Upate: Weigh in will be next Wenesday 1-29 at Skunkworks. If you owe money bring it then. If you cant make the weigh in then coordinate with myself or Tiger Rag to get scheduled before. Wenesday is the last day. Good Luck and eat at alot this weekend
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Starting January 1st Area 51 will have an 8 week weight loss competition. Here is how it works- You pay 40 bucks (20 for the 1st 4 weeks and 20 for the next 4 weeks) and get weighed at the Death Valley convergence on January 1st. On January 29th you will weigh again. At this point the 1st and 2nd place winners will be determined. (80/20 method will be used for winnings. See below) We will use percentage body weight loss calculation to determine the winner. This makes it fair for all. (See below example).
Rules-
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Let me know in comments if you are in. I will get there at 0630 for the early weigh in. Maybe someone will step up and lead a KB workout to keep you busy. We will also do weigh ins after.
The following have hard committed
Radar, Semi Gloss, Dora, Tiger Rag, Soul Glow, Spackler, Bannanas
Example of how calculations will work: Pax #1
Starting Weight- 235
4 week Weight- 222
Loss- 13lbs
13/235=.0553
.0553*100
Percentage Weight loss- 5.53%
Pax #2
Starting Weight- 185
4 week Weight- 172
Loss- 13lbs
13/185=.070
.070*100=7.02
Percentage Weight loss- 7.02%
In this scenario the two Pax lost the same amount of lb’s but PAX # 2’s Percentage was higher. He wins
Example of how Payout will work:
Assuming 20 PAX pay $40 January 1rst the total pot would be $800
January 29 weigh in- 1rst place get 80% of $400 and 2nd Place gets 20%
Feb 26th weigh in- 1rst place get 80% of $400 and 2nd Place gets 20%
7 pax entered the gloom of Rebel Yell at its current location, just wondering what was in store for them. Was Jack going to show up, say hello and goodbye?
Here is what happened.
Jog to rear of school for warm up
SSH x 20. Perkins(perfect Merkins) x10 single count
IW x20. Perkins x15 single count
CDD x15. Perkins x 20 single count
Now were warm. Our special guests decides to show, Jack. Welcome. What do have in store for us?
Jack squats.
1 high knee jumps. 5 squats
2 high knee jumps. 10 squats
3 high knee jumps. 15 squats repeat until
10 high knee jumps 50 squats.
Legs are burning now. Let’s mosey to the center of the fields and circle up.
Jack decides to follow us
1 merkin. 4 shoulder presses
2 Merkins. 8 shoulder presses
3 Merkins. 12 shoulder presses. Repeat until
10 Merkins. 40 shoulder presses
Say goodbye Jack. I think your special guest status has just been revoked.
Jog to end of field for:
Sprint 60 yards 50 LBC
Sprint back 50 LBC. Plank until all done.
Sprint 60 yards 25 CDD
Sprint back 25 CDD. Plank until all done.
Jog back to back of school for some Mary
Dolly x 15
Rosalita x 15
Maybe something else. Can’t remember maybe I still had Jack on the brain
Let’s do some more sprints
Split up 2 groups, sprint 40 yards, then next person goes. 8 sprints per person.
Circle up for some Mary
Legs at 90 degrees, toe touches x 20
Protractor with a mighty mite 10 count. There was a pause(long pause) after 3. Maybe mighty mite forgot what was next or Jack was on the brain.
Walking lunges about 20 yards
All out sprint back to start
We’ll done brothers. Jack is a tough guest and he showed it today. Way to push through. Mighty mite was out in front on the sprints. Man is fast and just keeps going. Nice work.
I hope every one got what they wanted for Christmas and if you didn’t Jack was delivering for those who missed out.
See everyone at the new and reloaded site for Rebel Yell.
Announcements
Look for info regarding a New Years convergence at South Charlotte Middle School.
Rebel Yell will be at The Maul site every Thursday 5:30am.
