Author: Freight (Page 12 of 31)

5, only 5! PAX posted at Midoriyama on a beautiful December evening. I’ll take weather like this all winter long!

Warm up:

If you’re not warmed by 5:30 in the evening then what have you been doing all day? Let’s go grab some blocks.

The Thang:

Fat Amy WOD nope Fat Ricky WOD. Same principle but different exercises.

50 mtn climbers-count one leg

10 blockees

40 american hammers-count one side

10 blockees

30 skater lunges-count each one

10 blockees

20 jump squats

10 blocklees

10 thrusters

10 blockees

Now work your way back up to the 50 mtn climbers.

As it seemed a few PAX were just sitting around talking instead of finishing we moved on to something else. in the parking lot.

11’s Mike Tysons on one side and tiger squats on the other. Rifle carry y our block back and forth as you go.

We put the blocks back up and had 3 minutes for some Mary.

COT:

Announcements-Rumor about a convergence New Years day. Currently just a rumor at this point.

Prayer Request-A lot of baby mama’s these days, y’all being the baby’s.

DEf took us out

Yep you read that right. COCKSPATCH! not spatchcock the newest craze in cooking your turkey sweeping through F3 Gastonia. Spatchcock the exercise was introduced to Midoriyama the other night by Sargento and I came up withthe opposite version but was denied the opportunity to share it during Mary. A couple days later I had the Q so there you have it. Anyway 6 other PAX joined in for the fun.

Warmup:

SSH, Goofballs, and Cockspatch. Cockspatch is basically a plank jack but you move your hands in and out at the same time as you move your legs in and out. Picture a sealjack in a plank position. Much like spatchcock it’s best done in a group while yelling out cockspatch. The Q yells cock then the PAX yell spatch! This crowd seemed to really get into this! Let’s get to it.

Mosey to get some blocks then back to the parking lot.

The Thang:

I pulled inspiration from a BB back in 2017. If you don’t think it means anything to write these then I challenge you to go back and read some from you earlier days of writing them and Qing. It’s pretty awesome! So we partnered up. P1 runs to the end of the parking lt and back while P2 does the exercise, then switch. We broke these down into sets of 2 exercises just to keep it easy for everyone to keep up with them.

150 curls & 200 LBC’s

50 Thrusters & 100 V-ups

100 Upright rows & Flutter Kicks

50 Cockspatch & 50 Weighted WWI’s

50 Spatchcock & 50 French Curls

Some of the numbers above may have been increased during the workout for timing purposes.

Next P1 started walking while carrying the block around the parking lot. P2 proceeded to run a lap and catch up with P1 then swapping to carry the block. We did this for 2 laps and were out of time.

COT:

Pledge

Announcements-For heavens sake please signup for the Christmas party through the link sent out via the preblast. HCing on Slack is not helping determine who is bringing what. If everyone shows up with dessert Fat Ricky is gonna go off!

Prayer Request-Gumby’s mom, Broke’s mom

Naked Moleskin:

I think I’ve said enough…….Cockspatch!

10 PAX posted to Midoriyama on Tuesday. YHC had been reading through some old BB looking for inspiration and found some that were pretty simple and effective. I believe PM and I had come up with this idea to prepare for a mud run or something. During obstacle races you run a little while do some work then run again. We decided to try and mimic that and so we did it again on Tuesday.

Warmup:

Goofballs, Seal Jacks, Butt kickers, and High knees.

The Thang:

I’ve been trying to push the K.I.S.S.(keep it simple stupid) method with my team at work so it seemed fitting. Pick three exercises from different body groups do them and run. Rinse and Repeat and for good measure throw in 5 burpees here and there, especially at speed bumps.

We did merkins, lbc’s, and squats several rounds until someone started before I called it then we decided to switch to CDD’s, Freddy Mercury’s, and Lunges. You gotta lull them to sleep then surprise them! They like it that way. We stopped at the playground for a few rounds of dips and pull ups. We also stopped at the shelter for dips and step ups. Good job by everyone! Parkour!

COT:

Pledge

Announcements-Christmas party 12/11, Service project meetup at Gashouse this Saturday after the workout then hand out bags 11/19 at the Salvation Army.

Prayer Request

Moleskin:

So I named this BB after my Grandmother. She was my last grandparent and when I retrieved my phone from my truck to do the COT I saw the message that she had just passed. I knew it was coming and told my Dad it was ok to just text me if he didn’t want to talk when it happened. Virginia Keever was a hard working, out going, loving woman that loved to laugh. She spent most of her life working in the area cotton mills and worked all the way into her 80’s, after retiring, cooking food for her church preschool program. She loved me more than I will ever deserve. She pulled me out of some, will call them spotty, situations as a child taking me to stay with her at times. She spoiled me unbelievably even though she never had a lot herself. She always said she considered me to be like her own child. While I’ll miss her I know that she is in a better place. I know this because at the end she was asking God to take her home and said she was ready to be with Jesus! This is solid proof of her faith and gives me comfort. I just hope I can live the way I need to and have the faith Virginia Keever had so that one day we can stand together before the lord in worship.