The lure of Hop Cakes brought out the beasts today, drinkers of beer beasts that is. Both Spackler and Semi Gloss were there. It was their first post together since the summer of 2013. After Hairball completed his 14 point turn to get into a parking space (worst parking job ever)…we took off.
COP in Day Care lot with 20 SSH, 20 IW, and 15 Mt. Climbers. AYG to Davie Park for Hop Cakes. At the playground, do 10 derkins, 10 jump-ups, 10 pull-ups, and take a lap around the parking lot. Repeat x 4 for a total of 5 sets. Flutters x 40IC and Russian Twist x 15IC. Play frogger as we crossed Hwy 51 and did 7’s (diamonds and wide arms) on Windswept. Knee-up x 20IC and Flutters x 13IC (stupid car). Mosey back to day care with a stop at the fence for 11’s (dips and derkins). Monkey humpers x 38 in the day care parking lot. LBCs x 15IC. AYG back to start.
NM
Davie Park is a 1/2 mile from the Day Care. Kirk and Swiper took the early lead by bolting through the grass and cutting the corner #veteranmove. Did Kirk bring the case of Hop Cakes for the winner as I proudly marketed on twitter? We will never know as he won race. My guess is he is sitting in his office right now at 2:57pm enjoying his second can of the day. Congrats you earned it. Please take an Uber home.
Semi was my dark horse to win the Hop Cakes but the hoodie really held him back. The hood kind of acted like a sail in the wind. Next time big fella.
Yes, Swiper, I like Flutters. We were going to go for another 40IC but that car killed the plans on Windswept.
Dollywood was flying on the 7’s. He got in an extra set. It offset Spackler only doing 6’s.
Monkey Humpers in the front lot of the day care were a treat. I’m pretty sure I was the only one doing them #awkward. Kirk’s ankle monitor was going off b/c he was within 100 feet of a children’s school.
Semi with the takeout.
AYE. 14 of Area 51’s finest plus one FNG posted for the weekly Anvil beatdown, but they were all disappointed. It was a sleeper. Real snoozefest. Here’s more or less what transpired:
THE THANG
25 Merkins OYO
25 Monkey Humpers OYO (FNG very weirded out at this point)
#modified_disclaimer
Run to top of Entrance 4 and do 10 Burpees
Run on Rea to Bevington and do 10 Burpees
Run to Old Course Drive and do 10 Burpees
Plank/Mary while we wait for the six
Run to Old Course and Piper Glen intersection but at every:
Hill – 10 Monkey Humpers (70 total)
Trough – 10 Jump Squats (70 total)
Turn around and do 5 Burpees at every hill and trough (70 total)
For those of you counting, that’s just 100 Burpees. Sorry guys. I meant to do more.
AYG back to the church
Plank/Mary while we wait for the six
A bunch of sprints
Some more Monkey Humpers (can’t get enough)
A few more sprints
That’s it.
MOLESKIN
1. Yup, see? Easy. Just 3.2 miles and 100 Burpees plus a lot of monkeys humped. My legs are definitely not sore and I’ll bet no one elses are either.
2. FNG Thin Mint is freaky fast. I’m pretty sure he was hanging behind Alf and Lobsta just because he wasn’t exactly sure where to go or what to do or whether or not this F3 thing is a cult. It is, btw.
3. Larry Bird to Iron Horse. Fact – the guy is 55 and he’s a monster. Other fact – he lives on Old Course Drive but he managed to resist the temptation to post back to the #fartsack. That, my friends, deserves a Larry Bird.
4. Props to Purple Haze who posted this morning just to salve YHC’s wound from Saturday where only 5 pax posted for what had been advertised as a hard workout. That’s why I didn’t advertise this one and I made sure it was super easy. Like, super super easy. Didn’t y’all think it was easy?
ANNOUNCEMENTS
F3 10 Year Anniversary Party on 1/1/2021. Mark your calendars. I think Alf is hosting.
#horseneck OUT
13 PAX posted at Dromedary for a nice workout
COP
30 SSH IC
20 Merkins IC
30 Mountain Climbers IC
30 Imperial Walkers IC
Mosey to the hill at the front of the school, started with 11 Merkins at the bottom and 11 at the top working our way down to 1 Merkin. Planked it out when done.
Mosey to the benches at the Cafeteria area then did
20 Box Jumps
20 Derkins
20 Dips
1 Lap around the Football field
SSH while regrouping/recovering
20 Box Jumps
20 Derkins
20 Dips
1 Lap around the football field
SSH while regrouping
20 Box Jumps
10 Diamond Merkins
20 LBC
1 Lap around the Football field
SSH to recover
Did some Bear Crawl, the mosey back to the hill in front of the school where we ran to the bottom of the hill did 5 Burpees then ran backward to the top of the hill and did 5 Burpees, then continued decreasing the number of burpees by one working our way down to 1 burpee.
