I tend to sometimes feel like Paul Simon and hear the trumpet blast for You can call me Al …. all too often ( Watts Up always catches it and we have a great laugh) as pax will use whatever secretary their system uses whether Google, Alexa, Siri, Dummy, Fool, Goober or Gomer … it always will auto correct your words especially for Clavin ,,,, it becomes Calvin! Voodoo sent out a pre announcement for my Q today inevitably getting the above said.
Arrive a few minutes early to set up finding all huddled in vehicles ?!?? It’s only 65 degrees outside? I did however find us a new mascot of a frog and contemplated renaming to Bull Frog, but I tend to catch Hell on moments like that … so…
Set up my stations, set up music and await time to start…
Begin by welcoming all to the new south where the weather is what ever you want!! Only last week we were bundled in 3 layers and heavy gloves and toboggans … now?!?? Shorts ?!? Ok
Pledge
Let’s begin like Voodoo last week with stretches …

downward facing dog into cobra and stand up

next

Don Q IC x 11

IW IC x 11

merkins IC x 11

significance of 11 …. none lost track on first exercise count where I thought to end on 10 and stopped at 11 … oh well

stations … did not matter how many showed whether 1,  3, 5 , 10 or 30

timer would be the bucket brigade ( kitty litter tubs filled 1/3 full of ( yes … clean ) sand take down to end of drop off area nearest flag pole and bag ( some would shrug whilst moving, others tried holding tubs high …. hell I even forgot once to pick up when it was my turn …. oops q fail!

jump rope

band ( use around pole, back, under leg (s) and pull upright)

2 dumbbells   (10 lbs)

kettlebells or block

slam ball / light exercise ball with handles and single

weight to use as steering wheel (Hipaa fav)

finally we had an interesting station that was left for interpretation …. 2 blocks and a piece of 4×4 wood about  5 feet long …. I laid the wood thru uppermost holes in blocks to make an impromptu barbell ( heavier than we all expected) but you can attempt to lift or balance on this or change  to whatever you envision …. indeed today’s exercises we’re told to all to be you against you only … either you can challenge self to whatever exercises you wish to either vary it up or work only one muscle group …. all your choice !!!!

this last station was most fun to watch as the group each pax in turn challenged selves to either lay beneath and chest press , Oscar showed us to bend over and lift one side and drop over and over (nice), Dry Rub was the one to begin us all pressing and he also tried to balance as did I and squatted on top but the award goes to Spider-Man who lifted this and with one hand balanced on 1 finger and twirled this all while doing jumping jacks … I wish I videoed… it was like Harlem Globetrotters were present!!! Amazing stuff to say the least!

we ended with Thunderstruck … I ambitiously chose flutters and for every Thunder …. heels to Heaven ….. nope! After 1 minute changed to American Hammers , then called on each pax for an ab exercise… obliques and 2 others I can’t remember

And the music today was CLUTCH …. if you’ve never heard them ….do …. they are not in any radio rotation not because of language or other … but they are awesome …. Spider-Man checked them out in 92 ( I think he said?) in Ohio at a small venue … lucky!

announcements for March 21 all day F3 events 5 year anniversary and later shoot a thon at Tates

prayers for cashier at QT (Saturday night bunch of thugs left bar and trashed store and beat someone up at gas pump and threw bottle at the cashier)

shooting victims on Greyhound bus and at Texas A&M

read prayer from Prverbs30:5 Every word of God proves true, He is a shield for those who take refuge in him.

At Labyrinth dreams C A N come true !!

