Ruckers met early, launched at 6:15.  Four rucked, Four ran.  Good way to start the year. Pledge

All joined Q Source, except Quiche.  Q fail that the forms for 8 block were left at home, had to improvise.

Announcements:  Push the rock challenge, 50 mile for Gearwrench, Hacksaw and Round UP mid January.

Prayer requests; Breaker daughter in law on job search, Wirenut and family, Tooth Fairy father and Slime Shady father, Turtleman, Huckleberry, Tiger and family

YHC took us out

Always an honor

Tiger

Final RTB of the year was also the final installment of Living Third.  Q came in hot, arriving at 0531.  Pax not standing still though, good job men.  Once Q finally arrived, began with the mission of F3, to plant grow and serve small work out groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.  Welcome to Gumby, Gastonia native who lives in Waynesville now.  Warm up of SSH, imperial walkers, gravel pickers, and some stretches.  Pledge.

Mosey to the track.  Do one lap together.  Weinke calls for a form on 11’s.  Do 10 burpees, run half way around track and do one burpee.  Back to starting point for 9, half way around for 2.  You get the idea.  Full work out was 110 burpees and 10 laps.  Have  a few minutes remaining after completing the laps, so we go halfway around again.  Stop for a word on our motivation.  We all have to have a reason large than self to keep us motivated.  We envisioned our reason being back at the flag and needs us.  Mission was to get to our why as quickly as possible.  Time

YHC spoke for a couple of minutes on Luke 12:48, “…to whom much is given, much is required.”   I found an article that articulates a few pints worth noting from Christianity.com.  The articles discusses that the short phrase has four distinct components  -first, is the truth that God gives much. Second, is the idea that no one has the right to live alone for himself. Third, is the emphasis that everything we receive comes with great responsibility. And lastly, that we should use the gifts and talents that are given to us.

That second point in particular, that no one has the right to live alone for himself, speaks very clearly in reenforcing the idea that what we do, we do not do only to benefit self, but also for the benefit of those in our concentrica.

Announcements; Push the rock challenge, Gearwrench, Hackswaw, and Round Up 50 miles mid-January.

Prayer requests – Tooth Fairy dad, Slim Shady dad, Turtleman, Huck, Wirenut and family, Tiger and family, those recovering from winter storms.

YHC took us out

Always and honor

Tiger

Another outstanding day in Gashouse. We had a great crowd with really good weather. Actually, the mumble chatter started early so I’ll take back the comment about a great crowd…there were a lot of people there but the quality was not so good. Well maybe most of the crowd was good but you know what they say about 1 rotten apple spoiling the whole bunch?

We started with a disclaimer and pledge then got to work with the warmup which was a shortened version of the workout. It would be 6 exercises performed in different locations and at varying amounts of time. There was only 1 problem: I could only remember 5 of the exercises but thankfully Roscoe saved me and remembered #6. The exercises were the following: SSH, Merkins, Big Boys, Burpees, Flutter Kicks, and Squats. We did a few as part of the WU then moseyed to Gastone’s Hill. At the bottom we did the same 6 exercises for 10-30 reps and part way thru an unnamed pax that rhymes with Portsale started getting mouthy. Actually, it started during the warmup but I did my best to ignore him up to that point but every man has a breaking point. We did a few rounds of burpees X 5 as punishment to get him to settle down. I think I saw some remorse in his eyes as he started to cry. Well, at this point Defib had to console him. It’s tough to watch a grown man cry. Defib hugged him during the rest of those exercises. There might have been some “massaging” going on as well but it was dark and not sure I could say for sure. We moseyed up the hill then quietly did some more rounds of those same 6 exercises. “Portsale” was obedient and appreciative to be back in the pack at this point and kept his mouth shut like a good little boy from here on out. We moseyed down, did some more exercises, moseyed back up for some more. At the top, I tried to remember something I read from Strog’s Christmas Eve book but didn’t have the book. Or my phone. Or a good memory. So I winged it and discussed what I could remember about the 4th scroll in this book called The Greatest Salesman in the World. It was about being unique and making your time on this earth count. Don’t waste time and enjoy your life to the fullest-at least that’s what I remembered. See below…..We moseyed back to start for COT with a few merkins at every other light post on the way back. Once we got back, Strog got his books out of his car and I read part of the chapter I THOUGHT I wanted to talk about which was good. Once I got home, I got my book (I meant to bring with me) and below is the actual paragraph I meant to read.

It’s funny how my planning for this Q and my “message” was screwed up because this morning I was moaning in my head about how I didn’t want to post. I didn’t want to go exercise. I really just wanted to lay in bed and fartsack. I was tired. I posted yesterday morning then worked hard yesterday most of the day getting Christmas decorations down. Before getting in bed, I checked my watch and was over 25,000 steps for the day. Just seeing that made me even more tired. In short, the Sandy V was on level 9 in my head when I went to bed and had gotten worse through the night. Getting out there this am with the guys really helped. It’s currently about 8 am and I’m working on my backblast (gotta keep Gearwrench happy) with my dog Seymour sitting next to me and everyone in the house still sleeping except the one child who is already at work. I’ve had a good workout, suffered some mumble chatter, showered, gotten dressed, and about to make some breakfast. I’m trying to take my own advice and at least mentally get better today.

Here is the actual paragraph I meant to read. It’s from the chapter on scroll 5…another Q fail but who’s even reading this anyway???

