Author Archive Fallout

Quickly! Find shelter from the rain, nah!

Warm-up:

  • Mosey to Jersey Mikes parking lot
  • 20 SSH IC
  • 15 Low Slow Squat
  • 15 Windmill
  • 30 Moroccan Night Club

The Thang:

  • Mosey down Thornhill Neighborhood to Clubhouse:
    • 10 Burpees at each intersection (3 total)
  • Flutters, Dolly, and LBCs until six made it to clubhouse.
  • Partner up, one partner runs to Stonepath ln and other does said exercise:
    • 150 Dips
    • 150 Step Ups
    • 150 Dirken
  • Cherry Pickers until all have finished
  • Mosey back up Elmstone Dr to entrance of neighborhood
    • 10 Burpees at each intersection (3 total)
  • Strong finish with boxcutters to finish out the 45second we had left.

Moleskin:

First time I’ve actually written a BB in over a year! Almost forgot how it works, but since I got this far I would say it’s a win. Immediately following launch the rain picked up getting us nice and wet during COP. I don’t know if its experience or an older and wiser thing, but immediately most veterans (**cough cough**, @frehleys_comet) took shelter under trees and awnings leaving the rest of us to enjoy the extra rain. Hearing lots of suggestions to go to some parking garage, I made sure to head the opposite direction of this unknown garage to squash all hopes of staying dry. I was impressed with all 12 who joined and gave it their all. Lots of great exasperated sounds were heard, letting me know that my mission was successful. I only got to half of what I had planned so will need to sign up for another Q to finish the rest… Until then, stay dry my friends.

Announcements:

CPR Training next Monday and will be the last one for awhile so sign up now

Passport challenge is under way and is a great way to check out other AOs that you don’t normally get to. We are blessed to have so many AOs to choose from and should take full advantaged up this!

Arsenal gets Snugly

The Arsenal had 3 men for a double prerun, 5 men for a single prerun and 6 men for the main event. While Fire Hazard preferred to skip the main event and just snuggle to keep warm, the PAX convinced him to push on from his double prerun.

Warm-up:

  • Mosey to parking lot
  • 30 SSH IC
  • 15 Low Slow Squat
  • 10 Windmill
  • 30 Moroccan Night Club

The Thang:

Line up at 1 end of parking lot

Round 1

    • Run to 1st line – 10 Regular Merkins
    • Run to 2nd line – 10 Wide Arm Merkins
    • Run to 3rd line – 10 Diamond Merkins
    • Sprint to other end of parking lot

Round 2

    • #1 Lunges down to 2nd line
    • #2 Inch Worm Merkin to 2nd line
    • #3 Karaoke to 2nd line then switch sides
    • #4 Bear Crawl to 2nd line
    • Sprint to other end of parking lot
Mosey to Front of School
  • Wall climbs to other side
  • Heels to heaven
  • LBC
Mosey to corner park
  • 20 Dips
  • 20 Wall Jumps
  • 20 Decline Merkins
  • Repeat
Mosey to long way to Baseball Bleachers
  • 20 Incline Merkins
  • 20 Step-ups (10 each leg)
  • 20 Reverse Wall Jumps
  • 20 Dips
Mosey to Football Field
  • Partner Tire Flips – trade off every 5 to 50 yard line
  • Repeat tire flips back to start

Blow’in Up Bagpipe

So after a friendly reminder from Bucky about my Q yesterday he was “looking forward to my workout”. Come 5:30am no Bucky! Turns out he is still learning how to set an alarm. None the less, after a quick disclaimer off we go to Novant Parking lot…

