Did you say ciabatta?

Did you say ciabatta?

YHC caught every red light on the way up from SC so he had little time for introductions or a proper disclaimer. Luckily, the group was mostly veterans so a after a quick few words, we were off.

 

Mosey through the fit trail to the base of the hill leading up to the bridge.  YHC began to explain the workout and saw some confused/worried faces so we just jumped right in.

 

We began at the base of the hill leading up to the bridge and ran to the top of the parking deck. Along the way, PAX stopped to complete a 6 round Tabata “set” at roughly 5 different locations (bottom of the hill, top of the hill, soccer field, halfway up the parking deck, and top of the parking deck).  A single Tabata round consisted of completing an exercise for 20 secs at maximum effort followed by 10 seconds rest. An example of single Tabata set is provided below:

 

-6 count burpee

-drop squat

-jump lunge

-plyo pushup

-mountain climbers

-flutter kicks

 

The exercises selected were intended to be taxing and fit in the “sprint” pace required to have an effective Tabata style workout.  Other exercises that made an appearance include; bunny hops, Apollo Oh-no, 8 count body builders, tuck jump, reverse LBCs, SSHs.

 

At the top of the parking deck PAX completed a three leg suicide (~20m, ~40m and, ~80m)

 

Mosey down the stairs and into the soccer field

PAX found a partner and completed “Leap Frog Broad Jumps” across the soccer field and back.  I came up with this exercise a several weeks ago, but it doesn’t seem to be catching on…I guess just keep cramming it down the PAXs throats.

 

The leap frog broad jump is executed as follows:

P1 crouches in front of P2 (leap frog style)

P2 leap frogs over P1 and lands in a “deep squat” position

From the deep squat, P2 explodes forward with a broad jump

P1 follows from behind with the same movements

 

Following that awfulness, PAX completed 5 rounds of serpentine hill runs around the trees

 

Mosey back to COT completing some Mary along the way.

 

Moleskin-

I always feel very excited before every Q.  I really enjoy leading such a fine group of men.  Everyone held it together really well and seems very “satisfied” by the time COT came around.  Fire Hazard and Haggis were really tearing it up on the runs along with Doubtfire. Haggis got attacked by ants and then received some serious man on man action you probably couldn’t even find on craigslist (believe me, I’ve looked).  Convergence this Saturday and Southern discomfort the Saturday after that.

 

Much Love

-Pebbles.

All units: Were going to need back up in the Alpha Bravo Charlie parking lot

At 7:00 buckets of rain were falling a few bolts of lightning threatened to push Ghost Runner indoors to the nearest set of treadmills.  By 7:30 the coast was clear and 17 PAX, along with a dozen of CMPD’s finest showed up at the ABC store parking lot for a little action.

The Thang:

Run around Raintree in 100% humidity until you want to vomit.

Moleskine:

At 7:15 there were about 4 runners, 1 CMPD cruiser, 2 officers, and 1 car full of passive suspects gathered in the ABC parking lot.  By 7:30 there were 17 runners, 9 CMPD cruisers, 2 CMPD SUV’s, a couple of unmarked police vehicles, 15 officers and 1 car full of passive suspects.  So off we went leaving the platoon of CMPD officers to take care of what ever issue was brewing outside the ABC store.

At 8:30 there were 17 sweaty runners, some of them shirtless, 9 CMPD cruisers, 2 CMPD SUV’s, a couple of unmarked police vehicles, 15 officers and 4 passive suspects sitting on the curb in the ABC parking lot.  As they went to load a suspect in a car, I heard another officer say the car was almost on empty?  Good thing there were a dozen other transportation options to haul the suspects away.

Not sure what all the action was for CMPD, but most of us were fairly certain that you would have been free and clear to loot a bank on the other side of the Arboretum with little threat of available officers to deal with it.

Anyhow, Frasier and Bratwurst joined the PAX for the 1st mile at a leisurely pace before taking off into the distance.  Brady lulled Hairball into a stiff pace and conversation before turning on the jet engines on 4-mile creek and up Raintree Ln.  Tiger Rag followed instructions and kept himself on the primary 6-mile loop the whole time!  Strange Brew, Pop Tart, and Icky held down the 4-mile route.  Good to have 49er and Stone Cold out with us for the first time this summer.  I am fairly certain 49er has no regrets on skipping the BRR this year.  The rest of the crew have been posting most of the runs recently and are steadily getting faster each week.

While Pop Tart is a great handle, I think it’s only a matter of time before the renaming to Tackleberry happens.  Good pull on TR’s part to make the comparison.

