Many of the horrendous nut job hollywood actors celebrity couples get crappy couples nick names. Brangelina. Beniffer. Ect. What will the pax call Banjo and I after our dual beat down Q at Chiseled. Banjox? Fusjo? Or perhaps just ass clown SOB’s great american patriots.
6 men decided they were too cheap to take their family to the beach for spring break and decided they might as well show up for a workout. Here is how it went.
Banjo led us off. I told him take as much time as he wanted and I would fill in the rest. Full disclaimer – I forgot most of what Banjo actually did so below is what I remember. Just know what ever I write doesn’t do it justice and it was a lot of lifting that sucked.
WARM UP
Short mosey around the islands stopping in the middle parking lot. No bible study so lots of open room. Some Plyometrics to get warmed up. Butt Kickers. Toy Soldiers, Slow Mosey, little bit faster mosey, and a faster mosey. I asked Banjo if we then had to do a faster faster mosey, but apparently not.
THE THANG
Mosey to Cinderblocks. 20 Curls, 20 Presses. Burpee Indian Run to Mt. Chiseled. Bread Bowl pushed hard during the Indian Runs.
20 Curls with weighted Bar. 20 Tricept press. I think we did this twice. Burpee Indian Run back to cinder blocks.
20 Thrusters. 20 Goblet Squats (maybe?). Burpee Indian Run back to Mt. Chiseled Bars for the worst thing ever. Jack Webbs with Burpees as the single count and a weighted press. If you think 40 air presses sucks…do it with a 20 lb bar. Luckily Banjo had mercy on us and he alternated the weighted bar exercise to throw in curls and triceps presses to give our shoulders some relief.
At about this time where my heart rate was peaking at 175 and I felt like my lunges were ready to collapse, Banjo informs me its my turn. Great. Quick Mosey around Mount Chisled so I can figure out what the hell I’m going to do, so I can catch my breath, I have no idea why we ran around Mt. Chiseled, just to piss Bread Bowl off.
Groups of 3 for Galley’s with my own personal touch to it. Tip of the hat to Bonhoeffer who introduced these at Outland last week. One person on the ground with other two partners standing on either side of them. Standing partners lock hands with the guy on the ground. Guy on ground does 10 rows (no assistance from standing guys, they just hold). After 10 rows, guy on the ground dead hangs while both standing partners do lawn mower pulls. Clear as mud? Once finished, run to curb and back and rotate until everyone has been in each of the three positions.
Quick Mosey to the back front side of Mt. Chiseled (where the slope isn’t as bad). Keep groups of 3. Partner 1: 25 Heels to Heaven. Partner 2: 25 Dry Docks. Partner 3: Crawl bear up the hill and bear crawl down the hill (always facing down hill). Rotate until you hit each station.
Galley’s again except no lawn mower pull. 3 rounds at each position for a final total of 30 Rows (40 if you count the original Galley/Lawn Mower combo).
Just enough time left for one more round of Heels to heaven, Dry Docks, and Crawl Bears.
3 Minutes left….what to do…..Grab weighted bars and run them to the cinder blocks. Got half way and my forearms were burning. Used Bread Bowl as an excuse to rest my forearms and called for pax to put down bars and Al Gore while Bread Bowl caught up. Back to weighted bar run to cinder blocks. Fore arms on fire…..bars down. 6:15.
MOLE SKIN
Thanks to the guys that showed up today. It was a last minute thrown together Q by Banjo and I. Hopefully you felt it was a good workout. A couple new moves introduced by both Banjo and I. Anyone want to sign up to show us some more new things?
I’ve been really wanting to figure out a way to do more Supines/Rows at Chiseled. The railings there are not ideal for supines, though they can be done. I went so far as to attempt to build portable supine bars out of 2″ PVC, but quickly realized that while it worked for the 180 lb mens health model, it didn’t work as well for a 235 guy. Then I attended Outland and Bonhoeffer brought out the Galley’s. Wow. My back was sore for 3 days. Its a portable move that we can employ at any site. I love it! I decided to add in an extra lawn mower row. They proved to be more difficult that I had anticipated (and put more pressure on the back than I liked) so decided to nix them after round 1. Hopefully we will see Galley’s added in some more at other workout sites. Banjo sung high praises so if they get his stamp of approval, I’m hoping others liked them as well.
Swimmers becoming a regular at Chiseled (ready to Q?)
We found out who wears the pants in Shake N Bakes relationship this week (sorry Shake, I had to).
Proud of Bread Bowls push this morning. Especially the Indian Runs.
Xerox once again wants to kill me after a shoulder heavy workout at Chiseled.
While I lamented during warm ups that I wished I was Bread Bowls age again, we learned that Dough Boy (oddly enough) wishes he was a fetus. I suggested perhaps not a good idea in today’s age. We got dangerously close to a political discussion. Thankfully Banjo had us running fast and we all lost our ability to hold a conversation. (Pax don’t worry, no serious discussions were had or political positions traded).
Thanks again to all that came. Apologies to Banjo for not remembering half his workout. Again, just know it had me breathing very hard right at the time that it was my turn to take over.
14 men won the battle over their bed this morning and joined me at Chiseled though one pax had an especially long fight and showed up 4 minutes late.
DICCS Given
Informed the group that today’s workout would be weights intensive and very low mileage. Bread Bowl with a rare smile from ear to ear – I believe I’m his new favorite Q.
5:30 – short mosey over to 10 & 12 lb dumbells already laid out.
WARM UP
10 In/Outs over the weights
8 Merkin/Row/Row with dumbells
6 Frog hops over weights
4 Burpees with a side jump over weights
2 Man Makers (Merkin, Row, Row, Stand Up, Curl, Press, Lunge, Lunge)
Run to Curb and Back
Repeat for time (initially said 5 minutes but it ended up being about 8 minutes). I think most got in 2 rounds. A few of the gazelles may have reached 3 rounds.
THE THANG
Circle up with small dumbells for a deltoid burn out. 20 front & side raises. 20 sunshines (might have been 15, it was burning). 20 rear delt flys. Repeat for round 2 with lower reps (15, 12, and 12 I think).
Bicep Star Fish – 4 bicep stations with 10 In/Outs in the middle. If there is a log jam – merkins until equipment free’s up. Stations:
20 Hammer Curls with dumbells (25, 30, and 35 lb)
30’s (modified to 21’s) with 27 lb bar. Bottom half curl, top half curl, and full curl.
