20 PAX set off into a rather pleasant Tuesday morning last week – 55 degrees, light 7mph wind. I wish “this” Spring would last forever. No more Gloom!
The THANG:
The Moleskin:
Announcements:
SYITG,
Bratwurst
A last minute Q switch-a-roo as Mermaid, who already has 8 other Q’s this week pinged a few of us and said he was driving back to the Keys and wasn’t sure what time he would return and what state of mind he might be in after 10+ hours on I-95. So 11 of us go me instead of Mermaid and dealt with it fairly well. Thanks for being so nice.
Clock strikes 5:30, about 5 PAX ready, 3 still emerging from cars, 2 cars coming in. So a disclaimer and a 2 minute late start. Mosey around the school and to the back parking lot for COT.
Mumble chatter and complaining starting already. (Not saying who started it, but the name rhymes with Mummy)
SSH, IW, Merkins, Mountain Climbers, and Lunges. (O’Tannenbaum appeared somewhere in the middle of all of this)
Mosey up to the playground.
Triple Nickle for Mermaid. 5 Pull-ups here, 5 burpees on the other side of the island, repeat 5 times. Some Mary to wait for the six.
Mosey to the track with the new fencing to keep everyone contained.
11’s – Derkins with feet on top of fence on one side, Shoulder taps with feet on fence on the other side. (Do both shoulders for one rep)
Some Mary to wait of the six.
Mosey over to rock pile and grab a lifting rock.
25 OH Presses with rock, 25 merkins. Repeat with rounds of 20, 15, 10, and 5.
Head back to launch for some plank work and heels to heaven to close things out.
Done
Moleskine:
Some running (about 3 miles) and some shoulder work today should have left everyone feeling fantastic on the first official day back from Spring Break. Rachel and Purell lapped most of the PAX on the Trip Nickel and 11’s. McGee wasn’t far behind but his form (or lack of it) might have been saving him some time. Some grumbling and jokes about the feet on the fence. “Can you reach it Alf?” “More like Dry Docks for you, Alf.” Honestly, who really uses the top shelf of the kitchen cabinets anyway?
Pro was complaining he tore a shoe on the fence and may have gotten stuck up there for a moment. I’d feel bad about it, but I have those same shoes and they are old enough to be 3 deep in the boot camp rotation at this point. He’s already gotten his money’s worth. Plus I had that solid disclaimer which absolves me personally of any liability.
Nair was looking strong after just FNG’ing a couple of weeks ago. And he thought McGee was old enough to post at the Fishing Hole which was awesome.
Thanks to Squid for the takeout. Good to have the site chaplain back out after a few weeks off on IR.
-Alf
A bit of a dreary morning at the OG AO of Area 51. No shovel flag in sight. No sight Q to be found. No pax to be found. Clock strikes 0700 and this Q is ready to head back to the house and get back in the fartsack when 2 cars come out of nowhere at 0701. I guess we gotta do this thing. 3 seasoned vets put in some work and some miles for 57 or so minutes. Here’s how it went…
Skipping any real warmup, disclaimer, and COP we headed off campus for a little field trip to the local neighborhood. Run down McKee to the firestation and cross the street onto South Hall. Head down to Derbyshire Dr for a quick set of SSH x 15 or so.
Round of 7’s on Derbyshire – Jumpsquats at the bottom & Merkins at the top/end at the cul de sac.
Head back up South Hall stopping at each street to do merkins x 10.
Back to campus and stop at YHC’s car. Grab 3 40lb sandbags.
Move to parking lot. Drop sandbags in middle of parking lot half way between cones and playground.
Move under cover as the rain started to come down at the end.
All done. Total miles = 4.5
Moleskinny
As stated above, the clock struck 0700 and I was just about positive nobody was showing up. Then Joker and O’Tannenbaum roll in right at 0701. Of course we had to take a couple minutes of mumblechattering so we launched around 0703ish. I figured nobody else was showing up, so we went straight for the field trip instead of sticking around for a warm up.
