Author Archive Mr. Bean

OBT Visits The Fishing Hole

Below is the official BB from OBT. A few observations on my first post in a while. Chelms never showed, Freehley’s & Fireman Ed love to gossip! Chopper just gets it done along with young & old Cooter! Commish taught me the meaning of Pop Warner Football, ok. Kirby has a dry sense of humor, and Snowflake is very quite! Jello likes Freehley’s innapropriate jokes, Cadillac was all alone this morning as CHELMS never showed. Tagalong was keeping his beady eye on me as his M is my new PT Therapist and I’m not allowed to run for 3 weeks. He’s also very neevous about the upcoming Crane Relay. Shameless plug go visit (CharlotteOneonOne Therapy). Thank you OBT for making the drive down South.

 

The Thang:

The loooong drive down Carmel Road ended in a rear parking lot at Charlotte Catholic High School, where YHC was honored to lead a workout that promises under 2 miles of running. I had no problems delivering on that promise this morning. Here’s what went down …
Mr. Bean had said this was a 45+ workout (although it was later asserted that 40 is the cutoff and one of the pax outed himself in COT as being a Hate status-holder, so who knows how the heck they do their mathematics down in A51 … ). I figured I was safe assuming that participants would tend toward the gimpy side (like YHC) and be not unfamiliar with various lower back and other problems in the “posterior chain” (again, like YHC).
So I set the phone to Tabata Timer and showed off some of the tricks I’ve been taught by PT Jessica during a recent enforced re-education of said posterior chain (aka The Sturdy Undercarriage). The Focus was very much on Form for this one.
You may know the Tabata drill by now, but if not: Pick an exercise and do that exercise for 8 intervals of 20 seconds of work plus 10 seconds of rest (4 minutes total). Repeat that with 8 different exercises and you’ve got a nice little 45-minute, full-body workout that you can do in a small space like a hotel room, on a front porch or in a parking lot (like this morning). The defined intervals are there to keep you honest when you’re working out by yourself.
The Thang:
1. Mountain Climbers (always the opener; great warmup and an aerobic smoker by the last two or three intervals)
2. Squats (form emphasis on sitting back into these and firing the glutes; option to hold the bottom of the squat for the rest period)
3. Hand-Release Merkins (form emphasis lifting with the core and keeping the core in line with the butt and chest, also lowering in a slow and controlled fashion)
4. Reverse lunges, alternating R and L with each 20-second interval (form emphasis on sitting back into the lunge — as opposed to the tendency to come forward over the knee and use the quads when doing walking lunges — and firing from the glutes to come out of it)
5. High Plank (option to go into a side plank during the rest periods; audibled to Elbow Plank for the 6th and 8th intervals)
6. Sprints (we left the parking lot for this and ran the straightaway behind the football field — success was defined as no pulled hamstrings … )
7. 4 Minutes of Mary (each interval was an audibled core exercise; we did High and Low Flutters, Hello Dollies, Rosalita, Dead Bugs, Freddie Mercury, Heels to Heaven, American Hammer/Russian Twist)
8. People’s Chair with Air Presses/Moroccan Nightclub
Finished with 10 OYO burpees.
Enjoyed seeing some old friends like Mr. Bean and Snowflake and meeting some new (to me) brothers, like the two Kooters and the very chatty Kirby. Thanks for the invitation, Mr. Bean, and happy to come back anytime my schedule allows for interstate travel …
OBT

The Murderhorn, it Sucks!

Who signed me up for two days in a row after not posting for two months, that must have been me! For that I decided to give the men of F3 a good old beatdown on the famous hill of The Murderhorn. The legend has it that Frasier held the record up the beast at 50 something seconds. Tolkien decided one lunch break without any witnesses to beat that record held by Frasier, thats easy to do with your watch hanging out the car while driving. The record is now back in its rightful owners hands, well done Frasier.

Today, no records were broken, only good old fashioned sweat!

Ye Olde:

Quick disclaimer given, Loogie bitched about his shoulder and that he needed to modify, didn’t see much of that today my old friend, good push. Mosey down to the bottom of the Horn as Nar Dog and Marlin came in hot.

