8 pax showed up at Calvary this morning at 0530 or earlier. Unfortunately, one of them was not Frehley’s Comet, who had agreed/been voluntold to Q. He even confirmed with me that I meant this week, not next. Considering his advanced age and his Qs on Friday and Tuesday, I assumed he fell asleep in his ice bath the night before and thought about calling paramedics to his house, but I have no idea where he lives, so we decided to proceed with the workout instead. The pax were properly disclaimed with an ironclad warning not to do anything stupid and then we got started.
Warm up:
Main Thang:
Done. Thanks for the takeout in COT, Urlacher
Announcements:
Moleskine:
13 pax arrived at Calvary’s parking lot ignoring the threat of rain and the Q’s lack of alternative plans for rain. Started by running to the parking lot near the hot box for a warm-up, 15 each, of side straddle hops, imperial walkers, low slow squats, mountain climbers, and peter parker’s. From there to the hot box for 20 step ups. Then off for a circular adventure, running west on 51 to Elm, for 20 merkins. From there south on Elm to the first right entry road for 20 jump squats. Then continued south on Elm to a set of rock piles off the sidewalk for 20 curls and thrusters. Apologies to the ant colony I disrupted with my rock pick. On to the Elm/Bevington intersection for another 20 merkins, followed by entry onto the Four Mile Creek Greenway. Heading east we sought benches for another 20 step ups. Several modified/ignored the step ups not being able to find a bench in the dark woods. Rudolph’s, aka Circuit City, red foot light did not help with that. On to the parking lot of the Greenway to another rock pile for the 2nd round of 20 curls and thrusters. Crossed Bevington where apparently yielding to pedestrians is optional if you’re turning left from Rea Rd, for merkins until the light changed to cross Rea and head north on the sidewalk back to Calvary. Arrived at Calvary with way too much time left for the remaining work out plan of 20 jump squats and another set of rock curls and thrusters. So on to the hot box for 20 more step ups, and then zig zagged through the parking lot adding in more merkins and several Mary’s and an illegal (according to Mermaid) venture down and back up entrance 4 with 2 burpees at the top and bottom, to kill time. Finished at start with more Mary’s and a plank. Closed with prayer which I should have scripted vs trying to ad lib it. Total mileage as reported by Hopper was just over 3 miles.
7 pax showed up at the Arboretum for another episode of Fast Twitch. I spent the previous night trying to plan a route that would include the hill on Providence, Windbluff, the Coburn half-pipe, and allow for pax to cut it off at a couple of points if they needed to get back to the start by 6:15. I’m not patient enough or good enough at route planning to make that happen, so I decided to do the Mermaid Challenge.
For those not familiar (sorry, Airwolf), the Mermaid Challenge was introduced when Fast Twitch met down 51 at South Charlotte Middle School. It involves running down 51 to Charlotte Catholic High School, running to the top of the parking deck (affectionately known as Tartarus), and running back. Complete that in 1 hour and you’ve completed the Mermaid Challenge.
I had attempted the challenge once or twice before from SCMS and I don’t think I ever got past Carmel Road. It would be more challenging from the Arboretum, but we decided to give it a shot. Run down 51 for 30 minutes, then turn around and run back. No one made it to the top of Tartarus, but a couple made it to the entrance of CCHS, which is about 3.86 miles one way.
Everyone worked hard out there and put in a solid hour of running. Everyone except Alf, who didn’t want to test his unblemished record of sphincter integrity and pulled up a little shart short.
Announcements:
Moleskine:
11 Pax posted.
11 Pax stretched.
11 Pax listened to announcements.
11 Pax posed for a pic.
7 men gathered on a rainy start to the week at the covered section of McAlpine Elementary Invue Parking Lot to get Swole on a Monday.
Pax diligently showed up at 0530 to McAlipne Elementary but no one wanted to swing hard iron in the rain so Voodoo made the call to relocate to InVue (they have his phone number anyway when they call to complain about a bunch of middle-ish aged men standing around the parking lot before working hours). Pax found shelter by the Comet Pizza Riccio’s Italian Restaurant and proceeded to follow YHC’s instructions. That might have been their first mistake.
