The Floater is probably my favorite site. Why? Maybe it’s the danger in the air. You never know if you’ll be hit by a garbage truck rolling through, an early morning commuter, a train. You could break an ankle on a curb, pothole, unkept road, you name it. It’s danger and excitement all rolled into one.
13 PAX with a love of danger decided the soupy 71 degree dew point and made for perfect conditions.
DiCCS were given (Disclaimer, Cell phone, CPR, Safety)
Mosey the .3 mile “church lap” which is the block that encompasses the Waxhaw United Methodist Church property. This was also a preview lap for some of the upcoming workout.
Warm-up:
The Thang:
The Briarcrest 400
Mosey to the side of South Main Street BBQ
Mosey to Wall on the side of South Providence School
Mosey to start of S. Providence St.
Mosey back across Main St. to the AO, 6:45 and 30
Done! 3.2 – 3.8 miles in the books
MOLESKIN:
Wow, it was hot. Good to see some newer faces out there like Sugar Daddy and Surge. Both respects and both out there killing it. Welcome and keep coming out.
Reclac’s tube top seems to be getting longer, looks like the Waxhaw Express workouts are paying off.
Bad Idea Hill has recently been paved and sealed and is puuuurty nice. When the start times roll back soon it shouldn’t have as much morning traffic and be even nicer.
Great job everyone. Heavy on the miles today and everyone really pushed and did a good job staying together as a group.
Thank you for the opportunity to lead this morning.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
It started out with everyone waiting for the shop to open ready to get some well deserved body work.
Warm-up
The Thang
The Moleskin
Lots of fun today, always nice to introduce a new exercise and see reactions. Everyone did great with the new exercises. It’s good
to see all the grins as everyone tries something new :).
Announcements
Blood drive 7/23 9-1 @ Weddington United Methodist Church. Signup @ redcross.org and search for F3.
Today I had the pleasure of leading 20 outstanding Pax around the courtyard today. Not sure how this is going to go, because I have not been around much since the RONA. Anyway, we will get thru it and we will survive.
DICCS given……Lets Mosey
Warm up:
The Thang:
Moleskin:
We covered a little over a mile, 1.2 miles to be exact. You’re welcome Fusebox. While we were doing Goblet squats, Rudy pops up and says “Shouldn’t these be called Tea bags?” Well, why not. Good call Rudy. As always, thanks for the opportunity to lead.
Announcements:
Alright today I had the pleasure of leading a fine group of Pax around Dromedary today. What fun will we have today, and how to keep the Pax separated with no up and back but keep them together? As 6am arrived 16 others came to see what was planned.
Warm up:
The Thang:
Moleskin:
While starting the Dips and Derkins Zinfandel asked if we were going to run a lap. After a quick second sure why not, everyone add a lap between and enjoy. It was great to be out leading this great group of HIMs. A special welcome to Goodfella back to Dromedary as well.
Announcements:
Next week at Dromedary Dasher on Q
3rd F:
Thank you Shepherd for the take out and prayer
There is a Blood Drive going on right now. As a nation F3 is trying to donate 10,000 pints. South Charlotte Region is participating as a group. Talk to Madison for further details.
2nd F:
Most events have been shut down. However, there is a Ghost Run on Thursday nights at 730 that ends with drinks and food at the Chilies in the Arboretum. Talk to Flipper, Alf, or check Slack for more details
Christmas is looking into a Happy Hour this Thursday (7/23) at the Sun Valley Hickory Tavern. (Location may change)
1st F:
Warm up
Side Straddle Hops 20
Imperial Squat walkers 20
No cheat merkins 8 count (Down, Hands straight out, up, Right shoulder tap, left shoulder tap) 20
Thang 1: Pyramid 4 corners
Starting at the corner of football end zone.
Circle back for the 6 and join in until all are completed. (see dots and forgetting where you are normal in this exercise. What is not normal is the amount of talking Glass Joe can still do while panting as he tries to do merkins. Then again he did proclaim this was awful as soon as I said 10 Merkins on corner 1??? What is even less normal is watching Bernanke doing WW2 sit-ups. he looked like a turtle stuck upside down on this shell. 🙂
Time to Mosey: To the wall
Thang 2: Partner OPPs (Overhead press, People’s Chair, Plank Jacks)
Repeat 3 times
Now that everyone has caught their breath its time to mosey again. Moving to the far end of the AO parking lot
Thang 3: BLIMPS-acide
Starting on one side of the parking lot:
Everyone done.. Great.. lets head back to the AO from some Mary
Hairband must of had enough.. He kept on running and got in his car and left..