Mosey back to the parking lot for some Mary
20 American hammer IC
20 LBC IC
20 Bicycle IC
Moleskin:
This was my first Q at Dromedary, which was the AO of my very first F3 workout last October, when I could hardly keep up and was well behind everyone else trying to catch my breath and not throw up.
I think it was a good workout, everyone did great and pushed hard, I tried to keep this guys constantly moving, with active rest in between sets, I hope everybody enjoyed those SSH after the laps. Heard quite a bit of grunting which I take as good feedback.
Announcements:
Old MACDONALD had a farm E-I-E-I-O And on his farm he had a few baby goats, so if any of the the PAX’s boys and girls want to go see them, hold them and play with them get in contact with him, I took my daughter last weekend and she loved it.
Thank you Money Ball for taking us out.
SSH x 20
IW x 15
Peter Parker Merkin x 15
Mountain Climber x 15
Head to Brixham Park:
Bear Crawl in
Dips x 15
Derkins x 10
Dips x 10
10 Burpees OYO
4 Corners:
10 Merkins, 10 squats
mosey
10 Diamonds, 10 squats
mosey
10 Wide, 10 squat
mosey
10 Carolina Dry Docks, 10 squat
Repeat
At the Pond:
6s on the hill, burpees at top, jumps squats at bottom
2 groups; team 1 does lap, team 2 does flutter & dolly until team returns
Flapjack
team 1 does lap, team 2 does LBC & Rosalita
Flapjack
Finish with 15 Russian Twists
To the Bulls:
Bear crawl form sidewalk to bulls, lunge walk back
Jog to parking lot on way home:
10 merkins, 10 diamonds, 10 wide
Take it home
It was good to be back at Bagpipe; probably haven’t Qed since last summer before the calf injury. Even Frehley questioned my ability to navigate the AO. We covered decent ground in 45 mins
and I enjoyed getting the opportunity.
Announcements:
Mud Run
Money Back guarantee from Pebbles that you will sincerely enjoy Fat Camp tomorrow
Test driving new AO in Pineville on Thursday night, contact Madame…
Happy Hour tomorrow @ Brazwells
20 tough guys rolled out for a little bit of skunk in the 32 degree spring weather.
The thang:
Ssh x 20 IC
IW x 10 IC
Merkins x 15 IC
Grab your bell and head to the big entrance close to John St.
Farmers carry with Merkins chasers until we run into construction fence. 25 two handed swings and then carry own bel up to front lot in front of church.
Keep your partner for:
P1 Lap
P2 two handed swings
Flapjack
Rinse and repeato
Round 2: teabag squats
Round 3: clean and press
Round 4: snatch
Round 5: flutter press
Back to top lot for 6MOM
50 swings non-stop
LBCs
Rosalita
Protractor
20 Snatches
Moleskine: chatty group with limited attention span which must be from city water. Don’t have as much prob in U-Co workouts. Savvy veteran move from the overly trusted Header this am. Dollywood was crushing his group on the lap runs until about 2/3 the way in, after ample sandbagging Header decides to go all in with one hard run and make an obvious scene to gain attention as the winner. lesson learned Dollywood. Great to see Robinhood out today, much respect! Sorry to surprise the group with the Q but Good Hands gave it up with a “sore back” which rhymes with “fartsack”. I may have smoked myself as I’m not as consistent as I should be but hope you got your money’s worth.
Last time I led it was a skeleton crew so while I normally don’t want to repeat a workout from my last Q there were enough people back plus two new guys that I thought needed to experience this thang called the starfish.
#HairbandMile and pick up stragglers
COP
SSH x 10
Imperial Walkers x 15
Enough of that, let’s get to it!
The Thang
Explained the Starfish:
4 islands in the parking lot with a cones set up. Complete exercise at an island/cone, run to the middle cone for an exercise, run to next island/cone for exercise run back to the middle etc.
So it went like this
Round 1: (upper body suckage)
Island 1 x 15 Merkins
Burpees x 5 in the middle
Island 2 x 15 Diamond Merkins
Burpees x 5 in the middle
Island 3 x 15 Carolina Dry Docs
Burpees x 5 in the middle
Island 4 x 15 Wide Arm Merkins
Burpees x 5 in the middle
Repeato
Plank work until all are done
Round 2: (lower body)
Island 1 x 20 Lunges
Jump Squats x 10 in the middle
Island 2 x 20 Mountain Climbers
Jump Squats x 10 in the middle
Island 3 x 20 Monkey Humpers – The new guys enjoyed this, I’m sure of it.
