Meathead, a quality backblast

Meathead, a quality backblast

13 men circled up in the parking lot of Calvary at 0530 for this week’s edition of Meathead.  By YHC’s count there were three workouts gong this AM.  Meathead, Anvil, and whatever the geese were doing.  All three were gathered at 0530, and appropriately distanced so as not to spread the ‘rona.  Two workouts gave whatever passed for a disclaimer, and one group went running off into the abyss of a dark parking lot.

The Meatheads, of course, didn’t move.  We had iron to swing.

Pretty sure the geese didn’t move either, those lazy bums.

Pax (because WordPress is broken): Taco Stand, Wild Turkey, Mighty Mite, Soul-Glo, War Eagle, Beetlejuice, Frehley’s Comet, Focker, Unplugged, Madison, Uncle Leo, Voodoo

Tha Thang:

Warmup of Imperial Walkers, Mt Climbers, small arm circles, Sharon Towers/Toe touches.  Onto the main event.

Set 1: 25 swings, 5 Up-right rows (not high pulls), 5 Rows (per side), 5 hammer curls

1 minute rest

Set 2: 25 swings, 5 shoulder press (per side), 5 merkins, 5 tricep extensions

1 minute rest

Do the main event (both sets) 5 times with 2:30 per set to get your 250 swings in.

1 minute waiters carry, 1 minute rest, 1 minute waiters carry other side, run the clock out with a plank

Moleskine:

YHC knew from the Ironpax Challenge workout yesterday that he was going to be sore for today.  But that’s no excuse to fail on delivering a solid beatdown, especially after being EH’d (*cough, cough* voluntold) by the Nantaan to Q.  And Meathead is tied for second in my list of favorite workouts with Swole (shameless plug for Monday’s right there).  So yeah, YHC had to bring whatever A game could be mustered.

The workout was designed to incorporate a strategy I focus on with resistance training.  Push/pull or agonist/antagonist.  It’s a program Arnold (kind of) self-developed and obviously has potential for results.  See the link below for good reading and more information.

https://www.t-nation.com/workouts/arnolds-agonist-antagonist-training

The second focus of the workout was to keep the reps low.  Most (if not all) of the pax are swinging at least 45 pounds. Trying to cram in 10 or 20 reps per exercise would have been too much in too little time and all would have been burned out by the end.  Unplugged and YHC were discussing this after the workout, with heavier weights the rep count felt right.

Overall, solid effort out there this AM.  Most pax were finishing up each set before the clock ran out, but no one complained about the extra rest.  The geese must realize this is our territory, since the asphalt was actually was just black and not s****y black.

A few comments on the pax today:

• Someone check Unplugged’s house for working light bulbs.  His Chuck Taylor’s didn’t match, and YHC doesn’t mean the old “one black sock one navy blue sock” mismatch.  YHC observed today’s colors were teal and maroon.
• Frehley’s Comet is full of hot air, and luckily no one was standing behind him or they would have gotten pinkeye.
• Focker lined up opposite of YHC this AM.  He must have felt lucky, or he’s good at catching airborne kettlebells.
• Madison’s car was also in target range. Madison wasn’t pressing his luck and quickly (or wisely) moved said car back by about 8 feet.  Still in range of a potentially airborne kettlebell.
• There were no airborne kettlebells today.

With pax staying distant and not moving, it is hard to hear the mumble-chatter.  Sound off in the comments below with anything YHC missed.

Announcements:

• Blood drive in SOB on 10/23.  Details on Slack, location is Grace YMCA.  Don’t give blood between now and then in order to be eligible.  Also don’t get a tattoo or visit any country where malaria is a potential problem.  That may or may not include the FL everglades, the Louisiana bayou, or Alabam-issippi.
• Swole needs Qs or Mighty Mite will volutold-u.  Get on the schedule or you have to do burpees and turkish getups.
• Ironpax Challenge is still in the warmup week.  Area 51 and SOB are getting the numbers together but we always welcome more pax.  Tuesdays at SCMS and virtual through the Garage-Band workout, and Wednesdays at WAMRAP for the official workout days.  Unofficial workouts will also pop-up with a potential for Saturdays on the books with 2.0s.

Thanks to Unplugged for the take-out.