Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

Month: February 2019 (Page 2 of 8)

No Ten Count

Little mixup during the HIPAAPALOOZA week. Site Q calendar had YHC booked for the GOAT but I know I had committed to the Pub that week. Got it all straightened out with Dr. Seuss and told him I owed him one. Besides it’s been a long time since I’ve posted here and was looking forward to it. Wanted to try some new things out there so decided to do a little recon the afternoon before. Cramerton has some really nice areas if you go beyond downtown. I had been thinking about how I wanted to do a weinke and had a good idea in mind. I have been pressured into attending Ranger AO in Metro by a few Metro PAX. Ranger is said to be the most intense, hardest AO in all of the Nation. Before I go there I need to build up my stamina as they are go, go, go with no breaks from what I’ve heard and read in their BB’s. So here’s what we did:

Disclaimer

SSH 15 IC

IW 15 IC

Merkins 15 IC

Pledge

*Breaker Breaker took off on a mosey by himself to get some miles in. 

Let’s Mosey!

Broke seems to think I took off at a 7min pace up Center St. Good, that was my plan. I think those Metro guys go at about a 6min pace so 7 was a good start for me.

Right on 10th to the 1st Baptist Church parking lot.

Round 1:

5 Merkins

Bear Crawl 5 parking spaces

5 Bobby Hurley’s

Bear Crawl 5 parking spaces

5 Burpees

Run back to start and plank for the 6

No rest

Round 2:

10 Merkins

Bear Crawl 5 parking spaces

10 Bobby Hurley’s

Bear Crawl 5 parking spaces

10 Burpees

Run back to start and plank for the 6

No Rest

Round 3:

15 Merkins

Bear Crawl 5 parking spaces

15 Bobby Hurley’s

Bear Crawl 5 parking spaces

15 Burpees

Run back to start and plank for the 6

No Rest

Mosey up 8th take a right on 11th to the CB Huss boat launch parking lot.

Circle up and on your 6

LBC’s 50 IC

I asked Broke for a 10 count, before he got his first letter out of his mouth I said “HAHA There aren’t no 10 counts in a Varsity workout!!! Next exercise is…”

Flutter Kicks 50 IC

Mosey up the wooden bridge towards softball field. Flooded walkway to the left hindered part of my mosey plan. New route, go right. To the concrete bleachers from 1943 with a 50% grade stairway. Looks treacherous.

At the bottom 20 dips

run up stairs

5 burpees at top

run down stairs

R&R 4 more times

Plank for 6 at top when finished.

Mosey out of Cramerton rec complex to 8th. Left on 8th downhill to gazeebo

10 pullups

1 lap around downtown

10 pullups

10 diamond merkins

Mary – PAX choice

BBSU, AH, Crab Cakes, LBC’s, Flutters, dying cockroaches

YHC ended Mary with something new: Slawter Finisher – 10 Burpees OYO

Time

Announcements

Prayer requests

Dr. Seuss took us out

We got in 2 miles but fell about 2 miles short of a Ranger workout, maybe next time. Oh and according to Tesla, I’m still a pussy?!?!? Great workout with you men this AM. Honor and privilege to workout along side of you. You push me to be better and faster.

AYE!

HIPAA

“Thankful to get hard”

We call it “the gloom,” this this morning at PrisonBreak, it really didn’t feel gloomy. Yes, it was still 0530, but it seemed that the air quality and temperature were above the classification of gloom. Anyway, as always I arrive a little early and Volt is headed out for his run. Shortly  after, several roll in. It looked like we were going to do more rucking than running by the show of packs being unloaded. Tater Hole hops out and is looking for Sparky. Apparently they made arrangements at Folsom yesterday for Tayer Hole to borrow Sparkys ruck pack. Needless to say, he was left hanging. Sparky was a no show. That didn’t stop Tater though. He partnered up with Meatsuit and put in some co-ruck mileage. The group was pretty diverse with  ruckers, mall walkers, runners, joggers, and walkers. Some PRs were made.

All arrived safely back at start.

Announcements; Rooster CSAUP, P200, Lincolnton Middle School 5k(get with Sparky)

COT- prayer requests lifted

BedPan took us out in prayer

We all have our moments when we pray out loud. Sometimes what you really mean to say just doesn’t come off the tongue quite right. Remember, that’s OK, we all do it. During his prayer, Bedpan was thankful “to get out here and get hard with the guys.” Needless to say, Folsom found it pretty good time with it.

Thanks for coming out to the premier running AO in all of Dallas.

MW out

Core, Core, and Core!!

