Dealer’s Choice Format Explanation/Moleskin
Another Dealer’s Choice day at Hammer. 14 PAX came out and put in a tremendous amount of work in a short period of time. This one was extremely high intensity and no holds barred. Well, that is no holds barred minus Chaser getting his 100 burpees OYO call cut to 50 OYO for time considerations by YHC after some suggestion and counsel from Splinter. As you could imagine, Chaser handled the “executive” change with absolute deference, grace and dignity.
Side note – during one of Chaser’s recent Battle Qs, we did 300 burpees in 30 mins. He did insist today that we should have been able to do 100 burpees in 8 mins, and he was probably right, but I decided we needed to share the wealth and allow more time for other PAX to deal out some pain as well. I’ll probably be hearing about this decision for a while from Chaser, but the pioneers have to be ready to take some arrows!
Anyway, if you can’t figure out the format by the name, it’s simple yet devastating. The AO Q calls the first exercise and then passes on the Q through the PAX in any way he deems appropriate for each series of continuing work. The PAX ordered to Q calls any exercise he wants. The AO Q then calls up the next man and we continue the cycle until the boot camp wraps at 45 mins. The end result is an escalating series of beat downs dished out as each PAX tries to outdo the guy in front of him by going longer, faster, heavy, or crazier.
I would strongly recommend any area PAX come check it out the next time we have it here at Hammer, or to institute it as a regular event at your AO. We are going to do the format once a month at the end of the month so stay tuned for the next installment! For Q selection, I will try not to call on anyone that has recently Qed at Hammer. Finally, I will give preference to any visitors that show up so come prepared to dish out some punishment.
Weather – 60 degrees, very nice conditions
Disclaimer
The Thang
Misfire – Fast mosey to closest Dumpster Hill in nearby apartment complex on Bethel Church. Stop at the bottom of the looooong hill for Merkin Hills. 10 merkins at the bottom. Sprint 1/2way up hill. 10 wide arm merkins. Sprint to top of hill. 10 hand release merkins. Run down to bottom of hill. Rinse and repeat X 5.
Merkin count – 150
Splinter – Fast mosey back to playground on Trenholm Park. Split into 1s and 2s. 1s do 10 count IC dead hang on pull up bar then straight into 5 pull ups. 2s do 10 count IC low hold on decline merkins then straight into 10 merkins. Flap jack. Rinse and repeat.
Merkin count – 170
Chaser – 50 burpees OYO. See above for how it went down….
Merkin count – 220
Turtle – Split back up into 1s and 2s. 1s do 10 burpee pull ups. 2s do AMRAP big boy sit-ups. Flap jack.
Merkin count – 230
[Recording went bad at this point so may have these out of order and/or slightly wrong]
Myrtle – Burpee Merkin Pyramid. 1 burpee with normal 1 merkin. 1 burpee with 2 merkins. 1 burpee with 3 merkins. All the way up to 10 and then all the way back to 1.
Merkin count – 340
Garnish – 10 box jumps, 20 Bulgarian slip squats (10 each leg). Rinse and repeat.
Sweetness – Deion Sanders down and back football field.
Duckie – 30 single leg self balancing squats (15 each leg) and 30 dips. Will take some practice to master the squats…
Detour – Flutter kicks 30 IC, hold 6″, 25 IC, hold 6″, 20 IC.
McNugget – Plank bear crawl crab walk Indian whathaveyou. Go to football field. Line up in a straight line in high plank head to toe out to about the 20 yard line. Last guy bear crawls to front of line while everyone holds plank. Then next guy, etc until everyone goes once. The last guy then crab walks to front of line while everyone holds plank. Then next guy, etc until everyone goes once.
Misfire – People’s Chair 1 min. Max merkins 30 seconds.
Merkin count – 360
Final Moleskin
I can’t stress enough how badass this Dealer’s Choice format is and how great of a workout it ends up giving you. Excellent work to the 14 men that laid it on the line today.
Announcements
Ramble 5K, Fri, 5:30 AM, Shandon Pres on Devine St. Congrats to OC for taking over AOQ and for Costanza’s prior great work as AOQ at this impressive AO.
Go Leo Go 5K, Sat.
Battle, Sat, 7AM, AC Flora. Or do something Sat morning to get better.
Cottonmouth 11/7/15.
Etc, ie see Paperboy’s excellent newsletter from yesterday.