Most of our bad ideas come up during long runs with EE and I. Pretty sure that’s how we first came up with doing a workout where all running was backwards. It was just by chance last year that we did 3.1 miles. Being the nostalgic guys we are, it was time to do this again.
Pre-Thang
Supposed to launch at 6. The seafood from Friday night starting calling out to me at about 5:55. To Bo I went and lowered their sanitary rating probably into the 70s at this point. Launched at 6:10 instead.
The Thang
Backwards mosey to the side of the parking lot.
Disclaimer given along with the announcement to the PAX that all running will be backwards. The enthusiastic cheers were an encouragement to us.
COP
SSH IC x25
IW IC x20
Backwards mosey to the buses. Plank until everyone arrives
Backwards cheese weave. Danger level quite high at this point. YHC (GJ) smacked my shoulder on a door or mirror or something. Plank until everyone completes.
Backwards lunges for a while. I complimented Smokey that he was looking good and glad he was out there. Guys, it’s a backwards day. The group missed this and was disgusted so we end the awkwardness and backwards ran to the parking lot beside the elementary school.
Partner Up. P1 runs backwards around the loop one way and P2 backwards runs the other way and when you meet, do 10 handslap merkins. Do two full laps of this. Squats until everyone is done. This whole process amused a lady walking her dog and so she decided to stay near us. Glad we entertained her.
Backwards run to the other side of the school. P1 does a backwards cheese weave through these buses while P2 does The People’s Chair with arms held out the entire time. Flapjack when P1 is done.
Backwards mosey to the other side of the buses and a very extended period of backwards lunges at which there was some complaining that I had lost track of how much time we spent doing these. Not at all. I was preparing you for what was coming next.
Transition from GJ to EE with…..
1st Ever Bassackwards Scalded Monkey! A Timed One Mile Backwards Run #CSAUP.
Leaders pick up the Six or Plank-O-Rama w/ GJ
Backwards Mosey to Elementary School Playground
Complete 3 sets of the following:
5 x Pull-Ups
15 x Merkins
15 x LSS
Run a lap around track backwards
Repeat with 2 sets of Pull-ups/Merkins/LSS
Burpee Mania until all PAX finish #HorseheadAwfulSuggestion
Backwards run back to Middle School
Jailbreak sprint at end to Parking Lot for
3MOM
25 x LBC IC
15 x Flutter IC
15 x Dolly IC
10 x Heals to Heaven
DONE!
COT
Thanks to HH for taking us out.
Moleskine
– Great work by everyone today. It was tough and that was just the running part. We hit 3.11 miles on the way back to the middle school from the playground. #missionaccomplished
– Apparently my shirt was riding up during COP and of course, my trademark voice cracked during that as well. #consistent HH seemed a little too focused on my midsection but honestly, who can blame him.
– Speaking of HH, his refusal began during the first mosey to the side of the parking lot when he decided to not run backwards. That has to be an unbeatable record for refusnik. A true Master of his art.
– Hairband did the most running in a long time for him. Backwards running seemed to agree with him. Just another example of the healing power of backwards running.
– Welcome to FNG The Bus. So named because he is a principal, had to endure multiple backwards cheese weaves and he looks like Jerome Bettis
– Great to have Posse joining us from #F3Commitment as he made the trip over to #F3Outland to accompany The Bus. #HIM
– Turnpike mentioned that he didn’t remember the 1st ever Bassackwards 5K last year. I mentioned that might be due to a fartsack. He gave me an evil eye that almost rivals any my M has given me. Not sure if that is an accomplishment or not.
– Enjoyed The Grindstone afterwards at McD’s. 1st Corinthians Chapter 2 next week. The Late Show leading. Read it daily. Come prepared to discuss.
Thanks for enduring our insanity!
Double E/Glass Joe
It’s raining. Well, raining down brutality with the most manliest of playlists in all of F3. This is going to be simple and effective.
The Thang
Mosey around to the side of the building to show the running path for today and where the KBs are at. Staying under the shelter the whole time mainly so my phone and HBs speaker bringing us some of the greatest music ever made won’t get wet.
COP
SSH IC x20
IW IC x20
Mosey back to the tables under the shelter
Here’s the plan for the rest of the workout:
Partner Up. P1 will run to the KBs, 10 reps of choice (mainly swings) with the KB and then run back. P2 will do the reps. Flapjack and repeat until, well, just until. Go through all the exercises or as many as possible. Music set to random shuffle.
