Eight HIMs showed to The Ricky Bobby this morning and their fortitude was rewarded with the warmest temperatures in weeks and a perfectly-timed break in the rain, resulting in near-balmy workout weather with a light fog producing a nearly perfect GLOOM. Let me tell you, if you fartsacked, you missed a fine BOTG morning.
Following classic warmups, we crossed the street and ran the Merkin Escalator up and down Winder Trail. One, then Two, then Three Merkins at each driveway all the way to the T at eleven Merkins. Turn around and return doing Squats for the Escalator down. A second round of Merkins up and Lunges back down, of course each time stopping at Sargento’s house to show our respects. A few core exercises and Suicides back at The Bobby and we were out.
Orangeman asked for TAPs for his friend Devereaux battling cancer. We also keep Bubba Sparxxx and Montana in mind as they recover from their surgeries. Additionally, Winter Nationals will be coming up in February, keep an ear out for more information as all AOs will be closed that day.
Attendees were
Hunchback
Buckshot
Orangeman
Cheesesteak
Stagecoach
Koolaide
Tesla
Goose
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temp was good at 44
but a light rain constantly.
Great group this morning.
SYITG
Bedpan
Sometimes workouts fly by, other times like this day, it seems like time stands still. We kept moving, and there was plenty of mumble chatter. Could have been that extra 15 minutes compared to a weekday workout… regardless, it went something like this.
0700 hit so it was time to go. Quick disclaimer
The Pledge
Warm-up
SSH IC x 15
Merkins IC x 15
LBCs IC x 15
Imperial Walkers IC x 15
Bootcampers took off while the Pain Labbers stayed with Linus.
Mosey to the circle in front of 1st Pres for what I called a variant of Triple Nickel which confused everyone because it wasn’t the traditional Triple Nickel.
5 exercises, 5 count of each, then a lap, 5 times (see that’s sort of a Triple Nickel).
We did BLIMPs so the PAX said it was BLIMPs not Triple Nickel (YHC was the Q so it could be both)
Burpees
LBCs
Imperial Walkers
Merkins
Peter Parkers
Mosey to the top of the steps. The news had just come out that Sports Illustrated would be no more. My childhood and teenage years consisted of reading SI cover to cover each week when it came in the mailbox. So in memorial, we’d run some partner cover to covers.
Under the Cover at The Pad, Partner 1 would AMRAP an exercise. Partner 2 would mosey to the cover at the lower entrance and back. Then, Partner 1 would run and Partner 2 would exercise
First round consisted of Merkins, Reverse Crunches, and Squats
Second round was PAX choice and consisted of Mtn Climbers, Somethings, and (I believe) Flutter Kicks
Mosey to the bottom of the parking lot near the ballfield. Four Core-ner time…
Corner 1 – 10 Crunchy Frogs
Corner 2 – 10 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercuries
Corner 3 – 10 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercuries, 30 LBCs
Corner 4 – 10 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercuries, 30 LBCs, 40 Flutter Kicks
De-escalate and unstack
Corner 3 – 10 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercuries, 30 LBCs
Corner 2 – 10 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercuries
Corner 1 – 10 Crunchy Frogs
Mosey to the small parking lot next to the church for “Real Triple Nickels”
Round 1 – 5 Dips on 1 side, mosey to other side for 5 Derkins, repeat 5 times
Round 2 – 5 Calf Raises on 1 side, mosey to the other side for 5 Hip Slappers
With time still remaining, mosey to the Shiele for Wall Sits.
Air Presses IC x 10
March in Place IC x 10
Mosey to the flag in time for Stroganoff to call Flutter Kicks. Finally, the bell.
Announcements
It was the last day to sign up for Pushin’ Rocks Challenge
Prayer Requests
Turtleman
COT was short because the princesses were cold.
Prayer to take us out.
Until next time…
11 HIM strong for a Simple Morning Grinder of a workout at Folsom this AM. 1 showed up for just the warmup. I was on my typical Wirenut Time as usual. Luckily Pony Boy is use to it and got to the warmup for me. The guys saw me coming in hot behind our friendly neighborhood Pokémon Go Guy and with no time to spare and no good parking spot due to more construction vehicles at the park again I ran the ol’ F1fiddy ashore at the tennis court fence. Once out of the truck I picked up the remainder of the warmup and then we moseyed over across park for the workout.