20 Curl press with 20 lb slam balls.
20 Reverse Curl with 20 lb bar.
Tricep Star Fish – 10 Merkins in the middle. Merkins while waiting for equipment.
30 Dips on curb
20 overhead ticep press with heavy dumbells (25, 30, and 35 lb)
20 45 degree presses (works more shoulder and bicep than tricep)
20 overhead tricep press with slam ball.
Grab small dumbells for quick tricep burn out doing two rounds of tricep kickbacks. I think we did 15 and then 12 reps
Four Corners – 20 Shoulder Shrug with buckets, 20 Military Press with heavy dumbbells, 20 Curls with 27 lb bar, and 20 slam ball with…the slam balls. Merkins while waiting for equipment.
Bread bowl finished early and led Mary. I believe it was Posse (or perhaps Jingles – you know they look similar) that decided that after the 40 heels to heaven, perhaps bread bowl shouldn’t lead mary again.
Back to the small dumbells to finish out the workout.
Military Press Ladder down along with a hold ladder up. 10 presses, 9 presses and 1 hold, 8 presses and 2 hold….
20 Up Right Rows. 15 Up Right Rows.
Posse lead 20 Thrusters since he chose the exercise.
30 seconds left – closed it out with 20 merkins on your own.
MOLESKIN
Peak heart rate of 164. Average heart rate of 122. 524 calories burned. So whats the record you ask? We did all that without hitting a mile. Yes, for the first time (that I know of) WUC history a workout was done where a mile was not reached. Now some of you may scoff at that achievement – and perhaps may not call it an achievement at all; but I for one am proud to have been able to burn over 500 calories in 45 minutes while only hitting .94 miles.
Site FNG and new WUC member Open biscuit came out for his first WUC workout. He got his name while on a lake retreat with Bottle Cap, Mayhem, and Old McDonald last weekend. Open Biscuit because he works in IT (Open Ticket) for Bojangles. Once I learned he worked for corporate Bojangles – I began sucking up hard in hopes for dollar off BoBerry coupons – but alas it didn’t work.
Mayhem out for the second time and dragging Open Biscuit with him. Nice job.
Xerox just about took a 27 bar to my knee when I called out the final 20 merkins. Sorry for all the Merkins from one bad shoulder guy to another.
Posse rolled in 4 minutes late having barely won the fight with his snooze button.
Nails having lost the alarm clock fight several times in the last couple weeks finally over came and showed today.
Recalculating gave a grunt of displeasure during one of the star fishes which I took as a badge of honor. Good push today. You were one of the faster guys during the warm up.
Tupperware rolled in without head lights and without Rubbermaid. Perhaps the gif jokes were true. Whats the over under on number of workouts Rubbermaid misses now that Gavin has his license – 2.5 per week?
Jingles dropping my motto smoothly today. “If you have to ask, do the harder one”. Nice to see I’m rubbing off on you Jingles.
I love having bread bowl out to workouts. I don’t know why, but I do. I think its both seeing a young man push to be better and grow right in front of us mixed in with the fact that he has the comedy chops of a seasoned vet. Good work today. I believe we can all agree that we hated your 40 heels to heavens.
Rudy stepping into his site Q duties quite well. Arrived early and stayed late to help load/unload. Thanks also to the rest of you guys that assisted. Lots of help today which was much appreciated.
The Chicken was rocking the large lots shirt. I can’t wait to see what Lawson has in store for us as revenge. Good work today.
40 Pax across two sites today. Very impressive. I can remember (and not that long ago) being at a dromedary workout (before there was Chiseled) where there were only 12-14 guys. Now Dromedary is consistently hitting 20-25 a week with Chiseled numbers growing as the weather gets warmer (apparently some pax don’t like holding metal weights during below freezing temps – I will keep your names anonymous). Keep pushing and EH’ing friends and neighbors to come out.
And with that – I’m out. Enjoy your day fella’s.
20 Pax decided to skip Saturday morning sex with their wives to join me for a day of fun and games. I was hoping to add something different in today that would add a sense of competition to the workout and push the pax just a little bit harder. I put the call out that there would be teams of three….some decided to team up early and wear costumes…..more on that in the moleskin.
Shop was first to arrive and said he came because he knew we wouldn’t be doing 5 miles. I hinted to him that the opening mosey would be our longest run of the day and that the workout was filled with HIIT sprints. He smiled in approval.
6:28 DCCS Given
6:30 Mosey around the loop and up to the entrance of the middle school.
WARM UP
Stop off at the entrance and hold Al Gore while we wait on pax to fall in. Zinfandel coming in hot. Decided to do a longer warm up in order to let the “Jingles” of the day catch up.
Potato Pickers. Hold Center, Right, Left.
T Merkins in Cadence. Attempted to slow count the 2 in order to get a good burn in the back delts and back muscles, but the pax in my direct vision didn’t seem to grasp the concept so I assume no one else did either. Fast counted the last 5 for a total of 20.
THE THANG
Jack Web Carolina Dry Docks (counting down) and Bear Crawl/Crawl bear (Counting up). I wanted to take advantage of the sloping down and up hill there going to the school while also flipping the counting (one ascending and one descending) so that it hurt all the way through. We did bear crawl going down the hill to put extra load on the shoulders. We hit the valley right around 5 and 20 so I stood everyone up for a break and then changed the bear crawl to a crawl bear (again putting more load on the shoulders and changing the movement into a push backwards). Lots of grunts and groans. Honestly I couldn’t finish the crawl bear myself so hats off to those that did all 40.
Mosey to back of the school and team up in groups of three. I got this idea from Banjo at his Chiseled Q a few weeks back. I decided to tweak it a little bit by adding distance, adding merkins, and adding some competition to it.
Two partners spaced approximately 60 yards apart with a runner in between. 5 Merkins while you wait on the runner to tag you out. Once everyone has run 5 times, you are done. First place team does 0 burpee tuck jumps. Second 2 Burpee Tuck Jumps. Third – 4 BTJ. Fourth 6 BTJ. Fifth 8 BTJ. Sixth 10 BTJ.
Grab two slam balls and line up against school in two teams. Wall sit while passing 20 lb slam ball down and back, down and back for a total of 4 times. Losing team does 15 merkins. The losing team apparently had issue with my explanation of four times (a common theme with me is that I struggle getting whats in my head properly explained to the pax – it doesn’t help when my heart rate is coming down from 170.). Round 2 was a “sunshine” pass. Taking the ball from your side, over your head and back down to your side where you pass to the guy next to you. Again 4 times. The other team lost and did 15 Merkins.
