Category: The Skunk

PAX: Preacher Man, Offshore, Toga

Q: Toga

A hearty three posted for some fun in the sun at The Skunk.  Here’s how it went down:

Do three laps around the parking lot with interspersed high knees, butt kickers, karaoke, and backwards runs.

Warmup COP with the usual: SSH, Imperial Walkers, merkins, scorpion stretch…

Mosey around track and run to pavilion: Bulgarian split squats, irkins, Bulgarian other leg, derkins, squats

Lap around track to 2nd field bleachers, leg raises, Chuck Norris merkins, pistol squats rt and left, Bruce Lee merkins

Mosey around track to first field for WWII sit-ups, dips

Mosey to tennis courts for arc loader.  Realize tennis court is too slick and move the loader to the road beside the school.  Repeato x5

Mosey to parking lot for polar bears and crab walks.

Mosey back to flag for variable speed Freddy Mercury, Dead Cockroach, 3 minute high plank

COT: Preacher Man took us out (pays to go with a professional)

NMM:  Where to begin with this one?  First, thanks to Preacher Man and Offshore for posting in what looked like some serious gloom.  The rain actually abated (@Bagger, that means to lessen or decline) as soon as Preacher Man rolled up.  Coincidence?

Now to the cavalcade of Qs that were to be on this morning.  First up was Funyuns (Ranked #17 of Gas Station Snacks).  To be honest, YHC had one finger on the alarm trigger to fartsack this morning, but YHC remembered that Funyuns was Q and wouldn’t have many people on a rainy morning.  Fortunately Offshore remembered to read Slack and knew we were Q’less (Get it?  I kill me sometimes.).

We also learned that Funyuns contacted Big Stick to be the designated Q, but his whereabouts remain unknown.  It’s rumored that he’s taken up residence in Fox Trot’s pool house and must have assumed the workout was canceled when he heard rain gently beating on his tin roof.  It’s a bit of a theme, so you better wear your Q shoes when you post at The Skunk.., you never know when it might be your turn.

Stay Classy,

Toga

16 October 2017

PAX: Foggy Pirate, Detention, LifeChamp, Preacher Man, Bagger Vance

QIC: BV

It was a brisk 49* this am as the 5 RedPillers took to the Skunk.  We kept looking for FTTAL and BigStick but at 05:30:01 they were nowhere to be found.

Took off around the Jogging loop, could be Yogging, not sure we made a note of all four corners that would be used throughout our time together this morning.

Oh wait, damn, forgot about the Slaughter Starter:

10 Burpees, 9 Squats, 8 Burpees, 7 Squats, 6 Burpees, 5 Squats, 4 Burpees, 3 Burpees, 2 Burpees, 1 Burpee

Then to the Yogging track…

Rectangle up at the Backstop for Disclaimer and WOR:

All IC x 13 –

SSH, IW, HB, GMA

Explanation of the four corners

R1:

Royal H Burpee Burpees x 5 corner 1

Merkins x 10 corner 2

Squats x 20 corner 3

Reverse Thrusters x 40 corner 4

Rinse N Repeat w slight variation

R2:

Royal H Burpee Burpees x 40 Corner 1

Merkins x 20 corner 2

Squats x 10 corner 3

Reverse Thrusters x 5 corner 4

R3:

Royal H Burpee Burpees x 5 Corner 1

Merkins x 10 Corner 2

Squats x 20 corner 3

Reverse Thrusters x 40 corner 4

R4:

Reverse Thrusters x 40 start ex

Squat Jumps x 20 Corner 1

Merkins x 10 Corner 2

Royal H Burpee Burpees x 5 Corner 3

Mosey to Parking Lot for Flutter Kicks for the 6

Finisher:

Curb Crawl 7s w Merkins

Flutter Kicks, LBCs, Mariah Carey for the 6

5 Regulation Burpees til time

Time

NM: nice to have Detention out from Knoxville this am.  Thank you for joining us.  Pleasure to lead yall this am.  As you can see, it doesn’t take much to have a good Q.  I say that to encourage yall to get out here and Q one day soon if you haven’t done so. Plenty of opportunities to sign up and Q this week and next. Check in with Binary for the excel link.

Bullhorn: discount code for Tough Mudder for 15 Sept 2018 is online…$89

Still room for anyone who wants to join us for GrowRuck05.  Give me a shout if you would like to learn more about the opportunity.

31 Marathons in 31 days with Rob Jones on 7 Nov, check out his website for more details: robjonesjourney.com

YHC,

BV

PAX: Foggy Pirate, Fuego, Erector Set, Big Stick, Toga, Venus/Razor

QIC: Toga

5 unsuspecting PAX members and one Q showed up to keep the walls of JTM Middle upright in the gloom.  Here’s how it went down:

Warmup COP: SSH, hillbillies.., usual stuff

Thang: Mosey to the front of the school for quad fest ’17= 20 alternating lunges (4 count) and 30 sec wall sit. 19 alternating lunges (4 count) and 30 sec wall sit.  Continue to 1 lunge and final wall sit.

