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Wooden on Leadership @ The Coconut Horse

January 3, 2021 / / 0 Comments

It actually was a little gloomy this morning.  Misty, dark, cloudy.

A few ran, a few rucked.  We did not see any Chupacraba’s along the greenway but we did hear a rooster.

We all finished.

Announcements:  Convergence next Saturday at Folsom.  Wear masks.

Prayers to all the Healthcare workers on the frontline for the past 9 months or so.

As Coconut Horse shifts away from Q Source for this year, we started with a lesson on Leadership from John Wooden.  There are many books and anecdotes  about Coach Wooden but one of my favorites is Wooden on Leadership and these lessons come from that:

-Before you can lead others, you must be able to lead yourself.

-Leadership success begins with a solid foundation.

-Do not fear failure or punish initiative.

-Never allow anyone else to define your success.

-Character stars with little things.

-Seek out opportunities to show you care.

-Remember that a good demonstration tops a great description.

-Seek players who will make the best team rather than the best players.

-Sloppiness breeds sloppiness.

-Remember that a great quarter in basketball or business starts with a great minute.

-Make sure all praise is genuine and appropriate.

-Believe in the hidden potential of all.

-Stop saying “no” and start asking “how”.

-Long term success requires short term focus.

-Always assume adversity.

I think these are great lessons and not the only nuggets from John Wooden.  I would encourage you to look up his Pyramid of Success and his 7-Point Creed.

Come join us next week at Coconut Horse as we start a few weeks of studying the Four Agreements by Don  Miguel Ruiz.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead this morning.

Until the next one.  Aye!

Stroganoff

Nature’s Bounty and another mutiny

January 2, 2021 / / 0 Comments

The first Saturday of the new year was a little damp but not cold, so that was good. Plenty of HIMs were in attendance looking to put in work. YHC did plenty of planning to make sure they were pleased with the Q.  Since the Schiele Museum is the location of the AO and there are areas we haven’t explored as I recall, I did  some recon ahead of time and was inspired by a walk on the nature trail. This is what happened…

With the predetermined theme,  all exercises and routines would be related to animals or nature. It’s interesting when looking at the the exicon just how many exercises and such are named after said theme.

Warm Up

Copperhead Lunges x10 IC, Copperhead Drydocks x11 IC, Copperhead Squats x9 IC, Zebra Buttkicks x10 IC each leg

Pledge of Allegiance

Bootcampers split off from the Painlabbers and moseyed to the Nature Trail. When we came to the set of benches not far into the trail, YHC called for Racoon Crawls on the banches and chaos ensued. Start over, this time single file winding down to the bottom. One and a half rounds of this on the super slippery boards and YHC called for a stop before somebody busted out their teeth.

Mosey down to the bottom of the hill and line up, single file for the Duck & Weave. PAX would duck walk while the last person in line weaves his way to the front by running. We did this for a while until we got tired of it.

Mosey further down the trail to an open area for Global Warming. The PAX would hold Al Gore pose for a while until YHC called for 10 Flying Squirrels. Back to Al Gore until 20 Monkey Humpers. Al Gore again and then 10 more Flying Squirrels. Recover!

Mosey to the cabin in the woods where we would do a Country Dora 1-2-3 routine. Partner up for 100 Scorpion Dry Docks, 200 Gorilla Humpers and 300 Monkey Crunches. Partner 1 did exercises while partner 2 would either bear crawl, crab walk or copperhead lunge down to and around the trees and then switch. This sucked more than I wanted.

Head toward the pond with a detour to the picnic shelter. At the tables, YHC called 10 Copperhead Dips and 10 Copperhead Derkins. Then do 15 of each.  And then 20. Yes, this came from the president of MHC. Don’t ask why…

Mosey down to the pond and circle up, spreading out for a round of Howling Monkeys. All PAX would hold the monkey humper pose while, one at a time, they would do 10 Monkey Humpers each going clockwise. We made it a full round and started into a second round but with 14 PAX present this was lot of pain so we stopped.

Recover and head toward the exit. We stopped to line up again, this time for the Inch Worm. It was about this time that Roscoe synced his phone to my speaker to play his loud metal crap. It’s a good thing Short Sale wasn’t there because he’d have an aneurism. Roscoe is under the impression that his drivel is better than the artfully crafted playlist that YHC put together. Whatever… another mutiny. Do the inch worm for a while until it’s too much to take.