Here are the exercises and off we go:
50 Burpees
100 Merkins
150 CDDs
200 Dolly
250 Squats
300 LBCs
350 Flutters
400 SSH
3 MOM
Protractor with many groans
Rosalita IC en Espanol x15
COT
Thanks to HB for taking us out. Prayers for GJs family, Lamont’s BIL, and The Count’s father and his travels back from Arkansas.
Moleskine
– Simple yet effective. Believe both groups were in the middle of SSH when time was called for a couple of minutes of Mary.
– Lamont seemed to really appreciate the music. No thanks Brother. I’ll add the playlist for you below so you can purchase your favorites in iTunes
– I nearly forgot to start the music but our other resident metalhead HB reminded me. I’m either #focused or #ADD.
– At one point, HBs voice went to a very uncomfortable high male pitch while trying to get up from LBCs. As close to 80s metal as we got this morning.
– My ears were sweating at the end. Makes for an uncomfortable protractor. #strange
– Not sure anyone appreciated the pause during a slow 10 count in the protractor so we could all listen to a great breakdown. You guys just don’t appreciate the finer things in life but I’ll keep working on refining you
– CT and I talked about upping the KB reps to 20 as 10 was too few during the first round. Around combined rep 1,000, we decided not moving to 20 was a good idea.
Thanks for letting me lead this morning.
Playlist (for Lamont):
Confined by As I Lay Dying
Break the Cycle by For Today
The Life by A Plea for Purging
Collapsing by Demon Hunter
I Never Wanted by As I Lay Dying
Fading Away by Demon Hunter
My Curse by Killswitch Engage
The World is a Thorn by Demon Hunter
Before I Forget by Slipknot
Blind by Korn
Gasoline by Demon Hunter
Glass Joe
As we gather for pain, let’s not forget to honor that most secular of treasured beasts, the Easter Bunny. Sounds so innocent and friendly but unfortunately, this was the sadistic brother of the Easter Bunny.
Pre-Thang
Kiefer for like 9.xxxxx which is close enough to 10 in my book. YHC for 5 and some change. YHC later regretted every one of those miles
The Thang
Mosey to beside the elementary school where there was a most awkward of COPs due to the student driver stopping right beside our group. Is he going to hit us? Honk the horn at us? Should have called monkey humpers. #opportunitymissed
COP
SSH IC x25
IW IC x25
Instead of a mosey, we get our first sighting of Sadistic Bunny.
Bunny Hop forward (also known as Broad jump) followed by a Burpee. Repeato ad infinitum. Some complaints that no end point was given for this. That was surely intended.
Finally I called halt and mosey to the playground
Round 1
Dips x20
Swing Donkey Kicks x20
Step Ups each leg x20 (Many questions about ‘each leg?’ – Yes brothers, this was part of the grind after all those innocuous bunny hops earlier)
Burpee Pull Ups x10 (Go down for a burpee, on the hop back up grab the bar and do a pull up).
Run a lap
Various plank exercises until group gathers
Round 2
Repeato Round 1 with 25 each time and no Burpee Pull Ups as pretty sure I only saw HH and I doing them and when HH isn’t refusing something with a burpee in it, I get nervous
Native American run along the backroad until TLS says stop and I give two minutes of my time over to him
The Late Show on Q…
Stop at the gravel drive for some awkward placement of feet and arms, for an uncomfortably close set of SEAL sit-ups. (Sure enough, a dog-walker came by and got the awkward man-show that the student driver missed at the COP.
Continue the mosey stopping at the corner of the practice field so that odd-men-out The Late Show and Horsehead could watch the PAX assemble in groups of four to do SEAL planks (four men in a group in plank position, no one’s feet allowed to touch the ground). In keeping with the easter bunny theme I guess we could call these “basket weavers,” but SEAL planks sounds more manly.
Over to the rock pile and get a rock you can fit in one hand and a rock your Mrs. could be proud of. Line up on the sideline.
Run toward the tower (about 40-50 yards) and back.
(10) total T-merkins with small rock in hand (5 each arm).
(10) squat clean and press your big rock.
