Month: May 2019 (Page 5 of 10)

It’s coming! Saturday at The Yank. The Core Group from the East will ford the mighty Catawba at dawn to meet on the field of battle known as The Fighting Yank. Can this invasion be stopped? Maybe a better question is do they know what liver mush is? Well they are for sure going ot learn about Bear Crawl Slalom! And of course the secret weapon – The Horrific  Halfpipe.  Right of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness: “The horror, the horror”.

I would show to know. This could be as epic as the Plains of Marathon and Thermopylae! You will not want to to say to your grand kids when they asked “what did you do when the core guys came over from Charlotte and invaded our AO” you won’t have to say “I fart sacked”.

Tesla

So as YHC meandered up New Hope Road in the gloom he came upon a poor soul that had rolled his car into a ditch. Fortunately the guy in the wreck was out of the car and receiving help as the Gaston County police got on seen. and yes it put me behind! Had I been there on time (I was running about 2 minutes late) I could well have been in that wreck.  And the outcome would not have been good. Hmmm. Things to ponder at 5:20 am.

So as YHC pulled in almost late (but not quite) we got with it as follows

COP:

Two minutes of stretching.

SSH X 20

IW X 20

Copperhead Squats X 20

20 LBCs

10 burpees , 5 for us, 5 for the train.

Mosey up the hill to the Cramerton Coliseum! Where there was work to be done.

first set: Elevens

Step ups (each leg) (Bottom)

Dirkins (top)

That tended to gas the crowd so a little more work.

3 rounds

Bottom: Big boy sit ups

Top: Hand release merkins, Tijuana Dreamers

1st round: Big boys X 10, HRM X5

2nd round: Big boys X 15, HRM X 10

3rd Round: Big boys X 20, TDs X 20

Mosey back down to the park and the bridge.

Gazebo work as follows

Two Rounds, pullups, Diamond merkins, burpees, run to the top of the hill and 10 side straddle hops

Roound 1: 5X, 5X, 5X, run, 10 SSH

Round 2: 10X, 10X, 10X, run, 10 SSH

Time for some Mary

Obliques, 20X per side

Protractors

1 minute of stretching

Pledge

Done

NMM:

YHC was a little shaken by the wreck but recovered. Pax went hard and that helped. We had not been to the coliseum of late so I felt the need to pay a visit. Glad we did – it was a beast! All of course for a warm up up for Saturday’s date with the Core Group, aka the bad ass old men’s club.

Prayers out to Gastone who lost his dad last week. And the poor guy in that wreck that had a really bad day. Also for a new pax from Greensboro that will be joining us soon that is moving in down here in South Shore. Look for news on a possible Wednesday AO down this way soon.

Tesla out!

We ran … after all. Leppard didn’t like something about the route. I don’t know what it was. He was heard. We moved on.

I started The Pub AO in 2017, gave it to JJ (Tclaps) last year, and was very happy to lead it one last time. (Queue Tool Time reminding me that I once thought of closing the AO after weeks of 1 PAX beatdowns, usually by me but not always.) Now the usual Thursday crowd is bigger than ever (even without those who now just walk around.)

I’m starting to feel the beginning of the end of my time in Gastonia. I’m grateful to each of the HIM in Gastonia for setting an example. I’m much better for F3, and in Gastonia, that’s you.

Announcements: Mount Mitchell on Sunday; Speed for Need on Saturday 5/25; THE MURPH; need Pub Qs for rest of May;

Prayers: All who’ve lost loved ones recently, incl families of Gastone & Sargento; and families touched by illness, incl JJ’s father in law (heart attack). Forestview student Adam Jenkins (cancer);  Whetstone Stones & Blades

Monk

Great crowd at Folsom this morning. Warm up waiting on a few to roll in. Always happy to have a few more.

Cotton pickers, imperial walkers, SSHs

Mosey to the pavilion for

32 dips

32 Bobby Hurley’s

32 rocky balboas

Mosey to shelter 1

32 derkins

32 step ups

32 jump squats

Mosey to shelter 2

32 CDDs

32 mountain climbers

32 SSHs

“Rinse and repeat”

Mosey to the Tennis court

Ascending Merkins. 6 sprints to each back court line and back to start adding 1 merkin each round.

Circle up for an in cadence tater tot special lunge twist thing he calls “the John Wick”.

(He’ll get there)

Pledge

COT

Lots of prayers going out for those that are hurting in F3… and for our families.

