12 Pax came out to see if they could beat the Q and the Q was beaten quite easily. In fact, the Q was beaten so bad, he had a lot more time left over at the end than he anticipated. That made for some awkwardly thrown together exercises that were barked out between large gasps of breath.
Two FNG’s came out after months of EH’ing from yours truly. The pamphlet created by Deflated was what pushed them over the edge to get out so a big thank you for the work that went into that. It looks very professional, in fact – almost too professional for this rag tag bunch. Welcome Wild Thing and Frozen.
Warm up
Mosey to Laundry Mat (I was told my opening pace was faster than they were use to out of me. Apparently they were right because I was huffing and puffing pretty hard by the time we reached the laundry mat).
25 SSH
20 Opposite elbow mountain climbers
10 3-6-9’s
10 Potato Pickers
The Thang
Mosey to Animal Hospital.
10 Merkins at each station, 5 stations total for 50 total Merkins. Finish with a final set of 20 T Merkins. Key was to not let the Q beat any Pax. If I did, we would redo the exercise. Apparently Posse didn’t quite understand the meaning of Beat the Q. I thought the whole time he was struggling like me, then he realized he had to beat me and he turned on another gear. FNG’s were well ahead of me from the get go so no luck in catching one of them….looks like the Pax would be spared of repeating this exercise.
Rock Pile for a Heavy Lifting Rock
21’s (except they were 30’s). Curl bottom half for 10, top half for 10, full curl for 10.
Military Press Ladder with a hold – 10, 9 hold for 1, 8 hold for 2…..
Short Mosey to the hill for Triple Nickle (I think???)
10 Burpees at bottom of hill, run backwards to top, 10 Dry Docks. Repeat for 3 rounds. Another beat the Q exercise. This time I did get close in beating Wild Thing (FNG), but the Pax started getting the hang of this working together to beat the Q game. Foundation laid a couple of checks into the board to slow me down. He must have been talking with Frozen (FNG) a former pro hockey player.
10 count by Posse then noticed that some of the Pax took their sweet time getting back to starting position from helping 6 in. Money Ball for an additional 5 count.
Jailbreak to the Laundry Mat stop sign. Another beat the Q game. I was on the heels of a few of the guys the first 1/4 of the hill. By the time I made it within reach of the stop sign I was gassed and most of the Pax had been there awhile.
Extremely slow mosey (in fact most would call it a walk) back towards the church. Once I got my breath in check enough to talk I instructed 25 T claps as we walked.
Partner Up. Partner 1 hold wooden fence for low slow jumping squat – 25 count. Partner 2 In/Out Merkin 2 Rounds
Partner Leg throws – Left, Center, Right, Center was 1 round. 10 rounds total. Damascus will be so disappointed to hear he missed a little man touch, even though it was only hands to shoes. A sarcastic thank you to Mad Dog (my partner) for dripping sweat into my eye. I admit I did an extra lean forward trying to aim mine, but I don’t think my aim is as good as his. There is probably a really good joke here, but I will leave that up to the imagination in an attempt to keep this Back blast semi clean.
Quick watch check – 6 minutes left. (I had counted on beating the pax at least one of the times we were racing) What to do now with all this extra time……Mosey to Stop sign for suicides. Beat the Q back in play. Got close to Posse at the end, but he heard my footsteps and hit that extra gear again.
Watch Check 4 minutes. Seriously!?? Lunge walk until I could catch my breath.
Watch Check 2 minutes. Asked Posse to lead American Hammers while I grabbed my phone. Deflated wrapped us up with Lolita’s. Watch check 6:15.
Mole Skin
Thanks to all those that came out. A big thank you to the 2 FNG’s that showed after months of me asking and pushing. One told me he would come just so I would quit asking. Hopefully he enjoyed enough to join us again.
Wild Thing named for his love of the Cleveland Indians and Major League being his favorite movie.
Frozen named because he was a former pro hockey player and his wife’s love of Disney.
I was told there were two Jingles sightings this week – yet the 1 day I show up he is nowhere to be found. His shirt still rides in my car…..going on month 4 now.
