Month: May 2023 (Page 10 of 11)

Well, now we know don’t we? What this “buttermilk” thing is really all about. Now that we have solved that mystery let’s get on with the business here doing the F3 business we do Saturday mornings in Midtown Belmont. YHC had wanted to provide plates to push around for hairburners but to no avail. Don’t worry men, it’s coming! Just hen you least expect it. So, sore Achilles and all YHC does the 4 plus mile EC work and gets the pax rallied for breakfast. Yeah, we did it. Went like this:

COP: up to the Field of Dreams for warmup work.

Tesla Stretches, mosey to the other side

SSH X 20, mosey back

IWs X 20, mosey back across

Gravel pickers X 20, mosey back

Mtn. Climbers and Tesla stretches again.

Time for a some Superpipes! Top of hill at old Middle school: 5 plank jacks

Run downhill to the pavilion: 2 burpees.

Run up the steps to the street, 5 butt to the street monkey humpers.

Rinse and repeat, we do this 2X.

Picked up a “straggler” walking on the track. Fascinating story. Guy boxed professionally mostly in the UK. Can’t remember his name. Had to do the disclaimer.

Up to the Corner of Knowledge.

10 dips (my cadence)

10 stepups

10 dirkins

10 inclined big boys.

Line up on the sidewalk for transportation instructions:

To first cross walk (middle) burpee broadjump

To end, frog hoppers (these truly suck). Lost our straggler here.

SSH X 20, lunge walk back to COK

Mosey down to the playground, count off by four for a rotation.

10 pull ups

20 Merkins

30 squats

40 LBCs.

Run to the top of heartbreak hill and do 5 burpees.

2X on this.

4th quarter boys! You and I know what that means don’t we! It’s time to get tougher!

Bear. Crawl. Slalom!

Because we had almost 20 guys we only needed to rotations to get this done.

SSH X 10

Copperhead Squats X 10.

Mosey back, halfway drop and do 5 HR merkins. Oh, did I tell you, we did 5 more burpees for the train!

At the end, 5 chop-chop drills and a 2 minute plank to end with. Glass was empty!

Slow walk down to the Yank and a pledge.

Was this not fun? Or did it suck? Maybe both? That can always be the case! Plenty of little hurts but we soldiered on. Which was kind of a theme YHC wanted to show on this Coronation Day. The English bulldog and it’s tenacity is a thing. YHC was raised a grandson of that empire and so hen I hear people here put down the crown and all that goes with it, I have to either remind that our freedoms started there (see Runnymede and the Magna Carta, 1215). And we are an extension of a great tradition that actually values the individual human life as a sovereign entity. Few if any empires have ever done that. We should appreciate that tradition. And we can’t help but notice King Charles’s comment about service either. “I come to serve not to be served.” Words to lead by men. They have done it since 1066. Maybe it works.

Tesla

So with the addition of Ground Assault The Ricky Bobby has had less attendance. But not less in quality! Such as it was today as three pax gathered for F3 Tesla’s way! Looked like this:

COP/Warmup:

Out to the field, jog to the other side

SSH X 20

Jog back, 20 IWs

jog back, grass pickers X 20

jog back, Tesla stretches, Mtn. Climbers X 20

Center of the field for 4 corners:

Center: 5 burpees, mosey to corner 1

Corner 1: 10 HR merkins

Center: 5 burpees

Corner 2: 20 Jump Squats

Center: 5 burpees

Corner 3: 20 Mike Tysons

Center: 5 burpees

Corner 4: 20 big boys

Center 5 burpees

Down to the goal line for some Herb Brooks. FYI, Herb was the coach of the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team (Miracle on Ice) that was a cornerstone of my generation’s memories as I was in School at NC State then. So we did these suicide sprints in his honor which was a staple of his conditioning regimen.

25: 5 CDD, back to GL

50: 10 CDDs, back to GL

75:  15 CDDs, back to GL

100: 20 CDDs, back to GL

Over to the benches:

10 dips, stepups, dirkins

Sprint to the other side, 10 SSH

Rinse and repeat

Time for a Tesla staple, Bear Crawl Slalom!

Three across the field! All the way.

Done and pledge

NMM: Short crew but a good crew. Everyone did the work. Proud of ’em!

Prayers for our community in this very unsettling time. Guys, we are the light out there. Stand up and lead! It’s your time – right now!