10 x ssh

10 x MC

Round 1

Bottom of the horn all you got to 1st, 2nd, 3rd street pole and to the top stopping to perform 10 burpees at each, mosey back down. Alf dished out some leg and arms high while waiting of the 6

Round 2

Bottom of the horn all you got to 1st, 2nd, 3rd street pole and to the top stopping to perform 10 Merkins & LBCs at each, mosey back down.

Round 3

Partner Up, Partner 1 runs to 1st pole while partner 2 performs LBCs, flap jack. Partner 1 runs to 2nd light pole, partner 2 performs merkins, flapjack. both partners all you got to pole #3, mosey back down.

Round 4

Mosey over to rock pile, pick up something thats going to hurt. mosey back to the bottom of the horn. run with rock to light pole #1 10 overhead presses, pole #2 20 overhead presses, now Alf, Tuck, Hazard, Squid and dog were out in front, I overhead Alf doubling up on the overhead presses, Alf is a legend just go with what he suggests!

mosey with rocks back to the pile, drop off and head to the playground. 3 rounds of 10 dips, 10 derkins, and 10 pull-ups. Mosey back to the bottom of the horn of the finale!

Round 5

quick huddle (Tuck style at his famous deck brave Q) let the men know give it all you got, this is what F3 is about, push each other hard.

run as hard as you can to pole #1 back to start and then all you got to the top, for good measure throw in 10 burpees. That part absolutely sucked. Game over.

A solid group of 12 men today, Loogie and Chippy coming back from injuries really pushed themselves today, Marlin, Cheddar and Commish hung strong and were not far behind the studs of F3, Alf, Hazard, Tuck, Squid and Nar Dog, the battle from the front of the pack was solid and respectful, great push gents. Nice to see Alf support another SOB workout, Alf has come to the dark side a few times this year, lets get out of our comfort zone SOBs and support our brothers in Area 51, F3 is one!!

Thank you for the opportunity to lead, keep up the good work Site Q’s Cheddar & Commish.

Announcements:

I made the personal announcement that my wife is expecting a baby in April, we are both very excited and let the ball breaking begin!

Joe Davis Run-Janaury 7th, please sign up to support Rock Thrill and his family

The Big House-NEW SOB WORKOUT SEE DUMPSTER FIRE & CHEDDAR FOR MORE INFO, STARTING AT PINEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT

F3 South Charlotte Christmas Party

 

Return to The ring of Fire

14 Men came out on a pleasant Fall morning to take on “The Ring of Fire”. YHC has not posted for a long time as Fire Hazard likes to point out, apparently I work out in Area 51, there must be another Mr. Bean as I have been enjoying an F3 hiatus! Back to The Moleskin.

Ye Old:

Quick disclaimer given and off we go. Napster comes in hot, while we wait 10 burpees. Now off we go. Down to the Bull Ring which is the normal suck of the boys from Swift, we did see them out there this morning jogging around, things haven’t changed much in my absence I saw the regular faces bringing in the 6, Fire Hazard!

10 SSH

10 MC

The ring has 22 entrances,as each entrance with a swift sprint in between the following exercises.

Round 1 10 LBC’s x 220

Round 2 5 Merkins x110

Napster decides to run another lap so while we wait 10 more burpees.

mosey down to the bottom of Brixham Hill, partner up. Partner 1 runs to top of the hill and touches the bridge, while partner 2 runs to the top of the hill at the Y, run back down. rinse and repeat 3 times at the bottom meet your partner the following

10 hand slap merkins

10 Turkish get ups

10 LBC’S

Mosey back across the lake stopping of some Mary delivered by YHC, Nar Dog (this was amusing), Dumpster Fire & Morning After.

10 Flutters

10 American Hammers

10 Rosie-something else Nar dog made up

10 bicycles

quick sprint back to the finish. Good crew today solid workout, and a good effort from everyone. Hops, Napster and Mighty were flying around the ring, followed by Slum Lord, Cheddar, Morning After, Pulp Fiction and Bucky. Good to see Chipotle, Paper Jam and Big T out. Tuna hop the ankle isn’t to sore. Good to see Morning After & Bucky step up to become the new Site Q’s at Bagpipe, this is a premier Tuesday workout, keep it that way boys!

Great take out Hops as always.

Announcements:

Swift: Bratwurst will detail

F3 South Charlotte Christmas Party, Friday December 2nd, sign up today or Bunker and I will hound you!

