Author: Bubba Sparxxx (Page 3 of 8)

It was a great day for doing dumb stuff, and dumb stuff was done.

12 PAX for BootCamp, 3 PAX Rucked

WARM-UP————————
Good-Morning Burpees (Alarm Clock w/ one burpee)
SSH
Air Presses
Slow & Low Squats, in cadence
Plank, in cadence
Low Plank, Saw

THE THANG———————–
Mosey with Blocks, swap with another PAX
Wall Sit at Belmont Specialty
Mosey with Blocks, swap with another PAX

At the pavilion:
Burpees, in cadence (6-count)
Ski Abs, in cadence, (4-count)
Carry blocks up hill, other PAX lunged up hill

On the field at the old Middle School for:

The Dumb-o-Lympics !

Relay Races!
-3 teams of 4 PAX each
-Out to the cone and back (~30yds per each PAX)   One PAX goes, the other 3 PAX do Side-Straddle-Hops while they wait for their turn

Relay Race #1———
“The Animals” Integrated Medley Relay
-BearCrawl, FrogJump, BunnyHop, CrabWalk

Races #2, #3, and #4——-
-Repeat above Relay Race, rotating exercises thru the team members

Relay Race #5——-
-Overhead Rifle Carry Relay

Relay Race #6——–
-Murder Bunny Relay

Mosey with the blocks

Team Mission Race #1——-
(2 Teams of 6 PAX each)
Get you team’s pile of heavy crap (Blocks and Logs) down the full length of the field and back.
~10 seconds to figure out your team’s plan, then
On your mark, set, GO!

Team Mission Race #2——-
(2 Teams of 6 PAX each)
Teams switch to the other, different pile of heavy crap
~10 seconds to figure out your team’s plan, then,
On your mark, set, GO!

Team Mission Race #3——–
(2 Teams of 6 PAX each)
Instructions: Full team must go down the full length of the field and back. Two PAX must be off the ground at all times.
~10 seconds to figure out your team’s plan, then
On your mark, set, GO!

Race “Double Applesauce”:  Two teams of 6 PAX race each other, Indian-Run style, around the track

Block carry back to StartEx

Mary and her Ab work—-
Crunchy Frogs
American Hammers
Mountain-Climbers
Six-Shooters

Time!

COT————————————-ANNOUNCEMENTS——————
Extinction Run – March 4

Folsom Winter Nationals  Feb 11th

QSource @ Members-Only – Topic – Leadership Development Process

Members Only – 6:15am ruck, Run 6:30am, QSource 7:25-ish to 8am

TAPs (Thoughts and Prayers), Gratitude——
Breaker – job offer for daughter in law
BOS got a job offer
Orangemen friend dealing health issues
Watts Up – niece ovary issue
Tiger’s Mom. Growth on kidney
Jane Fonda, ex-M
Tesla, ex-M
Tooth Fairy’ daughter
Bubba Sparxxx’  grandmother and parents.
Coffeteria today

Glad to lead today.

Hope you got the work you were looking for, and had some fun!

-Bubba Sparxxx

WarmUp

Dora

100- Merkin Roll-into Big Boy (The Enchilada?)

200 – SSH

300 Squat Thrusters

Partner Exercises:  Simon Says

(PAX1 does one rep, then PAX2 does one rep.  alternating, until each PAX does 10 reps each)

10 Burpees each

Run

10 Tuck Jumps each

Run

10  Ski-Abs each

Run

10 Burpees

Run

10  Ski-Abs each

Run

SSH to close it out

Time!

Announcements——-

Jan 14. 24hr – Old School 5:30
Throw activity ideas to Roscoe
2ndF lunches are 3rd Thursday of month

TAPs ————

Stinky Bird’s family
School starting – teachers, parents, students
Doodle’s dad – recovered well from heart stroke
Tooth fairy – daughter, dad, flu
Turtleman’s chemo
Bubba Sparxxx Dad – cancer test

Glad to lead.

-Bubba Sparxxx

11 PAX showed up and were Thankful for what was about to be dished out to them. We were especially thankful for Dirt back for a visit from Denver

Warm up

4 corners consisting of Merkins, squats, LBCs, and Mountain Climbers. Then run a lap.
Head to the back parking lot across the bridges where we planked it up and said what we were thankful for.
We ended in a partner workout and back to the flag.

— CPAP

3 Ran, 3 Rucked,  1 led QSource

—–ANNOUNCEMENTS——–

Push The Rock Challenge – 3month
Beer Run – NYE day morning
3 – 200mi Relay races in 2023 (still sign up)

—–TAPs (Thoughts and Prayers)——-
Thanks for the group for just being here
A PAX is glad for the spot he is in now, after a very tough year
A daughter-in-law looking for a job
Travel safely over the holidays
People who have a hard time at holidays
Gratitude for a great birthday/fellowship hike

Running and rucking took place.

At QSource on 11/13, we discussed “Failure”.    The topic impressed the importance of failure on YHC so strongly, that YHC failed to post the Backblast for a week and a half.

Announcements
Xmas party Dec 3
Xmas town race (broke)
T Giving ultimate frisbee (freight)
Shirts are up MudGear (downtown & goat)

TAPs
Breakers stepfather (COVID)
Breakers Daughter in law still looking
Brain help (Tesla)
Gratitude for a great day
Pilgrims M travelling
Guys at marathon

3 ran.

We think that Sargento and Buckeye were running around somewhere, but we can’t say for sure, cause we never saw them.