Mosey to Playground for pull ups in your teams of 3. Partner one does 10 pull ups. partner 2 holds feet (if needed). Partner 3 does LBC’s. Rotate until everyone has gone 3 times for a total of 30 pull ups.
Separate again into two groups at either end of the parking lot with each Group getting a basketball. Someone rolls the basketball down the parking lot while two pax chaise after it. Losing pax (no ball) does 5 jump squats). Return ball to other group so that it moves in a circular motion. Once again, easy in my mind but didn’t get explained to the pax that well. We finally got the hang of it and I saw some hands on knees trying to catch breaths so mission accomplished.
Mosey to the equipment. One group does some variation of a curl using equpment (27 lb bar, 20 lb bar, 25 lb dumbells, 30 lb dumbells, 35 lb keddle bell, 20 lb slam balls). Other group runs to the school, does 2 burpee tuck jumps and runs back to switch out. Go until everyone has done a weight 5 times.
Round 2 of Equipment – shoulder presses, sunrises using 12 lb dumbells, 20 lb medicine ball toss against backboard, and triceps dips. The cardio side did 15 In/Outs. Switch when both you and your partner had done 15 weights and mountain climbers. (My shoulders were smoked at the end). Deadwood claimed lifting the weights was easier than the In/Outs, though that was early on. Both killed me.
T clamps (Top half of a SSH) as we walk to pick up my speaker. I asked pax to get 50 in. I only got 35. Several pax appeared spent so I audibled and called for a mosey back to the front.
Arrived with 6 minutes left…..Recalculating called it correctly as I asked pax to circle up. AC/DC Thunderstruck. Mountain climbers until you hear “Thunder” then do a merkin. Two short stoppages to do air presses in the middle before getting back after the mountain climbers & Merkins. Someone made the comment that they have never been so glad for air presses only to find they were hard after the shoulder workout. I agree. If I remember correctly its 33 “Thunders” in that song. About halfway into the song we picked up a new pax – Twinkle Toes, who arrived to run and saw the F3 flag and decided to join. He normally post with SOB but sounds as if he may join us for some workouts as he lives closer to nesbit.
7:30 – count it off.
MOLE SKIN
A lot of “old timmers” today mixed in the the new guys. I always enjoy hanging with the guys that I started Commitment with back when it was at Weddington. Good to see Shop Dawg, Run Flat, Posse, & Dough Boy today.
A big thanks to Wolverine who offered up some additional dumbells last night and also returned to help me get my equipment cleaned up. May have also EH’ed him into a Chiseled Q. As hard as that dude pushes during workouts – I can only imagine how bad a workout let by him will hurt.
I think as we Q we all have things that we know we can improve upon. My Achilles hill has always been getting whats in my head out to the pax in a way that’s clear and understandable (though some may argue my real issue is relying on gear too much and not doing enough running). The usual suspects who always ask for clarification were not there today so I know it was bad Q explanation and not just pax not listening. Thanks for bearing with me. I know its a weakness and I will continue to try to improve.
Zinfandel, Deadwood, and Dana came dressed in a team costume. I can only describe it as the uniform I would imagine attendants at a gay bath house would wear (according to Dancing Bear – not my own experience). Cut off Flannel shirts with a jiz rag towel cape attached. Cudoz for going above and beyond and dressing up for the Q. Zin consistently goes all in on these types of things and I figured he had something planned when I put a call out to wear Large Lots shirts and he didn’t seem 100% on board. Nice work guys.
Love the addition of Honey Comb and Centerfold. Guys always show up with a great attitude and a smile on their face. They are solid “pick you up” guys. Lord knows we need those kind of men with the likes of myself and Recalculating around.
Large group and I got to get to baseball so that will be it for the moleskin. Solid work today from a great group of guys. Enjoy your Saturday.
“Excuse me while I whip this out”. “I’m about to slap you with my DCCS”. “I got a little DCCS message this morning” Now that I have your attention (haha), I enjoy skimming through the back blast channel on slack. Occasionally I will read a BB that is out of my Western Union County region if it catches my attention. Perhaps those first few quotes peaked some interest and you are still reading. If you don’t know what DCCS stands for…its coming in chapter 3 of this back blast. But first…a little introductory as to why in the hell a WUC guy is at Outland and why is he bringing DCCS there….
Madison through up at bat signal on Slack a couple weeks ago that they needed Q’s in Outland. I had previous seen the call and also where one of our very own, Posse, accepted the challenge. Posse had stayed on the WUC group about how great a site Outland was. Large, expansive, lots of benches, just a great site. When Madison asked for help, I felt the tug that it was time to step up.
I decided that Q’ing at Outland having never been there before was probably a bad idea, so I decided to join the crew the Saturday before my scheduled Q. A guy named Christmas was on Q. I believe another pax said it best that day when he said “there is only a reordering of letters separating Satan and Santa, and I believe you have the letters out of order today Christmas”. Dude put on a beat down that day. Kudos.
I knew going into today that the crowd would be light. The week before was a convergence. There was also the F3 heavily supported Joe Davis run that pulled some regulars away. I put in a plea to my F3 neighbors of Briarcrest to come join me. My sell was that it was closer than our normal Saturday workout at Nesbit, and was a larger site. As I went to bead I had no takers…..what would tomorrow bring.
I arrived early (6:42) to an empty parking lot. I decided to jump back in the car and go check out the football field to see if there was a gate open. Not only was the gates locked, but there was huge puddles along the route to get there. I decided an audible was needed. There would be no stadium stairs or 4 corners using the track.
Arrived back to the parking lot in time to see Chicken Little attempting to fly out of the coop. I was able to corral him back in. He was worried it was going to be just me and him….and as the clock struck 6:55, I was beginning to have the same fears. Then at 6:58 a stream of cars (well 3) came in. Thanks to Bonhoeffer, Lumber Jack, and Bullwinkle for joining us. It would have been a weird workout with just two guys.
So DCCS. What is it, Why DCCS, all those other type questions. Shortly after a FIA accident in Lexington, SC that took the life of Digits, WUC pax started pushing safety as a big initiative. We didn’t want the same thing happening to our fellow pax. If you know about the accident down there, you know Digits did everything right – which makes it so much more scarier. She had a reflective vest on, a head lamp, and she was crossing the street in a cross walk. The safety push turned into an abbreviation DCCS. To which all sorts of double entendre jokes fly, but at the core it grabs the attention of pax and focuses towards the intended message.