The Thang
- 5 Burpee Buy In
- Merkins
- Squats
- LBCs
- 5 Burpee Cash Out
- Run 1 Lap
Round 1 was 50 reps each and we dropped 10 reps each round until we were down to 10on the final round. Burpees and running stayed the same each round. If you finished early enough you picked someone up for their final rounds. Once finished we had a few minutes left so we headed over to the soccer fields for couple of rounds of partner work followed by ten more Burpees. We then moseyed back to The Flag stopping another time for 5 more Burpees and that was TIME.
Pledge, Announcements, Praise & Prayers
Thanks For The Save Pony Boy.
I’m not going to sugarcoat, fluff up, or describe my workout in too much detail here on this platform today. It was a pretty simple rack’em – stack’em at the soccer fields. We finished up in a decent amount of time so then we unstacked it all. We ran over to the hill did a round of tripple nickel then headed back and got in a few rounds of sprints to finish things off. We Said the Pledge got in our Prayer Requests and Announcements and we were finished. Thanks to all who showed up today.
Workout speech done.
I’m going to now use my platform to speak up about a new project I’m working on that focuses on Missing PAX, PAX Abduction and PAX Trafficking Etc… My first subject of interest is Slaw. Have you or anyone you know seen him since the Christmas Dinner. He’s the site Q at the Premier Afternoon AO in the Gastonia Region where are you. I like Defib earlier in the week received a proof of life phone call. While on my way to Madoriama this week I received said phone call with a very familiar voice that sounded like Slaw but it could have been AI generated. I say that because the first thing he says is he hates it but he was going to miss my Q this week. Now I don’t know if he really hates it or not because he’s been MIA for so long. But it was the second thing he said that sent the red flags a flying. This person supposedly Slaw said he was on a conference call and he’d be working over. Not that I don’t believe he’s on a conference call because that’s all DE employees seem to do most of the time these days. It was the working over part that made me suspicious because we all know Slaw don’t work. He self admittedly watches YouTube all damn day. So this really has me confused and concerned for his physical safety and wellbeing. I’m not so much concerned with his mental stability though as we all know he’s already a head case. I’m looking at getting John Walsh to head up this project with me. By all means if you have any other information that would help with the successful recovery of this PAX or any other missing PAX from this region please reach out to us at 1(888) SLAW BAG we promise that we’ll follow up on all leads and you can remain anonymous if you feel that it would be beneficial for you and your AO.
That’s All For Now
Wirenut – CEO and Sr. Operator of The PAX Retrieval Firm
5 PAX Braved the cold temps and icy terrain at Life Church. Mosey the long way around the parking lot to back of Church
COP – IC
SSH, LSSQ, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Willie Mays De Hays, Mountain Climbers, Calf Stretches and a brief Broga Session
The Thang:
Half mile Catch Me If You Can around parking lot with timer completing 5 Hand Release Merkins. Rifle carry block.
Line up at the end of parking lot side by side for Gassers. The timer ran down/back X2 and called out the exercise for the other PAX to complete before he started running. Completed 3 Rounds
Half mile Quick 6 around the parking lot to the back of Church while Rifle Carrying block.
Completed Pinocchio to the tune of Black Betty. All PAX on their backs shoulder to shoulder and passed around 50lb sandbag clockwise and counterclockwise staying active with Flutters and Freddie Mercury while bag is being handed from PAX to PAX
Hustled back to the blocks for a round of Irkins and Squats to the tune of Bring Sally Up/Down
Stack blocks back up and all you got to the Flag for a round of Cheddar Shredder
COT
Announcements included new date for Rice and Beans and Cherie Berry has a VQ coming up next Monday! CSAUP in Mint Hill Feb 17th to honor a fallen F3 brother Gremlin. Contact me for details.
Prayed out and as always, it’s a pleasure to lead Gentlemen!
Disclaimer:
Pledge:
Cold, off to Martha’s.
In between about 2.5 miles we:
Curled/O/H Press/Squat/Blockie/maybe something else with cinder blocks. Multiple, multiple rounds.
Modified Partner Triple Nickel:
Dips on side 1, 5 booyah merkins in the middle, block curls on side 2. 5/5/5
4 corners:
10/20/30/40
Merkins/Heel Raises/Squats/Flutters
(above modified for time)
Super duper shortest stent of Mary in F3 history.