Not sure if it has something to do with YHC, but this is the 2nd time in 3 weeks that a PAX had to back out on a Q at the last minute and both happen to be from Folsom. Maybe they just don’t like coming to Cramerton! Just kidding, both Huckleberry and Roadie had legit reasons they were not able to Q, in fact when Roadie agreed, he said there could a possibility he may have to be out of town.

Well, YHC has to come up with a plan. No worries except for the PAX that shows up.

It’s 5:30am, time to go to work. No FNGs and give a quick disclaimer.

 

Warm Up:

SSH x 25 I/C

Toy Soldiers x 12 I/C

Merkins x 10 OYO

Stretches 

The Thang:

Mosey around parking lot

SSH x 30

Merkins x 12

High knees x 30

Burpees x 8

Freddy Mercury x 30

Squats x 30

Merkins x 12

Freddy Mercury x 30

JuMp Squats x 10

SSH x 30

High Knees x 25

Wall Sits – 60 secs

Run around parking lot

Rinse and repeat 3 times

 

10 mins of core

Freddy Mercury x 15 I/c

Elbow planks x 45 secs

Heels tobHeaven x 10

American Hammers x 16

Mountain Climbers x 15 I/c

30 sec rest 

Superman Planks x 8 reps per side

Left side planks x 45 secs

Windshield Wipers x 8 reps

Right side planks x 45 secs

Freddy Mercury x 15 ic

Mountain Climbers x 15 I/c

 

Mosey back to flag for the pledge

 

Announcements:

The Rooster this Saturday

Convergence on March 30th @ Folsom

Mt Mitchell Hike in May

 

Prayer Request:

Sister Act’s family battling the flu, PAX we haven’t seen in a while,

YHC closed out in prayer

 

Great work by everyone this morning. Thank you for the opportunity to lead.

Breaker Breaker

 

A stranger from a strange land of Princesses, Disney Princesses

Waylon Jennings and the country outlaws are playing as the Pax roll in.

no rain, we have an FNG Todd.  Disclaimer, Let the music begin.  Disney Princess Radio leads off, If you want to change the station please complete 5 blockee’s.

SSH in cadence, Imperial walkers in cadence, Moroccan Night Clubs in cadence.

Grab some blocks and move to the tennis courts.  Thank  you Sparky for bringing the coupons.  We have 14 pax this morning and only 13 blocks, luckily (remember what luck is) we had some extra 45 lb plates to use as well.

Thrusters x 15, bear crawl across tennis court, 15 American hammers each side, nur across tennis court, 15 mike tysons, bear crawl across tennis court, 15 freddy mercury’s each leg, nur across tennis court, 15 step back lunges each leg then run back to the beginning.

after first set we plank for the six.

This time, we take turns farmer carrying the 45 lb plates around the tennis courts whilst the pax continues with 2 more rounds of the above exercises. The pax seem to be enjoying the music even singing along with the Disney Princesses.  I thought these Folsom boys were tough guys, but apparently they have a soft spot for Princesses, or maybe they are Princesses.  Show to know.

As we plank for the six to finish the 3rd round some start to complain about the music.

As we circle up for some core time, Montross completes 5 blockees and request some more Waylon Jennnings.  We keep passing the 45s and work through various ab exercises including fan favorite reverse American Hammers, Straight Leg Freddys, Figure Eights, Extended Cross and Real Big Boys.  Time is running out.  5 minutes of Stretching, 22 for the vets, take the coupons back to Sparky’s Truck.

Pledge

Announcements

  • Convergence 30th of March (not February) at Folsom

–  Blart looking for people for the Rooster.  this Saturday March 2.

–  Medicine Woman with Q on Thursday

  • Swimmer with Q coming on Saturday

  • Remember to visit different AOs periodically.

Prayer Requests

  • Pax, Allent Tates Mom, RockaBilly Mom has Surgery, the community, Lawson Family.

FNG Todd Mayo.  From Dallas, NC.  Went to North Gaston.  Roundup EH’d our new member.  He owns his own landscape company Gaston Land Services and works also as a FireFighter.  Some Names got tossed around including Chief (met with strong opposition by one pax in-particular – no names but we all know whom).  We find out he enjoys to Listen to Lady Gaga.  Montross offers up Meat Suit.  No other suggestions.  Please welcome Meat Suit.

Sister Act and Broke were not present. No sighting of Huck either.