Disclaimer – typical F3 Disclaimer
Cell Phone – We require at least one pax to carry a cell phone though we hope for at least two. Often times we can be as much as 2-3 miles from the start which means even our fastest guys are 12-15 minutes away from calling 911. When seconds count – minutes kill.
CPR – We hope to have a couple CPR certified guys with us at every workout. A fellow F3 Brother, Gremlin, went down over a year ago from cardiac arrest. Again, there was a big push internally at WUC to get PAX CPR certified just in case. Even with that Cell Phone in hand, the rescue squad could be 10-15 minutes out. CPR can be a life saver.
Safety – A general guide of what to be aware of for the day. In WUC – that sometimes means street crossings or watching out for buses leaving.
Ok – enough preaching. Yall get the idea. I wanted to make you aware of what we do in hopes that some best practices can be translated. If yall have something you do well (or better than us) please come join us in a work out (or lead one) and share with us.
7:00. Lets go. I had already in my mind decided to audible from the football stadium so we head out towards the road and hooked a left towards the middle school bus parking lot. I turn the corner to see no buses and a lot of cones…hmmm. Drivers ed training? I also notice a fellow pax lagging so I had the group return for the six. Back to the Middle School bus parking lot and circled up.
WARM UP
20 Side Straddle Hops
20 T Merkins – this is a four count hand release merkin with your arms stretched out in a “T” pinching your shoulder blades together. It’s now how the Army does push ups so I figure if its good enough for the Army, its good enough for F3.
10 In/Outs. (bottom half of a burpee).
THE THANG
Short mosey to the short brick wall/benches. Split group into two (3/2). Group 1 does exercise, group 2 runs the parking lot loop, then flap jack. Exercises were :
Right leg step up
Left Leg step up
Right leg lunge (with left leg on brick bench)
Left Leg Lunge
Foot Release Squats
Up and Overs (kind of a skip over the bench with only one foot on the bench at a time.)
I was teamed up with Bonhoeffer. On the first step up I kept asking if he was feeling the burn or if his legs were hurting. Based on the pain I was feeling I wasn’t hearing much out of him which had me worried. Then we went to run and we both almost face planted. It took about 4 steps for our legs to “wake up”. Yup – he felt what I was feeling.
Once finished we did a slow mosey towards the Elementary Schools. Once there you had option to SSH or run back for the six. The guys must really hate SSH’s as they all went back for the six.
Regrouped for High Intensity Sprints. Picked a land mark about 40-60 yards out. Asked for 80% – 100% effort to that point where we would then get a 10 second break. Repeated for around 6 to 7 sprints total. That got us to the high school parking lot where we were greeted with some great painted parking spaces. Hats off to the students who painted them as some of them were true works of art while others just made me laugh – for example “If your reading this, I’m late”.
4 corners with a run return to start.
5 burpee tuck jumps (regular burpee with a tuck jump added at the end) then run to next corner for 10 jump squats. Return to start.
5 burpee tuck jumps, 10 jump squats, and 15 merkins. Return to start
5 burpee tuck jumps, 10 jump squats, 15 merkins, and 20 speed skaters. Lumberjack made the mistake of clarifying the count. “Each leg is 1 or both legs are 1”. When asked in WUC workouts I always pick the toughest one – so I asked for 20 each leg or 40 total. Chicken Little was in front of me the entire time and I arrived to this station to his pleads that it needed to be 20 total not 40 total. I agreed. Return to start.
5 Burpee tucks, 10 jump squats, 15 merkins, 20 speed skaters, and finally 25 Carolina dry docks. (is anyone still reading this excessively long back blast?). Because of time I cut the return run out and asked everyone to meet back at Start. Had anyone who hadn’t completed 25 CDD to do those while the rest maryed. Watch check 12 minutes…better start heading back.
Many of us (me included) were breathing hard from the running so I decided we would start an active recovery with a fast walk back along with 50 overhead claps. About 15 in Bonhoeffer asked “you said 15 right, not 50”. Apparently he was feeling the burn as well. I heard another pax say “who would have through something this simple would hurt”. We all got 50 and now it was time to get the heart rate up again.
High intensity sprints heading back. Again roughly 6-7 of them. Bullwinkle was starting to fall behind. I asked for a little more from him and he gave it to me. Good push.
Back at bottom of middle school bus lot we did 10 inch worm merkins. (For my WUC brethren reading this, yes my shoulders held up for most of the merkins today…though I did modify the burpees).
2 minutes left. A quick call for the pax to attempt to catch me as I ran backwards. I asked for another “gear” out of Bullwinkle and he gave it to me. Other pax that caught me I asked them to go back to brick bench for step ups. Gathered the pax there at the benches and asked for a jail break to the start as time expired.
MOLESKIN
Great group of guys this morning. Love the site. Lots to do there. I’ve been twice and still feel there are unexplored areas (by me) that can be used.
We finished with 3.61 miles by my watch. A little more than I had planned for, but a good workout none the less. I did have a bunch of gear in the back of my car loaded and ready to go but we ran our of time. For those that were curious – we were going to do curls with 25 lb dumbell, tricep press with 25 lb dumbell, 30 pound military press, 35 lb keddle bell goblet squat into an upright row, and finally a 20 lb ball slam. It would have been fun to end on. I guess you will have to invite me back out for round 2 to experience it.
It was great getting to know Bonhoeffer during the partner stuff. Good luck on the acting. Solid push from you on the sprints today. You beat the feathers off the chicken a couple times which is no easy task.
I appreciate Chicken Little coming out to support me. He is a fellow Briarcrestian(?) and its always nice to have a familiar face at a new workout.
That begin said – thanks to the Outland usual’s for welcoming me in.
We were able to get Bullwinkle to dig a little deeper today and find that second gear (and 3rd gear on some of the sprints). Thanks for pushing today. It was a pleasure having you there.
Lumber Jack pushed hard. A respect that I didn’t realize was a respect until the COT Name-O-Rama. I guess that’s the ultimate compliment that I didn’t realize you were a respect until you called your age. Good push today.
That’s all I got. Congrats if you made it this far. I suspect its about 99% of the pax didn’t make it this far down the back blast. You get no prize…only an attaboy.