Jump Squats x 10 in the middle
Island 4 x 20 Squats
Jump Squats x 10 in the middle
Repeato
Plank work
Round 3: (Core)
Island 1 x 25 Rosalitas
Rockhoppers x 15 in the middle
Island 2 x 25 Flutter
Rockhoppers x 15 in the middle
Island 3 x 25 LBCs
Rockhoppers x 15 in the middle
Island 4 x 25 Freddie Mercury
Rockhoppers x 15 in the middle
Repeato
Plankwork
Look who showed up! My friend Jack Webb!
1 merkin to 4 air presses up to 10 merkins:40 airpresses
Mary
Flutter x 25
Rosalita x 20ish
Pretzle crunches 10 left 10 right
Superman/Banana a few times
Done!
COT
Thanks for taking us out GJ
Moleskin
Great to have everyone out and it was a smoker as usual.
Happy got in touch with me after the beatdown apologizing for not making it but told me about his dad that went to the ER last night, please keep him (Charles) in your prayers and his mom (Linda) as she supports him through this tough time.
A running workout. The PAX, both warned and prepared by a thorough pre-blast, gathered in the chilly gloom. Although lacking in any specifics or detail, the mandatory note of preparation did hit the high points and contained actual sentences, which is more than can be said for last week’s. T-claps to Alf for setting the pre-blast bar low. Here’s how we filled in the gaps:
The Thang-
Circle up in SCMS parking lot for SSH x25 IC
Mosey down 51 and partner up at intersection with Rea
Partner 1 runs down Rea toward Colony to the new bridge (+/-1mi), 25 merkins, return to Rea/51
Partner 2 runs down Rea toward Bevington to the turning lane just past 4-mile Creek Bridge, 25 merkins, return to Rea/51
25 partner hand-slap merkins
Flapjack directions down Rea with partner and repeat-o
Mixed in a little Mary and some squats in between rounds while the Six came in
Mosey back up 51 to SCMS, stopping at park entrance for another 25 merkins + Mary until the Six is in
Naked Moleskin
Great work by all PAX this AM. Was probably the last of the “cold” mornings, but definitely not the end of Beanie season. Tried to keep us moving and warm while covering some ground today…more new school FT rather than incorporating the Bootcamp half of the workout description. Not too much mumble chatter today, at least that YHC had the privilege of overhearing. Did see some FT vets choosing to modify (refusnik) during the Mary sessions to re-group the PAX. #promove Kotters to Hannibal – good to see you out and T-claps for the great take out. Also good to see some new faces at FT with Voodoo and Strawberry coming out and working hard. And in the extended darkness with the time change, YHC did not even recognize Runstopper until COT. Thanks to Haze and TL for the opportunity.
Announcements
None. They were not included in the pre-blast and therefore, not allowed.
Where to start? I guess the beginning, which was really last Tuesday.
Wrapping up the workout last Tuesday – conveniently linked HERE (it’s beautiful if only for the use of “short fingered vulgarian” – and Talkbox mentions that he will be celebrating his 40th birthday this (last) weekend. It’s even in the announcements of the BB. So anyway, YHC knew the kids were out of town and decided that the M and I could swing by after the Hornets game. So we did – only at Legion instead of Sycamore. There, I’m told by Sun Dancer that Talkbox has the Q this week. Neither of them remember that occurring, which may speak more to the multi-hour celebration than my memory, or anything else. They did fully remember harassing me about wardrobe decisions.
YHC rolls into OP at 0525, and Sun Dancer and Talkbox are already there. Great…never saw the typical but not mandatory pre-blast, so fears allayed that we were good to go, only Talkbox has no idea. They were trying to remember the name of the WIB that has all of the lunge walks, OR 21 gun salute. That sounded better, so that was the “plan”.
The Thang
Run the “mile” the long way to Foxworth.
At the bottom, 21 merkins, 21 squats, 21 LBCs. Sprint to the top. 1 burpee (increasing by 1 each trip).
Total of 10 trips. Run the “mile” back to OP.
A little time left on the clock, so Mary to finish it out. And done.
Announcements
Church on the Street – signup link: Sign up for 4/3
There was one more – someone chime in.
