BLIMPS, Deck, Bermuda Triangle

BLIMPS, Deck, Bermuda Triangle

YHC and Cane ran in to find a few pax sitting comfortably in their cars, preferring the controlled environment to the precipitation.  Some Twitter chatter regarding staying in the parking deck for the entire workout.  We haven’t had the good fortune to workout in the rain in quite some time so we would get wet some and stay under cover some.  I suppose part of the Q’s job is to keep the pax happy to some degree.  Welcome to Yogi who is from F3 Florence, visiting Charlotte this week. Disclaimer given and off we went.

Thang

Short mosey to the parking deck.  Circle up.

COP

Merkin x 15 IC

MC x 20 IC

Werkin x 10 IC

AYG to top of deck taking the halfway route.  Plank-o-rama to regroup.  Down stairs and exit deck.  Mosey through campus to 51.  North on 51 to Carmel Village plaza at corner of 51/Carmel.  Stop under cover.  Mary: Flutter x 15/Hold/LBC x 20/Hold/BLIMPS explained in detail while holding 6 inches.

B: Burpees, L: Lunges, I: IW, M: Merkin, P: Plank Jack, S: Smurf Jack.

BLIMPS Set

Start in middle of parking lot of Carmel Village.  5 Burpee.  Run to stairs, up and across the 2nd level.  Down stairs to start point.  10 Lunges.  Repeat run.  15 IW. Run. 20 Merkin.  Run.  25 Plank Jack. Run.  30 Smurf Jack.  Chair plank to regroup.

Complete BLIMPS set in descending order: SPMILB.  Plank sequence to wait for six to come in.

Mosey out of Carmel Village lot and south on 51.  Cross 51 and continue down 51.  Left to head to Palatine Hill.

Bermuda Triangle

Run up steepest face of Palatine.  5 Burpee.  Down opposite side and continue mosey through parking lot to courtyard of corporate building.  Stop at benches for 15 Dip and 15 Derkin.  Continue mosey to parking lot entrance.  15 Jump Squat.  Run back to start.  Plank series to regroup.

Mosey back toward CCHS campus.  Cut through Chipotle down the lane to the parking deck.  Enter deck.  AYG to floor 3.  Exit down stairs and fast mosey to launch lot.

COT

Moleskin

YHC remembered Yogi, our visitor from Florence, from a previous workout, but which one?  Yogi attended a parking deck beatdown Q’d by YHC at Bagpipe on a prior occasion.  Great to have you and strong work today.  Semi Gloss joined our crew today and was smoking everything.  Good to have Gerber out with us.  Dude was running fast.  Chelms, Lorax, Brushback, Semi Gloss pushing the pace on the BLIMPS set at Carmel Village.  The rest of the pax were pushing hard and the group mostly stayed together.  Tuck was killing it today, perhaps inspired by his VQ earlier in the week at the Maul.  I heard it was a smoker.  Great job Tuck.  We covered 3.4 miles today and ran up stairs, parking deck, and Palatine Hill.  Solid work men.  A pleasure to lead the men of purpose and action at Centurion.  Thanks to Chelms for a very meaningful takeout prayer.

Credit for BLIMPS given to F3 Lake Murray.  Splinter turned Young Love onto this set.  Young Love intro’d it in A51 at an Anvil workout.  It was a tough set.  The tough ones need repeating.

AUTHOR’s CORRECTION:

This just in from Tiger Rag:

I believe BLIMPS started with Do Re Mi. First known usage from March 3-5-13:http://f3nation.com/2013/03/06/blimps-at-the-mothership/ . Not sure, but I think that pre-dates Lake Murray by a year or so. Also attributed to DRM on the Exicon.

Splinter also claims that he coached at Georgia Tech, landed at Normandy, and installed the first artificial heart.

Please excuse the error.  T-claps to Do Re Mi of Charlotte Metro.

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