I wasn’t sure what today would bring with a Clydesdale leading the hardest workout in WUC (according to Ignition Site Q’s). Would the fact that a Clydesdale is leading get some of those that were on the fence to take the plunge? Or would a Clydesdale cause the gazelles to push out to find greener faster pastures?
I arrived a little early (5:07) to an empty parking lot. I was a little worried, but it was still early – wait, this thing starts at 5:15, its not THAT early. Soon there after Banjo came bouncing in (his air ride suspension is gone so its like riding in a rough roller coaster when you clown car with him). Noticed our meeting light was out so I jumped out to report it to Union Power. I turn around to find a line of cars streaming in. Hollywood proclaimed it was the largest ignition crowd ever. About the time I was getting the big chest he followed up with “I guess some of the slow guys think it won’t be as hard as usual”. Thanks for bringing me back down to earth Hollywood.
The plan today was for the Clydesdales to get at least the site minimum of 4 miles with the hope that the faster gazelles would get upwards of 5 miles in.
5:12 – DCCS given. 5:14 a second more abbreviated DCCS given for some last minute folks that showed. 5:15 Lets Mosey
WARM UP (Kind of)
Mosey to middle school entrance and grab a bench. 20 Up and overs. Side Straddle Hops when your done until the 6 is finished.
THE THANG
Mosey to side road that connects the middle and high schools. Dodge cars along the way – a great way to sure up the reflexes and fast twitch muscles (I’m kidding). Paula Abdul’s (2 up, 1 back). 20 Speed Skaters on the up, 10 jump squats on the back. 3/4 of the way through my legs were burning. It was around this time that Bottle Cap decided he had had enough and headed to Flash (actually he was kind enough to support me for 15 minutes having already committed to support Rockwell at Flash). I asked the Gazelles to come back for the 6 when they finished so that they would get additional distance in.
Mosey to bottom of entrance road (the one that connects the main entrance and the football field). 10 Incline Merkins at bottom of hill. 10 Decline Merkins at top of the hill. 3 rounds. Clydesdales go to the middle school side road. Gazelles continue on further to the top speed bump. I attempted to do Merkins the first round and was met with more pain that I had hoped for. Shoulder still giving me problems. I did find however that if I go all the way down (similar to a hand release merkin) it didn’t hurt as bad. There is something about that transition from down to up that gets me. I typically feel it more during burpees (thus why I usually modify the push up) and I’ve always assumed my shoulder just doesn’t like 230 lbs quickly changing directions. For some reason, Foundation decided to pull back the reins and run with me during this time. At first I thought it was because my breathing was so hard that he was scared I was about to drop dead. Instead he asked about the shoulder and we talked about how client dinners are a weight loss killer. I appreciate you checking in on me and the shoulder. There have been a few to ask and it means a lot, especially when typically all I hear is grief from the pax about modifying (I guess they think I’m faking it???).
Mosey to center light pole for deconstructed burpees. 1 burpee at center. Run to a corner for 20 squats (I asked the gazelles to do 25 to handicap them a bit). Run back to center for 2 burpees. Run to another corner for 20 Merkins. Back to center for 3 bupees. Run to another corner for 20 In/Outs. Back to Center for 4 burpees. Last corner for 20 Bobby Hurley’s. Return to center for 5 burpees. I modified the Merkins here as well as skipped the last round of 5 burpees all together. Shoulder had developed a dull ache (which has since gone away), but I didn’t think I should risk it. Alright – enough about my 14 year old girl shoulder.
Indian Run to the traffic circle. Gazelle partner up with a Clydesdale. 1 partner runs to the cul de sac while the other partner does an exercise. 300 Parker Peters, 150 fence hold deep jump squats, 50 supines. I had expected the supines to take longer, but many of the gazelles were knocking them out on their own before the clydesdales returned. Someone led marry while we waited on the six (I believe it was foundation, though it was dark – insert deflated/foundation joke here).
We had about 7 minutes left and by my watch we still had a half mile to go to reach 4 miles. Quick mosey to transporters shed. 20 donkey kicks on your own.
5 Carolina Wolfpack Dry Docks at each light heading back to start. Circe back for the six me.
Arrived back at the starting parking with 4 minutes to go and I still had 1/4 mile before I hit 4 miles. Several Gazelles spoke up (almost begging me not to call our a run) saying they were well over 4 miles. Too bad, the Q was not. Circle the parking lot. Got back to start and we still had a minute and a half and I still needed a tenth of a mile…..reverse it and run the parking lot again. Arrived back to COT’s just in time for the 6:15 call. Checked my watch and was thankful to see 4.01 miles. Glad I won’t have to get that verbal reprimand from Half back for not hitting the minimum.
MOLESKIN
Thankful for the guys that showed up today. It was a good group.
Thanks for allowing me to lead from the back and not giving me too much hell for my shoulder modifications (which are starting week 5 now). My first F3 shoulder injury took 2 weeks to heal. My second one took 4 weeks. So based on that, I’m hoping (fingers crossed), I will be back to doing merkins in another 2 weeks. I’m about 90% sure the bad shoulders (yes its both, just one is hurt currently) came from football. Was I just hitting with bad form, or do I have naturally week rotatory cuffs? On my first shoulder injury I went to the doctor (this was about 18 months ago), and found out I had a collar bone dislocation and relocation. Unbeknownst to me, my collar bone was broke at the shoulder joint and reattached about 2 inches lower than it should have. When the doctor told me this, I knew exactly when it happened – senior year LB intercepted the ball and I met him shoulder pad to shoulder pad at almost full speed in what was the second biggest hit I took (the hardest being my sophomore year on kick off return). I remember running off the field hurting, but not enough to tell the coach. I always wondered why when I did shoulder shrugs at the gym, my right trap was way bigger than my left. The doctor said it was because the reattached collar bone pushed my trap higher….and here all this time I though I had hulk hogan traps. Football was hell on my body. Would I do it again….years ago I would have said yes without hesitation. Today I say yes with hesitation. There may come a day when I say no. (sorry for using the backblast as my own therapy session)
Thanks for Hollywood for giving a Clydesdale an opportunity to lead a 4+ mile site. The plan was to keep it as much in the bootcamp style as possible, while still running. I think that was achieved. Not sure what they gazelles reached, but I’m hoping at least one of you touched 5 miles.
My legs are smoked. There was an audible grown when I called out 150 fence squats. I guess I wasn’t the only one hurting.
