We rucked Gastone’s Hill. Twice. With some dying cockroaches and other assorted prizes.
Month: January 2024 (Page 4 of 12)
You’ll have to wait until the end for the explanation. The lead-up to that realization went something like this…
Showed up to Pelican’s to find several vehicles in the parking lot and a scene that could be truly called “the gloom”.
0530 so let’s go. Quick disclaimer.
The Pledge
Warm-up
SSH IC x 17
Needed some help getting moving so a lap around Pelican’s.
Merkins x 17
Another lap around the building
LBCs IC x 17 (these were popular given the cold wet pavement)
Another lap around the building
Imperial Walkers IC x 17
Another lap around the building with a mosey continuing down the street towards Gastone’s Hill.
Stop at the Family Medicine building parking lot for a round of Elevens
10 Mike Tysons and 1 Jump Squat
You know the deal… Repeat until 1 Mike Tyson and 10 Jump Squats
Mosey to Gastone’s Hill. And then up Gastone’s Hill. And then down Gastone’s Hill.
Next round up the hill was Route 66 with Merkins stopping at each mailbox.
At the top, Flutter Kicks IC x 17. Crunchy Frogs IC x 7. LBCs IC x 10. (or something like this…)
Mosey back down the hill. Back towards the flag, but more Route 66 with stops at the light posts and Squats.
With time remaining and no desire to do Mary on the wet pavement to close, we moseyed to the mini-wall for Mary on the Wall.
Step-Ups – 10 each leg
Dips IC x 10
Derkins x 7 (once again, counts are estimated based on memory)
Mosey to the flag.
Annoucements
Night to Shine 2/9 (See Maybelline for details)
Folsom Winter Nationals – Convergence 2/10
Prayer Requests
Mason and Cherry families
EZ Rider’s Mother-in-law’s sister passed away
Member of EZ Rider’s Father-in-law’s church
Prayer to take us out…
So you may be wondering how it was determined that Strava is a female. About half-way through the workout, I noticed my watch was not tracking my distance. This happens about 4-5 times a year when it doesn’t pick up the GPS signal before starting the workout even though it says it has picked it up (That’s not how we know Strava’s a female). When the workout was over, I ended the workout on my watch but got the message, “Strava needs a longer activity to upload. Do you want to discard this one?” I read that message out loud to which one of the PAX responded, “That’s what she said.” My activity was inadequate for Strava. Public embarrassment. Hate to see it. Guess we’ll try again next time…
Eight HIMs showed to The Ricky Bobby this morning and their fortitude was rewarded with the warmest temperatures in weeks and a perfectly-timed break in the rain, resulting in near-balmy workout weather with a light fog producing a nearly perfect GLOOM. Let me tell you, if you fartsacked, you missed a fine BOTG morning.
Following classic warmups, we crossed the street and ran the Merkin Escalator up and down Winder Trail. One, then Two, then Three Merkins at each driveway all the way to the T at eleven Merkins. Turn around and return doing Squats for the Escalator down. A second round of Merkins up and Lunges back down, of course each time stopping at Sargento’s house to show our respects. A few core exercises and Suicides back at The Bobby and we were out.
Orangeman asked for TAPs for his friend Devereaux battling cancer. We also keep Bubba Sparxxx and Montana in mind as they recover from their surgeries. Additionally, Winter Nationals will be coming up in February, keep an ear out for more information as all AOs will be closed that day.
Attendees were
Hunchback
Buckshot
Orangeman
Cheesesteak
Stagecoach
Koolaide
Tesla
Goose
temp was good at 44
but a light rain constantly.
Great group this morning.
SYITG
Bedpan
Sometimes workouts fly by, other times like this day, it seems like time stands still. We kept moving, and there was plenty of mumble chatter. Could have been that extra 15 minutes compared to a weekday workout… regardless, it went something like this.
0700 hit so it was time to go. Quick disclaimer
The Pledge
Warm-up
SSH IC x 15
Merkins IC x 15
LBCs IC x 15
Imperial Walkers IC x 15
Bootcampers took off while the Pain Labbers stayed with Linus.
