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MardiStrong – Backblast 2/25/20

Fat Tuesday, 2/25/20

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Aaarrrggghhh, Abercrombie, AlrightAlright, Coach K, F150, Goop, Oatmeal, Plus One, Sex Panther, Special Sauce, Teasip
QIC: Sally

AO: Glencoe Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20
IST x 15
High Knees x 15

Ski Ab 1/2 Mile
-Run 1/4 mile, 12 ski abs
-Run 1/4 mile, 12 ski abs
-Indian Run Style, (2 linez)

THA THANG:
Grab your coupons, to the field / benches. Yeah benches.

Partner Dora:
As a team, complete the following:

150 Groiners, hands on block
150 Rosalita Presses – lie flat on your 6, simultaneously perform a Rosalita and a coup chest press.
150 Apollo Oh-no’s (with coup, each leg is 1)
150 Step-Ups on the bleachers with coup

Partner 2 runs across to the other sideline, performs 1 burpee, and returns.

Switcharoo until done.

Dirty McDeuce:
12 Squats
12 OH press

MARY:
Dr. W’s x 8
Flutter Kicks x 15
PAX’s choice (LBCs, Freddy Mercuries, & maybe one more)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
check check

MOLESKIN:
Sorry for the late backblast bruddas. Work has been a little, uh, volatile.

This was YHC’s first Q of the New Year. Happy to be back at it.

Having been focused on #Strength lately, YHC wanted to use the great opportunity of a Tuesday coup day to really set the PAX up for some strength gains.

YHC was reminded that this glorious day was to be Fat Tuesday, and as such pondered an appropriate Mardi Gras theme. After writing off KING CAKE and FAT T’s, YHC decided it would suffice to use ‘GRAS’.   Oh yah.

And out came the painful DORA you see above. YHC swears he tries to think about exercise counting when constructing his Q’s, but this would evidence otherwise. The Groiners, Rosalita Presses, and Apollo Oh-no’s were good exercises. All hit different and rarely-used parts of the body, too. The step-ups, however, quickly brought the realization that 150 reps of a 4-count exercise was going to suck.

And suck it did.

But all PAX pushed through. Took some serious mental and physical (aren’t they the same?) toughness, but probably added 1/2 inch to each of our thighs. #WorthIt, YHC envisions the PAX would say.

As always, thank you to the men who posted. It’s a privilege and opportunity to lead.

Apologizes, YHC doesn’t remember much mumblechatter. YHC did get some crap (he remembers one in particular – ‘What, so the goal was to get the PAX so sore nobody comes out the rest of the week?!’).

Stay healthy out there fellas. Practice that sweet Millennial “self-care” – eat well, wash your hands, get enough rest, and focus on the things that matter.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. TID18K was a success. #TClaps to the PAX for either participating or thinking about us while we participated 🙂
2. QSource: Topic this week is the “M” – Friday lunch, likely Preston Center, 11:30
3. Happy Hour – Friday evening ~5pm, likely Ozona

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Four Man Weave

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Aaarrrggghhh, Alright Alright, Bleep, Coach K, Draper, Oatmeal, PowPow, Sex Panther, Slushii, Special Sauce, Tatanka (FNG – welcome!), Ultra
QIC: Teasip

AO: Glecone Park #glencofasho
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20, IST x15, Windmill x10

THA THANG:
5x4x5 (5 reps of 4 exercises, for 5 rounds). Pull ups, dips, swerkins & OH Press with coupon

Mosey over to the football field for the 4 man weave (copyright pending)

Groups of 4 (had one group of 5). PAX 1 started at the near side of the field doing Man Makers. PAX 2 started at the far side of the field doing curls with a coupon. PAX 3 started bear crawling from one side of the football field to the other. PAX 4 started at the near side of the football field, ran to PAX 2 and back, then relieved PAX 3 of the bear crawling, who ran and relieved PAX 2 of the curls, who then ran and relieved PAX 1 of the Man Makers, who started running. Continue that cycle for a couple more rounds with the below exercises:

Man Makers, Curls, Bear Crawl, Run

Squats, Lunges, Crab Walk, Run

Penguin Crunch, Elf on a Shelf, Crawl Bear, Run

Once everyone was done, had just enough time to mosey back to the start for 12 Burpees OYO, followed by Mary

MARY:
Uptown Crunch x10, LBC x20

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out

MOLESKIN:
YHC pulled in at 0525 after having enjoyed an extra 15 min of sleep and a shorter commute with the move back to civilization (read south of 635). YHC was greeted by what sounded like a reason for why Alright Alright missed Monday’s beatdown. Apparently, we may need a second F event where Plus One is our bartender as his margs led to the missed workout.

