The O @ Seneca Backblast 8/24/17 #TempleOfGloom @OF3Louisville #getbetter … Real Men Move Heavy Things

VQ: Diablo. 14 PAX (1 FNG) Xeno (visiting PAX from @F3Jacksonville), Mr. Clean, Newman, Pope, Scratch, Double Down, Forced Close, Trump, Bean Counter, Wham!, FNG Slicker, Mayberry, Diablo.

Pre-WO

I arrived early, humbled yet eager to plant the F3 Flag and the Ghost Flag (yes – The O has the Ghost Flag).  The PAX started to show.  All agreed that it was pleasantly cool and that we shouldn’t cry about it, even though we discussed the soon to be forthcoming appearance of silly looking tights on some PAX and reasons for all to buy new gear come fall.

At 0530 sharp the PAX moved from the flags, long way to the tennis courts at a brisk pace. Circled up for 20 SSHs; 15 Windmills; 45 seconds of flutter kicks; 15 Mountain Climbers; and, 10 Burpees. (We did not discuss proper use of that Oxford comma you just saw.) PAX then moseyed over to field hockey field for some real work.

The First Thang

Farmer Walk – Part A

Each PAX grabbed a coupon. Partnered up.

All lined up along the goal post. One PAX grabbed a coupon in each hand (yes, double coupon work) and farmer walked toward the other goal post, while partner stayed back for 5 merkins & 5 squats. When PAX finished the merkins & squats, he ran to relieve partner of the coupons and continued the farmer carry, while partner ran back to starting spot for his own merkins & squats. This continued until the coupons traveled the full distance of the field 4x.

The Farmer Walk – Part B

Same drill, but non-coupon carrying PAX did 5 burpees before relieving his partner of the coupons. Again, this continued until the coupons traveled the distance of the field 4x.

The Second Thang

The Bear-Crawling Farmer

PAX then moved to the sideline. New partners. First partner bear crawled, with coupon in hand(!), toward the other sideline. Second partner cranked out 10 plank jacks before taking over the coupon bear crawl. This rotation continued until all coupons reached the other sideline.

Once all coupons reached the sideline, all PAX “rested” by going back-to-back with his partner for 2 minutes of coupon handoffs.

The Third Thang

After all coupons returned to their resting place, the PAX circled up for some plank work.

PAX held a plank until relieved by yours truly, but the “relief” was in form of a merkin, back to a plank, and then “relief” in form of 2 merkins, back to plank, all in order until we reached full “relief” in form of 7 merkins. All plank time was counted in a very arbitrary manner by your humble Q.

PAX then partnered up one last time for big boy set ups. Most completed 2-3 sets of 12.

COT

Long run back to the flag(s) for count-a-rama, name-a-rama, and closing remarks.

Scratch explained his name, one derived from high-end billiards & other fun things.

Visiting PAX Xeno from @F3Jacksonville complemented our work by calling it “full beast mode” and can’t wait to take the coupon bear crawls back home. Xeno also brought a local FNG (Slicker) with him who we hope to see again.

I said some things at the end I can’t remember.

– Diablo