QIC: Jazzy Jag
Date: 10/28/2019
PAX: Gaylord, Vaccine, Whittler, Swipe Right, Walla Walla, Sidekick, Fastlane, John Doe, Fissure, Home Alone, Mayhem (R), Sparky (R), Peanuts, Wuzntme
AO: Beast Ridge
Conditions
Chilly upon exiting vehicle but not diamond-cutter-cold. Brave souls still wore T-shirts. 51 deg and foggy
COP
SSH x 15 IC
Slow Merkins x 10 IC
Willie Mays Hays x 14 IC
Imperial Walker x 16 IC
Mosey to stadium seats
“11s”
10 Derkins with feet on seat, 1 box jump onto seat
9 Derkins with feet on seat, 2 box jumps onto seat
…
All the way to 1 Derkin, 10 box jumps
Mosey to bottom of hill by the exit
The Thang
Up and Down and All Around
At the bottom of the hill, PAX discovered mysterious papers with exercises written on them, so Q discarded initial workout of 1,000 pistol squats. PAX paired up, and each partner group rotated through stations of workouts. Duration of each station was determined by PAX at the end of the rotation who would run up the hill to the gate and back, at which point everyone rotated.
Stations:
Merkins, Slow Squats, Dive Bombers, Roly Polys, Inchworms, Peter Parkers, Pickle Pointers, Calf Merkins, Flutter Kicks, Nolan Ryans, Dips, Burpees, Carolina Dry Docks
After everyone had the opportunity to run, a 10-count was called, and the Q announced the time for the circuit was 8:18. PAX clamored for a chance to beat that time with another round, so Q obliged. Circuit #2 was completed in 8:40, so the overconfident group was penalized – choice of 11 burpees or 44 seconds of plank.
Mary
Box Cutters x 10 IC
Freddy Mercury x 15 IC
Flutter kick start position hold x 22 IC
END
COT
These kinds of workouts I call “you vs. you”, which all F3 workouts are to some degree. This means that how hard you push yourself is completely up to you. You can take a station easy if you want, or you can push the whole time and get better. We all have areas of our lives where we are pushing for a goal or trying to get through something difficult and are tempted to stop pushing, just relax and we lose initiative and momentum. Sparky’s message on Slack reminded me of difficult things that I have gone through and how when life gives you hard trials all you want to do is sit and not move and let life keep rolling on around you. The struggle is finding a way to take a small step that will move you forward. Sparky, we appreciate you taking the step of reaching out to these F3 brothers and we want to support you any way we can. I hope to see you back at the Beast again regularly, and let us know if there are any specific ways we can help.
Moleskin
PAX encouraged one another to keep pushing, thanks to the Encouragement Tree
Wuzntme won the Roly Poly station, John Doe won Dive Bombers. The rest of the stations were 15-way ties.
Fissure and Fastlane chose the 11 burpees over 44 seconds of plank, please pray for their mental health.
News
OTB workouts next 2 Thursdays at Brainerd Baptist BX, convergence there 11/16.