Month: August 2023 (Page 8 of 11)

6 was the number on a solid August morning where YHC answered Maybelline’s call for a Q, trying to get out of the Peter Parker Merkins.  We did them anyways.  Here’s what I remember:

Not sure if Maybelline knows this or not, but there are 6 days prior to Wednesday when you can find a Q for your site.  On top of that, it’s also possible to line Qs up weeks ahead of time.  Also, contrary to popular belief, it is possible to get a Q without using Slack.  Every AO has regulars, and every AO has regulars that don’t Q often.  Just ask one of them.  Use words and a conversation if you’d like.

Anywho, YHC picked up the Q, as being back in run season has cut down on my bootcamps lately.  Glad to get back on the bike.  Had some ideas, confirmed with Maybelline, and came ready to fire.

Except for the warmup.  YHC farmed that out.  Who cares about a warmup?  Each PAX called an exercise and then we ran out.  Went something like this…

The Thang:

• 10 x SSH (IC – Captain Stubing)
• 10 x Gravel Pickers (IC – JJ)
• 15 x Squats (OYO – Winehouse)
• 10 x Hillbillies (IC – Clutch)
• 10 x Peter Parker Merkins (IC – Guess Who?)

You lose friends calling Peter Parker Merkins, Maybelline.

Off we go to Martha’s, stopping at the entrance for:

• 10 x Burpees (OYO)

Looking for flat ground.  Found it.

• 10 x Crunchy Frogs (IC)
• 20 x Freddie Mercuries (IC)
• 30 x Flutter Kicks (IC)

Down to the playground

• 10 x Burpees (OYO)

Next we headed into the playground, which means one thing… pull-ups.  Start with 6 pull-ups and 6 big boys, and work your way down to 1. 21 of each total doesn’t seem like a lot, but when we don’t do them often, you can definitely feel it, especially the day after.

Head into the center of the Labyrinth where we would get in another round of:

• 10 x Crunchy Frogs (IC)
• 20 x Freddie Mercuries (IC)
• 30 x Flutter Kicks (IC)

Next, we’d use the spokes on the Labyrinth to put in work.  Run to the end, do something, run back, do the same thing in the middle each time.  Looked like this…

Spoke 1:

• 40 x Monkey Humpers (OYO)

Center:

• 10 x Perfect Form Merkins (OYO)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches L (OYO)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches R (OYO)

Spoke 2:

• 30 x Merkins (OYO)

Center:

• 10 x Perfect Form Merkins (OYO)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches L (OYO)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches R (OYO)

Spoke 3:

• 20 x Jungle Boy Squats (OYO)

Center:

• 10 x Perfect Form Merkins (OYO)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches L (OYO)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches R (OYO)

For the last round, we do all 3, tracing the outside route:

• 40 x Monkey Humpers (OYO)
• 30 x Merkins (OYO)
• 20 x Jungle Boy Squats (OYO)

No time to head back to the center, so we headed back to the flag instead.

With time left on the clock, we got in 1 more set of each:

• 10 x Crunchy Frogs (IC)
• 20 x Freddie Mercuries (IC)
• 30 x Flutter Kicks (IC)
• 10 x Perfect Form Merkins (OYO)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches L (OYO)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches R (OYO)

And that was all we had time for.  Everyone got their money’s worth.  Effects lingered on afterwards, which is a good sign.  Satisfied customers all around.

Good to be out at Martha’s on a Wednesday.  Good to see a group of regulars forming too.  As much as we give Maybelline a hard time for just about everything, he’s committed and doing right by his AO.  Give him a hand and grab a Q out there sometime and save the regulars from Peter Parker Merkins.

Also, this doesn’t need to be said, but JJ is a monster.  He rolled in looking and sounding like death, but just won’t give a mental foothold to the fartsack.  We win the day when we have our “C” level stuff and show up and put in solid work anyways.  No excuses.

Grateful for another opportunity to lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo

On Saturday morning, Stroganoff sent out an emergency text to the Coconut Horse regulars. He needed someone to cover his Q as he’d caught bronchitis during his vacation and wasn’t feeling up to it. After some friendly teasing and comments, a few guys stepped up to help out.

Two plus Scrat rucked, while eight others went for a run. Gastone’s 2.0, Chuck Norris, joined in and easily kept up with the group during their 5-mile run.

During the QSource session, the focus was on Chapter 7 of The Wisdom of the Bullfrog. This chapter talked about the importance of promoting a culture of action, valuing enthusiasm over inaction, and giving credit to those who try to solve problems on their own.

