We aimed for 8 in attendance. We got 4. Eight would have been enough but just 4 benefitted this morning.
The Thang:
8 Is Enough
8 Hundreds
Excercise position...on your 6. legs straight and at a 45 deg angle off the ground. head and shoulders off ground. arms straight and down by your side with palms facing ground. do quick 6 inch pulses with arms/hands until you reach 100.
Dominoes
Performed in a parking lot with a row of curbs . Line up 1 or 2 PAX per curb down the parking lot, entire PAX side planks on curb with left hand high, starting at one end, first PAX rotates to regular plank position for set number of Merkins, first PAX then holds regular plank and next PAX rotates down for Merkins, and so on down the line. Once the entire PAX is in regular plank position, the entire PAX reverses and starts again with right hand high. Repeato as desired. When done properly the PAX should resemble dominoes slowly toppling over. Best for a larger PAX.
8 Hundreds
Excercise position...on your 6. legs straight and at a 45 deg angle off the ground. head and shoulders off ground. arms straight and down by your side with palms facing ground. do quick 6 inch pulses with arms/hands until you reach 100.
Drill Instructors
On the Q's command, rapidly transition through any combination of standing ("On your feet!"), holding 6" ("On your six!"), high plank ("On your face!"), and Merkins ("Down/Up"). Speed, order, and duration are completely at the Q's discretion, with the goal being to test the pax's reaction time and/or keep them in an uncomfortable position (esp. 6 inches or down part of Merkin). Inspired by a certain Marine at the Spring 2016 F3 Mud Run and best executed with a gruff, barking orders style. Example: "On your face! On your six! On your face! On your six! On your feet! On your face! Down! Up! Down! Up! Down! [painful delay] Up!"
8 Hundreds
Excercise position...on your 6. legs straight and at a 45 deg angle off the ground. head and shoulders off ground. arms straight and down by your side with palms facing ground. do quick 6 inch pulses with arms/hands until you reach 100.
Febreze
On your six, do 2 Big Boy Situps. Remain upright after last BB and lift feet up 6". Do 10 Air Presses. Back down for 4 BB followed by 20 Air Presses with legs held 6". Repeat using increments of 2:10 ratio. (2:10, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40, 10:50, etc...) (Called "The Febreze" because PAX named Febreze always increases the difficulty of a workout and he was the one who decided to hold his feet up 6" during the Air Presses.)
8 Hundreds
Excercise position...on your 6. legs straight and at a 45 deg angle off the ground. head and shoulders off ground. arms straight and down by your side with palms facing ground. do quick 6 inch pulses with arms/hands until you reach 100.
Grady Corn
In memory of Grady Pitstick, aka "Quikrete", who passed away a year ago. He was only 30 years old, and the son of another member of the Knoxville PAX, Brian Pitstick, aka "Sparkler". "Grady Corn" is a a combination of Grady's name and "Candy Corn", which was an exercise Grady brought to us that became his trademark. It is a shoulder warm up that can become a full-on exercise with enough reps. Here is its description: Four-count exercise that begins in a standing position with your arms together, straight out in front of you. Swing your arms back to a "T" formation, then over your head to form a triangle, then back down to a "T", and then back to the starting position. 25 reps makes for a good shoulder warm up. At 50 reps the mumblechatter starts to dwindle. Groans of pain begin at about rep 75, which should be taken by the Q as encouragement to keep going to 100.
8 Hundreds
Excercise position...on your 6. legs straight and at a 45 deg angle off the ground. head and shoulders off ground. arms straight and down by your side with palms facing ground. do quick 6 inch pulses with arms/hands until you reach 100.
Imperial Squat Walker
Cruel cousin of the Imperial Walker. This 4-count exercise starts with hands clasp on head. Count 1 = a squat. Count 2 = stand up and bring one knee up to the opposite elbow. Count 3 = a squat. Count 4 = stand up, other knee to other elbow. Q should be mindful to count at a pace that allows/encourages a nice, deep squat. Rushing the count produces girly squats.
8 Hundreds
Excercise position...on your 6. legs straight and at a 45 deg angle off the ground. head and shoulders off ground. arms straight and down by your side with palms facing ground. do quick 6 inch pulses with arms/hands until you reach 100.
Kraken Burpee
A Burpee that is performed with 3 hand-release Merkins at the bottom.
8 Hundreds
Excercise position...on your 6. legs straight and at a 45 deg angle off the ground. head and shoulders off ground. arms straight and down by your side with palms facing ground. do quick 6 inch pulses with arms/hands until you reach 100.
Marionettes
Starting on your six laying flat. Big Boy Sit Up and touch the ground to the left of your legs then return to starting position laying flat. Big Boy Sit Up and touch the ground between your legs then return to starting position laying flat. Big Boy Sit Up and touch the ground to the right of your legs then return to starting position laying flat. This is a 3 count exercise.
8 Hundreds
Excercise position...on your 6. legs straight and at a 45 deg angle off the ground. head and shoulders off ground. arms straight and down by your side with palms facing ground. do quick 6 inch pulses with arms/hands until you reach 100.
COT:
Too many people in our prayers to mention. I can mention continued prayers for Fondue Guy and Forrest, two F3 brothers.