Praise report for Gumby’s mom which is definitely great to hear

Be available for your brothers in this group whether it be prayers or physical presence. Make it a point to get to the 2nd F events. We all need the encouragement and accountability to keep going. It’s not always easy to push yourself or get out to the workouts so take opportunities to help and build each other up. If someone has been missing, reach out to them personally. All we can hope is that as we impact each other that our circle of influence will grow beyond our families and beyond Dallas and Gastonia.

Paul talks about how to grow our circle of influence in 2 Corinthians.

“We do not boast beyond limit in the labors of others. But our hope is that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you may be greatly enlarged,”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭10:15‬

As the Holy Spirit leads you to boast in Him and the work he’s doing in your life… pray for others that you can influence. Not in arrogance, but in the hope that we will win them to Christ, and they will lead their families, and others in turn.

Hole

It was a crisp spring morning perfect setting to get some quality work in. So without delay Yhc and 11 friends gathered at Marthas for a fun filled morning. Quick disclaimer and warmup with 10 each SSH,  Merkins and LBCs.

The Thang:

Several years ago Santa left me extra blocks from a wall built for my garden. These make great gifts which I was ready to share.  According to  Rudolph our weight expert each block weighed at least 100lbs (at least that what I heard him say).  With block in hand we ran to the old Harris Tetter parking lot where we did three exercises at each of the four light poles on the corners.  First round was 5 Blockees, 5 Squat thrusts and 5 Jump squats.  Mumblechatter almost non-existent – probably because everyone was so happy I wasn’t running them 8 miles this morning.  Next round was 10 curls, 10 overhead presses and 10 tricep extensions.  After these two rounds I was ready for a break but pushed on with a round of Dora inspired with blocks – 100 merkins (on the block made it more like diamond Merkins), 200 LBCs and 300 squats with blocks.

Noting that time was on our side we did another round of Around the Lights this time with 15 Rocky Balboas, 10 straight arm block raises and 15 flutter kicks with block in air.  Time was quickly running out so  fellowship mosey back to start for COT and namorma

Thought for the day:  Put as much effort into spiritual growth as we do strengthening our bodies

1Timothy 4:8 – “For physical training is of some value, but Godliness has value for all things, holding promises for both the present life and the life to come”

Announcements:

This Sunday March on Mt Mitchell

May 25 Speed for need – Belmont 5 K

Memorial day Murph at Marthas 7:00 am

May 31 sendoff for Monk

Prayer requests: Roadie, Mayor, JJ’s father (heart cath), Medicine Woman, Pizzaman and family, Gastone and family

As always it was my honor to serve and be served by these fine men.

Until next time Defib- out!

It was a great night serving a very large group from the homeless community.  YHC is fairly certain that each one of us got so much more from the experience than any of those receiving meals and clothing last night.  We could see how the 2.0’s lives were changing right in front of us, they did an awesome job!  Special thank you to the Ms who joined us as well, as always they make anything we do better.  So honored to be alongside my brothers who provided hope and the love of Jesus to his fellow man.

Based on the feedback YHC is getting and the impact F3 is having supporting Rice N Beans,  it’s time to make this a monthly occurrence.  A June date will be announced shortly.

~Anchorman

Weather was perfect this morning.
Hacksaw ran so fast he “dropped his light”.
The men of Folsom are getting faster!

Pledge, COT, out.

The Bed Pan is full..

Warm up:
SSH,Don Q’s, Toy Soldiers, Merkins, Goof Balls.

Mosey– anytime I Q we always do monkey humpers by the wall on 321, its just a great way to start the morning.
Main Street : light post 5 burpees then nur to the next light and do 20 SSH. We made it to the red light doing this. Once all the pax arrived at the red light we did 25 plank jacks for good measure.
Mosey to the church to have fun on the wall. 50Dips, 25 step ups, 25 Derkins. We had a strong group this morning so we did the exercise a few times before moving on.
Mosey back to the parking lot next to the Rotary for some 11’s. Why not Bear crawl vs running looked good on paper lets do it!
Sumo Squats->(bearcrawl)->Hand Release Merkins. About half way through this my Hospital name (Jeremy) was telling Bed Pan (f3name) that he was the dumbest person to think this was useful. I think the blood rushing to my head was causing me to go crazy but I knew the Pax loved it by all the positive words being used. We did Omaha some where during the 11’s to lunge one way and bear crawl the other.
Some Mary back at the Rotary then the pledge.

COT and prayers were said.
The Bed Pan is full!!