Tesla Out

Maybelline with Q at The Pub.

Pledge

Diablo Sammich’er’s moseyed through Colony Woods, showing the monkey’s who was boss and discussed the toxicity of fabric softeners.  There was some sports talk as well.

Maybelline took announcements and concerns and led us out in prayer.

While at Coconut Horse on Sunday Flintstone asked me to Q at Ground Assault. Probably the easiest Q ever besides the Pub. Posted a route on Monday and showed up with 12 other men to get 1% better. 3 rucked around Belmont and 10 ran to Loftin Park and back.

Announcements:
Jane Fonda VQ at The Goat this Thursday
Wikileaks VQ at Midoriyama this Thursday PM
See Flintstone to help unload can goods 5/13
Lunch at The Lodge in Belmont 5/24 noon
Annihilation workouts 5/13 and 6/3
“Shovel Flag” handoff next week at Ground Assault

Prayers:
Virus daughter doing well
Flintstone’s parents
Jane Fonda and family
Termites youngest son

Thanks for pushing me to be better.

Gavel out.

Eleven men and a CHAMPIONSHIP BELT showed up to the greatest afternoon workout AO in the county, in the state, in the country and in the world.

All were distracted by the partially nude dude walking to the turd shack.
All listened to the tale of the failed EC at Folsom with the POKEMON guy.
All wondered about the smell from the turd shack men’s bathroom.

Disclaimer

Warmup
10 Abe Vigoda
3 Burpees
10 SSH (IC)

Leg Day
50 Calf Raises
20 Low Slow Squats

AB Fab DORA Pt 1
100 Rosalitas
200 Flutters
300 Alternate Pretzel Crunches as 4 count exercise IC (The demo was absolutely fabulous! You had to be there)

Cure for the Soccer Arms
10 Inclines IC
15 Dips IC
25 Overhead Claps
100 Cherry Pickers
100 Moroccan Night Clubs
100 Cherry Droppers
25 Overhead Claps
15 Dips IC
10 Inclines IC
22 Merkins

AB Fab DORA Pt 2
300 LBC
200 Scissor Kicks
100 Freddie Mercs

Pledge

Announcements
Time Laps at the White water Center
Bike Ride or Run in the mountains with Purple Haze

Prayers
Broke’s mom
Gumby family
Man killed at Fern Forest family and his son
Gump on his sentencing
Huck
Turtleman
Ratchet’s son
Clavin’s M
Hushpuppy
The dueling elbows (Sargento & Mayor)
Bedpan

YHC took us out. Thanks for letting me lead. It was disjointed, sweaty, haphazard with tons of friendly laughter at the old geezer. Bedpan said his abs were toasted …… and Freight did not attend.

Disclaimer:

Pledge:

Warm-Up:

Collected Timeframe

Mosey to Martha’s

The Thang:

Basically, we used some old balm and mascara cases Tube had left over and Maybelline stuffed them full of different colors and we applied them to the same pig at various locations throughout Martha’s.  Merkin/Squat/And something else over and over and over with maybe a few other variations thrown in while others ran.  Rinse and Repeat.  Funny about the rinse part, we found out that most Pax do their own laundry and there is a preference on detergents.  We got 2+ miles in.

Gain is JJ’s favorite, EZ Rider prefers flame and gasoline.

Again, I had one of the best times of my life this morning.  Mumblechatter was probably at its best at COT.

Honored to Lead

Announcements:

Mother’s Day, Sunday May 14, 2023

May 13 – Volunteer opportunity, need more sign up, should be on Slack

Annihilation Work Out:  Gashouse, May 13, JJ is the Q.  Noisy Cricket with Q at Painlab as other option

There will be a Murph workout Monday, May 29 (Memorial Day) at 7:00, look for announcements on Slack

Prayers:

Turtleman

Flinstone’s Family

Captain Stubbings 15th Wedding Anniversary (today) that he has not planned anything for.  Prayers for a 16th.

Radar’s Sister

Warm Up-Typ Stuff

Triple Nickel

Pull Ups 5

Knee Ups 5

Squats 5

Run

R&R

Decline Merkins 10

Step Ups 15

LBCs 20

Run

R&R x3

11s

Prayers-Flintstone’s Dad, Huckleberry, Radar’s Sister & Dad, Tiger’s Mom