“Keep the Dream Alive” seems like a fitting slogan for F3. The dream may be our athletic prowess, our aging bodies, another 100 burpee work-out (no thanks, Hawg), or the hopes to run the Gnarly Nutria faster than Ringer and Barcrawl. But in this case, the slogan was on Out For Justice’s t-shirt: hitting the snooze button on the alarm clock to literally keep the dream alive. Check out the pic on the Group Me app. Here’s to all the men that beat the Wednesday Fartsack to make it out in the gloom and keep the dream alive. A quick disclaimer and off we go.
The Thang
Warm-up:
SSH x20 IC
IW x20 IC
Windmills x20 IC
Peter Parker’s x20 IC
Plank Jacks x20 IC
Arm Circles x20 (10 forward, 10 backward) IC
We took a short jog over to the Baby Foundry for a 5-station circuit for 5 men. Had to include pull-ups for Amnesty.
Round 1:
10 burpees for the count
Pull-ups
Dips
Body rows
Knee Ups
Round 2:
20 merkins for the count
Pull-ups
Dips
Body rows
Knee Ups
Next, Indian Run to the fountain in front of NOMA.
Left leg step-ups x20
Dips x20
Right leg step-ups x20
Stay put for some 11’s up the steps at NOMA
Merkins at the bottom (1-10)
Bear crawl up the steps
Squats at the top (10-1)
Run back down
The bear crawl up the steps proved to be more painful than anticipated. But with some blood, sweat, and tears… and grunts… we managed to get it done. Next we mosey back down Roosevelt Mall, stopping along the way for 2 minutes of Mary.
LBC’s x20
Flutter kicks x20
Hello Dolly x20
Finish strong with a run to the flag. Count off, Name-o-rama, and a prayer of thanks. Thanks OFJ for keeping my dream alive!
I saw Nip/Tuck had the Q this morning at the Birdcage. Knowing that he is currently incapacitated, I nobly tucked my long-sleeve Perlis shirt into my searsucker shorts, grabbed a braided belt, slid my bare feet into a pair of loafers and headed Uptown. Someone needed to step up and Q the workout and this provided a perfect time to reconnect with my Uptown friends and talk about the good times we had last Wednesday night at the Gnarly Nutria.
Upon my arrival there were lots of rumors and innuendo regarding Nip/Tuck’s unfortunate fall on the very dark and lonely part of the Audubon Park Loop when Cowbell was the only person near him. Let me repeat that it was only coincidence that Nip/Tuck won the Gnarly Nutria last year and suffered an unfortunate injury this year. Having said that, Barcrawl should probably stay home next year.
The Thang
The Birdcage and Burpees have a long history. This is where Mr. Awesome famously started a workout on April 1st telling the Pax that they were going to do 100 burpees. They actually only did 25 at the time, but ended up completing 100 over the course of the workout. It’s also where Bounty Hunter brought us his #SuddenChange workout from North Carolina, a scourge that has infested Louisiana similar to other nasty imports like Formosan Termites and Nutria. Lastly it is where OBT did a redux of his “Shock and Awe” burpee slaughter starter at the GrowRuck weekend convergence.
My hope was to continue the tradition by starting the workout with 100 burpees. It’s no fun to do 100 burpees on your own, so we split them into manageable chunks and did them together (there is a life lesson there).
Warmup:
20 Burpees OYO
IW x 25; Windmills x 10; Good Mornings x 10
Burpees EMOM for 6 minutes. Sets were 12, 12, 12, 12, 10, 10 – That made for 360 seconds worth of burpees, but as everyone Uptown knows – 360 is not enough. We needed to do more.
Parker Peter x 25; Plank Jacks x 25; Peter Parker x 30 (This is the plank series made World Famous by Bubba and Rudy. I hate it.)
12 Burpees OYO – That makes 100 total. I have a math degree from Arkansas State.
We took an extremely short mosey (insert joke about Uptowners not liking to travel far here) and circled up to do some work using the World’s three favorite digits: 3-6-3.
All exercises started with 3 super slow reps, 4 count going down, 4 count going back up, 4 count going down again and then holding that position until I called it. Then we did 6 normal cadence reps, followed by 3 more super slow reps. We did one set of this with each of the following exercises:
Merkins
Squats
Wide Merkins
Plie Squats (A Shorty favorite)
Diamond Merkins
Sissy Squats – stand on toes, cross arms over chest and squat as you lean back as far as you can. This is the first time I had ever done this exercise and it is a burner. I like it. I promise I did not pick it out based on the name. There is nothing sissy about The Birdcage. The Skinny however….
