It was rainy today. That didn’t stop 18 of Cary’s finest from coming out to witness the VQ of one of our newer-ish brothers, Beaker. Beaker has been chomping at the bit to get a Q under his belt, and he was supposed to split the Q with MaBell last week, but communication fell through, and Ma hogged the #FOD Q last Tuesday. YHC overheard the #cobains from MaBell to Beaker and offered to split the Q with Beaker the following week. It was settled.
YHC reached out to Beaker last week to plan ahead, which I know surprises almost 100% of the PAX. But I have official documentation proving that I do indeed have a plan going into each of my Q’s. Enough.
Beaker started off by running the PAX around the parking lot, mixing in some High Knees and Butt Kickers as we took the long way to the rock pile. There, we did our…
Warm Up:
- Windmill x 10
- SSH x 20
- Arm Crosses x 10 or so
- Merkins x 20
- Then select a medium rock, one good for traveling, then follow Beaker to…
The Thang:
MaBell did not listen and grabbed the largest rock in Wake County. I just wanted to share that with everyone. He promptly switched rocks once he realized we were traveling. He blamed it on the Q, citing a lack of projection from the Q. There you go, Beaker. There’s our one critique for you. Work on projecting your voice a little more. Don’t be afraid to scream at the PAX. I do it all the time, and my Q’s turn out just fine. Normally.
We ran up to the most south-westerly parking lot with our rocks, with Beaker calling for “Rocks Up” twice. Once there, Beaker explained we would be doing Plyometricides. Sounded mean. It was mean.
- Broad jump x 5 parking spots, sprint back to start
- Power Skips x 10 parking spots, sprint back
- Backward Long-Stride Run x 15 parking spots, sprint back
- Forward Long-Stride Run x 20 parking spots, sprint back
Once back at the start, Rock Curl till everyone finishes. After a little while, Beaker counted off 5 more in cadence. Then repeat the Plyometricides, finishing with Rock Tricep Extensions. Repeato the cycle with Rock Press. Repeato the cycle with Rock Row (the PAX audibled from a Rock Dead Lift).
The PAX were gassed, Beaker was pleased, and YHC couldn’t breathe. Beaker passed the Q Baton to YHC, so I ran us back down the hill with our rocks to return them to the TOCRP. The PAX then followed YHC to the soccer field for some more pain. But first, how about a little round of applause for the Beaker? Aye. Well done.
We circled up for Bear Crawl Ring Of Fire. This hateful little exercise has the PAX Bear Crawl in a circle, each man following the next. Whence YHC grew bored, we stopped and each PAX performed 10 Merkins while everyone else waited for their turn in a plank position. With 18 PAX, this took a ridiculously long time. Then, start Bear Crawling again until YHC gets bored. Halt, and each PAX does 5 diamond Merkins. Bear crawl again for awhile, then 5 Right Offset Merkins per man while others plank. Bear Crawl again, then 5 Left Offset Merkins. YHC called Putin, Sarcozy, and Chillcut throughout the planking to mix up the pain factor. Once everyone finished, YHC called out 20 more Merkins for good measure. YHC was smoked, so we recovered. In all, we bear crawled approximately 3/4 of a mile and planked for 46 minutes each. All numbers are estimates.
Next, another Ring Of Fire for the lower body. Still in a circle, we performed Dan Taylors. Jack Webb’s cousin, Dan Taylor combines lunges and squats. Start with one alternating lunge, then 4 squats. Then 2 lunges, 8 squats. All the way to 10 lunges and 40 squats. In total (if the PAX didn’t wuss out) we did 55 lunges and 220 squats. It suct. YHC was smoked, and we were nearly out of time.
Mary
American Hammer x 40
COT
- Count-o-rama – 18
- Nam-o-rama – still 18. 2 respect, 1 hate
- Announcements: 2nd F in Cary this Thursday @ the Pharmacy. Starts at 6pm-ish. Bull City Beatdown is November 7th – 2 hours of dumb, numb, and no suckin’ your thumb CSAUP. F3 Christmas Party – Dec. 17, bring your M. YHC mentioned he was wanting to go, which caused chatter among the PAX feigning more interested than before. Punks.
- Prayer Requests: M.Airbag, YHC’s Mother in Law – Breast Cancer diagnoses. Praises for early detection and mostly-positive prognoses.
Beaker took us out.
NMS
- Proud of Beaker for stepping up to lead today. YHC asked how hard it was, and Beaker said it sucked, thinking YHC was referring to the Rings’O’Fire. C’mon, I’m not that self-absorbed.
- Leading the group was a cake walk. YHC encouraged other PAX who are on the fence to step up. MaBell, Banjo, and Franklin all offered to CoQ if needed.
- Very little mumble chatter this AM. I think Beaker wore everyone out.
- Was glad to see 18 PAX come out in the rain. Good numbers
See you in the gloom,
Callahan