Wolverine giving Hollywood and Halfback a run for their money. Was at the front most of the day today.
Halfback and Stub Hub doing their best to hold the average WUC F3 age down into the high 30’s. Together they help to cancel out Chainsaw.
Dana continues to amaze with the drive and push he has.
Chicken Little was flapping his wings towards the front as well. In his words he “popped his ignition cherry today”. Nice job.
I asked deflated for a 10 count…he gave me 6. I would make a joke about the New England education system, but he would counter with the fact that he was simply counting championship rings.
22 Pax came out to enjoy one last day of early spring before winter makes one last push. About 11 months ago we had a similar situation with a warm week and I decided to launch a “Clydesdale Picnic” workout that included Picnic Table runs, lifting rocks, and a 90’s rock playlist. I wanted to do a similar workout this year except with an 80’s playlist and a little more running as well as a new exercise thrown in.
5:28 DCCS given. 2 cell phones, 3 CPR certified in attendance.
5:29 Get into Groups of 4.
5:30 Lets Mosey.
WARM UP
Run to the front of the middle school and circle up.
15 SSH
Jimmy Duggans Middle, Right, and Left
Walk out into Downward Dog then calf stretch right then left.
Al Gore while I attempted (very poorly) to demonstrate a new move I came up with (more on the origin of the new move in the Mole Skin).
THE THANG
4 Stations for the Groups of 4. Go until all pax have done each station twice.
Sushi Roll – Start in plank position. Down into Superman. Roll to your left (on to your back). If you can, do it without touching your knees, feet, elbows, or hands to the pavement. V Up (hands still above your head bring your feet and hands together). Roll to your right. Merkin. Back down into Superman. Roll Right. V Up. Roll Left. Merkin. That is 1 set. I decided to name it Sushi Roll as I figured most of the pax would resemble a Sushi Roll with the fish egg roe (gavel) stuck to them when they are done.
Up and Overs on the bench. Its a mix of a step and a skip.
Heels To Heaven.
Run Half Lap.
Mosey back to the start where I have 12 stations and equipment set up.
Curls with a 27 lb bar
Front raise with a 22 lb bar
Curls with a 25 lb dumbbell
Military Press with a 30 lb dumbbell
Up Right Row with a 30 lb keddle bell
20 lb weighted ball partner slam
Side raises with 10 lb dumbbells
Reverse Fly with 12 lb dumbbells
Partner Push for 20 yards up hill (Timer)
Partner Pull for 20 yards uphill (Timer)
Elevated Step Ups (Picnic Table on edge of curb for extra height)
Dips
In between the weighted pain stations we did some sort of Cardio. Cardio listed below:
100 Total Mountain Climbers
Run Loop
20 In/Outs
Run Loop
50 Parker Peters
Run Loop (Cut it short to just around cars for time so we could all do each station)
25 Jump Squats
Run Loop
25 Side Straddle Hops (With a Q modification due to Rotator Cuff Flaring up)
Run Loop
20 Jumping Lunges
Run Loop
We got in 13 Stations (repeated the station we started at) before I called a recover.
Circle up at the start for a minute of Heels to Heaven.
MOLE SKIN
I was a little disappointed at the turnout at Chiseled this week (5 Pax on a beautiful morning), so I decided to sneak a Chiseled style workout into Impromtu to allow guys that haven’t given Chiseled a try a chance to experience a gear style workout. Banjo made a good point after the workout. Hoping to see some new faces or some old faces return as we have Recalculating on the schedule for next week.
Sushi Roll – Thanks for bearing with me and allowing me to try something different. Very little mumble chatter on during this (which was surprising). Biggest complaints was that it was hurting pax hips. My obliques were sore which was my goal so hopefully others enjoyed as well. Regarding my inspiration for this new move…..In football, my coached twice made us lay down on the goal line, grab our facemasks, and roll to the other goal line for punishment. It was timed with the threat of repeating it if we didn’t make it in time. Typically the lineman started spilling merlot around the 40 yard line. Tight ends and line backers might make it to the 30. A lucky few made it the entire way with out spilling wine. If you have never had to do the 100 yard body roll, count yourself lucky. The main thing I remember (other than puking through a facemask) is that the next day my abs were killing me. So I attempted to replicate the roll, but also added merkins and V Ups in to break up rolling (and keep pax from getting sick). If you hated the new move – sorry. But I think its nice to throw something new in from time to time. If it sticks, great. If it doesn’t, maybe it inspires a pax to come up with something better. Anything to break the monotony of the same ole same ole.
Dana flew by me with break neck speed several times today. I bit my tongue when he walked up wearing a smedium F3 shirt (I’m trying to get better), but at speeds I saw today, he may actually fit into that shirt by second spring (likely coming to Charlotte in three weeks).
Add Zinfandel to the Gazelle clan as well. Pushing hard lately. Unfortunately, that means I see more of his back than I want. And according to my wife, his weight loss has caused him to have a “hank hill” butt. I guess that means its flat. Still questioning why my wife is taking note both before and after mental pictures of Zin’s derriere.
Gerber (My Partner) pushed hard today. I asked him how his hip was doing on the partner pull. He said “The hip is fine, but my quads are burning”. Good….the exercise is working.
I arrived at 5:00 to find Deadwood sitting in his car starring at his phone. Most would be worried about a middle aged man parked alone in a Middle School parking lot in the dark, but at F3….we encourage it.
Lots of Gazelles this morning. Good push by the boys up front.
Jingles with the reassuring voice when I started questioning if I was explaining things bad or the pax just really suck at listening. For the second time in my recent Q’s, Jingles comes in soft and low stating things were clear, people just don’t listen. Thanks bud.
Relatively low mileage when compared to recent bootcamps (we got 1.94 miles by my watch), but we kept moving the entire time and I certainly was breathing hard.
Too many pax to name, but good work out of everyone.
Strong showing from Briarcrest. 6 by my count.
Music at F3 workouts is much like Q’ing the workout. No matter how great a playlist (or workout) you think you have, someone will have issue with it. Hopefully most of the pax enjoyed the 80’s playlist today. Here it is for those that are curious:
Lido Shuffle – Boz Scaggs
Hit me with your best shot – Pat Benatar
Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
Two tickets to paradise – Eddie Money
Take me home tonight – Eddie Money
Rich Girl – Hall and Oates
Shadows of the Night – Pat Benatar
Easy Lover – Phil Collins
Cherry Bomb – John Mellencamp
Under Pressure – Queen & David Bowie
Hurts so good – John Mellencamp
The Motown Records – Rod Stewart
Jenny – Tommy Tutone
Valerie – Steve Winwood
Livin’ on a prayer – Bon Jovi
Young Turks – Rod Stewart
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MarkThisMoment.Com for Father/Daughter Dance info and registration
Zinfandel on Q at commitment. Wrapping up a 4 in a row Briarcrest week. Q source and coffeteria following the workout.