Next I had to modify. Seems like all of the road construction uptown over the past 10 years has finally made it to the park. I wanted to incorporate the bandstand into Dora 1-2-3, but it was sealed off so we used the picnic tables under the pavilion instead.
Dora 363 – one partner performs the exercise while the other runs a short loop (another spot for a staying close to home joke) jumping over two picnic tables and returning to their partner. Each team worked to complete the following reps:
LBCs – 363
Frog Squats – 242 (These are like Monkey Humpers without the humiliation of grabbing your ankles)
Merkins – 121 (Frog Squats + Merkins = 363…Yet another instance where my Math Degree from Arkansas State has proved invaluable.
We were about 30 seconds from wrapping up the workout when G-Spot and El Wire bailed sending some finger gestures my way and telling me where I could go. Seaman assured me that I should not be offended and that this is a type of Uptown salute that I myself should provide to people when I leave. After that we sprinted to the flag where Jadaveon re-enacted the scene from the Gnarly Nutria where he sprinted by me and gave me the Usain Bolt stare down.
We wrapped up with an explanation of F3 for our FNG, naming the FNG Pony Boy for absolutely no reason at all, an announcement about the Power Mile this Saturday, thanks to God, and prayers for a speedy and healthy recovery for Nip/Tuck.
Moleskin
T-claps to all of the guys Uptown. They are good sports and they put up with my excessive obnoxiousness. In all seriousness, what happened to Nip/Tuck last week sucks and we all hope for his speedy and healthy recovery. Not only do we miss him, but he makes everyone of us better. Thanks for the opportunity to Q today, it was fun.
This concluded our two week celebration the 610 Stomp Centennial Celebration. The Inaugural Stomp went down on August 18th, 2015. Four men attended that first Stomp and we can proudly say that we have seen the Pax increase a whopping 50% in the past two years as the attendance was 6 this morning.
The original idea was to celebrate the Stomp by running the old route – up Marconi, across Filmore, back down Wisner and into the park past Pan Am Stadium. Tool did some reconnaissance and found that the construction of the new overpass makes the route difficult, but still passable. In the end, I decided to retire the old route for good. It’s just not a very safe route (remember the silver 4 runner going 80 – not sure what the make and model was as it was always going 80 when it past me on Filmore). There is a lot of running on or near the road, it’s dark, and at times you have to run with traffic.
In memoriam of Cheech’s death during an F3 Lexington run, we went sleeveless and I used the disclaimer to preach running safety. I went long on the disclaimer, but I thought it was important. Some good tips I stole from someone else:
Ditch the badass black F3 shirt and wear something bright
Wear reflective bands or lights to make yourself more visible
Run against traffic and stay on sidewalks or grass if possible.
Run with a group – leave no man behind.
Bring your cellphone.
Get an ID bracelet or carry emergency contact info.
The Thang
The 610 Stomp was originally created to prepare for a Spartan race. The idea was to jog for 6 minutes and then take one minute to do 10 burpees and catch your breath. Then repeat until the 45 minutes are up and you are standing back at the flag. The 6-10 Stomp. The 6-10 part has been modified to mean different things. If doing burpees, the Pax usually picks their own number to do. Sometimes we run for 30 seconds in lieu of burpees (a SFx special). Sometimes we do something totally different, but today, we were going to get back to the original intention, with one caveat. Since Side Effects famously got our numbering system of track by making us repeat 610 Stomp #18, the Pax was instructed to do 18 burpees during 2 of the breaks – you could choose when, but extra points if you did them on back to back breaks.
YHC hung with Shorty and we went too far. We did complete the 86 burpees on the route. When we got back (6 or 7 minutes late – #Cobains) everyone had to bail except Stubhub. We sealed the deal with 15 more burpees bringing us to a grand total of 101 for the 101st running of the Stomp. T-claps to Stubhub who makes his own rules and sealed the deal with 16 burpees.
Moleskin
Thanks to those that came out to celebrate today. Cobains for getting back so late. We had some great representation today. I went back into the historical records and found that Tool was there with me for the very first Stomp. Shorty showed up for the second one (he was an FNG at RockCity the day before). Fracsac shows up in the Backblasts at Stomp #56, although I’m not sure that is his first. Stubhubb debuted at Stomp #96 and Roots grabbed his passport and posted for the first time at Stomp #101. T-claps to all.
