QIC: HHH
PAX: Mickey Tints, Trader Joe, Lights Out, Heisenberg, Scarecrow, Class Act, Peyton, Dr. Freud, Boo Boo, Matador, PacRat, and HHH.
Might of felt like 24°F at the launch, but we started shedding layers about 20 minutes into the beatdown. Here’s how I elevated everyone’s heart rate and got Class Act to Merlot.
Warm Up
SSH (20 IC)
MNC (15 IC)
2 Piece Lap
Daft Punk Lunge (5 IC)
Bean Pickers (10 IC)
LP Lap
Toy Soldiers (10 IC)
8 Ct. Body Builders (10 IC)
Parking Lot Lap
The Thang (Done Together)
3 Stations/Same 4 Exercises (add 1 rep at each station)
Plank or Hold Al Gore while you wait
Mode of transportation changes at each Station
– Bear Crawl short leg
– Lunge Walk long leg
– 4-Cone Run – down the hypotenuse and all the way around back to the start
Exercises:
– Burpee (OYO)
– Perfect Squat (IC)
– Merkin (CC)
– WWI (OYO)
Standing 10-count before we returned to the flag.
Mary
7 minutes of PacRat Broga
Moleskin
Not sure if this was tougher than Thursday, but it was not a walk in the park either. We got through 4 complete laps around the triangle and ended at 12 reps of each exercise. 78 total for those counting at home. I think we could have done level 13, but I liked ending on a complete revolution. The original plan was to try and get up to 20, which would have put us to 210 reps of everything, but I figured we wouldn’t get there because of time. I wanted us to stick together so we could rest a little. Maybe next time I let everyone go at their pace Sharknado-style and see if anyone can get to 20.
Awesome to have Mickey Tints stick around for a beatdown. He typically doesn’t have the luxury of extra time. He and Trader Joe did a full double down. Nice job gents. We had a lot of PAX not feeling well, but posting anyway and doing the harder thing. I’d like to think the workout was so tough I made Classy merlot, but he probably has the Flu. I know Heisy is working through a bum shoulder, PacRat has an injured hymen (Mickey Tint’s words; not mine), and Boo Boo wasn’t feeling hot either. Get well. I am glad you modified and prevented any further damage or setbacks.
It was great to see Matador for Friday lunch and the beatdown. Safe travels to Purdue and back to Albuquerque. 2005 and Saluki Starsky’d and met us at Great Harvest. T-Claps to Peyton, who had to leave early for the twins’ track meet, for calling Great Harvest to let them know we were coming. They had 2 carafes ready for us this time. Probably should have picked a different coffeeteria spot because of the March fitness challenge. It is too hard to pass up the free slice of bread and the biscuit sandwich! They are now carrying sausage patties too!
I didn’t have any WOW today, but let’s make an effort to be there for one another. I posted about a March Madness Bracket pool. Please participate. For those participating in the MFC, 1# a week. Get focused/disciplined. Personally, I would like to see everyone needing to shed 4+ pounds to actually meet that goal so if you need an ass chewing, talk to PacRat; I know he can make anyone feel like shit.
I appreciate you all coming out. I enjoy putting Q’s together for all of you. Be ready for form week next week. Quality over quantity all day! Full range reps are where it is at.
I got 1 more Q this month and it is next Thursday at the Hub. Hope to see you there!
SYITG,
HHH
Matador
Backblast 3/7/25: To the Park and Back
Date: 3/7/25
Pax: Pacrat, Gummy Bear, Optimus, OCB, Crash, Roadshow, Coors, Matador (POTD), Muck (QIC)
AO: Troy
I was wide awake after waking up 2 hours before time. If you were not at coffee you missed the explanation why and much more. Here’s what we did:
[Read more…] about Backblast 3/7/25: To the Park and BackBACKBLAST: Saturday, 9/28/24 Sharknado @ CP Square
9 PAX came out for September’s running of the Shark. T-Claps to Mickey Tints for Prerucking at 0600 and for Scarecrow for knocking out 10 miles. Safe travels to our favorite DR PAX, Matador!
