5 of Zip’s dedicated faithful fan club weren’t discouraged by Cantore’s weather prediction nor the precipitation that blew in throughout the night and entered the gloom to make a downPAINment at the Matrix!
The Thang:
Before things get started Surprise Burpees x 5! (Chatter – it’s hard to bend down this soon so early so we kept it light….)
Mosey down to the soggy soccer field to examine the terrain:
– But Kicks
– Karaoke left
– Backwards mosey / run
– Karaoke right
The field resembled lake Erie Q as anticipated so Q calls an audible of what he previously had planned and we head for higher ground to the parking lot to the launch pad for COP:
SSH x 20
IW x 20
Merkins x 15
Peter Parker’s x 20
Get moving again and run to the back of the school for a “modified” Roger Waters (not quite wall to wall but – Wall to Tree Stumps)
Rinse and Repeat X 3
Jog across campus back to the front parking lot of the school for more PAIN on the jungle gym.
3 exercises followed by Sprints around the lot (200-250 yds)
– 1st exercise – 10 pull-ups followed by a Sprint.
– 2nd exercise – 20 dips followed by a Sprint.
– 3rd exercise – 20 air squats? (QIC needs confirmation here but it was something) followed by a Sprint.
Grab some wall, 1 minute standard – 2nd minute 30 air presses (in cadence)
3 exercises followed by Sprints around the lot (200-250 yds)
– 1st exercise – 20 merkins followed by a sprint
– 2nd exercise – 20 diamonds followed by a sprint
– 3rd exercise – 20 wide arm merkins followed by a sprint
Grab some wall, 1 minute standard – 2nd minute 30 air presses (in cadence)
Indian run across the lots to and around the track (with only a PAX of 5 this was good stuff with the additional reps and 5 Thoroughbreds). After completing the circuit around the track, jailbreak back to the main parking lot for some Mary!!!!
5 MOM:
Dolly x 20
Flutter x 20
Bicycle x 20
LBC x 20
Moleskin:
Another great day at The Matrix for Zip’s very own Fan Club Day and only the 5 strongest came out. I assume the rest were either fearful of what Z had in store and opted to a lighter w/out called the DMZ or they simply didn’t want to get grimy and mess up their manicures from their weekend spa treatment. Either way, it was a great day for such a strong PAX of 5.
Z tried to bait Tiger Rag on a few different occasions but he was having none of it. He and Uncle Leo were having some sort of 1:1 PT competition and were flying out there. A shout out to Young Love and Abacus who were right on their heels. YL just continues to get faster and faster and Abacus has become a beast on the pull-up bars and perfecting the “perkin” = perfect – merkin.
New workout DMZ started today Monday 6/3, 5:30 am at the Carmel Neighborhood Park & Carmel Middle School where Governator meets. Matrix faithful – DON’T GO THERE!!!! J
Area 51 pool party 6/8 at Candlewick Pool. Respond to your RSVP email before Bug Eater comes and tracks you down. Another evite went out last night……
Have a Good Week Boyz!
Zip – OUT
A Fireman Ed virgin Q and well done it was, had a few LIFO FNG’s lucky for them it was Base Camp and Bugeater wasn’t there to make them do the 15 burpees on your own for being late…
Fireman Ed had the PAX circling around the parking lot to collect the LIFO’s, two FNG’s R. Patz (now Snail Mail) and R. Wentzel (now 8 Ball) and off we went…
jog around parking lot
15XSSH
15XIW
10XMerkins
To the track
lap 1 every corner 3Xburpees
lap 2 every corner 4XMerk
partner up
partner 1 shuffles to the end of bleachers and partner 2 LBCs till P1
is back then switch
2nd time
partner 1 Karaoke to the end of the bleachers and partner 2 LBCs till P1 is
back then switch
To the baseball field
15X dips, 10X incline Merk, 10X supine pull-ups, repeato
on the field (soggy as it was but we all know that’s no issue for F3)
from home to left 10 squats back to home
to center 10 lunges
to right 10 SSH
To the hill
Jacobs ladder to three burpees
Peoples chair plus 15 air presses repeated three times
Mary
10Xflutter
10Xdolly
10X bicycle
10X LBCs
warm down lap
10X heels to heaven
Moleskin: Great first Q by Fireman Ed, he has been one of the steady Eddies of Base Camp (yes I know that’s awful). Look to see much more of him in the future. The two FNG’s, Snail Mail and 8 Ball were shocked but intrigued and both put in a huge effort, I see some Jack Webb’s in the future, Snail Mail being yet another resident military vet (hoo rah if that gives the service away). Marvel put up with being called another name the entire workout until the very end, that might have made him mad and thus the strong work, well done brother! Fun was had by all. Crocket is going after F3 in a big way, he only came out two weeks ago and when he was pulling up in his truck Fireman Ed didn’t think it was him because the truck had an F3 sticker on it but nope, he’s just that into it!
