Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

Day: June 12, 2023

Once a Year

YHC woke up this morning to the sound of rain and knew immediately there was no chance that Short Sale would brave the elements and leave the fartsack to splash in the Gloom.  There were 4 of us at Mount Hollywood that did, however, and we got our money’s worth.  Here’s what I remember:

Adjusted the Weinke this morning, but the other one would’ve been a good one too.  Next time, Mt. Holly.

The Thang

  • 10 x SSH (IC)
  • 10 x Don Quixotes (IC)
  • 10 x Hillbilly Walkers (IC)
  • Calf Stretch from Plank
  • Tesla Stretches

Front of the Middle School

Lindsays

  • 30 x Merkins / 10 x Dwight Howards
  • 25 x Merkins / 15 x Dwight Howards
  • Break (because Q forgot the order of his last-minute Weinke)
    • 10 x Hip Slappers (IC)
    • 1-minute Wall Sit
  • 20 x Merkins / 20 x Dwight Howards
  • 15 x Merkins / 25 x Dwight Howards
  • 10 x Merkins / 30 x Dwight Howards

Not a lot of 10 counts today though, we pushed through the work here.  Quick! Before we go!

  • 10 x Hip Slappers (IC)

Rain’s lighter.  Still soggy.  Next up Ida Rankin.  Pro tip from the aforementioned fartsacker about using Ida Rankin in the rain.  Worked like a charm.

Started with what was supposed to be the first round of Mary, and was supposed to be back at the Middle School, but anyways, we did it once at least:

  • 10 x Slow Dying Cockroaches (IC)
  • Hammer Hold (American Hammers w/no hammer – Count down from 25)
  • 10 x Slow Flutter Kicks (IC)

Then onto a dirty set of 11s, running “from the windows to the wall”

  • 1 x Burpee at the wall
  • 10 x Bonnie Blairs (Left & Right together equal 1 rep) at the window
  • In the middle
    • Wall to Window – Always 10 x Gorilla Humpers
    • Window to Wall – Always 10 x Double Crunches

Counting.  Quiet.  Pillager brought the dad jokes.  Lots of work, but a time eater, and we haven’t even had the chance to run long and fast yet.  With this group, that was a must.  We were inside of 10 minutes, but the rain backed off and it was time to go.

  • Run to Oakland (couldn’t push to Main with the time crunch)
    • 15 x Jungle Boy Squats
  • Run to Catawba
    • 15 x Jungle Boy Squats
  • Run to Hawthorne
    • 16 x Jungle Boy Squats (Pillager’s request)

Cars were showing up on their way to work.  We managed a little frogger to make it back to the parking lot, with less than a minute to spare.  Time to sit in a puddle.

  • 30 second Hammer Hold

And that was that.

Announcements:

  • Thunder tomorrow @ The Storm & Bulldog
  • Annihilation – June 24th w/SA @ Old School
  • Yank on July 4th with Tesla @ 0700

Prayer Requests:

  • Norwood
  • Pillager’s buddy in Omaha – F3 “Bobcat”

Moleskin:

As often as I’ve Q’d, I’ve never Q’d at Mt. Hollywood.  I guess that leaves Prison Break, Crossroads, and Old School as the only AOs left where I haven’t Q’d.  I guess I should try to complete my bingo card by the end of 2023.

This was only my 3rd time even posting at Mt. Hollywood, but I knew that I had to bring it.  The guys that post out there are a solid bunch.  In hindsight, there weren’t a lot of breaks out there.  We jumped a lot.  Could feel it some on the Bonnie Blairs, but could really feel it on those Jungle Boys at the end.    By the last run, I could tell we’d all been a bit smoked, which doesn’t always happen on a rainy day Q.

After it was all over with, Blueprint mentioned that he’d been posting for a year, and it’d never rained at Mount Hollywood.  Glad to be the one to bring the rain.  Also glad to stash Weinke #1 in my back pocket for the next time.

Had a blast today.  Will do it again with them boys soon.  Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo

Annihilation at The Yank

The clock struck 7:00 a.m..  We moseyed down to the pavilion in the park to warm up.

Warmup:

15 SSH IC

15 Imperial Walkers IC

10 Merkins IC

10 Lunges IC count 1 leg

We then moseyed up the path to the picnic table shelter.  Here we did 3 sets of the following exercises before moseying down the path and back up to repeat exercises.

10, 15, 20 of

Step Ups

Durkins

Glute Bridge.

Moseyed around the track where the future of FIA women were gathering to start their workout.  Stopped at the side walk behind the old middle school.  There we did the following mixture of exercises, each for 1 minute.

Jump Twist on the curb

Shoulder Tap, Merkin to Downward Dog

Broad Jump Twist

Push up alternating toe touch

Next up we did 2 rounds of 1 minute Wall Sit and Plank.