Joe Davis Run early registration ends Tuesday.

Fahvre: Leading a clothes drive keep an eye out for the pre-bast

New Years Day 17k race $20 shirt, BBQ, beer, oh and a run..

NEW WORKOUT COMING SOOM TO SOB LAND, PINEVILLE AREA CALLED “THE BIG HOUSE” See Dumpster Fire for details.

 

SOUTH CHARLOTTE CHRISTMAS PARTY 2016!

F3 SOUTH CHARLOTTE CHRISTMAS PARTY, FRIDAY DECEMBER 2ND, 2016. 7PM-11.30PM

Tis the season for the South Charlotte Christmas Party. This year we will be celebrating Christmas together- Area 51, SOBs, Indian Land, and Union County.

(“This is a must attend event”!!) Mark your calendar, dust off the dance shoes, buy the M a new dress, or just come see Tolkien dance the macarana!  Who doesn’t want to see Tiger Rag do the worm across the dance floor?! or maybe Hops will bring back the F3 Christmas poem. Hopefully Pop Tart doesn’t wear a creepy 80’s band outfit! or we finally get to see what Haggis wears under that kilt!

The night will include a DJ, great food, prizes, and awards. 

As most of you know F3 Olive’s daughter died suddenly about 6 months ago. He is from Isotope. Operation Sweet Tooth is a non-profit organization created to honor her memory by bringing joy to other kids. This year, the F3 South Charlotte Christmas Party will push a drive for donations of toys for Operation Sweet Tooth to benefit Alexander Youth Network.  Specific details to follow regarding what to donate.  Your Q’s for this are Hairball A/51 & Dumpster Fire SOBs.

No need to drive- Uber will take you out to SOB land!

The Details:
Venue: Firethorn Country Club, 1108 Firethorn Club Drive, Marvin, NC 28173
Date: Friday December 2nd, 2016
Time: 7.00pm-11.30pm
COST: $45.00 Per Person to include, food, venue, prizes and DJ

CASH BAR.



Mr. Bean, Mario, Mermaid, Champagne, & General

Mr. Bean’s 2YR F3 Anniversary Q Backblast… an SOB must read!

Summary

116 men, which consisted of almost all of SOB / Indian Land (less Pebbles of course) and a few from Area51, converged upon Stonehenge Saturday for Mr. Bean’s 2yr Anniversary of joining F3 Nation. It was a sight to be seen, a workout like none other in the history of F3 that ALMOST didn’t happen.

Earlier in the week, Mr. Bean’s tyrant boss Haggis requested Mr. Bean go to work Saturday at a trade show for ‘The Stone Man’ in Kickapoo, Kansas (real city) as the company expands its outdoor living from outdoor patios to stone-chipped port-a-potty’s. Bean rightfully complained about getting such a crappy mission so far away, and convinced Haggis that his company’s marketing dollars would be better well spent at a different trade show in the city of Intercourse, Pennsylvania (real city) where he could take the redeye directly into… quickly. Haggis agreed, withholding the information from Bean that he himself did not pick that trade show because the population demographic there was nearly 100% men, but told Mr. Bean that he needed to get there at noon Saturday, leaving Bean little time to lead Stonehenge, get to the airport, and be at the trade-show. Mr. Bean decided to save some precious time by wearing his Stone Man uniform, the Scottish Kilt (#nounderwear) to his Stonehenge Q. Haggis felt that it would be great solidarity and marketing to also wear his kilt to the workout, so he obliged as well. Here is what went down:

The Thang & Moleskin:

6:02am…. Where is Mr. Bean? PAX are standing around looking at each other for who is going to substi-Q. Finally, Bean speeds into the parking lot, slams on the brakes, and sprints full-speed to the PAX, kilt flying in the wind and baring both hairy cheeks #notfacialhair. After a quick disclaimer, of not being a professional, and to exercise at your own risk, the PAX was off.