Sparky Takes us out in the BOM

UNO Numero Dos

When YHC signed up to Q at Snoballs, he’d forgotten that a fairly significant game would be taking place that evening. YHC thought a game-themed workout would be appropriate. Although the mumble chatter would be fierce for a Blue vs Blue Q, it was necessary to keep it somewhat civil and avoid a rivalry-based beatdown (However, that beatdown would come later that day). What better way to bring all fan bases together than with a game of UNO.

The forecast of rain may have kept some away, but YHC arrived to find several PAX ready to go. 0530 let’s do it.

Short disclaimer

The Pledge

Warm-up
SSH x 15
Merkins x 15
Imperial Walkers x15

Mosey to the building between the baseball fields at the Martha’s.

Here’s how it works… Each color is an exercise. 1-5 multiple number by 10 to get exercise count. 6-10 multiple number by 5 to get exercise count. Reverse, Skips, Wild, Draw 2 and Draw 4 each have their own exercise. Seven cards are dealt face down and revealed one at a time.

Round 1:
Blue = LBC; Green = SSH; Red = Plank Jacks; Yellow = Squats; Skip = 20 Flutters IC; Reverse = 20 Monkey Humpers; Wild = Bear Crawl around the building; Draw 2 = 5 Burpees; Draw 4 = 10 Burpees

Inevitably, there is always one hand that is dominated by the same color. We got that out of the way in Round 1.

Hand #1
Green 5 (50 SSH)
Green 10 (10 SSH)
Green 3 (30 SSH) (These cards were shuffled)
Blue 4 (40 LBC)
Red 8 (40 Plank Jacks)
Yellow 2 (20 Squats)
Red Skip (20 Flutters IC)

Mosey around the outside of one of the baseball fields. Back for Hand #2

Round 2:
Blue = Big Boy Situps; Green = American Hammers; Red = Mtn Climbers; Yellow = Merkins; Skip = 20 Flutters IC; Reverse = 20 Monkey Humpers; Wild = Lunge around the building; Draw 2 = 5 Burpees; Draw 4 = 10 Burpees

Hand #2
Blue 7 (35 Big Boy Situps)
Green Draw 2 (5 Burpees)
Yellow 7 (35 Merkins)
Yellow 6 (30 Merkins)
Green Reverse (20 Monkey Humpers)
Blue 5 (50 Big Boy Situps)
Draw 4 (10 Burpees)

Mosey to the picnic shelter

Round 3:
Blue = Step Ups; Green = Dips; Red = Long Arm Crunches; Yellow = Sumo Squats; Skip = 50 Moroccan Night Clubs IC; Reverse = 20 Monkey Humpers; Wild = Diamond Merkins; Draw 2 = 5 Burpees; Draw 4 = 10 Burpees

Hand #3
Blue 3 (30 Step Ups)
Green 6 (30 Dips)
Red 9 (45 Long Arm Crunchies)
Blue Reverse (20 Monkey Humpers)
Draw 4 (10 Burpees)
Wild (10 Diamond Merkins)
Green 5 (25 Dips)

Short mosey around one light post in the parking lot. Back for an abbreviated hand using the same exercises as round 3. At this point, the wind started picking up and blowing the cards around. I believe I was able to get the cards back in the correct order.

Hand #4
Blue Reverse (20 Monkey Humpers)
Red 9 (45 Long Arm Crunches)
Yellow 1 (10 Sumo Squats)

During this last hand, there were groans about another round of Long Arm Crunches. I shared the Turtleman wisdom from earlier in the week about work in the winter and reward in the summer. That was met with the reminder that Turtleman was not present at this particular workout. To which, YHC had nothing.

Mosey back towards Pelican’s. Stop along the way for some IC exercise that I cannot remember at this point.

Mosey back to Pelican’s. Two quick rounds of Mary and then time was called.

Announcements
Mt Mitchell outing (May 5th)
Latini Memorial Run
CSAUP Relay

Prayer Requests
Big Pappy
Gastone’s father
Mason’s birthday (T-Square’s 2.0)

Prayer to close it out.

Welcome FNG Tombstone.

Until next time…

good to be here

11 dudes (and a Gomer for some Mary) showed at Folsom on Saturday.  After the disclaimer it was time to clock in.

Warmup: SSH and Toy Soldiers.

Mosey to the amphitheater and partner up. Dora 12345.  100 Australian mountain climbers, 200 merkins with feet on the wall, 300 squats, 400 flutter kicks and 500 lbcs while the other partner ran.

Money to the parking lot for route 66/ lunges and squats.

Mosey back to the launching point with everyone leading a mary exercise.

22 for the vets and the pledge

Time.

Annoucements and prayer requests

BOM: YHC closed us in prayer.