OT was feeling a little rough this morning after a long night of exploring the beer menu at Vintner’s and dealing with some overly served elderly women at the Cinebarre. May not have been the best day to throw in around 4.5 miles of running today, but he took it like a champ.
Joker was his usual self filled with a lot of gas and releasing quite frequently. I mean he farted A LOT. As OT said though, that is the best part of F3. Just glad he was wearing his dark colored full length tights under his shorts.
The sandbags were heavier than I remember and they sucked. Glad we didn’t take them with us on the field trip.
Both OT and Joker are jealous of my beard. Joker might be renamed patches because he is going bald on his face. OT just comes in total grey, so he keeps it clean shaven. Smart. What’s it like being old? Speaking of, OT still goes to twitter.com to find out what’s happening with F3. No account needed.
Thanks for showing up this morning, gentlemen. I didn’t need that extra hour of sleep anyway.
-Pro
It was a wet gloomy morning and the Substi Q thought no one would show. With a lack faith, a prayer was sent up requesting the rain would stop long enough for a serious workout and that pax would show for a beatdown. Sure enough, the rain stopped and within a few minutes til 7 am three pax showed stumbling out of their clown car. With great exclamation, all were welcomed as I stepped from my truck. Moon River responded with a “Where’s Gullah, isn’t he the Q ?” Me; “He’s out of town.” MR; “You sure?” Me; “Yeah, because I begged him to let me be Q!” MR; “Need us to unload the kettlebells?” Me; “No KBs needed I brought my own toys.”… Shock and dismay among the pax, NO GULLAH AND NO KBs!!!
From that correspondence, YHC went into the disclaimer and proceeded with the beatdown.
SSH x 20, IW x 20, Hillbillies x 20.
2 laps around short track. Mad showed up as first lap was started. He made up for it by going back and forth to his car a couple of times.
Run backward 1/2 track. Lunge 1/2 track. Side to side facing in 1/2 track. Side to side facing out 1/2 track.
Find a dry spot under the covered walkway. LBC x 10, Right Oblique Crunch x 10, flapjack to Left x 10, HTH x 10.
Mosie to benches at left side of school. Step ups with low squats x 10, dips x 10, incline merkins x 10, derkins x 10.
Run ayg to benches right of school. Repeato on bench work.
Dryspot under covered walkway. LBC x 10, Right Oblique Crunch x 10, flapjack to Left x 10, HTH x 10.
Metal plates lined across parking lot each pax chooses a plate either 45, 35 or 25 lbs and push plate across parking lot x 3. After each crossing run a lap around the parking lot.
Dryspot under covered walkway. LBC x 10, Right Oblique Crunch x 10, flapjack to Left x 10, HTH x 10.
Peoples chair 35 lb KB passed from left to right then back again x 10. PAX do arm raises while waiting for KB.
LBC x 10, Right Oblique Crunch x 10, flapjack to Left x 10, HTH x 10.
Peoples chair 20 lb KB overhead x 10. PAX do arm raises while waiting for KB.
Return to metal plates push across lot x 3. Run lap around lot after each crossing.
Bench work. Run back to benches to left side of school and repeato.
Dryspot under covered walkway. LBC x 10, Right Oblique Crunch x 10, flapjack to Left x 10, HTH x 10.
Time to kill so do Mary’s pax choice.
COT. Announcements, Mad gave promo for Fishing Hole on Thursday mornings since we were all 45 or older. Prayer service 4/19 for Jennings and Palmer (Bout Time) family 7:30pm at RTS chapel 2101 Carmel Rd. YHC took us out by requesting forgiveness for not being Gullah and the lack of KB work. Also asked forgiveness on the lack of faith that rain would stop and pax would show.
Thanks Gullah for letting me Q today! Everybody worked hard and even though the rain stopped we were still soaked with sweat.
On a beautiful spring morning, 7 PAX moseyed on down to the scout hut for some recovery stretching time. Here’s how it went:
Psalm 32:7- “You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.”