Announcements: Too many workouts to mention by name now but went through some of the upcoming ones for the FNG’s and YHC and the Q were still not sure we got them all.
Stonehenge on Saturday is another installment of Fireman Ed, YHC will be there for sure.
Strange Brew on Q next week.
The Thang:
Mosey up to the softball fields to the launch pad for COP:
SSH X 15
Mountain Climbers X 15
Squat X 15
Merkin X 5
Mosey to outfiled of softball field – split up into 4 groups. Had 4 stations going…1) 10lbc’s 2) 5 squats holding as many kids as you brought 3) 10 SSH 4) 5 merkins with your kids on your back. in between each station, run 20 yards and do 3 burpees. Rinse and Repeat
played a game of duck, duck, goose while in the plank position
mosey down to the play ground and split up into 4 teams again. Stations… 1) 5 pullups 2) 10 step ups on bench 3) 15 LBC’s 4) 5 declined merkins. Rinse and repeat
mosey down towards lake near small field. split into 2 teams – one team jogged around the field twice while the team on the field played freeese tag. when you were tagged you had to plank unitl you were unfrozen. Flap jack.
We then split up into 4 teams and one Dad from each team was instructed to go to his car to retrieve his smart phone. We were ready for the scavenger hunt! we finished up with each team having to pose for these photos (2.0″s and Dads!)… LBC’s in left field, wheel barrow you r2.0 in right field, SSH in center field, piggy back squat on your Dad at home plate, plank with shovel flag as your back ground, human pyramid w lake in background, eberyone stand on one leg on picnic table, everyone on the slide at once.
Moleskin:
Great fun was had by all! Kuddos to Turkey Leg for sneaking his 5 month old out of the house for a nice F3 workout! We look forward to seeing yuo all this Saturday with Stone Cold as Q!
34 Pax including 3 FNGs entered the gloom to make a downPAINment on the day The Rock style!
The Thang:
Baracus Lead
Before things get started Surprise Burpees x 15
Mosey through parking lot to the launch pad for COP:
SSH x 25
Merkins x 15
Squats x 25
Burpees x 15
Mosey to soccer field hills for 7s (ladders) with 1 merkin at top / 6 squats at bottom. 2 merkins / 5 squats, etc.
Jog accross campus to the North Face mountain (I mean hill) for more ladders. 1 Burpee at top / 4 jump squats at bottom. 2 Burpees / 3 jump squats, etc. Finish at the top.
Mosey to campus front field for 8 MOM:
LBC x 20
Flutter x 20
Freddy Mercury x 20
Dolly x 20
Cumberland County Viaduct x 13 each side
Protractor
Mall Cop Lead:
Jog back accross campus pausing for lunge walk halfway then continue to baseball field.
Pax split into 2 groups for:
Group 1 sprint from home plate to right field, 20 Merkins, sprint from right field to left field, 20 Carolina Dry Docks. Sprint back to home plate, 10 Burpees.
Group 2 bear crawl from home to 1st base, 10 Merkins, backwards run to 2nd base, 10 Carolina Dry Docks, bear crawl to 3rd base, 10 LBCs, sprint to home, 10 Burpees.
Flapjack groups.
Mosey to outfield and circle up for She Hate Me. 10 minutes straight, as many rounds as you can do of Merkins x 15, Lunges x 10 each leg, flutter x 15. Audible half way through to change to Merkins x 10, Squats x 10, Peter Parker x 10. End by all pax in squat position for a loooonnngg 20 count by Run Stopper.
Mosey to picnic tables for 3 sets of 1 leg squats with one foot behind you on bench x 10 each leg, dips x 20, LBC x 20.
Mosey back to shovel flag and end with 10 Burpees.
COT
Moleskin:
Another great day at The Rock! It was great to have some of our McKee Rd Area 51 brothers with us today, as well as 3 FNGS. Great work by Hang 10, Face Off, and Double Play! Welcome to F3 and we hope to see you out on a regular basis.
