest | -2.12% | -4.3 | 0% | Yes |
| 16 | Breadbowl | Lawson | -2.07% | -3 | 0% | Yes |
| 17 | Southern Belle | Briarcrest | -1.98% | -3.7 | -0.54% | No |
| 18 | Schneider | Briarcrest | -1.41% | -3.2 | 0% | Yes |
| 19 | Posse | Lawson | -1.41% | -3.2 | -0.89% | No |
| 20 | Rubbermaid | Lawson | -1.14% | -2 | 0.58% | Yes |
| 21 | Dancing Bear | Briarcrest | -0.94% | -2.2 | 1.75% | Yes |
Group Scores:
Briarcrest cruising out in front, with the “Others” passing Lawson for #2.
| Community | Total Top 4 |
| Briarcrest | 12 |
| Other | 21 |
| Lawson | 38 |
Weight Loss Challenge Returns After Bye Week
Returning after the bye week we have a new leader of the pack. Zinfandel has taken the yellow jersey with an impressive 6.34% and 16 lb loss and appears to be determined to continue to push the pace even if it means mockery from the family when he orders tofu for dinner. Not far behind is fellow Briarcrest member Fuse Box (6.22% and 15.8 lbs) who we believe has no more layers of clothing to shed and has kicked the weight loss into high gear. From rumblings at Flash it appears he is looking to chase down the lead. Rounding out the top 3 is Doughboy (Lawson) who has the highest total lbs lost at 16.9 and is within striking distance at 6.04% loss. Could the Q juice push a few extra lbs out this week time will tell.
Additionally, we have Chicken Little and Dana who both have reached double digits in lbs loss in 3 weeks. Great job fellas!
In the team rankings Briarcrest has taken a commanding lead with a 12 to 35 advantage based on overall ranking of the top 4 from each. Could Briarcrest crew continue for the entire race or will Lawson make a late push to close the gap. Time will tell, but right now it does not appear close.
Overall the group has lost a combined 144 lbs and approx 2.77% – so great job by everyone.
Now for the weekly punishment which is based on the performance of only this past week vs. the previous weigh in recorded.
The following are all safe and do not have to perform additional 150 merkins at their next post.
| Name | % Loss week |
| Chicken Little | -2.88% |
| Dancing Bear | -2.65% |
| Eli | -2.12% |
| Damascus | -2.10% |
| Dana | -2.04% |
| Run Flat | -1.99% |
| Foundation | -1.91% |
| Wedding Singer | -1.87% |
| Rubbermaid | -1.71% |
| Tupperware | -1.68% |
| Banjo | -1.49% |
| Schneider | -1.41% |
The following are below the 50% line and must complete the 150 merkins at next posting:
| Name | % Loss week |
| Zinfandel | -0.79% |
| Jingles | -0.64% |
| Fuse Box | -0.51% |
| Shop Dog | 0.00% |
| Wrong Turn | 0.00% |
| Southern Belle | 0.00% |
| Maple syrup | 0.00% |
| Shake & Bake | 0.00% |
| Doughboy | 0.57% |
| Posse | 1.50% |
| Breadbowl | 2.35% |
Below are the overall rankings after Week 3
| Overall standings after Week 3 | |||
| Name | Community | % Loss | Lbs Lost |
| Zinfandel | Briarcrest | -6.34% | -16 |
| Fuse Box | Briarcrest | -6.22% | -15.8 |
| Doughboy | Lawson | -6.04% | -16.9 |
| Chicken Little | Briarcrest | -5.58% | -12.8 |
| Dana | Briarcrest | -4.83% | -12.3 |
| Run Flat | Chimneys | -3.41% | -8.2 |
| Damascus | Wesley Oaks | -3.19% | -7.6 |
| Wedding Singer | Millbridge | -3.17% | -8.8 |
| Foundation | Lawson | -2.94% | -6.6 |
| Tupperware | Lawson | -2.68% | -5.4 |
| Dancing Bear | Briarcrest | -2.65% | -6.2 |
| Eli | Briarcrest | -2.12% | -4.3 |
| Breadbowl | Lawson | -2.07% | -3 |
| Jingles | Millbridge | -1.83% | -4.6 |
| Rubbermaid | Lawson | -1.71% | -3 |
| Maple syrup | Lawson | -1.61% | -3.6 |
| Banjo | Briarcrest | -1.49% | -3.6 |
| Southern Belle | Briarcrest | -1.44% | -2.7 |
| Schneider | Briarcrest | -1.41% | -3.2 |
| Posse | Lawson | -0.53% | -1.2 |
| Shop Dog | Lawson | 0.00% | 0 |
| Wrong Turn | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Shake & Bake | 0.00% | 0 | |
Week 1 Standings Flash Weight Loss Competition
The 1st week is in the books. We have already seen a bunch of guys shed a whole lot of clothes weight resulting in some impressive week 1 numbers.