Warm-up:
20 SSH IC
15 Low Slow Squat
15 Windmill
20 Moroccan Night Club

The Thang:
Line up at 1 end of parking lot
Round 1
Side Shuffle to end of parking lot
Side shuffle back to start
Round 2
Run to 1st line – 10 Regular Merkins
Run to 2nd line – 10 Wide Arm Merkins
Run to 3rd line – 10 Diamond Merkins
Sprint to other end of parking lot
Lunges to 2nd line the sprint to start
Round 3
Run to 1st line – 10 Regular Merkins
Run to 2nd line – 10 Wide Arm Merkins
Run to 3rd line – 10 Diamond Merkins
Sprint to other end of parking lot
Inch Work Merkin to 1st line the sprint to start
Round 4
Run to 1st line – 10 Regular Merkins
Run to 2nd line – 10 Wide Arm Merkins
Run to 3rd line – 10 Diamond Merkins

Mosey to Duckworth’s
5 wall climbs

Mosey to pond benches & half-wall
20 Dips
20 Wall Jumps
20 Decline Merkins
Repeat 2 more times

Mosey to Grass Square
Split group between four stations (one at each corner wall):
20 Incline Merkins
20 Wall Step-ups (10 each leg)
20 Reverse Wall Jumps (similar to donkey kicks)
20 Dips
Repeat each station 3 times

Mosey to walking path behind the Courtyard Marriott for 1 all out sprint around lake.

Mosey to Vine for COT

Moleskin:

Great group out there today. I didn’t hear any complaining, but I can’t say I gave much of an opportunity to complain with all the merkins and jumps! Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Announcements:

  1. Joe Davis Run should be open for signups.
  2. Consider participating in a Speed for Need event. It is truly a humbling experience. Thanks JRR Tolkien for the awesome video from the Komen Race for a Cure. If you haven’t seen the video check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqRbYfG23Dw&feature=youtu.be

Fat Camp wants YOU!

 

So after spending hours planning out my VQ several months ago and leading a few other workouts I’ve gotten to the point where I procrastinate and finally plan my workout late the night before. Despite my delay in planning, a full body workout was planned and executed!

  • 0500: Pre-run 1, approximately 1.6 miles, back through parking lot to pick up any arrivals
  • 0515: Pre-run 2, another 1.6 miles or so to finish our pre-workout 5K

Warm-up:

  • Run Around Parking Lot
  • 20 SSH
  • 10 LSS
  • 10 Windmill

The Thang:

  1. Mosey around school with stops at the following pain stations:
  • Box Jumps
  • Incline Merkins
  • Burpees
  • Triceps Dips
  • One leg stair climb
  • KB Swings
  • (REPEAT 4 times total increasing in reps each round – 10, 12, 14, 16)

2. Mosey to parking lot for and alternate sandbag carry and LBCs.

3. 10 squats with sandbags x2.

4. COT – YHC with the Takeout

The Moleskin

Today was a slow start numbers-wise, but we made up for it with effort. With the pre-run, we managed to get in 5+ miles and a ton of work. Hopefully, this is just the start of bigger and better things for Fat Camp. With the new format and the Fat Boy coming this summer (see Announcements below), I have a feeling that it is.

Despite the possibility of last nights “activities” coming up, Kirby put in a solid effort and even showed up for round 2 of the pre-run! General never seems to get enough workout in and showed up for both pre-runs and the work out. Bounty Hunter was blazing the trail and set a great pace for the rest of us. I think that my Q today must have been below the intensity of the unstoppable Haggis as he arrived early for pre-workout pull ups and continued to do post-workout pull ups. I guess I gotta step it up next time!

Announcements

  • The Fat Boy is coming to Fat Camp. Will be a monthly competition through the summer testing your strength and speed. Same course every month to measure your own improvements as well as awards/trophies for winners in various weight classes. More info at Preblast. Don’t miss this.
  • SPEED-FOR-NEED has it’s first corporate sponsor (Stone Man) who will match the next $2K in donations made by the end of the week. If you haven’t donated yet and would like to, now is the time.
  • F3 Dads started on Saturdays at 9AM across Charlotte. SOB will meet at the bull ring in the grass by the bulls. A51 will meet at Francis Beatty park back on the softball fields. Metro meets at Freedom Park.

