Mosey, Stairs, & more Stairs

QIC: Steam Engine
PAX: Ohms, Angus, Mr. Clean, Marco Polo, Ringwald, Sundance, Wort, Whittler, Flemish
AO: Hill City
Date: 02/06/2018
Conditions: Warm 36 degrees perfect for a long mosey


Disclaimer: I am not a professional. You are here on your own free will. Push yourselves this AM but modify if you have to.
Mosey to Great Hall for COP
COP: 
Up Straddle Hop IC 12x
Up Straddle Hop (Opposite leg) IC 12x
Windmill IC 12x
Cherry Pickers IC 12x
Imperial Walker IC 12x
Alternating Toe Taps IC 12x
Squats IC 12x
Mountain Climbers IC 12x
The Chattanooga Marathon Relay is March 1 and we have two teams signed up. With less than a month left I decided to have a long mosey and sprinkle in some stairs.
The Thang:
Mosey to Chestnut walking bridge where we encoutered our first flight of stairs.
1st Stairs:
1 Leg Hop to the top
I Leg Hop (Opposite leg) to the top
Bunny Hop to the top
Continue to Mosey down walking bridge and took a break midway
Toe Merkins (Calf Raises) IC 10x
Mosey to end of walking bridge where we found some benches to take a break
Dip IC 10x Rinse and repeat 2x
Mosey down towards Market St where we found our next flight of stairs
2nd Stairs
Sprint up stairs Rinse and repeat 3x
Mosey towardsTennessee Aquarium where we found a nice set of stairs
3rd Stairs
Sprint up stairs Rinse and repeat 2x
4th Stairs
Hit every step going up Rinse and repeat 2x
5th Stairs
Bunny Hop Up
1 Leg Hop
1 Leg Hop (Opposite leg)
Mosey to start of Market St Bridge where Mr. Clean set the pace for the trek back to the Love Shack. Midway took a small breather.
Squats IC 10x
Finish running across Market St Bridge and start heading towards Love Shack. With the Love Shack with in eyesight decided to call a jail break.
Jail Break from 1st Parking Ticket Booth to the 2nd one.
Now that we have reached the Love Shack there was still a few minutes left for Mary
Mary:
Flutter Kicks IC 10x
Hello Dolly IC 10x
Rosalita IC 10x
Time
Since Shovel Flag was absent this AM we got hit with the 10 Burpee penalty


COT: 
Count-o-rama
Name-o-rama
Prayer Request:
Angus with new born & transitioning to a new job
Flemish expecting a new born & transitioning to a new job
Steam Engine friend currently at Vanderbilt Hospital doctors trying to figure out what is wrong
Continue prayers for Rainman & Sparkles
Announcement:
Hump Day Happy Hour: 02/07 at Heaven & Ale starting 1700 msg Whittler for more info
Friday Breakfast Club: 02/09 at Lillie Mae’s starting 0630 msg Mr. Clean for more info
WOD: If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together. We have used this many time in F3 Chatt and I feel that this is a perfect quote for F3. Especially right now as some of us are preparing for the Chattanooga Marathon Relay. It doesn’t matter the pace as long as we keep getting better every day.
Also according to Angus’s Garmin we got in 2.4 miles this morning. Great job guys!
 
 

The Battle Ahead

QIC: Prosciutto
Date: 01/30/2018
PAX: Angus, Bogey, Candu, Laces Out, Ohms, Prosciutto, Ringwald, Picasso, Snowflake, Stairmaster, Sundance, Vila, Wort
AO: Hill City

Conditions

Cold with a moon the size of an 8lb 6oz… ahh, let’s get on with it…

The Disclaimer

If you are here, you’re out of your mind. You were warned. It’s supposed to suck, and that’s how I designed it. Do the best you can, modify where necessary.

COP

Before we got started, there were two penalties that would be assessed if caught:

1) Any Pax time a knee drops during the plank routine = 1 burpee penalty
2) In keeping with the, leader / follower relationship in the gloom – communication is not bi-directional; therefore, any hands on hips = 1 burpee penalty

Circle up around the shovel flag:
SSH x 12 IC
Windmills x 12 IC
Slow-Tempo Squats x 12 IC
CDD x 12 IC
St Bernard Squats x 12 IC
Hydrants x 10 IC (R/L)
Mommy Makers – 8 Count x 10 *** with a nod to our fellow men at F3 Memphis ***
— Mosey to sidewalk between hills and form two lines standing across from a partner —
**YHC reminds the Pax of the penalty
Hold plank for three minutes while enjoying “Turbulence” by Steve Aoki & Laidback Luke (ft. Lil Jon…..’WHAATTTT!!?????!!! YAAAYYYUUHHHH!!!!!!’)
Plank-up when lyrics start until “Turbulence” is called:
1st Turbulence: Pax perform 15 Patty-Cake Merkins with partner; Stay in Plank when done
2nd Turbulence: Pax perform 15 Mtn Climbers (IC) then back to hold plank
// 6 penalties

The Thang

Mosey over to Anytime Fitness
Just as the Monkey Humper is defined in the Exicon, the pax performed 10 Monkey Humpers in cadence — yes, at the store front
Mosey over to stairs of parking deck
Climb stairs; Run down parking deck ramp – repeat 4x
After the fourth climb, Pax perform 4 corners:
1) Squats x 10 OYO; Bear crawl to next corner
2) Decline Merkins x 10 OYO; Lunge …
3) Squats x 10 OYO; Crab walk …
4) Burpees x 5; Lunge to down ramp
To the tune of Chris Porter – Waterdance
Lunge during slow music / High Knees during fast music until the end of the song
// 2 penalties
Mosey back to the Love Shack – stopping at Food works parking lot for Penalty assessment and Mary; 8 Total Burpees assessed
MOM:
1. Jane Fondas x 10 IC
2. Hollywood Side Crunches x 12 IC
3. Bay City Scissors (8-count) x 10 IC
4. Pretzel x 10 IC


Moleskin

YHC watched the movie Magnificent 7 over the weekend, and a line in the movie stuck out to me: “Fight the battles ahead of you, not the battles behind you”
We’ve all been through them. Battles. As we discussed, the battles in the rear view mirror have happened and cannot be changed. They can only be learnt from. To truly accelerate, you must only face and fight the battles ahead or in front of you with the knowledge gained from those behind you.
The movie quote plays into the blog post in the Q-Source by Dredd about the “King” and Acceleration:
Fitness is best Accelerated by running with faster men…
There’s no best way to accelerate. What works best for one man will be dependent on the man himself and the circumstances of time, place and age that are beyond his control. Each man must find their own best way.
But what is true for men, and all men seeking to Accelerate, is that it works much better as a Group than flying solo. Together, we pool our collective knowledge for the benefit of each individual and spur one another on to places we would never reach alone. This is the power of the Shield Lock, which is the horizontal relationship between men. Together, we sharpen each other—as iron sharpens iron.
If you want to learn how to run faster, just find a faster man. And chase him until you catch him.

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