Some criticism from the PAX during the warm up as YHC mistakenly said that ISTs are standing curls as opposed to standing sit ups (YHC has curls on the mind for his girl/future M), then YHC was again laughed at for the apparent twang when saying “Windmill” (YHC has always had a different way of saying i’s, like in pillow). Regardless, the warmup was done and we transitioned to the 5x4x5.

The naming convention for this popular workout was discussion topic during it, as several PAX were unsure of how many sets to do. YHC has always thought it was reps x # of exercises x rounds, but YHC is flexible. The confusion was only a preview of what was to come.

YHC led the PAX to the football field for the 4 man weave, which after an explanation and demonstration, led to some expected confusion on who was to relieve whom (who? YHC can never get these right). After a few minutes, it appeared as though the PAX finally got the rotation down. Alright Alright’s group must have taken after him the night prior as there was some difficulty with crawling/crab walking in a straight line.

Once done, YHC felt like there was too much mumblechatter going on and decided to initiate burpee silence with 12 burpees which quickly quieted the PAX. 

Just enough time for some Mary before we named Tatanka (it was either that or something related to bears I think?) and the discussion over spelling started. Ultra and YHC liked the Lafawnduh style spelling “Ta-tawn-kuh”, but Pow Pow found the proper spelling. Overall a good time in the gloom and the 4 man weave will definitely be making another appearance. I may make it a goal to keep increasing the weave by 1 with ultimate goal of a full PAX weave.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Big D TID Beatdown (fka Texas Independence Day 18k) is this Saturday at 0700, kicking off from Riverchon Park
2. Q Source this Friday at 11:30 in Preston Center. This week is on the Jester.

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Fashionably Late

PAX: Aaarrrggghhh, AlrightAlright, Cookies N Cream (FNG), Froggy (B’ham), Icebox, Oatmeal, Sex Panther, Sweet Baby, Teasip
QIC: Coach K, Ultra

Warm-O-Rama:
We don’t know because we were both late…

Tha Thang (YHC):
21, 15, 9 of thrusters and burpees (21 reps of both, then 15, and 9)

Jacob’s Ladder with OG Manmakers (burpee, push up, clean, squat, press, two lunges) and burpee jump overs with the block

Tha Thang (Ultra):
Partner 1 runs across field while other PAX does reps
– 50 double count side leg raises (each side)
– 100 double count shoulder presses

Mosey to flag for ring of fire v-ups with chest press (200x)
Rugby SUs and LBCs to round us out

Mumblechatter:
In true co-Q fashion, 0/2 showed up on time as other PAX were instructed to tell the other to start first. Whoops. Not the ideal impression for an FNG, but his name might be cause for bigger concern…Teasip was kind enough to lead the warm-up before the Qs rolled up.

We grabbed the blocks and made it to the field. Pretty sure the thruster/burpee combo is more despised than a traditional YHC Burpee Beatdown, but that’s up for the PAX to decide. We had some side exercises going while the six wrapped up the circuit before moving to what was probably a worse series of exercies. YHC demonstrated a true manmaker (includes two lunges while holding the press). A couple of PAX requested follow up demonstrations, and we’re at the point in F3 where YHC assumes they’re being difficult and not serious. My bad. Time got called and Ultra took the reigns.

Mumblechatter was very scarce this morning, except for the number of times PAX asked Ultra to clarify he said “double-count” every exercise. Could not count the times on two hands. We powered on, but, again, it was a really quiet group this morning. There were a lot of comments about the hip flexors during the side leg raises, which is apparently a muscle none of us at F3 ever use. After the mini-Dora, we moseyed back to the flag for the longest ring of fire in Dallas history. Holding the block over your head and your legs at 6 inches, we went around doing a v-up. “We’re going to 200” was a nice warning that no one thought was serious. But alas…it was.

We wrapped up with the naming ceremony, where our lovely FNG gave us plenty of ammunition when, in describing his life, was bold enough to use the word “Lactation”. This overshadowed any references to his hometown in upstate NY and his two daughters. After circling around breast pumps, lactation, and milk, we finally got to “Cookies n Cream”. Ask him about it…you won’t regret the story.

Thanks for braving the weather this morning.

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Wimps

PAX: Aaarrrggghhh, Alright Alright, Draper, Sex Panther
QIC: Coach K
AO: Burleson Parking Garage

Warm-O-Rama:
SSH x20
IST x20
Cotton Pickers x10

Tha Thang:
Ascending BLIMPS with bear crawls (Burpees, Lunges, Irkens, Merkins, Peter Parkers, Squats)

10-9-…-1 Burpees, BBSU, Squats

Mumblechatter:
Thankfully lightning forced us to merge our workouts today, otherwise Aaarrrggghhh would’ve been left with a few good men and YHC would’ve had to workout alone. Skies looked clear at midnight flying in, but the sky fell out this morning. We couldn’t decide if it was the weather or rampant vagititus that kept everyone home today. Aaarrrggghhh decided to merge the workouts, so YHC put something together that probably was not in the back of the Katy Trailers’ minds. 