“This day is all I have and these hours are now my eternity. I greet this sunrise with cries of joy as a prisoner who is reprieved from death. I lift mine arms with thanks for this priceless gift of a new day. So too, I will beat upon my heart with gratitude as I consider all who greeted yesterday’s sunrise who are no longer with the living today. I am indeed a fortunate man and today’s hours are but a bonus, undeserved. Why have I been allowed to live this extra day when others, far better than I, have departed? Is it that they have accomplished their purpose while mine is yet to be achieved? Is this another opportunity for me to become the man I know I can be? Is there a purpose in nature? Is this my day to excel?”

IS THIS MY DAY TO EXCEL??????? How about that? How are you going to EXCEL if you are starting the day off with a freaking FARTSACK?????!!!!! I really needed to tell myself that this am.

If you haven’t Q’d a workout in awhile, sign up. It’s the best way to make sure you shake that sand out of the V and get out here so you can EXCEL!!!!!

see you soon-Whoopee

6 PAX came out in a completely inhospitable and rainy Gloom to put in some work.

We did some variation of the below workouts in groups of 4 until I ran out of ideas, then we pulled cards from a deck that Gearwrench brought.

Warmup

10 SSH IC, RoL LoR, 10 Gravel Pickers IC, Right/Left leg up(quad stretch) 

Dips

WW1’s

Lunges 

10 Hillbillies   

Burpees 

Oblique crunches 

5 squats

10 Derkins

Diamond Merkins 

LBC’s

Mike Tyson’s

Imperial walkers 

CDD’s

Mtn Climbers 

Bobby Hurley’s

COT, Pledge, Announcements.

Thanks,

Maybelline

19 PAX came for a Saturday morning at the Yank, with all the potential for Merlot from the previous days festivities.  BOS and Mainframe split off during 11’s for some better paced work.

We did some variation of the below workouts via a round of 11’s, 4 corners, and a dora hill-style.

Warmup

10 SSH IC, RoL LoR, 10 Gravel Pickers IC, Right/Left leg up(quad stretch)

Hand release Merkins

WW1’s

Lunges

10 Hillbillies   

Burpees

Oblique crunches

5 squats

10 Derkins

Diamond Merkins

LBC’s

Mike Tyson’s

Imperial walkers

CDD’s

Mtn Climbers

Bobby Hurley’s

Found a wall and wrapped up with:

Hip Slappers, Dirty Hookups, Squat holds.

COT, Pledge, Announcements.

Thanks,

Maybelline

5 HIM’s came out for a cold and gloomy beatdown.  We did some variation of the below and then all PAX called out different workouts we hadn’t already done.

Warmup

15 SSH IC

10 Gravel Pickers IC

10 Merkins IC

20 Squats OYO

5 Burpees

• O/H Presses x12 I/C
• Goblet Squats x12 I/C 
• Moroccans 
• Flutter kicks 
• Single arm Curls x12 I/C
• 8-counts
• Lunges
• Imperial walkers 
• Step ups x 10 per leg
• 12 Derkins OYO
• Calf raises
• Rifle Carrie’s
• 12 Derkins OYO 
• Single arm Rows x12 I/C
• Chest Press x12 I/C
• KB Swings x 15
• Oblique crunches

Core

30 Freddie Mercuriebs

20 Plank Jacks

Hillbillies

Warm up

• SSH
• Don Qs
• Imperial Walkers
• Toy soldiers
• Stretching

Mosey to Hawthorn Hill for some Triple Nickel

CDD’s at bottom and Monkey Humpers at top.

Mosey to next hill for 22s

2 Plank Jacks at top

20 SSH at bottom

Mosey to side street

30 Squats

30 Merkins

5 Burpees

10 walking lunges (5 per leg)

Rinse and repeat 20 reps and then 10 reps of Squats and Merkins.

Mosey to The Fighting Yank

• 15 Dips I/C
• 15 Flutters I/C
• 15 LBCs I/C
• 15 American Hammers I/C

Rinse and repeat with 10 I/C

COT

Announcements

Prayer Requests

YHC closed in prayer

Thank you men for allowing me to lead this morning.

Over and out,

Breaker

It was a decent crowd on a wet Folsom morning.

We did a brief warn up of stretches a set of Iron hulks.

The thang was simple and repetitive.

• A set of Iron hulk
  • It worked out nicely to 10 Merkins to 40 presses.
• 5 sets of
  • 10 Dips
  • 100 Calf Raisers

We rinse and repeated until times was up.

The fellowship and mumble chatter were wonderful this morning.  HC was impressed with Gear Wrench’s calf raisers. It is now known how he got such large calves.  Volt was in rare form; his laughter was loud and strong.  Stogie counted big boys yet did not do one. Our minds were blown with the accuracy at which this was completed.  Ball joint’s impression of Oompa Loompa was dead on.  Spackle struggled knowing what number to count even though it was the same every time it was his turn.  The moans of Bedpan were heard throughout the land with the encouragement of “Come on Boys” from Sarlacc right after. Wichita was laser focused this morning and would not be distracted by the shenanigans of others.

These are a wonderful group of HIMs and it is a pleasure to put in work alongside these gentlemen.

Prayer Request

• Turtleman
• Huck
• Montross
• Wirenut
• Bubba Sparxx

Events

• Beer Run
• Sign up for the New Year Challenge

Disclaimer

The Pledge

Warm-up

The workout

COT

• Announcements
• Prayer Requests

Closed in prayer