Mary:
Time.
Moleskin:
As always a strong group out at Thrive this morning ranging in age from 12 to 59.
14 PAX found their way over to Carolina Courts for a little midsummer morning fun as we attempt to drop some of what Hairband has called the QUARANTINE 15. I am pretty sure the amount of sweat in today’s workout, everyone went home a few pounds lighter. Except maybe Quidditch; this 2.0 is 12.. was out there in sweatpants and long sleeve shirt, leading most of the exercises and I swear he never broke a sweat. I am not sure what Unplugged is feeding this pax, but he never stopped and was looking back at the rest of us wondering why we were taking so long???
This AO on paper says its only 45 mins long and starts at 6am. However, as Christmas and I were within a half mile of running to the AO we came across 3 other pax (Double E, Harambe, and Glass Joe) that were out for a 5K prerun. Upon arriving at site there was Unplugged and Quidditch working on some yoga. I also heard there is some regular pre-bootcamp rucking that occurs as well.. In other words, if you are looking for something a little more challenging than JUST another 45 min bootcamp, come check Thrive out.. its a great AO space and offers up some new alternatives to push your limits a little further.
I look forward to posting with you guys again when I am back in town.
Thank you for allowing me to lead and until next time:
SYITG!!
v/r
Gypsy
10 at the Skunk
Funky Cold, Smokey, Header, Schmedium, Cage, Chicken Wing, Lois, Stone Cold, Boondock, Horsehead (QIC)
THE THANG:
Warmup
10 burpees
Set 1 – repeat X 3
10 Burpees
Set 2 – repeat X 3
10 Burpees
Set 3 – repeat X 3
10 Burpees
Swing/Merkin Ladder
Start at 2 each, increase by 2 until 20, then back down
10 Burpees
Pass Out in Truck
MOLESKIN:
This was a rehashed CoronaWorkout from the first week when we all thought that Zoom was fun. Now, Zoom isn’t fun anymore. In fact, I’d rather eat a jar of premixed Peanut Butter and Jelly than attend another videoconference. Or perhaps down an entire bag of Dum Dums that are only root beer and cream soda flavored.
On that note, I heard there was a big virtual conference last week with all of the Charlotte TrueFarghovialient employees where everyone realized that everyone else was a Vice President and some tempers (virtually) flared. I’m not sure how accurate any of this is. Remember when times were easier and you had to read shampoo bottles on the toilet instead of your smartphone? How I long for those days.
Anyway, this workout abused me like Joey Chestnut’s bathroom on the 5th of July. It will melt your face. Stone Cold has completed it 100 times and just look at him. He was all twitterpated last night when I told him what was coming – I don’t think he slept a wink but somehow he showed up without a hair out of place.
Lois is a fount of 80s trivia knowledge. He knows things about obscure songs, TV shows, and movies that he shouldn’t; or maybe we should? Start talking bout some Mama’s Family, Steve Gutenburg & Michael Winslow, or the “Take On Me” video and he’s right in there with some KNOW-LEDGE. He is also persuasive, once convincing his nephew that the Bishopville, SC Lizard Man was real. This is all true.
I’m not really sure what else happened out there. I blacked out momentarily during the SDCOT, which was fun. Boondock started calling me Grandpa and I think he just finished the walk home.
Stay safe out there and keep posting. Check in on those guys who have disappeared.
PS – 6AM workouts are lame. Stop it.
your friend, Horsehead
9 veteran PAX made the solid decision to begin this week on a high note and post at Base Camp, held weekly at South Charlotte Middle School, 0530 sharp. None of that 0600 “summer schedule” nonsense. Real PAX post at 0530. YHC rolled into the SCMS parking lot in plenty of time for witty pre-Q banter, including asking Sardine why he was stretching his calves 75 feet away from anyone else. Social distance to the max, my friend? He actually said the words, “I think it feels cooler this morning.” Not sure which planet you are currently living on, sir, but the gloom has been a buck nasty humidity slog for weeks on end, and this morning was no exception. Disgusting. The worst disclaimer EVER was given, and off we ventured into the South Charlotte swamp…
Mosey to the preschool parking lot next door.
COP
Mountain Climbers, LSS, Peter Parkers, IWs, Parker Peters – all x10 IC. Finished w/ a quick stretch which exposed a severe lack of balance amongst several PAX.
Mosey down Strawberry, Left on Woodfox. Jump Squats (or Merkins) x10 at the lone speed hump. Continue to end of Woodfox where we stopped for Merkins (or Jump Squats) x10. Left on Woodfox. Congregate at bottom of Rising Meadow.