Posse came in on two wheels. Being the FNG whisperer, I pictured him in one of those old Folgers commercials – smells the FNG’s and hops out of bed tearing out of Lawson to make it to The Floater in time. Posse, thanks as always for your leadership, kindness, and inviting spirit towards the new guys.
As we were doing name-o-rama there was a whole half of the group I didn’t realize was there. I guess that’s what happens when you lead from the back. Good work from Shampoodle and Loafer to not even be in my sights when I was trying to catch Pax.
If you liked the workout, I will be at it again at Weddington on Saturday.
Announcements
Mad Dog collecting money for a not so secret Stub Hub baby gift from the F3 group. He will be collecting money Friday and Saturday. Thanks go his M for doing the dirty work and actually buying the gift(s). We all know if it were left up to us they would be getting a box of diapers and a 6 pack of beer – well maybe 5 pack of beer.
Twelve pax came out to make an attempt on a calories burn count record of 668 set by Money Ball previously at The Floater. The workout was built up as a bar hoping tour of Waxhaw and we ended up hitting the three big ones – Brewery, Maxwell’s Tavern, and Mary O’Neill’s. At the time of this posting, it is not known if the record was actually broken, though initial feedback was that we were well short at 599 calories burned. Whether the record was broken or not, I think we all got a good workout in. Once again, The Hill proved to be the ultimate obstacle to kick our butts.
WARM UP
Disclaimer given. Q requested that during in any down time or explanation pax keep moving by performing SSH. Mosey to the Brewery. Got there and decided that wasn’t far enough so we circled the block.
Circle up for:
25 SSH – halfway through quickly dive out of the way as a truck came plowing through. (Thanks to those who yelled car as I didn’t see him until after car was yelled).
20 Opposite Elbow Mountain Climbers
15 Peter Parker Pushups
SSH while Q attempted to explain first round.
The Thang
Round 1:
Groups of 3 performing a rotation of 3 exercises for 3 rounds (no, I don’t have a thing for the number 3).
Derkins, Run the Bridge, Sitting squat on bench along with an air press.
Mosey to Mary O’Neills
Round 2:
Groups of 3, 3 exercises, 2 rounds.
20 One legged step up, Dips, Inch Worm Push Ups.
Mosey to Hill
Round 3:
Groups of 3, 3 exercises, 3 rounds.
Burpees at bottom of the hill, Runner up the hill, LBC’s round 1 & 3 at top of hill. Carolina Dry Docks Round 2 at top of hill.
As the group finished up, I led the remaining guys at to top of the hill down to the bottom of the hill for one final surprise – except the surprise was on me……..
Round 4:
The first ever Burpee train was performed. Since we were so far from the tracks, we had no idea when the train had passed. I judged based on sound of whistle when it passed. The first ever Burpee train lasted approximately 90 seconds, though I’m pretty sure had we been able to see the train it would have been much longer.
Some time was lost during Burpee train so we had to finish Round 4 fast…..Partner Push up the hill back to the cars, switching as you got tired. I asked to pax to meet me at the speed hump only to realize the speed hump was only a few yards away from where we were, so I kept going to the next street light (with very little excitement from the pax). My partner, Bottle Cap, seemed awfully concerned about time remaining. I think he was paid off my the other pax to keep distracting me while they walked up the hill instead of partner pushed. At 6:14 as we were nearing the final stop sign I signaled the end and asked that we jog it back in. Arrived back to the cars right at 6:15.
MOLE SKIN
Thank you to all that showed up today, even after multiple warnings that it was going to be tough. I was worried after the first two rounds that it wasn’t as tough as I had hoped it would be, but I got a little help from the hill at the end.
Bottle Cap worked hard today and was as worn out as I have seen him in awhile. Of course, that might have been because he had to push one of the biggest guys there today (me) up the final hill.
Money ball came out even after his surgery to remove the alien from his body. While doctor said no upper body lifting (like push ups) he stayed strong and put in extra squats and running. That being said, I’m pretty sure that thing is going to be infected now.
Nice to see Xerox and Button becoming dependable regulars at The Floater. Good work today guys.
Frack seemed to be in extra modify mode today doing a ton of ab work in place of derkins, merkins, and dry docks. I guess it was a heavy chest week already.
Spitz made an appearance though he left Cherry Picker at home.
