Month: February 2019 (Page 3 of 8)

Whoopee is looking for a donor to donate $100 ( preferably in small loose change)  for his happy ending …. of course I’m sure if there was several interested parties looking to split the cost and lend a hand it would be eagerly accepted. More on that later.
Arrived few minutes early, pax sauntering towards pavilion looking sleepy Medicine Woman spoke of desire for no merkins ( oops… wrong day to post!) no rain, no site Q … let’s gather.
As I give disclaimer I note that Whoopee and Gastone are feverishly plotting … its only when I begin first exercise of the WU that I realize the many tributaries of Lake Whoopeegonnagetcha that he has located and uses all morning long to ensure full coverage of wetness on ANYONE stupid enough to be close by!
Seal jacks x20
Al Gore (Turtleman reminds us of this being the father of the internet) 1 min
Plank Jacks x 20
And my least fav exercise …. SSH ( as they are so overused) …. however …. I thoroughly enjoyed a different version brought to Midoriyama by Oompa Loompa where you clap at the apex and clap on your hips …. x20 Sister Act was present on that day and said only thing missing was my inflection like OL who barks out like drill sergeant !! Sorry can’t reach that level.
Mosey to York and Main to Monkey Humper the traffic that wasn’t present … dang it and here comes the rain…. again.
Mosey across to …. where else The Main Post Office …. I mean I AM a mailman … so time to deliver!
MERKINS …. 11 style
The twist is so 10 at top of drive mosey to dock hop up do 1 bear crawl down ramp nur the hill and continue to count up/down until reversal .
Now we mosey over to McQuitter Wall where I learn of the brick that gives wall its name .
Derkins x10
Step ups x10 each leg
Dips x 10
I intended to also do box jumps but omahaed due to unsafe conditions
These were done 5 times and afterwards was when Whoopee went asking for single $100 donor to drop him in the lake …. I mean to help the cause of the YMCA where he will Voluntarily jump in Lake Robinwood next week. He said that this donor would give him the happy ending that he really needed.

Frogger across Franklin then turning towards parking deck that Turtleman kept begging and pleading for the workout to move to …. my intention was only to tease with looking at the deck but was persuaded by Gastone to at least mosey in where we waited on Tman and Watts up . I asked Turtleman for another 10 count which he said “ 10 . I’m good” so we moseyed back into rain and made way back to pavilion. A REAL crowd pleaser!

Assemble on top step, butt at edge , feet dangle over steps for 40 Flutter kicks …. been wanting to use this for some time. Not really as bad as I expected .

core time :

M W started us off with Freddie Mercs  and there were some more flutters and other stuff ……. however ,……. my brain suffered an aneurism, MW stopped to dust off his body from inactivity and poor Whoopee stopped all movement as he slipped into a coma when Gastone called what was supposed to be American Hammers …… but they were so slow I fear he may still be counting ! I ended with s 1 minute timer ( failing to notice that my M had silenced phone last night ) and we did AMRAP merkins in honor of medical study released this week about cardio value of doing 40 merkins a day in one minute.

announcements

Mt Mitchell hike may 5

Csaup tomorrow

wanna ruck? Join Whoopee for fun and adventures each and every Thursday morn

Rooster

Q source

prayed for Pizza Mans M and her upcoming results and Whoopee taking daughter and fam to Raleigh(?) tomorrow for championship game

great job by all and thanks for letting me lead!

The warm Up: Partner up and grab a block

The Thang:

Like Dora 1:2:3

100 Curls….25 AH’s

200 Tricep Press…25 LBC

300 Shoulder Press…25 Flutters

switch to

100 AH…25 curls

200 LBC….25 Tricep Press

300 Flutters… 25 Shoulder Press

To the wall:

100 HS….25penquins

200 Merlin’s…25 Crunchy Frogs

300 Baby Dips….25 WWI’s

to the playground

50 pull ups: 100 Merkins…..25 SSH

Squats for a minute….back to flag.

Announcements: BBQ at Venture ask MW

Rooster, CSAUP, 2nd F at Wild Wings (ask Rodie) I can’t remember dates and it’s been so long since I’ve done a back blast I’m afraid to leave this screen.

COT: Prayer:Pledge

Im honored to lead thanks for the EH Blart.