Thanks to Strange Brew for the take out.

-Alf

 

3 by 4 Triple Stack in the new South Charlotte Sweat Box

17 strong (sans Runstopper and Scabby – HC but no #DRP) gathered at Charlotte Catholic to take on the brand spanking new parking deck (which we found out functions like an oven in the summer).

The Thang

COP – SSHX15, Mtn Climbers X20, Jump squats X15, Merkins X15

Jog to the new parking deck and take a quick tour, with bear crawl up one level, stopping at the top level of the stair well nearest the school for start of the 3 by 4 triple stack.    Run to corner on other side of deck from stair well, perform called exercise, run down to next level and over to opposite side and continue hitting all three stair “stacks” and all four levels at each “stack”.  Level 1 – 3 count, Level 2 – 6 count, Level 3 – 9 count, Level 4 – 12 count

  • Stack 1 – Hand release merkins
  • Stack 2 – Squat jumps
  • Stack 3 – Burpees

Rinse and repeat but YHC audibled the counts to 1, 2, 3, 4 at each stack #sweatingprofuselyintheoven

Jog to middle for quick stop at the concrete barrier for Incline Merkins X15 and Decline Merkins X10

Jog over to ramp from level 3 to 4 for triple nickle.  5 jumping lunges at bottom and 5 jump squats at top with animal movement up the ramp and sprint back down.   Bear crawl, Crab Walk, Broad Jumps, Backward bear crawl, and Backward crab walk.

Down to ramp from level 1 to level 2 for three man gassers.   Man 2 sprints from upper ramp to lower.  Man 3 sprints up ramp once man 2 arrives and then Man 1 sprints down once man 3 arrives.  Keep going until YHC calls time.

Jog over to starting point for a few minutes of Ring of fire.    Each man calls out his F3 name and then a core exercise for the PAX to perform while he sprints around the circle.

COT

Naked Moleskin

This was the first full work out in the new parking deck and I don’t think anyone left disappointed (or with much left in the tank).   The deck gets a bit warm and hitting all 4 levels over and over was grinding.

Pretty sure that was the lowest average age for any F3 workout in my 4 years of F3 workouts.  Mighty Mite at 28 (roughly) wasn’t even close to war baby and maybe not in the top 5 youngest.    Lost of Hates and Hate Hates in COT with only 2 R’s and maybe 4 Ayes (for 40 something men).   Hope to see the young guys keep pushing and eventually challenge Frasier for the speed king crown.

Frasier was out front on the triple stack, as usual (I still want to see the Doctor note for exemption from merkins/burpees), with Teddy and Dear Abbey not far behind.  Everyone pushed it hard so no failures this morning.   Tank is aptly named and it’s a good thing he missed all the support columns or the whole deck might have come crashing down.

Time for some of the young guys to step up and Q, even if only for half.   Contact me to find a date (pchepul@gmail.com, @pchepul for Twitter, or 704-236-8576).

As alwasy, it was an honor and a privilege to lead this am.

Announcements

Southern Discomfort next Saturday with 12 (or 14), 10, and 6 mile options.    Long  option starts at 5am at the Vine with 10 mile and 6 mile options starting right here at Centurion at 6am.  Hydration will be provided so please sign up on the web site if you are going to make it.  All you jokers can manage at least the 6 mile option as the pace will not be fast and we stop at multipe AO”s for workouts where you can rest if needed.   Find a buddy and car pool if you can.   Check web site for more (and accurate) details  -http://f3nation.com/2015/07/01/f3-southern-discomfort-saturday-august-1st/ .

That fence is another exercise

We have probably the largest AO in F3 and we’ve spent the last few weeks with 0.0s. Time to change that.

The Thang

Mosey to the empty bus parking lot

COP
SSH IC x 20
IWs IC x 20

Mosey to the back road with some buttkickers added in

Mosey up the back road with karaoke left/right, backwards run and pinball added in all the way to the stadium entrance. Roughly half a mile run.

And the stadium is locked. Don’t our taxes pay for this and it’s locked to us? Hmmm, #libertarianrant. In anticipation of this, YHC came early and moved one of the tires to the fence to make it easier to scale over. Careful or your child creating days might be over.

All successfully scaled over and off to the stadium

Stairway to Heaven
P1 runs up/down the stairs twice while P2 does AMRAP called exercises and then flapjack
Called Exercises:
Burpees
Merkins
Squats
LBCs
Dips
Carolina Dry Docks
6 inch leg holds
Burpees

Back to the fence for re-scaling and potential manhood loss

After some Shepherd mumblechatter that he was disappointed thinking we were going to flip the tire back to the other ones, I gave him the heads up that I have something better planned. Patience dear Elder, patience!

