Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

Author: Stroganoff (Page 2 of 15)

Leeches & Pigs at The Pub

It was a little cooler.  Humidity still up there.

We ran the original Pub Route or the Wells Fargo Route.

Nice to have a visitor from the NC Coast, Piglet (or Piggly), still not sure what he said.

If you check out the video on Twitter (X), you can see the nasty leech I picked up on the run on my shoulder/neck area.  At least that’s the story I am telling.  The Pub is dangerous and remote apparently.  However, we endured.

Nice to see Gastone back out for a post.

Fun was had by all.

Announcements:  Upcoming Half-Marathon Ruck on Oct 21; 2nd F Lunch next Wednesday at The Pita Wheel in Gastonia; Upcoming Grow Ruck on the coast according to Piglet.

Multiple prayers still be sent out.  Many of the same.

Nice work men.  Always an honor to lead.

Until the next one.  Aye!

Stroganoff

It’s Still Humid

It’s still humid.  3 runners and 2 ruckers for the Coconut Horse.

The Q decided to get crazy today…….we reversed the Coconut Horse route.  There was much debate after about which direction is more difficult.  For today, I say it is the reverse route.

As usual, fun was had by all.

Announcements included upcoming ruck csaup on Oct 21 and 2nd F lunch coming up.

Prayers to Flintstone’s sister-in-law, Turtleman and others.

Q Source:  We continued studying The Wisdom of the Bullfrog by Admiral William McRaven.  Today was Chapter 11 – It Pays to be Winner.   In my words, I would say the importance of having high standards.  This seems to be getting more difficult in today’s world but having high standards and trying to maintain them in everything we do is important.  Hold the Line.

I appreciate the opportunity to lead.

Until the next one.  Aye!

Stroganoff

Stupid is as Stupid Does

The humidity is still hanging on and it might impact what I had in mind for the bootcamp.

Quality crowd for both the bootcamp and painlab this morning.

The best part for me were two Kotters.  My nephew Prius came out for the beatdown along with Happy Feet (F3 Dads name – that will change today).

Disclaimer.  Pledge.

Short Warm-Up with 12 IC side-straddle hops and 12 IC Imperial Walkers.

The Thang

Mosey to the entrance to the museum parking lot (what will we do?):

2 burpees – let’s rehash The Forrest Gump (which we have not done in several years).

Start the mosey west on Garrison Blvd – quick stop at the first street for 2 burpees.

Mosey to the parking lot at East Garrison Baptist Church for some OYO work:

15 Merkins – 20 Squats – 25 LBC’s – 2 burpees

Mosey to the Taxco Mexican parking lot

Repeat OYO reps:  15 Merkins – 20 Squats – 25 LBC’s – 2 burpees

Mosey to the memorial in the center of Lineberger Park for some Dora 1-2-3:

Partner up  for cumulative 100 CDD’s – 200 Squats – 300 Flutter Kicks

While partner 1 performs the exercise reps, partner 2 runs up toward the pool to the top of the steps and back.   Everyone enjoyed this one.

10 count followed by a mosey to the top of the steps again for 2 more burpees before moseying further up to the picnic shelter inside the train track for more in-cadence reps:

12 Dips – 12 Step Ups – 12 Dips – 12 Step Ups – 10 Dips – 10 Step Ups

10 count before moseying back to the memorial in the center of the park.

15 OYO derkins – 10 OYO derkins – 2 burpees

Start the mosey back toward the Schiele:

1st stop at the corner convenience store – 2 burpees

2nd stop at Taxco Mexican Restaurant – 15 Merkins – 20 Squats – 25 LBC’s

3rd stop back at East Garrison Baptist Church – 15 Merkins – 25 LBC’s and finished with the Forrest Gump tradition of 20 Monkey Humpers along the edge of Garrison Blvd….always a traffic pleaser.

Mosey back to the Schiele.  Time for one set of 20 reps of dying cockroaches.

Done.

Annoucements:

Belmont ruck on 10/21

2nd F lunch coming up at Pita Wheel Gastonia

Prayer Requests:

Turtleman – Jackson Hall – Norwood

Good work men.  We covered just over 3 miles during the bootcamp.

Good to see some Kotters out at the Gashouse this morning.   A big welcome to Enos (Roscoe’s son and previously known as Happy Feet from his F3 Dads days).

Honored to lead.  Until the next one.  Aye!

Stroganoff

Gashouse “53”

Yesterday was my 53rd birthday so I decided to have a “53” theme to the workout.  For better or worse, I have not written out a weinke in years and today was no different.  We would figure it out.

