Handoff to Rosie!
We prepared ourselves for the Super Bowl. Starting with some cardio and full body workout. No overtime and we got our first win for the day.
WARMUP: Moroccan night clubs, low slow squats, low slow merkins. Windmills
THE THANG: mes balls and sandbags were lined up. Pax formed a line and started tossing them over the shoulder, rotate, we had 9 bags of different weights for the rotation.
Bring bags to bottom of parking lot. 4 pax will bear crawl and push/roll the medballs up the hill while rest of pax will toss sandbags forward, rotate as needed between to complete 2 circuits.
We had 3 sledgehammers waiting for us…
Next. 3 pax with hold one sledgehammer each with one hand with arm straight out and hold it while rest of pax mosey around parking lot carrying, sandbags, medballs and rucks. Rotate as needed for 10 minutes alternating between hammers and mosey.
Back to pushing medballs up the hill while bear crawling, 10 pax bear crawled up and down the hill in a rotating form while 3 pax made “halos” with the hammers, rotate again between hammers and med balls. another 10 minutes.
I’ve been wanting to try the bear crawl /med ball push for a while and now it’s one of my favorite modes of transportation.
Shoulders will be smoking tomorrow.
MARY: broga
ANNOUNCEMENTS: jaeger, Q source happening once a month at Sweetwaters.
COT: fifth core principle.
Tinsel OUT
Stretch, Running, Pain-station, Tire roll & 1Merkin
WARMUP: Stretching, Running,
THE THANG:
<@U0603USPHAS> brought the car in HOT :hot_face: to start our F3 workout.
Had four F3 members from the Waxhaw region. Mad Dog, Hot Yoga, Bottle Cap, and C3P0
<@U01FDRQSQG3> kept <@U063F72E8M9> on the move with his extremely fast pace!
<@U07E0KTT4BV> and <@U07BZNU2HDH> stepped up with the tire :wheel: push followed by a Merkin. Strong work fellas
MARY: Team work and strong running
ANNOUNCEMENTS: praise and prayers around the circle :o:
COT: <@U063F72E8M9> led us out with a prayer
WARMUP: Mosey to the back lot
Side Straddle Hop x 25
Windmills x Most ever done
Cherry Pickers x 10
Moroccan Night clubs x 10
Merkins x 10
THE THANG:
High knees
Lunges
Nur
sprints x 3
Karaoke
The Pax pulled exercises from the bucket :
31 Monkey Humpers
31 Squats
31 Merkins
31 Burpees (twice, who would put 2 of those in there?)
Big sprint suicide style
31 Carolina dry docks
31 Flutter Kicks
MARY: Smidge of planks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bourbon night, Bethel, Christmas Party
COT: Men laid it out there so we can help shoulder the burden
Warmup
Run to Hill
SSH
Hillbilly Walkers
Imperial Walkers
Merkins
Honeymooners
Downward Dog
The Thang
Dora
100 CDD
200 Squats
300 Merkins
400 LBC
One does exercise, one runs up the hill
Bear Crawl up the hill
Return to COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bourbon BBQ
Trash pickup
Beers for Beetus
Men’s Shelter
COT:
Prayers for health and the country
WARMUP:
I am certain we warmed up.
THE THANG:
It occurred to me as I sat to write this, that I have no idea (since it was a MONTH ago) what all we did that morning. I usually have a plan written out ahead that I either commit to memory, or will even shove a printout in my pocket to reference just in case. I didn’t do that this time. I know that I tried to call a few of the favorites of <@UGNDJBDU3> in his honor. I know we hit The Zipper and we definitely performed the Gonorrhea Burpee (because it has The Clap), but that’s all I really recall…
Now, the only person likely to read this is <@UGU3XR5RP>, but I just got painfully convicted about not writing Backblasts in a timely nor efficient manner. As I was looking back to see if I could find this weinke, I discovered that I have the BB from both my FNG post (administered by <@UN6U5PXNJ> and <@U08GGTLHL>) and from my VQ at The Armory.
<@U07QXBKKF5F> joined us as an FNG that morning. As it turns out, this came at a critical time in his life… and is hopefully blessing it. But, I failed him as a Q. He now does not have the enjoyment or blessing of being able to go back and read the report from his first post and reflect on that in the same way that I do. The first day I posted, I was sure I was going to die when Pusher said, “And now for the second half, I’ll hand this off to Jekyll”. I didn’t understand how the toughest workout I had ever done to that point in my adult life could have a SECOND HALF.
That’s a cherished memory. So, for Road Rash and every man after him, I commit to writing BackBlasts, making them interesting and timely, and hyping the reading of them after the fact. I also will attempt to persuade other men to do the same.
MARY: No chicks.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.
COT: The 5th Core Principle.
WARMUP: mosey to veterinarian parking lot… SSH, MNC, ISQW, CP
THE THANG: mosey to intersection of Spring Street and W-Leroy, sprint W Leroy to Pine Street.
Heading up Pine Street, at each intersection (5 total), add 5 reps to the following:
Merkins, LBC, squats, flutter-kicks
Once at SPEChurch, Yoga for ~15 min… mosey back to COT
MARY: no time for the ladies this AM
ANNOUNCEMENTS: beers for ‘Betes, CRI volunteers needed, other WNC relief
COT: held/prayers lifted
Do 30 side straddle hops. Ran to the high school. Stop in the parking lot do lunge walks halfway down the parking spots, do 5 pushups, bear crawl the other half, do 5 burpees . Repeat back to the start. Split into partners. Do 100 drydocks, 200 big boys, 200 merkins, 200 American hammers, 100 squats in rotating fashion while the other runs to the end of the parking lot and back.
WARMUP: Cherry Picker, SSH, Merkin
THE THANG: Mosey to movie theatre: work in one spot and move to the next
Work chosen from: Big Boy, Merkin, Plank Jack, LBC, Hello Dolly, Mtn Climber, Monkey Humper, Flutter Kick, Imperial Walker, Hillbilly Walker, 90 sec Plank
Move chosen from: Lunge Walk, Bear Craw, Nur, Karaoke, Shuffle, Sprint
MARY: Just a bit
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Golf, Give, Go if you can
COT: Glory to God for those willing and able to serve their neighbors affected by storms; Prayers for patience and wellness for those same neighbors