Timeframe started out by asking yours truly who had Q and what was in store …. well, I informed him that I ( Clavin ) had ideas in store but that I failed to be smart and when Outhouse asked yesterday at Bulldog and said that he would be traveling next 6 weeks !!! He wanted to Q and i was still half asleep, but when I awoke after that workout I tried repeatedly to reach him only to be snubbed and blocked and then the FBI showed on my doorstep with cease and desist orders…. I finally took the hint!
Timeframe looked up into the sky, saw a star over to the left and wished he may, wished he might, suddenly ALL pax joined in and began speaking in tongues and wailing until Outhouse sauntered out of his truck, Listened to all the pleading and gladly accepted the bribe of $42.37 in order to wrestle the Q from YHC… he did throw me a bone and told me that “ I would have no choice but to provide the backblast!”
I led the pledge and very humbly bowed in subservience to the new lord of today’s beat down…. Outhouse!!
SSH IC x20
IW IC x20

Partner up ( except I was once again told that since we had an odd number I would not be allowed to join in any activities until a vote was held and Outhouse was narrowly outvoted but I was to be placed under HIS supervision for the remainder of all partner exercises today along with his CHOSEN partner of Gastone) pax 1 ( and 2 in my case) were to bear crawl around Snoballs while Pax 2 runs around to catch and release the others until we circle once and mosey over to Planet ( not yet) Fitness for Dora
Pax 1 up dock and bear crawl down
Dora was 100 merkins
200 lbcs
300 squats
Hip slappers IC x20!!!! Really ?!?
Indian run the complex
Wall sits … marching …. air presses
Line up for 4 corners
25 merkins at first light 50 lbcs next pole
Be careful of all the construction toys ,,,, so we travel different path to next light pole ….
Then Gastone leads all in Forklift safety by trying to KICK a forklift over …. he didn’t even make a dent in the damn thing ….. SWAT ARRIVED ….. we had to present identification … I was forcibly thrown into the back seat as once again Outhouse chose to act like he did not know me ( thankfully someone must have vouched for me as I was released on my recognizance And allowed to resume …. 75 squats …… it was suddenly noted that we were at the Port O potties ( outhouse?) and so we all did at least 10 more squats and chose NOT TO WIPE! And complete 100 sSHs at last light … go back to wall ….. ughhggggh …. more wall shits … sits…. sorry! Back to Snoballs and we nur red building twice for … TIME!
I now show a video of Tommie Davis ( Chicago Bear) who … if you have not looked at Tweet from EZ rider other day ,,,,, CHECK IT OUT!! We site Qs had been tasked by Broke to bring a bible verse to share and had one ready , but felt that this 1:53 video was more worthy and needed nothing extra… powerful message…
announcements for P200, upcoming 5 year anniversary beat down at Martha Rivers in March
Log in personal info with Watts Up so we can collate info on each other and prepare to reach out better to those who drop out of regular routines or just to keep in touch or even provide much needed anything for when life happens
Prayers for Time Frames family EZ Riders son with job interview and Corona virus victims

1.  fresh off showing my 2.0 two of the Baddest and best Sci fi films of all time and Also introducing him to the original Bad ass woman heroine ( see title ) and especially as since last night we watched Aliens, what more needs saying … except that, “ Were on an express elevator to Hell, going down!!” Yeah I know that was not one of her lines, but damn there were some amazing lines especially from Hudson!!
   I digress, as usual we begin with pledge and then I act like a stroke victim Or maybe teacher from Férris Bueller and slow call warm up of SSH …….after asking if anyone knows how many years Ellen Ripley shuttle was adrift from original film to the sequel …… 57!! Yes , this took a few minutes , but we got warmed up !! No longer worrying about the cold … EZ rider even had to take face mask off ,, JJ not far behind! Next question , what sex was Ripleys child? Watts up got it right …. A daughter who died at 66 3 years before shuttle was found. So. 5 burpees ( mumble about what 5 has to do with 3…. for which Twinkle Toes ( previously known as Stinky Bird) said these extra were for bereavement.

mosey over to turd shack/ picnic area of park … anyone watch or catch the McGregor fight? Not really …. so since today’s theme is badasses…. 40 Rocky Balboas count one leg or other ( Gastone counted both …did he reach 80? Or maybe he counted same number twice? Either way….) aaaannnddd now….. 40 Mike Tyson’s …. much mumble about if I knew how long or tough this was ….I NEVER doubted my boys today…. they performed admirably… and as I pointed out this took longer than the actual 40 second fight!
Now,,, the date has been set and 1 1/2 weeks from now the ultimate badass showdown will commence with the Super Bowl … so…

line up and slow mosey with last man Indian run to front and travel thru parking lot past Clavin Hill around ball fields taking path to front of play area … continue rotation until we assemble for ….