Aaarrrggghhh had a hilarious pun/theme workout, so the next time he leads a Katy Trail workout all y’all best be there. 

Gimpy (YHC) asked Aaarrrggghhh to lead some side-straddle hops for the people before YHC took over. We started with a bear crawl up the first ramp followed by 5 burpees. Then bear crawled another ramp followed by 5 burpees. PAX meandered off at this point, and YHC just waited for the lost sheep to realize Gimpy hadn’t moved. We kept on with the lunges and so on up the garage. It was truly a “hot box” kinda day despite the absence of running. YHC mixed up the usual ISTs with some Irkens, which only lasted for two rounds. It was also at this point that YHC got called out for errant multiples of 5, to which YHC blames the jetlag. 

The Peter Parkers opened up a conversation about F3 disabilities as YHC has a bum foot. Oatmeal has a bum wrist (which for some reason precluded him from a running workout). Alright Alright now has a bad hip flexor, which he blames on his dog (really just old age, but we’ll let grandpa say what he wants). We all powered on before the 10 to 1 circuit. Lots of comments about disrespecting the tail bone when having to do big boi sit ups. We offered him a spot in the grass outside. COT ended with a long discussion about kids.

Not the ideal morning, but we rallied on and had a good time (to my knowledge). Cole Park launches tomorrow. Weather looks questionable tomorrow as well, but YHC believes vagisil can be found at your local grocery store. 

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Tennis Court Fun at Caruth

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Aaarrrggghhh, Agnes, Coach K, Ina, Sex Panther, Special Sauce, Sweet Baby, Ultra, Gladiator (Houston), Boobie (FNG – Houston)
QIC: Alright Alright

AO: Caruth Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
Overhead Claps x41

Imperial Storm Troopers x20

Mosey to Tennis Courts

Lunge Paint the Lines

THA THANG:

Burpee Dan across both tennis courts

Bear Crawl Suicides with Burpees at the Doubles line

MARY:
Partner 1 Crawl Bear across 1 tennis court, Partner 2 Flutter Kicks flapjack and repeato for 6 minutes.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

YHC prayed us out

MOLESKIN:
Lots of complaints throughout, so it must have been tough enough. 

Some clamored for Stairway when we began the Bear Crawl suicides.  Unfortunately, we didn’t have a speaker and YHC wasn’t going to let the PAX quit after only 8 minutes and 2 seconds.

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Where is Williams Park?

PAX: Chairman Mao, Island Time, Oatmeal, Plus One, Sally, Sex Panther, Special Sauce, Teasip
QIC: Coach K
AO: Burleson – Williams Park
Mileage: 4.35

Disclaimer: given quickly but thoroughly for AlrightAlright and YHC
Warm-O-Rama: none, we had places to be

Tha Thang:
-Run down University Blvd to Williams Park Pavilion with a couple stops on the way
-Partner DORA with 50 burpees, 75 merkins, 100 squats
-Run to south portion of Williams Park for a Dirty McUno
-Run up McFarlin Dr back to the main quad at SMU with a couple stops on the way
-Jacob’s Ladder starting with 6 gorilla squats and 1 burpee
-AYG sprint up the Burleson parking garage
-Brief Mary and 10 burpees before moseying back for a 1-minute plank hold

Mumblechatter:
YHC did some extra credit, which started off our lovely mumblechatter this morning getting called out for specifically creating a beatdown to avoid that. A little stressed this week, so YHC broke his own rule but still delivered a running intensive beatdown. PAX had some other comments about YHC he overheard, but we’ll let those fizzle out. YHC halted the chatter at 0700 on the nose and disclaimed the two workouts (disabled Alright Alright led a non-running alternative). The running group immediately took off. The run was your warm-up – best there ever was. PAX were surprised at the brevity of the intro and let their thoughts be heard before we stopped and did some SSH and ISTs on our route to Williams Park – you know, that place not close to Burleson. YHC promised Sally last night that we were going somewhere never before for a Saturday. Oatmeal and Special Sauce made hesitant jokes about running to Germany Park, but YHC will save that for a future workout.

Highland Park is notorious for quarter mile (slight exaggeration, but barely so) blocks, so there were only three brief stops for PAX to recover. A group of female runners caused us to part like the Red Sea, and they apologized saying “we’re just giving you extra time to catch your breath”. YHC responded that “they didn’t need it”. Pronoun choice was quickly noted, but YHC apologizes for nothing. We made it to the Pavilion and a few PAX reminisced about not having been to that AO in months before jumping right into the DORA. We started with 25, 50, 100 reps but YHC called an unfavorable audible because why the hell not? Once the six wrapped up, Island Time gave quite the rapid 10-count and off we ran to the southern portion of the park for a Dirty McUno with some Irkens, Derkins, and Dips. We carried on like wayward sons passing some really fine benches just around the corner. Everyone must’ve been a little delirious because we were all a little too impressed with the comparable comfort we could’ve been using.