Mosey to the circle in front of 1st Pres for what I called a variant of Triple Nickel which confused everyone because it wasn’t the traditional Triple Nickel.
5 exercises, 5 count of each, then a lap, 5 times (see that’s sort of a Triple Nickel).
We did BLIMPs so the PAX said it was BLIMPs not Triple Nickel (YHC was the Q so it could be both)
Burpees
LBCs
Imperial Walkers
Merkins
Peter Parkers
Mosey to the top of the steps. The news had just come out that Sports Illustrated would be no more. My childhood and teenage years consisted of reading SI cover to cover each week when it came in the mailbox. So in memorial, we’d run some partner cover to covers.
Under the Cover at The Pad, Partner 1 would AMRAP an exercise. Partner 2 would mosey to the cover at the lower entrance and back. Then, Partner 1 would run and Partner 2 would exercise
First round consisted of Merkins, Reverse Crunches, and Squats
Second round was PAX choice and consisted of Mtn Climbers, Somethings, and (I believe) Flutter Kicks
Mosey to the bottom of the parking lot near the ballfield. Four Core-ner time…
Corner 1 – 10 Crunchy Frogs
Corner 2 – 10 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercuries
Corner 3 – 10 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercuries, 30 LBCs
Corner 4 – 10 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercuries, 30 LBCs, 40 Flutter Kicks
De-escalate and unstack
Corner 3 – 10 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercuries, 30 LBCs
Corner 2 – 10 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercuries
Corner 1 – 10 Crunchy Frogs
Mosey to the small parking lot next to the church for “Real Triple Nickels”
Round 1 – 5 Dips on 1 side, mosey to other side for 5 Derkins, repeat 5 times
Round 2 – 5 Calf Raises on 1 side, mosey to the other side for 5 Hip Slappers
With time still remaining, mosey to the Shiele for Wall Sits.
Air Presses IC x 10
March in Place IC x 10
Mosey to the flag in time for Stroganoff to call Flutter Kicks. Finally, the bell.
Announcements
It was the last day to sign up for Pushin’ Rocks Challenge
Prayer Requests
Turtleman
COT was short because the princesses were cold.
Prayer to take us out.
Until next time…
11 HIM strong for a Simple Morning Grinder of a workout at Folsom this AM. 1 showed up for just the warmup. I was on my typical Wirenut Time as usual. Luckily Pony Boy is use to it and got to the warmup for me. The guys saw me coming in hot behind our friendly neighborhood Pokémon Go Guy and with no time to spare and no good parking spot due to more construction vehicles at the park again I ran the ol’ F1fiddy ashore at the tennis court fence. Once out of the truck I picked up the remainder of the warmup and then we moseyed over across park for the workout.
The Thang
- 5 Burpee Buy In
- Merkins
- Squats
- LBCs
- 5 Burpee Cash Out
- Run 1 Lap
Round 1 was 50 reps each and we dropped 10 reps each round until we were down to 10on the final round. Burpees and running stayed the same each round. If you finished early enough you picked someone up for their final rounds. Once finished we had a few minutes left so we headed over to the soccer fields for couple of rounds of partner work followed by ten more Burpees. We then moseyed back to The Flag stopping another time for 5 more Burpees and that was TIME.
Pledge, Announcements, Praise & Prayers
Thanks For The Save Pony Boy.
I’m not going to sugarcoat, fluff up, or describe my workout in too much detail here on this platform today. It was a pretty simple rack’em – stack’em at the soccer fields. We finished up in a decent amount of time so then we unstacked it all. We ran over to the hill did a round of tripple nickel then headed back and got in a few rounds of sprints to finish things off. We Said the Pledge got in our Prayer Requests and Announcements and we were finished. Thanks to all who showed up today.
Workout speech done.