4 exercises , 9 reps each

pull-ups, squats, merkins and burpees

any math majors? What is 4x 9? 36 …correct now if we are to acknowledge Garoppolo and the 49ers … what is the difference of 36 from 49? Gastone failed with the number 3…. correct number was 13 … challenge yourself and choose an exercise from the 4 above and do the 13 left over once.

assemble front of play area where I announce the non even number means original exercise I had in mind will be changed as I intended partner merkins and partner derkins ….. and then Gastone said he will partner with self as he’s still recovering . So we partner up, each pax travel along path snd meet behind play area ( use path around said area) for 1 partner merkin back to front for 2 partner derkins ( each person ) and continue up to 10. BadAsses all!
now to picnic area to attempt something new I saw where you elevate legs on another bench and do dips …. obviously in cadence! Times 15 now over to turd wall and in remembrance of Whoopee 10 IC hip slappers ….. have I said lately … badasses? Oh yeah! Wall sits … March IC … increase count speed…. wall sits and arm raises and now add March ,,,, recover

time for one more Indian Run ( first time in 50 years for Chiefs so let’s support Mahomes and the boys with a real Indian run back to home base ….

badass

p200 meeting ( Saturday?)

prayers for family, 2.0s , M’s and others ( especially Short Sales M with crud )

It should also be noted that during same time I showed my son a clean( as if!?!?) version of Talledega  Nights …. balance ….Ripley = pure badass , Ricky Bobby = dumbass!  ( still a lot of fun though!)

Pledge
Disclaimer for FNG with help from pax
Announcement of new AO starting this week and that we’d celebrate with the warm up the suggested name choices:
Imperial Squat walkers for the Star Wars names ( New Hope Elementary school is location …. Star Wars other name is A New Hope …. if you’re not nerdy enough to know!) done IC x20
Goofballs ( done while going round and round in a circle ) IC x20 or as Whoopee figured out you can call out “I’m on Fire!” Or “Save me baby Jesus!” Or “ Help me Tom Cruise!” …. much mirth and mayhem as this is for Talladega Nights which was filmed in this area esp beginning has a scene filmed at the school with a parting shot of House across street from school!
Lastly there was a suggestion of Motor Lodge Inn downtown Gashouse Sooooooo……we got into lower plank position and pickle pounders!!!! X 20 IC ( or attempted to…… but there was a lot of noise for SOME reason!!! But then I called out that , “ She said turn over ..” but before I could advise all to assume the crab ( hehe) position for crab thrusters , someone on their back called out, “ I’m wet!” And another said , “ That’s what she said!!” These were in cadence of some kind…. until we were ‘spent’ at 3….
If you noticed …. 20 was cadence count …. it is 2020 after all!
Break off into two groups boot camp with me and Pain lab with Big Pappy.
It should be noted that I Tweeted that as Linus would later acknowledge we would NOT be Gashouse sight seeing ( no library, pharmacy, Grier nor First Presby) but instead ran around parking lot back and forth and as we ran near Pain Labbers JJ decided to run over and through the assembled ( he’d learn quickly…. but moron that later)!
Today’s theme is Disruption! There was the disruption of NOT utilizing normal locales…. and well… moron that later!
We started near rock sculpture with 5 burpees and lunged few feet to another corner for 5 burpees and 10 merkins. Next karaoke over to end of lot for 5 burpees, 10 merkins and 15 plank jacks. Nur to next corner and yep … 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 plank jacks and WOW that ground is cold and wet , for 20 flutters ( forgot to tell all single or double… q fail! And before we would karaoke other side we assembled in midst of Labbers and Disrupted their thoughtful star gazing, I mean they were hardly working , er that is they were standing still!
Now, it should be noted that I AM a huge supporter for Pain Lab, all one has to do is check out my posts at PL and Bulldog!
Today’s disruption would mean that one of our number would remain behind to be tortured by the Labbers and collected on our return journey where we would leave someone else until ALL were voted off the island! So we HAD to leave JJ behind first ( mostly because of his earlier mischief) but also he had to rouse troops early for b ball game and had to leave us early. He claimed that they did things to him that he WOULD NOT like to revisit!
It took longer to accomplish this but it worked out well as part of idea was that if someone had never attended PL would get that chance. JJ has not although he has attended Bulldog more than once.
We would now have 10 minutes left and would hustle to trails until at the creek where the trails diverge we would use that hill for elevens of merkins below nur up and lbcs at top. Only reached 7 down and 4 up top and there was a 5 burpees train in mix and with only 45 seconds we hustled ( not really ) to awaken the Pain Labbers and help them clean up the popcorn from their movie watching ( The Office)!
I also announce that in the business world disruption can and often leadS to innovation and new business ( Facebook ie)
Announcements for last years/ months Xmas party Tonight at 7pm at Lewis Farms
Rice and Beans half full , but needs volunteers to sign up (14th) well worth it !! Check out Slack or reach out to Anchorman
Al Hess, math teacher Gaston County double dipping at Mountain Island Charter becomes our newest card carrying member to be known as Pythagorus.
Prayers for Time Frame , his M ( in hospital now in a private room) and the family …. please reach out to them
Whoopee and his 2.0