Repeato down the ladder 8,6,4,2 (solid work by Smokey on these bad boys… lung and leg burner)
Deposit your rocks and over the other sideline, spacing out about 6 feet between each man.
First round…
Bear crawl approximately 10 yards, sprint 20. Repeat till you cross the field, sprint back to starting sideline.
Second round…
Easter Egg Rolls of course…
Superman/Banana approximately 10 yards, hop up and sprint 20. Repeat till you cross the field, sprint back to starting sideline.
Not sure, but I think I ended up rolling back towards the starting sideline at some point.
Mosey back to the hill, backward crawl up the hill.
Mosey to the Imaginary Shovel Flag for a quick round of Mary.
Hammer planks, can openers, and 10 burpees oyo to wrap it up.
COT
GJ took us out. Pray for The Count and his travels to see his Dad as well as his Dad’s health.
Moleskine
– Easter travels took some of our group today but we still managed to find the Easter Bunny today. Or at least his sadistic brother. Where is F3er Cottontail when we need him? Actually, given his name, we might not want to know that.
– The group was questioning where we were going with those Bunny Hop Burpees. Some angry looks from HH and Crab Legs when the answer was we were just going to keep going.
– Still not sure what to make of the student driver stopping right by us. Did we scare him? Was he trying to scare us? Fortunately no PAX were hurt. Just a standard weird moment at the Island of Misfit Toys.
– The Burpee pullups were refused by many. Regular burpees were done instead. You guys missed the bunny on this one.
– The awkward man touching during the Seal situps was no Bueno. Having it observed by a non-PAX was even worse.
– Sad when HH manages to get TLS to join in his refusal on those seal partner awkward planks.
– Pretty sure TLS was planning some sort of kettlebell rope pull. HH may have managed to avoid them by pestering him before the workout began. Well done sir.
– Welcome to a long lifetime of F3 for Crush. He is Boondock’s (HHs 2.0) cousin and rightly refused what we were doing at times. The young man is wiser than many of us.
– Two weeks in a row of using rocks. This is not a habit pattern we need to continue.
Thanks for letting TLS and I lead a great group of men! Have a great Easter!!!
Glass Joe
*Posted by Glass Joe for Lamont
This was YHC’s overdue first Q and I have to say that it really is better to give than to receive, especially when the gift is pain.
Warmup:
– SSH (20x)
– Burpees (5 oyo)
– IW (25x)
– Windmill (20x)
The Thang:
Partner up
P1: Merkins (25x)
P2: KB Upright Rows
Flapjack until team does 100 Merkins
HB Mile
P1: LBCs (40x)
P2: KB Swing
Flapjack until team does 160 LBCs
HB Mile
P1: Squats (50x)
P2: KB Squat-Curl-Press
Flapjack until team does 200 LBCs
HB Mile
KB Calf Raises and Planks – reward for finishing early
Repeato but with a few modifications:
P1: Merkins (25x)
P2: KB Tricep Ext
Flapjack until team does 100 Merkins
50 Curb touches
P1: LBCs (30x) (reduction due to time constraints – Pax was extremely disappointed)
P2: KB Deadlift
Flapjack until team does 120 LBCs
50 Curb touches
P1: Squats (30x)
P2: Merkins w/KB lift
Flapjack until team does 120 LBCs
50 Curb touches
Mary:
– Dolly (20x)
– Rosa Lita (20 something – I don’t comprende espanol)
– Freddie Mercury (25x)
Moleskine:
It was a beautiful morning and it was great to have 10 strong men eager to go and willing to be led by a novice Q. Good work by all and I heard enough groans to believe the work was sufficiently challenging. Thanks to all who brought KBs and to Glass Joe for the music though I need to direct him to some more workout friendly 70s tunes than Pink Floyd. I caught a few guys glazing over and staring at the moon. Thanks to Happy for taking us out and to all the Pax for enduring my first Q. I really enjoyed it and it gave me more of an appreciation for all who Q!
It’s voting day. I’m disgusted with the candidates (I’m a Rand Paul type of guy) so I’m taking it out on you 8 guys.
The Thang
Mosey to the lot beside Carolina Courts
COP
SSH IC x30
IW IC x20
Off we go to the playground.
4 exercises: Decline Merkins, Dips, Swing Donkey Kicks, Step Ups
Round 1: All x20
Round 2: All x25
Round 3: All x30
Plank exercises in between rounds as men wrap up their rounds.
