4 men gathered in the gloom of Area 51 for an early morning beat-down.
The Thang
Nomadic Warm Up
Fireman’s Carry / Piggy Back 20 meters switch-o-rama and back x3
Trail Runs
Round 1 Trail Run
Round 2 Trail Run
Jog to track for 5 sets of 20/10
Mosey to playground for 5 sets 20/5
Mosey to parking for sprints, 2 groups.
5 MOM with a Burpee Chaser …why wouldn’t we
COT
Moleskin
Announcements:
The Thang:
QIC – Zip-A-Dee
Mosey to the Soccer Field
CoP:
Head to the track:
Mosey over to the playground and partner up
Switch / Rinse and Repeat X 3 (or was it 5?)
Get moving again and run to the back of the school for a “modified” Roger Waters (not quite wall to wall but – Wall to Tree Stumps)
Rinse and Repeat X 3
QIC Swap – Countertop
Trail Run x2
Mosey to Playgrounds behind school
Round 1
Round 2
Round 2
Mosey to back wall of school
6 MoM (extended)
Mosey to front of school for COT
Moleskin:
17 men gathered on the Gloom of Area 51 for the weekly downpainment.
Warm up
Little Baby Indian Run Soccer field to lower field
Little baby Indian Run to front Playground
5 MoM
Second Half QIC Change-up (Abacus)
Burpee Suicides
Mosey to front playground for 3 pain stations
Mosey to the Nature Trail
Mosey to the back playground for 3 pain stations
Mosey to the front of school for People’s Chair
Mosey back to start for final round of 20 merkins and COT
Moleskin: Strong work by all this a.m.
Matlock brought his by his bouncing baby sandbag to join the fun. Consisting of mostly duct tape, a strap and weighing in at a healthy 30 – 40lbs, it was a welcome addition to this a.m.’s Indian run. The “Baby” was picked up, handed over and dropped off many times without without complaining once.
T- Claps to Jordache who pushed through the pain and past the point of muscle failure several times throughout the workout. Strong work brother!
Welcome Mike “Dirty Bird” Kessler to the PAX.
Announcements: New Friday workout at Charlotte Catholic, Centurion, started 3/8 with 38 in attendance. Spartan Sprint is scheduled weekend of 3/23-3/24. CLT South Saturday workouts to go as planned unless otherwise noted.
As temperatures fell away from 40’s to 30’s, 20 MEN gathered in the gloom of Area 51 to start the weekend off right as Far Side kicked off this a.m.’s downpainment with a hefty deposit of sprints and various pain stations.
Part 1 QIC Far Side
Warm Up
Rugby Pitch Burpee Ladder
Indian run around the Soccer fields and McKee Road Neighborhood Park and back to Rock Pile
Rock pile offset merkins
Part 2 QIC Switch Countertop
Mary
Ark Loader – field inside track (Plank until all PAX finish end of each)
Seven Steps to Heaven
Moleskin:
Kotters to several PAX who were back following various times away.
Matlock ninja’d the kickoff this a.m. materializing out of thin air following the first 200 meter burpee/merkin – sprint painstation that Far Side inflicted upon the group. Matlock’s tardiness was forgiven with the announcement that he had run to the workout. Strong work brother.
Turkey leg lowered the boom in the -00 us sprint.
T-claps to Icicle and Yoda (2.0s) who were running neck and neck toward the head of the pack as we all endured the Rugby Pitch Burpee Ladder and Ark Loader.
Skywalker’s 2.0 (fka thumper) was renamed to avoid confusion that he might be one of Cottontails many offspring. Staying true to the Skywalker/Star Wars theme, and some help from dad, he is now officially Yoda.
Coal Miners Daughter brought the pain as always
Jordache refused to take one yard of break in the bear crawls – strong brother.
Special note that Cottontail’s daughter is doing well after recovering from pneumonia. Thanks to all who had Cottontail and family in thoughts and prayers over that past couple of weeks.
