12 of Area 51’s strongest and fastest and Sundancer (#obligatorySundancerinsult) posted at Old Providence Elementary this morning for a little workout we like to call SOFAWIB.
The Thang: Per the preblast here. Thanks to Semi-Gloss for the takeout.
Moleskine:
YHC had considered bringing out the kettlebells this morning, but Loogie put a four corners smack down on me at Foxhole yesterday, so the idea of swinging a bell was not appealing. Instead, YHC decided to bring back this beauty. I can’t speak for the rest of the pax, but YHC struggled through it. I was dreading the closing mile while running the opening mile, which is never a good sign.
Despite the preblast, which included old school sit-ups with partner planks, Kirk decided to show up in his infamous tights/no shorts outfit made famous in a previous SOFAWIB backblast. I think Cheese Curd is still in the shower, trying to wash that image out of his eyes. #thecryinggame
The VT this morning goes to Swiper and One Eye (of course), although there were many teams moving at a strong pace, particularly the aforementioned Cheese Curd/Kirk combo. YHC was Brushback’s partner, slowing him down and making sure he didn’t burn through any muscle tissue by running too fast. #fleshanchor
Semi-Gloss and Geraldo were neck and neck with us. Semi managed to pass me on the closing mile despite the fact that he was carrying what sounded like approximately $3.20 in nickels and dimes for use in the OP vending machine for his post-workout snack. #exactchange
Sound off below with any additional observations, constructive criticism (to be ignored), mumblechatter, etc.
Thanks to Sundancer and Kirk for giving YHC the opportunity to lead today and for spearheading the launch of a great workout. Week after week, it offers a solid beatdown with a great group of regulars (and some irregulars) that aren’t afraid to bring the mumblechatter. Strong 1st and 2nd F.
Announcements:
YHC is back in town and eager to lead SOFAWIB in the morning. We’ll be running a workout YHC devised (plagiarized) in early December. Hopefully we’ve all forgotten how bad it was.
Partner up based on speed and size.
Run the Summerlin mile: Right on Rea out of the parking lot, then take the first left on to Summerlin Place. Make a right on Windyrush Road and continue on to Chadwyck Farms Drive. When you hit Rea, make another right to head back to the parking lot.
At the baby track by the starting lot:
At the buddy bench playground
At the concession stand
Head back to the baby track to start over.
Repeato until 6:06 and then repeat the opening mile.
6 men descended on Old Providence Elementary for our weekly you vs. you workout called SOFAWIB. Kirk joined us a little late to bring us to a lucky #7. Bel-Air claims YHC rolled in at 5:28, but I’m pretty sure the clock said 5:26. #plentyoftime
The Thang was as advertised here.
Everyone completed between 4.5 (YHC) and 5.5 (McGee) rounds. That equates to 100-120 dips/step ups/derkins and 80-100 rock OH presses/rock squats/rock bench presses. Mileage should range from 3.7 miles up to whatever McGee ran.
Thanks to Kirk for the take out in COT.
Moleskine:
This was a straight up rip off of a WIB workout YHC saw (and admired) from a few weeks ago. YHC thought it might be a fun way to start the morning. YHC was wrong, it was brutal. Sundancer had the right idea by snuggling in his warm #fartsack instead of posting.
There were 6 Larry Birds out there this morning. For you non-math majors out there, that means YHC was the six all morning. Thankfully, I’m used to leading from the rear. #iamseventh
The reviews of the new mile route seemed mostly positive, aside from Cheese Curd, who complained about a hill, but Strava says the elevation gain for the whole workout was only 75 ft. McGee told him to post with F3 Atlanta if he wanted some hills. YHC will not be posting in Atlanta.
The multiple crossings of Rea Road gave this workout its name. YHC could swear there were twice as many cars out there this morning than he’s ever seen before.
That’s all YHC has to offer. It’s nap time. Sound off below with any additional comments. Thanks to Kirk and Sundancer for the opportunity to Q. Sundancer, I’m starting to take your fartsacking of my workouts personally.
Tomorrow is Mardi Gras day in YHC’s hometown of New Orleans. Unfortunately, I will be going to work instead of eating king cake and red beans and drinking beer, so I might as well Q the hardest workout in Area 51 on a Tuesday on Rea Road.
We’re going to try a different route for the warm up tomorrow. Make the usual right on Rea out of the parking lot, then take the first left on to Summerlin Place. Make a right on Windyrush Road and continue on to Chadwyck Farms Drive. When you hit Rea, make another right to head back to the parking lot. That should be approximately 1 mile.
The main thang will be a you vs. you workout.
Buddy bench playground:
Across the church at Wesley UMC:
Repeat as many times as possible until the Q calls time and repeat the opening mile (or the HT mile if the new mile sucks).
3 heavy metal phoenixes rose from the ashes of the fartsack this morning to cleanse themselves of the disappointing Super Bowl outcome and take out their frustrations on their kettlebells.
