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We’re Heading To Overtime

You never want to leave any valuable time on the clock.  While we had a serious smokefest today, YHC aims to please and all Pax deserve to get their 64 mins worth.  Here is how it went down:

COP @ Northwest Stonehenge
SSH x 25
Mountain Climbers x 25
Imperial Walker x 20

Mosey across 521 to Northeast Stonehenge
Jack Webb ladder up to 5, back down to 1

Jog to soccer field with 20 yd lunge walk and 20 yd broad jumps on the way
On the field:
10 merkins, sprint across field, 10 merkins, sprint back
20 plank in-&-outs, sprint across field, 20 plank in-&-outs, sprint back
30 mountain climbers, sprint across field, 30 MCs, sprint back

To the Premier deck:
Peoples chair; hold, then press x 50
Bear crawl across and back
Crab walk across and back

Burpee Mary ladder:
2 burpees, sprint up ramp, Russian Twist x 20
jog around corner
4 burpees, sprint up ramp to level 2, LBCs x 25  (w/ audible by Frehley for 10 merkins)
jog
6 burpees, sprint to level 3, back scratcher x 20
jog
8 burpees, sprint to level 4 (fresh air at top), rosalita x 20

Field work + parking deck combo was a total smoker.  #crowdpleaser

Down the steps, mosey to Aloft Hill for 6s:
Merkins at the bottom, squats at the top

Long jog back over bridge, through the woods to Loch Ness Field, Bratwurst runs planks until regroup

Loch Ness Lap:
Partner 1: dips, derkins, squats all x 10 on repeat until partner returns
Partner 2: run lap around Loch Ness, stopping half way at wall for 10 jump-ups, back to tag partner
Flapjack
#mumblechatter and groans as I call out last exercise with 4 mins to go and within sight of coffeteria
YHC agrees, at this point we had logged some serious lung burn, but we rock until 7 o’clock

Mosey back to home, slightly into overtime by 4 mins
COT, Tclaps, and out

Moleskin
Legs & lungs were on fire today.  All hit it hard.  Jamboree was tearing it up on the field.  As always, Bratwurst on the runs.  Tclaps to Big Gulp for pushing through on his first visit to Stonehenge; with a calf injury.  We covered serious mileage as usual, and first time visitors have to adjust to the huge campus…. way to push it BG.  Hope you are back to 100% soon.

Announcements
Final day for round 2 order for Area51 shirts
Camp is filling up, check site for any vacancies

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Can we get some air back here?

12 of Area 51’s finest hit the ground running today.  We took full advantage of all the BCC has to offer, and never looked back.  One thing it didn’t offer was some fresh air…  no breeze, and the parking deck was stifling.  Just the way we like it.  No complaining, lest you suffer through 17 days of nonstop rain.

The Thang:
SSH x 25
Mountains Climbers x 20
Squats x 15

Mosey to Loch Ness
Dips x 15 in cadence
Derkins x 10 (ic)
Dips x 10 (ic)
Derkins x 5 (ic)

Over to the grassy field
Partner 1 = 40 alternating high knees, flapjack
Partner 1 = 20 jump-ups, flapjack
Jack Webb – up to 5 merkins, 20 press, ladder back down.

Over to the BOA hill, with bridge lunge walk and bunny hop up old SPX hill on the way.
6’s on the hill: burpees up top, squats at the bottom
Bear crawl up hill, back down, 10 merkins.
Bear crawl up hill, back down, 5 merkins.

Indian Run to 521 bridge
On the bridge: peoples’ chair hold for 30, hands up for 30, then press it out x 50 (#smokedshoulders)

Jog to Premier Parking Deck
On the way, 20 yards of broad jumps.

Hit the Deck
Partner 1 = sprint up ramp to top of floor 1, 5 merkin jacks at top, sprint back.
Partner 2 = nonstop donkey kicks on wall
All pax backwards sprint up incline, 10 jumps squats, sprint back down
Bunny hop up 4 stories of parking deck stairs (dizziness ensues)

Time for Mary, with people’s choice calling out exercises:
Flutter, Dolly, LBCs (in cadence x 15)
Protractor of pain

Down to the soccer field
5 merkins, sprint half way across field, 5 merkins, sprint to end, 5 merkins
plank it up, 6 inches until pax ask for mercy
20 mountain climbers, sprint half way, 20 MCs, sprint to end, 20 MCs
6 inch #mercyplanks

Partner legs swings: 10 middle, 10 left, 10 right.  Flapjack.
YHC throws out lower back and screws up his weekend.

Mosey back to home base, with optional irrigation system cool down on the way.