Commentary:
- Doughboy representing Lawson out in front for individual standings but being chased by 2 of Briarcrest finest
- Briarcrest taking early team lead over Lawson by 4 pts (16 to 20) after week 1 based on combined score of Top 4 from each neighborhood.
- Appears that the Maul’s (Doughboy/Breadbowl) pantry is seriously depleted or has transitioned from cookies to celery sticks as we have Doughboy with early lead with a 18.5 lbs drop and Breadbowl sitting in the Top 5 with 6.4 lb drop. Will the travel this week allow Doughboy to keep the lead or will he drop stay tuned
- Pair of Briarcrest boys are looking to make a charge for the top slot. Time will tell how many more layers Fuse will shed before he needs to put down the ice cream at night and begin losing actual weight. Zinfandel sent pic of scale and
muchnot much more to me this morning for registering his weight. Either way disturbing video to say least - Looks like Dana/Chicken Little were able to excel even coming off week 1 of football – Good work
- Unfortunately even though he led a solid Q this morning, Damascus leads the pack of those who did not make the Top 12 and therefore qualify for our week 1 punishment of 50 Aussie Burpees
- All Pax that are in 13th place or lower will need to pay their dues at next post.
- Tune in next week to see the shake out and we will then provide further updates on standings for each of the
Below are the preliminary standings.
| Week 1 Standings | Total Loss | |||
| Name | Neighborhood | Lbs. | % | |
| 1 | Doughboy | Lawson | -18.5 | 6.6% |
| 2 | Fuse Box | Briarcrest | -14.5 | 5.7% |
| 3 | Zinfandel | Briarcrest | -14.0 | 5.5% |
| 4 | Breadbowl | Lawson | -6.4 | 4.4% |
| 5 | Dana | Briarcrest | -7.1 | 2.8% |
| 6 | Chicken Little | Briarcrest | -6.2 | 2.7% |
| 7 | Posse | Lawson | -4.6 | 2.0% |
| 8 | Maple syrup | Lawson | -3.6 | 1.6% |
| 9 | Southern Belle | Briarcrest | -2.7 | 1.4% |
| 10 | Run Flat | Chimneys | -3.4 | 1.4% |
| 11 | Wedding Singer | Millbridge | -3.6 | 1.3% |
| 12 | Jingles | Millbridge | -3.0 | 1.2% |
| 13 | Damascus | Wesley Oaks | -2.6 | 1.1% |
| 14 | Foundation | Lawson | -2.3 | 1.0% |
| 15 | Tupperware | Lawson | -2.0 | 1.0% |
| 16 | Schneider | Briarcrest | -0.3 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Rubbermaid | Lawson | 0 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Dancing Bear | Briarcrest | 0 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Eli | Briarcrest | 0 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Banjo | Briarcrest | 0 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Shop Dog | Lawson | 0 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Wrong Turn | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 23 | Shake & Bake | 0 | 0.0% | |
F3 Flash Weight Loss Challenge
All right fellas we will begin our weight loss competition this week and it will run through end of October. The finial initial weights must be received by end of day Monday. We will have the scale Monday at Flash (Reminder: 6:30 AM Start) on 9/3. If unable to make it – send initial weight to me via GroupMe
Rules:
- We will have weekly weigh ins each week at Flash.