Good crowd for both the bootcamp and painlab workout this morning and we gathered for the disclaimer and warm-up:

11 IC – Side Straddle Hops; 11 IC – Imperial Walkers; 11 IC – Squats; 11 IC – LBC’s; 9 IC – Merkins (total reps add up to 53 IC)

The Thang

Bootcamp group moseyed up to the Grier Middle School parking lot for the first round of exercises:

Bear Crawl across parking lot – 11 Merkins at other side – Lunge back to other side of lot (11 lunges per leg) Repeat 4 more times with the last set at 9 reps. (Total of 53 reps of merkins and lunges)

Mosey toward First Presbyterian Church with a stop at the steps at the Garrison Blvd light for 53 calf raises.  Dodge the traffic and mosey to the PAD and steps behind First Presbyterian for some Dora 1-2-3 with a “53” twist.

CDD’s (106 reps) – Squats (212 reps) – Flutter Kicks (318 reps) – Partner 2 ran up steps and tagged the building before returning.

Mosey off-road to the Sherwood Elementary track for some modified Wolfpack Grinder work.  We had a spectator with a dude on the Sherwood field practicing his golfing skills.  He needs to keep practicing.

The modified Wolfpack Grinder went like this:

11 Merkins  – Run 1/2 lap – 53 LBC’s – 11 Merkins – Run 1/2 lap – 53 Freddy Mercury’s – 11 Merkins – Run 1/2 lap – 53 LBC’s – 11 Merkins – Run 1/2 lap – 53 Freddy Mercury’s – 9 Merkins (53 total merkin reps)

Mosey to the closest parking lot beside the Sherwood field for some sprint & merkin work:

Split into two groups (3 & 4).  1st group sprints across parking lot and does 11 Merkins at opposite end and sprints back while 2nd group rests.  Repeat 4 times with the last set of 9 merkins.  (53 total reps)

Start working our way back toward the Schiele with a few stops on the way.  Mosey a short distance and then stop for 11 Squats + 11 CDD’s.  Repeat the mosey and exercises 4 more times for a total of 53 reps before arriving back at the start.

One minute left for Mary.  JJ called Flutter Kicks until our time ran out.

Good work men.

Announcements:  F3 Dads coming up on August 19th?  Another annihilation workout coming up.

Prayer Requests:  Praise for Radar’s sister; prayers for Norwood, Turtleman, Clavin’s M

Pledge of Allegiance followed by praying us out.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Until the next one.  Aye!

Stroganoff

3 Corners at The Labryinth

Most of you know that my Q’s are typically old school simple with basic exercises and circuits such as Dora and 4-Corners.  We modified 4-Corners a little today at The Labryinth.

Small but quality crowd at The Labryinth this morning.

Quick disclaimer and short warm-up:

15 SSH’s & 10 Imperial Walkers IC.  Pledge.

Let’s get on with it.  Mosey to the center of the baseball fields at Martha Rivers.

Didn’t have 4 corners close by so let’s do some 3-Corners around one of the baseball fields:

1st Corner – 10 Merkins; 2nd Corner – 10 Merkins & 20 Squats; 3rd Corner – 10 Merkins & 20 Squats & 30 LBC’s.

Round 2 included running the reverse direction with descending reps:

1st Corner – 30 LBC’s & 20 Squats & 10 Merkins; 2nd Corner – 20 Squats & 10 Merkins; 3rd Corner – 10 Merkins

Round 3 was back to the original running direction with ascending reps:

1st Corner – 10 CDD’s:  2nd Corner – 10 CDD’s & 20 Lunges (10 per leg); 3rd Corner – 10 CDD’s & 20 Lunges & 30 Flutter Kicks

Round 4 included running the reverse direction again with descending reps:

1st Corner – 30 Flutter Kicks & 20 Lunges & 10 CDD’s; 2nd Corner – 20 Lunges & 10 CDD’s; 3rd Corner – 10 CDD’s

Mosey over to the Picnic Shelter for another modified “no-corners”:

All reps at the Picnic Shelter with a short run in between reps out to one of the parking lot islands and back:

1st Set – 10 Derkins; 2nd set – 10 Derkins & 20 Step-Ups (20 per leg); 3rd set – 10 Derkins & 20 step-ups (modified here to 10 per leg) & 30 Freddy Mercurys

Finished a partial descending set of the same exercises plus a set of IC dips before heading back toward the start.

Two stops for some Merkins and CDD’s along the way.  Finished with some Mary of Flutter Kicks & Dying Cockroaches.

The morning humidity is upon us as we did some serious sweating this morning.

Announcements:

July 4th events in Belmont at The Yank – 0700 beatdown with Declaration of Independence reading after (0830?)

Several ongoing prayer requests.

Always an honor the lead a workout.  Until the next one.  Aye!

Stroganoff

Humility @ Coconut Horse

Good showing this morning at The Coconut Horse.  Runners and ruckers represented.

It is warming up (we can only hope).

We did not see a Chupacabra on the greenway.

Announcements:  2nd F lunch this week at Logan’s

Several prayer requests

Leadership discussion this week on Humility.  Possibly the most important leadership trait.

Appreciate the opportunity to lead this morning.

Until the next one.  Aye!

