Conan the BarBEARian

by | Jun 7, 2017 | Houston, The General

13 PAX met Conan the BarBEARian at The General this fine Houston morning for some bear tunnels, bearpees, bear crawls and suicides.  Find out how YHC delivered a solid DRP full of false starts and confusion…

Conditions
74°, 87% humidity.  Cool sauna.  Time to sweat.

Disclaimer
YHC is not a professional instructor #IPlayOneOnTV. F3 workouts are voluntarily and free of charge #YouAgainstYou. Modify as needed. Notify the Q (or Weedwacker) of any serious medical conditions #PushYourselfButDontHurtYourself. Aye!

Warm Up – Circle of Pain (COP)

  • SSH x21 IC
  • Abe Vigoda x10 IC
  • Seal Jacks x21 IC
  • Grass Grabbers x10 IC
  • Smurf Jacks x15 IC (we’ll come back to this later)
  • Imperial Walkers x21 IC
  • Smurf Jacks x6 IC (round out to 21x #balancerestored)

The Thang
Mosey from the Shovel Flags 10 yards to the General’s Handrails and split the PAX in 2

Merkin Bear Tunnel (attempt #1)

  • PAX plank across handrails
  • Last PAX drops and bear crawls through the tunnel of love
  • Planking PAX do 1x merkin every time a bear passes underneath
  • Crawling PAX runs around back to the end of the line
  • This was supposed to keep the line moving along, but we hit a roadblock real quick, RnR x1 #QFail

Recover and reform the bear tunnels…

Merkin Bear Tunnel (attempt #2)

  • PAX plank across handrails
  • Last PAX drops and bear crawls through the tunnel of love
  • Planking PAX do 1x merkin every time a bear passes underneath while walking up the handrails
  • Crawling PAX runs around back to the end of the line
  • Confusion didn’t help this one, and we hit another roadblock real quick, RnR x1 #QFail

Merkin Bear Tunnel (attempt #3)

  • PAX plank across handrails
  • Last PAX drops and bear crawls through the tunnel of love, this time under both tunnels
  • Planking PAX do 1x merkin every time a bear passes underneath
  • Crawling PAX runs around back to where they started
  • Finally had the rhythm, but confusion and frustration forced a quick end to this one, RnR x1 #QFail #DontWorryIllMakeItUp

Bearpees

  • PAX line up along the curb
  • 10x burpees
  • Bear crawl to parking lines on other side of lot
  • RnR x10, decreasing reps x1 at each side (total of 55x burpees and 10x bear crawls)

Quick water break and reconvene at the far end of the General’s Parking Lot

Suicides (part 1)

  • PAX line up at far end of parking lot
  • Suicide sprint to each of 5 light poles and back (~0.33 mi total)

10x Werkins IC

Suicides (part 2)

  • PAX line up at far end of parking lot
  • Suicide sprint to each of 5 light poles and back (~0.33 mi total)
    • Run backwards to each pole, regular sprint back to starting line

15x Ranger Merkins IC

Jailbreak to other end of parking lot

10x SSH IC rapid pace #KeepYourHeartMoving

Jailbreak to other end of parking lot

Bear crawl to first light pole

Duck walk to shovel flags

Recover for CoT

CountORama and NameORama
13 PAX, no FNGs #ABH

COT
T’claps for The Bishop for taking us us out after a prolonged moment of silence #meditation #awkwardsilence

Naked Man Moleskin
YHC will admit he may have been overreaching on the Bear Tunnels.  Lots of mumble chatter and clear confusion among the PAX confirmed this.  The last time YHC led some bears through tunnels was all the way back in 2016 when we were still scouting out The General as an AO with a much smaller PAX.  Good problem to have with larger group, but YHC’s execution was a bit rusty. #QFail #TheresAlwaysNextTime

Luckily, YHC had plenty of bear crawls, burpees and sprints to eliminate the mumble chatter from the PAX.  Things got a lot quieter as we moved on.  Props to The Wreck for continuing to push the sprints and suicides at The General – YHC likes the (literal) change of pace.

For those counting at home, the PAX completed 55 Burpees and ran ~1.8 miles, burning ~475 calories (according to FitBit).  Aye!

T’claps to Cruiser for fixing up Duggar‘s shortbus (aka Duggarvahn) pre-road trip to NOLA for GrowRuck 03 (see below) and rightfully earning the nickname Jiffy Lube.

Announcements
GrowRuck 03 > This weekend (June 9-11) in New Orleans > combines F3 Grow School with a GoRuck Tough.  Friday night 4-mi ruck into Baton Rouge capitol, Saturday morning convergence WO and GrowSchool, followed by the main event 12-hr 20ish-mi ruck Saturday night through early Sunday morning.  T’claps to Locksmith for stepping up as our designated driver and shadow during the ruck – free to join in the WO and 2F activities.  All are welcome.

Father’s Day Convergence > Saturday, June 17th > Memorial Park (The Hogg).  Normal 0600-0700 and 0700-0800 workouts followed by the 2.0s joining us 0800-0830 and Ms to join for breakfast immediately following.  Invitations to all “Ms” (significant others) and “2.0s” (kids) are highly encouraged, and this would be a chance for more 2ndF.  Need hard commits on BAND > Cruiser bringing breakfast tacos, Camo has kid/adult beverages, Britney bringing donuts, Canon bringing coffee. #MarkYourCalendars

Houston Tough Mudder > Nov 11-12th, 2017 > 5 Miles, 13 Obstacles, 1 Extraordinary Experience. Even dirtier than the Spartan Race, but just as much of a 2nd F team building experience.  More info here.  #CSAUP

Houston Spartan Sprint > March 24th, 2018 > 3-5 miles, 20-23 Obstacles. The Reebok Spartan Sprint: This is our shortest distance. It is perfect for athletes of all levels; from Spartan first timers to seasoned racers. The race is a fantastic test of your physical ability, but an even better 2nd F experience.  More info here.  #CSAUP

Twitter/BAND: We have a good comms system going for F3 Houston via Twitter and BAND.  Get on either and look up F3 for regular updates and #Mumblechatter. Inferno or one of the other PAX (YHC included) can also help get you hooked up.

Thank you as always for allowing me to bring the pain
-Britney