Site Q, Mighty Mite, was not present sporting some kind of shoulder injury. Hopefully it’s nothing serious. Which, as anyone who’s had a shoulder injury can attest, is more restrictive than hobbling around in a plastic boot. Speaking of, being in a boot limits the exercises one can do (no squats, no lunges, bad merkin form, getting off the floor from doing anything Mary related requires a team of clydesdales) so YHC made the best of it and channeled some upcoming Functional Strength Challenge material into the weinke.
Here’s what went down:
25 two handed-swings
IW
Sharon Towers
25 two handed-swings
10 sets of 4 DBL Clean and Press
Single Side Jack Webb Snatch and Swing Pyramid: Stay on L side increasing reps, Switch to R side decreasing reps
1,04 then 2,08 then 3,12 then 4,16 then 5,20 start at the top and go back to 1,04
Pyramid:
2/4/6/8/10 Double Deadlift, Double High Pulls
8/6/4/2 Single Side Lawnmower, Single Side Snatch
Carries:
30 seconds OH hold
30 seconds racked hold
30 second suitcase hold
30 seconds rest
Rinse and repeat on the other side
Moldskine:
Technology fail. YHC had spent some time the night before setting up the timer on the phone. The timer was all FUBAR in the AM. As for the playlist, YHC delivered a strong disclaimer that included something to the effect of anyone talking smack on Jimi Hendrix was going to get a kettlebell to the face. That seemed to quiet everyone down. No fists were thrown and no one was butt-hurt over their favorite band being called out as worse than the Foo Fighters.
There was plenty of reason to complain though. This was a tough weinke. The Jack Webb was rough enough, the pyramid was rougher. Not sure if YHC will ever be invited back to Q. Who are we kidding, of course YHC will be back.
One other thing, Frehley’s Comet is full of hot air. Voodoo might be vaccinated for Covid-19 but pretty sure whatever forcefully exited Frehley’s system on Monday killed the vaccine.
It might also be the cure for Covid.
Announcments:
Thanks to Wild Turkey for the takeout
Until next time, SYITG
Busy day lets keep this short and sweet. Thirteen Pax joined me at Bushwood this morning for a little fun in the gloom. As 5:28 rolled around started the DiCCS asked if there were any requests, and at 5:30 One Star arrived and we took off. Yep no Weinke so lets wing it.
We started with a Mosey to the large parking lot for some warmup consisting of SSH, Merkins, stretching, and Mountain climbers. From there we Moseyed to Turkey Hunt Ct, for 10 Dry Docks on the way down each mailbox, and 10 squats on the way back stopping at each mailbox on the right. While waiting for the 6 Burpees were completed. From there a Mosey to Red Twig for 11s, 1 Lunge and 10 Big Boys. I don’t think Red Twig is much shorter than Turkey Hunt incase you were wondering. With 15 min to go we Moseyed back to the rock pile for a lifting rock. The Pax completed 54 Curls, 27 Tris, 9 Squat Press, 27 Rows, and 18 Presses with a lap around the bus parking lot after every other exercise. We returned the rocks with enough time for the wall. We completed 9 balls to the wall Shoulder Taps, 18 Donkey Kicks, 36 Jabs, and 72 Air Press. From there we headed back to COT.
Everyone pushed hard, Big Ben continued his rehab but would not let that stop him. He completed his own grueling beatdown while we moseyed.
Christ Closet giveaway this Saturday from 9 – 1
Memorial Day the Murph returns to Waxhaw
Bushwood and Last Call need Qs, step up or they will assign you a week.
Warm Up – Mosey .7 mile (around circle, up to Kensington Dr., back to COT, to back of school). Jimmy Dugans, calf stretch, upward dog, downward dog, runners stretch, Moroccan nightclubs.
The Thang – Groups of 3. P1 and P2 stand at opposite ends of playground, each doing reps of called exercise. P3 runs from P1 to P2, takes over reps from P2, P2 runs to P1, etc. As a team do: 300 Merkins, 500 300 Squats.
Next Round, same groups, different exercises and RUN BACKWARDS, 300 Supines or pullups, 300 big boy situps.
Mosey to Rock Pile. Pair up. P1 runs back up to chain link by playground entrance, P2 does exercise. 300 curls and 100 overhead presses as a team.
Mosey to soccer field. Suicides – first light, second bench, third bench, far goal line and back.
COT.