Mosey to parking lot for high knees, side shuffles, karaoke, and then circle up for Mary= flutter kicks, bridges, pole smokers (vertical and then alternating sides), WWII

NMM:  Isn’t it a bit late in October for that humidity?  C’est la vie.  Quad Fest is always a hoot as the PAX almost immediately sees what they have in front of them.  When the Q asked for jokes to help pass the time during the wall sits, the PAX was graced with the presence of multiple cars arriving to watch the PAX get through the sets.  Was it a drug deal, pumpkin sellers there to make sure we didn’t pilfer a pile, or Venus’ parents?  Many theories were discussed.

Whoever has Q tomorrow, know that the crew from The Skunk did no upper body work.  Game on for tomorrow.

Stay Classy,

Toga

PAX: Chum, Head Stud, Toga, Night Stand

Four, slightly confused but ready PAX posted for fun a The Skunk.  Here’s how it went down:

Mosey one lap around park and meet at playground for warmup COP: SSH, Don Quixote, russian soldiers, imperial walkers, good mornings, merkins, scorpion stretch

Mosey to pavilion for 10 bulgarian split squats left, 10 derkins, 10 bulgarian split squats rt, 10 irkins, 10 squats to the seats and 10 clerkins

Mosey through swamp (not a good call) to tennis courts.  Complete four rounds of the arc loader= lunges followed by sprints.  Lineup for sideways bear crawls with the PAX stopping at the half and ea. sideline for PAX called exercise (LBC, burpees, merkins, dry docks, archer merkins)

Lineup at far court for suicides.  Two rounds were completed with Freddy Mercury in the middle.

Mosey back to the flag and stop for merkins and quick steps at the speed bumps.

Head Stud took us out.

NMM:  YHC was surprised by the light attendance along with the rest of the PAX.  Having looked at the Q sheet, YHC was also prepared for a beatdown from Leatherneck.., who never appeared.  The slander that would normally have followed not posting for your own Q would have been epic, but we’re going to refrain from all that.  After reading SLACK and BV’s backblast, there are clearly bigger things going on today.

Prayers for Grease Trap and family

6 hard workers showed up for a Labor Day celebration unlike any other.  Here’s how it went down:

Grab coupons and mosey to back of school for warmup COP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Don Quixote, Hillbillies, merkins, scorpion stretch, bridge and reach

Carry coupons to tennis courts for Triple Check fun.  Teams of three rotate through three exercises three times.

Round 1:  P1 people’s chair, P2 kb swings, P3 run, repeato x3

Round 2: P1 balls to the wall, P2 alternating kb press, P3 bear crawl, repeato x3

Round 3: P1 balls to the wall, P2 dumbbell burpees (drop, merkin, stand, press), P3 bear crawl, repeato x3

Round 4: P1 hold legs 6″ off the deck, P2 kb high row, P3 run, repeato x3

Timed, ascending 10 yrd shuttle run: PAX lines up at tennis court net and runs to the baseline.  That is one.  We started with 5 in minute one.  Then 6 in minute 2, 7 in minute 3…  You are out if you don’t complete the run segments within the minute.  16 was the last attempt (see below).

Mosey back to flag for quick mary and COT.  YHC took us out, and please keep Headstud’s family in your prayers as they had a lot of flood damage from last Friday’s heavy rains.

NMM:  YHC got more than a bit panicked when there appeard to only be four contestants for the day.  Four is not a magic number when you’re trying to do triple checks.  Thankfully two more players showed up at the last minute.  It’s also fun to bring some different moves to a workout.  Triple checks, balls to the wall, and the timed shuttle run seemed to be real crowd pleasers.  Headstud asked somewhere around minute 8 where this was all going so he could get “mentally prepared.”  After we got past ten everyone understood the reality of more work and less rest on each rep.  Nearly everyone was out at minute 15, but Big Stick got it completed and had to immediately start 16 while the rest of us were doing abs.  He was not successful, but the record currently stands at 15 for our next attempt.  Solid work Big Stick!

Post COT discussion was all over the place.  What started as a discussion of skinny jeans, man-scaping, and work ended with Fox Trot’s new business venture.  Yes, he’s opening a new coffee and vintage record shop to be called “DBags.”  He’s taking orders for the first shirts= “Get T-Bagged at DBags.”  Investors welcome!

Stay Class,

Toga

QIC: Toga

PAX: Leatherneck, Fox Trot, Big Stick, Toga, Fuego, Headstud