I’m beat! It was time well spent ! Now to roll over … aww man , found the wet spot!

So what do you do if a q hasn’t posted his BB in over a week and you get no response …. well …

Island started with pledge and slammed 10 burpees on us!!! Next we mosey to turd shack parking lot and partner for Dora with nur , lbc, flutters and another an exercise I think
Went for some dips and derkins and reassemble for 55 …. one merkin and plank jacks? Math was about as spotty as my memory of that day!
Best part was circle up one pax nurs crowd but calls out exercise …. best was last JJ hit everyone with THEIR called exercise
Nur back
And complete

Write up by Calvin ….. sorry Clavin …please advise if I left anyone out ..but  if I left exercises out…. meh!

This has been a rather intense year for me running another 10 miler ( correctly ) and not hurting self in the process, running 3 5ks, Spartan Sprint, Warrior Dash, Bonefrog Sprint and A lot of boot camps and running AOs. So earlier this year ( can’t remember if it was at Mount Hollywood in April or even earlier ( which is what I suspect) at the Storm there was discussion of what WE all want to accomplish this year or in the near future. When I spoke of a 1/2 marathon Orangeman issued a challenge realizing all I had on plate for the year but advising me of how late in the year the Santa Hustle was ….. that I should consider it, and I did and am so glad not only to him but also to Breaker Breaker who many times ran with me at the Pub as we have a similar time ( although he’s gotten faster recently) and to a couple of guys along the way for their advice.
Upon arriving today I noticed Gump finishing up with his lovely 2.0 on the fun run and this got me stoked for my turn at the race!
Several of the key players were present waiting for the 1/2 to start and a few others for the 5k.
The 1/2 started first with Breaker Termite and myself huddled back towards the 10-11 mile section At the start gate and Orangeman Tiger and Doodles all closer to the front. It was an amazing accomplishment for myself and Doodles who finished just ahead of me for our first 1/2 marathon each.  Breaker Breaker definitely did better than last year as he told all afterwards  And Tiger spoke to me later of having done a number of these races over the years.
During the 5k my M and Oompas M sported their reindeer outfits and walked along with TimeFrames M. Time Frame, both his 2.0s and my 2.0 ran the race as well as Oompa Loompa and Oompa sported Vuvuzela as well as an unnamed pax from Rock Hill.
The weather was perfect, the course like last year had to be modified due to excessive rains But still remained challenging.
To

any contemplating a run at next years 1/2…. reach out to any or several of those who ran this year …. you will not regret the experience!

