To Fist or Shake, that is the question!

  • When:08/31/15
  • QIC: Fireman Ed
  • The PAX: Simba, Purple Haze, Sparkle City, Philmont, 777 (resp), Stay puff (resp), Mall Cop, Insomniac, Tawny, Ditka (FNG), Glock, Daisy, Balk, Marge, Booyah, Pele, Kilowatt (resp), Smash, Adobe, Lorax, Lambeau, Dam Gina, Gooney, Beaker, Heart Breaker, Big Top, Man City (FNG 2.0), Ray Charles, Fireman Ed (Q)


To Fist or Shake, that is the question!

29 men headed out into gloom for a beat down on the South Meck Shockers Athletic fields.

Warm up:

Two laps around parking lot with butt kickers, high knees, and shuffling.

Circle up
20 X SSH
21 X IW
20 X MC
20 X Squats

The Thang:

Mosey down to the baseball fields

In the outfield, burpee squat ladder

6 burpees run 30 yards 1 squat run back
5 burpees run 30 yards 2 squats run back
And so on until
1 burpee and 6 squats

Mosey to the bleachers
Partner up
Partner 1 bear crawls 30 yards then runs to the stairs and back while partner 2 does merkins. Then flip flop. Plank until everyone is done.

Round 2
Partner 1 lunge walks 30 yards then runs to the stairs and back while partner 2 does LBCs. flip flop. plank when you are done.

Round 3
5 burpees everyone
Partner 1 Crab walk 15 yards then runs to the stairs and back while partner 2 does supine pull-ups. flip flop, plank when you are don

Round 4
Partner 1 runs to the stairs and back while partner 2 does Carolina dry docks with feet on the bleachers. Flip flop, plank when you are done

Mosey to baseball field
Circle up
Time for some Mary
20 X flutter
20 X bicycle
30 X LBC
20 X Rosalita
10 X Dolley

Mr. Jack Webb approaches
1 merkin 4 air presses up to 7 merkins and 28 air presses. The Q tried to skip 6 merkins and 24 air presses but the pac was determined to do all the rounds.

Mosey to the lavatories
I thought we were done but Simba said not so fast we have 2 mins, at least that is my understanding of what he said.
Quick round of peoples chair with 20 air presses

Now we are finished.

Moleskin:

Where do I begin 29 people at base camp wow that is awesome, someone must have forgot to put my name as Q on the weekly email. I will have to give it too my fellow site Q Simba for the continuing growth of the site. A lot of chatter at first but after the burpee ladder there seemed to be a little less noise. Thank you for the honor to lead all of you.

Mall Cop great to see you got a new alarm clock that works, hope to see you at more workouts soon.

Two FNGS, Big Tops 2.0 Man City! Way to tear it up out there Man City, your pops struggled keeping up with you. FNG Ditka head locked by Glock who drove 30 mins from the northland of Charlotte to make sure his brother in law made it out to this work. Love it. Ditka and Man City hope to see you soon in the gloom.

Announcements:

Well this isn’t your normal announcement section. It has come to my attention that we have a substantial issue at all of our F 3 workouts that needs to be addressed. I have seen it in your faces at workouts the awkwardness, uncomfortable feelings, confusion and the emotional deprivation. Many people start one way then change to the other, then change back again. Every workout it happens! I am sure over the years we have lost some people to this. What do we do, how do we solve it, should nominate a committee to deal with it. Just the other day I saw the national news weigh in, one was more traditional but the newer style passes along less germs. Could changes be made during cold and flu season? Hmmm I don’t really know what to do, should we just come up with our own thing and forget about the traditional verses the newer style. Please sound off in the comment section below with your opinion or your solution. Oh yea its fist bumping or hand shaking/slapping come on you all have seen this at the beginning and end of workouts.

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Simba
9 years ago

Ed this was solid work, 29 men showed up to see what you were made of and you proved everything I was saying about you was wrong. Loving how the base camp crew is coming together. Thanks for your leadership. Now we just need to work on getting them to comment on Backblasts!

As for the hand shake for bump conundrum, it is a real issue, one that needs to get figured out. Just this morning I started with fist bump switched other guy switched and we ended in something like paper beats rock. Gummy has Been known to say “we’re men, we shake hands.” But Gummy has also been known to get really sweaty. I am no closer to a solution but we just keep going.

One final announcement, convergence at base camp on Monday for Labor Day. Maybe we will top yesterday’s record setting numbers then.

Hops
Reply to  Simba
9 years ago

Just shake your fist at someone in the gloom. That’s what some of the pax do.
Couple other observations (no I wasn’t there, but neither was Kirk nor Gummy #weneedhelp):
* In regard to MallCop – I thought a posting of something from the F3 Lexicon was warranted:
EPSTEIN’S MOTHER: A half-baked excuse for not Posting delivered in advance of the Workout to avoid accusations of Fartsacking. Inspired by the excuse notes Juan Epstein forged for Mr. Kotter, signing them “Epstein’s mother”.

Gummy
9 years ago

I am in favor of the hand shake, but there are guys that I’d rather just wave at instead. I realize that I’m that guy for many of you.

Kirk
Reply to  Gummy
9 years ago

Pre-workout: handshake
Mid or Post-workout: fist bump
Gummy: hopefully unnoticeable “sup” head nod

Iron Horse
Iron Horse
9 years ago

i go for the tender hug

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