Open Door on Sundays at Five Stones
I am ghost writing this back blast for Bottle Cap since he is traveling and I have time to kill before football starts.
19 men showed up even after a warning from Bottle Cap that Slam Balls would be used. Several Pax jumped on a deal bandwagon to grab $10 $26 20 lb slam balls from Hibbet Sports. In total, there were 7 balls at today’s workout. I brought 4, Bottle cap brought his 15 lb ball, and he stopped by Five stones early to grab the two that were there. Bottle Cap thought I pulled a “fuse” and gave him the wrong code to the F3 gear box at Five Stones, but alas he was able to get in to grab the two remaining balls.
WARM UP
Teams of 4 grab one ball then mosey to the baseball circle.
20 SSH
10 Imperial Squawkers
20 Slow Count Merkins (with a call out in my direction from BC)
5 Reverse Burpees (candle stick to some, but I like reverse burpee better). Squat down into a heels to heaven then get back up on to your feet for the jump up. (I found my forearms to hurt the worst from these as I was using my arms/hands to help “pop” back up.)
THE THANG
Indian Run Slam Ball Burpee. Person in the back takes the slam ball and runs to the front. Drops slam ball and person in back does a burpee, grabs slam ball and runs to the front. This was incredibly difficult to grasp for some (including the crew I was with). It turned into the fastest person grabbing the ball and us all running to catch up with the lead group. Indian run to the school parking lot.
The Beast – 6 trees, 6 reps. Each partner takes turns carrying the ball.
Knee Ups (sucks when you are recovering from a back injury). Marry for 6
Dolly’s 10 count 4 times. Each partner had a turn holding the slam ball.
Reverse Burpees. (you thought they sucked we we did five of them, wait until you do 6 of them 6 times!). Shoulder taps waiting for the 6.
Bomb Jacks. Back pocket plank waiting on 6.
Indian Run Slam Ball Burpee Run back to cars…no wait…keep going…all the way to the club house (Slamming brand new balls in wet muddy gravel???!! Really BC???)
Mary for the 6…which was awhile, because as mentioned earlier….lots of groups either don’t understand the concept of an Indian run, or just like being dicks to the people trying to run to the front and continue in a full sprint.
The Beast round 2. 6 reps, 6 islands. Each partner takes turns carrying the ball.
Merkin Shredder – Hand release merkins with a shoulder tap. (I’ve heard for a week now how bad these were, but didn’t find them to be that horrible. Perhaps they did a lot more of them in Transporters workout.) Curb plank jacks waiting for 6
Flutters. 10 reps, 4 rounds, each pax holding the ball once. For whatever reason, my team decided to take forever to get to the ground. We never quite learned that it would be easier for a guy on the far end to start and just pass in one direction. Some how a guy in the middle always started. I blame Blue Screen and Xerox, they are the oldest wisest of the bunch and should have kept us straight.
Bomb Jacks with bunny hops in between. Lets be honest – bunny hops sucks. Makes us all look like idiots. I didn’t do any of these until the last island. I used carrying the ball as an excuse, but I really didn’t want to do bunny hops. Unfortunately, Blue Screen caught up with me and asked for the ball the last island so I was forced to hop…like an idiot. Curb Peter Parkers waiting on 6.
WWII (Big Boy) Sit ups. 10 count, 4 rounds, each partner holds ball for a round.
Indian Run Slam Ball Burpee back to start. Plank movements waiting on 6.
3 team members squat in a circle and pass the ball while 4th team member runs to light and back. Rotate out until all have run. I was last to go and met up with Rudy. Both of us were confused about which light to run to (first or second). Since we appeared to be the only ones still running I decided it would be first. I challenged Rudy to race me and was not quite prepared for how quick Rudy ratcheted up the speed. I turned on the burners but it wasn’t enough. Nice push Rudy.
Circle up. One at a time give a one word goal for the year and a brief description of why. Words like leadership, work, courage, better, wife, nice, and organized were use. After a word is said and explained, the group does a merkin. Briefly interrupted by a car, but quickly back on track.
Jail Break back to start. Again, I find Rudy near me. Another Race? Yup, lets go. Rudy sprang to an early lead, but faded towards the end just enough to allow me to pass. Again, good push.
Circle up and count em off.
MOLESKIN
From Bottle Cap: We are a great group of guys, but we are also a group of guys in need. As evident (BC typed evidence) by some of the words during the new year merkin circle, each of us needs help. Lets build each other up and hold each other accountable in 2019. Happy New Year Fella’s.
Good to see Blue Screen and Eli Back
Squirts made another appearance
Hate to see Mad Dog not out there (Prayers for you my friend)
Rubbermaid with a strong 2.0 showing in Tupperware and Ziploc
From Fuse Box: A nice change of pace today with the slam balls.
Some recent new faces and some pax that have had extended absences. Keep coming out.
Squirts hates his name as much as Southern Belle but has already caught wind that a name change likely means a worse name.
Good push by Rudy today. If you’re near me during a jail break – fair warning, I like to race to make myself push harder.
Good discussion at Coffeteria today. Zinfandel taught those with Crapples how to use the space bar to zoom in on the exact place to delete or add letters. Also found out that Dunkin charges for tea refills (REALLY???!!!) I continue to be baffled that pax choose that place for coffeteria.
The usual’s were at the front of the pack today (Posse, Dana, Rudy, and myself) while the habitual slackers were the consistent 6 (Bottle Cap, Dasher, Goodfella, and Deadwood). Come on guys, you really have to step it up and work harder out there.
Thoughts and prayers with Mad Dog as he words to get his puny, Grinch sized heart fixed.
A call to action for all pax. Its the time of year for resolutions. I am blessed that for my second year in a row since joining F3, losing weight is not my resolution (I’m pretty sure for the previous 20 years it was). That being said, a lot of guys have losing weight on the list. Now is a good time to reach out to friends, family, and/or neighbors to invite them out.