5 exercise rotations:
PICKING DAISIES: Walk to an open field, one person finds a daisy in the field, squats down, plucks it out of the ground, and puts it in a vase. So nice, each PAX making flower pots for their M’s on Mothers’ Day…. Cheddar was heard saying, “flowers? My M prefers a cheese log for Mother’s Day… FROM PEPPERIDGE FARMS!” The rest of the PAX went with the flow since they did not remember anything for their M’s.
CAKE POP CURLS: no you won’t find it in the Lexicon, these were literally cake-pop curls… Mr. Bean had bought hundreds of these from Costco, which they were on sale, for being a week old. PAX were to have arms fully extended, curl a cake pop to your mouth, and eat it… AMRAP. Mario, being the college kid, ate as many cake pops as possible so he wouldn’t need to pay for any more meals for the day #metabolism. Mighty Mite threw a bunch of them in his backpack, and decided to increase the weight on his ruck to 150lbs.
ROSALITA: yes, this is in the Lexicon, but thank goodness there aren’t any pictures of the exercise. Paired in the same group, both Bean and Haggis had their legs exceptionally high during the exercise, with their kilts riding up to the waistline. YUCK! Think you would have to rename it, Ballz to the Sky after that. Several PAX in the group spilled merlot at the sight, with the exception of Freyley’s who was too busy clearing out PAX from a certain smell, and like a cool customer, just covered his eyes with his signature sweat towel.
MACARENA: whuttt? Bean literally pulled out his phone and a Bluetooth audio speaker, and started playing the Macarena song, to which the PAX were supposed to dance the same way in cadence (touch L opp-shoulder, touch R opp-shoulder, touch L hip, touch R hip, L hand behind head, R hand behind head). Mic-check grabbed a twig, pretended it was a microphone, and started beat-boxing…. Speaking of boxing, Wild Turkey decided to modify the exercise and shadow-box on the side. Loogie saw WT looking for a fight, and went to grab some kettlebells to throw at someone. That confused Voodoo and Argonaut, who also went to their cars to get kettlebells, thinking it was Foxhole. In the pandemonium, Bratwurst and Frasier just stopped dancing and ran home as fast as possible at SWIFT interval speed. Commish needed to step in and break up the raucous, and threatened to fine everyone, for which he has booed incessantly like Roger Goddell.
PARTNER CARRIES: point blank, no one would partner with Bean or Haggis in their kilts #notummysticksgame . OneNiner and Ringer complained because they had to carry Pebbles AGAIN like they had to carry him during all 5+ miles of the mud run! Madame Tousseau would have carried Outback, Hard Hat, and Philmont … IF he was there #FAIL.

Relay Races:

PAX were to run to the top of the Premier Deck from the new YMCA, which is up Bagpipe Hill and back, until completion by all PAX
– Once order was restored, it got crazy again…. Tuck ordered a UBER to take his team to the top and back, but the Uber driver wouldn’t pick him up because he didn’t have 12 car-seats for all of Tucks 2.0s.
Market Timer called in a favor from The Uptown Cabaret to have their courtesy shuttle take his team to the top of the deck, at a very slow pace, given that there was still a party going on in there.
Paper Jam looked at all the pandemonium, and took Big Tuna to go cut pasta for his Ziti party, rather than take part in these shenanigans.
Champagne was having none of this mess, ran to the top of the premier deck, and tried to deadlift several cars parked on the lower level. No wonder we get kicked out all the time.
Fireman Ed’s and Fire Hazard both did Fireman’s Carry up the hill, although it looked like Fireman Ed was doing all the carrying #cankle . Fire Hazard offered to let Fireman Ed ride on the handlebars of his bike, but before Fireman Ed could hop on, Bean cut in line and hopped on the handlebars… facing Fire Hazard. DOH!
– Only Gumbo stuck to the plan and headed up the bagpipe hill to the deck, per the called exercise, and beasted the workout… because of 116 men, he was the only one who completed the exercise. He was driving a handi-van though since he was on the IR… get well brother.
JRR Tolkien ran to the top of the premier deck, and stayed there… going up and down, rather than running back to the Y, confused it was not the Muthaship. Later, JRR Tolkien explained he was looking for Pebbles who he thought might have gotten lost as the 6, but Pebbles was actually not there, having, in his own words, “Fled the Carolinas to avoid the Black Diamond workout”.