Triple Nickel (you know, you love it) – Heels to Heaven at top, Plank Jacks at bottom. Mary to wait on the 6.
Mosey back to Woodfox. Staggered arm Merkins, 10 ea. hand OYO.
Mosey to SCMS rock pile. Grab a respectable lifting rock.
OH Press, Curls, Triceps – x10 IC. Hot lap around the baseball field. Mary.
Upright rows, Front shoulder raises, Sumo Squats – x10 IC. Ditto.
Replace rocks.
Mosey to launch. 0615 on the dot as told by the non-smart Timex Indiglo sans glo.
Moleskinny
Solid effort by the group today notwithstanding 3,000% humidity, COVID, Social Unrest, mentally deranged school board, and a general sense of WTF about life in America these days. Thunder Road almost overslept and Sardine consumed many cervezas Sunday night, but on balance the PAX was ready to go. Circuit City and Mr. Magoo joined YHC up front today, so obviously the Q Juice was flowing because YHC is NEVER up front. This fact threw Clover for a loop as he uttered, “it’s not a race” during Triple Nickel. True dat, but YHC is racing an expanding waistline and aching joints, so YHC will ride the pain free Q wave as often as possible and enjoy it. Limey seems concerned that he may not ever see his St. Louis customer again due to COVID travel restrictions. In the words of the American Airlines CEO, “For God’s sake, fly.” Flo Jo and Floor Slapper punched the clock today and got it done. Did not hear much mumble chatter so feel free to chime in and enlighten the group.
Many thanks to Thunder Road and Mr. Magoo for handing YHC the reigns today. It is and always will be an honor to lead such fine men.
JF
22 Pax showed up on a hot humid morning for a workout filled with Donkey kicks and durkins..
Warmup:
15 Side straddle hops,15 imperial walkers, Jimmy Dougans, Calf stretched, Planks, Right and right leg high, left leg and left hand hig finished with murkins.
The Thang:
Round 1
Back of middle school alternating lights 10 Big boys and 10 murkins
Grab the wall
3 sets of 50 air presses with 10, 15 then 20 Donkey kicks in between
Round 2
By the steps at the back of the high school we did 5 laps up the steps around the walkway by to the steps. 1 Burpee at the bottom of the steps. At the top of the steps we did 20 donkey kicks, next lap we did 20 LBC’s, then 20 mike Tysons, then 20 Heels to heaven ending on 20 murkins.
Mosey to the back of the middle school and did 3sets of 25 step ups, 25dips then 20 dirkins. (lots of complaining at this point)
Mosey to the front of the middle school,
Bear crawl under the overhang. 3 sets of 10 Durkins, 20 heels to heaven and 10 murkins. Started with a full lap in between each set but quickly called an audible and did a half lap between each set.
Mosey back to the COT for 30 seconds worth of LBC’s
Moleskin:
Workout seemed to go pretty well, thanks to the great help by Rockwell and Chastain for their guidance and help. Thanks to Schneider for putting to together great workout. I may have thrown in a few extra durkins and donkey kicks than he originally wrote but the guys seemed to enjoy them.
Announcements:
Open slot for the Blood Drive was available.
Final collection for raffle tickets
Got the call from Posse to head up Homecoming on the day of the SOB 5K Charity/Virtual run. We agreed that 5K was the distance; but that it needed a little twist. Initial twist was to run BACKWARDS the entire 5K. I approached the lot and it was just Gerber and Wolverine:::just fabulous – running a 5K with the fastest dudes in Waxhaw wasnt going to be fun–I thought I could slow them down–BACKWARDS. Not to be it was rejected by all (and probably a good decision). Late arrivals Zin and Southern Tip just rolled in before the gun went off.
1 ish mile loop around Weddington Middle/Elem. Plan was to stop 4 at each 1/4 mile and perform a 3 exercise bundle.
Bundles included Burpees, diamonds, BH’s, speed skaters, squat jumps, tysons..
added an app Captain Therkin to the mix as well
Glad to see Gerber back – and he’s really slowed down (not)
Wolverine nursing an injury is an oxymoron –
Zin -getting back into post beer road trip shape and eager to improve his Big Boy form!!
Southern Tip – quietly just keeping pace and works his ass off.
So all in all it was a bootcamp 3+ miler.
COT
Announcements – Blood Drive Thursday 9-1/ 100 Pax Challenge getting close to the $10k finish line
Prayers
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