Blocks back to Pelicans.
Time:
Announcements:
Convergence 2/10 Folsom Winternationals
Prayers:
Mason and Cherry families
Honored
Linus
We say all the time that you’re not only posting for yourself, but to also be there for the man beside you. At Crossroads on Sunday, this principal was in full effect. On the eve before what was projected to be a morning in the low teens, Mayor reached out on Slack for a “pacer” for his training run. He had two PAX hard commit to being there for him and both helped him achieve his goal. That’s some HIM stuff. Shout out to Bedpan and Wojo for the strong work and leadership by example. Freight also had a run goal he had to meet, but he took off so fast that nobody could catch up to him and pace him. He smoked his goal as well.
11 PAX in total for a cold run and a Qsource discussion on Language.
Prayers for Sarlaac, Turtleman, Luke Newsome, Gumby, Gumby’s neighbor, Wojo’s dad, Bubba Sparxx, Ball Joint, Seuss’ dad, Bedpan co-worker. Praise for family of Mayor’s co worker who got good test results
YHC took us out
I’m Broke
Warmups-
- SSH- 20
- Low Slow Squats -15
- Gravel pickers-10
- 22 for the Vets
- STRETCHING
Pledge 🇺🇸
Mosey to the Blocks…
Triple Nickel- 5 Thrusters w/ Blocks 5 American Hammers w/ Blocks Take a lap… 5 rounds
Mosey to lower lot… Sheldon Cooper
10 Burpees, 10 Squats , 10 Merkins , 10 BBs then a lap… all the way to 1 rep each …
Mosey back to start…
Announcements-
- Pushing rock challenge
- Folsom nationals February 10th
Prayer Request:
Huck
Turtleman
Jackson Hall
Oompa
Hester Family
Balljoint
There were three runners and one fartleker who was voluntold to Q… Work was done for at least 30 minutes or more by most of those in attendance.
Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
We recently did the Ruck Squad shirt. The design was loosely based off the movie, “The Usual Suspects”. I won’t spoil the movie if you haven’t seen it… but it’s a good one if you haven’t seen it.
In the movie there is a character known as Keyser Soze. He says this iconic line: “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist.”. A recent Gallup poll shows that only 59% of American adults believe in the devil. That’s a ten points drop since 2020. It’s crazy to think that anyone can look at all the misery happening in our world and NOT believe in the devil. But that’s the way Satan likes it.
So, how do we deal with the fact that Satan is alive and well in America and the world?
First, we need to read and believe in the Word.
Second, we need to apply the weapons we’ve been given. We put on the breastplate of righteousness, notch that belt of truth, put on the helmet of salvation, cinch up the shoes of peace, pick up the shield of faith, and wield the sword of the Spirit (which is the Word of God). This is all covered in Ephesians 6:14–17.
You might have read about, or heard of this armor before, but have you ever noticed that the armor is all offensive? It’s all designed for a frontal assault. This means we take the fight to the enemy. We get angry and we get on our knees. We release the power of heaven in our homes, on our families, and against the hellaciouos barrage of arrows the enemy fires at us.
The spiritual armor of God does you no good if its simply gathering dust, or if you are running from the battle. By the way, running from the battle leaves your backside completely exposed. You can’t just sit tight and wait for the enemy to attack. You have to get in the Word; charge at the enemy through prayer; Commission the armies of heaven (the Holy Spirit and His angels)to fight for you.
Whether you want to believe it or not, the battle is real. We must stand and fight for our family, for our friends, and for ourselves.
Prayer Requests/Praise Reports:
– Pray for Broke’s co-worker’s son. He was in a car accident and is in the ICU on a vent. They suspect brain damage, but won’t know until then can remove him from the vent. Today is the day they are planning on this. Pray for that family and this situation.
– Pray for Wirenut’s M… something about a fracture
– Pray for Bubba Sparxxx and his recovery from surgery
Continue to pray for:
– Jackson Hall
– Huckleberry – though, sounds like he got a good resent report from Doctors.
– Stogie’s M is doing better from the spinal epidural for herniated discs and compressed neck.
– She’s supposed to go back to the doctor next week for further instructions, but the pain is coming back and she needs to start physical therapy asap.