Old Rock

15 strong đź’Ş at Carmel High this morning. Gloom was nice. A little cool, over cast, perfect after the hot days that were hitting us hard during the week.

3 FNGs today including Never Mind who said he likes old rock (IE Music I grew up on.) I thought he was going to say bands from the early 60s when he said old rock. I guess time keeps on ticking into the future….

Disclaimer Given (a few times actually as we had a lot of stragglers today.)

Warm up
SSH
Prisoner squats (hands behind head)
T pots
Frogs

The thang
Run a Lap – line up on goal line
Bunny hop to 25, 10 merkins.  Bunny hop back, 10 merkins.  6 times.  First person calls it
Bear Crawl walk to 25, 10 hello dollies 4 count.  Crab walk back… 10 hello.  6 times. First calls it
Crawl bear to 25, 10 gas pumps 4 count… First calls it

Run a Lap – line up on goal line

At goal line:  

Run to 25 – 10 monkey humpers, at 50 – 10 groiners ,  at 25 – 10 Mike tysons & at goal line 10 Rowers  – pick up the six… / plank…
Reduce the above by 2 each time. Once at 0 do it 1 more time at reps of 10.

Run lap, 10 minutes of mary including:
LBCs
Hello Dollies
Rosalitas
SSH
Run 2 laps or do 20 burpees – your choice

Welcome FNGs Never Mind, Renaissance , Dragon

YHC and Q: Cleveland Rocks

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Bandersnatch 3/31/2021

Q: Beach

Disclaimer Given

Seven pax turned out, including guest Sunshine from out of town.

Warmup: Sidestraddle Hops, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Copperhead Squats, Bat Wings. Some mumble chatter and facial anguish was observed during Bat Wings.

The Thang: Interactive workout inspired by the movie Bandersnatch. Pax determine what the workout will be. Mosey to the beach. Two lines drawn in the sand. Repeated sprints from one line to the other. Fastest pax to the other line determines the exercise and reps. Each time you are the fastest pax, you increase your sprint handicap by one burpee. Exercises chosen by pax were Bat Wings, Monkee Humpers, Copperhead Squats, Lunges, Chilcutt Peter Parkers, 1 minute Plank, Merkens, Bear Crawls, Nipplers, Burpees, Mike Tysons, Sidestraddle Hops, Don Quixotes, and Groiners. This may not be a complete list, as Q’s memory relies upon an aging brain. Mosey back to flag.

COT, Counterama, Namerama. Quote from Theodore Roosevelt was read. Announcements: DPR wins the month of March prize for posting to every workout in March (challenge and prize initiated and provided by Cleveland Rocks). The Murph Challenge is coming up, on Memorial Day.

Coffeeteria at Starbucks.

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Leaving Early: The Unknown FNG

11 strong đź’Ş this morning including FNG Stone Cold. Weather was amazing. The field this time was not frozen solid or even damp like in prior winter beatdowns. Spring is here and we are going to love it.

This was a new one for us. And one we could have done better at addressing. We had an FNG today leave mid-workout. We were doing laps on the track and no one was near him and he just left. Next time this happens one of us will try to catch up with the FNG to chat with them.

Disclaimer given.

Run Lap
10 Tea Pot
20 Moroccan Night Clubs
30 Seal Jacks
40 on you side – leg things… 20 each side
50 LBCs 
Run Lap

Bear crawl to center field & Circle up

In Cadence – Q starts – count goes to the right.  Once you reach the end of your rope do a lap. Two ways to end it all:  One person is left doing exercise or if the 3rd to last person returns from their lap (IE there are two left) it’s over.  Call recover.  Pax coming back can mumble chatter, cheer on other pax, plank, al gore… etc.

Hello Dolly
Groiners
Gorilla Humpers
Wheel of Merkins
Burpees

Run lap (or 2) – stop at wall for:

10 mike tysons

Line up on goal line – team up
1 pax lunges to 10 & back, other does 200 heal taps
1 pax lunges to 10 & back, other does 200 LBCs
We started on this last one but ran our of time:
1 pax lunges to 10 & back, other does 400 SSH single count

Count, Name, COT

YHC and Q: Cleveland Rocks

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7 of Diamonds (3/24/2021)

Q: Beach

Disclaimer Given

Warmup: Sidestraddle Hops 4 count IC X 40 f/b Imperial Walkers 4 count IC X 20 f/b Hillbillies 4 count IC X 20 f/b Bat Wings 4 count IC X 20. Cleveland Rocks may or may not have hoped for longer holds. DPR expressed that we don’t do enough Bat Wings.

The Thang: Mosey to the baseball field. Run the bases backwards. Stop at each base for 7 Absolutions. Repeat with 14 Lunges. Repeat with 21 Hand-Release Merkens. Repeat with 28 Squats. Ran out of time. Mosey back.

Circle of trust. Counterama, Namerama, and announcements.

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Looking for Psyc – Round 2

6 strong đź’Ş this morning went for a run to the aquarium. Weather was beautiful – 40’s but was not cold at all. A lot of people out running on the trail and we joined them. Warm-up was quick, and Grappler came in hot at the end of the warmup to join us for the run. Pace to the aquarium was faster than the last time we did this. We got to the aquarium at 618am did some squats and took off back for the AO. It was great.

Warmup:
Sun Gods
Tea Pots
Cherry Pickers

The thang:
Run to aquarium
Stop a few times for some SSH
Stop to check out the inspiration for the F3 Monterey logo
At aquarium check out where the RV rammed the wall (it’s boarded up now.)
Squats IC with some Al Gores
Run back to beach
Wall sits and planks
Mosey back to AO start, LBCs to finish it up

YHC and Q – Cleveland Rocks

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Much of the same

43 degrees but it felt much warmer. Pax of 5 for much of the same workout from Monday. But today was different. Today we had Detective along to crush all the ab workouts and call the exercises every time.