Mosey to the concrete bench steps beside the volleyball courts
We did about 10-15 minutes of the following exercises generally in cadence x10 with no rest and just kept going through them: Decline merkins, Flutters, LBCs, Mountain Climbers, Carolina Dry Docks, Rosalita, Jump Ups on the steps, Dolly. I squeaked cadencing Declines. Mockery was loud.
Those who can mock have pain remaining in them. Mosey to the far side of Carolina Courts at the intersection of the two roads.
Obnoxiously long bear crawl to the unlit tall light pole. Once there, flip over and do an obnoxiously long crab walk to the next tall light pole. Apparently this was not pleasing for wrists so some modifications were made of lunge walks or more bear crawling. #uncaringQ
Mosey to the back road as I told HB that if I needed filler, we would run. We have time thus we were running. #F3Gump
Slow mosey to the tall light pole, race pace to the next tall light pole and then normal pace to the last light pole.
On the side road: Slow mosey, race pace, normal pace, slow pace at each light pole back to the parking lot.
Once in parking lot: Slow mosey, race pace, normal, slow, race at each tall light pole. We went across the parking lot and back up following the same order.
3 MOM
Dolly IC x55
Protractor down from 90 (or 82.5) to 10 degrees and then a slow 10 count 6 inches hold. Warning that I will restart the count if anyone drops their feet. #warningtakenseriously Also gave me the opportunity to annoyingly chatter in between counts.
DONE!
COT
Prayers for The Count’s family and for my family.
Thanks to Happy for taking us out
Moleskine
– This was an all around beat down. Everything got worked today. Not a typical GJ Q but I like to try to keep you on your toes.
– Lots of sweat angels left out there during MOM. #success
– The groaning was loud during the never ending rounds of those exercises. I think I captured them all above. I might have missed one but I warned that there was no way I’d keep it straight. No stopping and no resting makes for a smoker.
– Some chatter that I didn’t realize how long of a distance the bear crawl/crab walk combo would be. No, I realized it. I just regretted it. Can’t Q it, don’t do it.
– Great seeing Bernanke continue to post. Brother is strong! And another great guy to have out among the great men of UC.
– Lamont was beasting the bear crawl/crab walk. Brother took off and got to the light pole first on those bear crawls. Well, he got to the short light pole first and tried to Q jack my instructions. Sorry Brother, not giving in. Bear crawl to the tall one.
– Looked like The Count appreciated the gentle poke I gave through messenger at work yesterday to show up. And by appreciated, I mean hates me thoroughly.
– Major respect to Lamont and Shepherd who continue to live out #respect.
– Happy told me the first round of those exercises sucked while moseying to what was going to suck even more. Only going to get better from here. It’s all downhill in UC.
– HB appreciated the running. I saw a smile…I think. Might have been a middle finger. Hard to tell in the gloom.
– Hoodie gave himself 12 seconds to warmup. Good job Brother!
– Hey look, there’s Turnpike. Oh wait, nevermind. He didn’t make it. *HB put me up to this*
Thanks for letting me lead!
Glass Joe
First time Qing Commitment and I’ve had EEs plates riding around in my truck for a month or so. This one will be EEs fault.
The Thang
IW IC x20
SSH IC x40
Mountain Climbers IC x20
Time for the first half of the show (20 minutes):
Divide into two teams with a plate for each team. One man hairburns as far as he can while the remainder of the men do an exercise. Then run and a new man takes on the plate. The exercises are:
LBCs x20
Merkins x15
Bomb Jacks x10
Burpees x5
The route is just around the big parking lot at Weddington so no real destination and the beauty of a circle is no ending. Just pain.
Halftime Show:
Run over to the wall. People’s Chair w/ Air Presses followed immediately by Donkey Kicks for 5 rounds increasing 25 APs and 5 Donkey Kicks each time:
1) 25/15, 2) 50/20, 3) 75/25, 4) 100/30, 5) 125/35. No wardrobe malfunction fortunately
2nd Half (18 minutes):
Hairburners again
2 minute warning:
APs/Donkey Kicks again in this order tapering down: 150/40, 100/30, 50/20
5 MOM attempted partially en Espanol and apparently failed according to Kevorkian.
Dolly IC x50
Rosalita IC x20
Flutters IC x20
Protractor
Done!