- If you cannot attend Flash during one of the weeks, weights can be sent to me via GroupMe (need pic of scale weight – nothing more please). Must be sent before noon or will be considered as DQ for week
- Rankings will be based on overall % lost
- We will crown winners for following:
- Overall Individual Winner
- Top Individual by Neighborhood
- Top Combined Neighborhood (Based on combined score of Top 4 from each neighborhood)
- Each week we will have extra credit provided for those that finish in bottom 50% of Pax
- Week 1 – 50 Aussie Burpees
- Week 2 – 100 SSH (Courtesy Big10)
- Week 3 – 150 Merkins
- Week 4 – 200 Smurf Jacks
- Week 5 – 250 Bobby Hurleys
- Week 6 – 300 Carolina Dry Docks
- Week 7 – 350 Speed Skaters
- Final – 400 Burpees (Need to complete by end of week)
Below is link where we will keep track of weights and weekly rankings:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fUdVQ0DM4Sdwr0sqbsMJzmrKJK5Ei2nPPg3xJ37uSL8/edit?usp=sharing
Feel free to make any side wagers or challenges.
New Floater Calorie Champ?
16 PAX showed up today ready to work and attempt to beat the calorie count record. Unfortunately, we were missing Recalc, so we do not have an official measure on the crapple watch. But, based on Rubbermaid’s analysis (more mileage and equivalent elevation change), we will deem that the record was broken today.
Warmup:
- SSH with 15 pax
- Potato Pickers with 16 pax (Big10 steps out of the woods to join group)
- Old Man Stretch
- Calf Stretch
Thang:
At the hill we did 16 intervals of 1:30 of up/down hill and 0:45 of called exercise
- For the 1:30 portion we did (no particular order)
- Run Up/Down
- Backwards Up/Forward Down
- Shuffle Up/Run Down
- Bear Crawl Up/Run Down
- Crawl Bear Up/Run Down
- For the 0:45 portion we did (no particular order)
- Merkins
- Carolina Dry Docks
- Freddy Mercury
- Burpees
- Calf Explosions
- Pistol LBC
- Squats
- Smurf Jacks
Headed back to start scraped Deflated off of the ground and completed:
10 x SSH
10 x SSH
and then said goodbye to Big10
Moleskin:
- When YHC woke up this morning was nervous about potential of rain and having to come up with workout for under the gazebo, but luckily the rain held out and we were able to use the hill to our advantage
- Quickly called out for warm-up being directly out of Moneyball’s playbook
- Fuse Box told me at one point that all this was for nothing as we did not have Recalc’s crapple watch to record record, but YHC still stands by the backup timer of Rubbermaid for determining the crown
- Deflated successful in not getting lapped today by the jackrabbits of Bottlecap/Dasher
- Shake n Bake a machine as he completed prerun and then full work out
- Awesome job of Fuse with recruitment and all of the new guys out there in gloom and the participation on GroupMe
- Welcome back Jingles, just in time for shirt order
Rolling Hills at The Floater
14 Pax showed up at the Floater today. Bottlecap gives the disclaimer and claims replacement Q, and we see Big 10 heading for the Jeep. After reassurance that BC is not Q today, I take over and lead Pax on mosey to bottom of the hill for warmup.
Warmup:
- SSH
- Imperial Walkers (perfect cadence)
- Potato Pickers
- Merkins
- Calf Stretch
Thang:
15 rounds of the hill broken into 1:30 running on hill, 45 seconds of given exercise.