Prayers for Premature on upcoming prostrate cancer screening. Thanks to Premature for opening up about your story. 5/17 convergence at Asylum for Mental Health Month – Guest Speaker after beatdown. Saturday 5/15 Christ Closet giveaway and folding party, 9am, bring the whole family, friends, lots of good work to be done, we need your help.
YHC took us out.
Finishing up a nice Mother’s Day and decided to check in on who was Q’ing. Turns out it’s a me!
No big deal, who doesn’t enjoy a Cuthbertson Q amirite? Well that’s fine until I’m woken up around 2AM with the sounds of a torrential rain storm outside my window. I mutter myself back to sleep something about “better not being raining when I wake up”……fast forward to 4:30 Foundation’s text telling me he’s too soft to go out in the rain alarm clock wakes me up and I pull up the old Waxhaw weather to see what’s shaking. Just then Smithers text me to confirm he is also candy and will melt in the rain the radar tells me it’s going to be a onslaught of water throughout the workout.
Well this should be awesome, let’s rage. Got to Cuthbertson in time to launch with ignition and hear Glidah tell them they were doing the Lawson trails. Bullet dodged courtesy of my Q sign up So I head off on a prerun to scope out all of the covered areas the schools have to offer. Circle back around to join 10 other men on what is sure to be a total crap show great workout. We agreed my backblast could just read ” We ran and we did stuff” but I’ll add a bit of color here:
The Thang:
Turns out the rain pretty much held off, I got just as wet as Zinfandel when Side Project releases a new hoppy concoction I would have from just the sweat of it all. It was a good push from all the guys and we stayed in a group. I threw some for a loop when I added that we wouldn’t be counting reps, we would just be doing work until it was time to leave. Seemed to work out ok as I haven’t got an DM’s telling me to go F myself had a number of guys tell me they like the style that allowed us to stay as a group and still get the work in. I think we covered 3.25 miles and did a decent number of reps.
DISCS
WARM-UP * Mosey around Waxhaw Elementary Front Parking Lot
* Rocking night clubs * 20 Side Straddle Hops *Plank Position – Calf Stretches, Jack Knifes, Downward dog, Upward Dog.
THE THANG
* Mosey to left of school by buses to hill in the back for sevens:
Round 1: Top Hill – 1 Burpee / Bottom Hill – 6 (2 is 1) Speed Skaters, 2/5, 3/4, 4/3, 5/2, 6/1.
Round 2: Top Hill – 1 LBC / Bottom Hill – 6 (2 is 1) forward lunges, 2/5, 3/4, 4/3, 5/2, 6/1.
* Mosey across street to Arbor Drive then line up to do Indian Runs through cemetery down cemetery road. Once through cemetery and bear to left (Sharon Dr) do 5 squats at every mailbox all the way down to 1st intersection (Stark Lane). Then on way back up street do 1 Merkin at each mailbox. When get to the top of the hill back at cemetery did Indian Runs until at end of Arbor road. Then crossed back to front of school parking lot.
* Mosey Back to Front Parking Lot sidewalk for Jack Webb’s. 1 Merkin/4 Air Press..2/8, 3/12..up to 10/40.
* Mosey Back to COT for 54 squats as time expired.
Announcements:
Christ’s Closet – Sat. 5/15 – 9am-1pm – furniture clear out
Convergence – Mon. 5/17 – 5:15am Asylum & 6am Mental Health Speaker Coffeteria – Brooklyn Pizza – Wesley Chapel
Blood Drive – Sat. June 19th Blood Drive 9am – 1pm Five Stones Church
MOLESKIN
Chastain pulled up in his SUV before we started warm up asking where we were going as had to use port-o-potty in back of school and got back in record 5 minutes, as finishing stretches, and thankfully refused to make hand contact with us for remainder of workout, and then Chastain proceeded to explode out of the gates during sevens, along with Dunkin & Flip Phone setting the pace.
In Posse fashion on way out during Indian Runs through the cemetery told a scary story, and then on the way back told Chastain & myself, know he knows where he can bury us, as apparently he did not like our gazelle up-tempo pace😊
Welcome FNG – “Norm the Miner” (Will Regalado) who was brought out by Schedule C, as fellow Millbridge Resident that moved here from NJ back in August 2020 and was looking for Crossfit Gym and Schedule C, said I’ll pick you up at 4:50am and let’s try F3 first. Looking good after workout, as Norm the Miner asking to come out to workouts this Wednesday & Friday!