Philippians 4:13

Huckleberry

Good Round 2

PAX
JJ, Island, Time Frame, Gastone, Captain Stubby, Clavin, Tombstone, Spider-Man, Turtle Man, Watts-up, Woppee, JK2

The pax graciously waited and even cheered as I can sliding in a couple minutes late. I had texted an excuse for my tardiness which apparently was mistaken by the pax as reason to celebrate. I let them know that I was delayed due to an early morning round two, and although my round two did feel complete and was met with a satisfying release, they thought my round two was an intimate exchange between me and the “M,” I can assure you the “M” had no part nor wanted anything to do with my round two, it just the man and his throne.

Everything you read below either, happened, was going to happen, or didn’t happen at all.

Before heading out and in an attempt to keep YHC on track I asked Woppee to watch the 6, which he kinda did sort of part of the time when he was reminded.

Warm Up
SSH IC – (Unknown)
Arm Circles
Merkins IC
Short Story 5 Burpees
Don Quixotes
Moroccan Night Clubs

The Thang
Mosey to the Rock Pile
Get Rocks
Partner Up and head back to Stonehenge, too wet so we walked through the mud to the parking lot.

Round 1
100ish Thruster / Walking Lunges with rock (Mosey Back)

Round 2
3 Rounds Each (Colt 45s) On this day in 1836 Samual Cult Patented his Revolver
– 1st Round Partner 1 does AMRAP Bottom 1/2 Curls, while partner Mosey With Right Hand Holding Rock High, Mosey Back with Left Hand Holding Rock High
– 2nd Round Partner 1 does AMRAP Top 1/2 Curls, while partner Mosey With Right Hand Holding Rock High, Mosey Back with Left Hand Holding Rock High
– 3rd Round Partner 1 does AMRAP Full Curl, while partner Mosey With Right Hand Holding Rock High, Mosey Back with Left Hand Holding Rock High

10 Burpees because that didn’t seem hard enough(that’s what she said)

Tell the “Pushing the rock story” on the way back to rock pile.

Mosey back to parking lot where we stopped every other light for a PAX choice of favorite exercise, 1st 3 were Burpees, until JJ changed it to American Hammers. Then in front of the gate we all got in low plank position for a countdown to jail break back

Mary Pax’s choice

Announcements – May 5th Mt Mitchell

Prayer

Name-O-Rama

Not Nearly a 5K but Close?

The skies may have been angry this day, but between 0700-0800 it showed mercy upon the PAX.  Knowing CSAUP could commandeer many PAX I was curious how many we would attract, especially given the extra marketing effect applied by Yahtzee.  BTW, who would not love a Viking themed workout?

10 HIM’s (including FNG now known as Commish) total showed for a Viking memorial (remember to bring your Macebell) and a Linus not so much 5K.  By the way, who in the h… happens to just have an extra Macebell in the kitchen or garage?

Let’s warm up:

SSH/LBC’s(guys thought they were not going to get wet)/Squats/Merkins – 10 in Cadence

Caught the pledge on the way back thanks to reminder from Yahtzee.

Painlab follow the dude in the Viking cap, Bootcamp you are with me.  I carried 3 Pax with me (Tombstone, Def Leppard, Timeframe)

From the Schiele we moseyed to Grier.  Intent was to stop every 1/4 mile for an exercise and ascending/descending burpee.  That only worked so well for so long.  From Grier, up to Burtonwood, right on Dixon to Sherwood.  Into the neighborhood we roll.  Dixon road, left onto Castlegate.  Castlegate, right onto Laurel Lane.  Laurel Lane out to Garrison.  Garrison back to the Schiele.  2.5 to 3 miles (forget now)

Multiple Stops along the way consisted of:

50 Each-

Heels to Sky/American Hammer/Flutters/Freddy Mercury

Merkins/Carolina Dry Dock/Morroccan/Squats

Each exercise also corresponded with 1 burpee up to a total of 4 and then we would start again.

Back at the Schiele right at the tick of 7:56, arrived early so Heyzuus could bolt.  Joined the Vikings for some hammertime and listened for the melodious chime while completing SSH.

Time

Concerns/Announcements:

Prayers for all PAX in CSAUP

Gastone’s event coming early May

Welcome FNG – Houston Helms:  Commish

Rain no meatballs

4 guys powered through The Coconut.

The Thang:

We ran the 5 mile loop in the rain.

The Moleskin:

whoopee and I could not talk Monk into just drinking coffee, so  we ran. Glad tha we did.

Great push by all.

Gastone Out!

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