Stroganoff

The Daughter’s Boyfriend is Coming to Gashouse

I had gotten word that the boyfriend of one of Whoopee’s daughters might be attending with him.  I paused with this knowledge…..and reworked my planned wienke.  More pain.  I then remembered that I’m afraid of Whoopee’s M and decided maybe I should dial down the pain.

Good crowd for both painlab and the bootcamp.  The boyfriend did indeed show up so let’s get after it.

Circle up at 0700 for the pledge and warm-up:  SSH X 10 – Imperial Walkers X 10 – Gravel Pickers (not really but I did threaten them for Whoopee)

Bootcampers took off with YHC for a mosey up to the Grier Middle School parking lot.  I typically run basic Q’s and today would be no different.

20 Merkins – 50 LBC’s – 25 squats

Mosey to the next stop down Burtonwood Rd.

20 Merkins – 50 LBC’s – 25 Squats

Mosey to the parking lot in front of Ollie’s.

20 Merkins – 50 LBC’s – 25 Squats

Time for some modified partner Dora work:

Partner 1 does exercise – Partner 2 runs to upper end of parking lot, performs 1 burpee and returns to start the exercise

Cumulative 100 CDD’s – 200 Flutter Kicks – 100 Lunges

Mosey up to New Hope Rd for the next stop in the BOA parking lot.

20 Merkins – 50 LBC’s – 25 Squats (Whoopee performed some solo hip slappers on the BOA wall during this stop)

Mosey across New Hope to Dr. Feelgood’s office for some dips (20) and Derkins (20) and a selfie in front of his office.

Back across New Hope to Myers Memorial Church – great location on their steps for 30 calf raises.

Time to start the trek back toward the Schiele.  Moseyed back down Burtonwood with the next stop at the Pearson Properties building.

20 Merkins – 50 LBC’s – 25 Squats

Moseyed back to the upper entrance to Grier and the steps at Garrison for 30 more calf raises.

And for heaven’s sake, a quick stop for hip slappers (so Whoopee would shut up about them) against the Grier auditorium outside wall followed by some Derkins (15).

Mosey back to the Schiele to finish up with some Flutter Kicks and Goofballs (of course called by Sargento).

Announcements:

Blood drive coming up in a couple of weeks.  2nd F lunch at Logan’s next week.

Several prayer requests across the groups.

Welcome FNG Jackpot and Pacino (from Painlab)

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Until the next one.  Aye!

Stroganoff

Where’s Maybelline?

0630 arrived and no sign of the Q for the day – Maybelline.  It’s F3 so we took off anyway.  3 runners and one rucker.  The weather was……..nice.  It would not stay that way.

Abbreviated COT due to the weather.

To his credit, Maybelline did arrive to lead Q Source as we continued with The Dichotomy of Leadership and Chapter 8 on Accountability without making every decision for them.

Until the next one.  Aye!

Stroganoff

Cooler Coconuts

I thought the cooler weather was over.  Not so fast.  However, it was perfect running weather in my humble opinion.

4 runners and 1 rucker this morning at the Coconut Horse.  Two others showed for Q Source.

We continued with The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin.  The last couple of weeks we have discussed the balance within leadership of too much involvement and too little involvement along with how and when to hold the line on what’s really important.  It’s a difficult dichotomy to say the least.

Good work men.

Until the next one.  Aye!

Stroganoff

Simple is Better

5:26 am at The Labryinth and I thought it might be a solo workout.  However, 5 other PAX arrived in that 4 minute span.

No weinke.  No plan.  No FNG’s.  Short disclaimer.  We’ll figure it out.  Let’s get on with it.

Short warm-up with 12 In-Cadence Imperial Walkers and 15 In-Cadence Side-Straddle Hops.

Mosey to the center of the baseball fields at Martha Rivers for the first round of work.

3 sets of 3 exercises followed each time by a mosey around one of the baseball fields (piece of pie as I like to describe them) and back to the exercise area.  Here were the exercises in-cadence:  10 Merkins – 25 LBC’s – 15 low-slow squats.

Mosey to the bottom of the main parking lot near the shelter of death for some 22’s (similar to 11’s but the rep counts of the two exercises add up to 22 and we count up/down by 2 as we progress through the reps and running across the parking lot) – the two exercises were mountain climbers and flutter kicks.

Still time left so we hit some in-cadence CDD’s (15) followed by some OYO dips (20) and step-ups (20) under the shed.

Started our mosey back to Pelicans with 3 stops along the way for more CDD’s (10 reps).

Just enough time for some Mary for some American Hammers called by Stinky Bird and Dying Cockroaches called by Captain Stubing.

Finished up with the pledge and COT.

Announcements:  Convergence on April 29 at Midoriyama; Time Laps coming up May 19/20th at Whitewater Center.

Several prayer requests for several PAX and their families.

Great work for a Wednesday morning men.

Appreciate the opportunity to lead.

Until the next one.  Aye!

Stroganoff

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