COT
I honestly cannot remember who took us out. Apologies
Moleskine
EEs plates suck. No way around it. Long extended times with them are always gut checks.
Saw some great effort to get those plates going. These plates are a matter of brute force. Just get behind them and dig in and drive ’em.
Apparently, I was supposed to demo. Once you get the plates going, there is no stop till friction takes over. So, my demo was just my first round. Sorry about that.
So I’ve been attempting to learn the full cadence in Spanish. My middle and youngest daughters are in Spanish Immersion but they are only in 2nd grade and Kindergarten so I’ve been trying to use the iTranslate app and get my 2nd grader to teach me punctuation. But it’s tough to overcome redneck. Though someone mentioning that my redneck made me bilingual was pretty danged funny. Almost lost my cadence on that.
Speaking of which, you guys are as bad at counting in Spanish as the IT guys. Everyone can get to 10 it seems but 11 and beyond causes the most issues.
If you haven’t had the chance yet, make sure you make it over to the coffeeteria afterwards.
Thanks for letting me Q. You guys have a high bar with Ice9/Snowflake’s leadership so I hope I was somewhere close.
Glass Joe
*Posted by Glass Joe (who wasn’t even there)
The Bearded Duo’s Play Pain-list
Pre-Thang – Kiefer and EE put in 11 miles prior to the thang – that should warm the legs up! Nice job!
A little grace was given to Hairband as he rolled in just as the clock struck 7 – after checking his hair in the mirror, we were off!
Mosey up sidewalk hill past buses with a little High Knees, Butt-kickers and backwards run thrown in for good measure.
COP
No FNGs but ‘The Count’ reassures the group – he is not a professional, and to be honest doesn’t even know what he’s doing, but we will get through this!
5 Burpees on your own to get the blood pumping
29 SSH
Ring of Fire Merkins – 5x around the circle of pain
29 Imperial Walkers
Ring of Fire Merkins – 5x around the circle of pain
20 Mountain Climbers
Ring of Fire Merkins – 5x around the circle of pain
That Thang
Start off with a little starfish of exercises:
10 Squats in the middle for starters and between each corner of exercises
1 Corner – 10 Merkins
1 Corner – 10 CDDs
1 Corner – 20 Squats
1 Corner – 10 LBCs
Everyone on their own and at their own pace. Plank up in the middle once completed. HB to amend for his last-minute arrival leads the Pax in some plank work. Back to QIC.
Group moseys to SVES.
The Pax spreads out for some slow-release pull-ups. In cadence, everyone up and slowly descends as QIC gives a five-count. Followed by 7 CDDs
Rinse-repeat sequence until finishing with 1 CDD
The Pax circles up for hand-off to 2nd QIC – The Late Show.
Indian Run with Hairband leading the way to the gravel drive behind the practice field.
Stop for a round of seal sit-ups.
Slow mosey towards the practice field stopping at the batting cage for a slightly awkward round of seal push-ups which brought to mind a 3 Stooges episode. (Where is Horsehead when you need him for heckling?) Oh, well, after a good chuckle all around.. over to the practice field. Grab a manly rock and line up for a repeat from a couple weeks back. Run to the tower and back (110-120 yards total?). Upon return 10 ground to overheads (G2O) followed by 10 each knee mountain climbers. Then run, 8 G2Os, 8 each knee mountain climbers… Repeato with 6, 4, 2 and deposit rocks.
Line up on the sideline and bear crawl 10 yards, sprint 20 yards, flapjack till you get to the other sideline. Take a couple deep breaths, sprint back across.
Repeat with walking lunges in place of bear crawl.
Mosey back to middle school and circle up.
Partner 1 does 12 squats, Partner 2 does jump squats till P1 done. Flapjack. Flapjack. Flapjack.
Next round…
P1 does 10 push-ups while P2 holds a plank (activate those quads to keep knees up, activate those glutes to keep your butt down). Flapjack. Flapjack. Flapjack.
Bookend with 5 burpees on your own.
Done.
Ran out of time for MOM, but a solid workout all around, good hustle!! Good to see Sweatshop back in the mix and couple that aren’t part of the regular Saturday Pax: Dream, Nomad – glad to see you guys out there as well!