The main thing
Moleskin
Another great time with a great group of guys. I will say though- it was stinking hot today. It almost appeared that since the temperature was warmer outside, that the heat had to be cranked up in the Scout Hut to accommodate the rising temps.
I decided to go with the antler lighting this morning- switching it up a bit but we prevented it from getting to romantical by balancing the lighting with a playlist of great Classic Rock songs
Great seeing Band Aid for week 2- even if he looks 15 years younger with no beard.
T-claps to Arena and Lois for the pre runs before- weather was perfect for it.
Get ready for another VQ next week! Chopper will be taking the reigns for the first time at Gumby next week!
Thanks guys for coming out- always a pleasure to lead!
Last night brought everyone back to the early 90’s. You’re going to the MLB autograph day, and you plan on getting Jose Canseco’s signature but it could possible be Ozzie. Lucky for everyone at Commitment it was the Real Frack in attendance, and he was throwing around FNG’s like dollar bills at a bachelor party.
12 PAX bravely ignored the rain to see if Frack would actually show up to Q and/or bring a FNG. I was planning on doing my typical fat guy lifting routine; but had to alter it when Corporate aka Bratwurst aka Professional Runner was in attendance.
COP
SSH x 25
Merkin x 25
IW x 20
Squat x 20
Cherry Pickers x 0
Mosey to brick and pallet pile
Partner work with exercises and hill runs
Brick Merkins x 200
Pallet Presses x 200
Partner run with Pallet and burpees. Bottle cap killed this exercise, not sure how those tennis biceps held up so well.
11 up and downs on bleacher in which Dasher smoked the pack with Delta not far back from the lead.
Back with the Pallets
Pallet Tri Extension x 200
Stairway to 7 with hill, squat, and burpees.
Mosey back to start with some dips and air presses.
Moleskin
Welcome FNG Sriracha (Bryan Goux) who did an awesome job on his first workout. Finch was a beast all day. Fusebox is steadily getting stronger; must have been my constructive motivation. Great to have Deathcon out here; representing Northern HotLanta. Recalculating was pushing hard and would have burned 955 calories if his crapple watch did let me down with 5 minutes to go. Side note Bratwurst burned 47 calories.
Always an honor to lead this group. Thanks to Mad Dog for forcing me into it.
Announcements
Some awesome gents are helping shake and bake move into Millbridge. Posse in always helping others, and is the true meaning of what F3 is all about. Bottlecap is organizing a F3 booth at a lawson event. Prayers for Hollywood and his Dad.
THE STREAK HAS ENDED!!!!!
11 guys gathered in a church parking lot on a rainy Saturday morning. According to section 7, part b, subpart i of the RockZero manifesto, today was to be a light day. The men were disclaimed, and off we went. McGee complained immediately when we cut through the moist front yard and he got his shoes wet. We gathered near the intersection for a quick warmup (IW, MC, Monkey Humpers – Jet Fuel is terrible at Monkey Humpers) then started toward Davie Park.
We gathered near the gate of the dog park driveway. AYG to the second street light, then easy back to the first for 10 situps (more complaining from McGee about counting the light poles). AYG to the third, easy back to the second, situps. Repeat all the way to the end. My weinke was less detailed at this point – it said something like (“do stuff at the park”), so we improvised. We did plank walks with merkins on the parking spots, then 7s on a hill we found behind the building there. We explored a little more back there – some trails, a tennis court, picnic tables, sand volleyball – did some stuff, then AYG back to the gate. Ugh.
Recover with a little mary, then over to the playground. We discovered some fancy new playground equipment there, including a police line around a missing swing. There were lots of theories about what happened there, but we pressed on. Partner 1 does a hot lap around the lot while partner 2 does an exercise. Repeat for a few laps.