Announcements:

• Convergence on Labor Day at 7am – CaroMont Health Park – all other AOs closed
• PT Tests on the calendar
• Coconut Derby August 27 – pre-blast to follow
• Lunch Wednesday at Pita Wheel Dallas

Prayer request:

• Norwood
• Turtleman
• Mayor
• School starting

With Round 2 of the PT tests coming up, YHC thought it might be a good time for a Q focused on form. After a warmup we moseyed to the block pile and partnered up. One partner rifle carries the block while the other does 3 Mike Tyson’s then runs to catch up. Switch out and continue in this manner back through the start and up to the tennis courts. We discussed the proper form for multiple exercises and explained The Thang. One partner does max reps in 2 minutes while the other checks form and counts reps. Suicides were done using the courts for 3 minutes. Here’s how it went:

Suicides

HR Merkins

Big Boys

Suicides

Curls

Squats

Suicides

OH Press

Windshield Wipers

Suicides

Tricep Extensions

YHC had a little more planned, but we were short on time and the natives were restless. Rifle carry the blocks back and head to the start for COT.

It seemed like the form was pretty good overall and the PAX pushed out a ton of reps. Wichita led the way with the most reps on most of the exercises with Roscoe and The Canoe also standing out. SA was partnered with Gear Wrench and I believe he made him quit a few exercises with time remaining due to his constant critique of the form. Not sure if it was warranted or if SA was just being SA.

Announcements

F3 Dads next week at Folsom

2nd F lunch Wed

Hike 8/27

Coconut Derby 9/3

Convergence 9/4 at Fuse

Pray for Huck, Turtleman, Hacksaw, Westside family, Brillo, Sgt. Porkchop, Mayor, Nuthin

SA took us out.
I’m Broke

It was super foggy in some parts of the land this gloom. Only 3 HIM were able to find their way to Old School. Those studs got after it and then some. This is what happened…

Warm up: Merkins and Goofballs

Pick up your bricks and mosey toward the courthouse square with alternating normal and hallelujah moseying.

Once we arrived at the square, YHC reminded the HIM that football was about to start. It’s an exciting time of year and to commemorate the occasion, we noted some statistics.

Defense

Four Corner Escalator:

4 Players led the NFL with 6 interceptions last year. We did 6 brickees at each corner.

Nick Bosa led the NFL with 18.5 sacks so we did 18.5 Merkins at the 2nd corner but Omaha’s like Payton Manning to squats for the last 2 corners.

Foyesade Oluokun led the NFL with 184 tackles so we split it up and did 84 brick presses at the last 2 corners and then 100 flutterkicks at the last one.

Offense

Dora 128, 340, 435

Since there were only three of us one man worked while the others ran around the courthouse. Last year leading receiver Justin Jefferson had 128 receptions, leading rusher Josh Jacobs had 340 carries and leading passer Patick Mahomes completed 435 passes. We did

• 128 CDDs
• 340 LBCs
• 435 Moroccan Night Clubs

Next we went back out to the sidewalk to recognize the 5250 yards Patrick Mahomes passed for by doing 52 side steps in one direction and then 50 the other direction. This didn’t get us around the block far enough so we then did lunges and reverse lunges to get back to where we started. Dr Seuss even heckled us as he drove by to feed at the trough known as Time Out. We did Giraffe stretches in honor of his recognition of us.

Time was getting short so we headed back to the start and we made it just in time to get the last couple things done on the ole weinke.

Josh Jacobs ran for 1653 yards so we did 16 big boys and 53 curls of your preferred style. YHC mixed his up.

Justin Jefferson had 1809 yards receiving so we did 18 shoulder taps each side and 9 lunges each side.

We did LBC for over a minute to finish up until time. Whew!!!

Thanks for the opportunity to lead men. This group was small but that’s ok. Just like most of us have found, when there are only a few of us there, those can be some of the best times to connect and get to know guys better. And it’s that much more important that we post because we don’t want to be the one to not be there for our brothers. What if no one showed and the person who committed time to lead the workout was alone? Get out of the fartsack! Put your feet on the floor and post! AYE!!!