To the wall and we do Balls to the Wall walk along the entire wall. Added bonus of wet shoes made it more difficult. #mumblechatter dies down
The People’s Chair w/ Air Presses IC x 25

Begin a mosey back to the school.
10 supine rows just because there is a bar there
Pinball back to the middle school.

The People’s Chair w/ Air Presses x 40
The People’s Chair w/ Air Presses x 50

All You Got run from Median to Median
All You Got run from Median to Median back

2MOM
Dolly IC x 25
Flutter IC x 10

DONE!

COT
Great to have DT join us for the COT and thanks to Shepherd for taking us out with a heartfelt prayer. Almost like you’ve done that before Pastor.

MOLESKINE

It was a little wet out there today. We got much needed rain yesterday and much unneeded humidity. Took a little while for the legs to get going after a run with EE last night. Thanks for the push EE on those pinball runs. I always know you will run hard on them pushing me to run hard as well.
Great having Hoodie back out and way to power through. Those stairs will work you over.
Always great having our Shepherd with us. You are a great inspiration for all of us to keep pushing because we have no excuse.
Thanks for letting me lead a group of men who made me better today.

GJ

Nothing cute about this workout

18 men gathered to work themselves into a finely sculpted piece of kick a*s. No cutesy coupons or venturing into new territory today; just a simple beatdown.

What we did. Tha Thang:

– Mosey in a circle around parking area in front of theatre – karoke, backwards, slide.
– Circle up/Disclaimer:
SSH x 40; 5 burpees OYO
Heels2Heaven x 25; 4 burpees OYO
IW x 20; 3 burpees OYO
Low Slow Squat x 20; 2 burpees OYO
Merkins x 20; 1 burpee OYO
– Mosey to grassy area in front of hill for Grass Drills (run in place with knees high). Warning provided to PAX – No feet dragging or punishment ensues. While running in place, YHC calls out numbers 1 or 2 or 3 for said exercise then start back running in place.
Call out ‘1’ – drop and 5 merkins.
Call out ‘2’ – drop and 5 crunches
Call out ‘3’ – run up to top of hill and back down
– Mosey to Fountain and partner up. Each team – 300 dips; 200 crunches; 100 jump ups/step ups. Partner 1 does exercise while partner 2 runs around building.
– Indian run back to theatre
– Peoples chair – various leg raised with air presses x 25
– Mary – random exercise called and cadence by Pax around the circle. Tried to incorporate Pax that have not led or have only led a few times for them to get used to leading cadence.

Moleskin:
– YHC hadn’t done or participated in workouts at Stonecrest involving partners and the fountain in a while. We’ve been getting away from the bread and butter of this site and have been getting too cute with bricks and ventures down the Murderhorn. Time to get back to basics.
– Is my watch off by 2 minutes or is Chippy’s? …And Poptart’s? …And Go Daddy’s? Seems like I’m in the minority. We’ll just end 2 minutes early.
– Speaking of Chipotle; Tclaps to the ribbing YHC received. That’s a part of what makes working out at 5:30am in the morning better than the Y – having (making) fun with/at friends while making each other stronger.
– Mighty Mite has a good memory. YHC’s workouts must make an impression on him. Post Rebel Yell more to get in on the inside jokes.
– Vineyard worked his tail off today – great partner brother. No comment on the 8 step…7 step…6 step burpees during Mary.
– Good to see Peaches out at Rebel Yell. YHC hasn’t seen him in a while.
– Been seeing Goonie in the gloom a lot. Love to see newer Pax posting regularly. Now if YHC can get back to that…
– BB posted a little over 24 hours after the workout. I’m working on getter quicker at that for my Big (little) brother Purple Haze. If you don’t know what I’m talking about get on Twitter and join the Twitting fun.

Annoucements:
– This Saturday at Stonehenge – Dredd and OBT leading the charge. Should be epic.
– A little crazy? Want to see what the 2nd F is all about? Do a double down and fly over to the #Bugvergence at Day Zero. You won’t want to miss this. Seriously.
– Southern Discomfort. Sign up so you can drink water.

Hump Day Meets Goat Day

Wednesdays might be made for certain dromedaries… but Fridays are definitely for Goats!!  10 goats showed up today to deplete their 02 levels while increasing their overall running mechanics.