More Moleskin:

What was going on today?!?! It was a crazy day… and that wasn’t even all of it. Bevo ripped off his shirt, and flat out looked like Duane “The Rock” Johnson with his Brahma bull tattoo.. until he thought it was a Richard Simmons workout,  and screamed “I’m a pony!” at the top of his lungs. Strange Brew tried to do the same, but that dripping wet white t-shirt got stuck on the top of his head, and he needed Lex Luthor to use his superhero powers to rip it off. Stumpy was trying to sell every PAX a suit from Belk, and JRR Tolkien was just giving suits away to Wild Turkey who was so excited he did 100 chinooks. Pebbles was tapering for another race that was occurring in 7 weeks and wasn’t there. JRR Tolkien was praised by all the PAX all workout long, when they called him a S.O.B. for an hour (different meaning) #lovethePanda. Honey Bee had the runs… no, not running… “the runs” and had to stop at every business establishment for a #2 deposit. Bunker brought his shaving cream and tried to Q-jack the workout into getting more PAX to go bald like the rest of the bolo-head crew (Market Timer, Honey Bee, Outback)… they settled on holding Wingman down to shave off that feces filled beard of his (it’s true, there’s research on big beards). Haggis set the new Strava record for fastest segment up Bagpipe Hill, in a kilt. And Mr. Bean, well, he would have made the Queen proud today with his Q, and maybe the Prince, but we’ll never know #sorrydead.

COT: Mr. Bean graciously thanked all of F3 Nation for having formed such valuable relationships over the past two years, and encouraged the rest of the PAX to keep up their fitness. All the PAX agree that Mr. Bean has been a staple of F3 SOB, and a real brother. Part of the reason JRR Tolkien even comes to SOB workouts living clearly in A51, working in MECA, and driving through METRO is from guys like you all and Mr. Bean. Let’s keep this good thing we have going fellas, and lets grow it to other sadclowns. As an aside, earlier in the week, Bean committed himself, now healthy, to becoming a top tier 40+ yr old again, and JRR Tolkien and all of us should be holding Bean to that in 2016!

***Oh, and Mr. Bean, we are still all waiting for your Stonehenge Backblast from this past Saturday. get on it.***

SYITG ~J.R.R. Tolkien

Announcements:
– Ragnar Race… you have until end of day Saturday 5/14 to tell JRR Tolkien HC or Maybe or find your own team to run on. See A51 newsletter.
– Mr. Bean has next Black Diamond Workout, as he takes the reigns from Bratwurst….. date TBD
– F3HotTubs HyBROTherapy… talk to JRR Tolkien

SOB’s Family Hike & Picnic-Lake Hagler Ann Springs Greenway 12-2pm

All PAX are welcome to join for a great 2nd F opportunity to include the M’s & 2.0. Bring the family for   a hike (DISTANCE OF YOUR CHOICE) and picnic. We shall converge at Noon, hike for an hour and then enjoy some quality 2nd F time. There is a $5.00 per adult charge to get into Ann Springs Greenway. See below attachment for directions.

***SHOVEL FLAGS ARE NEEDED, PLEASE BRING ONE.***

Time: 12-2pm

Location: www.ascgreenway.org

Fee: $5.00 per Adult

What to Bring: Hiking gear, picnic, soccer ball, football, shovel flags

 

 

 

Hooray it’s a Block Party

Tweet went out for a block party and Fire Hazard obliged with a few extra blocks, glad that he did as we had a good showing down in Union County this morning. Disclaimer given, grab a block and off we go.

COT

20 IC MC

10 IC Merkins

20 IC IW

20 IC LBC

THE THANG:

Round 1: Partner up, Partner #1 runs with block 100 yards and back while partner #2 performs Merkins, total Merkin count per team 125

Round 2: Partner up, Partner #1 runs with block 100 yards and performs 10 merkins, runs back while partner #2 performs LBC’s, switch, total LBC count per team 200

Round 3: Partner up, Partner #1 runs 100 yards and performs 20 merkins while partner #2 performs Burpees, switch total Burpee count 75 per team.

Round 4: Partner up for relay sprints x 3 per partner. Partner #1 runs 100 yards no block 10 Merkins and runs back while partner #2 sits in Peoples Chair position holding block out straight.

Round 5: Partner up for relay sprints x2 per partner. Partner #1 runs 100 yards no block 10 Burpees and returns while partner #2 performs LBC legs above blocks.