As we are assembling, Oompa Loompa looks in bed of my truck to see … Coupons! And decides he’s taking a zero on today’s “Pop” quiz!
As he wanders to the track …. with the fog settling in Linus suddenly remarks how Oompa looks just like a deer heading off into the woods to die!!
Pledge disclaimer no fngs off we go…
(Gump would arrive a little after the warm up … his warm up consisted of a short walk across the street ( from Kinmere!!) and he’d do this afterwards!
MNC. IC 13x
imperial walkers IC 13X
Side straddle hops 13 x
Merkins IC 13x
Lbcs IC 13x Mayor had us all move under shelter so his pants wouldn’t get wet!
We then repeated all 5 to the same tune

Grab a coupon grab a partner ( I had none until Gump would arrive ) but there were 3 exercises called each time and you and your partner would half the number together …. 104 for each called exercise
Round 1 tricep extension/curls/ swings
Then we lunged to light pole and lunges back
Round 2 press /curls/ pull throughs ( or push)
Lunge
Round 3 curls / squats/ lay on ground for chest press and lunge
Found 4 repeats last set and lunge for time!

Everyone seemed moderately confused and kept thinking maybe if we half the half of the half or the third …. there were some mentions of obscene math problems …. but
There were 5 exercises in the warm up done 2 times
They were done in cadence ( meaning double numbers ) 13x …. translates to 26 two times
Distance for lunges was 7 parking spaces which roughly translates to 52 feet
With your partner … you should only have been doing 1/2 of each exercise (104) …. which is 52

Today I celebrate 52 years circling the sun

Announcements Gump at the Yank with 6:00 start due to Santa Hustle traffic
Christmas town ruck tomorrow .. check pre blast
Toys 4 tots drive and Freight at Gashouse for food drive

Prayers for Mayors neighbor with breast cancer to start treatments soon
Dry Rubs M at CMC
Gump … kids and testing
Outhouse father in law falling pretty well banged up and will be sore for some time

Still not old enough for the senior discount … but I can wait ….. til next time !!

Approximately a month ago at Neverland ( Which is nevermore) I saw an opportunity to issue 2 challenges for the 2 remaining Q-Less moments left in 2019 At the Labyrinth … both were not accepted but the pax cheered Island on til he accepted and our newest ( at the time ) site Q accepted the other date. And then the machinery started whirring and I checked the dates and seeing an open date for The Sandlot called upon Stinky Bird with my plans …and He Loved it!!
I Tweeted that there may be confusion this week and used the KaBobbles ad from Lunchables to cement it.
Stinky Bird led us in the pledge and then into 21 SSH s …. supposedly 10 merkins ( he called for 10 IC AND ALMOST …kept going) 20 MNCs and then sprang the trap asking if anyone had ever heard of “the ol Q Switchero?” And handed off to YHC!
I then led them around Snoballs and stopped asking if anyone was confused …. Dirt acknowledged bring Corn Fused mostly from his years in the agricultural belt. So I had us head over to sidewalk in front of Snoballs looking both ways to act as if I had no clue…. and off we head to the park ending up at Clavins Hill but first we plank for the six. Now we Will do 1 merkin, bear crawl up and 10 monkey humpers at the top. Thankfully I’m asked what will we do next and I respond with a hearty “YES!”
Remember ….. mixed up day …. crawl bear down … be careful though!
Over to the soccer field where we do monkey humpers for the six and …..
at the 25 yard line do 25 merkins and run back
Now to 25 yd line for 25 merkins and proceed to 50 yard line and 50 monkey humpers and back to 25 for more merkins
Do you see a pattern? Yep I used this one before and it’s a REAL crowd pleaser!
Back to start and …. yep … 25-50 and next was add 75 plank jacks ( turf tearing up time!!) oops
Back down 50-25 – start.
Now 25-50-75 … oddly everyone seemed to be about the 90 yard line ….and 100 yard line for 100 SSH …. and back down ! Yippee! Lbcs for the six ( this was original exercise I used last year instead of the monkey humpers )
Mosey to the turD shack and line up facing it for Jack Webb’s up to 10 and back to 1 … man that’s fun !
Now we line up for an “ Indian Run “ without the run and since we’re mixed up today we will slow mosey and last man will nur to front and do this to the gates where we do 10 big bois for the non existent Turtleman …. will he EVER return? This is that weird pitfall from last couple of years where a site Q disappears after turning site over. Back to start and I call on Watts up who delivers reverse crunches, Defib with 20 American Hammers … I call out “A Side Straddle hop!” Which earns some mumble , but not as much as Bed pan who calls for his favorite Hillbilly squats !! I think it may have been 10 in cadence ,,,, but who knows?!??? Mixed up day and all that !! JJ WITH 40 IC flutters … whew!!
And there’s 45 seconds with Island for some Lbcs … and time!!!!