11 pax stepped away from their warm beds, their Christmas trees and families tucked snugly in bed to meet their workout brothers in the cold but unusually friendly gloom. After talk of mumble chatter the evening before in twitterland, QIC felt compelled to make believers out of this group, that we could have another day of Christmas.
The Thang:
Warmup is 2 laps, 4 corners: SSH x 10, I Walkers x 10, Merkins x 10, Burpees x 10
Plank
Partner Up – Partner A Bear Crawls, Partner B 5 Burpees and Chase, switch – 1 Lap
Mosey to field behind school and line up for a fun (&slightly confusing) pyramid run:
There – burpeesx5, M Climbersx5, HeelstoHeavenx5, RockHoppersx5
Back – burpeesx10, M Climbersx10, HeelstoHeavenx10, RockHoppersx10
There – burpeesx15, M Climbersx15, HeelstoHeavenx15, RockHoppersx15
Back – burpeesx10, M Climbersx10, HeelstoHeavenx10, RockHoppersx10
There – burpeesx5, M Climbersx5, HeelstoHeavenx5, RockHoppersx5
Mosey to Playground:
Pullupsx15
Partner A Plank on Partner B Feet, Partner B Old Fashioned Situpsx25
Mosey to Snack shack:
Dipsx30, Hop/Step Upsx20, Burpeesx10
Again – Dipsx30, Hop/Step Upsx20, Burpeesx10
Mosey to Football Field:
200 yards of Partner Drag flap-jacking as often as needed (there and back)
Mosey to finish
Circle Up
Ball of Man – Closing prayer by Hops (thanks Hops)
The Moleskin:
Strong work by all who came out. There was some tough going in the middle of that gloom. The bear crawl around the track is always a crowd pleaser, and somewhere on the way to 15 reps of the pyramid run some folks were feeling the sweet, sweet pain of hydra, or perhaps it was the return trip of the partner drags that was the icing on this workout cake.
There was no slowing Long Distance as he was powered by his strong legs and his extra g-force. I hope Santa brought you some new pants for Christmas. Cottonmouth was a jumping machine on the hop ups and completed the 30-20-10 round in quick time. Strong effort in the pyramid run by all!
Hops earned some bonus points as he ran to and from OP for a probably 2+ miles additional workout. The Hydra likes to keep the pax moving and the challenge weekly is to get pax to run in from their homes or the Harris Teeter or Bi Lo to add 1.5-2 miles onto the workout..
As usual, I appreciate the opportunity to lead. Thanks gentlemen. Keep pushing and giving your best. Prepare for an awesome 2014. Sign up for some events so you have targets to shoot for. See you out in the gloom and keep posting Hydra!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence Saturday Ascent at the Rock
Convergence Saturday Day Zero and Olympus
Convergence New Years Day Morning – all A51 workouts at Death Valley (South CLT Middle School)
Joe Davis 5k coming up Jan 4, 2014.
Lone Survivor Movie Premiere – 2nd F Friday January 10 followed by Murph workout on Saturday January 11, 2014. 2nd F combo coordinated by Stone Cold and Honey Bee
Last, step up and Q Hydra in 2014 – we need to add some folks to the rotation. We have had the following pax lead Hydra thus far: Donkey Kong, 49er, Bugeater, Cheese Curd, Run Stopper, Cotton Mouth, High Tide, Champagne – and would like to add more to this list. When you lead you get to design the workout. That is the beauty of it. Step up and let Kong, 49er, or Bugeater know which week in Jan or Feb you would be interested in. New Years Resolution for you to lead a workout.
Seventy nine A51 Pax (including 1 FNG) converged on Skunk Works for the 2nd running of the Skunk That Stole Christmas. Thirteen of the SPEARHEAD boys gathered early to carry logs, kettlebells, a 36 inch TV, a deer carcass, and each other through downtown Matthews.
WARMUP: Various exercises to invigorate the fleshy parts: SSH, I-Walkers, Low Slow Squats. Threw in a Hit Man log roll to just get it over with. It’s a mudder’s track today–may as well embrace it.
