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If it’s Rainin’, we’re still Trainin’

May 10, 2021 / Bubba Sparxxx / 0 Comments

It was raining, and it kept 3 dedicated PAX and YHC nice and cool on a Monday morning at Mt. Hollywood.

DISCLAIMER:

Not a professional, Modify & Adjust, etc. No FNGs.

WARM UP:

20 Cotton Pickers; 20 Imperial Walkers; 20 Moroccan Nightclubs; Some Burpees, too.

THE THANG:

Mosey to First Baptist Church
BLIMPS (5-30) in the parking lot then run the Glendale St Hill (The runs worked like this: PAX lined up at bottom, moseyed up hill together until Q decided to yell “Go!”, then PAX sprinted to the streetlight at the top of the hill. “AYGT3” (All You Got, To The Top)
Mosey to Atrium for 11’s with Mount Climbers and American Hammers, running the parking lot loop in between.
Mosey on Main Street to Central Ave (tracks) knocking out 3 Burpees at every black City Streetlamp, looking for streetlamps on both sides of the street. (Main street in Mt Holly is very well-lit, BTW.)
Left on Central Ave before the tracks, Mosey up the hill
20 Mountain Climbers at First Street RR crossing
20 Plank Jacks next to Ida Rankin
Mosey rest of the way up to Hawthorne St
From the corner, sprinted AYG (All You Got) to the Yellow Crosswalk sign
Mosey back over to the Middle School
With 4 minutes left:
10 Merkins, Run the full parking lot loop
10 Merkins, run the full parking lot loop
Time

Pledge

Prayer Requests
Prayers for the Haywood family, who just lost their 36-year-old son (Red Ribbon’s friend)

Announcements
Amoeba Ruck May 22nd sign up is on Slack and preblast
Launch of Painlab-style workout on May 15th at the Yank
Blood drive

Gavel led us in Prayer.

Name-o-Rama

Name-O-Rama on Twitter

—Bubba Sparxxx

Tequila Sunrise, best served chilled

April 23, 2021 / Bubba Sparxxx / 0 Comments

After quite a few warm-ish mornings, the 36 degree morning was frosty and refreshing. After seeing no FNGs, and rattling off a disclaimer, we shook off the morning frost with:

25 Cotton Pickers, 25 Goof Balls, Yoga Stretch Thingy; 10 Burpees

Then we moseyed over to the B-Ball courts for Dora: 100 Merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 squats. While one started, the other took advantage of the row of parked buses, and ran around them.

Next up was an Indian Run to Davis Park.

We found a nice hill next to Davis Park, and started an Escalator:

5 Burpees, 10 Big Boys, 15 Merkins, 20 Jump Squats, 25 Dips, with a hill run in between each escalating set.

The PAX Indian Ran back to the school for some glute work. (Some PAX learned that it might be preferable to fall in near the front of the line, especially when an Indian Run starts at the bottom of a hill.)

We knocked out 25 Pickle Pointers, IC. (Most of the PAX thought we should have knocked this exercise out in a spot where the buses’ headlights weren’t directly highlighting our movements.)

At that point, it was time for Mary. We made it halfway around the circle, before time was called.

Announcements:
PT Test at Gashouse on Saturday

Prayer Requests:
Rebar’s results
Turtleman’s Recovery
Job-Seekers
Police officers and law enforcement
Our Country

There Were Sparxxx a-Flyin’ at TRB

March 31, 2021 / Bubba Sparxxx / 0 Comments

For the morning of his VQ, YHC had requested some nice weather and asked the previously forecasted thunderstorms to hold off until later. The skies cooperated perfectly, and it was a lovely 65 degree morning at TRB.

After a brief disclaimer, and not recognizing any FNGs, we got started.

Warm-Up————————————–

20 Cotton Pickers
25 Side-Straddle Hops
25 Hillbilly Walkers

The Thang————————————

Mosey’d to the far end of the track.

Started with MODIFIED 11’s: Starting behind one goal on the track, the PAX started with 10 Big Boys / 1 Merkin. The PAX then ran half the track ending behind the other goal where 10 Squats / 1 Mike Tyson were performed. The PAX then ran the track, back to goal where we started. This repeated in 11’s style. By some semi-scientific estimates and analysis of satellite imagery, this seems to have been about a mile of running, in total.

During these 11’s, Sargento, having recently passed his exam certifying him to sell cryptocurrencies, was eagerly trying to make deals on Bitcoin, and possibly Gamestop stock with PAX who were focused on running hard between the sets of 11’s. No deals were closed, as far as YHC is aware. Also during the 11’s, there was repeated mention of a point shortage by a team from Michigan yesterday. YHC, a Penn State alum, had not watched or heard about the results yet, but this news about Michigan made his VQ all the better.

Next up was BLIMPS, with an out-and-back run across the field, along the 50yd line: (oyo: 5 Burpees, 10 Lunge each leg, 15 Imperial Walkers, 20 Merkins, 25 Plank jacks, 30 Squats. (A pair of HIMs attempted to change the ‘M’ from Merkin into a Mountain Climber, to no avail.) The last out-and-back run was performed Jailbreak-style.

Continued on with a MERKIN JACKS MOUNTAIN (oyo) 1 Merkin & 4 Plank Jacks, then 2 Merkins & 8 Plank Jacks, then 3 & 12, 4 & 16, 5 & 20, 5 & 20, 4 & 16, 3 & 12, 2 & 8, 1 & 4. (This looked good on paper. YHC’s shoulders told him differently.)

The PAX then mosey’d back to the school parking lot, where there a was only a little time for some MARY’s. Tesla quickly led us in a set of oblique crunches, after which Sargento informed YHC that time was up.

COT—————————————-

Pledge

Announcements
Convergence – April 17th @ Bulldog
PT test – April 4th @ Gashouse
Young Life Golf Tournament, May 10

Prayer Requests
Nutria – For a safe family Vacation
Bambi – ligaments in foot/ankle
Schools starting up again with 5-day weeks
Those who are Job searching
Those on Injured Reserve

Closing Prayer
Sargento stepped up to lead us in prayer.

Name-o-Rama

Thanks!———————–
Thanks to the PAX, who were a supportive and willing bunch today. Many thanks to Sargento for lending YHC some pro tips in advance of the VQ, and for leading the prayer. Thanks for Tesla for pitching in to help YHC in keeping track of what the letters stand for in ‘BLIMPS’.

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