Author: Big Rig

  • Me versus Me

    2 mile warmup

    Quarter mile farmer’s carry with 2 cindies
    1st carry was 1/8th mile
    10 depth charge merkins every time I stopped. Did 4 sets
    Quarter mile Rifle Carry with exercises every time I stop.
    10 Uneven Depth charge merkins 1 hand on Cindy One on the ground
    20 Cindy Swings
    4 sets each
    Wall work
    Hoe downs x20
    Heel grabbers x30
    Cindy Hoe downs!!! x10
    3 sets
    Rifle Carry BTTF
    Oblique Cindy Lifts x12 both sides each time I stop
    3 sets
    Finishing move
    Triple clutch goblet squats while Cindy x10
    3 sets


    Rodeo Clown, Melville, and Chaplain showed up for Morning Wood as I was finishing up.
    Been awhile since I did a solo workout. While nothing’s better than working shoulder to shoulder with fellow PAX, it’s good to try some new things without messing with someone else’s workout.
    The uneven Depth charge merkins were awful, but not as bad as the Cindy Hoe Downs!

  • The Action was in the Bleachers

    4 Knights of The Iron Bridge left the fart sack at what most people would call end of the night, as opposed to the early morning.

    YHC, Posh, and Boberry made the way from Goyne Park to the Thomas Dale football stadium. ( (Home of the Knights) After a couple of clumsy turns, YHC got the trio to the stadium as Pool Boy was already running laps. PAX did some laps on their own as YHC scoped out the stadium.

    Called the PAX over to the bleachers for a couple exercises.

    Stiletto Squats x20

    Decline Merkins x20

    Run to the top of the bleachers, then back down. Repeat for a total of 3 rounds.

    To the track for a few interval laps. Run all out, recovery lap, run all out.

    From the track we clown carred it into Pool Boy’s ride, then back to Goyne Park for Chaplain’s AbCathlon!

  • Ultimate Warriors

    It was looking like it was just going to be House Party and myself until just a few minutes before post time, when Choo Choo and Beaver rolled in. Then with a minute to spare, an FNG pulls in!  We start to mosey to the basketball court and what looks like another FNG comes in!  The Q-drenaline was real!  So with 6 Ultimate Fighters, we made our way to the basketball court.


    Mosey to the basketball court
    Standard warmarama with F3 Mission, Credo, and 5 core principles
    Wall work 3 rounds
    Hoe downs
    Heel touchers
    Donkey kicks


    NASCAR
    A Shaw-shank Special. Kind of Indigenous People’s style workout.
    Person in the back does a lap around the basketball court and comes back to the front while PAX perform a called exercise.
    Heels to heaven
    LBCs
    Shoulder taps
    Crab cakes
    Air squats
    WW2s

    Mosey to the Coupon Cowpasture and grab some coupons.


    Triple check
    Hand Release Merkins
    Curls
    One PAX runs to the tree and back


    With about 8 minutes left YHC just had the PAX Plank on their own while each of us said something about ourselves. Got to know a little bit about our 2 FNGs. They both pushed through a tough workout. Real fighters!  Seriously, Jack Links is a former boxer (and a beast!), and Tom Hardy is a veteran, who works at the V.A. and is very much into MMA and practices in Jiu Jitsu himself.
    Props to House Party who toughed out a triple workout (a run, a ruck, and a boot camp) with myself. And to Choo Choo and Beaver who also fought through a tough workout after posting all over DaVille this week.
    Great PAX today! I was blessed to lead this group of HIMs!

  • Spoke too soon

    3 Over Achievers skipped the snooze button and made the best of 5am at Goyne Park for a nice stroll to Downtown Chester. Last time Boberry and I ran here, he called out on my Run Q planning. So instead of winging it as usual, I mapped out a nice run with an extra little treat. We took Ecoff to Iron Bridge and made a left to Thomas Dale High School. Made our way behind the school to the football stadium, and the SWEET track. I could hardly hear my footsteps on their cushy track surface. We did 2 laps then made our way back. Then right after I was bragging about my sick Run Q skills, I know House Party and Boberry were impressed, I couldn’t remember the route I planned to get back. Had to improvise and go back the way we came. Still got the 5 miles and a tenth. Next time maybe I’ll wait until the run is over to start bragging. Couldn’t have asked for better company.

  • 360k For That??

