Month: May 2022 (Page 11 of 12)

It started like this…Ball Joint stole my thunder, trivia and closing line.

Disclaimer

Warmup:  SSHx20 IC, Gravel Pickers x10IC, ROL/LOR, Moroccan Night Clubs x20IC, Arm circles

Mosey to flagpole for Pledge

22 for vets (daily suicide) and police (monthly losses in line of duty-wreck, cardiac, homicide)

Read History > May 5 1862 Mexico’s Army celebrated victory over France at the battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War.  Mexico was in financial ruin due to internal struggles and had declared a moratorium on payments to other countries.  They were mad, but Napoleon III wanted to make a place in Mexico.  6,000 gathered troops under General Charles Latrille de Lorencez went to attack Puebla de Los Angeles.

Thang:

Mosey back to start for partner work.  Wheelbarrow as much as one cans then do five merkins each, until the wheelbarrow gets to the bottom of the lot.   switch and go until we get back.

Read History > Mexicans led by Texas Born General Zaragoza fortified the town. While not a major win, it served as a symbolic victory which bolstered the resistance movement. The same year, Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian (Austrian), who had been installed as emperor of Mexico in 1864 by Napoleon, was captured and executed by Juarez’s forces. Puebla de Los Angeles was renamed for General Zaragoza, who died of typhoid fever months after his historic triumph there.

Read History > Many people outside Mexico mistakenly believe that Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of Mexican independence, which was declared more than 50 years before the Battle of Puebla.  They also confuse General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna with Cinco de Mayo based on his historic stature.  Santa Anna was involved with several wars (Mexican Independence, Alamo/Texas Revolution, Mexican/American War.  Independence Day in Mexico (Día de la Independencia) is commemorated on September 16, the anniversary of the revolutionary priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla’s famous “Grito de Dolores” (“Cry of Dolores,” referring to the city of Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico), a call to arms that amounted to a declaration of war against the Spanish colonial government in 1810.  Cinco de Mayo was made popular in America in the 60s as a way of encouraging pride in Mexican heritage.

More partner work. One works while one partner works, other partner runs halfway down and back.

2. Curls
3. Shrugs
4. Rows
5. Diego (Dora the explorer’s cousin) – Similar to Dora 1, 2, 3 but just tougher… Same partner situation, but the exercises are as follows: All numbers to 100 for time; Merkins, Overhead press w/ block, LBC with block, Squats w/ Block

Announcements: Murph Memorial Day Sandlot, Sword and Mt. Hollywood for double post, CSAUP??,  Thanks to Wire Nut for bringing the blocks

Prayers/Praise: Big Pappy, Turtleman, Broke, Bed Pan, Westside Grandma, Striper, Coworker Father in Law (cancer), 2.0 Music teacher (suicide), Teachers/Principles/School Staff.

Name-o-Rama:

COT:

Perfect morning to put in some work at TRB.  Some EC miles beforehand for a few. Time hits.  Mission of F3 stated along with some encouragement that we all have a duty to give our best effort every day.  Work hard and get better.

Warmup is bear crawl to the end of the awning and back.   Head to the track for a mosey.  Some didn’t feel comfortable with the direction of the mosey.  This is all about getting comfortable being uncomfortable.

Stop at the bleachers for the main course.  500 step ups.  Not all participated, but those that did had a great time.

Few minutes remain, so head back to the awning.  Start at first pole, one hand release merkin, next pole for two, etc.  Make it to eight and started to come back down.  Finished at 5.  Back to flag for pledge.

YHC intended to use the step up work out mention the Chad 1000 later in the year, but totally forgot, fail.  But we did talk about the workouts being only a part of what F3 is about.  Bigger mission is to help men be better men.  Shield lock, whetstone, Q source, GrowRuck are more tools.  If you are not participating or don’t know what these are, let me know, happy to help.

Announcements:    Memorial day Murph at Sandlot, CSAUP on the 21st

Prayer requests: Turtleman, Chad McGhee from Young Life board, Bondo uncle girlfriend, Serena and Boudin daughter graduating college, Breaker daughter in law who lost mother a couple years ago with Mothers Day coming, moms and those who struggle around holidays, end of school

YHC took us out

Always an honor

Tiger

Beautiful Monday morning for some sweat –

6 HIM showed for a tabata style beatdown this morning

Warmup:

5 Burpees OYO

Merkins, LBCs, Stretching

The Thang:

Mosey to picnic tables for escalating Derkins, Step ups, Dips, Flutter kicks – sets of 10, 15,20, and 25.  Take a lap then repeat de-escalating  same exercises 25, 20, 15, 10

Mosey back to Sno Balls for two rounds of Mary

Time

Announcements:

Monday May 30th Memorial day murph at 7:00 at Martha Rivers

Prayers:

EZ Rider’s family

Cinderella traveling to Kentucky with 8th graders to see recreated Noah’s ark Friday

Turtleman

Pax on IR

Freight walked, YHC ran.

