Date: 10/23/18
QIC: Chappie
This Backblast is so titled because as YHC was preparing his Weinke, he discovered it had been nearly a month since he Q’d a workout. Whaaat! GRIEF? Yeah, maybe a little grief because Q’ing is awesome fun and we all look forward to bringing the heat. There’s nothing like bringing a well-appreciated (chatter-filled/good grief) beatdown, and so when you don’t get to pull out the Weinke for a while…well, you COULD get a case of butt hurt (grief). GOOD? You betcha! The reason YHC hasn’t Q’d for nearly a month is because we’ve got a good flow of Q’s in the pipeline and the Q Schedule is packed. That is awesome, good grief! Fact is, Ruxpin has already gotten in his warmup VQ and tomorrow (Sat. 10/27) at the Aegis (potentially in a Nor’easter) he’ll be getting in a full VQ, thereby putting him in rotation on the Q list. Calling all PAX – if you can make it in the Gloom, POST!
In the meantime, here’s YHC’s catchup from Tuesday’s workout: YHC went back to what has become a bit of a standard of measure for workouts at CHOP: The 4×4 – we keep going back to this one because it does show a measure of advancement. PAX can look back and [hopefully] say, “This time it wasn’t as bad as last time!” You against you! It doesn’t get easier, you get stronger. This workout is made up of 4 COP’s on 4 corners around the block. Here’s an image of the block…
Warm-O-Rama:
- Disclaimer claimed
- SSH – 18 IC
- Windmill (Windsock if you’re watching Chairman!) – 10 IC
- Low/Slow Squat – 18 IC
- Cherry Picker/Crab Flipper – 18 IC
- Shoulder Tap – 10 OYO
4×4 Introduced – Mosey to corner #1
The Thang:
Merkins Corner — Tobin & Union Streets:
- Wide-Arm – 5 OYO
- Diamond – 10 OYO
- Regular – 15 OYO
- Erkins (chest to curb) – 20 OYO
*All Merkins done continuously
Transition to next corner: Lt. Dans to light post (approx. 40 yds.), mosey to next corner.
Abs Corner – Mulberry & Tobin Streets:
- X & O’s – 20 OYO
- E2K’s – 20 each leg OYO
- Dying Cockroaches – 60 OYO
- 4-Count Freddies – 35 IC
Transition to next corner: Bearcrawl to 1st Pole, Dragoncrawl to 2nd Pole
10 Count. Wosey to hidden pile of sandbags – a special stash for Leatherman! Partner up and share coupon for rest of 4×4 workout. Mosey to next corner…
Legs Corner – Willow & Mulberry Streets:
- Smurf Jacks – 18 IC
- Calf Raises – 30, toes in w/ Sandbag; 30 toes out w/o Sandbag OYO
- Coupon Squats – 15 w/ Sandbag; 15 w/o Sandbag OYO
- MJB’s – 30 OYO
3rd F Message:
Recently YHC was sharing with someone about doing some of the longer distance rucks (not to mention the usual 5k Rucks on Fridays) and the times we start, and their response was, “WHY?”
YHC has gotten the same response to EH’ing during my few years of doing F3 workouts, and you have too, when you tell someone the time we meet. It’s all good, their interest is peaked, they express interest, and may even say, “It sounds like just what I need.” Then the inevitable happens: You tell them the time and often even their countenance changes, right before they ask the same question: “WHY?”
There are practical reasons for why. The most obvious being the fact that we all have busy lives with family, church, work, school, hobbies, etc. The time we meet, 05:15 (a.k.a. O-Gawd-Thirty), is about the only time any of us have available to break free to get in what we enjoy here: some Fitness, Fellowship, & Faith. That’s probably THE practical reason.
One of the other reasons we meet at this time is simply because it is tough. It is hard to get up and out of the fartsack. That’s the reason WHY we do this thing…WE’RE NOT LOOKING FOR COMFORT!! Actually, we might be, but as I mentioned a while back, we make decisions against ourselves. Playing the part of King David in A Tale of Three Kings, Gene Edwards says nearly the same thing: “I judge my heart first and rule against its interests.” That’s because we’ve set our minds to do the hard thing, to “embrace the suck,” and it IS in fact the hard thing that most others simply will not do.
The whole concept translates easily to other areas of leadership in our lives, whether at home, the workplace, or where we’re serving in our communities. That’s why Paul compared self-discipline in ministry to the self-discipline an athlete must have to compete well and to win. In 1 Cor. 9:27 he said, “but I buffet (discipline) my body and make it my slave…” Also, what we do is comparable to the narrow gate Christ spoke of in Matt. 7:13, “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it.” Of course, He was talking about entering real life, eternal life. But it also applies in the sense that we’ve essentially decided against taking the broad or easy way.
YHC’ll wrap with a quote he recently wrote down because it aligns with all we do in F3: “If you want to build mental toughness you have to inconvenience yourself. …the early morning workouts; if you hate early morning, …the late night workouts; …the snowy, the cold (F3 principle: rain of shine, hot or cold)…the worst conditions you can get, put yourself in them, and make it really inconvenient. And then you start to get a genuine expectation of winning/overcoming in relation to the price you had to pay.” ~Chael Sonnen
(Btw, this is ALL long term stuff!) Think about one final thought when you face that daily battle, that first battle…and think about it every time you EH yet one more guy: “Do not regret the fight, pity those that never knew the privilege of it.” (The warrior Oath)
Aye?
Back to work. Transition to final corner: Mosey 50%, 75%, 100%
Full Body Corner – Union & Willow Streets:
- Burpees – 10 OYO
- Plank Jacks – 10 OYO
- Flying Squirrel – 10 OYO
- Mule Kicks – 10 OYO
*This last corner of the 4×4 always brings YHC near Splash mode
4×4 Complete, mosey back to the AO
COT:
- Number-Rama: 11 PAX
- Name-O-Rama
BOM: Announcements/Prayers
There you have it! Good chatter throughout and at the end. YHC will take that as a compliment. Thanks to Site Q, Chattahoochee for putting YHC on the Q Schedule! Yet, its never a problem to pass it on to the new guys to make sure they get regular experience. YHC loves that we keep building a strong list of Q’s — that’s leadership. Leaders leading leaders. Yet, YHC is always happy and humbled to Q an awesome group of HIM. Thanks for posting men!
Chappie, out!
Aye!