“Monday is the perfect day to correct last week’s mistakes.” -author unknown
YHC missed last Monday’s workout so it was time to man up and post. Several other PAX opted to beat the fartsack as well making for a total of 8 men. Exchanged the usual pleasantries, then the disclaimer, then down to business with a goal of keeping the PAX in constant motion and trying to deliver a respectable beatdown. Here’s what we did:
Burpees x10 …just to make sure everyone was awake
Mosey to the usual warm-up area
Burpess x10
Windmill x20
Arm Circle x30 (10ea Forward, Backward, Chinook)
IPW x20
Low Country Crab x20
Grab a rock of the Med-Med/Lg variety and circle up for a quick COP:
Re-position in the second baseball field for another chance to become one with your rock. The PAX lined up 10ft apart and about 15yds from the parking bumpers. This would be a round of 11’s to include:
Curls at starting point (starting with 10 down to 1)
Backwards Bear Crawl to parking bumper
Derkin w/feet on parking bumper (from 1-10)
Bear Crawl Back
This proved to be brutal, with plenty of grunts, groans, and perspiration. At some point the PAX heard “…well we didn’t come here to play bridge this morning” which couldn’t have been more true. Many PAX modified/supplemented the bear crawls and crawl bears with lunge walk or other. T-claps to Hawg and Rudy for pushing hard and completing in full.
Next up a quick recovery mosey to the water fountain and back.
Line up in same spot and partner up. Partner 1 knocks out shoulder presses while partner 2 crab walks backward to parking bumper and crab walk (forward) back as the timer. We knocked out two rounds of these.
Grab your rock and curl as the PAX walked back to the rock pile. Then a mosey to the flag with a 90 seconds left for Plankorama.
Announcements included an upcoming fundraiser that Babyface is involved with for an youth mentoring organization called Next Generation. Details at NextGenclubs.com/banquet.
Finished up with a shout out the the Sky Q and prayed for those in battling health issues and those in need of prayer.
Thanks for letting me lead and helping me get back on the Monday routine.
What time is it? SHOW TIME! YHC had pondered a workout based around Hamilton, ever since his 2.0 introduced the soundtrack to him a year ago. Finally – the time had come. I pity the PAX – what could improve the heat and humidity of a summer NOLA morning besides the glorious sounds of show tunes reverberating through the air? Who wouldn’t want to start their day with a little singing and dancing?
Start with a disclaimer, and fair warning to the PAX that this workout might be messy. Then we mosey to the Great Lawn.
Alexander Hamilton: Open the day with the intro to Hamilton and spelling it all out. First challenge of the workout – YHC’s speaker was not nearly loud enough. This will be corrected for the next show tunes workout.
Outlaw (new to NOLA pax – legs together, draw a big O) x10 each direction
Nolan Ryan x10 each side
Aaron Burr, Sir: 2:36 duration. What else starts with “Burr”? Why Burr-pees of course. OYO, Burpees for the duration of the song. Go. “What time is it? SHOW TIME!”
At this point, YHC encountered an unexpected challenge. Mud, grass and dew from the burpees made accessing and controlling the phone darn near impossible. Moments of panic – “What now? How will I play my sing-along songs for everyone?” But in my moment of deepest and darkest despair, my phone suddenly began responding to my frantic gestures. Whew, crisis averted.
Non Stop: Alexander Hamilton, famous for non-stop work (check his Federalist Papers work). Pax to replicate with non-stop activity for the 6:30 duration.
Suicides out-and-back to the first 3 palm trees
Peter Parker x10, Plank Jack x10, Parker Peter x10
Pax 1: Bear Crawl to the 2nd Palm. Crawl Bear back.
Pax 2: Lunges (go deep!)
Flapjack
Repeat with Crab Walk out, Walk Crab back.
Repeat with Duck Walk out, Walk Duck back.
Note: YHC had never tried Walk Duck before. It kinda sucks. In a good way.
Mosey to the Baby Foundry for the Revolutionary War re-enactment.
Guns and Ships and Yorktown: On morning reconnaissance run, YHC saw a collection of wooden pallets next to baby foundry. Perfect. On arrival at the foundry, send PAX over to collect 5 of them. PAX will use this time to work on their own Guns.
Pull Ups x5
Pallet Curls x10 (There was quite a difference in weight between the Oak and Pine pallets…)
Mericans x15
Rinse and Repeat. OYO. Until the 2 songs end (6:30)
Return the pallets
Mosey to the corner wall by the sculpture garden
Cabinet Battle #1: Partner up for the battle between Jefferson and Hamilton over the role of the federal treasury.
