02/25/2022 - The Bear - AOVQ @ The Bear
AO: The Bear
When: 02/25/2022
PAX:
Number of Pax: 14
Pax Names:
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names:
QIC: Serena
Introduction
PREBLAST THE 
FRIDAY 2/25 AOVQ… Come join me as I travel way east to meet some new guys and get to work for 45 minutes. Bring your coupons. HC 
Warm-O-Rama
Motivators from 5
Tappy Taps (12 in cadence)
Imperial Walkers (12 in cadence)
High Knees (12 in cadence)
Slaughter Starter – 20 burpees (penalty for Baby Hands being 2 min late)
Mosey to the fountain circle
The Thang
Thang 1
- Merkin-Groiners – Don’t let your hands leave the ground until complete, 1 Merkin – 1 Groiner, 2 Merkins – 2 Groiners, 3 Merkins – 3 Groiners, 4 Merkins – 4 Groiners, 5 Merkins – 5 Groiners….back down the ladder to 0
- 3 sets of 4 different exercises in cadence on my count
- 15 Dips
- 15 Squats
- 15 Rocky Balboas
- 15 incline Merkins in a fairly vertical stance up against the fountain brick
Mosey back to the parking lot jus in time for the plow truck to finish creating enough space for us
Thang 2
- Coupon ladder with 4 cones and a 400 meter lap before starting each step of the ladder
- 10 Blockees at cone 1, lap
- 10 Blockees at cone 1, 15 Overhead Press at cone 2, lap
- 10 Blockees at cone 1, 15 Overhead Press at cone 2, 20 Merkins, lap
- 10 Blockees at cone 1, 15 Overhead Press at cone 2, 20 Merkins, 25 curls, lap (had to end this one a little early and all did last lap together.
Thang 3
- Circle up for a Curl off – YHC says up at varying speeds.
Mary – LBC’s till 6am
Circle of Trust
Prayers for Chazz’s father, Prayers for Ukraine
Dorn reached out to me 4-5 weeks ago to see if I would Q at the Bear sometime. Friday’s work best for me to complete the long drive so 2/25 was marked on the calendar. Candidly, I wasn’t looking forward to the drive or the 3:20 am wake up call when I saw the weather forecast. We constantly talk about being uncomfortable in F3 and doing our best to thrive in those situations. More often than not for obvious reasons uncomfortable situations arise during the exercises. Extra reps, intense speeds, exercises you hate, etc… Being uncomfortable also means stepping outside your comfort zone when it comes to where you post. There are 100’s of guys in F3 that I still only know well enough to recognize their face or a nickname on Slack. I get stuck in a bubble at times of choosing workouts based on guys I know well that will be attending or hand selecting which Q or type of workout I want to go to. I encourage all of you (myself included) to choose 1 workout every 4-6 weeks where it wouldn’t be your typical choice based on location or PAX attending and meet some new guys or wake up an extra 15-30 minutes to make it happen. We are already waking up at 4:00-4:45 am anyways, what’s 15-30 minutes earlier every so often to get a little uncomfortable in our posting cycle.
Naked Man Moleskin
– It was my pleasure to post with Full House, Tremor, Big Wheel, and Splice for the first time.
– Apparently Shoeless and Riunite use the same brand of alarm clocks.
– Goldberg sorry to hear that your boner fest won’t last forever.