~Fallout

Fat Camp Goes Supercritical

In a nuclear reactor, the neutron population at any instant is a function of the rate of neutron production (due to fission processes) and the rate of neutron losses (due to non-fission absorption mechanisms and leakage from the system). When a reactor’s neutron population remains steady from one generation to the next (creating as many new neutrons as are lost), the fission chain reaction is self-sustaining and the reactor’s condition is referred to as “critical”. When the reactor’s neutron production exceeds losses, characterized by increasing power level, it is considered “supercritical”, and when losses dominate, it is considered “subcritical” and exhibits decreasing power. Today, Fat Camp was amped up to Supercritical!

Since this was my VQ, I had to got big and ensure all who attended felt like an A-bomb exploded on their body and the fallout (muscle fatigue) was guaranteed!

Warm-up:

  • Run Around Parking Lot
  • 30 SSH IC
  • 15 Low Slow Squat
  • 15 Windmill

The Thang:

  1. Good’ol AMRAP pain stations rotating stations as follows:
  • Hanging Leg Raises
  • Lateral Moving Pull-ups
  • 100lb Weighted Sled Pulls in Squat Stance
  • Weighted Sled Pushes
  • Merkin Ladder (Alternating Normal/Wide arm and Normal/Diamond arm)
  • Sand Bag Run Around Parking Lot (Station Timer)
  • (REPEAT 3 Times Total)

2. After 3 full sets of the AMRAP, mosey over to the benches.

  • 15 Box Jumps OYO
  • 10 count requested to General, but the box jumps were too much for him so Kirby did count.
  • 20 Dips OYO
  • 10 count by Escobar
  • 15 Box Jumps OYO
  • 10 count by Fire Hazard
  • 20 Dips OYO

3. Mosey back to launch, with 5 minutes left, circle up to chisel the abs with each PAX leading an exercise. Most likely I’m making up these exercises since YHC has a horrible memory, but its close.

  • 20 Box Cutters by YHC
  • 15 LBC by Escobar
  • 15 Super Mans with extra special pulses by Bounty Hunter
  • 15 JLOs (or something of the sort) by Kirby
  • 15 Hello Dolly’s by General
  • 20 Flutters by Fire Hazard
  • 15 Russian Twists by Fahvra

4. COT – YHC with the Takeout

Moleskin

I’m grateful for all those who showed up to support my first Q and those who couldn’t make it but gave me encouragement beforehand. The M thought I was crazy for how much time I spent prepping for my VQ, but Fat Camp is no ordinary AO, so I had to go big for the sake of those who look forward to a solid gear beat down!

  • Once Fahvra realized the AMRAP in store, he wished he hadn’t worked his back at the gym on Tuesday. Just when you think you have a fighting chance to out perform Fahvra, he transforms to some sort of radioactive superseian and grabs 2-50lb sand bags for his runs around the parking lot. This guy needs to be checked for radiation overdose or something…
  • Fire Hazard and General partnered up and beasted through all the stations like it was the easiest thing they’d ever done! At one point I look over at Fire Hazard doing the merkin ladder so fast I thought his arms were springs or something. These guys even modified the pull-up station to do some sort of synchronized pull up routine… no comment.
  • Escobar continues to impress me everything he posts to Fat Camp. Solid effort!
  • Kirby was inspired by Fahvra and ran with 2-50lb sand bags. The guy crushed it and made YHC look weak for only running with one sand bag!
  • I don’t think FNG Double-Check knew what he was getting in to, but he did great and kept pace with even the seasoned PAX. Nice work and I hope to see you post again!

I want to give a special shout out to General. This guy has continued to push me at every work out and helps drag me out of the fart sack if I’m feeling lazy! He has shown me what a true PAX looks like and has helped me build the strength and confidence to lead. When I first started F3, he stuck by me as the six, at the expense of his his own gains. I respect this guy is so many ways and I’m honored to workout along side him! He is humble and selfless, and always willing to help the PAX. His leadership with being a site Q and leading as a guest Q at many other AOs shows his commitment to F3 and demonstrates what F3 is all about! You are an inspiration brother!

~Fallout