We did werk, Gearwrench wasn’t there
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Ball Joint
Month: November 2023 (Page 5 of 14)
I wanted to Q a ultimate Football game for the last couple months so I figured I could just do a whole football theme Q. It was time to give the Belt away and also it had been a while since we have done a touchdown beat down. I reached out to the current TDBD trophy holder to see is he would be willing to bring the football and pit it on the line as well. So there you have touchdown beat down for the belt and the football.
TDBD is 100 yards
Bear crawl to the 10 yard line do 10 CDDs, run to the 20 do 20 lunges, run to 30 do 30 Merkins, 40 squats, 50 lbc
Then 40 squats, 30 Merkins, 20 lunges, 10 CDDs. Then run back 100 yards and start over again. We did this for about 35 minutes .. Wichita beat everyone, Westside was just a few exercises behind him. Good job men! Then we played ultimate Football. Leppard’s Team Lost!
Syitg
Ball Joint
Some Ran some Rucked some hobbled.
We talked about the Christian Holiday of All Hallows Eve, Saints Day and all Souls day and how the secular word has turned this once Holy tridum into a time to glamorize evil/death . When we should be honoring our loved one that have gone before us.
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Old School 11/25/23
Lively group of 13 mumblechatterers. A difficult part of a Q is being sure the bat flippers get enough work to do while not killing the non-bat flippers and any newer Pax. It’s a delicate process with lots of discussion along the way. Here was my attempt.
Warmup
Seal Jacks x 10
Hillbillies x 10
Calf Raises x 10
CDD’s x 10
Low slow Squats x 10
Cotton Pickers x 10
MNC’s for a while. SA stated that the warmup was longer because the Q likely didn’t have enough Weinke so we shall see.
Mosey to Dallas Baptist Church intersection, 10 Mike Tyson’s IC called by SA.
Cross street, turn corner to Philadelphia Church Road, 10 Mike Tyson’s IC called by SA.
Cross road, go by Pelicans to Old Dallas Jail parking lot.
Partner up. Partner 1 performs the exercise written in the parking space while Partner 2 runs a lap around the outside of the parking lot. Partner 2 then performs the same exercise in that space while Partner 1 runs. Team must complete each exercise for each parking space. Bonding was accomplished. Crowd pleaser for sure!
9 Exercises are:
HR Merkins
LBC’s
Low Slow Squats
CDD’s
Flutter Kicks
Monkey Humpers
Freddie Mercuries
Toy Soldiers
Burpees
Mosey back to Pelicans intersection for 11’s starting with 10 Imperial Walker Squats (do right crunch, squat, left crunch as 1 or whatever you feel like is what really happened) run to the top of the road for Mike Tyson’s at the top. Seuss and Wiki leading the way with a big group right behind them. As seems to be increasing common these days, I was the either the six or right with the six.
Mosey back across the road to the Court House Steps for a Triple Nickel as time was running low. 5 LBFC’s, run the steps, 5 Mike Tyson’s for 5 cycles. I think we only had time for 4 sets.
No time for ABs at the Gazebo, normally an Old School tradition. Mosey back by the Dallas Fire Department and back to the start where we pledged quickly to the American Flag and Time.
At several spots I read a few quotes from Christmas movies and had the guys guess the movie name.
Movie Quotes-
1. “Surprised, Eddie?… If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn’t be more surprised.” – Christmas Vacation
2. “Merry Christmas you filthy animal.” – Home Alone 2
3. “Of course you’re not an elf. You’re 6’3″ and had a beard since you were 15.” – Elf
4. “I’m sorry, this is our family’s first kidnapping.” – Christmas Vacation
5. “My childhood was like the Shawshank Redemption, except I didn’t have some old, warm, black man to share my story with! “ – Four Christmases
6. “In The Heat Of Battle, My Father Wove A Tapestry Of Obscenity, That As Far As We Know Is Still Hanging In Space Over Lake Michigan.” – Christmas Story
7. “Boys, I don’t want to speak ill of your mother on Christmas, but she’s nothing but a common street whxxe (edited for language).” – Four Christmases
8. “Aaah! ‘Fra-GEE-Lay!’ It Must Be Italian!” – Christmas Story
9. “Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.”- It’s a Wonderful Life
10. “Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. And when he isn’t around he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?” – It’s a Wonderful Life (My absolute favorite)
I told the guys to try to be a positive influence throughout this season and to try to be mindful of many who aren’t always happy during the holidays. We each can find ways to help.