Peace Out

A number of weeks ago I read a front page article in the Gaston Gazette speaking about the level of trash on our roadways and the fact that the city is seeking to use funds and have private companies to clean up our roadways .
I’ve often felt what better way to impact this community much like the clean up the woods campaign for the YMCA than for us to adopt a street or maybe even two!
I spoke with our nantan Stroganoff who was on board but had me contact Bandit as he is our community involvement point man. Both loved the idea but wanted me to take lead after Bandit researched whether any regions had taken advantage and adopted roadways.
After dealing with flu and reaching out first to one agency but being sent to another ….. I have found that there is a real need for us to move forward and that there are some excellent areas for us to adopt if the pax agree. I would love for all to please reach out to me and give input and insight as to where would we like to choose. Currently available is Armstrong/ Gaston Day from S. New Hope to Kendrick and even Robinwood. Another great need I saw on DOT site is much of Dallas. I cite these areas since we run these areas anyway and it will certainly benefit us by having cleaner streets/ sidewalks to run/ruck and make them safer for others.
All that the adopt a roadway program asks for us for us to clean the chosen roads every two months for a period of not less than 2 years and that the areas also be at least 2 blocks or more. The program would supply bags and some other supplies as well as a nifty sign that would acknowledge our contribution to the community giving us visibility.
Post your comments here, on Slack, Twitter or email me …. let’s clean up!

5 men with rucks gathered this am for some Diablo Sammich-good turnout especially for the predicted weather. We started with a disclaimer-do what you can do- then got into the warmup:

3 Burpees, 6 Burpees, 9 Burpees with 1 minute of rest between sets, and yes, with your ruck on. I had other plans but felt the Weinke was not right for this morning so I scrapped my plans and modified to something still challenging but different. We moseyed to Gastone’s Hill and on the way we talked about David Goggins podcast I watched recently compliments of Pizza Man. Look him up, but basically he is a bad MF’er (yes, that was for you fellers who just traveled to New Orleans for marathon or half marathon) who wrote at least one book (Can’t Hurt Me) and did some tough stuff. In his podcast he said he tried to “outwork the list.” His idea of “the list” is the list of accomplishments each of us individually is capable of doing that you will be accountable for when you get to heaven. Did you reach your potential? Were you a good father? Did you physically do the things, accomplish the goals, or run the races you were capable of doing? Topics that make up this “list” goes on and you get the idea. So I was watching this between 0530 and 0630 on the day I was running the half marathon in New Orleans…the same race I have been whining and bitching about for the last few months…..the race that I said was going to be my last EVER long run. So after watching this I decided this race was not going to be that bad and I would need to run another with better goals. I needed to OUTWORK THE LIST. In order to do that, I need to be accountable to those around me (F3 and others) and I need to quit my bitching. I also needed to have a different perspective about some things. I think one of the good things about being a Q is you get to do a backblast and remind yourself of things that are important or that you learned recently, whether it happened at the workout or just came in your head while writing the BB is really not the point. Anyway…….where was I?

Oh yeah, we just finished the warmup and were walking/rucking to Gastone’s Hill talking about ONE. BAD. MF’er. We got to the hill and marching orders were thrown out there: go to top of hill and do 5 squats at each mailbox on the right. Voodoo told us about his goal for daily squats, Merkins, and LBC’s. He has a trip coming up and I know he WILL MAKE HIS GOALS on the trip. This is a great idea for all of us and a lot harder than is sounds, especially on about day 15.

We rucked to the bottom (did we do more squats at mailboxes on the way down?) and reminisced about the previous workouts on the hill. We all gave our recollection of how many mailboxes there were on the right and could not come to a definitive answer, so we went back up again and did escalating Upright Rows using our rucks at the mailboxes on the way up. Just for the record there are 13 mailboxes to the top of the hill on the right including the one at the end of the cul de sac. On the way down we did several merkins (with ruck on) at each mailbox on our left. Some were uphill merkins, some were downhill merkins-they were pretty tough for me as I have been working on developing soccer arms for the last few months.  SPRING BREAK IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER SO……sun’s out/gun’s out is my new motto. I’ll be breaking out the sleeveless red F3 shirt before too long.

We hustled back to start and arrived right at 0615 so no one would turn into a pumpkin. We did our COT and closed with prayer. I believe I forgot the pledge so I owe all of you an extra pledge of allegiance next time I am Q.

Thanks for the opportunity-Whoopee