Thanks to HB for closing us out in prayer and reminding us of our true-purpose – to be better men for God and God’s service! Aye!
Two minutes till 5 AM and only Happy and I are in the parking lot. Then Double E, Kiefer and Short Circuit all pull in together. We get enough time for Double E to tell us he broke his knee cap the night before playing basketball. Instead of sympathy, we feel hope. #restrictorplate #brotherhood
The Thang
Left on Lake Park Dr all the way down to Unionville-Indian Trail road for a little more than a half-mile warm-up run. Short Circuit comments that EE must not have been completely lying as SC and I were ahead of him.
Partner up by speed for Catch Me If You Can all the way down Lake Park Dr. Partner 1 runs while Partner 2 does 10 squats and then sprints to catch up to P1. Flapjack until you reach the end of Lake Park Dr. EE instructed to do 20 squats as I don’t believe his story on a hurt knee. He actually refuses and then runs with me most of the way. Maybe he wasn’t lying. Collect the six until all have reached the end of Lake Park Dr.
Mosey to the center of town for intervals. Instructions are: 1) Sprint down Creft Cir to Balsam St at a faster than normal pace. 2) Left on Balsam St and run Balsam St at your normal pace. 3) Left onto Creft Cir and sprint at a faster pace until Meeting St. 4) Left onto Meeting St and do a cool down pace.
Repeat the interval for 3 times. And then we discover that EE has managed to overcome his broken knee and has removed his restrictor plate. Pick up the 6 when done.
CMIYC for all of Creft Cir. EE and Kiefer doing half the Circle as EE needs to bail. SC and YHC going full circle. Happy was in taper mode as he has a 10K in New Orleans coming up. Gather back at Clock Tower when done.
From Clock Tower, sprint back to parking lot.
7 MOM
Extended Protractor
LBCs x40 OYO
Extended Protractor
Flutters IC x10
DONE!
COT
Thanks to Short Circuit for taking us out. Prayers for a safe Marathon for Crab Legs, Half for Mayday and 10K for Happy.
Moleskine
I got 5.8 miles for this one. Expected slightly less than 6 with the extended CMIYC stops along the way and we finished earlier than I thought.
EE was hurting to begin but I think we ran it out of him by the end.
Thanks to Short Circuit for the push.
Who was that breathing down my neck on the sprint to the parking lot? None other than Kiefer. Great push.
Happy came out to loosen up the legs before his 10K. Always great to have you out brother. Prayers for a safe 10K. Run hard, Run fast brother.
This #F3Gump seems like a thing. Some Site Qs are needed if we want to formalize.
Appreciate the hard work and good pace this morning.
Glass Joe
Lame title because I’m not feeling too creative right now. But, I’ve still got EEs hairburner plates so why not use them at Thrive for the first time.
Mosey to the side road beside the parking lot.
COP
SSH IC x50
IW IC x10
I walk to the side of the road and pull out the quasi-hidden plate. Instant groans.
Hairburners down the side road and then do the back road behind the soccer field until the stop sign. Merkins x10 for those not pushing the plates.
Once at the stop sign, we did light pole suicide runs. There were 6 light poles that took us all the way from the park to Hwy 74. This sucked on legs that just got done with hairburners. Pick up the 6 or Plank till everyone is done. Roughly 1.5 miles ran in this part in all.
And of course, we’ve got to get the plate back to the parking lot. Thus hairburners with 5 good form merkins by the ones not pushing. When we get near the parking lot, we grab the other plate and we’ve got 5 guys pushing two plates back to my truck.
Mosey to the backside of the building with the bathrooms.
TPC w/ air presses and Donkey Kick rotations. Here’s the reps we did: 25 aps/15 dks, 50/20, 75/25, 100/30, 125/35, 150/40. The crowd is absolutely smoked at this point. There was no rest, no recovery, just pushing through them.
Mosey back to parking lot for 4 MOM:
Dolly IC x50
Rosalita IC En Espanol IC x10 (You guys suck at Spanish so I had to end it early)
Extended round of Protractor with a lot of 6 inch high leg holds.
DONE!
COT
Thanks to Short Circuit for taking us out.
Remember Happy’s family and Glass Joe’s family in your prayers. Just pray, God knows the why.