Then we headed back to the church via Indian Run, mixing in a little backwards/forwards running on the driveway. Time killers at the end included sets of 10 merkins, jumpups and dips on the picnic tables next to the building and the requisite “line up abreast and sprint to that other pole over there”. Done
I had low expectation for numbers this morning, but the guys came through. The rain mostly held off. If you don’t normally post on Saturdays, give it a try. The 7:00 start at RockZero is a nice change from the weekdays, and it’s a good group of guys. Today was a bonus since the rain meant everybody’s youth sports were cancelled, so we had a good crowd at Starbucks afterwards. Haze even stopped by again after his running club meeting.
Also, I’m having cake for breakfast.
Posted on behalf of Goodfella . . . Who after 2 years in F3 STILL claims he doesn’t have a login
This (delayed) Backblast comes after some “corporate” peer pressure from @Moneyball and @Bottlecap, which is ironic in and of itself! Since @Moneyball missed some major workout details in his Ghost-written BB in an effort to keep the “streak” alive for The Floater, I wanted to fill in the gaps. Here we go…
Thursday mornings have certainly gotten interesting lately in WaxVegas, with 2 great AO’s starting up recently. Pursuit is an awesome running workout in the/my great neighborhood of Millbridge, but The Floater sets up shop in beautiful downtown Waxhaw. YHC has been conflicted about which to attend since I enjoy both, but haven’t been able to make either lately due to some very overrated work travel.
After Bottle Cap pinch hit for us at Dromedary a few weeks ago, I told him I wanted to return the favor at The Floater. 4/5/18 would be the day for my first Floater Q. Needed to prepare for this, not to disappoint the Pax.
Warmup at Dreamchasers Brewery:
The Thang:
Mosey across The Bridge and Behind Maxwell’s.
At each STOP sign = 3 Burpees. 7 total STOPS for Burpees (21 total).
Mosey back in front of Dreamchasers. Partner up at the Big Tree for “100’s” of each:
All-in we did about (10) additional Burpees (up to 31 total now).
Mosey over to “KeithJongHill” since apparently every Floater workout ends up there
At each STOP sign = Burpees. 12 more Burpees completed. Total of 43 Burpees now.
Grab a Lifting Rock at the new construction site for more partner work.
150 Total Reps of each as a team:
Repeat exercises for 100 reps of each:
Some did 1/2 reps so completed early. Repeat the above for 50 of each. All-in we ran up that nasty hill 10-12 times each.
5-minute warning sounded on YHC’s watch so we moseyed back to the Church. We didn’t forget to STOP for more Burpees so we got in (9) more on the way to COT. Grand Total of (52) Burpees as part of the workout. Nice work!
Quick Mary with 1 minute remaining. H2H and LBC. Name-o-Rama.
Moleskin:
The Pax worked hard at The Floater (but not as hard as Rockwell did trying to figure out where to park in Metropolitan Waxhaw!), and I think even @theRealFrack enjoyed it since he got to lift rocks. Not bad when we can get >50 Burpees in over the course of a workout. Thanks for allowing me to lead the Pax and I look forward to future Floater Q’s, and maybe even another Backblast.
Moneyball already wrote up the announcements so I won’t repeat them.
Until next time, fellas!
12 PAX braved chilly temperatures Thursday morning for the latest edition of Area 51’s finest AO, aka Hydra. Since a FNG was in the mix, YHC issued an emotional, thorough, and legally sound disclaimer. Off into the gloom commenced the PAX for the downpainment…
Mosey to the OPES bus parking lot. Time to get this party started…
COP
YHC’s cadence was spectacular. PAX’s count was, well, lacking. “The leads are weak.” Hops noticed the rather quiet count and rescued the PAX from slipping into a Spring Break nap by turning up the volume. Thank you, brother.
Let’s mosey. Left on Rea. Right on Windyrush. Stop at Windyrush / Windyrush intersection for Mary. Right on Windyrush (confused yet?). Stop at Windyrush / Edenbridge intersection for Mary. Right on Edenbridge. Meet by the benches under the ol’ oak tree.
Mosey to the basketball blacktop, where Hops lamented, “Should have done COP right here.” It would not be Hydra if rough pavement was not utilized. Puddin’ is probably still picking asphalt pebbles and glass shards from his hands.