A shout out to Strange Brew who posted 30 minutes early to get in some kettle bell work before any of the other pax even showed up. YHC and Brew have discussed making this a regular event on campus at The Rock so anybody interested in getting in about 30 extra mins of strength work with gear before the regular bootcamp begins is welcome. We plan on meeting up at 6:15 and starting from 6:20 to 6:50.
YHC had been on the DL for 2 weeks with bronchitis and was hopeful that I would be fine for my first workout back (that I happened to by co-Qing). But alas I made it through and was still able to breathe. Thanks to Baracus for taking the cadence counting today so YHC wouldn’t have to since I was still recovering.
New workout DMZ starts Monday 6/3, 5:30 am at the Carmel Neighborhood Park & Carmel Middle School where Governator meets.
Area 51 pool party 6/8 at Candlewick Pool. Respond to your RSVP email before Bug Eater comes and tracks you down.
Stung by the buzz that Honey Bee’s workouts are becoming more severe than his own, Haggis has come up with a really nasty bag of ingredients for Bagpipe this week. Come on out for a taste if you dare…!
“Sure I am that on this day, now, we are masters of our fate. That the task which has been set us is not above our strength. That it’s pains and toils are not beyond our endurance….”
4 men gathered in the gloom of Area 51 for an early morning beat-down.
Join us Monday for the launch of DMZ at Carmel Neighborhood Park (same site as The Governator), 0530, Bootcamp workout.
Aye!
As the sun came up over the heart of Yankeetyne, the VSF was planted firmly and 14 men leapt into the disappearing gloom for a good old fashioned beat down. YHC has been watching a bit too much Chicago Fire recently so the workout had a hint of firefighter training and based on the comments in the COT, I think everyone felt a good deep burn.
Here’s The Thang:
Go to Stonehenge 1 for COP Lunge-o-Rama
– Forward Lunge w/ twist x 20
– Side Lunge x 20
– Back Lunge x 20
– Prisoner Squats x 25
Go to Stonehenge 2 for COP
– SSH x 30
– Perfect Burpees on the 4 count (Purpees?) x 10
– Merkin Jacks x 10
Run to parking deck… wait a second, where are we going?
In an effort to confuse the PAX, instead of heading to the normal parking deck, we headed up past the movie theater to Ballantyne Village parking deck. Some mumble chatter noted.
Ran up far stairwell to top of deck – Partnered up
Set 1 (flap jack when complete):
– Partner 1: Burpee broad jump until partner returns
– Partner 2: All the way down stairwell and back (5 floors – 10 flights)
Set 2 (flap jack when complete):
– Partner 1: Bear Crawl until partner returns
– Partner 2: All the way down stairwell and back (5 floors – 10 flights)
Set 3 (flap jack when complete):
– Partner 1: Crab walk until partner returns
– Partner 2: All the way down stairwell and back (5 floors – 10 flights)
Plan was to mosey down ramps to bottom, however, the PAX were eager this morning and changed that to an all-out sprint (Nice job – Tiger Rag, Stage Coach, Haggis, Hops, Ice 9, among others who brought their smoke boots this morning)
On the way down to the bottom deck, the PAX specified Mary on each floor on the way down
– Landing 1: Tiger Rag called slow dolly x 20
– Landing 2: Fireman Ed called People’s Chair w/ shoulder presses (wait a second… that’s not Mary)
– Landing 3: Snowflake or Crocket (sorry I forgot, please correct in comments) called Diamond Merkins x 10 (also not Mary)
– After a minor mutiny, we were back on track with Mary for Landing 4…
– Landing 4: Haggis called heals to heaven x 30 (that one left a mark… literally)
– Landing 5: Honey Bee called LBC x 30
– Landing 6: Skip it – abs smoked – proceed to bottom floor
Arrive at basement wall
– Balls to the Wall walk left x 10 yds
– Glute bridge march x 30
– Balls to the Wall walk right x 10 yds
– Superman Planks x 20
– Balls to the Wall Getups w/ Verkin (if feeling spunky) x 5
– Mission Impossible x 25
Go to Hill Out of Hell (PAX surprised that such a perfect sprint hill located so conveniently to a parking deck – thanks Ballantyne)
– Squat jumps x 10 at bottom and each time down
– Up and down hill 2.5 times ending at top
Little baby jog ½ mile to Loch Ness
– Stop for karaoke left / right and back pedal
Go into wooded area with pull up bars
Round 1: Partner up – size matters:
– 10 regular or 15 supine pull-ups (both partners)
– Partner carry up hill to picnic tables (harder than it looks on paper)
– Dips x 30 (both partners)
– Partner drag through grass back to woods
Round 2: Rinse and repeat with other partner carry
For Haggis (who was upset we didn’t get to sprint up the parking deck), sprint down field and back.
