8 Men showed at Folsom Saturday we had one Fng, but before all of that we had an impromptu tribal ceremony. Many of you know Allen Tate but few may know him as Chief. You can’t be chief of a tribe without a ceremonial headdress. Montross provided the gift and Chief was more than appreciative. 630 let’s get to work!

The thang:
Warm up Ssh,slow squats, merkins
20 each
To the tennis courts
11’s imperial squats and Freddy mercury’s
Bear crawls back and forth then around the lines. At this point the FNG is noticing that we at Folsom do a lot of mumble chatter.
4 corners x25 eachstop x4
Mtn.climbers, raise the roof,squats,lbc’s
Since we had the burpees by the lake coming up that morning I decided that some ultimate football would be great idea especially with an fng. Mr. Garvey warmed up to this idea. I’m not going to repeat the score (not sure if I can count that high). Afterwards we met back at the flag pledge and 22 for the vets. Finished with COT.

Prayer request:
We took this moment to celebrate what God has blessed us with. Cod possums surgery went well and he is recovering. My M is feeling better from her recent chrohns flare up. We did pray for the people of special Olympics and for the event held Saturday.
Announcements:
Christmas town 5k

The Bed Pan is full!
Always an honor to serve!

Few in numbers at Mt Hollywood, but high in intensity.  Six HIM’s came out to start the week.  Went like this:

Started with SSH, Don Q’s, and imperial walkers.  Added in 5 burpees.

Mosey down Catawba to Main St, stop in the parking lot of the Italian restaurant.  Q calls blackjack with merkins and American hammers.  Started out with 20 merkins , ran up the hill to end of parking lot, one American hammer.  Reversed until one merkin and 20 hammers.  210 reps total.  Go to the wall at side of restaurant.  Q calls for 10 Australian montain climbers, 10 hip slappers, and 30 second wall sit, three rounds.  Brick pavers on walk way are of the slick variety, our hands were slipping from the sweat, wanted to avoid face plants so we omahaed to Tiger squats, 10 on one curb, run across for one on opposite curb and reverse (11’s).  About half way through, time to mosey back.

Time.

Christmastown 5K coming up, also The Forge on Wednesday at Grit’s n Greens

Remember Oompa and his family, Tesla sister, brother from Atlanta area that passed last week.

Q closed with prayer.  Have a good week everybody

For any of you who the title describes what you do in your personal time, please keep that to yourself.

YHC decided to mix it up at the Yank, explore some new places.  We started with SSH 15x, Cotton Pickers 10x, imperial walkers 15x, 5 burpees.

Mosey to trail head and Rocky Branch, 5 burpees upon arrival.  PAX instructed to search for two coupons while on the trails, hang on to them.  Began a mosey on the main trail, but stopped at bridges for hand relase merkins or LBCs.  We did six sets of 20 hand release, and two sets of 25 LBCs while on the trail.  We did only the first section of main trail, about 1.3 miles.

Coming off the trail everybody had their coupons.  Q calls for iron hulk with coupons.  One merkin and four shoulder press, two merkin and 8 shoulder press, all the way 10 merkins and 40 shoulder presses.  This was tough.  Mosey back up Woodrow Ave to pull up bar being Belmont Middle.  10 pull-ups.  Mosey to the Yank.  Couple minutes remain so we called 25 American hammers, 25 flutter crunches, 25 dips.  Time.

PAX pushed hard, great work men.  We mentioned Christmastown 5k speed for need.

Tesla mentioned his Uncle Roy that passed away recently, who was a WWII pilot is being honored in Kannapolis Saturday with a military flyover.  All are welcome to attend.  Some thought also shared of what the Yank represents to them, some really good words spoken.

Q closed with prayer.

Well, the day was finally here. A lot of EH and talking up was happening and a the end, there were the men, Ms and 2.0s ready to push the rock and raise some money for special olympics. Real quick, no athlete pays to compete; its all paid for by donations like those received for this event. A lot of work went into this by my M, who chairs the SO committee, Tooltime for talking it up and putting it out there, Hipaa for his online work and all those who helped spread the word.

Folks poured in, paid and got their shirts. The time came and we gathered near the main dock for instructions. It was opened with prayer for the event, special olympics and their athletes, no injuries and then for the Rich family. As you know, young Maddox Rich disappeared and was found in a creek close to the park. It was sad to pull in to see all the teddy bear memorials, but it serves as a great reminder.

Teams were spread into three heats with the parents and 2.0s in the last one. There was some last minute shuffling, as there always is, due to illness, travels or what have you. There was a lot of talk about how the Nantan cheated and had gold digger as a partner at the last minute when there was all of this talk about Roscoe… The prevailing thought was that Roscoe never even signed up. By the way, I want to thank those that donated as well. T-Square and Sparky showed up for some support. Sargento dropped off some paper currency as well. The course and stations were reviewed and burpees with a twist we demonstrated and advised the count as well as this was a cumulative event meaning what you do, your partner must do the rest to make the number. This would be a source of consternation afterwards for many pax, including myself.

The Thang:
Station 1 > 50 burpees
Station 2 > 50 pushups
Station 3 > 50 SSH
Station 4 > Dealers choice. The SO athletes held out cards from the new deck of death. Team does exercise on card.
Station 5 > 50 Burpees with a twist. Left and right count as one.
Station 6 > 50 Sit-ups
Station 7 > 50 Dips
Station 8 > 50 burpees…..END
The stations were set up around Rankin Lake, which is about 1.6 miles.

After all was said and done, Gold Digger and Tooltime won the day. Second was Sister Act/Boudin and third was Dolph/Whoopie. Honorable mentions to Pizz Mand and his M (Mrs. Pizza Man) and Blart and his M Gina.

The kid teams were really fun. I had my 7 year old 2.0 Rousey with me, Dobby (Rudolph), Venus (hushpuppy), Cydney (Blart), Crawdad & Rebecca (Boudin). Upon finishing, Rousey picked up the heavy share on our team and knocked out more burpees for me. The 2.0s really pushed it.

Up next were the competitions: one minute of burpees, sit-ups, pushups and hip slippers. A lot of good work done by all, but gold digger had a sweep. The 2.0s competed in burpees and sit-ups. Venus won the burpees and Cydney the sit-ups. Thanks to a cruel trick by my wife, one of the songs during the competitions was “Baby Shark”. My 2.0, who was counting for me decided to sing along. I had to straighten her out by telling her to stop singing and count, but she couldn’t care less. Hush puppy brought a ringer. His daughter was doing handstands and all other twists and bends after everything.

A few good notes: Tooltime cheated dolph by sitting on his back during pushups, Dallas (Blarts son) decided to drop pants and pee in the middle of the event, Hushpuppy having to buy a monkey Joes pass (Venus said you’re still taking me right), everyone getting their shirt but me (wife didn’t order mine), huckleberry being present when the M and I told each other happy anniversary after we had forgotten all morning (yes that’s how we spent it).

A heartfelt thank you goes out to all who have participated with any support. The athletes there were amazing and so very special and glad everyone came out. What you men do, matters to those around you. Thanks to GNC who was out there as well as the GPD for putting this on and trying to make a difference in this world. Look for a GNC guy and two police at your workouts soon. Your donations have made this the #1 fundraising effort of the year for SO on behalf of the GPD. A heavy EH was put on as well. I hope I haven’t forgotten anything, but if I did, please forgive me.