16 PAX, including 2 returning FNGs, braved the frozen tundra as temp gauge indicated 28 degrees at the start. However, the blood was flowing after first 1/2 hour and several of the PAX were lightening their load a layer at a time.
The Thang
Warm-up
Pentagon of Pain – sprint to each light pole, exercise and back
Superbowl Shuffle
The Thang – Part Deux
Mosey to the field inside the track
Mosey over to the school and grab some wall
Mosey over to the Rock Pile and find a friend
Mosey over to the Soccer Fields for Suicide Burpee Ladder (in Far Side’s honor as he enjoyed a little R&R with the M and 2.0’s in Turks & Caicos)
Mosey back to the school for several MoM
COT
Moleskin
Posted on behalf on Salt Lick and Abacus: Both did a great job on their Inaugural run as QIC!!!
18 Faithful gathered in the Gloom of Area 51 for the daily #downpainment
The Thang
#1 Warm up:
#2 Head to Rock Pile (pick a winner) and head to soccer field. Split into 4 equal groups for Stations (using the rock for some). PAX carry their rock station to station.
Round One:
10x burpees
Round Two:
10 burpees
Round Three:
10 burpees
Round Four
10 Burpees
Light pole Sprints (Down and back)
6 Minutes of Mary
Trail run – Animal crawl to road behind school x2
Moleskin:
Lobster Roll showed his true colors this morning by bringing the pain Rock Lobster style. First thirty minutes were spent making big rocks into little rocks F3 style.
T-Claps to all the FNG’s who posted. Especially one who arrived after the start of the Rock Pile work out began. Through the fog and gloom , approaching 17 shadowy figures pushing, lifting the slamming rocks on the ground it must have looked more like gorilla’s in the mist.
Zip-A-Dee arrived 30 minutes late this a.m., although not due to the sweet embrace of the fartsack. Z- was coming for a second helping of pain after wrapping up at “The Worm” #StrongBrother
28 Faithful gathered in the Gloom of Death Valley
The Thang
Warm-up
· Mosey to upper baseball field (COP)
· SSH x 20
· Imperial Walkers x 20
· Shores Shoulders
· Merkins x 15
· LBC x20
· Mosey to football field
Crawls and Burpees at Football Field
· Run x 50 yards / Bear Crawl x 50 yards / Spartan Race Burpees x30 (Plank until all PAX finish)
· Backward Run x 50 yards / Backward Bear Crawl x 50 yards / Spartan Race Burpees x20 (Plank until all PAX finish)
· Run x 50 yards / Spider Man x 50 yards / Spartan Race Burpees x20 (Plank until all PAX finish)
· Backward Run x 50 yards / Backward Walking Lunge x 50 yards / Spartan Race Burpees x20 (Plank until all PAX finish)
6 Minutes of Mary on the Football Field (COP)
· Dolly x 20 (hold)
· Flutter x 15
· Rosalita x 20 (hold)
· Flutter x 15
· Freddy Mercury (bicycle) x 15
· Knee ups x 15
Walking lunge up sidewalk (A Death Valley tradition) / Mosey to Baseball fields
F300 (Prototype) Break into 3 groups at Baseball Fields
· Merkins x100 (20 dmd/30 wide/50 reg)
· Squats x 100 (50 reg/50 wide alternating)
· LBC x 100 (50 Reg / 25 Cross each side)
Mosey to Parking Lot for COT
Moleskin:
Mcgee was wearing mittens. Could have been an F3 first. hmm…
An attempt to implement “Shores Shoulders” during the warm up quickly went south and wound up feeling more the “Flight of the Dodo” with legs wide and arms flappin.
The F300 (Prototype) crashed and burned this a.m. due to bad design. Look for a new and improved model in weeks to come.
Several men, including YHC, posted this a.m. wearing compression pants (AKA tights). A very manly display in the opinion of some. However, TR can be quoted as saying “Men in tights in any weather is silly. In 42 degree weather, its plain pitiful. Get your purse out of the way Nancy”
… Compression pants or not, no Nancy’s posted Death Valley on this crisp morning. Aye
– CT