Pax 1 (Jefferson): Plank
Pax 2 (Hamilton): Feet on the butt of Jefferson, Dips x15
Flapjack. Repeat. Until Washington takes Jefferson aside to tell him to either get the votes, or lose his job.
NOTE: Next time, YHC will look for a partner a wee bit smaller than Quick Draw.
Mosey back to the Great Lawn. We have time for one more exercise. DaParish gets to choose which song. He goes with:
Election of 1800: Squats x18, Lunge x18, Squat Jumps x18. Repeat for the 4:00 duration of the song. (Alternative was My Shot with the Okwata “Two shots at the Bar” jack webbs. Next time…. And we never got to the Duel either!)
With that, our hour reprise of Hamilton, The Musical is done. Mosey back to the flags for count-off (19 PAX, alas one early departure by Hawg), name-o-rama and naming our FNG (welcome to F3 Gilligan!) followed by announcements
Triathalon coming up – talk to DaParish if interested
Training towards Rock and Roll Marathon in February – talk to Rudy if interested
Several intentions, including those who are sick (Maverick’s uncle, FracSac’s dad, Rudy’s friend’s daughter). As always, I am extremely grateful for the friendships I have made with my fellow F3 brothers. I hope to use the inspiration they offer me as an example to help me lead a life that may offer inspiration to others.
10 of us settled in at Morning Call for coffee and camaraderie. Lots of great ideas about how to continue spreading the mission of F3 through several different venues in the NOLA area. Here’s looking at you, Jadaveon!
Thank you for letting me lead, and thank you for humoring me in my attempts to try something different with my Qs. I hope you enjoyed it – even if your enjoyment came from heckling and mocking your Q. Offer your suggestions for show-tunes workouts in the comments. I know DaParish wants to see Wicked…
Eleven Pax gathered early Friday morning with mumblechatter rehashing the Gnarly Nutria and what coulda, shoulda, woulda been… The “world” won! What’s done is done. Time to move forward and get stronger for next time. What better place to do so than the center of the universe– Wolfpack Mountain! After the disclaimer we were off at 05:30.
The Thang: Mosey up the avenue and back down to Touchdown Jesus(the replica, as Rudy reminded us) for the warmup. Forward arm circles standing on the left foot, Forward arm circles on right foot, SSH, Mtn Climber, Imp. Walker, Plank Jack, Hillbilly, Plank Walk x 20 IC.
Mosey to WPM. Lunge the first ramp, then OYO to the 6th level with stops at the church side for 20 squats and stops at LU side for 25 LBC’s. Plank and wait for the six. T- Claps to Mariah for leading the early arrivals in some Mary while we gathered up the six, some of which YHC might have confused. There’s a rumor they were lunging all the way up… Cobains.
Once we regrouped we were faced with the last and steepest ramp. Not a better place in the universe for Bearpees. Hardcore Okwatans may disagree. Each pax was to make their way to the top via the Bearpee– a four count bear crawl followed by one burpee, increasing each rep 4:1 and finishing w a 40 count bear crawl and 10 burpees. Pretty sure there was plenty of hate for the Q at this point. T Claps to the pax for getting it done. It sucked… At the top we did a little Mary– R. Twist, Real Freddie, Dying Roach x 20 IC.
With 5 minutes to go, we hit the stairs and moseyed toward the flag. Yankee mentioned how shocked he was that we didn’t stop at the benches for dips and it might be a Roots first. Not wanting to disappoint, we detoured to the fountain benches near the flag for a quick 25 dips IC for the win!
COT w shout out by YHC
T Claps to Mariah for making all three uptown workouts this week while visiting from Charlotte.
The Pax completed a total of 605 Burpees which YHC will donate to Cadre Danny’s million burpee challenge. T Claps
“Well done is better than well said.” – Benjamin Franklin
It is easy to talk about what you want, but the hard part is putting those words into action. You may say that this problem could be resolved with stronger self-discipline…but even that is limited. Sometime you may be tired, sometimes you may make excuses….and your actions fall short of what you actual want. The real key is to have someone hold you accountable for your words, which will lead you to your desired action. That’s where F3 comes in. It is a great tool to develop relationships (2nd F) to help you take more action and become a HIM. #lexicon
Let’s get to it… 5 men of NOLA gathered in the gloom to get stronger. So let’s begin…but first…
DISCLAIMER
The Thang
COP#1, and only: The beatdown (since we are acting like Uptown)
20x LS Squats IC
10x Arm Circles IC (while holding a squat)
15x Tap Dancers IC
15x Mountain Climber Stretch IC
Enough for now, go grab a small rock.
