Teamwork, Determination, and Grit
All East Charlotte BackblastsMarch 20th, 2018
7 men stumbled out of the fartsack into the gloom space at Mint Hill Veteran’s Memorial Park for this week’s edition of the Pile Driver, Teamwork edition.
WARMUP
- Mosey to the soccer field
- across the width of the field, game of 11’s using merkins
- Mosey to the back of the parking lot for some partner wheelbarrow work
- P1 wheelbarrow up stripe 1
- P2 wheelbarrow down stripe 2
- rinse & repeat for stripes 3 through to the end
THE THANG
- grab a rock, any size
- Gather the pax around tee box #1
- split up into 2 teams (1 @ 3 man, 1 @ 4 man)
- P1 carries a rock from the tee to the chains.
- Runs back without the rock
- P2 is doing derkins from the plank that P3 is forming
- Rotate through each of the positions till the team accomplishes 100 total derkins
- if all rocks are at the chains before the team finishes 100 then bring the rocks back 1 by 1
- Gather the pax around tee box #2
- same two teams
- take turns carrying the rocks, 1 by 1, up to the chains, then back again if need be
- exercise is sit-ups with a partner holding the ankles down (200 team reps)
- rotate through all the positions in each turn
- Move the pax back to the first chains
- same two teams
- take turns carrying the rocks, 1 by 1, back to the culvert
- exercise is partner bench squats (300 team reps)
- rotate through all the positions in each team
- Move the pax to the trail head
- Al Gore waiting for the six
- All pax AYG back to the shovelflag
MARY
- LBC x 10 IC
- Obliques x 10 IC each side
- Freddie Mercury x 10 IC
COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- THERE ARE OPEN SLOTS ON THE LIST O CHORES FOR THE PINTO FAMILY
- THE INAUGURAL ARLINGTON 5K
- APRIL 14, 2018
- SIGNUP WITH THE KEY “F3BRAINGAMES”
- For any runners interested in getting some chariot pushing practice for this up coming racing season: we will have 2 chariots at the 3/29 running AO, Sparta ( Socrates Academy at 5:15 a.m.)
For F3 members looking to push during an event, this posting will fulfill the “Received hands-on training with racing chair prior to scheduled race” requirement.- To find out more go to:
https://speedforneed.org/event-q-handbook/
or post at Sparta on 3/29.
- To find out more go to: