Tag: SCCC

Five pax, including 4-time returning champion Oyster, made a dow-painment on their membership dues at the St. Christopher’s Country Club on Monday.

The Thang:

• Tabata #1: SSH / IW
• Hot Lap #1
• Tabata #2: Alternating Leg Bulgarian Split Squats
• Hot Lap #2
• Tabata #3: Alternating Shoulder Lawnmowers
• Hot Lap #3
• Tabata #4: Plank Rotation (Regular, Hand Taps, Elbow Taps, Shoulder Taps, Hip Taps, Knee Taps, Toe Taps, Elbows)
• Hot Lap # 4
• Tabata #5: Alternating O/H Press / Triceps Press
• Hot Lap #5
• Tabata # 6: 4 Minutes of Mary
• Hot Laps #6 and 7

Mumblechatter from the Gloom:

_ Hitch showed up unfashionably late, so much so that he missed the first Tabata set, the first hot lap and half the second Tabata set. The update on his quest for an Implement of Woe is the prices are holding steady on FB Marketplace. Some of the pax suggested a visit to Play It Again Sports on Broad.

_ Faceplant revealed that he once bought a pair of softball cleats at PIAS only to have to return them. He was surprised when the store declined to buy them back at the same price the sold them. An explanation of Retail Economics 101 ensued.

_ A lot of talk about pickleball this morning. Apparently, Hitch and Bodos failed to defend their Church Retreat championship over the weekend, a result that was blamed on Hitch showing up to play in hiking boots. We were all grateful he showed up in running shoes this morning …

_ More Hitch: Apparently, he wants to learn about American football. Can I propose a field trip to Saturday’s 2 p.m. clash between UofR and Towson at Robins Stadium? I’ll pay for Hitch’s ticket if anyone else wants to join, particularly anyone who went to a real football school.

I am surrendering the steering wheel and opening things up to other Qs next Monday; Faceplant has offered to take the first shot; others should feel free to sign up.

OBT

Five pax paid their weekly dues at the St Christopher’s Country Club at 0530 Monday. Here’s what was accomplished:

• Tabata #1: SSH / IW
• Hot Lap #1
• Tabata #2: Squats w/ weight
• Hot Lap #2
• Tabata #3: Alternating Shoulder Lawnmowers
• Hot Lap #3
• Tabata #4: Merkin Rotation (Regular, Wide-Arm, Diamond, Carolina Dry Dock) x 2
• Hot Lap # 4
• Tabata #5: Alternating O/H Press / Triceps Press
• Hot Lap #5
• Tabata # 6: 4 Minutes of Mary
• Hot Laps #6 and 7

Mumblechatter from the Gloom:

• Hitch’s paternity leave is going great and appears to consist of naps, daydreaming business ideas, having Swirly install a gas fireplace log and haunting Facebook Marketplace in search of potential SCCC Implements of Woe costing <$1 per pound of weight (shipping included). Won’t someone just play Sally Struthers and pass the hat some morning at COT so we can buy the man a kettlebell and be done with it? For less than the cost of a cup of coffee …
• True story: Hitch had never seen a blade of grass before coming to America, couldn’t even conceptualize a machine such as a lawnmower. Now, he’s dreaming up startup businesses — many of them apparently tortilla-adjacent — and refusing to let Upchuck in on the Friends & Family round. The American Dream, baby!
• The question came up, apparently by way of curious pax in Houston: Why is a shoulder push-up called a Carolina Dry Dock? The answer (as with so many F3 oddities): Because That’s What Dredd Called It.
• Dogs, many of them in neon harnesses, were being walked in laps on the field adjacent to the track. F3/K9, perhaps … No word if they were doing Tabata in between.
• TAP for MFaceplant and MTYA.

We’re here every Monday at the cushiest track in metro RVA to start your week off right. Join us — I’ll lead next Monday, then turn the reins over to anyone who wants to take a shot.

OBT

The bell rang and five pax posted for the second weekly member/guest at the St. Christopher’s Country Club.

Here’s what was done:

• Tabata 1: Side -Straddle Hops / Imperial Walkers
• Hot Lap #1
• Tabata 2: Squats
• Hot Lap #2
• Tabata 3: Lawnmowers
• Hot Lap #3
• Tabata 4: Alternating S/L Lunges
• Hot Lap #4
• Tabata 5: Overhead Press / Triceps Press
• Hot Lap #5
• Tabata 6: 4 Minutes of Mary
• Hot Lap(s) #6 (800m)

Spreadsheets From the Gloom:

• Welcome back to returning champs BT and Oyster and greetings to SCCC FNGs ChooChoo and Faceplant.
• Choo and Faceplant had spent the weekend family camping at state parks. Apparently, FP tows a vintage 1966 tent-trailer behind his Rivian, which no doubt gets him a lot of funny looks on the highway.
• Both bemoaned how hard it’s become to get state parks reservations since the pandemic; apparently Choo does his whole year’s worth of shopping for camping reservations on 12:01 am on Black Friday. While people are brawling in the aisles at Wal-Mart over flat screen TVs, he’s happily clicking away, dreaming of a year of idyllic family camping.
• I will Q weeks 3 and 4, then look to turn the format over to others to unleash their creativity on the pax.
• Just a reminder to pre-register for the 10/22 F3 Nation-wide webinar with Richard Reeves, author of “Of Boys and Men.” He’ll tell us about the challenges facing today’s generation of boys and young men and we’ll discuss what F3 can do to be ready to meet this generation on its way to being “The Next 43.” We’ll be live on Zoom from 5-6 pm ET and there will be a chance to submit questions for some Q&A. Please register your intention to attend here.

The bell rang and five pax … no, actually six pax, because here comes Hitch right on Hitch Time, which is about 90 seconds behind the rest of us … no, actually seven pax, because we picked the Mayor up on Turn 3 of our first lap around the track … posted for the inaugural Tabata & Track workout at St. Christopher’s.

It was Launch Day and yes, there was a Hitch.

The track is kind of cushy compared to the middle school track where I ran the Charlotte version of this workout, and it definitely doesn’t overlook a garbage truck depot like the other one did AND it’s near the Country Club of Virginia, so I like the SCCC name for this one. Initiation is free, there’s no waiting list and you pay your dues by rising from the FS and posting in The Gloom. Just pray Bodos doesn’t crash his e-bike on the way there …

Here’s what we did:

Tabata #1: Warmup

SSH/IW x4

Track #1: 400m

Tabata #2:

Squats (with weight)

Track #2: 400m

Tabata #3: Gear

Lawnmowers

Track #3: 400m

Tabata #4

Merkins/Wide-Arms/Diamonds/Drydocks x2

Track #4: 400m

Tabata #5: Gear

Overhead chest press/overhead triceps press x 4

Track #5: 400m

Tabata #6: 4 Minutes of Mary

Heels to Heaven; American Hammer; Freddy Mercury; Flutter Kicks; Rosalita; WW2 Sit-ups; Knee Ups

Track #6: 800m

Total mileage:1.75 miles

We’ll be going again every Monday going forward, so please bring your favorite piece of weighted gear (or borrow one of TYA’s Shake Weights) and join us! I will lead for first few weeks, then turn over the Q to others.

OBT