Author: Turtle Man (Page 3 of 4)

A wonderful mild morning in the gloom as 14 (includes 2 ruckers) joined for the first post of the year at what was previously known as some combination of the black/dark knight/night. With the new year, comes the opportunity to start new and a quick announcement was made that the AO would now be known as “Neverland”. Announcements have since been posted via twitter world and slack. The genesis of “Neverland’ was a play off the confusion of the previous AO name and the metaphor from Peter Pan’s Neverland, where the aging process does not happen. In many ways, that represents the rock that F3 men are pushing to better our physical and mental capabilities.

Short review of the disclosure and reinforcement of safety precautions

The Pledge

Warm up

SSH x 40 IC

MNC x 40 IC

LBC’s x 40 IC

Merkins x 20 IC

Stopping at the first 4 lights – 20 squats OYO

Let’s mosey, towards Gastone’s hill.

At the doctor’s office – leap frog (broad jump up the hill to the first light), mosey back to start; rinse and repeat x 3

Mosey toward Gastone’s hill – stopping at next 4 lights – 20 calf raises OYO

At the Hill – Bernie Sanders (backward run) to the top; stopping at cul-de-sac. Plank it up waiting on the six.

Flutter Kicks x 50 IC

Mosey towards Union Rd; stopping in the Dollar Store parking lot. Lunge walk the parking lot end to end, mosey back to start to rinse and repeat x 3

Mosey towards the start; stopping in the Food Lion parking lot for some wall sits with air presses x 20. Rinse and repeat x3

Mosey across the parking lots; at the old HT saw approaching ruckers (Whoopie and Monk); wanted to welcome them to the PAX. Quick call for 30 monkey humpers OYO to say hello.

Mosey towards Snoballs; stopping at the wall for some dips x 20 IC with a jail break to the finish.

Announcements:

Gastone is planning a trip to Mt Mitchell to hike up and down (5 miles one way); reach out to him if you have an interest. Based on interest, he will plan something

QSource kickoff – great start, check it out

Whetstone – Entering year 2, opportunities for others to join; see Monk for more details.

COT: Prayers to T-Square’s M and family, Stonecolds Dad, Easy Rider’s son

Thanks for the opportunity to Q. Way to push the rock men. Always a honor to lead. Turtleman

It was another wet Monday morning in the gloom.    Think our area is turning into a rain forest.   Before I start a conflict between our F3 climatologists and scientists in the bunch, let me quickly get to the thang.

Disclaimer:   Don’t sue me, modify as needed, I’m an idiot, etc

The Pledge

Thang

Warm up:  SSH – IC x 30, MNC – IC x 30, Don Quixote x 20 (Q Fail), Seal Jacks IC x 30)

Mosey to bank (rain had just stopped, was still very wet) drive through

I’m sure there is a F3 name for this (Hippa or Short Sale would know) Circuit  of 3 exercises for 1 minute interval (big boy sit ups, american hammers, mountain climbers).  Rinse and repeat to complete full circuit x3

Mosey to shopping center for a Turtleman staple – Run to the loading dock, jump up, bear crawl down ramp/side-walk, run to parking lot complete 20 squats.  Rinse and repeat x3

Quick count out – 6 pax strong.   Low on numbers, high on determination and focus.  Everyone was pushing to conquer the rock

Next exercise; One end of the parking lot complete 10 merkins, run across the parking lot, complete 10 burpees.   Complete 5x’s

Line up, lunge walk to the 2nd light, run back, complete 20 seal jacks

Line up at the wall, wall sits with arm presses for 1 min, balls to the wall for 1 min.

Was pretty burned after that.  Mosey back towards Snoballs

Stop at the wall, 20 dips IC followed by 20 step ups (each leg); rinse and repeat x 3

Mosey to parking lot – TIME

Announcements

Now that weather is getting cooler, seeing attendance start to be spotty.   Clavin made a great point to headlock Kotters and challenge each other to get out.  Roadie reinforced the 40 day challenge, which is to be goal driven and to motivate.

The Murph on Monday Q’d by Gastone:  TIme moved to regular 5:30 start

Name-o-rama

As mentioned before, these guys were pushing it.  Good luck Clavin this weekend with your event.

Always a honor to Q.  Thanks – Turtleman

 

 

Had a late scratch (prayers out to Easy Rider’s 2.0 and family) and YHC jumped in to lead the beat down.  My inspiration was an upcoming Spartan event and the idea was to burn the shoulders. 7 strong in the gloom on this coolest Monday since Spring.  Fall is finally in the air.  Hallelujah, appeared that summer was going to run through December and cause Santa Claus to wear his swim suit.