I’m going to now use my platform to speak up about a new project I’m working on that focuses on Missing PAX, PAX Abduction and PAX Trafficking Etc… My first subject of interest is Slaw. Have you or anyone you know seen him since the Christmas Dinner. He’s the site Q at the Premier Afternoon AO in the Gastonia Region where are you. I like Defib earlier in the week received a proof of life phone call. While on my way to Madoriama this week I received said phone call with a very familiar voice that sounded like Slaw but it could have been AI generated. I say that because the first thing he says is he hates it but he was going to miss my Q this week. Now I don’t know if he really hates it or not because he’s been MIA for so long. But it was the second thing he said that sent the red flags a flying. This person supposedly Slaw said he was on a conference call and he’d be working over. Not that I don’t believe he’s on a conference call because that’s all DE employees seem to do most of the time these days. It was the working over part that made me suspicious because we all know Slaw don’t work. He self admittedly watches YouTube all damn day. So this really has me confused and concerned for his physical safety and wellbeing. I’m not so much concerned with his mental stability though as we all know he’s already a head case. I’m looking at getting John Walsh to head up this project with me. By all means if you have any other information that would help with the successful recovery of this PAX or any other missing PAX from this region please reach out to us at 1(888) SLAW BAG we promise that we’ll follow up on all leads and you can remain anonymous if you feel that it would be beneficial for you and your AO.
That’s All For Now
Wirenut – CEO and Sr. Operator of The PAX Retrieval Firm
5 PAX Braved the cold temps and icy terrain at Life Church. Mosey the long way around the parking lot to back of Church
COP – IC
SSH, LSSQ, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Willie Mays De Hays, Mountain Climbers, Calf Stretches and a brief Broga Session
The Thang:
Half mile Catch Me If You Can around parking lot with timer completing 5 Hand Release Merkins. Rifle carry block.
Line up at the end of parking lot side by side for Gassers. The timer ran down/back X2 and called out the exercise for the other PAX to complete before he started running. Completed 3 Rounds
Half mile Quick 6 around the parking lot to the back of Church while Rifle Carrying block.
Completed Pinocchio to the tune of Black Betty. All PAX on their backs shoulder to shoulder and passed around 50lb sandbag clockwise and counterclockwise staying active with Flutters and Freddie Mercury while bag is being handed from PAX to PAX
Hustled back to the blocks for a round of Irkins and Squats to the tune of Bring Sally Up/Down
Stack blocks back up and all you got to the Flag for a round of Cheddar Shredder
COT
Announcements included new date for Rice and Beans and Cherie Berry has a VQ coming up next Monday! CSAUP in Mint Hill Feb 17th to honor a fallen F3 brother Gremlin. Contact me for details.
Prayed out and as always, it’s a pleasure to lead Gentlemen!
Disclaimer:
Pledge:
Cold, off to Martha’s.
In between about 2.5 miles we:
Curled/O/H Press/Squat/Blockie/maybe something else with cinder blocks. Multiple, multiple rounds.
Modified Partner Triple Nickel:
Dips on side 1, 5 booyah merkins in the middle, block curls on side 2. 5/5/5
4 corners:
10/20/30/40
Merkins/Heel Raises/Squats/Flutters
(above modified for time)
Super duper shortest stent of Mary in F3 history.
Blocks back to Pelicans.
Time:
Announcements:
Convergence 2/10 Folsom Winternationals
Prayers:
Mason and Cherry families
Honored
Linus
We say all the time that you’re not only posting for yourself, but to also be there for the man beside you. At Crossroads on Sunday, this principal was in full effect. On the eve before what was projected to be a morning in the low teens, Mayor reached out on Slack for a “pacer” for his training run. He had two PAX hard commit to being there for him and both helped him achieve his goal. That’s some HIM stuff. Shout out to Bedpan and Wojo for the strong work and leadership by example. Freight also had a run goal he had to meet, but he took off so fast that nobody could catch up to him and pace him. He smoked his goal as well.
11 PAX in total for a cold run and a Qsource discussion on Language.
Prayers for Sarlaac, Turtleman, Luke Newsome, Gumby, Gumby’s neighbor, Wojo’s dad, Bubba Sparxx, Ball Joint, Seuss’ dad, Bedpan co-worker. Praise for family of Mayor’s co worker who got good test results
YHC took us out
I’m Broke