All you got is relative

All you got is relative

Date: 2023-08-03 AO: the-devils-turn Q: flipper PAX: Astro (Kyle Kirchhoff), retread, hairball, voodoo, Cheese Curd, flipper, bunker, frasier, Polly FNGs: None COUNT: 9 4 PAX for the called routes and a very happy doggo, none made providence but a good hill-riddled mosey. A couple for a tempo run, and 3 for an even hillier jaunt through OG Piperglen. Call out to CheeseCurd for the strong effort to catch up despite an aborted start… quickly erased by his early turn around and poor sense of direction.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Area51 SLT handoff this coming Saturday at Rock/Olympus, come out to hear from the men who will lead our fair region for the next [indeterminate amount of time] COT:Thanks to “the reverend” Astro for the takeout

Around the building we must go!

Date: 2023-08-03 AO: nightmare-on-elm Q: Hippie PAX: wildturkey, Yard Tool, wingman, Booster FNGs: 1 Booster COUNT: 5 WARMUP: mosey, calf stretch, imperial walkers, side straddle hop, hill billies, runners stretch THE THANG: HIIT, 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off for 3 groups of exercise.
Group 1: box cutters, Rosalitas, Mtn climbers, Mercans
Group 2: LBC, squats, Big Boys, split squats
Group 3: speed skater, plank jacks, Superman, flutters.
Did these as we ran around Target building once. Added 3 hills along the way.
MARY: box cutters, Rosalitas, LBC, Big boy, flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS: backyard Ultra in Oct
COT: – Booster’s wedding in Oct 14th, he’s prepping himself. He’s committed to a couple times of week. Let’s keep him honest. – @Yardtools kids transitioning back and forth to college

Shield

Date: 2023-08-03 AO: _sob Q: soft_pretzel PAX: Rousey, Carny, soft_pretzel, Spitball, Gravy, FNGs: None COUNT: 6
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:

7 miles

Date: 2023-08-03 AO: sparta Q: Full House PAX: ductwork, Full House, lex_luthor, Mr Brady, Orange Whip, baracus, Orange Whips 2.0 FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: N/A THE THANG: 7miles MARY: N/A ANNOUNCEMENTS: see peak 51 COT: see peak 51

Round 4 out of 5

Date: 2023-08-02 AO: anvil Q: Point Break PAX: snowflake, puddin_pop, Erin Brokavich, spackles, Mr. Magoo, Limey FNGs: None COUNT: 7 The Thang
Warm up mosey the usual semi-circle turf area.
CoP upon arrival at the semi-circle: • SSH x 15 • IWs x 15 • Merkins x 10 • Mountain Climbers x 10 • Runner’s Stretches • LSS x 15
Make our way our to Hwy 51 for a little off-campus excursion.
WAVE 1: Pearls on a String • Our route today took us down Hwy 51 to Rea Rd. Hang a left and run down to Five Knolls Dr. Hang a left and run all of Five Knolls hitting Calley Glenn and Clavemorr Gleen on our way back out of the neighborhood. • At each intersection, starting at Sundancer Ln. on Rea we do an exercise and add/subtract another exercise. • 9 Intersections on our route today: 1. Merkins x 10 2. Merkins x 10, Squats x 10 3. Merkins x 10, Squats x 10, BBSUs x 10 4. Merkins x 10, Squats x 10, BBSUs x 10, CCDs x 10 5. Merkins x 10, Squats x 10, BBSUs x 10, CCDs x 10, Burpees x 10 6. Merkins x 10, Squats x 10, BBSUs x 10, CCDs x 10 7. Merkins x 10, Squats x 10, BBSUs x 10 8. Merkins x 10, Squats x 10 9. Merkins x 10
Mosey back across 51 to the rock pile.
WAVE 2: Rocks and Walls • Pick a lifting rock. Curls, Presses, Triceps, Rows. X 10/15/20 • Over to the long wall between the buildings • People’s Chair + Arm Raises x 25 • People’s Chair + Seal Claps x 25 • Australian Mountain Climbers x 10
Mosey back to launch w/ LBCs until time.
Called time and COT w/ the Meathead boys.

