That was Flippin’ Awesome – just as advertised

That was Flippin’ Awesome – just as advertised

20 PAX came out to Kevlar on a “March like” morning according to Bulldog for the weekly insanity that is Kevlar.  It started off with a Semi-Gloss yellow hat and red “Obama can’t take these Guns” tank top and went down hill from there.  Too bad embedded images are disabled and you can see it.  Maybe I’ll share via twitter.

Did you every wonder how long it would take a team of PAX to flip a big tire 1 kilometer?  Well I did and you don’t want to know what else I think up when I am bored.  Anyhow, here’s how it went.

Jog around the fire lane with butt kickers and high knees.  Half a lap around the track and circle up.

Disclaimer started off the COP, a bit late as at least one man tripped up on the most well lit curb in the AO.

SSH x 35 IC

IW x 25 IC

Enough warm up, we have work to do.  Count off in two teams.  Each team grab a huge tire and move it to the entrance of the Church loop.

CMIYC Tire Flips around the perimeter of the church lot.

P1 – Flips tire continuously

P2-P10 does 25 Merkins, catches P1. and rotates who flips tire.

P2 flips tire while the team does 25 Squats, rotate to the next man.

P3 flips tire while the team runs back to entrance and then catches the tire flipper.

And repeat the cycle.  Often.

After everyone cycled through about 2x we switched the Merkins to Flutters and the Squats to LBC’s.

On a clear stretch of downhill each team “bought” a tire roll with 15 burpees.  1 teammate shoved the tire to see how far they could role it.   Geraldo was a bit out of alignment and sent team 1’s tire out towards Pleasant Plains, then had to get us back on course.  I think DK picked his team up 20 or 30 yards.

Audible the run to keep it at about 200M as we moved around the course.

Time was running low and the flips were exchanged for 3-man tire carry, still CMIYC back to school track.  Team 1 went for the 4-man tire carry.  If you ain’t cheatin’ you ain’t tryin’.  #TireFlipGate.  Drop tires and circle up for Mary.

Russian Twists – 25 IC

Dolly’s – 20 IC

Protractor

Finish with the Kevlar Wave.  5 rounds moving around the circle moving from Plank to 6 inches.  We didn’t have the Bangles this go around, which was really the only thing that didn’t go according to plan the whole workout.

Moleskine:

As anticipated, Radar was quick to share his opinion on the 1K tire flip feasibility.  But fully realizing this plan could go down in flames and with no solid backup plan in mind, we were sticking to it for the entire workout.  The PAX found a fairly decent rhythm and I’d guess everyone one got 20-30+ flips on the tire along with 150 Merkins, Squats, Flutters and LBCs.  As well as more running than most wanted.

Good to see Jaws and Si quickly becoming F3 regulars.  It’s been less than a month and you can already see the weigh loss in Si’s face, or maybe it’s less beard.

A solid effort by all the PAX and while a bit unorthodox, the workout kept us together and provided plenty of fodder for mumble chatter.

To answer the question about how long it would take to flip a tire a 1 kilometer:  More than a 45 minute workout.  I think we could have finished with a full hour, just need to find a Saturday AO with some big tires to give it a try.

Announcements:

• 3rd F Chick-Fil-A on Friday 6:30.  Too late for this week but go next week.
• Need a few more volunteers for Church on the Street on Sunday morning.

Thanks to Tackling Dummy for the send-off.

-Alf