At 0510, it looked like it would be just Strange Brew and Slim Fast.  Next came Huggy Bear, and then by 0515, we were up to 8.  We moseyed to the track, started stretching, and running our warm-up segment where we were joined by Spackler and The Mouth, so 10 total took on the following challenge:

1.  Stretching, followed by 1-mile warm-up
2.  Main Event:

4 min running at Interval Pace / 3 min recovery
3 min running/2 min recovery (x2)
2 min running/1 min recovery (x3)
1 min running/1 min recovery (x2)

3.  2 laps Cool Down, followed by stretching… DONE!  4.5-5 miles covered!

Moleskine:
Excellent job out there this morning!  The curriculum was short and simple, but man was it tough!  Combined with very high humidity, and a BRR-esque “gloom”, the elements alone were daunting!  We ran 18-minutes at a high pace… you guys should feel GREAT about that!

Freedom and Pele keep bringing it week in/week out… and Kilowatt is quickly becoming a regular!!

Stay Puft, Strange Brew and Huggy Bear were all equally solid and steady through the intervals.  Stay Puft earned a “Mountain Goat Moleskine Moment” when he took off in a head of steam for what he thought was the last minute interval… when we informed him of one more remaining, he wisely saved a little extra in the tank!  YHC knows he had plenty!

Simba continues to develop into a strong runner, and The Mouth didn’t disappoint on several levels, as usual!  A hearty welcome to Spackler for his Mountain Goat debut!  All three were sharing the lead on several of the laps, and Spackler took a commanding lead on the final cool down lap… then completed the extra 1/4 mile he had missed at the beginning… that’s dedication, folks!

All joking aside, Strange Brew and I both continue to be impressed at the guys that are making this a regular weekly workout!  I want to keep encouraging you guys… you’re doing great!!  And you guys encourage me every week by being there (group hug…)!

Announcements:
1.  Southern Dis-comfort Sat Aug 1.  Check your weekly email to get signed-up.  3 running levels available… this group will have no problems at all staying up!
2.  Blue Ridge Relay – talk to Turkey Leg if interested in running or driving.
3.  Best Wishes to Geraldo and all the PAX participating in the Go Ruck event tonight!

Did you just go swimming?

24 men including 2 site FNG’s and 1 true FNG now called Doubtfire (Harry) decided attack the hills and become better for it.  Even though the DT PAX are all now all #efficient runners, by the end, it looked like everyone had taken a dip in 4-mile creek.  This is a sure sign it is nearly August in Charlotte and that everyone put in a solid effort.

At 5:15 some vague reference to #efficient running was mentioned to give a chance for some #LIFO’s to get out of their cars.  Noting that they were not coming and it was 5:16, we were off to start the apartment warmup loop.  We would circle back around anyway.

On the loop, pace groups formed and each was given the description of the course of the day.  It was the Piper Glen hill loop and chalk marks would mark the turns.  With everyone properly informed, we set off to continue the 1 mile warmup heading south on Rea Rd.

Once the watches started chiming and beeping at the 1 mile mark, an audible snort was heard from Haggis and Bratwurst who were chomping at the bit to take it up a notch.  Like Ricky Bobby, they wanted to go fast.  And fast they did for the remainder of the 6 mile loop.

Mr. Brady was apparently also ready to go fast and attempted to mount YHC at the corner of Rea and Old Course as I bent over to apply the first chalk arrow.  After being denied the ride, Mr. Brady settled back in and proceeded with ‘Bout Time in lock step to demolish the Piper Glen hills with speed and prowess.  They are fast!

It was good to meet the legend that is Haggis’ brother, Harry.  Any man (unlike YHC) that can regularly beat Haggis in foot races is ok in my book.  He also ended up with a pretty good name in COT (Doubtfire).  Not sure exactly how that came to be. Something about being a teacher, dead poets, Robin Williams, drop the Mrs. and boom, Doubtfire.  Strange how these things work out.

The great part of having 24 PAX at DT means the BRR and other fall racing preparations are in full swing and people are coming to the right place to train.  The bad part of having a such a massive group is that it is hard to mingle individually and get the intel for a juicy backblast.

Some notables were that Hannibal took the challenge from the Preblast to add 0:15 seconds to the goal pace for track week and take that as the challenge for the hills.  He reported he managed 0:25 seconds addition which is fantastic.  Haggis (the inspiration for all miscellaneous metrics) also reported around a 0:25 second addition over track week average pace.  It seems that 0:25 seconds is achievable, but we can still strive for the 0:15 second mark.  #sportygoal.