Moseyed to the front of the middle school where we used the side walk to do the following excercise at opposite corners

Corner 1 30 SSH, 20 Squats, 10 Merkins

Corner 2  30 Mtn Climbers, 20 Lunges, 10 Merkins

Corner 3 30 Monkey Humpers, 20 Slow Flutters, 10 Merkins

Corner 4 30 Freddie Mercuries, 20 Plank Jacks, 10 Merkins

With that work finished we moved on to Jack Webbs.  Once complete we moved on to same format as Jack Webbs, but with Squats and pulsing Squats.  Time running low we moseyed back to The Yank and finished with rounds of Mary. 8:00 a.m.

Pledge

Annoucements and Prayer Request

I took us out with a prayer.

We named our FNG.  Welcome Objection.

Thank you for the opportunity to lead. SYITG

 

The Yank PT test

Flintstone has really been putting us through the ringer so far this year and we all appreciate it. 5 PAX joined YHC for the classic PT test, 1 came and walked due to his rehab, and we had one from F3 Mebane show not knowing what he was about to get into. It was great to see Norwood and get an update from him, keep the prayers coming for him and his family.

Mosey to shelter for warmup stretches.

Mosey to track to start the test. Everyone finished and we had time for some Mary. We all know where we go from here so get right and we will do this again in the fall.

Pledge

Announcements:

Dads workout at the Yank 6-17 at 0700
Lunch June 21 at noon Logan’s
July 4th bootcamp at the Yank Tesla Q 0700

Prayers:
Norwood surgery in July
Gator moving to GA
Sargento doctor appointment Wednesday, hope to get cleared

YHC prayed us out.

Benevolent Q

As the garage door opened, YHC was excited with anticipation.  With Weinke in hand, phone, keys, water, towels, and shoes, YHC spotted a wet driveway.  Who knew it was going to rain?  Immediately install shoes onto feet and head out to the sandlot for a wet beatdown.

It was a good crew this morning.  Stroganoff got in some EC mosey mile in the rain and Whoopee, VERY FRESH from an exotic vacation, had lots of big Whoopee energy this morning.
As the clock struck 0530, the Q called a mosey and off we went down Union to the Vet clinic.  We circled up for a warm up and disclaimer.   The PAX probably figured we would go under the covered porch for the warmup but we did not.   Whoopee then proceeded to roll around on the wet pavement like a baby seal out of water.  He loves to frolic about in the rain.  It does lift others spirits to see him so full of glee as he stomps in EVERY PUDDLE HE GETS NEAR!

Next we moseyed to the SECU down the street.  There was almost a challenge to go all the way to the waffle house.  One of the main reasons I don’t have apple pay on my phone is to avoid impulsive decisions to go eat breakfast instead of working out.  Since I didn’t have any cash or wallet, we took to the shelter provided by the drive through lanes and continued the workout.

We performed burpees, jump squats, Big boi’s, and oblique crunches.

Next we called for a daily dose of what you should do everyday.  One minute of Plank, Catcher’s pose, and wall sit.

THE THANG:

Partner up for max reps until failure.  Merkins (take a lap)     Squats (take a lap)      LBC’s   (take a lap)

YHC asked Winehouse if he wanted to do another round or pivot back to the daily dose of what you should do everyday.  He chose another round.  The Q allowed for input from the PAX and therefore declared himself benevolent.

Another round of  Merkins (take a lap)     Squats (take a lap)      LBC’s   (take a lap)  I must say Whoopee and Amazon can do some squats.  The second round was harder as the muscles were getting fatigued.

We went back to the daily dose but this time we did two minutes of plank, Catcher’s Pose, and wall sits while discussing gratitude.  Lots of great points this morning, none better than Whoopee’s.

During the two minute wall sits we did some shoulder raises and air punches before heading back the way we came.  We stopped at another bank for some bear crawls before concluding the workout in the catcher’s pose.

Pledge of Allegiance

Announcements:  F3 DAD’s at the Yank this Saturday the 17th!!!!!   Bring your 2.0’s or just yourself and have some fun with the kids!

2nd F Lunch at Logan’s roadhouse June 21st

Prayer requests:     JJ’s 2.0 travelling today

Stroganoff’s MIL,

YHC’s Uncle

JJ’s church member Joann undergoing cancer surgery

 

Pick up Yourself

Four runners and three ruckers left the Gloom to go their separate ways running or rucking and all ended up where we started.  The Q hung tough until the end of the gut check and then picked himself up the last mile as he watched the others accelerate to the finish line.

Five miles for runners, 5k for ruckers (all distances are approximate)

 

Announcements:   F3 DAD’s at the Yank this Saturday the 17th at 0700!!!!!

 

Second F Lunch at Logan’s Roadhouse on June 21st

Prayer requests:

JJ’s 2.0 travelling to Europe

Stroganoff’s MIL’s health journey

YHC’s Uncle recovering from fall

 

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