    House Party and Big Rig did a 2+ mile ruck in the neighborhood around Goyne Park. Lots of chatter on multiple topics, and we checked out the local real estate. Rucking is great active recovery. Maybe not so much with a cinder block the whole way.

  • Back at Rockwood

    YHC was back at Rockwood Park for the first time since June. Not too much had changed other than the gates weren’t unlocked. 5am rolled around and it was time for the solo act in Premature Acceleration.

    2 mile warmup run, then 1 mile with the weighted vest. Then 3 sets of 10 hollow rocks at the monkey bars on the kids playground. Then 6 sets of 5 deficit merkins between the cindies, broken up by a few farmer’s carries. Then 3 more sets of hollow rocks, followed by a few more sets of deficit merkins broken up by farmer’s carries.

    Few minutes til 6 and Mudslide pulls up, as the Latino Market is getting setup. Mudslide had PLENTY more beatdown with his Morning Wood and RocknRoll

  • State Farm and Pool Boy can’t seem to count past 12

    3 Compadres made their way to The Bermuda Triangle for another test of strength and endurance. It was a steamy morning, and we had coupons aplenty.

    We moseyed over to our coupon storage and grabbed a coupl cindies, then moseyed back to the grill next to the pavilion for a standard warmarama. State Farm, and Pool Boy really need to work on his counting past 12. For some reason, they gets lost after that point.

    Next over to the restroom building for some donkey kicks before we get to use our toys. Sets of 5, 10, 15, and 20.

    Next for a triple check

    1st exercise: WW4s (WW2 situps with a 20 lb slamball, and an overhead American Hammer)

    2nd: Goblet squats with kettlebell

    Timer: Farmer’s carry 2 cindies to the tree and back. 10 Deficit Merkins between cindies every time you have to drop the cindies

    After a couple of the Farmer carries, just holding the kettlebell became difficult. Killer grip workout.

    Return cindies home and bttf.

    31s until time expired

    21 merkins and 10 V ups

    20 merkins 11 vups Etc. Etc

    I must admit I was smoked and had to modify the merkins to failure very early on. State Farm was proudly stuck his chest out after he made it through the reps. Pool Boy continues to get stronger, and pushes himself harder each time out.

    Love these Bermuda Boyz, even if they have trouble counting.

  • DeadPool and Wolv… No, just McBig Rig

    Party of 2 for Premature Acceleration at Goyne Park. Pool Boy beat me to the punch today as I stayed in the fartsack for a few extra Zs. I was about 10 minutes late, but Deadpool (Pool Boy’s alter ego) got the party started without me.

    The workout today was provided by Boberry, who opted to smartsack as he was a little under the weather yesterday. Hopefully, the rest day will do him good.

    It was fairly simple.

    25 merkins, then run one half mile. Repeat for 45 minutes. With one catch, each half mile needs to be faster than the previous one.

    There were some modifications but we both got a good early burn in. Luckily there weren’t any pull ups, as we got ready for State Farm’s total beatdown!

    Props to Pool Boy who continues to push himself. This was his first Triple Workout and he brought it to the very end!

  • Spartan Training

    3 Savages took on a workout that I came up with, that was inspired by Iron PAX workouts. The 11 Pull ups were added to it yesterday by State Farm’s request. Mudslide thought it would be a good addition for his Spartan preparation. I think it was Iron PAX worthy. Here it is.

    11 Pull Ups

    22 Thrusters

    33 V Ups

    44 Merkins

    After 3 sets of each run 1 mile

    Do as much as you can in 45 minutes

    2 rounds would be optimistic in 45 minutes. Mudslide was the closest to accomplish that feat (Beast!), State Farm was not too far behind, and YHC was easily the 6. Would be good for an hour workout by itself.

    Great push by the PAX! We were all wasted with a DTH sweatfest still to come. Thank you State Farm for giving DTH a little extra incentive to beat us down. I dont think we needed that.

    I wouldn’t say I lead this one. I just came up with the bad idea.

  • Good Karma? Bad Karma?

    2 HIMs came out for Premature Acceleration Goyne Park version. In preparation for the Homegrown Half in 2 weeks, Boberry and I decided to go for a 10k. We managed to get it in with a few minutes to spare. Ran through some neighborhoods, a trip down Karma Rd. Then the second half we made a short trip down Iron Bridge Rd. Always great to catch to catch up with Boberry.