No disclaimer given since there were 3 of us and we all know none of us are professionals.
COP
The Thang
100 swings
The original plan was for the PAX to carry their bells down to the soccer field for some of High Tide’s infamous Turkish Snatches. However, after discussing our various ailments (primarily of the shoulder variety), YHC made an executive decision to stay where we were for some ladders.
Round 1:
Round 2:
Round 3:
Round 4:
Round 5:
Round 6:
Mary
10x flutter presses IC
10x dying cockroach/KB pullovers IC
20x LBC without bell
10x Russian Twist with KB
Done
COT – Thanks to Frehley’s for taking us out.
Moleskine
After imbibing a few too many large NODA Cavus last night and getting to bed after midnight, YHC would not have been disappointed to take a 45 minute nap this morning “waiting” for the PAX to show up. Fortunately, Frehley’s Comet and Loogie were waiting for YHC and kept him honest this morning. After some quick jokes about heading to the diner for coffee and donuts, we got down to business.
This was the first workout since Foxhole was moved to Wednesday, then moved back to Monday. Hence, the title of Rebirth. Today also happens to be Lundi Gras, when the kings of Rex and Zulu meet on the river in New Orleans in anticipation of both their rides on Fat Tuesday tomorrow. And Rebirth is the name of a great brass band in New Orleans, so YHC figured he’d tie that in as well.
Speaking of the rebirth of Foxhole, YHC would like to welcome Loogie and Frehley’s Comet as co-site Qs. Both Loogie and Frehley’s have been regulars at Foxhole for a while. Rather than have to choose between Foxhole and the Maul every Wednesday, they preferred to keep a gear workout on Mondays. Thanks to Chanel for his leadership over the last year at Foxhole. It was great to work with you and I look forward to seeing you out there.
14 of F3’s finest (including an FNG EH’d by Huddle) congregated at PDS in the borderlands between Area 51 and Metro. Some came for the 2nd F, some came for the weather (which was beautiful BTW), all came to work hard.
Jog down to midfield for COP:
Head to the wall under the bleachers for People’s Chair. PAX were told to partner up by size and speed and remember their partner throughout the workout. Big Top said he was big and slow, so he got to partner with the Q. Plank work was sprinkled in below for the early finishers.
Catch Me If You Can for 3 rounds around the (heated) track:
People’s Chair to regroup.
Head around the wall and up to the bottom of the bleachers for circuit work:
Repeato, but replace SMCs with Mountain Climbers and bench squats with bench dips because the Q’s legs weren’t working properly
Back down to the football field, line up along the near end zone, facing midfield. The following is approximate since YHC was winging it a bit. These are the right exercises, but the order might be off a bit. The distances are right though:
Head over to the corner of the track for 4 corners (this was meant to be a Dirty MacDeuce, but we didn’t have time for full laps between exercises):
Head back to the wall beneath the bleachers for People’s Chair with 25 air presses in cadence and 2 10 counts from Baracus and Snowflake.
Run back to launch lot (not “lunch lot”) for 60 seconds of Prairie Fire Mary – 10 x for each partner
Done.
Thanks to Tesla for the takeout in COT.
Announcements:
Moleskine:
YHC was scheduled to Q last week, but after an early week trip to San Francisco, the old iPad clock remained on Pacific time that morning. After apologizing profusely to Baracus, he kindly allowed me to take his Q this week to try to redeem myself. Hopefully the PAX felt it was worth the wait.
YHC loves Qing at this AO because of the options it provides with a comfortable football field, a (heated) track and bleachers. All of them were used today. Everyone was pushing hard out there, with a number of Larry Birds. Thankfully, it was dark and YHC couldn’t see them so they didn’t hurt his feelings.
Welcome to Old MacDonald, who grew up on a farm and had a very long and detailed life story, most of which YHC missed because he was still breathing heavily. Tesla immediately named him appropriately and then the PAX lined up to submit orders for hogs to be smoked. Aside: Van Pelt, you might want to look this guy up, you could probably do amazing things together. #powercouple OM worked hard the entire time, splashing merlot at one point, but continuing to push. I hope to see you out there again.
Thank you to Baracus for the honor to lead this morning. Please sound off with anything else YHC missed above.
18 of Area 51’s finest escaped the fartsack for a run around the CCHS environs this morning.
The Thang:
Run to the shopping center at Carmel and 51 and circle up for COP:
Shopping center circuit:
Run along 51 to the picnic tables outside of the CCHS cafeteria for some partner work:
Run to Tartarus for the Moving Triple Nickel. The PAX count off in groups of 3. Group 1 heads to the leftmost staircase, Group 2 heads to the middle staircase and Group 3 to the rightmost staircase. Do 5 burpees, run up the stairs to the top and do 5 jump squats. Groups 2 and 3 run across the top of the deck to the Group 1 and 2 staircases, then descend. Group 1 runs down its staircase and shifts over to the base of the Group 3 staircase. Each group performs 5 burpees, ascends the stairs and does 5 jump squats, shift stairs and down. Repeat for 5 total circuits.