12 guys showed up to Chiseled this morning to see what I had in store for them. Predictably two left early.
I arrived (or arroved if you graduated from Carolina) early to the site to get the gear set up. It was a sleepless night mostly because of work, which gave me plenty of time to plan today’s pain stations. Because I’m constantly criticized for my music (though in all fairness I believe everyone is), I decided to add some Christmas Music to the playlist with the likes of Darlene Love and Bruce Springsteen. After rolling a 200 pound tire about 200 yards (though it was mostly downhill) I get to the where I want to set it only to find Damascus parked there. I attempt to kindly ask him to move, but quickly have second thoughts (“Was I a dick to ask him to move? I could have worked around his truck. Maybe I need to be nicer. Ok…I’m going to apologize”). Shortly after the apology, Damascus did what any good friend would do….he gave me a hard time for apologizing for something so stupid. Thanks for the reality check.
Dough boy walks up with about 8 minutes until start and asks me the last question I thought a pax would ask me…but especially Dough Boy. “Wanna pre run?” The easy answer was no, but I had no excuses. Gear was set up, music was playing, no one standing around to joke with. You got me Dough Boy, lets go. A quick parking lot mosey and return to a few pax gathered near the shovel flag.
Close to start time. Pax slowly settling in, I decided I would give disclaimer early. Made sure to reiterate the modify portion and how only you know what your body is telling you so don’t strain yourself. Ok, enough Mr. Sensitive….lets go.
WARM UP
Quick mosey to the end of the parking lot. I see Shake N Bake finishing out his pre run. He runs by us, doesn’t acknowledge us, almost like he has horse blinders and ear buds in. I say “Shake, this way”. No response. I let out a loud “SHAKE!”. Still no response. Oh well….quick U turn back towards the church office where I have gear located. I was pleased to see Shake caught up with us once we reached the gear. I asked Pax to partner up and we had just enough for 6 stations (which caused me to eliminate one station on each round I had planned).
THE THANG
Round 1: Arms and Chest
21’s (Except they were 40’s) 10 full curls, 10 bottom half curls, 10 top half curls, and 10 full curls again with a 27 lb bar.
Tricep kickback with 12 lb dumbbells.
Hammer curl with a 25 lb dumbbell
Tricep extension with either a 30 lb dumbbell
Chest Press with either 40 or 35 lb dumbbells
Timer: Chariot Run (or Santa pull). Partner 1 runs with heavy rope around him while partner two gets down in squat position and provides resistance. To me, this was much harder than a partner push. There was more resistance, but the rope around the waist allowed arm movement so you could replicate more of a sprint movement vs holding a partners shoulders in a partner push.
Round 2: Legs
Goblet squat with 40 lb dumbell
Foot release squat
1 legged lunge (though some claimed it was more of a squat than a lunge). Do both lets alternating when the timer alternates
1 legged step up. Doing both legs alternating when the timer alternates.
Tire Flip
Timer: Reverse Chariot Run. Partner one puts rope around back of waist and faces partner 2. Partner 2 back in a squat position providing resistance. Again, this one was surprisingly hard. Lots of comments about quads burning.
Round 3
Sun rise with 12 lb dumbell. (I’ve also seen this referred to as a overhead windmill). With palms facing out, touch dumbells together below your waist and then fully extend to the side until they touch again over your head.
Military Press with 30 or 35 lb dumbbells.
Front Raise with 22 lb bar
Military Press with one 40 lb dumbbell
Upright row with 25 lb keddle bell or two 15 lb keddle bells.
Timer: Run to end of parking lot and back.
It was during this round that we lost two pax which caused us to speed through this round faster than expected. I had 7 minutes to kill…..Oh, I have just the thing to do that with.
AC/DC Thunderstruck. Mountain climbers until you hear thunder, then do a merkin on thunder. Somewhere in the middle during the instrumental we did air presses. If you haven’t experienced this yet, its a tough one. Somewhere around 33 merkins, a lot of mountain climbers, and enough air presses to feel a burn.
Watch check – 3 minutes. I started the pax out with 25 heels to heaven. Gave up to control to recalculating who called out catalina wine mixer. Two issues – 1) I asked for an ab excercise and he gave me a tricept excercise. 2) Recalc developed this exercise but apparently forgot how to do it. Catalina Wine Mixer is combination of Mahtar Djai and Merkins….yet all Recalc did was Mahtar Djai. Ok, time to take back control, finish out with 15 (maybe 13? I couldn’t hear the pax count) LBC’s. Time.
MOLE SKIN
Thanks to all those that joined today and those that have joined and Q’ed Chiseled in the past. Its been amazing to see this site location grow from an idea to a steadily attended workout. I had hoped for a change of pace location that reduced running and focused on more lifting (preferably with heavier gear). I think I accomplished that today with 1.2 miles and lots of pain stations. We (Banjo and I) are continuously on the lookout for gear and hope to upgrade the site in 2019 to allow for more gear stored on site to assist Q’s with set up.
Chainsaw made it out again today to my Q which marks the second time he has attended my Q without his son-in-law. I normally have something witty snarky to say….but honestly its been a long day year and I’m spent. It was good seeing the old man kill it out there today.
Thanks to those that helped stay after to get the gear put up. Shout out to Damascus who rolled the tire 200 yards UP hill. Great one-on-one conversation with Damascus after everyone left. Good dude…even if he parks his truck in the way of the workout.
Some new Q’s coming to Chiseled in 2019. Looking forward to what Rudy, Tupperware, Posse, Knish, and Foundation have in store for us in January. But first, you must endure one last Zinfandel Chiseled workout. He has promised gear (real gear, not the 5 pound bricks).
Still getting use to the new backblast format. Hate that there is no bullet option (there probably is but I havn’t figured out where it is yet).
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Keep Digits (FIA from Lexington, SC) and her family/friends in your prayers. She was tragically killed during a workout earlier this week. She had a head lamp and runners vest on and was crossing in the cross walk. Hopefully a wake up call to our group to always stay vigilant with both you and your brothers safety.
Prayers for the young girl Damascus mentioned who was hurt in an accident and attends Arborbrook Academy.
Dough Boy offered an open invite to visit his house Christmas Eve if you have no where to go. He claimed unlimited egg nog and bourbon. I imagine a few pax may challenge him on that unlimited part. But a good reminder that this time of year can be hard on some. Thanks to Dough Boy for opening his home up to pax in need that evening for some fellowship.