Chap’s VQ: The Hill is Your Friend

6 intrepid F3 veterans braved the mean streets of Bon Air for the latest edition of The Forge. The mood could be described as jovial, as the PAX eagerly anticipated an epic beat down – Chaplain Style!

The Pax trecked to the end of the main road and circled up for COP. YHC fumbled through the intro and was possibly a bit off on the cadence; however, we all made it through the following:

Side Straddle Hops, Don Quixote’s, Arm Circles, LBC’s, Russian Soldiers (approximately 10 a piece)

Mosey to the bottom of the big hill, stopping at every light and completing 5 incline merkins on the curb

Exercise 1: Partner up
One partner runs up the big hill to our primary parking area and back. In the interim, the other partner completes 20 squats, 20 flutter kicks, and 5 “reach out Merkins,” which apparently are not a thing! Moves are repeated until the runner returns.

Repeat until everyone has done the hill 3x.

DTH gave us a 10 count, then mosey to the next station.

Exercise 2: Knollercoaster

Bear Crawl up each hill
10 jump squats at the summit
Crabwalk down the hill
10 WWII sit-ups at the bottom
return to start with same.

Exercise 3: Mount Chaplin
Beginning at the bottom of Mt. Chaplin, run up each hill
At the first tiered parking area: complete 2 burpees, 10 mountain climbers
2nd parking area: 3 burpees, 10 mountain climbers
3rd: 4 burpees, 10 mountain climbers
4th: 5 burpees, 10 mountain climbers.

Turn around at the summit and repeat the pattern on descent, starting with 2 burpees, 10 mountain climbers, and working your way up.

Goal was to complete three trips up the mountain, but time constraints only allowed for 2 and change.

Mosey back to the flag .

COT:
CounteramaNamearama
Announcements:
Camping trip this weekend
Iron Pax at Twin Team tomorrow
Convergence at Dog Pile on Saturday
Got another VQ on Saturday (did not catch the location)
Fresh Prince took us out in prayer

It was a great honor the lead the group today! I have to admit, was a bit nervous coming in: will the Q be hard enough? will I forget all the exercises? will everything I have planned take 10 minutes? Definitely helped that my son and I did some recon the night before. In the end, everything worked out, and it was memorable experience for YHC. The hills are such an obvious and great metaphor for life: lots of peaks and valleys, but you have to power through. Definitely helps to have the support and encouragement of this group.