Tesla popped in afterwards for QSource

QSource topic:    Sua Sponte

Announcements
Wed 2ndF lunch
Xmas party dec 3
CLT marathon – Nov
Xmas town 5k. – Nov, sat after tgiving

Thoughts & Prayers, Gratitude
Turtleman – treatment, and isolating.
Huck
Sarlacc – job search
Breaker’s son, daughter-in-law – relo
Happy for guys to be here
Gratitude for breaker’s fussin’ (pockets)
Happy to see F3 boat (Metro) at the WhitewaterCenter
Overall wellness for the kids

-Bubba Sparxxx

WarmUp
SSH’s, Superman’s, Imperial Walkers, Mosey around.

The Thang—————–

AMRAP – 10 Burpees, 15 Merkins, 20 Squats, 25 FreddyMerx, 30 RockyB’s.  Run down the alley and back.  Repeato.   (PAX did this for ~20 minutes.)

11’s. Mtn Climbers & AmHammers.  Run

6MOM

Time!

Announcements
Converg – Sat 7am. Bulldog
Xmas party dec 3
Xmastown 5k – Sat after Thgvg.
2ndF lunch

TAPs
Peace progress, in life
Thankful for good health
Orangeman’s coworker
Pallbearer’s son – fever
2.0’s
New work opportunities
Working to open a new business – Pink Floyd
“Lot to be grateful for”, said the PAX
Grateful that the PAX are out here

-Bubba Sparxxx

WarmUp

Hold Plank – In the meantime, YHC talked about the 4 Quadrants of Preparedness for a Man, the “3GL”:   GetRight, LiveRight, LeadRight, LeaveRight

SSH, Superman’s, Good Morning Burpees

Dips

Mosey

The Thang

Escalator – Run up and down the hill.  At the top, Escalate! – add an additional exercise at the top of the hill each time.   10 burpees, 15 BBoys, 20 Merkins, 25 squats, 30 Hammers.

3 minutes left
Mosey back

Hold Plank – YHC talked about the DRP, the “Daily Red Pill”.

Time!

Announcements
Amoeba Ruck – First ARO – York Chester 8th
Dredd – Q at Gashouse (8th
Transverse – Bulldog
Lake Wylie – CSAUP at bowling alley
Slaughter – F3 2ndF – Nov 4
Dec 3 Xmas party
Nov 9 – blood drive
NewQ November

Thought & Prayers, & Gratitude
Hurricane – lost ones, recovery
Watts Up – took new job
Sarlacc – searching/ interviewing
Ozark – interviewing
Buckshot / baby
Pillager, baby on the way
Dry Rub M – home from hospital

-Bubba Sparxxx

We welcomed an FNG, “Fallout” in the gloom today.    Fallout lives in Belmont, and is involved in youth ministry for high schoolers,   He also knows a lot about hunting, fishing, and apparently about nuclear stuff, too.

Pink Floyd brought him out to the Gloom.  It sounded like Floyd will be trimming up Fallout’s mullet at the barber shop later.  (but only a side-trim to keep it lookin’ good, not a full de-mulletting, so that it can still fly in the wind)

WARMUP

SSH, Air Presses, and Imperial Walkers

Mosey round the track, stop for 30 Squats, mosey a little more

THE THANG

On the school’s Basketball court:

11s with Flying Squirrels, run, Pulse-Ups

Climb the to the top of  “MerkinJAX Mountain”   Exercises  and Reps –  1Merkin:4PlankJAX, then 2:8, 3:12, 4:16, 5:20, in cadence

Chopping Wood (w/ a burpee called by each PAX)

11s with Dips, run, Merkins

Time!

Announcements
“Mayor’s Skate or Die Challenge” tomorrow at Kate’s Skate in Lowell
Ft Mill – 10yr anniversary workout next week
JJ 5k Sept 24t
2ndF lunch Sept 28th
Convergence (B-ivergence?) Oct 15th
SiteQs requesting PAX to step to fill open Q spots.(tequila sunrise, others)

TAPs  Thoughts And Prayers, and all the positive going on:  Gratitude & Praises
Praises – Fallout’s Youth ministries @ CPC – successful
Safe travels for many
Nutria travels
Favor – for pall bearers and wife
Pink Floyd’s dad
Turtleman
Huckleberry
Tooth fairy’s daughter
Health of people’s marriages
Gratitude for ability to travel and make memories with family

Warm-Up:

SSH, Abe Vigodas, Arm Circles, etc…

Mosey around Mt. Hollywood, stop for some Squats, Mosey back to StartEx

The Thang

The Cooper (as YHC learned it):     Sets of 10/10/10  reps down to 1/1/1 reps  of:  Burpees, AmericanHammers, Merkins.   Run a lap of the parking lot, in between sets.

Partner B.O.M.B.S.:  Burpees (25x), Overhead Press (50x), Merkins (75x), Big Boy Sit-ups(100x), and Squats (125x)    Partner2 runs down and back up parking lot.

Some Mary (but not quite 6 minutes)

Time!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Convergence at Bulldog

JJ5K

CSAUP

Dark Helmet at Mt Hollywood, Sept 19

Relay sign-ups , see Freight’s Slack post

TAPS  –   Thoughts And Prayers, also Praises, Gratitude

Safe Travels for Tesla’s son – F3 “Jethro”

Courtney, Hit-n-Run survivor

Hufstetler family, paralyzed daughter

Employee at Food Lion, battling skin cancer

Pillager and Wife with 2.0 on the way

YHC is grateful to Q

YHC’s family’s trip this weekend to NYC – Grateful to be able to take family for the occasion.   for a safe trip and safe return home

–Bubba Sparxxx