Announcements- Christmastown 5K tonight by 5:30 and we are pushing 4 chariots. I believe this is one of the best things F3 Gastonia does and certainly is one of the most fun (other than the running part).
Christmas Party 12/2 and Convergence that morning
Beer Ruck 12/9
Prayer list- Medicine Woman, Turtleman, Huck, Purple Haze’s mom, Gumby’s mom, Wirenut’s mom, Jackson Hall.
*NMM – Slaw enjoys Monkey Humpers a little too much! I thought the extra running would quieten down Wirenut but it wasn’t happening. There was a discussion about which “supplements” he may have taken. Blart was back while still suffering through plantar’s which never seems to go away and Haze has had it for seemingly all year too. Good to have Gumby back after being sick for a while. Wiki ate enough food at breakfast to feed a family. Seuss did NOT order chicken in his omelet but ate it anyway as the server wasn’t accepting any feedback today. Broke and SA discussed the joys of raising girls when breakers start flipping because excessive hair tools being used. Slaw’s brother Chili is getting up to speed pretty quickly. That makes you wonder if Chili will also pass SA soon like Slaw did! Pall Bearer is quietly killing it lately with double posts, running and rucking EC plus will still talk some smack if necessary. Freight was out but some Pax were wanting to ask him if a wooly worm was seen in Greenville, SC and if so, is that 4 more months of winter! Not sure what that means.
In SA’s effort to rejuvenate Downtown, he was kind of enough to invite me to Q. I was off today and following Thanksgiving, I thought I’d have plenty of time to plan a circus that would top any previous workout. Well, I got into the brownwater a bit yesterday and after a re-load of my MIL’s fantastic cooking, the only thing I was good for was a seat on the couch to watch football or basketball. The more I thought about it, let’s get to simple fundamentals of what I do. Here ’tis…
Warm-up – no arrows, no cadence, we’re going straight cardio for 10 minutes. 4 exercises at 20 seconds, 3 rounds, w/ 20 second rest between. We did 2 sets:
- Set 1: SSH + Mtn Climbers + Freddie Mercury + Imperial Walkers
- Set 2: Skater Jumps (new one, plus as a combo exercise drew plenty of complaints) + Iron Mike Tysons + Split Jack Toe Touch (Freight said these were Boy Band dance moves; may petition the Exicon to call these “NSyncs”) + Perfect Form Merkins
Oh – we did begin with the pledge and a brief disclaimer (you vs. you, modify if needed (there seem to be a lot of modifying and “I’m not doing…”) which is why this is a you vs. you workout).
Despite the offer of Option A to continue the cardio for another 35 minutes, it was never an option. We moseyed to Main/South for a hillish stack ’em set:
- Main/South: 10 HR Merkins, run down street to South/Franklin for 5 burpees, run up the hill
- 10 HR Merkins + 20 Parker Peters, down for burpees and back
- Stack on 30 Squats, down for burpees and back
- Stack 40 Freddie Mercury, down for burpees and back
- Stack 50 American Hammers, down for burpees and back
Light mumble chatter, mostly about Freights Ultimate Frisbee Tournament and the shenanigans that occurred, fair, not fair, teams unbalanced – the usual complaining that occurs, much to the Tournament Director’s delight. I dropped one MF’er but technically I was paraphrasing something Freight would say. Apparently there is a off market over/under on my F bombs. Sometimes the under comes through (see Iowa football this season, can’t score but can defend).
Let’s keep this train moving and head to the top of the parking deck. In my remaining time, we’ll go for 11’s. One end of the deck is Eccentric Dips – use the rail and burn your triceps. This was a crowd pleaser. Run to the other end for Derkins. Lots of modifications. I ran past 45 minutes – so sue me.
COT: Announcements – ChristmasTown 5k – show up early and meet left of the YMCA; Converngence 12/2 TFY, Christmas party that night; Beer ruck 12/9. Prayer request – Turtleman, EZ Rider’s Family, Purple Haze’s mother with a skin cancer spot. I took us out.
Thanks for the opportunity to lead. No women, no props, just a solid effort to please the Site Q. Hopefully he’ll invite me back.
Enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend. Go Pack!
Short Sale
We got after it in the gloom this AM.
WU:
- High knees, jog
- Butt kickers, jog
- A skip, jog.
WOD:
- Jog to front parking lot, 5 big boys/light pole.