Disclaimer given

Warm up:
Tea Pots
Cherry Pickers
Hill Billies

The Thang:
Run to  parking garage and up the stairs to the top
First one calls it (or rather Detective calls it:)
100 LBC
100 flutter kicks
100 leg lifts
50 double tap Freddie’s / then switch legs
100 reverse crunch
100 e2k 50 each leg
50 rowers

Run to beach. Wall sits and low plank.
Run home, plank to finish it out.

Much of this beatdown came from a prior backblast on this Mustard Seeds site.

YHC and Q Cleveland Rocks

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Park it

4 strong đź’Ş this morning. Weather was clear and a little chilly – temperatures in the 40’s. We are back to dark skies in the morning due to the time change over the weekend. YHC was almost late to Q the workout pulling in with about 1 minute to spare.

Warm up:
Tea Pots & Cherry Pickers… that’s it… time to mosey.

The Thang:
Run to the municipal parking garage. Run to the top up all the ramps.
Pair up.
One pax does hello dollies, the other does feel the Bern up the ramp, does 10 squats, runs back. Switch places. First team to 200 hello dollies calls it.
Repeat for 300 LBCs.
Repeat for 400 Mtn. Climbers
Run down the stairs of parking garage, then back up. Run down the other stairs, back up, and down again.
Run to beach, some all sits & planks. Great to look at the horizon as the sun begins to rise.

YHC and Q Cleveland Rocks.

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3/8/21 Bash At The Beach

Pax: Beach, Sharkbait, Cleveland Rocks, DPR, Potato Chip, Grappler

Q: Beach

Disclaimer Given

Warm up: (all in cadence) Side Straddle Hops, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Copperhead Squats

The Thang:

1. Bat Wings IC = Forward arm circles, Reverse arm circles, Seal claps, Overhead claps (with hold after each, until Q notices grimacing on Pax’s faces)

2. Pair off into partners for BOMBS=Each pair completes 50 burpees, 100 overhead claps, 150 merkins, 200 big boy situps, 250 squats– one partner lunge walks to the curb while the other exercises – First pair to complete triggers recovery.

50 Sidestraddle Hops IC

Circle Of Trust

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Welcome FNG “Big Johnson”

An amazing day out. No gloom here. Mid fifties and sunny.


We borrowed F3 Hampton Roads idea of a special log to commemorate a members 50th post. They call their’s Lady Glitter Sparkels. The premise is that if the post hits the ground during the beat down everyone does 5 burpees.

Warm Up
5 Tea Pots
10 Finkle Swings (Leg swings)
15 Cherry pickers
20 SSHs
25 LBCs
20 IW
15 heel raises
10 Rowers
5 Burpees

Ceremony to introduce Lady Glitter Sparkles to the Pax and D.P.R. Pax immediately renamed her “Big Johnson.”

1 tip: You are the Q (or the leader) of the post and it’s never truly “On your Own” with F3.

The Thang:
Run to top of hill – SSH until LGS arrives
Run to corner – Al Gore until LGS arrives
Run to curbs – Plank until LGS arrives
At Curbs: 10 Hello Dollies / 10 Mike Tysons (Bench press LGS?) then 9,8,7….
At Curb: 10 rowers (leg raises with LGS?) / 10 Arm Presses while wall sitting (Curls for the Girls with LGS?)
At Curb: 10 LBCs (LBCs with LGS) / 10 Squats…. (partner up – squats with LGS – one holds each end?)
Run to mid school – SSH while wait for LGS
Run to hill by football field – do a few Bernie Sanders back up the hill.
Run to field

Goal line – partner up
1 pax Kareokes to 30 does 10 shoulder taps (runs back) while other pax does 1000 dying cock roaches – first team calls it.

Credit goes to D.P.R. who did not let BJ hit the ground once during the beatdown.

YHC and Q: Cleveland Rocks

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Groiners

7 strong đź’Ş this morning. Great weather. 50 degrees or so. Sun is coming up quick these days so most of the beatdown is done in daylight. Fishing boats were out well before us – lights blasting the bay as they gathered their take.

Warmup
1 Merkin
10 IW
2 Merkin
Abe Vigodas
3 Merkins
Hill Billies
4 Merkins
Heel Raises
5 Merkins
Am. Hammers
6 Merkins
LBCs
7 Merkins
Cherry Pickers
8 Merkins
Moroccon Night Clubs
9 Merkins
SSH
10 Merkins

All that in 10 minutes. YHC yelled out that’s 155 pushups in 10 minutes to which Sharkbait corrected me that is was actually 110. As Dredd said in the hit documentary “300” produced by YHC and edited in part by Burgundy, Sharkbait is a merkin master so no pulling the wool over his eyes on the merkin count!

Mosey to lot:

  • Bear Crawl, 20 groiners, bear crawl back, plank /Pick up Six
  • Crab Walk, 30 groiners, bear crawl back, plank /Pick up Six
  • Crawl Bear, 40 groiners, bear crawl back, plank /Pick up Six

YHC didn’t have anything else planned except 6 minutes of mary but there was now 20 minutes left! What to do!?!?!?!

Mosey to wall. 20 dips, 15 dips, 5 dips & 20 box jumps

Mosey to beach – run back to home but along the way to 10 catcher burpees OYO

6 MOM was actually 10.

Count / Name / COT

Something new planned for Saturday… hint it is a Hampton Roads tradition.

YHC & Q Cleveland Rocks

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