- When:02/25/15
- QIC: Joker aka Spy Hunter
- The PAX: Run Stopper aka Sexy Man; Hops aka Camo Boy aka GI Joe aka Cumberland County Viaducts; Mic Check aka Sugar Ray aka Tool Man; Long Haul; Outback aka Shrimp on the Bar-Bee aka THAT's a Knife; Gumbo; Beaker; Big Tuna; Heartbreaker; Gomer Pyle; Pop Tart; Strawberry; Tooty; Frehley's Comet aka One Liner; Frasier aka Kenyan; Floor Slapper aka Wojo; Vodoo aka Harry Connick Jr.; Pebbles; Rip Curl; Wingman aka Altair 8800; Loogie aka Gronk aka Clothesline; Brushback aka Brian Austin Green; Fire Hazard
Power Walkers
24 SOBs posted at The Maul this morning for some serious power-walking.
The Thang
Warm Up
-30 SSH
-30Squats
-30IW
-30 Merkins
Hill work
-Cross the Road [what road is that anyway?] on the other side of the big hill by the movie theater, then enter neighborhood across the street
-From entrance to neighborhood, run down hill all the way to stop sign, drop and do 15 merkins, then run back up hill, do 15 more merkins, and finish with LBCs until everyone is done
-Rinse and repeat
-Rinse and repeat for a third and final time [#crowd pleaser]
Head back to the parking lot for a little plank-o-rama… you know the drill… including a special edition of “3 inches” for the men of SOB. And thanks to Frehley’s Comet for a good laugh during this segment of the workout.
Head over to the ledge by the waterfountain for some ladder dips and squats:
-5 dips and 5 squats
-10 dips and 10 squats
-15 dips and 15 squats
-20 dips and 20 squats
-Then back down the ladder… 15s; 10s and 5s
Mosey to the parking lot some some NASCAR speeed work done in pairs:
-Partner one runs quarter mile loop while partner two does merkins; then flap jack… team is done once reach 150 aggregate merkins
-Rinse and repeat, except with 100 combined squats replacing the merkins
Mosey back to our cars… rep out 30 merkins on your own…
Workout over
Moleskin[e]
Really enjoyed my time with the boys of ballantyne this morning. Great group of men. We kept things moving at a pretty fast clip, so not too much banter this morning. I’m sitting on a heating pad as I write this, so I for one got my money’s worth. Just a few random observations:
-I’m into the “aka” nicknames lately… inspired by Chelms aka Tater Tot, and others. So, for your reading pleasure I’ve taken the liberty of adding aka’s to many of the PAX from today; for those that didn’t get aka’d… I just need a couple more workouts to get to know you a bit better!
-Seeing Loogie this morning brought back more bad memories from the Thanksgiving football game. I learned that day when you play against Loogies that flag football is actually a contact sport.
-Speaking of the Thanksgiving day event, reminds me of Mic Check and his fast feet. Rumor has it that he’s a bit of a boxer… or at least a bit of a trash talker with a quick jab.
-Run Stopper brought the wearing of tights to a whole new level today. Neon yellow in fact. Better tell the M you’ve raided her wardrobe. What’s next…. Flash Dance leggings?
OK gents… I’ve got to get back to work… wife and kids to feed..
Joker author
That road is Elm Lane and I think that hill is the infamous Murderhorn that I’ve read about in previous backblasts. I was sorry to make its acquaintance this morning. Even running down that thing sucked.
I didn’t realize we were doing a 10,000 merkin challenge at the Maul today or I would have posted elsewhere. #punychest
Thanks for a great Q, Joker.
For all of A51, but especially the SOB’s — Don’t forget HDHH will be at MellowMushroom Ballantyne on Wed., March 11th – 5pm –>
And the tights Runstopper wore are available at Dick’s apparently…..mercy
Also, so weird that Pop Tart & Strawberry didn’t really talk to each other much in the gloom….considering their twins
Finally, Loved Floor Slapper’s LIFO entrance as well….no jog, no mosey, just ambled over to the COP….#DukeStinks
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