Black Ops, Prime Rib Sandwiches, 1/2 Priced Cabernet

Date: 2023-08-02 AO: _sob Q: wingman PAX: kirby, war_eagle, patent_pending, f3bigtuna, Olaf, Hippie, super trooper, madison, wingman, midriff FNGs: None COUNT: 10 Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Olaf But first a word from our sponsor. Black Ops. Have you ever wanted to sweat continuously until lunch? Do you want to fart continuously until you almost crap your pants? Do you have a “lets go” attitude? Black Ops extreme pre-workout WARMUP: 20 SSH 5 Burpees 10 IW 4 Burpees 10 Hillbillies 3 Burpees 10 Potato Pickers 2 Burpees 10 Squats 1 Burpee
THE THANG: Partner A: Lap around the Office Partner B: Steps X2
PA: Lap PB: Dips X2 LBC x 15 IC
Rotational Rock exercises both rotating rocks and shot-caller.
Lunge Walk Forward and Back
5 Merkins at Humps 1,3,5 FIN
ANNOUNCEMENTS: October 7 – 10 5ks in 10 hours @midriff see #networking channel. There are a few pax looking for work. Connect and reach out. Encourage routine. COT: 1/2 scoop of black ops today. Still likely to return it. Did you know GNC gives you 30 days to return? The warned YHC it had a proprietary blend of ingredients full of PUMP. 1/2 price bottles of wine at 131 Main brings out Lamborghinis in handicap spots, Ferraris, Porsches. Try the prime rib sandwich, add onions and cheese.
Remember to write your slackblasts, @olaf is counting on it.

Wamrap

Date: 2023-08-02 AO: wamrap Q: mcgee PAX: Alf, O Tannenbaum, poptart, mcgee FNGs: None COUNT: 4 Two parking decks plus burpees
Parking deck stairwells were a surprisingly pleasant 5/10 on the grossness scale. No chipotle, no urine, no live roaches.

Ranger workout

Date: 2023-08-02 AO: sacs Q: Cheese Curd PAX: Emoji, Focker, wildturkey, Cheese Curd FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: Grab your sandbag and ruck – 1 mile (buy in) to the Raintree fields
THE THANG: 73 ruck and sand bag squats Then 2 full rounds of each exercise x18 each w/sandbag – clean – Sit ups – forward throws – burpee deadlifts -walking lunges – shoulder to shoulder press
MARY: 18 flutters before we headed back to launch
1 mile walk back (cash out)
DONE
ANNOUNCEMENTS: short and sweet today COT: -great day for a walk, really amazing weather -Several of the pax complained of things going numb. Focker’s elbow,m, my right arm. Why do we do this?? – emoji still comes to each workout with a great attitude. Hard to hate him for it, but I am building a case – Turkey is putting miles in and is gonna smoke that Midrift 5k mania -Surprised to see Focker show up and he had a new weight plate. When does the ruck deliver? – Lots of hard work today, great push
Thanks for allowing me to go into the archives for this week one. Not sure if it was better or worse, but we are better for it.

What do you call that exercise?

Date: 2023-08-01 AO: bagpipe Q: lex_luthor PAX: madison, Eleanor, Olaf, Carny, wingman, Spitball, Lawfawnduh, Nair, Blackbeard, kirby, Rousey, madame_tussauds, picasso FNGs: None COUNT: 14 WARMUP: ran to the parking deck basement and did a light warmup THE THANG: at each level of the parking deck – 5 balls to wall with a jump / 10 heels up squats / 50 lateral or forward/back line jumps after reaching the top did the following on the decent 5 merkins / 10 big boy situps / jog forward for one half of the leg and backwards for the other half of the leg finally – indian run down the remainder of the deck MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:

Bad substitute for Gold

Date: 2023-08-01 AO: swift Q: bratwurst PAX: soft_pretzel, wildturkey, citgo, midriff, fahvra, Gravy, QuikTrip FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: head down towards Rushmore and run the proposed loop in reverse. 5min of dynamic exercises.
THE THANG: 3min at 10k pace (or about 7.5/10 effort-wise), 90sec to recover the Six. Repeato for a total of 8 rounds.
Route was from Rushmore @ Harney, Left after the 2nd building, Left at the Power lines, quick Right on Rushmore, Right on Harney and U-turn back to start.
Fahvra did not ever stop running hard and apparently Citgo helped him push the pace. Soft Pretzel said he felt “great” until Lap 1, Midriff came on strong at the end, we were always chasing Wild Turkey no matter what, Quiktrip and Gravy (both Swift FNGs) did an amazing job to join a 1 hour running workout and finish it!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Midriff’s Ultra 5k on October 14th. Preblast = f3southcharlotte.com/2023/07/28/the-homecoming-ultra-5k-preblast/
COT: With the brothers of Bagpipe.