Warm up

SSH x 20

Don Quixote’s (aka wind mind) x 10

LBC’s x 15

Plank jacks x 15

Seal jacks x 15

The Thang

Mosey down Riverwood Parkway

1st light 5 burpees, continue mosey

2nd light 5 burpees, continue mosey

3rd light 5 burpees, continue mosey

4th light 5 burpees

At the doctor’s office

Lounge walk to first light, run back to start

Broad jump up hill to first light, run back

Rinse and repeat each of the above

Plank it up waiting on the six, left arm, right arm, recover

Mosey into neighborhood towards park access

5 burpees

Mosey into park up to pull up bar

3 pull ups each, while the PAX completes flutter kicks

Mosey to turd shack for eleven’s

Start with 10 hip slappers, run across parking lot, 1 big boy sit up

Rinse and repeat descending hip slappers by 1 and increasing sit ups by 1

Plank it up waiting on the six

Mosey into the play ground

Modified Cindy – 5 pull ups, 10 merkins, 20 squats, rinse and repeat x 5

Short on time, mosey towards Snoballs

Stop towards top of the park

Jack Webb to 8

Jail break to the parking lot

COT

Prayers – Easy Rider’s 2.0 and family, Youth Pastor at Bethlehem cancer fight and surgery, Unspoken Prayers

Strong work by the PAX.   Smaller group today driven by the weather.  Great push by all.  A shout out  to Dr. Feel Good who  pushing the rock hard.   An honor to lead.  Till next time – Turtleman

And I can’t concentrate, which is creating a writer’s block.  Now mind you, she’s watching the AMA’s while talking on the phone with a friend, trying to unwind from a long, hectic day.   And of all things, I’m interrupting her while typing.   Not talking, but TYPING, very quietly.   Think the issue was that I turned the lamp on.   I would ask for the brotherhood to back me.  If you have a chance, text her a random message at 704-718-4464 about the importance of back blasts – let her know that Turtleman sent you.    She doesn’t understand the wrath of the weasel shaker.

Anyhow, the title was going to be a bucketful of jellybeans.   To Roadie’s point, they were sugar-free and pretty hard…. and heavy.   Had a good turnout of 12 men.

The Thang

Disclosure

Pledge

SSH x 30 IC

LBC x 30 IC

Flutter Kicks x 20 IC

Merkins x 20 IC

Mosey around Snowballs while each PAX bucket carried our jellybeans around 1x,.  Continue mosey until all 12 HIMS have completed one lap.  By my count, it was close to a half mile.

Mosey down to old HT shopping center, alternating jellybean carry.

From parking lot, mosey to loading dock, bear crawl down the ramp, run to parking lot and complete 20 squats

Rinse and repeat above x3; plank it up waiting on the six

Quick count off

Next up we formed in a horizontal line (that’s not vertical) and  crab walked to the first light pole, mosey back to the start

Rinse and repeat x3; plank it up waiting on the six

Next up form a line on your six, get close together.  Complete 1 chest press with the jellybean bucket and pass to the next HIM.  This is where it got interesting.  Think it was Roadie who shouted, one is too easy, let’s make it 3.  That sounded good, make it 3 YHC confirmed.  Then Huckleberry I believe,  wanted to demonstrate that he could bench press a car and did like 40.  At that point, Squirt yelled, I feel like I should be doing something else.  Ok, YHC  concurred.  Everyone does big boy sit ups while the bucket comes down the line.   There was some other mumble chatter and I heard in a serious tone that the Q needed to take control.   YHC quickly countered that this was a group activity, inspired to drive engagement and collaboration from the PAX.  Clearly, that was accomplished.   Shortly after, YHC Omaha’d from there.   Editors note:  this activity will make a return and will be dynamic.

Mosey up the parking lot for some Dora, pair up.  200 squats, 100 merkins total.  1 partner runs across the parking lot while the other performs the exercise.

Plank waiting on the six

Mosey towards Snowballs, don’t forget the jellybeans.

Stop at the wall; Dips x 20 IC, Step ups 10 per leg; Rinse and Repeat

Mosey back to Snowballs; TIME

 

Announcements

Start getting ready for 2019 Burpeethon

Christmastown 5k is quickly filling up

Easy Rider has the Q next Monday and had a sly grin on his face while saying that he has something special.

 

Good work men.  Keeping pushing the rock.  If you haven’t posted in a while, get out there.  It does your body and mind some good.

Turtleman