THANG: A derivative, cliched and unoriginal 12 Days of Christmas workout. Days are cumulative (Day 1; Day 1, 2; Day 1, 2, 3, etc.)
Left over time for MARY:
COT
Lord’s Prayer Ball of Man, in the 51 Convergence tradition
MOLESKIN
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Into every matrix a little rain must fall. 8 PAX enjoyed a “Taste of Fast Twitch” today with a miniature version of The Runaround™.
Warm-up COP:
Mosey back to start, partner with someone of similar speed.
Mosey to playground for circuit
wash, rinse, repeat
plank-o-rama
Mosey to front lot for The Runaround™:
Continue until Q says stop ~12 minutes.
Mosey back to start for Mary
Total mileage: 2.8 (not bad for a bootcamp workout)
5 men posted today for a true gloom filled workout.
Mosey to side lot of Elementary School
29 SSH – IC
20 Imperial Walker – IC
20 Mountain Climbers – IC
10 Merkins – IC
10 Burpees on your own
Embrace the water and line up on the asphalt
Perform an exercise and run down three basketball goals and back
Right Arm Swing x 20
Left Arm Swing x 20
Figure-Eight backwards lunge x 20
Right Arm Row x 20
Left Arm Row x 20
Tricep Extensions x 20
Indian run around the lot and head towards playground
10 Pull-ups
20 Dips
20 Goblet Squats
Plank-o-rama
Regular, RAH (10 count), RLH (10C), Regular, LAH (10C), LLH (10C), Regular, 6 Inches (10C)
Repeat
Mosey to the wall for The Semi-Gloss
1 min, 10 Second Break
1 min, 10 Second Break
Sac-Dragger for 30 seconds
10 Second break
Sac-Dragger for 30 seconds
Find a wet spot for some Mary
Bell-BCs x 40
Dolley Press x 20
Flutter Press x 20
Bicycle x 20
Mason Twist with bell x 10
Mosey towards home
JACK WEBB TIME!
Hey we should do KB Presses here. 1-1 or 1-4? Well just add one then double it.
Went to 4 Merkins and 16 KB Presses and down. #SeriousShoulderBurn
Mosey 10 Feet to End
10 Burpess on your own
Earn 1 minute back
Moleskin
YHC was concerned he may be the only one there today. The PAX didn’t let him down. With the heavy rain drenching us before we even took off, there was hat talk and jacket wearing. YHC represented in Special Forces Gortex Camo jacket of which the PAX were yelling Duck Commander a few times. A single overhang was spotted for dryer times, but we embraced the suck (er Gloom).
Thanks to those who rose early and may have not realized it was raining (MT).
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We will resume Wiggling January 7th.
10 determined lads of CLT South (7 Outland regulars & 3 foreigners with passports in hand) entered the gloom on this fine day. Cantore forecasted an unseasonably warm day but failed to mention the morning chill from the dampness and the wind.
The Thang
– COP @ Shovel Flag
– SSH x20
– Imperial Walkers x20
– Perfect Merkins x10
– Peter Parkers x20
– Squats x20
– Scissor Crunches x20 (now known as the horizontal windmill)
– Mosey
– Walk the Rails
– Mosey
– Walk the Rails x3 lengths uphill
– Plank
Indian Run to Elem School Playground
She Hate Me x8 min
– Toe Taps on the Bench x40
– Donkey Kicks on the swings x20
– Dips on Bench x20
– Pull-ups x10
– Lunge Walk 25 yds
– Indian Run to High School Practice Field
Hand off to Z
– Continue the Indian run to the stadium (.7 miles) for the “SHOW” with burpees mixed in along the way.
Partner UP
– Partner A. runs the circuit of the track (400m) while Partner B. performs said exercise then runst the bleachers to the top, across, down and back to relieve partner A. and flapjack.
Plank it up after both rounds are completed for a little Makhtar Jai (sp?) x 10 in cadence.
Mosey to the obstacle course for 3 servings of pain. (2 Rounds)
– Pain station #1 – hanging leg lifts x10
– PS #2 – sqauts x20
– PS #3 Hanging supine Pull-Ups x10
Regroups and hook back up with your partner to run the gauntlet.
