A little Ice and Sleet Sent the SOB’s Running to the Garage

A little Ice and Sleet Sent the SOB’s Running to the Garage

The Thang….
The clock hit 5:15 and we grabbed a pair of 50lbs sandbags and a 60 lbs sandbag and headed from the Vine to our favorite parking garage in Ballantyne Village. Once there, we headed down to the basement and circled up.
COP – in cadence
20 – SSH
20 – IW
15 – Windmills
15 – Merkins

Here we split into 2 groups (a 2 man and a 3 man) one group stayed in the basement and completed bent over rows. The other ran to the top of the covered part of the deck and back. Then we flapjacked.

Once we completed that fun we did a bear crawl for about 80 yards with 10 civilian count merkins/CCDs every 10 yards.

We then did a belly start sprint back over to the start point

At this point we circled up for 1 minute of each of the following exercises. Rotating until the 5 PAX completed each exercise.
– Cleans w/ 60lbs sandbag
– LBCs
– Curls w/ 50lbs sandbag
– Flutter Kicks
– Overhead Press w/ 50lbs sandbag
We then took a rest with the Peoples Chair with arm flutters and Balls to the wall. Rinse and repeat

Once this was completed the PAX headed to the top of the deck and completed 20 Low Slow Squats in Cadence. Then back down to the basement with 20 Sumo Jumps OYO.

At this point we headed back, as it is a slow mosey with a sandbag on your back in the snow.

The Moleskin –
Over the last week, Tolken, Champagne, Madam and YHC have been working on a great gear workout for the dedicated PAX of the Brave. As this AO started out to train people for OCR’s YHC thought it would be a good idea to get stronger for the obstacles. It was going to be a beatdown of epic proportions. Then Thursday morning came around and the Snowpacolypse was upon us. For safety’s sake we decided to move to the garage and postpone the epic gear workout. So keep your eyes open for the reschedule date.
When YHC pulled up about 3 minutes prior to the start time there were 2 lone cars in the parking lot. YHC thought about the possibility of talking Outback into just heading back to our Fartsacks and pretending this never happened. Fortunately, Tuck pulled in and YHC new that there was no way we could peer pressure all 3 pax to do the wrong thing. #ACCOUNTABILITY. The 3 PAX grabbed the 3 sandbags YHC happened to have in the back of the SUV and headed to the garage. Right as the Mosey began Wingman pulled into the lot and quickly caught up. The conversation on the slow mosey was around the PAX that did not show up (Tolken, Bean, MT and Champagne). Champagne had a great excuse as he was helping with The Stand today (and yes I will check the backblast to ensure he didn’t fartsack). Madam was having some sickness issues he didn’t want to share with the PAX (which we appreciate). That leads us to JRR Tolken he had been on Slack this AM and HC’d last night. Where was he???? Then about ¾ of the way through the mosey he caught us and had some flimsy story about being stuck behind a “snow truck”. So the only one left was Bean. He had texted me the night before saying we should clown car to stay safe. I agreed and I texted him at 4:55. No reply. What a shameless fartsacker (if you see him give him a hard time). Anywaaaaay. YHC thought the PAX got a pretty good beatdown that was the opposite of the usual Brave running heavy MO. YHC really appreciated the 4 PAX that posted with him today and pushed hard. It was a pleasure. Also, a big thanks to Outback for taking us out.
As usual it was an honor and a privilege to lead this group of men in the gloom.
Announcements:
-Family Hike on Jan 23rd at Anne Springs greenway is CANCELLED
-Come out to Stonehenge or daVinci in the morning if you can make it out