Also, the sidewalks of Rea Rd. claimed another today as Abicus bit the dust on a particularly broken up section.  He said his hands took the brunt of the fall and he looked ok.  Be careful out there guys.  The sidewalks will jump up and mess you up!

That is all for now.  Please sound off in the comments section to add other funny / notable things that may or may not have occurred.

Announcements:

– Dredd and OBT will be at Stonehenge on Saturday 6:00 start

– Southern Dis-Comfort is 8/1 signup via the preblast for 14, 10, or 6 mile option

– Tootie is involved in finishthewall.com which serves by finishing missions projects which were postponed due to funding or other issues.  There is a trip in January planned.  Contact him for details on how to get involved.

– Running options abound: Ghost Rider Thursday Evenings at ABC, Mtn Goat SCMS on Friday mornings

Strange Things are Afoot at Peak 51

12 PAX including FNG Witch Doctor (Mike Smith) shunned the air-conditioned comforts of home to experinece a sweat-fest at Peak 51.  Humidity was high, and so was anticipation!  It was noted that Sensei was absent (beach bumming), and then Insomniac was 2-minutes ahead of start time, so YHC knew “Strange Things were Afoot at Peak 51”!!!

After disclaimer, we headed off into the humid gloom for something like this:

We embarked on what YHC terms the “Moving COP”… a circle within many circles… a macrocosm of a microcosms… every man must find his own “circle of pain” and then answer the question… “What are you talking about???”  I digress…

Circle of pain consisted of slow jog/mosey with the following stops:
Stretching
SSH x 20
Merkins x 10
IW x 20
Low Slow Squats x 20
CDD x 15
LBC’s x 20
Wide-arm Merkins x 10

Mosey to baseball bleachers and partner-up:
Partner 1 runs “perimeter” (you happy, Insomniac??) of baseball field, while Partner 2 does the following:  Dips x20, Step-ups x 20 (10 each leg)
When P1 returns, do 10 partner hand-slap merkins, flap jack, rinse and repeat for 2 complete rounds (40 Dips, 40 Step Ups, 40 Hand-slap Merkins)

Next round rinse and repeat, but P2 does Squats x20, Decline Merkins x10, plus 10 hand-slap merkins when P1 comes back.  Flap jack, then rinse and repeat for 2 complete rounds (40 Squats, 20 Derkins, 40 more hand-slap merkins).

Mosey to field behind baseball field:
1.  Partner combined wheel barrow 40-yards and back.
2.  Lunge walk 40-yards, backwards lunge walk back.
3.  Sprint 40-yards, backwards sprint back.
4.  Final sprint 40-yards.

Mosey back to parking lot… DONE!!  Approx. 1.75 miles

Moleskine:
An honor as always to lead this great group of men!  Kilowatt noted that it would be tough going without Sensei, and it was…. but we made it!

Also, Insomniac’s early (aka “on time”) arrival caused us all to pause and wonder what might be afoot… alas it was just sweat!!

Great to have FNG Witch Doctor  (Mike Smith) join us!  Strong work out there… you are always welcome to join us when you can!

Also great to see Whitesnake back out after a brief hiatus, and good to hear the news on your Mom’s recovery!

Insomniac took us out with a prayer.

Announcements:
1.  Southern Discomfort Saturday Aug 1.  Check email for distances and logistics, and be sure to sign up so we can gauge hydration stations.
2.  Always room/need for BRR runners and drivers.  Check email and contact Turkey Leg if interested.
3.  Geraldo has ruck event this weekend… good luck from your pals at Peak 51!!

Kent, I believe the pyramidal tracks are housing development outside of Cairo.

9 men skipped a European Vacation this week, gathering instead in an Elementary School parking lot at 5:30 am. No shovel flag, but our normal (empty) police escort was there. So off we went.

Slow jog over to the field. Line up abreast (what? no circle? crazy!). Proceed with active stretching (I think) by jogging back and forth across the field – high knees, butt kickers, carioca, bear crawl, plain ol’ jog, etc.

Mosey to the concession area (disclaimer given en route – oops). Partner up. Partner 1 does the exercise whilst partner 2 runs and touches the school. Flapjack. Exercises were incline merkins, step ups, dips, jump squats.

Really slow mosey to the nearby dugouts for some active recovery via People’s Chair. Onward to the side of the school for BTW. Continue to the ring of benches around the tree near Rea Rd.

On said benches, do 20 right leg, sideways step ups (I don’t know what those are called). 20 Left leg. 20 Derkins. Repeat with 15.

