Back to Basics

Back to Basics

13 Men answered the early bell for a SemiGloss led KettleBell Tabata that left little room to recover prior to the main course. As the Iron Dropped, 8 more men were eager to get after the Friday morning beatdown known as Kevlar.

The Thang

Circle up for a brief Warm up consisting of the following:
5 Burpees OYO – Side Straddle Hops x 30 IC
5 Burpees OYO – Peter Parker x 15 IC
5 Burpees OYO – Parker Peter x 15 IC – 5 Burpees OYO

Grab a Partner and head to the Outside loop around the campus. Stopping along the way for the following:
Hand Release Partner Hand Slap Merkins x 20
Partner Plank Decline Merkins x 20 (Flapjack)
Swap w/your Partner between Bear Crawls and Crab Walks along the hedges (200 Yards)
Partner Wheelbarrow from End of Hedges to Buses near base of Hill 250 yards (audible to half the distance)

Hillwork 100’s – Partner 1 Runs hill + 5 Turkish Get ups at top – Partner 2 Performs Called Exercise and Flapjack until 100 reps are completed
Round 1 – Diamond Merkins
Round 2 – Squat Jumps
Round 3 – Wide Arm Merkins
Round 4 – Speed Skater 1 legged Squat
Round 5 – Carolina Dry Docks
Round 6 – Calf Raises on the Curb
Wide Variety of Plank exercises were called between rounds to keep the pax together at each round

Mosey to Pavillion for Dips – Partner 1 Dips While Partner 2 does 25 LBC’s – Flapjack until 200 total Dips

AYG to the Parking lot for – 5 Burpees OYO – Flutter x 30

Moleskin:
Semi-Gloss was all business this morning during the 30 Minute Kettlebell Tabata pre-Kevlar. Great variety of exercises with very little rest. The popularity of the pre-KB work is really taking off – particularly with the nicer weather. If you haven’t tried it – get up a little earlier and swing some Iron. It will make the boot camp which follows that much more challenging. Brown had to depart following the KB routine – hope it wasn’t anything serious and gets better soon.
The plan this morning was to get back to basics and utilize many of the core exercises that make F3 workouts unique. The partner work makes each partner accountable for pulling their weight especially during the aggregate rep exercises. Witnessed some great partner work out there this morning with many of the pax pushing themselves and their partner to their limits. The hand release partner hand slap merkins were a crowd pleaser this morning. Not only does this exercise put form in the forefront, it requires a good bit of coordination as well. Audible was called pretty early in the Wheelbarrow – the called distance we were to cover was far less on paper than in reality.
The pax made quick work of the first few rounds of hill work – but as the repetitions mounted the Turkish Get ups at the top of the hill became more and more unpleasant. Didn’t hear too much chatter out there this morning beside a few calls for time and one “is it 9 oclock yet?”. I would say mission accomplished when 45 minutes feels like a lot longer. No 10 counts today gentlemen, hope everyone enjoyed and has a great weekend.
Thank you Sussudio for taking us out this morning – strong work this morning and an equally strong prayer.

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