– scale 6′ wall
– over/under telephone poles x 5
– scale 8′ wall
– 30′ balance walk
– tire / rope work
– 20 inverted situps on plank board
LBJ to the bottom of “the hill” where the VSF is planted for a belly start AYG jail break.
2MoM
The Nekked Moleskin:
10 studs posted and got after it this morning, and when I say got after it I mean got after it and they got after it hard. YHC was shocked NOT to be the first car in the lot (although he was doing some access recon) only to be 2nd to none other than Stone Cold!!! Shocked yet pleasantly surprised and excited. CT then rolled in followed by 2 more foreigners in tow (Stage Coach & Salt Lick).
As we’re reminiscing about previous workouts (it was still only 635/640 at this poing) of the week and the task at hand after the days start #buildingfences, Swiss Miss rolls up only to greet our new guests with “Huh, Hey WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE????” as if quoting “GET OFF MY LAND” in his head from some western…. The rest of the PAX filed in and once the clock struck 7 – Countertop took us out as if we were shot out of a cannon. Well, not all of us — Milton was more like Ralphy’s Red Ryder BB gun as he showed up during COP but he caught up quickly for sure!
There really wasn’t a whole lot of mumble chatter out there today as everyone appeared to simply gasping for air for the solid 60 minutes. Although it got competitive, the PAX pushed and encouraged each other the entire time #2ndF.
Once we reached the stadium for the 2nd half, the PAX was definitely 02 deprived taking a standing 8 count only to be lifted up by the yell of “YO – GO F3” coming out of the building from none other than CLT South’s favoritie wrestling 2.0 “Ninja Turtle” who was at SV HS for a tournament!!!! Runstopper, the turtle is looking stronger and stronger every time we see him. Hope you’re putting together plans to simply try and contain him because we…. You know what we’re saying.
Great to see 8 Mile keep coming out week after week, keep pushing brother. Also great to have HB (always Powder Puff to me) back in the mix.
Salt Lick certainly got a good nights sleep prior because he posted with wit and was renaming all of CTs COP exercises. Most notably renaming the scissor crunches to the HORIZONTAL WINDMILL. Although, he lost all credibility when YHC asked for a 10 count and he started at 1 and proceeded up. MMHMM — 10 penalty burpees for all.
Coach / Stone Cold / SL, we truly enjoyed having you out in the UC for the first time and hope you enjoyed the time spent and hope you can find it in yourselves to make a return visit. Great coffeeteria session with Double E and all that were able to join. Better than normal knowing what the remainder of the day had in store and the charge Stage Coach was leading helping the family in need.
As always, it’s such a pleasure to lead such a strong willed and determined group of men. Each and every one of you inspire me daily.
Zip – OUT
5 Pax weathered the storm for a 2 hour Ruck and Training dose of DownPainment today at SPEARHEAD.
The Thang:
05:00 Ruck with Coupon (aka Bonecrusher) – The Hoff Q
06:00 Training – Liquor Cycle Q (He’s certifiably Insane btw…)
RUCK – -5:00 (3) Miles
Into the Ruck, YHC say the PAX from DMZ and called an audible for us to Crash their warm -up COP. We quickly moved to where we could locate them (they were UNDER the cover of the walkway at Church of Charlotte. As we joined there were puzzled looks on everyone’s faces
SSH x 25
Merkins x 20
Squats x 25
LBC x 30
Superman’s on Belly x 30
Pax and SH Pax break off since those boys started running…”nice work guys, catch you later”…and we mosey’d back on route to finish the Ruck
06:00 Liquor Cycle Q
Mosey to Soccer Fileds (completely under water, in paces up to about 4-5 inches)
