Something took place at Stuart Cramer High School…
Month: July 2020 (Page 9 of 10)
Take a guess what happened at the running/rucking AO….
If you wanna know what happened, ask Sledge or maybe you should have been there…
Its a running/rucking AO. You figure it out.
7 men came out to stray the week right.
The Thang:
20 SSH
Mosey towards back entrance of park.
3 stops on the way. We did LBC, Flutter, Monkey Humpers’s to 50. Each was followed by 30 second Plank.
Mosey with another set of LBC’s along the way to the bottom of the hill at back of park.
11’s 1 Squat at the bottom, 20 Burpee at the top. Rinse and repeat until you flip the numbers. Backwards up the hill each time.
50 Monkey Humpers
LBC’s while we wait
Ealk Backward around to the side of field. We did Backwards Lunge.
Jane Fonda to 50
mosey to Bleachers.
3×30 Calf Raises
Down to the pavement 50 Monkey Humpers.
3×30 Wide leg Calf raises.
Mosey
10 yardBunny Hop
Mosey back
Moleskin:
Warm morning but we got it done. Everyone cheered Gastone!
Prayers for family members and Addiction.
Gastone Out
As we have done these past three years that YHC has been ’round these parts the July 4th edition of The Fighting Yank was made do one thing and that was to observe and honor the public declaration of Independence from the crown by the founding fathers under pain of death from the world’s superpower of the time.To say it was a huge risk is an understatement but no great reward comes without great risk.
That said, these was work to be done before our ceremony yo honor that effort. That went like this:
COP:
Arm Stretches
Grapevine Stretches
Mosey to the Field of Dreams:
SSH X 20
Burpees X 2
IW X 20
Burpees X 4
Copperhead Squats X 20
Burpees X 6
Mtn. Climbers X 20
Burpees X 8
LBCs X 20
Burpees X 10
Lap @ the field.
line up for some Tesla approved half pipes! The City of Belmont has made this ideal so time to use the asset as deployed!
Top Of Heartbreak Hill: 5 plank jacks.
Bottom at pad: 5 HR Merkins
Top of bank on Main Street: 5 Monkey Humpers
Repeat 3 X
Take another lap around the Field of Dreams.
Up to the Corner of Knowledge for some bench work:
10X, 15X, 20X
Dips
Step ups
Dirkins
Line up on the walkway:
Broad jump to the middle
Frog hops to the end (these are tough!)
Mike Tysons X 10 in cadence
Big Boy sit ups (double count) x 10
Lt. Dans back to the mid point
Karoke to the end.
10X 20X
Inclined merkins
Inclined big boy situps
mosey to the field of dreams for a Tesla hallmark now that everyone is gassed!
Bear Crawl slalom time at The Fighting Yank!
This time since we had @ 16 pax we split the group and let Orangeman run the “2s” and YHC ran the “1s”. Everyone got three rolls.
By this time we were running OUT of time so it was by Q’s call time to do 2 more halfpipes to finish the workout up.
7:59. Mosey to the Yank statue and the pledge.
Pledge, names, ceremony.
NMM:
Our ceremony that has become a Fighting Yank Tradition was the following:
Read the Declaration of Independence aloud at the base of The Fighting Yank Statue. YHC broke the doc into 10 parts and we had 10 readers. My charge was this: Read Loudly! We have nothing to hide here. And in fact, like our forefathers, should be proud to say that we defend the ideas in this document.
Moment of silence following the reading to honor the effort of those who brought it about.
Reverend Sam Warner of First Presbyterian of Belmont gave an invocation that talked about how the ideas in the Declaration should be something we all agree on because it applies to all. And I think we can all agree on that reality. As it ends, the Declaration’s signers, many of whom lost life and fortune in the ensuing war pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to the ideals in that document and the nation it was birthing. It was not perfect. It still is not perfect. It will never be perfect. But it is as Lincoln said “The last best hope for Mankind” which in a broken world is all we can ask for and gives us something- in fact a lot – to continue to build on.
Special thanks to Iced Tea, Quasimodo, and Radar from Lake Wylie today and Skoal Bandit from Metro (Core) who came over today. You guys mean a lot to me and I appreciate the effort to be here today.
