Crawling in Circles at Western Front
QIC: Turnover
Date: 5.8.26
PAX: @Zephyr ; @Slowpitch ; @Hugo ; @Tonka ; @Zima ; @Sea-Man ; @Drama Queen (WD) ; @Frostbite (WB) ; @Draftee ; @Rubber Ducky (Site Q) ; @Van Gogh ; @Turnover (Q)
YHC had the honor of leading the absolute beasts that are the regulars of #WesternFront today. If I’m being honest, I was a little worried about putting something together that would adequately challenge the studs that usually show up out there. Reading through the backblasts chronicling the atrocities that have happened at this AO was nothing short of jarring.
I knew I had to bring it. An attempt was made. Jury’s still out. Let’s see what happened.
0530 – Intro, Mission Statement, CP’s .
0531 – Quick warm o rama of the Usual Suspects
0532 – Slow-sey with our coupons of choice + The Weinke over to the left side of the main building, just on the outer rim of the traffic/parking circle/lot thing.
0533 – Show my Weinke to everyone and explain the format of the beatdown. Fire up the tunes and begin…
The Thang
0533:30 – @Zima starts complaining. “Man, I really miss @Head Hunter’s playlist already.”
Beatdown consisted of 8 Rounds of reps followed by a loop around the parking circle using various MoT’s.
MoT for every loop around the circle: 1) DB Drills for the first set of parking spaces ; 2) Bear Crawls for the second set of parking spaces ; 3) Lunge Walk for third set of parking spaces ; 4) Sprint back to your coupon.
Each round consisted of 30 reps of 3 different exercises + 10 reps of Burpees. So 100 total reps per round.
Here’s what the rounds looked like:
Round 1
- OH Press
- KB Swing
- Freddy Merc
- Burpees
Round 2
- Curls
- Thrusters (“30 thrusters is a lot.” – @Zima)
- Low Flutter
- Burpees
Round 3
- Alpos
- Goblet Squat
- Gas Pumps
- Burpees
Round 4
- Merkins
- RDL (“what the heck is an RDL??” – @Sea-Man)
- LBCs
- Burpees
Round 5
- Block Pull-overs
- Bent Over Row
- Cobra Crunch
- Burpees
Round 6
- Mike Tyson
- Reverse Lunges
- WW2s
- Burpees
Round 7
- Tri Extension
- Jump Squats
- Low Dolly
- Burpees
Round 8
- Front Raise
- Curl + Press
- Mutton Crunch (single count)
- Burpees
0614 – Running short on time, so PAX were told to finish the round they were on and head back to launch.
Done.
Not sure how far everyone got, but @Van Gogh confirmed he did not finish all 8 rounds…and that dude was WAY out front all morning. #BatFlipping and dunking on all of us the whole time. What an animal.
CoT
Announcements: F3WS Happy Hour is next Tuesday at Jug Heads.
Prayers: @Drip had his eye surgery yesterday, @Huckleberry’s continued recovery , men in our community dealing with difficult seasons of life, and, ahead of Mother’s Day this Sunday (DON’T FORGET!!!!) a big shout out to the wonderful mothers and M’s that the Lord has so graciously blessed us with.
YHC took us out praying for healing and restoration and giving thanks for the relationships He’s blessed us with.
NMM
YHC explicitly stated in the preblast that cinderblocks were required. @Zephyr and @Slowpitch blatantly ignored this direction and RIRO’d anyway. They did make due with freakishly large rocks that were available at the AO. I wanted to be frustrated, but how can you be angry when those two studs were crushing it the way they were!? All is forgiven.
YHC got to meet @Hugo for the first time. Found out that he and I hail from similar areas in the greater Charlotte region and also share some acquaintances. Dude was absolutely crushing it all morning.
Also a big shout out to @Hugo’s 2.0 who graduates from NC State either today or tomorrow. Congrats, brother!
As mentioned above, @Van Gogh was a man on fire all morning. When he showed up rocking a sleeveless shirt, you knew it was about to go down.
@Rubber Ducky (who was one of the #WeightVestGang today) was a gracious Site Q host for YHC’s first Q at #WesternFront and took the time to give me a rundown of the litany of possibilities around the AO. Can’t wait to get back out there
It was great seeing @Draftee for the first time in a while (not because he hasn’t been out…because I haven’t been out). Dude is as solid of a human being as you’ll find and was executing everything with excellent form all morning. Although, YHC did have to coach him through the basics of the DB Drill MoT on the first round. Took us a few spaces to get it nailed down, but after that he was on cruise control.
@Tonka was figuratively nipping at VG’s heels all morning, being way out front, per the usual. @Tonka was, however, at one point almost literally nipping at YHC heels during one round of the DB Drills. Chasing me down like a lion would a gazelle. At a certain point, you just have to lean into it and accept your fate.
Also as mentioned above, @Zima had a problem with YHC’s playlist….which always brings me joy because 1) I love that playlist 2) it’s the same playlist I’ve been using for almost every beatdown for the better part of 5 years, so if he shows up to one of my Q’s, he pretty much knows what’s coming and 3) I’m petty like that. Outside of his displeasure with the music, @Zima made light work of all of the reps and was showing off impeccable form, almost like he was feeding an LLM with source content on how to perform the various exercises.
Speaking of the playlist, YHC received compliments from @Sea-Man AND @DQ on the music. I knew I liked those guys better than the rest of you.
@Frosty went full-Frosty and was making casual conversation with several different PAX while being seemingly unfazed by the called exercises/reps. #Leadership
As a personal aside, being able to spend this time with these men in the gloom today was life-giving. An exceptionally busy season of life for me paired with an extended bout of lazy-ass-ness has kept me from posting as much as I’d prefer and today was an excellent reminder that getting after it with the #HIMs of F3WS make me a far better version of myself than I am when I’m not out there.
I always say it and I always mean it: it truly was an honor to lead today. Thanks to all who posted. Sincerely appreciate you guys.
Thanks for the keys @Ducky. Not sure where they are, but I’d bet they’re somewhere in that parking circle.
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