- Pledge it out.
- Partner Dora: 100 thrusters, 200 HR Merkins, 300 LBC. One man did reps, the other did a lap. Switch.
- Triple nickel at horse arena: 5 split squats, up bleachers, 5 merkins.
- Had to Omaha due to time.
- On the run back for COT we legit thought Stogie had got got by the gherkin.
- Had COT once everyone was accounted for.
Happy Thanksgiving fellas! Have fun at Ultimate Frisbee. Please get the Christmas party forms and backblasts done for the year!
Fourteen men showed at The Fighting Yank on a morning so glorious it could make you believe that winter is not rolling in fast. YHC had the Q, my first Q in Gaston County, which came with multiple requests from the local HIMS for a Texas size beatdown. ( I’m sure I had those requests, multiple requests, right?).
The day started with the standard disclaimers followed by stretching and warmups, then onto Goose’s Seven Minute Hotel Room Workout, 30 seconds each of:
Side Straddle Hop
Wall Sit
Derkins
LBCs
Step Ups
Four Count Squats
Tricep Dips
Planks
High Knees
Lunges
Merkin and Rotate
Side Plank, Right Hand High
Side Plank, Left then Right Hand High
The HIMS, responding magnificently to the beginning of the workout, clamored for additional and even greater challenges:
Calf Raises
The Burpee Tree House, climbing to Nine
More Calf Raises
Climb down the Treehouse with Merkins
Hill climbs with Little Baby Arm Circles and Bobby Hurley’s and then down to the playground for one more set of the Hotel Room Workout. Sadly for all, we were now out of time.
12 HIMs arrived at the Ricky Bobby prepared to make themselves better stronger faster regardless of rain or shine. It wasn’t raining, and of course it wasn’t shining at 5:30 in the morning, but we went hard at it. The business is Beat Down and business is good.
We worked the four-step program this morning, cardio, upper body, lower body, core. Merkins, derkins, trailer park merkins (double-wide), scorpion merkins, planks, side planks, scorpion planks, triceps dips, American hammers, and a whole bunch of calf raises. I’d like to report that I pushed these men to their limits, but in fact these BOTG brought their A-Game and excelled in every way.
The BOTG this a.m. were
@Sargento
@Udder
@Nutria
@Dr Seuss
@Tesla
@Gear Wrench
@Orangeman
@Ball Joint
@Kool Aide
@Roscoe
@Buckshot
@Goose
There were a Magnificent 7 brave HIM who showed to the Storm today. There was a forecast of wet weather that kept most of the chickens away. It would be their loss. This is what happened…
Pledge of Allegiance
Warmup of Goofballs
Mosey towards the shelter for the first round of stuff.
Triple Nickle
5 lunges each leg at one end of the covered drop off area, drop for a burpee in the middle and at the other end do 5 Spatchcocks. What is the Spatchcock you ask? Show to know! Just know, when you do the Spatchcock, you have to yell Spatchcock at each rep, otherwise it doesn’t count.
Now that we’re warmed up, we headed out into the fierce drizzle for The Thang.
Hump Sprints – as per my miracle knee solution, each of my Q’s will have some version of sprinting to stay limber and strong.
The PAX would sprint from the start until reaching the road hump, do 15 Merkins, sprint, 15 merkins at the next hump, sprint, 15 merkins, sprint to the stop sign. That gets the blood pumping for sure! Easy mosey up the hill to the artwork, gather the PAX and then Nur down to the starting circle.
Rinse & repeat the sprint cycle, swapping in Plank Jacks for the hump action.
Mosey back to the covered area by the entrance for Hurricane Hoedown. Lots of flutterkick reps in this routine until we had to get back for namorama. Thanks for the opportunity to lead men! Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Prayer Requests – Turtleman, Friend of YHC from church’s niece had seizure and now in coma, Montana, Anchorman’s niece’s friend needing marrow transplant, Cherie Berry’s employee lost child, Breaker Breaker’s coworker, Breaker’s cousin with family issue, Ocho’s recent work situation, Jackson Hall
Announcements – Ultimate frisbee tomorrow, Christmastown 5k Saturday, Convergence Dec 2, Christmas Party, Beer Ruck, Beer mile
Orangeman here, writing the back blast for an early September Run/Ruck where the site Q did not assign a Q for the day. There were some runners and ruckers, the pledge was said, and YHC took us out. It was an honor to lead. -Orangeman