Circle up for some light stretching, 25 LBC’s and that’s a block party. There must be a Mud Run coming soon there seemed to be a lot of Banter between two mud run teams this morning, roll on October I suppose. There were a few strange looks from the regular Dromedary crowd this morning at the sight of blocks but everyone got into the spirit of the morning. Great work from heartbreaker, Tuna, Enron and Silicon. Strawberry was pushing YHC on more than one occasion and everyone else just got after it. Welcome site FNG Linus who lives closer than anyone, good to see you out Brother keep up the good work. Bratwurst was very quite this morning after Swift yesterday, thanks for letting me lead. Thanks to my SOB brothers for showing support or was it the Merkin festival that Haggis had on tap at The Maul that you wanted to miss!!

Nice take out from Big Tuna, prayers for a good friend of his who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Makes you realize how precious life is and that we should enjoy and live each day to the fullest.

Announcements:

Mud Run October 24th

See Nutter Butter for a men’s retreat in Fort Mill October 23-24

 

Stay Off The Soccer Field, NO!!!!

Seems Wingman’s calendar seems to be incorrect, I say we go back to the old days of telling someone they are on Q next week, this Google malarkey just isn’t working.  Pop had other commitments so YHC and Lex Luther decided to Co Q. There was a 4 mile pre run that was supposed to be fellowship pace but ended up a sub 8 minute mile (Slim Fast, Frazier, Mr. Bean & Outback). After enduring the usual abuse for being on the IR and spending sometime in Mexico it was time to go, no newbies so no disclaimer given and off we go for a joint Q, YHC was up first. Outback and I discussed the idea of just running for 30 minutes to get under Freehley’s skin which seems rather easy to do, but cooler heads prevailed, I think!!

I have noticed over the past few weeks a new fashion sense to Ballantyne AO’s as we know Metro goes Metro, Strange Brew, well he goes Strange Brew and now it seems we have the “HEADBAND” sported today by the Chairman of this group Fire Hazard and now Outback and Fireman Eddy, FH swears by them and he’s a beast so I’m buying mine this weekend.

THE THANG: Mr. Bean

Quick Mosey down Ballantyne Commons to the soccer filed at Premier, stopping along the way for the following: YHC has not been to a workout in 10 days and somehow forgot how to count, give instructions, a total mess until we got to the soccer field and then it was like riding a bike again.

15 IC Merkins

15 IC MC

15 IC Merkins

15 IC MC

Arrive at soccer fields to the groans of old man Freehley “C’mon Bean we cant use the fields we will be kicked out” Read the sign Sir it states “No Unauthorized Soccer” we weren’t playing soccer!!

Line up and proceed with a Merkin Ladder 10 down to 0 with sprints across the field in between. Very strong showing from Swiss Miss, FH, Mic Check and that 23 year old kid Mario (not fair)..

5 Burpees sprint across field hold plank for the 6, 10 Wide Arm Merkins.

5 Burpees sprint across field hold plan 5 Burpees

30 Second Count People’s Chair arms out straight, 5 Burpees sprint across field

Repeat count assisted by Mic Check

10 Wide Arm Merkins IC sprint across field, hold plank for the 6. 15 Flutter IC, sprint across field

10 Wide Arm Merkins IC Sprint across filed hold plank for the 6, 15 Flutter IC. 10 Count from Gumbo and hand off to Lex Luther.

Lex Luther:

Indian Run from Premier all the way to Snyder Lance Parking Lot ( That is A HIKE).

Count off in teams of 4 for wall climbs, each partner climbs the wall 10 times.

Lap of Snyder parking lot in your team arrive back and perform Lunge Splits

Lap of Snyder parking lot in your team this time its a race all members of team must finish last place performs 18 LS, 16LS for 4th 12 for 3rd 8 for 2nd

Mosey across bridge to Loch Ness for Wheel Barrow/Partner Carries 50 yards and repeat.

Mosey to Bissell wall for a new one to me Burpees with a wall jump 5 on each side of the wall.

Mosey to Dolphin Hill (Very Steep) in teams up and down 5 times, some of the PAX decided to run a lap of Nessie or perform random exercises.

Mosey to Bissell #2 20 Incline Dry Docks off the wall, rinse and repeat.