30 Count Body Builders (yes, that’s right…30 count, not 8)! x 25-35?
(exercise performed starting with squat, plank, plank jack out/in/merkin, 5 overhead press, ROLL to your left, Merkin, ROLL to your right, merkin, plank, plank jack out/in, squat-jump)
Low crawl 30-40 yards in MUD
Merkins x 15
Aqua Burpees x 15
Flutter w. ruck press in mud/water x 20
Flutter w. ruck press in mud/water x 15
Flutter w. ruck press in mud/water x 10
Flutter w. ruck press in mud/water x 5
PARTNER BEAR CRAWLS (one on top, one on bottom…bottom Pax grabs a hold of Pax 2 while he bear crawls…
Merkin x 10
Rotate until all PAX have gone x 5 rounds
30 Count Body Builders x 15
Mosey to hill
Plank on Left facing fields. Plank walk up hill
Backwards Bear Crawl down hill
Plank on Right facing football feild. Plank walk up hill
Backwards Bear Crawl down hill
Lunge Walk Up Hill
COT
Moleskine,
Unbelievable work out there considering the weather conditions. Triple T-Claps to Wolfman for earning his patch and posting 9 times already this month! Great work.
I’ve got to run to a meeting, and will update and type more. The bottom line about this routine is that not only was it tough as hell (thanks Liquor Cycle), but we bot muddy…and not just a little muddy, A LOT. Covered head-to-toe in mud and grass. Needless-to-say, when I got home the M was in shock at what I looked like.
As always, it’s a pleasure to lead such a fine group of men!
Respectfully, The Hoff and Liquor Cycle
Aye! The bell tolled and 13 pax came out into the early December gloom for Stonehenge. Though the calendar said December 21, the weather felt like September 21. Any way, we got to work.
The Thang
Little baby jog to Stonehenge statues for “Caroling COP”
COP
– SSH x Rudolph the Red Nosed Reinder
Jog to next “statue”
– Squats x “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
Jog to Premier Deck, with lunge walks interspersed.
At Base of Deck
– 12 Burpees
Jog up to Level 2
At Level 2:
– 24 Merkins
– 12 Burpees
Jog up to Level 3
At Level 3:
– 36 Squats
– 24 Merkins
– 12 Burpees
Jog up to Level 4
At Level 4:
– 48 LBCs
– 36 Squats
– 24 Merkins
– 12 Burpees
Backward run up incline to roof
People’s Chair x 2:00
10 Merkins
People’s Chair x 1:30
10 Merkins
Down to Level 4:
– 48 LBCs
– 36 Squats
– 24 Merkins
– 12 Burpees
Down to Level 3:
– 36 Squats
– 24 Merkins
– 12 Burpees
Down to Level 2:
– 24 Merkins
– 12 Burpees
Down to Level 1:
– 12 Burpees
– 4 more Burpees to make it an even 100
Mosey to Soccer Field, Partner Up
P1: Run to marker (~25 yds) and back, twice – backward run on return
P2: Dive Bomb Merkins
Flapjack
P1: Sprint to market (~40 yds) and back twice
P2: 8 count manmakers
Flapjack
Jog back towards launch point
– Squats with sore shoulders on the way, 10 forward, 10 backward
Resume jog
Stop in Starbucks Parking Lot, circle up
– Squat with sore shoulders x “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” x 2
All you got back to launch point
COT
Moleskin:
– Very solid effort by all the pax. This was a tough one that included 100 Burpees, close to 200 merkins and about 2 miles of running.
– Honey ___, various name changes were discussed for Honey Bee who had to depart after the KB pre workout. Given that he ran at 0500, perhaps Honey Beast is in order.
– Nice to have Hops back at Stonehenge as well as a special Kotters to Lex Luthor. LL is Qing the next Stonehenge and was defeintely in strong form.
– Overheard several pax commenting that they were anxius for Christmas to be over so that we would have a new theme. #workoutjustified
– Tclaps to Mighty Mite for leading the charge on everything – what a beast!
Announcements:
– Dec 24 convergence at Skunk Works, January 1 covergence at Mckee Road as well as Fredome Park.
– Stonehenge will converge at the Joe Davis 5K on January 4.
– Hope all pax have a Merry Christmas and look forward to seeing you in the gloom in 2014!
“For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord”
– Luke 2:11