Almost time, so mosey back to the launch point for some Mary:
Moleskine:
YHC tried to come up with something a little different with the “Moving Triple Nickel.” The idea was to keep the PAX moving and keep the stairs clear so there weren’t any head-on collisions. Unfortunately, with the combination of Q adrenaline and being out of breath, YHC didn’t do a very good job of explaining. Next time, I’ll take Chelms’ sage advice and plank everyone up for the instructions. #cobains #HarderThanTheIronLotus
YHC tried to avoid his mistake from Rebel Yell and use his iPhone to record the names of the PAX. Unfortunately, there was a user error and the names didn’t record. I got 16 names (one better than yesterday!), but am missing one. Sound off in the comments and I’ll update. #cobainsagain [Added Gerber above. Thanks, Chelms, for the reminder!]
YHC has been posting off and on at Centurion for a while now, but this was my first Q. Hopefully, it won’t be my last! Thanks to Chelms and Margo for the opportunity to lead this morning. And thanks to the PAX for the patience with my attempt at some originality.
Welcome to Bolt, visiting us from Davis Lake. He went to college with Utah and decided to check out what we had to offer. He was pushing hard the whole time. I hope to see you back out there soon!
Announcements:
YHC rolled in early (5:26) to lead the merciless, unrelenting beatdown of 16 unsuspecting PAX (plus YHC, who was suspecting).
The Thang:
After a quick disclaimer (YHC is definitely not a professional, modify as needed), we were off. Things started with a long jog/run to the parking lot in front of Firebirds and Cantina 1511 (IMHO, not the same since the founders sold out, I’d recommend their new place, Paco’s Tacos and Tequila in SP). The Q enjoyed the “I thought you were a kettlebell guy” comments from the PAX during the relatively long run.
Circle up for the warm up COP:
Head over to the low wall around the fountain between D&D and Chipotle (the restaurant, not the F3 man). Grab some wall for the following:
Run back to the parking lot in front of the movie theater for 3 man grinders:
Run over to the theater wall near the launch point for a quick B2W/Peoples’ Chair set:
Mosey to the base of that monster hill for a triple nickel:
Still some time left, so let’s do some more grinders (same teams):
On your belly for an out and back AYG to the next light post. On your belly for another AYG to the light post. On your belly for a final AYG to the start point. I think Bucky won all of those, so he was apparently sandbagging the rest of the workout.
Seven Minutes of Mary:
Done
COT: Thanks to Big Tuna for the takeout
Moleskine:
For those of you not fully conversant in Voodoo lore, “gris gris” has two meanings. #classisinsession The original is an amulet to ward off evil (this is the definition referred to in the tweet). The more common (at least to Cajuns) meaning is black magic used against an enemy. I hope everyone enjoyed the gris gris (second meaning) this morning.
According to my trusty Garmin, we got about 2 miles and hit the legs pretty hard. YHC has had some tough workouts at this site and hope he was able to deliver sufficient pain for the PAX. If not, please see Heartbreaker and/or Strawberry for a refund. I’m pretty sure it will be paid in pavers from Strawberry’s truck, so be careful what you wish for.
This was YHC’s first Q of 2016 and it was an honor to lead a strong group of (mostly) wily veterans. Thank you to Strawberry and Heartbreaker for the opportunity. Keep up the good work at a great site. Also, thank you to the PAX for posting in the chilly temps.
YHC didn’t want to interrupt the flow of the namorama and didn’t get his phone out of the car. As a result, he missed one member of the PAX in the list up top. Sound off in the comments and get the credit you so richly deserve. [Added Wild Turkey above. Sorry to have left you off originally!] I have only posted to Rebel Yell once before, so it was good to see some new faces. I hope to see more of you in 2016.
Announcements:
7 studly dudes and Kirk (see below) met up at Old Providence Elementary School for this week’s installment of SOFAWIB. It was a brisk morning, but nothing this group of regulars couldn’t handle.
The Thang was pretty much exactly what YHC described in the pre-blast here.
All groups got through at least 3.3 laps and the leaders (Swiper and Kirk) completed 4.3 for a total of:
Thanks to Kirk for taking us out in COT and reminding us of the things we may be taking for granted.
Moleskine:
YHC had to rename this workout between the pre-blast and this morning after Kirk showed up wearing tights with no shorts. #nuffsaid #jigglyballs We kid because we love you, Kirk. Really.
Here are my thoughts on this morning’s activities:
Announcements:
After slacking on Tuesday morning’s hardest workout in Area 51 on Rea Road for the past two weeks, YHC is making his triumphant return as Q. We’re going to keep it simple and try to stay in the relatively well-lit parts of the AO.
Partner up based on speed and leg density (for the dumbocrats). Run to HT and back.
At the baby track:
At the playground:
At the concession stand:
Head back to baby track to start over.
Repeato until 6:06 and repeat the mile to HT.