Peyton @ Patmos
WO: bean pickers, arm circles, hillybilly jacks, side straddle hops AND 5 to 1 motivators all IC
The Thang: 4 stations; station 1 farmer carry, 40 ib sandbag shoulder press, 60ib deadlift; station 2 lunge with coupons, block curl and double kettlebell rows; station 3 run up the hill, squat thrusters w/coupon and 8 count coupon complex; station 4 WW3’s w/coupon, 60ib chest press and run up and down coachella.
Mary: run in place with up downs including merkins, high flutter kicks, low dollys, high dollys, low flutter kicks all IC
Moleskin: Men, great turnout at Patmos for a Monday! I appreciate your patience as I adjusted the workout and I appreciate your output at each station! Let’s keep challenging each other physically and engaging each other mentally and spiritually – we have a great challenge to participate in this month … Eskimobros! Always great to see Matador, his girl is off to college in the fall so we may see him less BUT Purdue is not too far! Gatsby is back in town and I am hoping to see more of him … thanks for the 15 merkins at the end!
Aye’
Peyton
BACKBLAST 04/30/2024 – The Mick’s Merkin Bonaza at The Hub
BACKBLAST 04–30–2024 – The Mick’s Merkin Bonanza Beatdown at The Hub
F3 Mission – Plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership
F3 (5) Pillars – (1) Free of Charge, (2) Open to all Men, (3) Held outdoors, (4) Peer led in a rotating fashion, (5) Ends with a Circle of Trust (COT)
“Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you found him”
Weather – 60 deg F, sunny – perfect weather
Pax – (14) The Mick (QIC), Editor, Matador, Bozo, Groening, Campbells, Scarecrow, Rusty, Atticus, Pac Rat, Lights Out, Corn Holio, Heisenberg, Dr. Freud
Warm-up
10 Arm Circle Complex (forward, backward, overhead clap, Michael Phelps)
10 Slllloooooowww Abe Vigoda
10 Slllloooooowww Bean Picker
1o IST
10 Hillbillies
10 Toy Soldier
Ground coupon and go to the west hill. Line up at the curb
First Thang – Dora
Pax 1 Runs 30 yards, does 3 burpees and runs back
Pax 2 works on the Dora exercises
As a team
1. 150 Merkins
2. 150 4 count Freddy Mercury’s
3. 150 Weight Pull Over (lay on back pull weight from behind head to over chest. Straight arms
4. 150 Block Thrusters
Mossie around parking lot
Second Thang – Leg Wrecker
• Pax 1 holds Al Gore
• Pax 2 Lungs across 2 long parking stripes and lunges back
• Flap jack and RnR 2 more times (3 times each total)
Third Thang – Circle of Merkins
• 10 inclined merkins on curb
• Rotate clockwise to 3 o’clock, left hand on curb Freddy Mercury – 10 merkins with left hand up
• 10 Derkins toes on curb (6 o’clock)
• Rotate clockwise to 9 o’clock, right hand on curb Freddy Mercury – 10 merkins with right hand up
Mossie to Flag
Moleskin
There was a lot of fun-loving mumble chatter when we started. Good banter about the merkins and my apologies for them in my preblast. And my preblast said bring coupons and no coupons. Who can win. I wrote it at a little league game, guess I got distracted. Matador was there again, but this time he was dry.
Atticus pre-rucked for 40 minutes with 40 lbs and a 40 lb sandbag. Great work Atticus. At the same time Groening ran. Good to see 14 Pax on a Tuesday. Thanks for letting me lead at the Hub. Hope the Beatdown started your day off right.
Prayer (TAPS)
We prayed for Bozo’s neighbor who lost a baby girl at birth yesterday. We agreed that puts lots in perspective. We prayed for Pac Rat’s Father-in-law and Groening’s Dad both recovering from serious surgery’s
The Mick