10 Jump Wall Burpees, mosey back to the AO for a very quick LBC count, nobody could keep up with Lex he lost us all!!

Moleskin: Great to be back out with the PAX the banter as normal at Stonehenge was brutal but designed to push each member of the PAX.  Nice Co Q Lex you really brought the pain and a very new exercise, MC, FH & SM were flying thru that. Good showing from everyone it was a solid group. Miles covered just over 3.2.

Announcements:

Puppy Love is not doing the Mud Run and WILL NEVER do the Mud Run, way to go brother!!

Chippy somewhat promoted Fight Club but doesn’t really want a lot of guys there, ok!!

Mud Run is around the corner, sign up please.

Nice take out from Chipotle. And Loogie seemed to upset the folks at Einstein’s for ordering the Walnut Cream Cheese, you had to be there….

 

 

 

 

Dromedary Is Ready For English Football Drills!! And A Quick Name Change For FNG (Bartman now Silicone!!

YHC likes to run the 1.35 miles over the Dromedary on a Wednesday to get some extra miles in for the BRR. On the way over the weinke kicked in, it’s HS football week let’s get some old school (English Football) drills in. Running into the parking lot I am greeted by site Q Bratwurt who then decided to take off on one of his 5 minute miles pre-runs, strange! Next to him is Stump Hugger, now those that don’t know Stumpy he seems to have the worst injury/luck history of any other PAX member. First he is SH because he fell over a stump, 2nd, he Q’s a running workout falls badly cutting open both knees and then proceeds to get a serious infection that takes 3 weeks to heal. On the his way out to lunch last week he shuts his finger in an elevator trying to hold the door for a colleague, shows up Saturday for Stonehenge gets a flat and then has Mr. F3 Olympics (Haggis) break off two stems with his bare hands much to the surprise of the service tech at Woodies!! Bean decides to stay 10 feet from Stumpy for obvious reasons! Brat still not back at 5.30am disclaimer given to new guy and off we go.

COP (In Cadence)

SSH x 50

LSS X 20

MC X 20

IW X 20

The Thang

Mosey over to the middle school entrance for some grunt work.

Round 1: 10 Dips, 10 Derkins, 20 Step Ups

Round 2: 20 Dips, 20 Derkins, 40 Step Ups, Hold plank for the 6. Stumpy seemed to be enjoying the workout so much the mumble chatter was offensive so I decided to head for the main event early, he quickly quietened down!

Mosey over the far Football field assisted by Bratwurst, note scope out the AO in the dark in future, daylight is confusing.

Merkin Ladder in Cadence starting at 10, sprint across Football field 50 yards Cadence count at 9, you get the picture all way down to 0, once at 0 sprint back across and because this is F3 we don’t end on 0 we go back up to 10.

Burpee Fest: 5 OYO sprint across Football field plank for the 6. Repeat 6 times.

Mary Sprints: Flutter Cadence count to 20 sprint across field, Dolly cadence count 20 sprint across field. Peoples Chair. hold for 20 seconds arms out straight sprint across field. PC hold for 30 seconds sprint across field.

Four Corner Pain Stations:

Split into two teams starting at the 50 yard line each team goes in the opposite direction at each corner of the field 10 Merkins, you cannot start merkins until all members of the team hit the corners, this encourages the 6 to keep up. total 40. was a close race on the 1st round.

Repeat this time Carolina Dry Docks at each corner, team 32 pipped us by a few seconds. quick 10 count and then both teams converge to hit the corners as a group, Merkins, LBC’s Burpees and Dry Docks. Oops its 6.12am and we need to hike it back to the AO. Grease Monkey hits the John and Bratwurst steers the group home for some Mary.

Solid effort from everybody today FNG (Bartman now Silicone it’s a Union County Thing) fits in nicely, welcome brother keep coming out. Strawberry and Heartbreaker tried to show YHC it’s game on for the Mudrun strong work boy’s really solid effort. Dasher, BN and Bratwurst showed off their usual form, solid. A very solid effort from Grease Monkey and especially Stump Hugger, I tend to give him a hard time with the bad run of luck he has had recently but he stayed with the workout today and proved he has the willpower to get better, solid effort brother. This is a great AO with a good group of guys. give it a try it doesn’t disappoint, thank you for the opportunity to lead.