Fellowship mosey to the bottom of the hill for Elevens. Flying squirrels at one end, Monkey Humpers at the other side of the loop. We got in 7 rounds but time was short so we stopped.

Last thing is a session of Everest. Pax would do copperhead lunges with a copperhead squat up the hill! We made it most of the way up but time was running out so we moseyed to the parking lot where we did more monkey humpers! Time!!!

Thanks for the opportunity to lead men! Make this year your and our best!!! AYE!!!

Announcements: Convergence at Folsom next week 7am start

Prayer Requests: Anchorman as he launches the Oakland, CA region. Talk about a HIM!!! Several PAX with Covid and recovering from injuries.

Until next time, keep it cheesy!

 

 

‘‘Twas the morning before the morning before Christmas BB

January 2, 2021 / / 0 Comments

‘Twas the morn before Christmas and in the gas house three creatures were stirring early at the house. On Hermie on Nessman go walking with sledge down Union Road to the waffle house edge, do all the talking turn around and walk back then get to your computer and post it on slack. Watts Up’s harassment more than a week post, keeps Nessman haunted like Christmas past ghost. As they walked down the road and the work out did end it was circle of trust and said prayers for their friends. For all of our families and Hermes “M” Flo’s post Covid emergence and get us prepared for January 9 convergence. As I got in my Honda and I drove out of sight I knew I’d be dressing as the fat man the very next night. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

10 for 10

January 2, 2021 / / 0 Comments

1/1/21 we celebrated the 10th year of our men’s group.  I say our men’s group and not our workout group because it is so much more than that. It is a men’s group for all the things we need it to be. Fitness, leadership, friendship, support group, and anything you need it to be at the moment when you need it to be. That is why we celebrate because we had something missing in our lives and this has been able to fill it. I’m very thankful for the 21 men that chose to celebrate with me on this day by logging 10 miles in one form or another. Some ran 10, some rucked 10, and some ran and rucked. I’m also thankful for all of those that answered the call to serve by donating blankets and soap. These items are being donated to the Salvation Army to fill an immediate need they have. This kicks off my word for 2021-Serve. I’ve started a list of ways I plan to live out this word this year and one of those items is to collect and give at least once a month. All to often we donate during the holidays and then forget about it the rest of the year. My goal is to meet needs all during the year and of course I’ll be dragging you men into it with me. Great job everyone on the 10 miles and maybe next year we will do 11!

Monkey Humpers and Merlot!!

January 1, 2021 / / 0 Comments

With nothing planned I showed up hoping I can pull off a good Q. 5 of us showed up on a wet New Year Day / my birthday.

With a small warm-up we moseyed down to the QT. Completing monkey humpers, CDD and a couple other exercises in cadence.

We continued passed Tony’s ice cream down to the towing company. I explain how I knew the guy in the building behind The towing company. With that we gave him some monkey humpers as well.

We continued up the street toward the funeral home. With two cars sitting at the stop light we decided to give them some monkey Humpers to look at. I explain to the guys how I had once went to that funeral home for a mother of a good friend of mine.

We continued over to South Street where we stopped and sprinted up the hill to the stop sign.

We then completed a couple of Route 66s.  Around the corner we did some wall sitting for one minute and then mosey back to the start.

 

During the route 66s is where the Merlot came in, we had a very good splashing going on this a.m. Folger has been three for  three on  workouts and now is three for three on his Merlot. He has not missed a workout without a Merlot. Folger is a great guy. and takes his lumps well. Let’s continue to encourage him as he strives to get better physically. 

 

Pockets out!!

The long way around.

January 1, 2021 / / 0 Comments

10 this morning for a rain dancing morning.

Warm up.

Moroccan Nightclubs  while I explain the workout.

Mosey the long way around to the Goat Island parking lot. Stop at Lake Dr to complete some exercises and catch our breath. Continue down to the parking lot at Goat island. 

Amrap Core work. Your HIC didn’t get the timer quite right. 🤦‍♂️

WW1

LBC

Nolan Ryan’s

Oblique V-Ups

Pretzel Crunch’s

American Hammers

1 min Plank

Dying Cockroaches

Crunchy Frogs

Freddie Mercuries

Complete 1 round and mosey back to the start the same way we came. stopping a couple times along the way for some stretch’s 

Announcements

Convergence the 9th

Rock pushed by all. Great work guys!!