Announcements: 2nd F lunch Wednesday at Belmont Pita Wheel, Labor Day convergence, Coconut Derby, Peak to Peak hike

Prayer requests: Turtleman, Norwood, Pocket’s dad, Hacksaw, Westside’s family on passing of his grandmother, Queso and others going to college, Sarlacc’s family on passing of M-in-law

I’ve been trying to get Sister Act to Q the GasHouse for the past few months. Dude’s really busy either going to the beach, working, or making excuses. I get his trepidation. The last time he co-q’ed, he went down in a heap of flames in the first round of Q vs. Q. Tentatively mark your calendars for Saturday, September 16th for the Redemption Tour (probably in pencil rather than pen for the time being). Once that was settled, I get the unexpected text saying “gonna make an appearance at Snooze tomorrow.” Wow, this is a surprise. SA has a doctor’s appointment for an MRI to finally get a look at that left knee. As I am building out my Weinke, I text SA if his knee can manage some squats or lower body work? A quick response: “I can handle what you got!” Why should I have expected diffrent? SA will figure out how to crawl at a 9 minute pace before he gives up. Keep on keeping on brother. I also learn another bat flipper is anticipated as Ball Joint desired some prep-work for his tri-athlon. Since I was the Q, I now had to plan a little more for the workout than I expected. TBH, I’d not really thought about until that point. Here is how it went down.

Warm-up (hey Def Leppard, I got there at 0738):

• Good Mornings SC x 10, SSH IC x 10, Imperial Walker Squat OYO x 10, Toy Soldier IC x 10, Side to Side Lunge IC x 10, 5 burpees OYO

Linus still has my shovel flag, so we had to mosey to the McAdenville Town Hall to get the pledge. We continued north up Main Street to reach the front of the YMCA, site of the Christmas Town 5k. Recall there are about 2.5′ brick walls that are about 20 yards apart. We’ll begin with 11’s: 10 Mike Tysons, bear crawl the 20 yards to then do 1 dirty hook-up. Jog back to the other side.  This was a shoulder burner. Thang #2 kept us in the same spot for the Triple Nickel: use the ledge for 5 derkins, run across and do 5 box jumps (or step ups); do it 5 times. Fellowship mosey to the back side with the concrete stands and the soccer field. We partnered up for a work and run thing. 2 PAX used the steps for 4 rounds:

• AMRAP: 5 Bulgarian Squats left, 5 right; flapjack
• AMRAP: Dips; flapjack
• AMRAP: Derkins; flapjack
• AMRAP: Decline Peter Parkers

My feet got wet on the dewy soccer field. That doesn’t sound manly but I don’t care – we moved to a paved parking lot on the back street behind the Main Street restaurants (former site of the Def Leppard party supplies; aka: the State Credit Union ATM). We ran a stacked 4 corners: building with 5 burpees + 10 Jump Squats + 20 Merkins + 40 Mtn Climbers. We had 5 minutes left, so moseyed back to the firepit for a little Mary. I introduced the bicycle pretzel crunch – it’s awesome.

COT: Announcements: 2nd F Lunch next Wed, Crowders Hike, Flintstone Belt derby, Convergence, F3 Dads 8/19 @ Folsom, JJ 5k will be 9/30. Prayers: Turtleman’s CarT treatment going on this week for another few days, Mayor’s knee surgery (today), triathlon participants (especially when Slaw is swimming), Def Leppard on the IR, SA’s MRA for knee. I’m sure there were others – consider your brothers in prayer – it’s helpful.

Snooze is winding down. We had the A-team this morning with SA, Balljoint, and Broker. No disclaimer required – just solid work, which I think they got their money’s worth. Seems the regulars are tapering at this point – which is the point of this summer time workout. School begins next week and Nutria has the Q (as of this moment, check the schedule). Judging by the traffic in McAdenville that gets pretty busy between 7 and 7:30, I imagine next week could be crazy with school going too. We’ll assess the situation and make a decision if we’ll finish the month or pull the plug early. SA and Balljoint were curious to see how Snooze worked. If you have some extra time on a Friday morning, stop by at 0645 to see what this AO has to offer before it ends.

First Q since my son was born in late November so took some inspiration from how he is getting around.

Warm Up: 2 laps around the parking lot, SSH, Hillbillys, Imperial Walkers, Touch the toes

Thang: Lunge Walk across the parking spaces: 15 squats, 20 merkins, 30 lbcs lunge, back x3

Stetson Inspired: Bear Crawl: 20 CDDS, 20 mike tysons, 20 superman, bear crawl back x3

40 rocky balboas, 20 v ups run to other side of parking lot X3

The end

Prayers, Norwoods Surgery, School teachers, staff, and students starting back, Pilleager’s friends sister starting chemo for breast cancer