Mosey off campus to the left. Stop for a little recovery Mary. Continue down the road to the bottom of the hill. More Mary to recover and start the next set fresh.

Triple Nickels on the hill. 5 HR merkins at the top. 5 lunges (each leg) at the bottom. Repeat 5 times. Stupid hill.

Mosey through the trail. A little Mary on the football field. Onward to the front field for 3-man grinders across the field for about 5 minutes. Done.

Moleskine
I knew I was in trouble with Kirk and One Eye showed up. The old “lead from the back” technique would have to be used today. Turns out most everyone was faster than me. I wasn’t last on the Triple Nickel, but it was close. Bunch of fast old men showed up too (IH, Chelms). Really strong work.

I’ll probably get a letter from Corporate for not starting with a circle, but I felt like active stretching would be more fun today. And I knew IH would give me crap about SSH, so we skipped the circle altogether. I did, however, use (overuse?) the Mary-as-recovery technique to make sure I didn’t die. It’s hard to lead from place to place when Kirk, Chelms and One Eye are breathing down my neck. So I’d just stop and call Mary, and I’m not ashamed.

Good to have the PwC gang out at Hyrda – Furball and Delta did well. Furball went back-to-back with DV yesterday and Hydra today, so I don’t expect much from him at the office today. I didn’t see Queen much during the workout since he was so far ahead of me. Nice work. Semi Gloss wouldn’t stop talking to me during the Triple Nickel. I think he may have been sent back by the PAX to keep me company.

Good stuff guys. Fun workout.

Announcements:
Southern Discomfort August 1.
SOFA WIB on Tuesday’s at OP

The Iron Mile™

9 men showed up at Elizabeth Lane Elementary this morning to get some work done before the sun came up.

Disclaimer: None because YHC forgot there were no new pax.

The Thang:

Mosey with bells down to the track for COP:

25x SSH IC

15x Good Mornings OYO

15x IW IC (I had planned to do more, but my IW muscles were sore from the 51 IC Van Pelt called at Anvil the day before)

5 halos each direction OYO

20x Mountain Climbers IC

5 figure 8s each direction OYO

15x merkins IC (because it’s not an F3 workout without a few merkins)

Iron Mile™:

Luggage carry R down the straightaway

Corner 1: 10 cleans per side

Waiter carry L around the (weird) bend

Corner 2: 10 1H swings per side

Luggage carry L down the straightaway

Corner 3: 10 high pulls per side

Waiter carry R around the bend

Corner 4: 10 snatches per side

Repeato x 2 (on third time through, skip the bends and go luggage carry/racked bell along the straightaways only)

Mosey back to the parking lot:

10 goblet squats

10 1H OH presses per side

10 lawn mower rows per side

Repeato

Mary:

10x Russian twist IC

Brushback called: flutter with press for 15x(?) IC

Fletch called: knees to chest (weightless) 15x(?) IC

TR called: Louganis 10x(?) IC

COT: Thank you for the strong takeout, Les Mis.

Moleskine:

Work has been busy for YHC, so I was looking forward to getting out to Meathead and taking out some of my aggression on the bell. YHC had planned to do 4 laps around the track, but due to time constraints and my failing grip, we abandoned the mile after three circuits. Losing my grip on my kettlebell during the last round of snatches was a first for me. #lookoutforflyingkettlebells

Ickey Shuffle reminded YHC of the prolonged agony joy of loaded carries during his Q at Foxhole on Monday, so YHC tore up his weinke and decided to try something a little different today. I hope everyone got their money’s worth. If not, see our absentee site Qs, Brown and High Tide

YHC made the strategic miscalculation of offering his 20kg bell to Les Mis before the workout and keeping the 24kg bell for myself. After Les Mis crushed the first lap, we switched. It didn’t make much difference as Les Mis still basically ran through carries and crushed the single arm work, but YHC was glad he had an excuse to downsize.

TR refusenicked a few exercises, mostly in the warm up, but as usual crushed the kettlebell work and helped us all improve our form, especially on the rows at the end. #thanksfornothing

Announcements:

Southern Discomfort – 8/1 with three different distance/pain station options. Please register via Sign Up Genius so the Qs can get a head count for hydration.

Mud Run – 10/24. Sign ups will open soon. Start pulling teams together. Mermaid is the Area 51 Q and will help you put a team together if you need a hand.

Sound off below if I missed anything else. It’s definitely possible based on the amount of heavy breathing on my recording.