Just like Marshawn Lynch, we all have to do things ‘just because’. My burden happens to be the Chiseled back blast. Imagine how insane it is to ask someone who has been absent forever (injury, laziness, cold, <insert other excuse here>) to Q, and then insist on a back blast to boot? Well, that’s exactly what @Exlax decided would be prudent to do. So, in order to not get fined, here it goes.
Before the fun, welcome to our FNG Khaki (State Farm Agent).
After hearing that @Rudy made himself puke with some tire carries, I knew that was going to be the central piece of this morning. Other than that, what seemed like an organized wenkie turned out to be not so much. The goal was simple – partner up and carry one of the large tires around Mt Chiseled. Everyone else would alternate exercises with a coupon
My 1st error was thinking 2 people could carry the tires
My 2nd was that we could get around Mt. Chiseled quickly
After listening to non-stop complaining about the above plan, we called an end to that and took a mosey to the 5 Stones entrance for some Mary. From there, it was a jail break back to the coupons where we did a round robin of the above exercises. Time was almost up, so it was a rifle carry of the coupons back to their resting spot, where everyone thought the fun had ended. However, I was not about to bring the tires back alone, and with 4 minutes left, decided it was best to have teams carry them back, relieving one another after a short suicide to the gravel and back until the tires were safely stowed.
That’s about it. Not sure how it was perceived by others, but for someone who has been in and out lately, it was enough…
Memorial Day is always special. It’s humbling to pay homage to those that have died defending the freedoms we enjoy in the amazing country of ours. On the F3 front, Popeye runs one of the best Qs of the year, there is beer and BBQ, family time, and pools officially open. Last year, someone got the crazy idea to introduce the Murph to F3 Waxhaw. It was brutal, but memorable. With all the craziness this year around ‘shutting down’ (even though we never really did), social distancing, and limited group sizes, it looked like the Murph as 1 and done. However, it was revived in the last minute with some slight modifications to address the current concerns.
For those not familiar, the Murph is a Crossfit workout that includes – a 1 mile opening run, followed by 100 pullups, 200 merkins, 300 squats, just to conclude with another 1 mile run. All of this is supposed to be done as fast as possible, wearing a weighted vest!
This year, pullups were out of the question due to concerns around sharing gear, so YHC and Brutus teamed up to come up with a way to keep the level of effort required high, while respecting the new rules. Hence, the Modified Murph was born, consisting of:
All the participating PAX did an amazing job. One freak (Zin) actually accomplished the full event wearing his weight vest. I’m not sure if anyone actually verified it contained weights, but it looked impressive. Well done sir!
Congrats to all who completed the journey. And thank you most of all to the families of our fallen Vets!
How could YHC pass up an opportunity to Q Homecoming and return to the scene of the crime. Posse gave a pre-post disclaimer that this may be your last opportunity to post at Homecoming with the track just calling my name. Add to that the fact that the gates were unlocked and open, and it seemed like the planets were certainly for what could be our last Homecoming dance…
DiCCS provided
Warmup
The Thang
Moleskin
Announcement
Sitting around the house one night, a horrible thought occurred to me – how horrible would it be to do a workout almost solely in the plank position. Not having the capacity to simply discard such an evil thought, I made the mistake of reaching out to Chastain, letting him know I had a horrible idea for a 0.0 workout. Obviously lacking common sense as well, he immediately added me to today’s Q rotation at Diesel and today’s beatdown was born. In order to make this truly disgusting, I asked my 15 year old daughter to build a playlist to coincide with this terrible idea. She did not disappoint; creating a Spotify playlist consisting of amazing artists such as One Direction, Harry Styles, Melanie Martinez, and Billie Eilish. Pain for both the body and soul….
Being a site Q for Asylum means that my Monday options are typically limited to Asylum or Asylum. However, with Banjo set on Q and co-site Q Swimmers an HC for posting, I accepted Gerber’s invite to Q Ignition on this extremely warm December morning.
I’m guessing Gerber wanted an easy way to start the week by asking a fat, non-runner who has had very limited posts in the past 2 months to Q a running AO. Add to that the fact that my only other Ignition Q was met with mixed reviews (7 miles, but very few exercises…), and our new local crazy guy who apparently loves his sleep, and you had the makings of a potential disaster. Even so, I decided to accept Gerber’s challenge and lead this awesome AO.
DiCCS provided
Warmup
The Thang
Moleskin
Doughboy must be given props for the most creative way to get someone to cotters – ask the to Q last minute because the scheduled Q is down with the flu… I have been absent from F3 lately due to a myriad of reasons / excuses and I have felt it – both physically and mentally. I miss the 05:30 banter, stupid jokes, awkward FOMO pics, and the men that make all of the above possible. So, when Doughboy asked me to substi-Q, I had to say yes to ensure I couldn’t fartsack another morning. Thank you DB!
Pre-warmup
Warmup
The Thang
Announcements
To celebrate my 99th Q (not a real number, but stating the number of times you Q seems to be the thing these days), I wanted to accomplish what I THINK was a Floater 1st and hit all 3 of our nastiest hills – Bad Idea, Bad Idea 2 (aka FU Hill), and the infamous original Keith Jong Hill. This was going to be a monumental task given the distance that needed to be covered while still allowing time for pain stations. However, after being challenged to have both mileage and hills, I finalized my weinke, assuming I would have to audible along the way.
DiCCS given, along with a warning that we were covering some miles and would need to work at a quick pace today.
Warmup
The Thang
Moleskin
Announcements
14 men braved the gloom this morning for a few laughs as we killed our abs and non-pushing muscles (aka backs and biceps). This was admittedly, not a typical Q for me as there were 0 burpees, 0 touching, and ended up being sub 2 miles. I hope it still translated into a hard workout, but that will be determined as everyone tries to get out of bed tomorrow morning.
The Warmup
The Thing
Moleskin
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