Back Blast from the MUTT 9/5/17

Well I made it through my VQ.  I lasted a lot longer than I thought I would.  Everyone seemed satisfied in the end.  I even busted out a few new moves I didn’t know I had.  A lot different from some of my other “first times”.  But I digress…

Need to first give a big shout-out to Back Draft for his help on setting up the morning’s events as well as talking me out of some of the crazier ideas I had planned for the PAX.  I don’t know, I thought the Merkin 10K would be fun.

Speaking of PAX, 22 in all.  They came stumbling in, one at a time.  As the numbers grew, so did the stench of stale beer and whiskey breath from a long weekend of football and frivolity.  They were prepared to pay for their sins.

VQ: Geppetto

PAX: Cool Hand Luke, Quimby, Kidnapper Van, Zartan, Jelly Fingers, Tiger, Tureen, Back Draft, Handy Manny, Digiorno, Buschhhh, Water Boy, Zoolander, Wall-E (FNG), Wilson, Blue Meth, Doubtfire, Spreadsheet, Moonlight, Spinal Tap, Mouth, Geppetto

No mosey.  Let’s circle up and get to it.

COP

20 SSH IC

15 Abe Vigoda

20 count of Annie

20 LBC OYO

Round of Guantanamo (PAX seemed to really love this)

Thang 1

I noticed a sense of relief in at least some of the PAX as we skipped the usual opening mosey (looking at you Spinal Tap).  Sorry to disappoint.  The Merkin Mile was next.  Rough calcs said one lap around the building is a 1/4 mile.  Let’s do four of those.  Too easy.  Let’s spice that up some, split the PAX into two groups and make that an Indian Run.  Still not impressed.  PAX in the rear of the line would drop and do five merkins as the group ran away.  Then sprint to the front of the line tapping the next rear man to drop.  And so on.  Now we’re talking.  At least for a lap or two.  Then mumblechatter seemed to cease.

Thang 2

Mosey over the football field for Field of Dreams circuit.  Four stations were set up in baseball diamond like arrangement.  The PAX were divided into four groups and each started at a base.  The plan was to make three trips around the bases but due to time we only made two.  Homework was given to finish the last set on your own.  First base was the only station with assigned reps for the exercises.  The rest were all AMRAP.  Once first finished they ran to second and forced them over to third, third to home, etc.  The exercises were as follows.

First Base

1.  15 Burpees

2. 20 Mountain Climbers

3. 20 Richie Farmers (aka Bobby Hurleys)

Second Base

1. Pull ups

2. Air squats

3. LBC

Third Base

1. Dips

2. Dips

3.Dips

Home Plate

1. Coupon Bench press

2. Coupon Curls

3. Coupon Side Bends

Time was called.  But before circling up.  A little house keeping was in order, as we each carried a coupon the length of the football field and then some to a better storage arrangement (they are now Holy).  Mental note to add that to my next Q.

Name-o-rama.  Welcomed FNG Wall-E.  Prayed to the Q in the Sky, Intentions, and thanked the PAX for letting me lead such an awesome group of men today.

Geppetto out.