Five furious and ferocious fellas from the final frontier of the 28216 made it out on a still humid morning after the rain showers passed thru to try their hand at Going the Distance. This is their story.
Warm-o-Rama
Dynamic stretching sampler platter. Big ups for the soft gayze.
The Thang
Laps around school with assorted stations whilst en route. Or Going the Distance, if you will.
Lap 1
Mosey to playground
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10 pull-ups OYO
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10 leg lifts OYO
Mosey to benches
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Decline mercans – 10 I/C
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Dips – 10 I/C
Mosey to stairs near parking lot
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Calf raises – 50
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CDD – 10 I/C
Lap 2
Mosey to curb near playground
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Mike Tyson (part CDD, part squat with legs on curb) – 10 I/C
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Dips – 10 I/C
Mosey to benches
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Incline mercans – 10 I/C
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Alternating leg lifts – 10 I/C, each leg
Mosey to stairs near parking lot
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Freddie Mercury – 20 I/C
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Box Cutter – 20 I/C
Lap 3
Mosey to playground
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10 pull-ups OYO
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10 leg lifts OYO
Mosey to benches
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People’s Republic of Air Chair – 90 seconds
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3-2-1 mercans (4 complete rounds, Double Double counted)
Mosey to stairs near parking lot
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Plank fest
Lap 4
Mosey to curb near playground
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10 point man maker mercans x 7 (up from the original 5)
Mosey to benches
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Incline diamond mercans – 10 I/C
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Dips – 10 I/C
Moleskine
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Q saved some face this week with a solid and organized workout after last week’s debacle.Perhaps spending precious workout time chalk writing for 20 pain stations is a bit overkill. And the A/V problems are inexcusable. It can all be chalked up to poor planning. I promise it WILL happen again
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Good call by Pax on passing up the "grass exercises". Too much dew, and the relative humidity in my shorts was already to the point of being excessive
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Suburban sure has covered a lot of miles this summer
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The origin of the “Mike Tyson” exercise goes back somewhere to Central F3 region
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Grips continuing education classes this summer featured corn as the primary subject matter. As in jokes. Corny jokes.
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We got 1.4 miles in today around the school as part of Going the Distance. There are only 88 days until the Charlotte half marathon on November 11th. Read: lace up son
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Pretty heavy on the tri’s today with no less than 3 rounds of Dips
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Although alcohol is strictly prohibited at F3 Dads camp unless prescribed by a licensed professional, Q struggling a bit since this is how I manage to make most of my friends
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Remember to breathe
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Potential future pre-blast idea to list names of all of the fallen MIL F3 homies. We are not above public shaming
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Great work men!