Tag: Jazzy Jag

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.

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QIC: Jazzy Jag

Date: 08/19/2019

PAX: Sidekick, Fastlane, Oooh-Golly, Gooder, Toucan, Mayhem(R), Peanuts, Gaylord

AO: Beast Ridge

Conditions

Darker than normal. Punch-you-in-the-face humid. Warm enough.

COP

Mosey to back soccer fields/pavilion – during mosey there were some OYO LBACs, military presses etc.

Sshs x 20

Slow merkins x 10 IC

Willie Mays hays x 10 each leg IC

Fire hydrants x 10 each leg IC

Sshs x 15 faster! IC

Carolina dry docks x 10 IC

Imperial walker x 10 each leg IC

Forward fold x 10 IC

Sshs x 10 FASTER! IC

The Thang

Life’s a Picnic
PAX each selected a partner for a little picnic at the pavilion.

Each pair posted up at a picnic table and proceeded to do 3 rounds of:

OYO 5 box jumps onto the picnic table- PAX were encouraged to jump all the way to the top of the table if able. 

OYO 5 reps clean to shoulder level and overhead press with picnic table

After completion, hold picnic table overhead until 6 is in or as long as possible.

Where’s the cone?

PAX then demanded cardio work and Q complied with laps around the soccer field – mosey the long sides of field, jail break the short ends of field. 3 laps. 

After completion, repeat short end of field, alternating mosey and jailbreak until 6 is in.

Intermission

OYO 10 plank jacks, 10 shoulder taps each arm, 10 Peter Parkers each leg

Repeat

PAX repeated picnic fun and soccer field laps (2 laps this time)

Intermission

OYO 10 windmills each side, 10 single leg deadlifts each leg

Repeat

PAX repeated 1 round each of picnic fun and soccer field, then slow moseyed back to parking area.

Mary

Running out of time, so Mary met us at the parking lot for 1 minute of American Hammers and flutter kick burnout.

COT

Credit to Skitch who had a good word a few weeks ago that stuck with me – we each have relationships in our life that require give and take. Sometimes we contribute as much as we feel we should and then wait for the other person to do their part and meet us halfway. Challenge to PAX was to find a relationship in their life where they were expecting their partner to “fill the gap” and instead serve them by giving 100%.

Moleskin

Not much chatter this morning, probably because most PAX were thinking “come on, not another workout where we lift picnic tables over our heads.”

There was good encouragement circulating among the group throughout the fun.

3rd F = Faith that the cone is out there in the gloom somewhere

4th F = Fear that I may not make it to the top of the picnic table on the box jump and crash down to the ground (Mayhem[R], who, to his credit, got back on the horse immediately)

News

Convergence 9/2 Labor Day at the Beast

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