- Round 1-3: Run Up/Merkins
- Round 4-6: Backwards Run Up/Squats
- Round 7-10: Side Shuffle Up/American Hammers
- Round 11-13: Power Skips/Wide Arm Merkins
- Round 14-15: Run AYG/Burpees
Meet at bottom of hill. 10 count by Foley. 30 x Smurf Jacks. Run 1 final time up hill
Mosey back to start
Moleskin:
- Plan was to go to the hill and stay on hill with no stop in movement for 35 mins. YHC did not hear much mumblechatter as group well spread out over the hill. Looked like everyone kept going and pushed limit today
- Believe mileage was around 3.5 miles. Official calorie count to be announced later on GroupMe by Recalc
- Goodfella had YHC worried that I would need to adjust weinke. As he questioned if it looked better on paper then in practice, but YHC stuck to script and believe we accomplished the goal – be added to the Big 10 list
- Crumb incredible work put in, not many 2.0’s willing to get up early and be out here during summer break
- Beltway back at it after solid VQ on Tuesday and impressive Backblast on Wednesday
Announcements:
Open Door Sunday @ 5 Stone Admin office 7:00. Book John Chapter 18
July 4th BBQ at our house (Foundation/Deflated) at 3:00 pm. All welcome – Pig Roast, Bounce House, Sno Cone machine. BYOB
Moneyball on Q at Impromptu
Do I confuse you?
22 Pax came out to Flash this morning and were led by a non-professional, Q school flunky for some work around the campus. The plan was to do some competitive team racing out in front of the school around the parking lot, but after realizing that either the competition included too much instruction or that the PAX is not adept at counting, it was a Q fail. All I kept seeing was Joe Pesci from Goodfella’s saying – Do I confuse you?
Either way we did a couple heat races around and calculated scores. We found that Fuse Box has another gear when needed and was able to see Ackbar cruise in for a heat race victory. When not on the track pax was doing either box jumps/incline merkins on Jack Webb cadence (1/4, 2/8, 3/12) and then changed to squats/dips on round 2. After realizing this was not going as planned, decided to call an audible and venture on. Will give Team 1 the victory for today.
Waited for the final heat to finish, and then quickly called for a mosey towards the buses much to the dismay of the Clydesdales. Once at the top of the hill we did some Smurf Jacks waiting on the 6. There may have been some short/bald jokes traded between Bottlecap/Goodfella at this moment. Once we completed our set of smurf jacks we ran to end of buses and did some plank work waiting on the six. Another set of smurf jacks at the bottom and sprint back up the pavement hill.
At top of hill go over to curb and did abbreviated merkin ladder (Starting at 1o reps, and work down to 5 reps) on the curb.
Short mosey towards the steps and partnered up. Partner 1 do 5x calf raises each step and mosey around back to bottom of stairs. P2 does Jack Webbs (merkins/air press) until P1 returns.
Mosey back to other side of buses and did some flutters waiting on the 6.
Quick backwards run up the hill by the buses. Made sure to warn pax not to run into mirrors on buses going up.
At top did some pistol LBC until 6 is in. Then mosey back to front of school. Did some toe tap LBC and then head back to start.
Fin
Moleskin:
- Lots of mumble chatter about Q fail with too complicated idea, will be looking to attend next Q school for sure
- Damascus told us of how he scared off many hikers this morning when they spotted a silver haired bear in the woods on trail.
- Deflated will officially be MIA as he has reached his prom dress weight and will be taking in beauty sleep for balance of weekk
- Believe we left as a TBD for Big 10’s list.
Announcements:
- Sanctuary tonight Brooklyn Pizza (Wesley Chapel) 7:30 PM – Ice 9 leading discussion of Parables of Jesus
- Open Door Bible Study Sunday 5 Stones Church Ofice 7:00 AM – Bottlecap leading discussion on John Chapter 16/17
- July 4th Pig Roast at Noonan’s House all families invited. Will also have bounce house and snow cones for kids. Sign up with family so we can get head count- http://evite.me/d48SXfU5H9
- Foley on Q next Monday at Flash