50 Shades of Madame

15 brothers launched at 0600 from the Vine Restaurant at the Ballantyne AO on a lovely Valentine’s Day morning. YHC had a mission… and that mission was to prepare the PAX for Valentine’s Day with the M. Here’s what we did:

The Thang:

We headed towards the back of the corporate park.

COP – SSH X 20, Burpees OYO X 10, Mountain Climbers X 15, backwards lunge X 10

We headed over to the small pond with a bridge and lined up at the bottom of the hill. YHC called 7s – 6 burpees at the bottom, 1 Squat at the top; 5 burpees at the bottom, 2 squats at the top; etc.

Then we mosey around the pond, bear crawled up the hill to the middle of the intersection on Rushmore Dr. and plank to wait for the six. We then did the following:

– Run up the hill on Rushmore Dr about 100 yards plank to wait for the six. Merkins X 15, Burpees X 5, Sky humpers X 15

-Run down the hill on Rushmore Dr about 100 yards plank to wait for the six. Wide merkins X 15, Burpees X 5, monkey humpers X 15

– Run up the hill on Rushmore Dr about 100 yards plank to wait for the six. Military style Merkins X 10, Burpees X 5, Sky humpers X 15

-Run down the hill on Rushmore Dr about 100 yards plank to wait for the six. CDD X 15, Burpees X 5, LBCs X 15

– Run up the hill on Rushmore Dr about 100 yards plank to wait for the six. In and out planks X 10

Mosey over to the short wall at lockness for durkin/dip ladder. Durkins IC X 10, dips IC X 10; durkins IC X 9, Dips IC X 9; etc. Down to Durkin X 1, Dips X 1.

Mosey around the lock ness for short wall Mary, LBCs X 15, Flutter X 15, Heels to heaven X 15, Dollie X 15. Ran over to the stairs for a little 4 loop stairs circuit.

COT

Moleskin:

It was a great morning for working out in the Gloom. Welcome Countrywide to F3. It was great to see several newer guys, Vuvuzela (4^th post), Milwaukee’s Best (2^nd Post), Vebo (2^nd Post), out in the Gloom. Keep sticking with it men!

It’s was a cold 26 degrees (18 degree wind chill), but YHC planning to warm everyone very quickly. The 10 Burpees called in the COP was not a big hit among the PAX, but everyone was warmed up afterwards.

The running, merkin, Valentine’s day warm up combo was painful. Shout out to Mr. Bean and Frehley’s Comet, those guys are getting fast. The sitting in a circle with 14 of my closest friends doing sky humpers and monkey humpers was a little more awkward than I expected, but I was committed. Everyone should be good and ready for tonight’s activities….. whatever they may be.

The end of the workout had a Durkin/Dip combo that I wasn’t sure we could get through after the second set. It was painful. I’m actually still feeling the pain as I sit and write this backblast.

Announcements:

Let Frehley’s know if you’re interested in Q’ing Stonehenge.

The Ballantyne BRR team needs one additional driver. Let us know if you’re willing to volunteer.

Sign up for the mud run on April 11^th. http://f3nation.com/2015/02/02/area-51-2015-spring-mud-run-everything-you-need-to-know/