Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

Author: Big Pappy (Page 1 of 16)

He Killed a Man With His Big Toe

It was a beautiful Folsom morning with a full moon on one side and a scenic sunrise on the other. The weather was perfect and 8 HIM’s came to put in a little work.

We went to the tennis courts and did AMRAP 6-minute sets of various exercises. These exercises were completed at the beginning of the first court and the end of the third court.

This included:

  • Squats
  • Merkins
  • Hillbillies
  • Calve Raisers
  • Imperial Walkers.

Between the courts, we would mosey down and lunge walk back.

After each set YHC read a quick story on a WWI Medal of Honor recipient.

World War I Medal of Honor recipients, citations | Medal of Honor | The United States Army

Great work by all.

Prayer requests.

  • Clutch
  • Huck
  • Hall Family
  • injured PAX
  • the unspoken prayers.

 

Big Pappy

Audie Murphy

7 Hims at Folsom ready to learn about the legend of Audie Murphy.

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Audie Murphy, Alabama War Memorial, 1968

The Thang:

8 min intervals

  • 10 Merkins mosey three courts 20 Squats back and forth until time is up.
  • 20 Squats mosey three courts 30 Hillbillies back and forth until time is up.
  • 30 Hillbillies mosey three courts 40 LBC’s back and forth until time is up.
  • 40 LBC’s mosey three courts 50 Calve Raisers’ back and forth until time is up.
  • 50 calve raiser mosey three courts 100 Merkins back and forth until time is up.

Prayer Request

  • Hall Family
  • Sarlacc Family
  • Blart Family
  • Wirenut Family
  • Balljoint
  • Huck

 

 

9/19 Folsom

Q fail – YHC forgot to do the backblast.

On this lovely morning, we whipped balls at each other in the dark and learned that Gearwrench is a professional dodgeball player.

 

 

Average Joe’s

It was a good morning at Folsom with the avoidance of a skunk we started out with a basic warm up losing up the shoulders. After the warmup it was time for the best middle school game created. Dodgeball.

We had 10 balls of 5 different colors. If you got “out” you had to perform the exercises to get back into the game.

  • Red Ball – 10 Merkins
  • Blue Ball – 50 LBC’s
  • Purple Ball – 50 Calve Raisers
  • Yellow ball – 10 Hand Release Merkins
  • Green Ball – 5 Burpees

Gearwrench was out of the gate with clever throws and insane acrobats. The HIM sacrificed his body out there. The clear MVP.

Stogie had his moment getting Gearwrench with the Burpee ball when he wasn’t looking. Gearwrench looked like Tommy from the Karate Kid when that ball from Stogie hit him.

Rob Garrison (Tommy From The Karate Kid) by Reliving My Youth | Free ...

The wise Oompa Loompa stood close to the net hiding in plain sight and getting people out left and right. We learned the Westside had no clue of the rules of dodgeball. He would slap the ball away with his hand not realizing he was out. He got the hang of it has time went on.

At halftime, we did a round Iron hulks counting up to 10 merkins. There was a nice burn in the shoulders now.

Back to the second half, Pony Boy was getting frustrated as although YHC is fat and slow, YHC does have hands.  The second half was much slower than the first. The quantity of exercises began to set in.  The burpee ball was the devil.

Once time was up, we fellowshipped back to the flag for COT and pledge.

Prayer Request

  • Hall Family
  • Huck
  • Turtleman
  • Norwood
  • Unspoken Request

 

Big Pappy

 

 

 

 

The Sword 8/21/2023

5 HIM’s at the Sword.  The verses that were spoken about was Proverbs 3:5-6. It was a great conversation by all. It went from college, to swimming, to Stogie in flip flops this morning?, to some sort of shake Wirenut puts together that would most likely give YHC a heart attack.  It was a great time by all.

Prayer Request

  • Huck
  • Turtle man
  • Norwood
  • Mayor
  • Def Leopard
  • Kids going back to school.
  • Unspoken prayers

Announcements

  • Crowders Mtn Hike next Sunday 8/27
  • The Coconut Horse Derby 9/3
  •  Convergence at The Fuse 9/4

 

 

Grateful

It was beautiful morning at Folsom where we all got a little better.  YHC gave thanks to F3 Gastonia and Folsom for providing me the ability to do things with my son that would not have been possible a few years ago.   We were able to do several hikes together seeing amazing views that I will be forever grateful to be able to experience.

The Thang

We did 4 corners.  Lunge walks and moseys between the corners.

  • First Run
    • Merkins and wide arm merkins
    • Big Boys, Merkins and wide arm merkins
    • Imperial Walkers, Big Boys, Merkins and wide arm Merkins
    • Freddy Mercuries, Imperial Walkers, Big Boys, Merkins and wide arm Merkins
  • Second Run
    • Same as the first
  • Third Run
    • LBC’s
    • LBC’s,  Moroccan Nightclubs,
    • LBC’s,  Moroccan Nightclubs,  Flutters
    • LBC’s,  Moroccan Nightclubs,  Flutters, Squats
  • Fourth Run
    • Same as the third

Prayers

  • Turtleman
  • Huck
  • Hacksaw
  • Brillo

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Psalm 34

A few HIM’s got together at put in some work rucking and running.

We read and discussed Psalm 34. It was a great way to start the week.

Prayer Requests

  • Turtleman
  • Huck
  • Brillo
  • All the kids getting ready for college or work.
  • Hacksaw

 

Old School – 3/18

A decent showing for Q vs Q Saturday. We got in 2.5 miles with many merkins, dips, step ups, derkins, and squats.

Great work was down by all and we a got a little better than the day before.

 

 

 

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