A Manatee and Soft Shell Crab Walk into a . . .

A Manatee and Soft Shell Crab Walk into a . . .

(Posted on behalf of Cold Cuts)

13 PAX made the decision to test their quads endurance level at Area 51 for Cold Cuts VQ.  Rumor has it the Q had no intentions of burning the PAX’s quads, it just happened that way.  So SF was planted in the soil at McKee Rd Elementary and the day went like so. . .

Q took PAX for a short mosey through the local neighborhood (mixed in some high knees & butt kickers) with an Indian Run to get the competitive juices flowing.  Had enough time to allow O’Tannenbaum to catch up to the group and join in.  Next we circled up for the COP:

• Arm Circles
• SSH x 30 IC
• Low, slow squats x 25 IC
• IW x 25 IC
• 10 Burpees

A quick stroll over to the soccer fields and Cold Cuts delivered the bad news.  He had a deck of cards and somehow pain was to follow.  Each PAX would have an opportunity to pull a card from the deck for a called exercise.  The value of the card x 3 determined the number of reps to be completed and the suit drawn dictated the exercise.  Rumor has it there were 4 exercises: Merkins, Burpees, Plank Up/Down (aka Makhtar N’Diaye), and Ninja Squats.  In between each draw the PAX would run from soccer goal to soccer goal (60-70 yards).  The PAX quickly learned the “Law of Averages” was not working in everyone’s favor.  Over and over and over again the Ninja Squat suit (Clubs) was chosen.  Screams of “Audible” or “BS” could be heard as we over and over again muscled through the Ninja Squats.  After 13 rounds of called exercises it was time to head off again.

Q had no sympathy for the group as we next went to the school from some wall sits and planks.  13 PAX lined the school wall, shoulder to shoulder, and began:

• R1 – 20 lb medicine ball was handed down the line and back x 3.  Then the group quickly assumed the Plank position, shoulder to shoulder, and pushed the same 20 lb medicine ball down and back x 3.
• R2 – Same rotation this time with some air presses thrown in for good measure.
• R3 – Same rotation but we did 4 runs of the medicine ball on each exercise with a little extra 10 second hold time.

By this point the quads were asking each of its owners “WHY????”.

Cold Cuts then gave us a nice walk over to the school playground set and had us partner up for a team mini-Murph.  Each team completed the following:

• 3 stations – 20 Pull-ups, 40 Merkins, 60 Squats (reps divided between team members as they saw fit)
• Rinse & repeat x 5 for total of 100 Pull-ups, 200 Merkins, 300 Squats per team.  Well done men.  The group finish of 60 squats in unison was strong.

Followed the mini-Murph up with a group run around the school.  Q then lined us up for one final AYG sprint down the parking lot.  Cold Cuts requested every PAX to give 100% and finish strong and each of the PAX answered the call.

Finished up with a few LBCs and the clock mercifully hit 0800.

NMM:

• Welcome to Manatee and Soft Shell to the PAX.  Great to have you join us and look forward to seeing you back out in the gloom.
• Nice VQ from Cold Cuts.  Brought a good amount of creativity and pushed the PAX while keeping us together as a group.
• Good to have a couple PAX from other AOs join us (Rebel from The Fort and Cat Gut from Metro).  Come back anytime.
• Speaking of Cat Gut, EH’d by couple Area 51 PAX (Frazier and others) to join us at McKee.  They must have got caught in some traffic.

Announcements:

• Area 51 F3 Dads is back on the docket for June.  Held each Saturday at Colonel Francis Beatty park on Weddington Road from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.  Fun opportunity to bring your 2.0s, boys and girls, and run around and exercise on a Saturday morning.  80+ for this year’s kick-off weekend.
• Area 51 AO is participating in Area 51 Calvary Church Pantry Food Drive the week of 06/08-06/13.  We will be collecting canned vegetables (no corn or green beans) at our AO next Saturday, 6/13.  Abacus will collect the canned goods and deliver to Mermaid.