Happy 14th Birthday, Kid!
QIC: Van Gogh
Date: 6/27/2025
PAX: @Lamb Chop, @Tammy, @Rubber Ducky, @Bootsie (WB), @Spicoli (WD), @van.gogh (QIC)
Friday was my oldest daughter’s 14th birthday, so YHC decided to theme today’s beatdown in her honor! My daughter is smart, strong, competitive and independent, so we can’t make it easy…
Warm-o-rama
- Mission Statement / Core Principles!
- No warmup!
The Thang
Spell M-A-L-L-O-R-Y at the center station! Do 14 reps of the following*
- Mike Tysons
- American Hammers
- Lunge Left
- Lunge Right
- Overhead Clap
- Rolling Merkin Merkin up to a 1 arm Nolan Ryan extension
- Yurpee *(increase +1 per round, 1-5) Burpee with Clap Merkin and Double Tuck Jump
Run to the following locations:
- Research Parkway (21 Cable Irkins)
- Longbranch Trail (21 Carolina Dry Docks)
- Up the stairs to 3rd street bridge (Bear Crawl down the stairs and back to launch)
- Under the Bridge (Wall-sit plus 21 Head-Shoulder-Knees-Toes)
- Run back to start via left most 3rd street path and complete a set there.
Mary:
- No Time
CoT:
- Site Q life aint easy, step up to lead, gentlemen! F3 is what we make it!
- Prayers for my daughter, going into High School next year, that she continues to thrive, grow, and make good choices
NMM:
- The beatdown covered just over 2 miles, as each station of our starfish was between .25 and .4 miles long.
- In total we did 5 rounds, 70 reps each exercise plus 21 each of our special stations.
- We were able to run to all the points of egress from this new bench/stair area, a really great spot with lots of workout potential. We went over the new pedestrian bridge, up the new stairs, back under the old running in on the new bridge, and down to research parkway with allllll of the cable fencing!
- A great group of guys this morning! We had some conversation about teenage behavior, and life choices. Amongst them especially was a discussion on Social Media, which my teen will not have until she is 16.
- Lambchop was getting a glimpse into the future (12 years from now) when his daughter turns 14, it’s not TOO scary… but teens can be quite… a lot to handle at times.
- Lambchop was also doing well to keep up the pace this morning. He still gives YHC a hard time about that time he got injured during my workout.
- Rubber Ducky was quacking all the way through this one, offering good commentary on life with his kid, pushing the pace, and making YHC laugh with jokes I can’t tell my daughter.
- Spicoli was worried he’d be late, but showed up just in time! He only modified one thing (wisely) and flew through those Rolling Merkins.
- Saw Bootsie twice in one week after seeing him on Tuesday at Flatline! QFail on YHCs part for not recognizing it was him until about 10 minutes left in the beatdown. As a downtown resident, he should be fairly regular at both AOs, and YHC was glad he made it out!
- Tammy was getting after it, and is definitely ready to Q. Been great seeing him become a new regular and YHC expects big things coming from him in our humble region.
- Throughout the beatdown at each turnaround point, facts were given about YHCs daughter. Some facts around her volleyball life (21 reps because she is #21), some info around her personality, some general info about life, how old YHC was when she was born, etc. It goes by quick!
It was very nice to explore “new” territory at Urban Assault once again. When we first moved the AO over to Bailey Park, it seemed like we found new territory every other week, but that was years ago. This recent expansion down Research Parkway is going to open up allll kinds of new options for us in the future! Great crew this morning, great company, and a great way to honor my daughter with a tough beatdown!
Until next time, Spicoli, the keys are under the old bridge!
Adam