Hooch stayed through COT today. Still hungover from St Paddy’s he wasn’t quick enough to make that Irish Exit today.
I concluded “The Week of Fuse Box” today. Thanks to those that joined one or all of the three workouts. Hopefully you felt you got some good work in. Thanks to the three AO leaders that asked me to lead this week. I’m not sure if yall all got together and decided you were going to work me to death this week for fun, or it just worked out that way. Either way, I survived (and as of yesterday was 3 pounds lighter for it). Its amazing how much harder you push yourself when you are Q’ing. Now its time for me to get back to the back of the line with the rest of the Clydesdale’s.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Third F opportunity on Sundays with Bottle Cap leading Bible Study. New location this week at the smaller 5 stones building. Meet at 7:00? (I forgot the time so check with Bottle Cap to be sure). Frack sounded like he was going to be a definite show and offered to buy breakfast for everyone afterwards. He really is such a nice guy.
14 Pax came out to welcome in spring at a Clydesdale Picnic. There was music, there was picnic tables, there was a lot of mumble chatter, and some groaning. The groaning might have had something to do with our 4 respects that joined – or maybe the workout was a little more difficult as I had to work out my frustration from the Wolfpack losing yesterday.
Warm up
Lap around the parking lot then circled up.
25 Side Straddle Hops
20 In/Outs
20 T-Merkins
10 Potato Pickers
Thang
Mosey to third light to pick up a rock and circle up
21’s – except I decided to 30’s, and then decided to do a few more at the end. 10 bottom half curls, put rock down & rotate. 10 upper half curls (squeeze at the top), put rock down and rotate. 10 full curls, hold on number 10, then do 5 more just because. Rocks down and rotate.
Military Press ladder with a hold – 1 press then hold for 9, 2 presses then hold for 8……
Squat ladder with a hold – 1 squat then hold for 9…… Lots of mumble chatter about not making eye contact with the person across from you and #2 innuendos.
Lunge holding rock over head for 1 light then mosey back to parking lot for station work.
Stations:
Partner Push – timer
Dips
Picnic table runs
Curl/Press with a rock
Burpees
Squat/Upright row with a rock
(3-6-9) I think this one actually ended up getting thrown out or skipped by most pax
Merkins
Stations lasted approximately 30 minutes. Grab rocks and do presses while we wait for the 6, then mosey back to third light to put rocks up.
Mad Dog led merry (marry? mary?) of heels to heaven while waiting on the 6. I normally don’t approve of any workout that mentions the cheaters (Heels to heaven, Carolina Dry Docks), but I made an exception today.
Final round of chest exercises with another round of T Merkins and some regular Merkins mixed in with 6 inches. By this point the groaning and complaining was loud, and it was 6:14. Decidied to give them a break and mosey back to start to circle up.
Mole Skin
Another great workout with an even better group. Thanks to Recalculating for offering me a chance to Q. This is my first Q outside of Weddington HS. I (think I) proved once again that you don’t have to run three miles to get your heart rate up and a good workout. I know me and my partner loafer were huffing and puffing pretty good there – especially during partner pushes.
As usual, I mixed in some new exercises that increased the mumble chatter to near deafening levels. Money Ball was there so that explains the record amount of mumble chatter. For those that have not done T Merkins before – the Army now uses them instead of regular push ups. I figure if its good enough for the Army, its good enough for us. Hopefully you enjoyed them. I like them better because it forces good form, doesn’t allow you to cheat (I won’t call anyone out but we have several alligator arm merkins from the group), and adds some shoulder and back work in at the same time. If your curious, there are a few articles out there on why the army switched to T push ups. Here is one to start: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-armys-radical-fitness-shift-1509377795
After back to back bear crawl heavy workouts, I delivered on my promise for no bear crawls – I think that is why Dough Boy decided to fart sack (that guy loves a good bear crawl).
Shout out to Hollywood who once again showed everyone up today by adding superman’s to the T Merkins. I will apologize in advance to the other pax as I have a suspicion we may be seeing those at his next Q.
1 down, 2 more to go. I will be Q’ing again Monday and Thursday next week (I will pause for the collective groan from the group). I look forward to seeing everyone out there in the gloom next week!