License to Ill

Now here’s a little story I gots to tell about an F3 AO you know so well.
It started way back in history with Adrock, MCA and the Mike D.

If you don’t know who those three guys are, those were not 3 FNGs from a recent post. They were the three members of the Beastie Boys. And YHC just happened to be sitting in traffic listening to their song Check It Out, when YHC saw that Linus needed a Q for the upcoming weekend at Gashouse. What better theme than a Beastie Boys-inspired Q? I’m sure the four PAX that posted that AM would have come up with a long list of topics to base a weinke other than the Beastie Boys’ greatest hits.

Arrived that morning with a plan to ruck prior to Gashouse. Knew it may be a solo effort since most of the other ruckers were at Folsom for their little GoRuck training session. Wound up circling the Schiele parking lot for the better part of an hour. Long story that YHC would detail further if this backblast wasn’t so late in being created.

0700 on the clock and time to go.

FNG present so we went over the 5 core principles.

Warm Up
SSH x 15
LBCs x 15
Merkins x 15
Imperial Walkers x 15

So the Beastie Boys had 5 studio albums, the PAX would have to name their albums in order to avoid doing 8 burpees. The first member of the PAX who could name the album could avoid doing the burpees.

Album 1?
Hipaa correctly guessed License to Ill so he was exempt from the 8 burpees. Everyone else, 8 burpees.

Left the Pain Lab crew with Hipaa while we moseyed to the Middle School parking lot. Had a blue tooth speaker playing the Beastie Boys greatest hits while we worked.

Album 2?
This is the point I realized that the 4 PAX with me were not BB fans growing up.
The answer… Paul’s Boutique
8 burpees for all

Mosey to the parking lot at First Pres.

In honor of the only deceased member of the BB, we did MCA’s (useless fact, Adam Yauch – MCA died of cancer in 2012. My sister-in-law was a cancer nurse at the facility where he received treatment. She said he was a super humble and nice guy.)

Anyway, MCA’s are Elevens with Mountain Climbers and Abyss merkins.

10 Mountain Climbers in the parking lot, then up the hill to the outdoor benches for 1 Abyss merkins.
Back down the hill for 9 Mtn Climbers, then up for 2 Abyss merkins.
Rinse and repeat until 1 MC and 10 Abyss merkins.

Mosey up the stairs to the covered pad.

Album 3?
No chance. I think at this point YHC cut the burpees to 6 and decided to count down with each album.
The answer… Check Your Head

In tribute to their second album Paul’s Boutique, we did a round of Paul’s.

Half the PAX ran around the building, down the stairs, then back up the stairs while the other half stayed and did AMRAP for the 5 exercises. When the first half returned, they did the exercises while the second half ran the loop.

P People’s Air Presses
A American Hammers
U Up Straddle Hops
L LBCs
S Squats

Album 4?
Nope… 5 burpees
The answer… Ill Communication

We next did a round of merkins to the BB hit “Girls”. In the plank position, while the song plays do plank jacks when they say “Girls” the pax does a merkin. Second half of the song, shoulder taps while the song plays and a merkin for every “Girls”.

Mosey to the track at the elementary school.

Album 5?
What do you think?… 4 burpees
The answer… Hello Nasty

“Wha Cha Wha Cha Wha Cha Want” was a hit song (yes, it was a hit song) from the Check Your Head album. So YHC asked the PAX what exercise they wanted. Mosey half way around the track. Stop for a exercise of the PAX choice. Then mosey to the other side of the track. Another PAX chose an exercise. Stopped 4 times so that each PAX could pick an exercise.

Album 6?
—–… 3 burpees
The answer… To The 5 Boroughs

Mosey back with a stop in the First Pres parking lot.

Album 7?
At this point, I would have had trouble. So… 2 burpees
The answer… The Mix-Up

Mosey to the Schiele. Quick round of wall sits. Mosey to home.

The Pain Labbers gathered around.

Album 8?
Blank stares… 1 burpee
The answer… Hot Sauce Committee Part 2

As a group, 8-count Body Builders to the BB song “Body Movin’”. The song says, “You will do this 4 times with the left, 4 with the right, then 8 times with both, then repeat.” Sounds to me like the song literally called for 8-count body builders. After seeing that the PAX had enough of the body builders, we Omaha’ed into a couple of rounds of Mary.

And time…

Announcements
Lake Wylie F3/FIA Convergence – 2/15
Operation Grumpy Old Men – potential low impact/walking AO – Contact Bandit if interested
Rice and Beans – Good job to Anchorman and all that participated
Spartan in April – see Gump if interested

Prayer Requests
Time Frame and M
Dry Rub and M
Voodoo family friend – 23 YO w/ cancer; several in that family dealing with cancer
State of the nation

Prayer to take us out.

Welcome FNG Rush (Shawn Pittman).

Until next time…

Playlist
Sabotage
Brass Monkey
Ch-Check It Out
Intergalactic
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Hey Ladies
Paul Revere
Shake Your Rump
Fight For Your Right
Sure Shot
Wha Cha Wha Cha Wha Cha Want
Pass the Mic
The New Style
Egg Man
Time to Get Ill
Girls
Body Movin’