Lots of running today! Some went 5 or more, some did 4, Some took a dump, Some stayed for COT/name-o-rama. You vs. You.
Aye!
1P2A
Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
Lots of running today! Some went 5 or more, some did 4, Some took a dump, Some stayed for COT/name-o-rama. You vs. You.
Aye!
1P2A
Been a while since my last Q at Mt. Hollywood and it was good to be back. 6 PAX made it out this morning, ready to start the week off right. Disclaimer, pledge, warmup and off we go.
Mosey down to the First Presbyterian parking lot with stops along the way for 25 Merkins, 25 Imperial Walker Squats, 25 Big Boys and 25 Shoulder Taps. Time to go to work…
Four Quarters
25 Merkins and 25 Imperial Walker Squats on one end of the parking lot, run to the opposite end and do 25 Big Boys and 25 Shoulder Taps then run back.
Repeat x4
Short mosey across the street to the BB&T wall where the PAX lined up on the wall and performed called exercise. Each PAX took a turn doing called number of Burpees while others did the exercise.
Peoples Chair / 5 Burpees
Wall Jumps / 4 Burpees
Peoples Chair with marching / 3 Burpees
Dirty Hookups / 2 Burpees
Hip Slappers / 1 Burpees
Mosey back toward the start with a stop at the Library for a Triple Nickel.
5 HR Merkins on one side, 5 Burpees on the other x5
Back to the start for a minute or two of Mary and that was it.
NMM/COT
Verse of the Day
Matthew 7:7 – “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
Be careful and don’t take this verse out of context. This is not meant to imply that you can ask for anything you want and God will give it to you. You must first have a relationship with God and seek his will. He will hear your prayers and answer them according to his will.
Announcements
Extinction Run Nov. 6th
Blood Drive Nov. 10th at South Point UMC
Christmas Party DECEMBER 11th
Prayer Request
Praise and prayer request for Gold Digger and his M on her ordination as a minister
Mayor’s M
Pilager’s recovery
YHC took us out.
I’m Broke
That day being a few weeks ago because I just realized I never wrote the backblast.
PAX showed up.
The Pledge
We ran the Wells Fargo route backwards (sometimes referred to as the Wachovia route; you had to be there).
Gaston Day School Rd to Armstrong Park Rd to Armstrong Park Dr to New Hope Rd to Lee St to Perry St to Armstrong Park Rd to Gaston Day School Rd
Announcements (2 of the 3 are still relevant)
Extinction Run 11/6
Chad 1000 11/11
Prayer Requests
Roscoe’s Father-in-law
Linus’s Father
Family of Office Herrera
Prayer to take us out.
YHC apologies for the tardiness and begs forgiveness.
5 strong with nice bible study at the Sword.
Welcome Gear Wrench!
After the combined Yank-Bunker warmup from VQ Rebar, Breaker Breaker and YHC did a timed workout, 4 sets of 5 exercises with 45 seconds of exercise followed by 15 seconds of rest until the next exercise.
Set 1 = Kettlebell Swings, Halos (R), Merkin pull-throughs, Halos (L), KB side swings
Set 2 = Big Boys, Side Plank (R), KB Flutter kicks, Side Plank (L), Leg Lifts
Set 3 = KB Squats, KB deadlifts (R), KB deadlifts (L), Mountain climbers, Supermans
Set 4 = KB pullovers, Upright rows, Tricep extensions, Curls, Overhead presses
With all sets complete (~22 minutes), lunge-walk from the wall to the road and back, then rinse and repeat. We completed a full second round of exercises, then joined the Yank crowd behind Old Stone for their last 2 rounds of Mary and COT.
Lagniappe: I appreciate the good conversation with Breaker Breaker this morning while the rest of the PAX masses supported Rebar. I learned a few things that I’ll definitely apply to future Bunker workouts: 45 / 15 exercise timing seems like just the right balance for hard work and recovery and keeping things moving. I also discovered that Pandora and my timer app will simultaneously play through the speaker – win for technology! I hope to see more PAX out at the Bunker – it’s just as tough of a workout as bootcamp, so if you haven’t tried it yet, I encourage it.
Got the field set up for the beatdown then a few of us grabbed a few miles for EC waiting for everyone to show up.