Partner Up, go to opposite baselines.
Hot lap on the Windyrush / Edenbridge loop back to Launch.
Mary to wait on the 6. The local female running group was congregating in the OPES parking lot after their run, and marveling at the PAX’s fine form under YHC’s stellar Qship. That had to be it. Or, maybe they were laughing at us. Debatable. Nevertheless, Cheese Curd’s M was part of the running gaggle and thus leading the cat calls. Gut in, chest out, shoulders back…
To the baby track we go…
Done
Moleskin
Welcome to FNG Revlon (Todd Mitchum) who made sure the PAX knew he was a Clemson guy. Naming rights to Scratch and Win, who knew A LOT about Mitchum deodarant and its rich history with deep TN roots. Revlon bought Mitchum in an incredibly hostile corporate takeover (ok, I made up the hostile part) led by Mitt Romney (made that up, too). Mascara and deodorant sticks were hurled across the boardroom table. All is well now, thankfully. Hope to see you again soon, Revlon, even though you have tipped the balance of power decidedly in Clemson’s favor for this AO. SEC PAX unite to stem the tide of this orange wave. Wait, did someone say “Tide”? Ummm hmmmm…… YHC does not even have to say it. Know it. Live it. Love it.
Always an honor to lead this workout. Thanks to Puddin’ Pop for the strong takeout.
Announcements
“Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” on April 28th at 10:00 a.m., NODA Brewing Company. Check out my Twitter feed for more details. If you cannot make it, then please consider donating to this great cause and organization (Safe Alliance) who serve women victimized by domestic violence.
http://www.safealliance.org/event-pages/walk-a-mile-in-her-shoes/
Growing up as a baseball player, YHC’s father always said, “Great play + bad throw = zero. Finish the play.”
Our QIC didn’t finish the play. I couldn’t let his great Q and the great work from the attending PAX turn into a zero! Time to finish the play with a backblast.
From memory-
Warm up lap to side of Dreamcatchers
SSH x 20?
Mtn Climbers x 20?
Some other standard warm-up exercise and we were off
The Thang:
Stop Signs and Burpees. We took a running lap through backside of Waxhaw. Those of us with intimate knowledge of the downtown area expected to meet one of our brave boys in blue as we were heading dangerously close to the sacred playground.
Not sure how many stop signs, but seemed like 8-10 with 3? burpees at each. We ran all through Waxhaw with this stop and burp cadence. Then headed to #keithjonghill for the real fun.
Goodfella found a large collection of boulders blessed by our resident Rock Rabbi, Frack himself. We partnered up grabbed a rock.
Round 1: Curls and Runs
Partner 1 did curls while Partner 2 scaled #keithjonghill to the stop sign and returned. I believe it was 150 curls per team
Round 2: Curl to Press
Partner 1 did curl to press while Partner 2 scaled #keithjonghill to stop sign and returned. 150 on this one as well (the Q probably knows)
Round 3: Triceps extension
Partner 1 did curl to press while Partner 2 scaled #keithjonghill to stop sign and returned. 150? Again, the Q most likely knows.
YHC most likely missed an entire segment of the workout in the above backblast, but #thefloater has a spotless backblast record (in spite of GF and Stubby’s best efforts) so we couldn’t let the streak end…not like this.
Moleskin
Great to have Goodfella come run the Floater for us. He did a great job, always comes up with a good workout, and really pushes us. We just need to have him be as motivated to write backblasts as he is to win AMRAPs and burpee challenges! 🙂
Announcements
Moving Shake and Bake to our area on Saturday- see Posse for more details
F3 vendor tent at Lawson- show up and show out. Maybe we can all do burpees or merkins in the Millhouse parking lot to show them what we got
F3 Saturday Family workout- 9ish 2 workouts. One semi-serious and another one a bit more fun and lower impact. Details being ironed out
Open Door Bible Study @7am at 5 Stones Office Sunday Morning
Thanks, Mad Dog for taking us out. Sincerest apologies if I missed any of you. I believe the number was 10…