Announcements

Styx wanted to tell all of his weight loss !!! Fantastic work!

Christmas town ruck Wednesday … check out pre blast!

Prayers for EZ riders son, Stinky Bird family member who recently started F3 in Jax but sadly recently lost a child , and Dry Rubs M

lastly did the namearama in reverse !!

Today was so much fun that I look forward to …. oops …. can’t say ….. I really don’t know what’s in store ….. come on out this Wednesday and …….

Pledge

5 man maker burpees

run around snoballs

5 more man makers

off we go

arrive at doctors office down the street where I inform pax today’s inspiration comes from that great song “ A few of my favorite things” as I’ll be calling some of my favorites as well as some of my least … like now where we will broad jump to light come back   And then perform 5 corkscrew merkins

now we mosey to Gastone’s Hill and there’s chatter as to whether we will use the hill or as Watts Up correctly calls …. not

10 diamond merkins and after all recover I act as though we will climb the hill …. only to psyche all out

mosey to Dollar General for 20 flutters and nur the hill

now to wall across from old Auto Bell for Australian Mtn Climbers IC  x 10 …. rest

10 suspension merkins …. rest

least favorite ( but as I tell all of Gastone’s comment that if an exercise is not your favorite/ strong suit … embrace it and conquer it)  Hip Slappers 10 single count

now we collect in Food Lion parking lot for Rugby Sprints

pax will call out what they are thankful for,  call an exercise until they call,”Go!” And then we are to mosey halfway and back and then full on run to end of lot finally walking back

much thanks were called for F3 and it’s comraderie and leadership … also God, Jesus as well as family

exercises were diamond merkins, flutters, squats and plank/arm raises/ lower plank

run to other side twice over

mosey to steps for 3 separate sets of calf raises during which a light literally comes on and Watts Up says must be a great idea

run behind Planet Fitness where another light comes on  Undoubtedly timer related , and someone mentions a perfectly placed ramp so we double back for bear crawl and lunge walk along it

mosey to wall at bank for 15 IC dips and 15 step ups each leg finally 15 IC derkins and Dry Rub asks ic the turkey is over done yet

mosey to Martha’s where at entrance we perform 5 big boys up the hill for the invisible Turtleman and run back to start

seal jacks 10

goof balls for Sargento as he drives off wishing all a good night,, I mean turkey ,,,, i mean happy turkey ,,, aww hell he said something

finally Parker Peters ….. I finished last savoring every morsel of this over done Bird ( or maybe  I’m just slow

all of this today I did wearing a turkey hat … so pax has something to chase

pub/ goat/ Diablo all open tomorrow morn

Midoriyama not

pain lab shirts still up for sale til Saturday

operation sweet tooth
christmas town

prayers dry rubs m in hospital

all pax/families traveling

there were some pax doing EC good to see Gastone out ( on IR) only running now

may your turkey NOT be overdone