Backwards Day

40 degrees and clear skies made for a beautiful morning for the 22 guys that made the correct decision.

PAX: Donuts, CCR, Funyuns, Cinderella, Prevac, Edible Arrangements, Floppy Disk, Numbtucks, Braveheart (FNG), Dr. Smartt, Cathy, Yard Sale, Venus, Jigsaw, Dupree, CAPSLOCK, HVAC, Dine ‘n Dash, Olan Mills,  Blackwater, Big Stick, Ludwig van OshKosh (QIC)

Pre-workout  chatter between YHC and Donuts consisted of the following:

Donuts: Why do you have the name Ludwig?

YHC: I’m a classical piano player.

Donuts: Why didn’t we name you the “Pianist?” (the innuendo pronunciation)

YHC: Or better yet, the “Pianist Mightier.”

A bit chilly, so started off with a longer mosey up the bus loop and back down to the pavilion to get the blood pumping.

WOR:

SSH x20

Hopkicks x10

WMH x10

BAC x10

RBAC x10

Slow ‘n Low Squats x10

Mountain Climbers x10

Thang:

YHC hasn’t experienced a Merkin Clock in a while so I figured it’d be a good day to use it for the workout.

All merkins performed in 4 count cadence

10 Wide merkins (werkins) then 1/4 circle lateral bear crawl to Left (clockwise)

10 Diamond merkins then crawl

10 regular merkins with one leg off the ground, then crawl back to the right

10 regular merkins with other leg off the ground

Time for some burpee broad jumps the length of the pavilion and back. But once you get to the other side, broad jump backwards and then do a burpee. This sucked.

Mosey over to Crievewood Baptist for some 11s with Jump Squats at the bottom of the parking lot, and Burpees at the top. The catch here is that you are facing downhill the entire time — meaning you backpedal up the hill each time, and perform a decline burpee at the top. Can we call this a Durpee? This really sucked. TClaps to Floppy, Big Stick and Funyuns who set the standard for this.

Say goodbye to Big Stick and then mosey back to the playground.

3 sets each of:

10 rows

10 pull-ups

10 derkins

Head back to parking lot for Mary.

Mountain Climbers x20

Flutter Kicks x25? (counting was weird on this, and I struggled with cadence due to shortness of breath)

Mariahs x20

AST x20

20 seconds of low plank

Great work today. And welcome to FNG Braveheart, who was brought by GreaseTrap (who didn’t post). What’s the term for a HIM that brings a FNG and doesn’t post himself?

Braveheart works for Dave Ramsey, so the debt free “freedom” screams seemed very appropriate and led to his name.  One of the better F3 names I can think of. Coincidentally it’s also “I’m debt free” Friday. Tough workout for your first one, but it reminds of the Dave Ramsey quote: If you will live like no one else, later you can live like no one else. Applies to exercise the same as finances. Also reminds me of a quote J.J. Watt says often: Today I’m going to do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can do what others can’t.

Announcements: Be on the lookout on Slack for a “What is F3” gathering on the first Saturday morning in December, I believe.

Ludwig