Head back to Vine for COT
– Jail break to John J. Delaney if the PAX still had gas in the tank (YHC personally did not and it was a Mosey back)
– Cool down mosey to Vine
The Moleskin:
From the start, the mumble chatter began. YHC had done a superb job of taping the fingers of the gloves since they were getting holes in them. However, YHC chose day glow orange duct tape for the job and instantly was dubbed “spirit fingers.” The tape got the job done though and the gloves were useful in the street crossings – cars really respond well to them for some reason.
There were quite a few smoke boots in the crowd today in the parking deck sprints and at the end back to the COT. Very inspiring after that beat down.
The stairwell sprints were dank, musty, and hot! I heard a few murmurings of the potential for recycled merlot but did not see any. Good job holding it together men!
Once again, thanks for letting YHC take the lead today while Dolphin was out of town. It is an honor to work out alongside such a good group of men. See you in the gloom next week. Aye!
The shovel flag was firmly planted for Week 2 of Day Zero and 23 brave men, including 3 FNGs, lined up single file behind YHC for a quick time march from the parking lot down to the McAlpine Proving Grounds for some Saturday morning fun.
The Thang:
In a single file line at a marked-off area of the soccer field:
Peel off to an adjacent field for some COP:
Mosey to the next field, line up abreast and let the Hazing begin:
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Circle up for 6 MoM:
Line back up abreast and finish strong:
A call to the bullpen for some Radar love (more on this in Moleskin):
Moleskin:
YHC showed up about 15 minutes early to set up for his first Q at Day Zero only to find Mighty Mite (Hate) already there running laps around the track at McAlpine. Even so, he brought it strong during today’s workout…ahh, must be nice to be in your 20s brother.
There wasn’t a lot of chatter out there today during the 3 rounds of Hazing. O2 deprivation kicked in early and that left the Pax searching for each breath. However, halfway through the climb to 100 burpees, the Pax could see the writing on the wall and the Q was chastised for his lack of creativity. YHC did not take it personally though, as it just served as confirmation that pain was being dealt in a very real way. A couple of other highlights worth noting:
Great effort by the Pax today. Everyone pushed it hard, leaving the hour long rookie Q with some extra time. Thanks to Radar for finishing us off, literally. Thankfully, he showed mercy and stopped short of his 75 (cadence) dolly record from last week.
Special thanks to IPTAY, who presented YHC with a Purple ribbon he found on the school grounds, left over from this past week’s Field Day activities. The Q was deeply moved.
Announcements:
24 men jumped out of the fartsack for lots of running and miscellaneous fun.
The Thang
COP- SSH, IW, Slow Squats, Peter Parker, Parker Peters
Mosey to Ring Road entrance
Catch Me If You Can 1: Partner 1 runs, Partner 2- 5 burpees then catches Partner 1. Flapjack – one LONG lap of the Ring Road
She Hate Me 1 – Merkins x 15, Squats x 20, LBC x 20 for 6 minutes
Catch Me If You Can 2: Find a new partner. Same as above but with Merkins x 10
She Hate Me 2 – Merkins x 10, Skater Lunges x 20, Dolly x 20 for 5 mins
Shortened Jacobs Ladder. Run up hill do 5 burps, back down for 1 squat; up for 4 burpees, etc
3MOM
Moleskin
Not much #Mumblechatter amongst the Pax particularly during each round of She Hate Me.
Welcome, Graceland, to F3. There was much debate over this Brother’s name since he hails from the King’s town of Tupelo. Finally settled on Graceland. Look forward to seeing you back out in the Gloom.
The idea to change partners for Round 2 of Catch Me If You Can came from Tiger Rag. YHC thought he was suggesting that as a way to build a little 2nd F into the workout – by getting to know another member of the Pax. It turned out, however, TR suggested just so he could partner up with Bulldog for Round 2. #ManCrush
Speaking of Bulldog, he was driving his wife’s car sporting (this is no lie) her license plate that says: ILUVABRIT
Bulldog, if that plate ever goes missing, you might want to check the back of TR’s SUV. I’m just sayin’