Had a skeleton crew of 3 at The Yank with races and other distractions in the area. We made up for the numbers in effort and quality.

COP:

SSH X 20

IW X 20

Copperhead Squats X 20

Merkins X 20

Peter Parker X 20

Mosey to Stowe Corner

Wall squats, Mike Tysons, Jump squats 3 repeats, 10X, 15X, 20X

Mosey to 2nd corner

Merkins, plank jacks, WWII situps, same 10, 15, 20 repeats.

Mosey to corner of knowledge

dips, step ups, dirkins 10, 15, 20 repeats.

Mosey down to the Field of dreams for some BIMPS work

Burpees 10X, Karaoke to the other end of the field, mosey back.

IW X 10, backward run to the other end, mosey back

Merkins 10X, karaoke to the other end, mosey back.

Plank jacks, 10X, backwards run, mosey back.

Copperhead style squats 10X, run and hit the ground at each utility pole and back up to the other end. 5 drops. Rinse and repeat coming back.

Triple nickel on Heartbreak Hill: SSH, run to the top, hand release merkins.

On over to the playground for some additional torture!

3 rounds: Velocioraptors 10X, incline merkins 10X, run steps to the top and merkins 10X.

Time for Mary which included Roslalittas, Heels to heaven and Dollies.

Pledge and done,

NMM:

Short on pax but great effort. Glad those that made it did. Solomon rucked. Hate it was a short group but glad for the participation we had at the race event today. Knew it would be like this so YHC was committed to the AO. Looks like Tiger is up next week and Breaker Breaker after that!

Be afraid, be VERY afraid!

Tesla out.

GasHouse Steeplechase Challenge

What is it?
The FIRST EVER CSAUP event at the Coconut Horse AO in Gastonia.

When is it?
Sometime in the late summer-early fall.

Why would I want to do it?
If you are asking, you can skip this and go back to your fartsack.

What will it cost me?
Everything if you miss it. Even more if you decide to take the challenge.
However, it will not cost you any money at all.

This will be an event that combines rucking, running, push-ups, sit-ups, and a lot of chocolate milk at the end. The idea is similar to a GoRuck Qualification event and will be held at the Coconut Horse AO at a date to be determined. We will have categories that will have goals for you to hit to qualify (and possibly receive a patch) as far as time and repetitions. All finishers, however, will be eligible for the chocolate milk at the end.

Training Tips:

Do a lot of push-ups.
Do a lot of sit-ups.
Run.
Ruck.

More info to follow.

8 varsity players emerged from the gloom at Goat Island for a beat down Tesla style. Started out 7 strong.  Went like this:

COP:

SSH X 20

IW X 20

Mountain Climbers X 20

Merkins X 20

Mosey up the hill and to the old ball field and the stairway to heaven.

5 burpees for the train.

3 sets, 10, 15, 20

dips

run to the top of the bleachers

Hand release merkins.

Down to the field to tour the bases

Bear crawl to first base.

Broad jump to second base

Crab walk to third base

Burpee broad jump home

Back to the bleachers

3 sets, 10,15, 20

steps ups  each leg

Run to the top of the bleachers

stagger arm Merkins.

Mosey back down to the gazebo aka the mosque as we find HIPPA there doing pull ups in his bomb suit! Seems he missed the 5:30 am out of Cramerton and couldn’t find us. So we found him.

We did this:

Pull ups X 10

dirkins X10

LBCs X 10

bottom of the green: 10 SSH

Top of the green: 10 plank jacks.

Rinse and repeat

Time for Mary in the grass:

Maktar Jhias X 10

Oblique crunches 10X each leg.

Done!

NMM:

Great workout by everybody. Awesome morning to workout and great found out lost brother HIPPA in the gloom this morning! Everybody did well today, great work by all pax. Glad to get the back blast up so that the JV team can have a guide this afternoon. We are here for you brothers! Awesome group to lead. Looking forward to Saturday. There is more at The Yank where this came from.