6:30 hits and we start!
25 SSH IC
1 burpee
20 SSH IC
1 burpee, 20 squats
15 SSH IC
1 burpee, 20 Squats
10 SSH IC
1 burpee
let’s mosey to the hill!
We run hill repeats with adding one burpee at each end of the hill.
All of the guys pushed rocks on the hill work and it was awesome!
we got our blood flowing and heart rate up then mosey to the parking lot for the beatdown.
Bear crawl 10yards for
10 CDD
20 Squats
30 Merkins
40 Lunges
50 LBC
40 Lunges
30 Merkins
20 Squats
10 CDD
Bear crawl to the finish
Rinse and repeat for 40 minutes
I told the guys at the beginning who ever got in front of me better be ready to push themselves to the max and it was Hacksaw out front and we pushed him to the end. He did have to modify his push ups but he pushed the pace enough to earn the football.
it was fun leading and pushing the guys out there and I appreciate the opportunity to do so!
Every time we step up to a workout we should push it to the max. Our bodies are built to be pushed and that’s where we grow. Whatever the Q calls make sure your doing the workouts full speed.
Announcements
Extinction run
Blood drive
Christmas party 11
Stanley 5k 10k
Prayer Request
Westside co worker
Stogie co worker
Volt and family
Sister Act family
Rockabilly
Huckleberry mom
James Goudelock
Big Pappy took us out!
9 showed up for the first, years in the making, Sunday morning run/ruck AO in Belmont. If this crowd was any indication of what this group is going to look like then just know it’s going to be fast! We discussed the route and off we went. Now despite sending out a map to study we had a few that seemed to get off course and no it wasn’t Seuss. Or at least I don’t think he did. I couldn’t see him on this dark course from where I was. Sargento had enough time to stop off at his office and do a little work. Overall the maiden voyage went pretty well.
COT:
Now it got a little chatty during this time. It seems a lot of PAX think they know best of how and what we should do during the COT. While I appreciate the help I’ve been in a few of these so just chill the flip out. I may have let a nasty word slip in playful banter and I apologize for that. I was just discussing with someone yesterday of how I’ve seen my language slip in a negative way lately. I promise to get on top of correcting that.
Announcements-Extinction/Extension run 11/6, Ctown 5k, Christmas party 12/11 or 12/13 for Broke
Afterwards we had coffee and discussed naming the new AO. We talked about the history of Belmont and had some good names but most agreed it would be fun to throw some shade back at my brothers from NOGA. They seem to really be upset with my recent move. It really is heart warming to know they are that upset to lose a little time with me. As we discussed high brow(top runner for the name) names we came up with exclusive “Members Only”. Now while you may not be a member we are taking applications. There is a panel interview that comes with this along with a quarterly board meeting where we will vote on your membership. Unfortunately some may get blackballed.
5 made it out to Old School on a perfectly cool Saturday morning. 3 put in some EC. Some stated they were avoiding the touchdown beatdown out at Folsom. Congrats to Hacksaw for getting the football!
Warmup: Blah blah blah does it really matter? It’s the warmup!
The Thang:
I borrowed this one from the nantan of Grandstrand. He called it a modified murph but it didn’t seem anywhere close to that but it did seem like a terrible idea.
Run 2 laps, 25 merkins, 50-4 count flutter kicks, 75 squats. Rinse and repeat 4 times. Seuss was off to the races as usual, Wirenut was really pushing the run and Leppard and Montross seemed to enjoy each others company. We moseyed down to PM’s street and lined up at the end of the road. Make your way to PM’s driveway via 5 broad jumps then 10 of each-CDD’s, WWI, Lunges. This took several rounds. Mosey to the courthouse arched driveway. 11’s- plank jacks, karaoke halfway then switch sides until you get to the opposite side, seal jacks, then run back via the side walk. We got several rounds in before it was time to head back.
COT:
Announcements-Extinction run, C-town run, Christmas party.
Pledge
Namerama
Prayer Request-Wirenut’s M’s Aunt
Moleskin: Good job Leppard!
1 rucked. 2 ran. Facilities used. All on a a typical Sunday at the Coconut Horse.
Welcome FNG Whopper!
Announcements:
Great work by all.
Yabba Dabba Doo
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