Swing until your hands fall off

Swing until your hands fall off

Written by Voodoo on behalf of Pebbles:

7 studs posted at Foxhole on a slightly cooler but still humid Monday morning at Elon Park to see what the Q had in store. It turned out to be pain. Lots of it.

The pax circled up with their bells (owned or borrowed) and the Q provided a thorough disclaimer. Next, the pax were instructed to perform 10 2-handed swings while the clipboarder Q watched. Afterward, the Q declared that the pax’ form was satisfactory and we moseyed to the playground for the main event:

• 10 swings, 1 pullup (or 3 if you’re max good form pullups is 10)
• 15 swings, 2 pullups (4)
• 25 swings, 3 pullups (5)
• 50 swings, rest

Repeato x 4 for 5 rounds and 500 swings.

Bring bells back to cars and circle up for:

• 10x slow merkins IC
• 5x one arm merkins per side (using other hand to assist/prevent face plants)
• 10x slow merkins IC

Done. Thanks to Argonaut for the take out.

Moleskine:

• Pebbles explained that he was ~3,000 swings into completing 10,000 swings in 30 months (or something to that effect) and that the goal of the workout was to do 500 swings. #missionaccomplished
• The workout was simple, but effective. YHC (Voodoo) made the mistake of loaning FM Bill his 20kg bell and One Niner his 24kg bell before we were told what the plan was. 500 swings with the 28kg bell was no fun. I abandoned the pullups to rest my hands and forearms after about 2 rounds and had to take multiple breaks while the rest of the pax were crushing the swings. I don’t know if it was the humidity or what (probably too much running), but YHC formed and quickly removed multiple blisters all over both hands due to the friction of the swings and repositioning the bell to avoid sore spots. #poorbaby
• I think FM Bill was a site FNG (pretty sure I’d never met him) and he crushed the workout, finishing first on every round. Next time, I’m giving him the big bell. Welcome to the site and great work! #hoss
• Pebbles and Argonaut were also flying through the workout, sharing what YHC believes were a 24 and a 28. Impressive work, men. They do this on a weekly basis, so not really surprising. #predictable
• Flint and Frehley’s also partnered up to share bells. YHC didn’t see them take any breaks, so they obviously dominated. It may be time for both of them to swing a bigger bell. #christmasinjuly
• I don’t think One Niner typically swings a 24, so he joined YHC in the pain cave. However, he continued to do pullups and got through every one of his 500 reps. Great work out there, brother. #brothersinpain
• Please sound off below with any other comments or amusing tidbits YHC missed.

Announcements:

• F3 Golf is this Friday, 7/29. Please contribute to the SOB’s hole sponsorship by bringing your cash to workouts or reach out to Wingman. Proceeds go to support F3 Expansion.
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