May 26th, 2017 By Chum

YHC and 1 other came back from our ruck at 0526 to see a motley group of 8 pax waiting for their Q to tell them what to do for the next 45 minutes. So together 10 of us hoisted up our bells, grabbed some music, and moseyed our way into the gloom for 45 minutes of gluttonous bell swinging punishment and lessons in all the art of acronyms.

WARMUP / COP (Century Of Pain)

• SSH x 16 IC
• 2H Swings x 20 oyo
• IW x 17 IC
• 2H Swings x 20 oYo
• Merkins x 9 IC (oops, the Q went to 10)
• 2H Swings x 20 oYo
• Mountain Climbers x 19 IC
• 2H Swings x 20 oYo
• Squats x 20 IC
• 2H Swings x 20 oYo

TMT1 (The Main Thang – Part 1)

• Mosey over to the Walk-Up Tennis Courts & line-up along the side line
• 8 Right Hand Swings
• RH Waiter’s Carry to far side
• 8 Left Hand Swings
• LH Waiter’s Carry back to beginning
• Rinse & repeat, taking a rep away each side till 1 rep each side
• 8/8, 7/7, 6/6, 5/5, 4/4, 3/3, 2/2, 1/1

TMT2 (The Main Thang – Part 2 as in double bell work)

• Mosey back to the main area
• Round 1 – Partner up with person of like bell size (within 5 lbs of each other)
• P1 does 10 double bell Swings + 5 double bell standing presses
• P2 does plank
• flapjack for 3 rounds each
• Round 2 – keep the same partners
• P1 does 15 double bell chest presses
• P2 does merkins till P1 is finished
• flapjack for 3 rounds each

TMT3 (The Main Thang – Part 3, time to pull it)

• Split the pax back into singles & line-up along the edge of the court
• 10 standing rows (bells to teeth)
• carry the bell to the other side of the court (the Q let the pax choose the method)
• 10 lawn-mowers each arm
• carry the bell back
• rinse & repeat the sets taking 2 reps away each time till down to 2 reps (10/10, 8/8, 6/6, 4/4, 2/2)

BM (Bell Mary – not the other BM)

• American Hammer x 15 IC
• Bell LBC x 15 IC
• Flutter Bell Press x 15 IC

AMEN – Time to name the new guy

TNMS (The Naked MoleSkine)

• Ok, so YHC is poking a little bit (or a lot) at the VQ (Virgin Q) who dropped a huge acronym on us Wednesday at the Pain Academy and made us pay for it with a great workout.
• YHC was also a little disturbed over the night when another pax, who does not post to MHM (Mint Hill Metal) called us Hillers out for not wanting to get faster by running with him. We are stronger and we are faster but we chose not to spend our Friday on speed work but rather on feeding the forges & furnaces within us with a fully 0.0 beatdown.
• The aforementioned VQ did double duty this week with his VQ on Wednesday and EHing the FNG this morning! Welcome Dress4Less to the Nation!
• TCB (Today’s Chest Builder) was a welcome finisher before the weekend. Now all the pax can stand and pose for those pool parties and wienie roasters

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• THE VET is closed tomorrow due to Mint Hill Madness. Instead MH pax are invited to converge on Davis Lake for their 2yr anniversary workout with 2nd F to follow
• Monday’s PILE DRIVER is relocated to the METAL site for a special 0600 start this Memorial Day. We will be running our first Memorial Day Murph.

Mint Hill Metal

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