Day: September 17, 2019

KOTTER: Dolph

A couple of weeks ago, I was present as Dr Seuss pours it on thick and I suddenly began looking at the ground regretting my decision to post at another of his solid beat downs and noticed the diagonal lines at the front drive to the school signaling any drivers that they should NOT park in that area … and a idea bloomed in my brain…. I wonder if anyone has been stupid enough to use these as a marker for an exercise? Probably not … so I’m just dumb enough to try it out!
Pledge
Don Q IC x 10
Wide arm merkins IC x 11
Freddy Merks IC x12
Diamond Merkins IC x 6 ( like that number change? So did the pax as they tried puZling out what was happening with numbers)
Lbcs IC x 13
Mosey to traffic circle and turn right up drive to front of school where road stripes begin and there’s s sheet of paper taped down with 7 exercises

Now it should be recognized that my original intent was all exercises at ALL lines all the way around …. thankfully my internal ( infernal) alarm went off and i arrived at exactly 5:00 so I may as well time just first exercise on 1/2 of course 5 SSH each line …. took 5 mins …. not a great idea for bigger plan ( pax upon learning all this admitting they would have used the shovel of the shovel flag to bury me and leave it as my grave marker) So a plan B from outer space was adopted where we would do 5 SSh at every third line and only go 1/2 the distance around circle ( stopping at flag poles) run around traffic circle ( the constant) begin next Imperial Walkers then Hillbillies followed by Toy Soldiers squats and completing with lunges.
I then carefully remove paper weinke and store safely in my pocket in a ball shape….. and we mosey to school front for 10 dips, 10 step ups and s new favorite of mine … suspension merkins x 10 for 3 rounds … next we mosey back to the flag to work out some more core work , I lead off with plank moving into a low plank for approx 20 seconds each , Milburn next delivers 5 Burpees and there were Amer Hammers , Flutters a couple others I can’t remember and Just like that Dolph is next and Breaker Breaker suddenly calls Time! Dolph is puzzled saying his clock still has 1 minute left …. the Official Time has 35 seconds so I willingly oblige our KOTTER who delivers us another 5 burpees for time!
Several 5k s coming up inc this weekends Stop Soldier Suicide ( see pre blast) Ragnar
Thursday night meet at Hickory Tavern at 7:30 until
Prayers for Slim Shady who dialed up Dr Seuss moments before workout informing of his being on IR

Lastly, being a site AO Q keeps me from grabbing another Q , but I’m so glad to have been given this opportunity …. it’s always great posting somewhere I can’t travel to as often due to school/ other commitments …. thank you men and esp Breaker Breaker

Oh, you’re hanging on for what the devil the title was about well let’s just say that there was a discussion of renaming pax including renaming our KOTTER today who absolutely loves the name Wet Nuts …… so Dolph was rechristened Hot Nuts!!

Allen Tate had the Q this morning but sent a message saying he was having some problems with his foot and asked someone to be prepared to fill in. As 5:30 am rolled around, there was no AT to be seen. I came planning to take the Q and I had rough idea of what I wanted to do. Since I have been lifting with Sparky on Tuesday mornings recently, I figured I’d focus on the chest, shoulders, and core and keep the running minimal this morning.

Warmup:

• SSH 15 IC
• Cotton Pickers – 10 IC
• Hillbillies – 10 IC

Thang:
We mosey to the lower shelter and hit the lights for the first round of circuit work. Like I said, I was prepared to Q so I brought my bluetooth speaker and I asked if anyone knew who Cody Jinks was. Volt said no, but he was pretty sure they were getting ready to find out. Yep! (Start with Loud and Heavy if you check his music out. BTW, no doubt in my mind Whoopee would LOVE Cody Jinks).

15 Decline Merkins on my count
10 Step Ups each leg OYO
15 Dips IC
Take a lap around the parking lot.
Repeat for 3 sets.

I had to move on from Cody Jinks to a classic rock playlist. I love it but it was just a little too slow for an F3 workout.

Short mosey to the turd shack by the pond for our next circuit.

Dirty Hookups 10 IC
Big Boys 10 OYO
Low Slaw Squats – 10 OYO
Take a lap around the parking lot
Repeat for 3 sets.

Mosey to the parking lot. We had a few minutes left so we did some 1 minute AMRAP with 30 second rests.
– LBCs
– Merkins
– Flutter Kicks
– LBCs
– 1 minute Plank

Time!

Prayer Requests: Kids in school, guys not at Folsom today, Ratchet’s son (I failed to mention this but I’m adding it now!). YHC took us out in prayer.

Moleskin: A big piece of F3 is turning men into leaders, then developing them into better leaders. Stepping in to lead when your fellow PAX are unable, for whatever reason, is part of the deal. Sometimes, it’s missing an alarm. Others, it may be due to an injury or just a classic “fartsack”. Today was my day and, as site Q, it’s sorta my job. If I weren’t there though, there’s no doubt Stogie or Volt would have stepped in and led the workout. It isn’t just me, I’ve seen many others do it as well. Get out there and Q so you’re ready to step in and have a few exercises ready just in case you’re called upon! Speaking of ‘get out and Q’, Stogie will have his VQ on Saturday. If you aren’t running the Stop Soldier Suicide 5k, come get some at Folsom at 6:30 am!

• Montross