The Moleskine
For a last minute idea, that was executed to near perfection. There was enough time on the clock to fit in 1 more trip, but there may have been a mutiny. 210 merkins, squats, LBCs + 55 burpees…no watch this morning, but I would guess 3ish miles with a lot of hill work.
I think 3-5 exercises is about the perfect number in this format. By the end, merkins 16-21 became…labored, difficult…choose the word. Burpees always suck, and the fact that they were working essentially the same muscles as the other exercises made them lots more fun.
Completely unrelated aside, but Pre-blasts – if not informative, don’t. Examples: “Here’s the workout / route for tomorrow”, “We’re going off campus, don’t be late”, “Gloves recommended”, “Bring your track / mud shoes” – all great reasons for a pre-blast. Nash once appropriately pre-blasted “there will be bear crawls”, and then proceeded to have 20 minutes of them, which I skipped because I read the pre-blast AND I’m not a bear (copyright Swiper 2014). End aside.
Talkbox truly sprinted the uphills. Apparently grabbed a nice PR on Strava for the Foxworth Hill #40?. Geraldo’s light may have saved all of us from getting run over at some point, and he was polite enough to switch to the non-blinding red light too. A lot of traffic on Foxworth before 6 AM – and who the heck waters their lawn in 38 degree weather at 0540? Pretty much had the water on the entire time we were over there. Very unwelcoming.
One Eye pulled away mid-way through when the talk got really weird, like “Keep Austin Weird” weird. This discussion seemed to overshadow those of ACC dominance, the Providence (Sun Dancer = Friar) vs Carolina (YHC = UNC04) game, Hornets (big win), Daisy being a new father, babies cutely (or oddly for Sun Dancer) looking at things other than faces, how kids develop personalities, oddly layered wardrobe choices #Agony, whether Semi-Gloss really is gone for good, etc.
I think that about covers it.
I’ve written, re-written, and re-written this Back Blast 4-5 times now… and this is the version I’m going with! Unfortunately, a Back Blast doesn’t do justice to what our F3 Sixth Sense Palmetto 200 Ultra Team just accomplished… but it will have to do until the movie comes out!
The Thang:
Pretty simple… get 6 runners together, pile into a van on a Friday morning, head to Columbia/Lexington, run 205.4 miles, then come home… right??
Moleskine:
To say I’m extremely proud of what our team accomplished, and thankful for the men I got to share this experience with over this past weekend is an understatement. I will try to capture more thoughts later to share with others, but I want to get this out sooner than later!! I’ll keep this short and sweet… This was an INCREDIBLE team effort!
For the numbers, we completed the course in just over 27-hours, so I think the math turns out to be right at/or just under 8:00 min/mile.
205.4 miles isn’t easy with 9 guys, 12 guys… heck with 36 guys!! We chose the challenge of running with 6 runners: Sensei/Slim Fast, Dory, Cheese Curd, Sacagawea, Mr. Brady and Gerber. Mermaid was an original runner, but through an untimely injury, he served the team as driver.
Anyone that has run in a relay like this, including BRR, knows that injuries, jobs, family… life…. require pluses and minuses from the team. Ours was no exception. We had team changes in November, December, January, February, and as late as 10-days before the run.
On paper, our strength as a team was noted by several fast runners… Mr. Brady, Sacagawea, Gerber, Dory… those of you that do running workouts with these guys know how fast and strong they are.
But our true strength showed in how we overcame many obstacles before and during the race. This is what I wanted to recap in the Back Blast.
I know these guys didn’t make any of these physical and personal sacrifices for recognition… they made these sacrifices because that is what Brothers do for each other in good times… and in times of adversity!
I wanted the PAX of Area 51 to know what these men did over this last weekend! Everyone contributed to the team effort! They did more than just run a relay… they exemplified the true spirit of F3!
I was honored to be part of their team, and I’m honored to call them my Brothers! Aye!
Slim Fast
Fight Club made it’s second visit to Foxhole.
Warm-up: A couple of laps in the parking lot
The Thang:
5 Stations
Station1: 20 two handed swings and 10 merkins, keep alternating until times up
Station 2: Heavy Bag
Station 3-5 Pad Work (jabs/crosses and a it you were Pebbles some knees tossed in there)
Lap around building then some merkin merries
Regular Crunches-10 Merkins
LBC’s- 8 Merkins
Side Merkins Left- 6 merkins
Side Merkins Right- 4 merkins
Pistol Crunch Left- 2 merkins
Pistol Crunch Right- 4 merkins
Flutter- 6 Merkins
Freddy’s- 8 merkins
LBC’s- 10 merkins
Great work by all today. Thanks for allowing Fight Club workout to come back out.
Chippy