Tesla

Today was pretty much a recycled weinke from Saturday. Since Def Leppard and I were the only ones at Folsom this weekend (due to CSAUP), I figured it’ll still be new to the group. Plus, my abs were sore for 2 days after Saturday so obviously it worked!

There was fartsacking left and right this morning. Hard for me to say much, I sacked Monday and Wednesday on lifting at Sparky’s and couldn’t post Tuesday myself due my kid’s field trip. Some guys had work obligations, some were tired…but I honestly it feels like the numbers have been a little lighter at Folsom the past few weeks overall. This isn’t a New Year’s resolution workout, this is F3. I want to challenge all of you to get out and post…and if you can’t post in the morning, hit the JV workout at 5:30 PM over at Midoriyama (It isn’t so JV, I promise!). I am pushing myself to get to Gastonia in the morning IF I don’t have to work all night. Walk the walk!

That being said we had 3 BMFs…errrr…HIMs at Folsom this morning. Here’s the summary.

Warm-a-rama

• SSH 15 IC
• Mountain Climbers 15 IC
• Appalachian Americans 10 IC

I wanted to break up the routine a little so we cut across the grass and mosey to the upper picnic shelter. In 3 months, I’ve never seen us use it. The lights were already on so it was just calling our names.

• Shoulder Tap Merkins 15
• LBCs 20
• Dips 15
• Step Ups 15 IC

Rinse and repeat (25 LBCs the 2nd time…felt 20 wasn’t enough)
Rinse and repeat a 3rd time. Now we’re warmed up!

Quick mosey back to the parking lot for a pledge at the shovel flag. MW brings it every day and we rarely use it. Let’s do so today!

Let’s Mosey – we cut across the grass again, MW accuses me of not knowing where I was going. He’s only partially right. We mosey to the fork in the road….I’m looking at the small hill in the median and thinking…..nah, that hill is for punks. We are High Impact Men. Continue another 30 ft for the big hill.

• Triple Nickels – 5 Burpees up top, 5 Squats at the bottom, 5 rotations. Medicine Woman was really pushing the pack on this one. I put my hands on my knees a few times TBH, but we all pushed through. Volt was probably cussing me but I couldn’t hear him so on we go!

I know Medicine Woman is a runner and all so let’s give him some mosey because, frankly there has been little mosey to this point. Down the road and around the pond to the lower shelter. MW is the first to notice unmistakable signs of a skunk. As we approach the lower shelter it’s getting worse. Let’s mosey on boys! We didn’t smell it in the upper shelter earlier, hopefully that’s still the case.

Now let’s get those abs in gears. As I mentioned on Twitter, we are turning 12 packs into 6 packs today! I was going to call the ab workout 15 Minute Abs” because everything was going to be a quantity of 15. Ironically, we do have about 15 minutes left.

• 15 LBCs to the left knee, 15 to the center, and 15 to the right
• Sandy Vs 15 OYO
• LBC variation – cross the right leg, go to the right knee 15 times, cross the left leg, go to the left knee 15 times (thanks for the tip Leppard)
• Big Boys 15

Rinse and Repeat. I don’t think we made the 3rd set but honestly, I can’t remember for sure. Time was winding down. so a quick mosey around the lower parking lot and back up the hill to the parking lot.

Time!

COT –
Prayer requests for Chasity (sorry, forgot the last name) who found her mother dead earlier this week. Sad stuff! Also, I ask for prayer at work – implementing a new ERP system has been working me to death but it’s almost over! YHC took us out in prayer. Reminder about the 3rd F event at Parkwood Friday night. I hope I can make it but depends on work and what time I get out.

It was an honor to lead today. Felt like I hadn’t worked out in weeks even through it had just been 4 days. I could tell it in my endurance already though! Get out there and push your rock guys. We need less invisible men, more HIMs! See you in the gloom!

-Montross