20x Rock Jacks IC
20x Rock Marches IC
30x Squat Reaches IC
Recover with a Bear Crawl about 30-40 yards
Repeat that one more time, but do 10 reps this time.
8x Balance Pistol Squat IC (Right, then Left)
10x Balance Rock/Leg Curls IC (Right, then Left)
Repeat that one more time.
10MOM:
15x Putins IC
15x Hello Dolly w/ Leg Lift IC (preparation for the Doctor)
10x Penguins IC
15x Heel Taps IC
10x R. Leg Curl/Lift IC
10x L. Leg Curl/Lift IC
8x Dr. Ws IC (there he is!)
Done. Circle up for the COT, where we held the Countoff, Nameorama, and Prayer (for the injured…get better Josiah!)
Moleskin
Great work by the Pax today! Tclaps to StubHub for posting & pushing through his injury!
Tclaps to Hawg for keeping me accountable on the Snooze Formula!
36 PAX posted for the Gnarly Nutria, and YHC was among them. With the Uptowners barely getting edged out, there was much to celebrate. During the COT, YHC rolled out the welcome mat to any that might choose to join the F3 die hards that intended to gather in the gloom only a few hours later. Would there be any takers?
YHC wanted to fartsack to rest his weary legs that contributed to victory a few hours earlier when the alarm sounded. It was not easy to get up, but it happened.
As YHC pulled in to the AO, two Pax were waiting, and three more followed. YHC gave the disclaimer…..and then….
Mosey around the mardi gras fountain and gather on the grassy area for:
Warm Up
SSH IC x 31 (cause that’s what we do)
IW IC x 15
Abe Vigodas IC x 10 (stretch…)
Arm Circles IC x 10 forward x 10 back
Join Jack Webb for some double shots at the barre….
1 Merkin, then peoples chair against the fountain railing for two air presses (aka double shot)
2 merkins, 4 air presses….
….
10 merkins, 20 air presses
YHC was not ready to step up to Northshore Standards yet, but it’s coming….
Mosey to the HOP
Six Pax, three stations, two Pax at each station.
Station 1 – Mosey up the levee, 5 burpees, mosey back (timer)
Station 2 – Pullups AMRAP
Station 3 – Catalina Wine Mixers AMRAP
Clear instructions, right? Apparently not. It was a bit chaotic for two rounds, perhaps it was YHC’s lack of sleep (Not!)
By the third round we actually had 2 Pax per station….not sure how many burpees, so we’ll just say at 15 each, we banked 90!
Mosey up to the top of the levee and over to Canal for Four Corners:
Corner 1 – Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10 – mosey to next corner
Corner 2 – Bobby Hurley’s IC x 15 – mosey to next corner
Corner 3 – Merkins IC x 20 – mosey to next corner
Corner 4 – Lunges IC x 25 – mosey to first corner
Corner 1 – Partner up for leg throws x 15 each
So technically it was Five Corners….
Mosey to the circle of benches toward Landry’s.
Each Pax claim a bench
Box Jumps x 10 OYO
Dips x 10 IC
LL Step Ups x 10 IC
RL Step Ups x 10 IC
Rinse and Repeat twice more
Mosey back to the VSF for Count off, Name-o-rama, announcements, and a prayer during the BOM.
Moleskin
T-Claps to Heisenberg for bringing an FNG. Welcome Wrecking Ball! T-Claps to Firestone for posting during his visit to NOLA from Charlotte. YHC was dragging a little from running 5.5 miles a few hours earlier.
T-Claps to Cowbell for posting with YHC only a few short hours after the Gnarly Nutria, and for Da Parish and Milkman posting at the Plunge. YHC was tired and felt mediocre this morning, but Okwata cured that!
Lastly, YHC wishes Nip/Tuck a speedy recovery. Nip/Tuck has made the trek to Okwata many times, and we look forward to having him join us again.
The night was hot and humid and dark. By 8:45, lots of PAX and a few coolers started rolling in (thanks Brown Bag!). Uptowners, Mid-city denizens, a clown car from the Northshore and a lone rep from Destrehan. All gathered to see who would hoist the coveted Gnarly Nutria trophy for 2017. Could the influx of young guns in Uptown be enough to hold off the growing World presence? Could anyone or anything stop the unstoppable force called TurboTax? Would Da Parish show up in running clothes or spandex cycle suit?
