The Foxhole Farmer

The Foxhole Farmer

(Posted on behalf of Pebbles who dislocated his typing fingers during Foxhole Farmers Carry, but managed to pop them back into place during Fatcamp’s 4 miles. Glad to have you off BB IR bro)

12 PAX came to the ‘Hole eager to start their week off right; with Pebbles at the helm it was a sure thing. Here’s what went down (maybe, if I couldn’t remember, I made it up):

Warmup-o-Rama

• Disclosure given. A lengthy one, such that we were all expecting 500 swings again.
• 3 rounds of: swings(21,15,9), merkins(21,15,9), 1 lap (small parking lot)

The Thingy

Phase 1

PAX count off by fours threes; each group line up behind the 3 biggest bells:
– 28kg (The Gray Monster)
– 28kg (The Heavy Metal)
– 36kg (The Liberty Bell)

First PAX in line one arm farmer carry down, other arm back, while remaining dudes do an exercise.
– Presses
– Swings
– Squats
– Cleans

Phase 2

Mosey with bells down towards the hillside of the school. Partner up.

P1: 2-bell farmers carry up the stairs and back.
P2: Push-Ups
Flip and Repeat until 100 team reps.

P1: 2-bell farmers carry up the stairs and back.
P2: LBCs
Flip and Repeat until 200 team reps.

P1: 2-bell farmers carry up the stairs and back.
P2: Carolina Dry Docks
Flip and Repeat until 200 team reps

Ole Mole

The sweat was rolling pretty soon after the AMRAP warmup; personally I like the AMRAP warmup, gives everyone a chance to go from cold to warm at their own pace. #tclaps Pebbles. No sure about everyone else but YHC’s grip was toasted after all the carries. Everyone got a chance with the bigger bells in the single arm carries and some of us got stuck with them again in the two arm carry section. Tough to remember all the quality individual efforts, but here are a couple observations:

• Soft Pretzel sprints faster with bells than most men do without. Very quick up and down the stairs.

• Loogie continues to post consistently, despite missing one of his limbs due to shoulder injury. YHC will be posting at Fight Club in his honor this Friday.

• Madamme T is a beast on the push-ups (#10,000) and the dry docks, pretty sure he was lapping several folks.

• For the record, Flint did show up for both the pre-run and the main event. flintcommit == hardcommit. Well done.

Pebbles, thanks for leading a quality grip beatdown; good prep for any folks training for OCR (which should be all of us.)

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