To HC or YHC? That is the Question.
QIC: Turnover
Date: 7.9.20
PAX: Schneider (WD) , 60 Minutes , Snake Eyes (co-WB) , Van Gogh , Bevo , Turnover (Q, co-WB)
YHC was pumped to Q for the first time out at #TheDistillery. So pumped, in fact, that I woke up before my alarm went off. So I made sure I had my passport and pulled out of my driveway at 2:45am. If traffic cooperated, I would arrive right on time. Sure enough, the traffic gods were with me and I pulled into the parking lot at 5:20am. Strangely enough, the humidity was the same in Clemmons as it is in Winston Salem. I always heard it was a dry heat out west, but no such luck today. Enough funny business. Let’s see what took place.
After reciting the M & P’s (that’s Mission and 5 Core Principles to the uninitiated) perfectly, we got to work.
Warm O Rama
10 Burpees OYO
Mosey around parking lot where the gist of the beatdown was laid out for the PAX
Back at the shelter, we went through The Usual Suspects
The THANG
Each PAX had a cinder block and chair that they would use to complete the following exercises:
Curls x20
Dips x20
Squats x20
OH Press x20
BO Rows x20
Upon completion of the 100 reps, PAX would mosey to parking lot for 4 stations of Merkins
Station 1: Wide Merkins
Station 2: Diamond Merkins
Station 3: Regular Merkins
Station 4: Crucible Merkins
PAX started with 10 reps at each Merkin station. As we made it through subsequent rounds, we increased the reps by 5, but subtracted 5 for the last round. (10, 15, 20, 15)
4 rounds of strength training, 4 rounds of Merkins = 400 reps of strength training, 240 merkins.
MARY
Cobra Crunch, Gas Pumps, Mutton Crunch, H2H, and maybe one more
Done.
CoT
Announcements
BBBC launching from Clemmons West Pool tomorrow. Check #TheTwitter for the routes
Sign up for The Sasquatch. Pre-Blast with all the info you need has been posted.
@Snake Eyes has his VQ at #VillageIdiocy on Monday. Let’s get some numbers out there to show support!
EC run before #VI. Launching promptly at 0500
Prayer Requests
@Schneider lifted up his co-workers family, brother in law, and aunt.
@Snake Eyes has a friend who recently had a heart transplant
YHC took us out lifting up those mentioned in the CoT, thanking Him for all our many blessings, and asking to keep us mindful of our witness for Him to others.
NMM
@Schneider and @60 Minutes got in some EC miles prior to the beatdown. Strong work boys.
Got to chat it up with @Snake Eyes a little bit before the beatdown. It’s been great seeing him out more and more.
@Bevo rolled in with literally 2 seconds to spare. Lucky for him, the Q always plans ahead (lolz, not really at all ever) and had a chair and cinder block setup waiting for him.
Speaking of which, we’re all aware of what #SpicoliTime is, but YHC feels that #BevoTime should be more widely recognized: my man is never late, but he never shows up before 05:29:15. #Impressive
YHC was not sure how many rounds of Merkins we would get through so there was no specific target number in mind. However, I knew @Van Gogh would be keeping count. He informed me before the last round that if we just did 5 merkins at each station on the last round that we’d hit an even 200. And since YHC can’t pass up an opportunity to give Van Gogh a hard time, we went with 15 merkins on the last round to bring us to a very unsatisfying 240. @VG did later let me know that he snuck in 10 additional merkins to get to a more palatable 250. #VGgonnaVG
Great fellowship was had this morning even though the cinder block work was OYO, we all made an effort to keep the group together for the Merkin Stations.
As such, many topics were covered: Diamond mining, Major Payne, F3 jargon and acronyms, ways to avoid smashing ones face when performing OH Presses with a cinder block to name a few.
On the last round of Diamond Merkins, we all adjusted our alignment to get a straight on view of the sunrise. It was majestic.
As always it was an honor to lead the fine men of @F3WinstonSalem and @F3WeFoCo. Thanks for the keys, @60Minutes. I look forward to my next opportunity to lead at #TheDistillery.