Our trip back to Burleson was just as eventful. On the way to the first intersection Special Sauce called out that we need a six roundup. One of the PAX made YHC out to be the villain implying they should learn to run faster, which…we’ll circle back to in a short while. All the six were accounted for in true F3 fashion whereby 2-3 PAX who arrived early went back for the six while the rest were led in some ab/core exercise. This is the typical means by which PAX are picked up rather than the whole group returning – casual sidebar. We got caught at the longest light ever on Hillcrest before making our way to the quad staircase for a Jacob’s Ladder. Not too much chatter here except for some complaints when burpees were announced. There was a brief mention about Boy Scout politics before we got back to it. Sex Panther did us all proud EH’ing a Troop Leader (Scout Leader? Not sure what the title is). Oatmeal offered up a business card, so hopefully Plano will have a new addition in the forthcoming weeks.

With 10 minutes left, we moseyed to the garage before an AYG sprint to the top followed by some abs and 10 burpees to remind the PAX who YHC is. Somewhere in this endeavor Special Sauce mentioned that someone should’ve had a Go-Pro because the beatdown would’ve triggered some heavy FOMO for Alright Alright. Hopefully word of mouth and this garrulous backblast will accomplish the same thing. PAX finally corralled back at the flag for a 1-minute plank hold while time expired and we reunited with the rest of the crew.

Sauce clocked us in at 4.35 miles on the morning, which brings us back to some comments made this morning. Last night, YHC mentioned wanting harder workouts in the mornings to which people responded that others can’t keep up. If anything can be learned from YHC’s Amazing Race, the 220+ Burpee Beatdown, and today it’s that people can. We had a six today, but they were never left in the dust. Everybody completed every rep of the workout, and we did it together. While you certainly aren’t required, YHC would challenge Q’s to find one workout and do everything you can to beat the living shit out of the PAX the best you can because it makes us all better (you’ll also appreciate the schadenfreude). If 200+ burpees are the hardest part of your day, then YHC will argue that’s a pretty good day. And by now, unfortunately, every single one of y’all have proven that you can do it.

COT:
The two groups reunited giving Ant Man a hard time for being out and Chairman made a right-hand joke regarding a post-Valentine’s day CSAUP event. During the Name-O-Rama, an elderly scout woman walked into the circle and asked for directions. The Scouts were hosting some convention/meeting on SMU’s campus. One of the PAX gave the most nondescript directions telling her to “walk in that direction and eventually you’ll find them”. Sex Panther then offered to give her a ride. 5 minutes later, we could only assume that Sex Panther had EH’d this woman for some personal reasons, but he drove his truck back solo and joined the group as it made its way to Bubbas.

Announcements:
-2nd F this coming Friday. Harass Ultra for details
-CSAUP event February 15th

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Second Choice Thursday || Jacobs Bear Crawl Ladder…

Pax:
Aaarrrggghhh, Sex Panther

QIC:
Rump Roast

Weather:
53 degrees, cloudy, cold wind blowing, and over “dampness” in the air

AO:
Burleson Park/Garage

Welcome/Disclaimer:
Given

Intro/ Warm-o-Rama: 
Ranger Merkins x15 (OYO, SC)
World War II’s x15 (OYO, SC)
SSH x20 (DC,IC)
Cotton Pickers x10 (DC, IC)
IST x20 (DC, IC)
Coper Head Squats x 20 (IC)

Mosey to the top of the parking garage
 
Tha-Thang:
Jacob’s Bear Crawl Ladder
1x Gorilla Jump Squats at the top
Bear Crawl down the parking deck x6 Merkins
Bear Crawl back to the top
Repeat-O
 
Mosey to the bottom of the parking garage
 
Ring of Fire Burbee’s 
Ring of Fire Merkins
Ring of Fire Squats 
 
Run & Bear Crawl back to the top. Alternating levels. Ran down the steps and moseyed back to the launch to finish it out.
 
Announcements:
None
 
Circle of Trust:
YHC prayed us out.
 
Moleskin:
This morning was fairly uneventful, Arrrrrgggghhhhhh was very pasoinate about something but I forgot. The crawling Jacobs ladder had us spread out enough that there wasn’t much mumble chatter. When we ran down to the basement Arrrrggggghhhhhh also commented about the mattress down there and how uncomfortable they used to be after having sex on them in college… It felt colder than the thermometer read but 3 men came out to get better this morning and we did just that.