KB Marathoning – It’s Fun!
All Rolling Stone BackblastsAugust 30th, 2021
So the BB title is a lie, but that was probably assumed. YHC rolled into the lot at his customary 0529 to find CB exploding with cars. The Q parked in a handicapped spot…as it was the only one available. Business must be good at CB…and business was definitely good this morning at Bellbuster as a robust 8 pax were waiting. Cheerwine rolled in late to get us to double digits. Disclaimer given and off for a half-assed mosey through the HT lot.
Warmarama: After the mosey, SSH, WM, Merkins, MCs
The Thang: KB Marathoning in the HT lot
A KB marathon is technically doing an exercise, typically one arm at a time to reduce fatigue, for 60 minutes without the KB touching the ground. 30 minutes would be a half marathon. A half marathon crossed YHC’s mind as an option for a workout because time and all, but he thought better of it as he settled on doing a 10 minute version, followed by two 5 minute sessions. The 10 minute session was KB snatches, then lower to rack position, then down. Change arms however you see fit. The next 5 minutes was KB swings. The final 5 minutes was KB Clean and Jerk.
Mary: We carried our bells up to the nice grassy area for some LBCs, Low flutters and Box Cutters with bell overhead. Then some Freddie Mercs to finish.
COT: Prayers for the soldiers who lost their live and the entire situation in Afghanistan. Prayers for New Orleans and Hurricane Ida. Prayers for all of our teachers and students.
Moleskin: I had been missing Project over the past few weeks and finally saw him in person. Not looking too bad either. Glad ya didn’t go completely to seed during your F3 hiatus, awesome to have you back. Great seeing Firestone back out after dealing with Covid in his house for the 9th time. Also great to see Schnitzel as he had achieved Kotter status until just recently. Hot Pack didn’t get the memo about bringing a lighter bell…maybe because there wasn’t one. That 50# looked pretty difficult over there… I bet Hot Pack is a pretty good poker player, his stalling techniques get me every time, while the rest of y’all are blatantly obvious. An older gentlemen jumped out of his work truck and said he’d seen bigger arms on something or another, just giving us a hard time. We of course invited him out and he said his exercise is chasing girls around. I’m thinking not likely on that one, but F3 Pepe Le Pew will be his name if he every posts with us. I’m pretty sure most hardcore KB marathoners are not doing swings, those were the worst. No way to manage fatigue. The 10 minutes of snatches definitely did suck regardless though. Doing all that for 30-60 minutes is clearly absolute torture, but I guess that is the point. One day I’ll give at least 30 minutes a go… Clearly Manwich is getting tired of having the flag all the time as he requested somebody grab it…even though HE had the Q tomorrow. Better luck next time pal. Great numbers to start the week, let’s keep it going!!
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