COT, Ball O’ Man, out

Moleskin
We hit it hard today, with very little down time.  Solid performance by everyone.
The BCC has it all: lakes, walls, hills, fields, parking decks, stairs…. you name it.  If you have never
posted at Stonehenge or Bagpipe, consider a Summer Tour and make your way over.  You will
not be disappointed.

Announcements
F3 Camp is less than a month away.  Check the website for details.  Sure to be a good time.  Camp Thunderbird is a great facility, and cost is very reasonable for what should be an awesome weekend with your 2.0s
Mic Check has details on Habitat For Humanity build coming up.  Contact him directly if interested.  (MC, please sound off below in comments with specifics or link if available or your contact info)

Block Party

(MT on behalf of Fireman Ed)

We heard there was a convergence, we thought what is better than a Block Party.  So the brethren of Ballantyne decided to throw a little pre pig pickin’ Block Party.  Into the gloom the pax 9 began the party of pain.

Warm up;

Mosey to the four corners,

25XSSH, 20XSlow squats, 15XMC, 15XIW, 15Xmerkins

The thang:

The party was now beginning to ramp up, started with a nice little reverse Indian run back over into the office park.  The person in front sprinted to the back and yelled Jenga, which sounded like a good term to use.

At the end of the run, burpees x 5; repeat 3 times.

We stopped over by Loch Ness. Then the block party’s main attraction showed up, Miss Cinder Block.  Everyone grabbed one.  Never seen anyone as excited as Freely’s Comet and Puppy Love!

To the lake, partner up;

Partner 1, runs around the lake with cinder block doing 10Xmerkins in three spots on cinder block

Partner2, 10 X step-ups each leg, 10X dips, 10 X rows each arm with cinder block.  Keep repeating until partner is back.

Then switch and repeat.

Planking exercises and then mosey over to the other side of the lake with cinder block.

20Xmerkins

Then on to fitness trail.

Round 1: 10Xpullups, 15Xdeadlifts pressing cinder block over head, 20X squats with cinder block, 25Xcurls with cinder block.

Round 2: 5Xpullups, 10Xdeadlifts, 10Xsquats, 15Xcurls

Back to field by lake, lined up. Stack all cinder blocks on one end, then pass them all down the line and stack them on the other end.  Plank and repeat.

10X merkins

Another lap around Loch Ness, no cinder block, Bratwurst was flying, great job.

5Xburpees to get loose for some Mary.

15Xflutter, 20XLBC, 12Xdolly, 15Xrosilita.

Up for 5xburpees; Back down for 15xHeals to Heaven.

Then we found out Miss Cinder Block had a last name and it is Webb.

Up to 5 merkins and 20 presses with the cinder block, ok lot of grumbling from pax so the last two sets were without Miss Cinder Block. Have to admit probably right decision as it would have fallen on my face if I kept going.

Then a real slow extremely slow mosey with some lunges and Miss Cinder Block all the way back to the starting point.

COT

Moleskin:

Everyone did a great job at the block party, it was a good time and maybe real soon Miss Cinder Block will come back and hang out with us.   K9 great first week since last Saturday; it will get easier and you look like you are already making strides forward.

See you all at the second party of the day, the pig pickin!
Fireman Ed

It was all a dream…

After a brief summer nap this afternoon, confusion of time and place set in.  Did YHC sleep through his alarm and neglect his Q duties?  Was the painfest all a dream?  Why am I laying facedown in the driveway?!  That last question never gets answered.  But my smoked shoulders tell me it was the real deal.  And so we reminisce.

The Thang:

SSH x 25
Merkins x 15
Mountain Climbers x 25

Jog to field on yonder side of Loch Ness, partner up.
Partner 1 – lap around Loch Ness, stop half way at wall for 10 jump-ups, finish & tag partner
Partner 2 – At picnic tables; 10 squats, 10 derkins, 10 dips on repeat until partner returns
Flapjack

Over the river and through the woods, bridge lunge walk on the way.  Head to Hill.
Partner 1 –  up hill, 2 burpees, back down.  Repeat.
Partner 2 – Nonstop flutter
Flapjack
Partner 1 – up hill, 4 burpees, back down.  Repeat.
Partner 2 – Nonstop dolly
Flapjack

Indian run to 521 bridge. Stop for Peoples chair, hands up for 30, then press it out x 50 (not sure why multiple pax assumed we were stopping at 30 or 40 or 45)

Mosey to Premier parking deck.  Bear crawl 25 yards on the way.

Hit the Deck
Partner 1: sprint up the ramp to top of level 1, 10 knee-ups, back down to tag partner.
Partner 2: nonstop donkey kicks on wall.
Flapjack
Partner 1: sprint up the ramp to top of level 1, 10 jumps squats, back down.
Partner 2: nonstop LBCs
Flapjack
Plank it up, mission impossible.  Runstopper gives us a 10 count that seems to take about 45 seconds while noses graze the ground and shaking/seizure like activity kicks in.

Bear crawl width of parking deck, 20 squats, bear crawl back.
Crab walk width of parking deck, 20 squats, crab walk back.

Bunny hop up to 3rd floor.  (admire the lush, green golf course)
Grab some wall for 10 derkins, which is high enough to set you up at almost 90 degree angle (poor man’s Balls to the Wall)

Down the stairs, out the deck to Field Of Dreams
YHC hands over the reins to Runstopper.  Apparently, Jack Webb is back from vacation.
JW: merkins up to 10, press up to 40. #musclefailure all over the place.
So much better than my planned J. Webb ladder up to 5.

Take it back to the house.  Plank it up halfway by the Resort to regroup. Frehley calls an audible for Peter Parker merkins.

Jailbreak at north east Stonehenge across 521.

COT, Ball O’ Man, Out….

Moleskin:
We hit it hard today, good work by all.
Fireman Ed puts in strong performance after later admitting during coffeeteria confessions that he was celebrating summer solstice until 2am.  Reminder that he is single, and has no 2.0s.
As always, honored to lead the Sons of Yankeetyne.

Announcements:
Order your Area51 shirt by Sunday night.
RSVP for Pig Pickin’ (July 13th)  Invite via e-mail from Bugeater
YHC and Honey Bee starting new gear workout (Foxhole) on July 8th at Elon Park. Stay tuned for more.  If you don’t have a KB yet and plan to attend, see e-mail from Tiger Rag w/ Amazon link, tips, video, etc.

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Picnics and Pain

The holiday weekend may have tapered attendance, but not attitude and appetite.  No burgers and beers on the menu this morning, just beatdowns.  So before we fire up the grills, lets get down to that thang:

COP at North West Stonehenge
SSH x 25
Squats x 20
Mountains Climbers x 30

Sprint across Johnston to beat oncoming traffic to North East Stonehenge
Jack Webb up to 5, ladder back down to 1

Mosey to Premier parking deck, lunge walk along the way
Partner 1: sprint up incline to level 2, 10 jump squats, sprint back to level 1.
Partner 2: nonstop donkey kicks on wall until partner returns.
flapjack and repeato
(donkey kicks total #crowdpleaser, especially on 2nd set when partner was smoked and gone for what seemed like 2 minutes)

Partner 1: sprint up incline to level 2, 10 knee-ups, sprint back to level 1.
Partner 2: nonstop LBCs until partner returns.
flapjack and repeato

Peoples chair: hold for 30, hands up for 30, press it out x 20

Partner merkins: 10 with added weight of partner planking. (some confusion on format here, Q’s fault. All apologies. #Cobain  Extra credit to Ice-9 and Frehley who may have added bonus set of 10.

Bear crawl to other side of parking deck, bear crawl back.

Little baby jog to Aloft Hill
6s on the hill, burpees at the top, squats at the bottom.

Over to the Field of Dreams
5 merkins, sprint to halfway point for 5 merkins, sprint to end for 5 merkins
10 mountain climbers, high knees to halfway for 10 MCs, high knees to end for 10 MCs
10 mountain climbers, a$$kickers to halfway for 10 MCs, a$$kickers to end for 10 MCs

Jog to Dana Radar Golf School lot for Mary
Flutter x 20, 2 merkins in cadence (Ice-9 tries to EH #sadclown showing up for putting lessons. He declines, but Ice tells him to join us at Vine next week anyways)
Dolly x 20, 4 merkins in cadence (Frehley makes inappropriate innuendo mocking YHCs directives)
Rosalita x 20, 6 merkins in cadence
Russian twists x 15, 8 merkins in cadence

Jog to Loch Ness for partner relay, lunge walk across bridge on the way
Partner 1: sprint around lake to halfway point, 10 jump-ups on wall, sprint rest of lap to tag partner
Partner 2: 10 derkins, 10 dips on picnic table, repeat until partner returns. (still no burgers at picnic table = sad pax)
Flapjack

Take it home for Ball of Man

Moleskin
We covered a lot of ground today.  Strong work by all, especially in parking deck painfest.
Special Area51 welcome to metro QIC Ice-9,  great to have you at Stonehenge.
Honor & Respect to our fallen warriors on this Memorial Day weekend. #freedomisnotfree

Announcements
Check website for details on Monday’s #quadrupledown in South Park, including Patriot Festival run.
Last day to register for fall USMC Mud Run
All reminded about Monday’s limited schedule.  Report to Area51 at 7am for convergence

Enjoy the long weekend and safe travels if heading downrange for R&R.

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