Vagabond was very insistent that the shorted form of his name is pronounced Vag and not Vag. Since he ran with Fracksack, we named them Vag Frack. Bolt tried to steal the Q but when he said he didn’t want to write the Backblast so YHC is getting credit again.
Ended in a COT praying for family members both who are sick and who have passed on since it is All Souls Day today.
Same ole same ole. Consistency is key.
Originally, YHC was supposed to Q this workout on 10/23, however when a stomach bug required more Charmin than anything, plans had to be postponed.
That being said, a week later, the Q comes and 5 pax show up.
Important Numbers for this workout: 12, 3, 10, 22,
My father was born on 12/3 and died 10/22/22 and so these numbers served as the basis for rep counts for this workout.
Countoff to start so that we would know that no man gets left behind.
Mosey to jungle gym area.
12 x SSH IC
3 x Burpees OYO
10 x Grass Grabbers IC
11 x Peter Parkers IC
11 x Parker Peters IC
(11+11=22)
Arms: 10 of each Forward, backwards, T Claps, MNC’s, Picking Cherries, Dropping them in a bucket. Picking and Dropping Cherries was done until groans since Kennah-Brah didn’t think that they hurt enough from Monday.
Mosey on over to JPAC. Along the way, there was mumblechatter about if it was JPAS or JPAC and it was decided that from henceforth, it would be know as JPAX.
Self love at the newly named JPAX.
The Thang:
Wall of Jericho as a group around the JPAX. Talk about your fathers and a memory you have of/with them while doing this. When we return to the front, we would do one of the following exercise.
12 x Merkins IC
3 x Monkey Humpers towards to police station OYO (this received more criticism than expected)
10 x Groiners IC. Since this weeks Q-Source is about apprenticeship, YHC decided to apprentice Vagabond in leading groiners.
22 x Squats IC
12 x Partner Shrugs OYO. This was a good trust and ab exercise and will be incorporated i to future workouts much to pax’s chagrin.
Back to Playground for Mary
ABC’s with our feet, which are a great but simple way to end the workout. Also note, all capital letters.
COT Ended with YHC sharing about my father and the impact he had and continues to have on my life. While his death was sudden, the way he lived his life was purposeful. His love language was definitely asks of service, which has shown me how to love others intentionally.
YHC debated posting as he handed out candy and occasionally ate some (to merely enhance the taste of the wine—er, I mean heart “medicine”). Charmin shared he was a scratch, choosing salvation over suffering in the gloom, as did Minute Rice…my likelihood of posting was dropping with the temperatures. War Eagle called for attendance in Slack and offered to Q—there was no going back; I had to Q lest I be subjected to whatever War Eagle would’ve cobbled together and with text commitment from Rev, it was decided.
Waromrama of the usuals sans music (I did not like it—one and done). Queue the music for the Thang:
30 sec timer holds a pull up position while pax do an exercise AMRAP, rotate until each pax is timer: Merkins, Squats, Derkins, Lunges
Make our way to gym equipment changing mode of transport every other light pole: high knees, mosey, shuffle each direction, Carioca facing each way, walk forward/ backwards, toy soldiers, open/close gate.
Once at the gym, Morning Calls (5 pull ups called while pax plank and move on the count: derkins). The Thang, Thang: Four stations with 1 minute of work
Followed by 10 sec rest/switch stations: Incline press, tricep dips, step ups, decline big boys. Rinse and repeat then mosey back to flag on Rev’s pace.
Not wanting to cheat the pax out of their final minute, on the six for everyone’s favorite: Protractors! That seemed like and 86 second minute.
COT. Prayers for PVC’s nephew, Boo Boo, War Eagle’s wife’s pregnancy, and Bolt’s boss after the loss of her dad. Thanks for keeping me accountable, men.
This BD is based on ONLY doing warmup type exercises as the Thang. And there is NO running. Well only to the start.
Mosy’d over to the Entrance to the Center
Excercise Set – each movement is performed 10 times and is perfromed in it’s “normal” count. 2 is 1, 4 ct etc.
SSH – 4CT
Toy Soldiers- 4CT
Imperial Walkers – 4CT
Hand Release Merkins – Call the UP
Peter PArker – 4Ct
Freddie MErs – 4 Ct
LBC – 4CT
Flutter Kicks – 4CT
Low Slow Sw – 4CT
Bonnie Blairs – 4CT
Repeat up to 10 times – but we only made through 7,
Slowsy back to the flag for a bit of stretch and COT
After completing the 1st Grow Run and GRE-41 over the weekend, YHC was eager to get back out to the gloom. Thankfully, Hokie reached out to Bolt to HC since YHC needed stretching. Started with mirroring the KnOTters by walking backwards away from them. While they did their own thing, Bolt and Vagabond heard a recounting of the weekend, along with groans from the much needed stretching. Vagabond added his own gassing from time to time.
Worked our way back to the shovel flag for some COT where YHC asked for prayers as this weekend is the 1 year anniversary of my father’s sudden passing. Glad to be back in the gloom with brothers.
YHC took a different route today, choosing to go with the KNOTers. There were a cornucopia of conversations, from what planets were in the sky, to ways to increase tibia torsion, and the downsides of being a bitcoin mining owner.
When we came back with mi it’s to spare and saw the runners stretching so maybe they decided not to run. Their leader Pai Gow wasn’t there to tell them what to do so who knows.
Ended with a COT where we prayed for those suffering.
Arriving at the planted shovel flag with a WHOLE 5 minutes to spare yet seeing no pax I knew at least one other person was there. War Eagle and PVC were lurking in the shadows and as the disclaimer was given on this chilly morning we moseyed to JPAS (where War Eagle proclaimed no need for music=turn it up) to get the blood flowing for the warmorama of usual stuff plus a new one to War Eagle: Willie Mays.
Columbus Day being the day of discovery that it is (or at least was until it became about pillaging for the millennial and younger generations) YHC hoped today’s BD would have the pax discovering how far they could push themselves—physically and mentally with the Dirty Dozen.
The Thang
Ascend the ramp to the second floor landing of JPAS. where we’d do 12 reps of an exercise before descending/ascending the stairs and add a second 12-rep exercise to the first for round two. Repeat where round three consisted of three 12-rep exercises for a total of 36 reps before the down/up stairs. 12 rounds ending with 144 reps across 12 exercises if you finish—we did not. We all got into round 11. War Eagle no longer cared about (or even processed the music) playing.
Exercises/cumulative rep counts::
Monkey Humpers 144
Shoulder Taps 132
Big Boys 120
Bonnie Blair’s 108
Merkins 96
Leg Raises 84
Scoop Squats 72
Carolina Dry Docks 60
Compound Ws 48
Burpees 36
Mountain Climbers 24
SSH 12
Today was about pushing it to the limit, either with running, KnOTibg, or running back to your house for a stretching pad becuase Boo-boo can’t handle the ground.
Either way, we all came back (with some additional late comers) for the COT. Prayed in thanksgiving for new life and in supplication for those who need help.
Today was all about seeing. Seeing 16 PAX show up, seeing Rudy not read the “No Parking”, and YHC and others seeing how hard we could push ourselves in the gloom.
Typical, KnOTers, Stretchers, and Runners were there.
Ended with COT emphasizing that we are all figured a spiritual battle and asked for our guardian angels’ help.
