08/15/2020 - The Outpost - 8/14/20 – The Outpost Backblast – Ruck Camp
AO: The Outpost
When: 08/15/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 10
Pax Names: Blowfish, Fargo, Ken Doll, Parks and Rec, Quarter Cart, The Mullet, Thomas Tank Engine, Trailer Park, Trickle,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names:
QIC: Bartles and Jaymes
Introduction
It was a beautiful morning for a workout. Didn’t sleep much the night before, the 2.2 didn’t want to either, and woke up twice. But I signed up for my VQ, and there’s no way I’d love down not showing up, so up I got.
My knee was feeling great after three days of not abusing it. Unfortunately, three days of upper body workouts left me sore as all get out, so I started immediately regretting making this a Ruck Q. Ah well!
Car was loaded with all my supplies, and I arrive a little over thirty minutes early to set up. Cones and coupons, and got everything going. Parks and Rec showed up for an EC mosey to stretch out after his BD beat down the day before. And he brought the last two couponsiI needed. Can’t wait until I can pull off that level of endurance. Every day, I’m humbled by the PAX around me.
We had on HC that didn’t show, but everyone else was in the circle by 5:15, so I introduced myself, called out the five principles, and we got to it.
Didn’t miss any, I’m pretty sure. Either that, or everyone was too tired to correct me. Either way, not a bad start to my Q.
Warm-O-Rama
Neck rolls x10 both directions
Arm circles x10, forward and back
Good mornings x10
Tappy taps x10
The Thang
Thang 1
20/20 ruck
Packs on, set the interval timer, and we marched for 20 seconds / ran for 20 seconds. Moved quickly around the AO, through paths and grass, and circled back around to the set up for Thang 2. Did a one mile ruck in 12 minutes.
Thang 2
I had a 4 corner work out set up, and a set up for coupon suicides. Split the PAX into two groups. The plan was to alternate between the two exercises.
4 corners – 5 reps at each corner, increase by 5 each time around. Repeat 4 times.
Corner 1 – Merkins with ruck drag – 5, 10, 15, 20 (drop the ruck next to you, plank, merkin, drage the rug underneath you to the other side, merlin, drag back, etc…)
Bear crawl ruck drag (on the last merkin, crawl fully over the ruck, then reach underneath you to pull it out ahead. Keep it going to the next corner)
Corner 2 – stand up, put the ruck back on, and air squat under weight – 5,10,15,20
On the last squat, AFLAC to corner 3
Corner 3 – Rupees – Ruck burpees – 5,10,15,20 (remove ruck, and use the ruck as you would a coupon for blockees)
On the last merkins, bear crawl ruck drag to corner 4.
Corner 4 – ruck back on, alternating lunges – both left and right per rep – 5,10,15,20
On the last lunge, down into squat to AFLAC back to corner 1
Thang 2/3
Coupon suicide Doras
Four coupons set up at each station. One man runs the suicide, picking up and dropping off a coupon at each station while the other works the routine
Get ups – from back with ruck on- 50
Ruck thrusters – 100
Ruck swings – 150
I crated this as a Thang 2 and 3, but broke it up into simultaneous exercises when I thought I’d have too many PAX show up. Should have left Thang 3 out, and just staggered the starting corners. Still each group got a great workout, and we mosey’d back to the flags for Mary.
Mary
Ruck on the front – Good mornings x12
American Hammers with ruck – x13 (I forgot to halt at 12. What can I say, it’s just too fun to Q!)
Ring of fire – on your 6,ruck held above your head, legs raised six inches off the ground. Each pax would lower down to complete five reverse crunches while holding that ruck up. I was nearly prone by my turn, and the ruck slipped once, but that was a good hurt. Have to keep working on that so I can get to Urkel abs.
Ended right at 6.
Circle of Trust
I messed up the CoR and announcements order, but Ken Doll had my 6, kept us on track.
At CoT time, I apologized for what was going to be a rambling one, but while I’d thought of the theme, I hadn’t written anything out. So, to the best of my ability at remembering this:
The theme for me was vulnerability today. It’s been a hard year for me. My company forced me to move, halfway across the country, away from my family and their friends. Into a new area, in a lockdown during a global pandemic. I gave up a home I owned, and land, and the week I accepted this job, I lost the first of my two pets of 18 years. Two months later, I lost his brother. So I had to move with a third of my family left behind. Emotionally, I’ve been vulnerable.
Security of house, home, support. None of that. My whole family is vulnerable. My 2.2 just turned 2, and has barely slept through the night since she was born. She had started to before the move, ut the new house and time zone change killed that. I haven’t slept well in basically two years. Physically, that’s been draining, and making me feel week, and vulnerable. Work is unstable, and not sure if I’ll still be employed in a year. I hope so, but who knows?
So when I remembered about F3, which the M had found online moving up here, I figured if I was going to be sitting in bed awake at four AM everyday, I might as well get up and work out. I figured I’d admit to my physical vulnerability, and try and work out a couple of days a week.
I never expected to find a group of men who would be so welcoming, supportive, and all around awesome to get to know. The past five weeks have made me a better person, and I’d like to consider many of you friends, which I haven’t had in a long time. Sleep is still hard to come by, but it’s getting there. I feel better than I have in years. And so I felt I could risk being vulnerable again, and push myself to Q even though I wasn’t sure I was ready. So, on a personal level, thank you to everyone who showed up to support me, and to all of F3 Naperville. You are all amazing.
It’s okay to be vulnerable. It definitely opens you up to some positive changes.
Naked Man Moleskin
I should have stuck to my original plan. We’d have finished up without touching the coupons, but everyone would have felt the same pain, so it would have been good. Trickle recommended a longer workout incorporating both, plus extra marches. Not a bad idea while prepping for Growruck.
Ken Doll liked the 20/20 March, and thought it would make a Run club, so maybe I’ll finally do an RC. Nala is going to get me in the end, I suppose.
I’ve got lots of half-baked ideas. If my leg survives everything I did to it today, I’ll be back again next week full speed.
Still, better too much than too little. I’m glad I started and finished on time. Can’t wait to do more.
Thanks.