Announcements:

Southern Discomfort Saturday lot’s of options get after it.

Gladiator Games, Indian Land August 8th.

BRR Training Weekend 7-8 August keep an eye out for an email from Madame or YHC.

Nice take out from Stump Hugger, peace!

 

 

 

Elite v Varsity at Bagpipe

Mic Check the ultimate SOB Q took the varsity group while Mr. Bean was handed the Elite squad, you decide who had it tougher, according to Mermaid the Elite squad clocked 2.77 miles today with (225 Merkins), Varsity (165 Merkins).

 

Team 1 = The Varsity Squad (Mic Check)

  • 25 SSH
  • 20 IWS
  • 15 MERKINS
  • 20 MTNS
  • Run down to the bottom of the parking lot and back
  • 15 WIDE ARM
  • 10 6 count BURPEES
  • Run down to the bottom of the parking lot and back
  • 10 DIAMONDS
  • 10 5 count BURPEES
  • Run down to the bottom of the parking lot and back

Mosey down the stairs, back up three times, then over to the base of the hill by the pond.

  • Team 1 Run the hill until team 2 returns
  • Team 2 Run around the pond
  • 20 hand slap merkins
  • Flapjack
  • Team 1 backwards run up the hill until team 2 returns
  • Team 2 Run around the pond
  • 20 hand slap merkins with a partner
  • Flapjack
  • Everyone up the hill shuffle left
  • Everyone back up the hill shuffle right
  • 10 BURPEES OYO at the base
  • 5 BURPEES OYO at the top
  • 10 BURPEES OYO back down at the base

Mosey on home

Team 2 = The Elite Squad (Mr. Bean)

  • 50 SSH
  • 20 IWS
  • 15 MERKINS
  • 20 MTNS
  • Run over to parking deck #1 (Ballantyne Village) lower level
  • 5 BURPEES OYO
  • Run up to level 1 5 BURPEES OYO
  • Run up to level 2 5 BURPEES OYO
  • Run up to level 3 5 BURPEES OYO
  • Run up to top level 4 5 BURPEES OYO (20 Merkins)
  • At the top of level 4 the following
  • 20 Donkey Kicks sprint to top of deck 10 Merkins, jog back down wait for the 6
  • 30 Donkey Kicks sprint to top of deck 20 Merkins jog down plank for the 6
  • 10 Count Cadence Merkins x3 (30)

Jog to top of the deck for the following suicides of pain, there are 12 concrete piers 15 feet apart.

  • Run out to 1st pier 5 Merkins, run back rinse and repeat 12 times Total (60 Merkins)
  • Run out to 1st pier 5 flutters per leg, got up to a total of (100)
  • Run back and BURPEES OYO until the 6 return.
  • Jog down to level 4 partner up for resistance push up to top of deck, switch half way up, run back down.
  • Suicide sprints out to piers and back (x6)
  • run down to level 3 10 Cadence Merkins (10)
  • Run down to level 2 partner up 20 hand Slap Merkins (20)
  • Run down to Level 1 partner up 30 Hand slap Merkins (30)
  • Run back to AO we still have 5 minutes much the dismay of Mighty Mite who likes to remind me of my previous 1hr 10 minute Q.
  • 10 Cadence Merkins (Mr. Bean)
  • 10 Cadence Merkins (Hops)
  • 10 Cadence Merkins (Dear Abby)
  • Jog home

(Mic Check) Strong work today by Cane, Bucky, Soft Pretzel and Fire Hazard.  Vineyard and JR pushed themselves hard to keep up with an intense workout.  Proud of them.

(Mr. Bean) Strong work today by Mermaid as usual, Abacus, Mighty, Rump Roast, Hops, Morning After, everyone really went after it today good to see Paper Jam getting stronger, keep it up brother the hard work is showing. Welcome FNG Matt Rushing (Ankle Biter), always a pleasure to lead.

Announcements:

Saturday July 25th OBT & Dredd on Q at Stonehenge 6am The Vine (Come and support)

Southern Discomfort Saturday August 1st 14, 10 and 6 miles options

Gladiator Games Indian Land (See Pebbles for Details)

Nice take out from Mic Check a pleasure to lead with you brother.