Sargento overcame a malfunctioning phone/alarm and joined us for QSource.

These two were fresh of the SMR relay.  That didn’t stop these HIMs from posting the morning afterwards.

This week’s topic was Prayer.  Good convo.

Glad to Q

-Bubba Sparxxx

Garibaldi Fest, the largest April arts and music festival in Belmont, was ramping up in Stowe Park as the PAX started out at the Yank.  There were people painting stuff and setting up booths. There was also a guy sitting on a side-by-side vehicle, enjoying an enormous danish or bearclaw or something while he watched us do burpees.

We welcomed an FNG that Tesla brought out,,  Chris Hardin, who will forever be known as “Old MacDonald” with “Respect”  in the Gloom. (Technically, Old MacDonald posted at The Bunker with HIPAA, but we all welcomed him and named him )

DISCLAIMER

WARMUP:

SSH, Grass Pickers, Mosey

THE THANG:

11s  (Mike Tysons, BigBoys)

Mosey with some exercise sets mixed in “on-the-move”  (AmHammers, Plank Jacks, etc)

Jacob’s Ladder

Indian Run

The Cooper (Burpees, Squats, Merkins)

SSH til time ran out

(In writing this two days afterwards, I feel like I might be forgetting some stuff we did.  Tip: write your backblast the same day as the workout!)

Time!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dark Helmet at the Storm on Tue 19th
Happy Hour at Traust next Friday

PLEDGE

NAME-O-RAMA

TAPs

Tate family – 12 kids, lost their oldest child
Tesla friend passed, Doug
Grateful to be here, great weather
Town of Belmont

Happy to lead these men

-Bubba Sparxxx

Group of 5 for a beautiful morning at Mt. Hollywood.

Warm up: SSH, hillbilly walkers, gravel pickers, moroccan night clubs

Suicides across middle school parking lot, every two lines, one at a time, hold plank in between

Mosey to Ida Rankin teacher lot for Dora, laps around the parking lot. 100 sqats, 200 flutters (one leg) and 300 american hammers

Tour begins: dips and derkins on the retaining wall – SSH, smurf jacks, and squat jacks (STK) in cadence – lunge walk up hill to traffic light downtown – monkey humpers in front of the thrift store – air press wall sits and dirty hook ups behind the bank – return to middle school parking lot for 3 min curb shuffle with merkins.

Announcements: Friday happy hour, rice and beans sign up

Prayer requests: Hufstetler family, Pillager M, Pax on IR

Honored to lead these men.

Several PAX pilling in and getting their EC finished up, we gather to meet a new HIM and wait to begin. 

Warmup

IC x 10 

Goofball

SSH 

Squat

LBC 

Nolan Ryan 

Mosey over to the ballfield for a little running in the outfield.

Let’s  explain the work for the day. This will be an ultimate Triple Nickel. Triple Nickel in three sets. 25 reps of each exercise in each set and then mosey to the next station. all three stations are to be completed 5 times.    

First set is at third base.

Merkins

Squats 

LBC 

Second set  is at first base. 

CDD

Monkey Humpers 

Dying Cockroaches count each movement. 

Third set in center field. 

Diamond Merkins

Hillbillies  count each movement. 

Flutter Kicks count each movement. 

We only got 4 rounds in before we  ran back to the start for 5 minutes of  Marry. 

Announcements.

Smarter than a 5th grader Tuesday.

Prayer request for my dad, Ken Rominger Sr.

As Pallbearer took us out in prayer,  he was standing next to Freight. Freight had his hand on Pallbearer’s UNC tattoo. Freight was checking afterward to see how his hand was holding up. LOL

Good time as always guys!!

SYITG,

Pockets

No Q listed but I showed anyway, ran some EC and came back by HT to see if any pax showed-seeing no one I continued running the only route I know.  By the time I got to Robinwood, near the armor,y Defib caught up me and we finished the last mile or so – it is amazing how my pace picked up once I was running with Defib.   Back at the start Fllintstone showed for the coffee – I had to left so I am not sure if any coffee or studies happened.

Annoucements – upcoming convergence and 1/2 marathon

Prayer request: Pax on IR and family members

Prayer to close us out

Sorry I forgot the Pledge