Moleskine
– This sucked. It was brutal combos with each other that just absolutely smoked the crowd. The run following the hairburners was just difficult. Legs felt extremely heavy. The end with TPC w/ aps and Donkey Kicks was tough on legs that were absolutely tired already.
– Multiple reports of guys feeling nauseous/lightheaded/seeing white spots. #accomplishment
– On the run, I ran back to pick up Hoodie who told me that he thought about staying straight onto Highway 74 to end it all early. Would have been easier. That might be true but it would have been bloodier so thanks for not doing that. Not to mention we’d have sent Horsehead to notify your M and he isn’t known for sympathy.
– Nice work by all the guys though. I was encouraging most of you to try to push a 2nd time on the plate when it locks down on you the first time. There is a certain strength gained when the plate says no, your body says no and yet you force a yes. It’s a strengthening of the will IMO.
– Not sure where some fartsackers were at. Maybe afraid of the rain but then, it stopped raining right before we started. Maybe afraid of some running but then, we all need to run. #repent
– Happy told me before we started that burpees were tough on him. No worries brother, this was a burpee free Q. Looking out for you. Great job pushing through the pain out there. So encouraging to see you hitting that last light pole.
– Short Circuit and I both mentioned the respect we have for Lamont and that we hope that’s us at 55. Truly great effort out there Lamont. You are inspiring us even if we don’t say it.
– Hoodie wasn’t a LIFO but he was a FO of course. Always great to have you brother! Way to push through on that run and glad I didn’t have to fill out suicide papers.
– Thanks to Short Circuit for the running partner on that run. A #HIM I wouldn’t have met without F3.
Thanks for letting me lead.
Glass Joe
It’s no secret. Me and gear go together like oil and water. I need it but I don’t want it. Overdrive is now fully a gear and run workout. And Site Qs confirmed rocks count as gear so here we go….
The Thang
Run up to the Outland shovelflag field with the virtual shovelflag firmly planted.
COP
SSH IC x30
IW IC x20
Off to the rock pile we go.
Instructions to grab a rock your M would be proud of. Should need both hands to carry it. Not a running rock. Spielberg blatantly ignored this and went for the largest pebble he could find.
Jack Webb with rock presses instead of air presses. I found out that I completely screwed myself with a rock my #soccerarms couldn’t handle. We went up to 7. That’s all I had. Q what you can do.
Partner up w/ P1 running to the metal stand thing about 100 yards away and back while P2 AMRAP rock exercises and then flapjack twice.
Exercises:
Curls
Triceps
Then we walked about 50 yards holding the rocks above our heads (my M who works in trauma research cringed about this later on – #notaprofessional). Lunge walk back with rocks.
Hold rock straight out as long as you can while partner runs
Jack Webb ladder down starting where we finished the ladder up at 7. Just awfulness here.
Mosey back to the covered shelter and sadly realized I could have easily gotten another P1/P2 rock exercise flapjack in.
Nevertheless, we did a rotation of merkin 6 inch holds followed by supermans. These were obnoxiously longer than they should have been. No clue on how many rotations of these we did. Does it really freaking matter at this point? My arms hated me already.
Hairband Mile
LBCs IC x20
Rosalitas IC en espanol x20 (I think)
Protractor
DONE!
COT
I think it was Spielberg that took us out. My mind was already thinking about how could I possibly lift my fork to my mouth at Accountability breakfast so I was gone.
Prayers for Hairbands knee rehab
Moleskine
I got way too big of a rock. I regretted that really quickly during the ladder up Jack Webbs.
On the flip side, I need this junk. I just don’t like to admit it.
It was tough work out there. The rocks your M would be proud of did their job. Well, except for Spielberg’s pebble. He should have ran with it as it fit perfectly in his arm like a football. Two hands should mean that it takes two hands to carry it not that you can easily switch between both hands to carry it.
I had warned you might want to double glove this one. HB thought I was crazy. HB complained the loudest about his cold fingers. Trust your Q. I learned the lesson on rocks and cold the hard way the Saturday before at Commitment.
I really sort of screwed up on timing. Thought the run back might take a little longer. I had planned diamond merkins with your hands on your rock. Or in Spielberg’s case, on the ground with his rock in the middle of the diamond.
Dare I say I sort of enjoyed this. Ok, I repent of that statement.
Thanks for letting me lead!
Glass Joe