Tesla
7 HIMs showed for a warm, humid morning at The Coconut Horse. We reversed the route, had some confusion after about who was the Q, shared some mumble chatter, and covered some mileage.
Good work men.
Let’s do it again next week.
Aye.
Stroganoff
Three years ago YHC thought that a special edition of The Yank would be good to recognize the efforts of our founders in 1776 to put forth the personal risk and effort to create a free nation that has over the last century especially saved the world from tyranny at least three times and continues to provide the one gate everyone in the planet wants to get through. Which is a pretty solid confirmation of those first principles that go back to Athens almost 3,000 years ago. We’ve refined and improved them since then to the point of Jefferson’s sentence declaring our Natural Rights that are God Given and perfect, not conditional privileges from a fallen government of man.
That idea is under attack. It is always under attack. And to properly defend and expand them getting back to them from time to time is vital to get back to them. As such tomorrow’s Fighting Yank will include the following activities:
*A Tesla McBadass buttermilk beatdown from 7-8 am.
*A reading aloud of the Declaration of Independence by the pax at the statue of The Fighting Yank.
*A short message from the Reverend Sam Warner of First Presbyterian Church, Belmont
This ceremony should take @ 20 minutes. I think it will be one of the best observances of the day in this part of NC and SC because it will be real and very heartfelt at a time when these values are questioned.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Tesla
So YHC got caught in a back to back Q situation and not well prepped by common standards. However, YHC is not the common man! So based on experience and education we endeavored to put forth a great effort to get 1% better today. Went like this:
COP:
Stretches
SSH X 20
IW X 20
Mtn. Climbers X 20
Mosey to the top of the big hill and the school parking lot:
22s, start with 20 Jump lunges , then 2 merkins. Go to 2 jump lunges and 20 merkins. 2 Laps @ the school lot at the 12-10 transition point.
Finish 22s here, Mosey back to the Gazebo on the green.
22s, Jump squats X 20, CDDs X 2. Run a lap around the green at the 10-12 transition.
Finish 22s here and a dose of triple nickel!
Bottom: 5 plank jacks
Top: 5 big boys
Run the incline to Doffers 5 times.
Done and pledge
NMM:
Great work on a humid morning in July in the Carolinas! Pax got with it. This was kind of impromptu because I frankly after leading twice already had forgotten about it when I committed to Buckeye in may I think. But, there was plenty in the tank otodraw from so no harm no foul!
Enjoyed the morning with these guys. Look forward to the next.
Tesla
YHC got there early considering it was my first Q. Pulled up and noticed a few PAX putting in some EC. The vehicles started rolling in and I was getting pumped. YHC knew it was going to be a good day. So at 5:30 we started the THE THANG.
warm-up: Bat wings
20 small forward arm circles IC
20 small backward arm circles IC
20 seal clap IC
20 overhead claps IC (I forgot to call this but just know it was planned)
THE THANG:
Mosey to tennis courts
bear crawl a tennis court 10 Mike Tysons
bear crawl a tennis court 10 CDDs
bear crawl a tennis court 10 Hand release merkins
bear crawl a tennis court 10 diamond merkins
bear crawl a tennis court 10 wide arm merkins
stand up and head back
lunge walk a tennis court 10 squat jacks
lunge walk a tennis court 10 Imperial walker squats
lunge walk a tennis court 10 Regular squats
lunge walk a tennis court 10 Tippy to squats
lunge walk a tennis court 10 Monkey humpers
Mosey you’re bottom parking lot escalating four corners
10 Peter Parker merkins
20 outlaws
30 flutter kicks
40 diamond merkins
repeat counting backwards
mosey to back to parking lot for CoT
shared a message with the men: “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.””
Joshua 1:9
I shared this message due to the ongoing problems of the world and how that could impact a man when he feels like he’s carrying the weight and worries of his whole family on his shoulders. I shared they don’t have to do it alone and encouraged them to reach out if anybody needed help with their problems.
Finished up with some exercises in the circle.
announcements:
PT test July ehhhhh…..
prayer request:
SA’s family
Stogie’s dad
Sparky’s great uncle and family
Wirenut’s team member and other coworkers who were affected.