But first, Yankee gave his best Amnesty impersonation with a 10 minute disclaimer, attempting to explain the overly complex uptowner scoring system (and thanks to Quick Draw and his daughter Katie for taking on the scoring duties).
Finally – its time to line up under the first lightpost, and Yankee mumbles a “ok, lets go” under his breath. Slowly the group of confused PAX begin to move, before the front runners (TurboTax, Barcrawl and the soon-to-be-appropriately-named FNG Ringer that the Uptowners recruited just for this event) took off.
3 laps in the humidity. Yuck. YHC enjoyed the run with SOGO, Butt Splice and Hawg. Great conversations, even as they all passed me by as the humidity and fast out-the-gate pace took its toll. Meanwhile, out in front, Cowbell took care of some competition by gently nudging last year’s winner, Nip/Tuck, off the path and out of the race. Sayonara, Nip/Tuck. Hope you learned a valuable lesson – watch your back.
Final Standings:
Place
Name
Where
Laps
Place Points
Total Points
1
Barcrawl
Uptown
3
35
38
2
Ringer
Uptown
3
34
37
3
Turbo
Northshore
3
33
36
4
Mulligan
Uptown
3
32
35
5
YSR
Uptown
3
31
34
6
Cowbell
MidCity
3
30
33
7
Jadaveon
Uptown
3
29
32
8
Sogo
MidCity
3
28
31
9
Hawg
MidCity
3
27
30
10
Rudy
MidCity
3
26
29
11
Butt Splice
Northshore
3
25
28
12
Shorty
MidCity
3
24
27
13
EIEI
Northshore
3
23
26
14
Landing Strip
Uptown
3
22
25
15
Sandbar
Uptown
3
21
24
16
Revit
Uptown
3
20
23
17
Brownbag
Uptown
3
19
22
18
Walleye
MidCity
3
18
21
19
Roots
Uptown
3
17
20
20
Triple Shift
MidCity
3
16
19
21
Stub Hub
MidCity
3
15
18
22
Tool
MidCity
3
14
17
23
Reverend
Uptown
3
13
16
24
Hasselhoff
Uptown
3
12
15
25
Buckle Bunny
Uptown
3
11
14
26
Ocho
Northshore
3
10
13
27
FracSac
MidCity
3
9
12
28
Joe Dirt
Destrehan
3
8
11
29
Da Parish
MidCity
3
7
10
30
Yankee
Uptown
3
6
9
31
Colonel
Uptown
3
5
8
32
Splash
Uptown
2
0
2
32
Whoop
Uptown
2
0
2
32
Seaman
Uptown
2
0
2
32
Milkman
MidCity
2
0
2
32
Nip/Tuck
Uptown
2
0
2
Uptowners led the way, taking 5 of the top 7 spots. Kudos to Barcrawl on his victory. And welcome to F3 Ringer!
The final tally: The World: 363 (249 from MidCity, 103 from the NorthShore and 11 from Destrehan) Uptown: 360 A final difference of 3 points.
Participants
Total Laps
Place Points
TOTAL
Uptown
19
53
307
360
MidCity
12
35
214
249
Northshore
4
12
91
103
Destrehan
1
3
8
11
World
17
50
313
363
Finished with our Countoff, Name-o-rama (was there ever a doubt on the name of our FNG) and a prayer. Then dive back into the coolers (thank you again Brown Bag) to grab a cold one (YHC was very very pleasantly suprised with the Mango IPA), and enjoyedanother hour of F2.
Kudos to the few, the proud, the strong who made the follow on Thursday am post: FracSac, Cowbell, DaParish, Milkman, Butt Splice, Ocho (Hrm… What do they all have in common? Oh yeah – THE WORLD!)
After what only be described as a Routine Victory, three men met the Gloom in pursuit of self improvement in an aquatic environment. Posting less than 8 hours after an intense competition of brawn and masculinity takes a certain level of testicular fortitude that few men are fortunate enough to maintain. Tclaps to our counterparts at Okwata who were able to do the same. Disclaimer
The Thang
Burpees x 5; swim a lap
Leg Lifts x 10; swim a lap
Irkins x 15; swim a lap
Merkins x 20; swim a lap
Plank Jacks x 25; swim a lap
Squats x 30; swim a lap
Rinse & Repeat
YHC completed B.L.I.M.P.S. B.L.I.M.P. and 1000m; the other Pax were not far behind. Tclaps to Milk Man for his first post to the Plunge; I’m sure he’ll be back.