 

Pockets.

Speeding around the Booobby.

January 1, 2021 / / 0 Comments

14 of us at The Ricky Bobby on a mild Wednesday morning. One PAX already out on a long run, the rest of us gathered for some bootcamp. Nothing big planned, we warmed  up with a mosey. Moseying through the neighbor hood learning about the routes and stopping along several points completing exercise OYO because we wanted to not wake the neighbors. Finished up with some wall sits and some sprint work that I had learned from the night before at Midoriyama. Great group of guys pushing hard and giving some good conversation about workout Q’ing.

 

Announcements.

Convergence January 9th

 

Prayer request for other PAX on the IR and some personal ones as well. Keep your brothers in prayer and contact someone you haven’t seen lately.

 

Thanks again brothers!!

Pockets

Circumstances!

December 31, 2020 / / 0 Comments

So Rabbit Ears was on the schedule for the Q but having a toddler and a pregnant wife expecting in a week or two takes priority. So he reached out and said he couldn’t Q. Being the eleventh hour and being site Q I decided I wasn’t going to put the pressure of coming up with a last minute wienke on someone else, not that the men of Folsom couldn’t handle it, because they could! Knowing it was New Years Eve I thought about what a year it had been. A year of unmasking in a time of masking up! The unmasking I speak of is the unmasking of chinks in your armour. All of our lives has changed in some way and some more than others. 2020 has happened to the whole world. Big deal! It’s life! It’s been happening since Adam and Eve fell and sin entered the world. Moses lead the Israelites in the wilderness for 40 years! 40 YEARS! Moses dies and the task of leading the Israelites into the promised land was placed on Joshua. In Joshua chapter 1 God commands Joshua to “be strong and courageous” three times in three verses. He doesn’t tell Joshua to consider the circumstances. Why? Because God told Joshua just like Jesus told the disciples and all believers “the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” So my question is, has circumstances controlled your thinking this year more than Gods command to be strong and courageous? Enough talking let’s get to work!

Tennis Court Work

25 burpees

bear crawl across first court

50 merkins

bear crawl second court

25 burpees

bear crawl third court

50 merkins/25American hammers

lunge walk fourth court

50 squats

lunge walk fifth court

25 American hammers

lunge walk sixth court

50 squats

on the way back:

20 shoulder taps

lunge walk sixth court

20 renegade row merkins

lunge walk fifth court

20 tricep merkins

lunge walk fourth court

20 cdd’s/ 20 bbsup’s

bear crawl third court

20 imperial squats

bear crawl second court

20 bbsup’s

bear crawl first court

20 imperial squats

20 more merkins to make it an even 100 on the way back

COT:

Prayer Request: the Smith family, SA and his family, Westside’s dr apt, Stogies dad, and for 2021 to be a year of strength and courage

Announcements:

New Years Day 10 miler at Coconut Horse

Convergence at Folsom 1/9/21 all other AO’s closed that day

the above was said and done in the gloom this New Years Eve!

Thanks men for the hard work and opportunity to lead again!

Wichita out and on to the next one!

 

BlackJack 21

December 31, 2020 / / 0 Comments

YHC hasn’t been to Labyrinth or SandLot in a long time, in fact, last visit had the name Snowballs. So it was time for another visit and Q for the first time. In 2020, YHC has Q for the first time a few AOs and plans to visit Q several others in 2021.

Its 5:30am and time to go to work…

Disclaimer

Warm-up

Mosey to ball fields and then partnered up for some BlackJack 21…At the center building, concessions & bathrooms, which has four sidewalks between the four ball fields,  each twosome performed 1 merkin, then  moseyed to end of ball field fence to perform 20 American Hammers for a total of 21 reps. As you moseyed down and back, 2 burpees about midways. Back at the center, each twosome would rotate clockwise down the sidewalks, 2 merkins and mosey to end with 19 AHs. Continue until we were at 20 merkins and 1 AH was the goal, however due to time, had to omaha so we could get back in time for OT.

COT

Announcements

  • Convergence on January 9th
  • New Years Day 10 mile Run/Ruck

Prayer Request

  • Flintstone and family
  • Whoopee’s daughter
  • Sister Act’s surgery
  • Our Country

YHC closed us out in prayer

 

Great work by all PAX. Thank you men for allowing me to lead you this morning! It was an honor and privilege!

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