8 gathered at Coconut for many guys with respect and Stroganoff’s approach to respect.
The Thing:
We ran 5 miles
The Moleskin:
Pledge
Circle of trust and prayer
Strabucks for Fellowship
Gastone Out!
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It was a bit cooler this morning rolling into the Folsom gloom. The fog added to effect rather nicely. Surprisingly, the humidity was still rather brutal. Folsom is currently marked up for a little facelift and additional recreation equipment installations. Word on the street is we are going to get our very own splash pad/water fountain! Slaw and YHC will most likely be the first to test it out during a WO. Anyway, trying to come up with something creative for today’s Q, I remembered a routine exercise that was used out at BlackBeards AO in Murrells Inlet. While keeping it simple and some modifications to said Q, it worked out well. 5:30 so Time to get at it.
pledge
warmarama
mosey toward the park entrance and loop around down back down by the ballfields to the lower parking lot.
Thang
this routine exercise may have a name, but I’m just going with what took place. Each PAX chose an exercise. While PAX 1 runs a fast lap around the parking lot, the remaining PAX AMRAP given exercise. When PAX 1 completes lap, PAX 2 runs and PAX 1 joins the remaining PAX and continue to AMRAP said exercise. Keep the rotation until all PAX have run their lap. Switch to the next exercise and repeat.
Exercises were; Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Imperial Squats, Flutter Kicks, Plank Jacks, Alternating Lunges, 1 more that I can’t remember.
with about 7 minutes left, we mosey to the shelter for Step ups, Low slow Squats, calf raises all x20 IC
mosey back to start
Prayers for our families, Squirt’s M, my friend Tracy, Bedpan job interview
YHC took us out in prayer
Again, thank you men for letting me Q. I love this AO and the group of guys that make it what it is. Let’s keep it rolling!
MDub out
3 men posted at the future Monday morning AO “Mt. Hollywood” for some recon work. We logged 4 miles and explored most all areas of downtown Mt. Holly. We now have some great ideas and opportunities for the AO. Official launch date for “Mt. Hollywood” is Monday August 6th @ 5:30am. This AO will meet at 124 South Hawthorne Street Mount Holly, NC 28120.
Thanks to Tiger and Broke for joining me to scope out the area.
9 HIMS showed to Folsom this morning looking to avoid the rain. The chance of avoiding a potential beat down, well, that’s not going to happen if I can help it. Getting close to start time and the PAX are still rolling in. Here comes Sparky, so I am late or it’s definitely time to start, so let’s roll.
Warm-Up: SSH x 10(IC)
The Thang:
Mosey towards the flag at the entrance to Folsom, along the way stopping at 4 different light poles and knocking out 5 Burpees OYO at each pole. Got in 20 before we reached the flag. Sort of like a mobile Slaughter Starter. Go ahead and say the pledge, then we continue to mosey across the street to the back right corner of Walmart.
Exercise called was Walls of Jericho. This exercise usually is performed around a large building. Today we are using the Walmart building. You pick 7 different exercises and complete 7 reps of each and run one lap around the building. Exercise is complete once you finish your 7th lap. The exercises chosen today were; Burpees, Plank Jacks, Big Boys, Imperial Squats, Ski Merkins, CDD, and Seal Jacks. Not a lot of mumble chatter during this exercise. Only talk was of Sparky making an emergency pit stop into the Walmart. He sure did take his time. Then somewhere after the 2nd round, Allen Tate pops up out of nowhere. Sort of like he was trying to sneak in like he had been there the whole time. He swears he ran a 5k looking for us, but he wouldn’t provide his Fitbit for proof. This exercise took longer than anticipated, and we were quickly running out of time. We had to cut the last round short and start our mosey back to flag.
Still with a couple minutes left to spare, I didn’t want to waste any valuable time. So a quick round of Burp & Merk was called. This is when you begin a traditional burpee with a single merkin at the bottom, then complete. Drop back down for a second burpee with two merkins, then complete. We did this up to 7, and then worked our way back down to 1. This was a crowd pleaser to end the workout. Time.
COT
Name-o-rama: Completed rather quickly, not sure where Sparky was off “two”
Announcements: CSAUP relay, JJ5K, Belmont 5/10k
Prayer request: YHC took us out
It was an honor to lead today gentlemen. Thank you for allowing me this opportunity.
Sister Act
YHC was looking forward to PrisonBreak this AM. Running, or moseying for me, is one thing I can still do while the shoulder is injured. Shut-up Folsom. Anyway, moving along, 5 HIMS posted to run. Apparently the so-called “Chief”, Allen Tate, and his entourage were too comfy in the fartsack to attend. SMH. Sister Act arrives shortly after myself and takes off for EC about 5:15. 5:30 hits and the rest take off. No ruckers this morning. Good to see Blart out there. One day I’ll keep up with him the whole route. After about 1.5 miles, Sister Act breezed by as if floating on water. “If only I were 50 pounds lighter…..”. Anyway, all arrive back at start after putting in some miles.
Pledge
Announcements; Snowbird registration(link is in a PreBlast), CSAUP relay coming soon, runs happening all the time, get involved
COT Prayers for our families, country, and those who didn’t make it out
YHC took us out in prayer
Always an honor to Q. Thank you for the opportunity to lead PrisonBreak. I’m not a runner or true rucker per say, but the responsibility and obligation has pushed me to get better at it. I know the Folsom PAX will bust my balls later, but thanks to those fools, I’ve been pushing to post and do what I can do with the injuries I have. Without the trash talk and apparent love those guys have for me, I’d just be in “that dark place” ignoring the hand reached out to bring me to the light. (Little Folsom inside shenanigans) I keep hearing from other AO PAX how special the Folsom group is and the image of F3 it brings. I believe it’s not just happening at Folsom, but throughout the Gastonia region. I encourage our region to continue to grow in our fellowship and relationships among one another. The stronger the bonds within our AOs are, the stronger effect we will have in our communities to build more leaders!
MDub Out
It is just around the corner fellas. The Snowbird Fall Mens Conference is Sept 14 – 16. All I have heard from Sparky and Medicine Woman is how incredible this event is. Men together worshiping God together, doing fun activites outdoors, growing in the word and as brothers…that sounds like a great way to spend a September weekend. There has been lots of interest at Folsom and I think we will have a group of 8 or so going. Join us!!!!
Registration is open now at the link below. It sold out in the Spring amd expect the same this year. Post on Slack or tell Sparky if you register so he can get us in the same cabin. I registered tonight so I am a HC!
12 men showed tonight for a Midoriyama VQ. We promptly clocked in at 17:30.
Warmups: Slawter starter, grass pickers and SSH x 12IC.
Pledge
Starting at the parking we lot set at destination for the far turd shack. We got there with a combination of lunges, bear crawls, lunges and an indian run.
Once there we did some wall sits while marching our feet and hip slippers/flutter kicks and lbcs all x 20IC.
We then proceeded to the dog park hill with a combination of nur, lunges and a mosey.
Partner up at the hill. P1 does merkins and P2 nurs the hill and sprints down. 100 merkins total.
Then partner 1 does WW1s while P2 bears crawls up and sprints down. 200 total.
Mosey the long way back to the parking lot by the big field.
Return back to the flag with a combination of lunges, burpees long jumps, indian run and a mosey.
Circle up for some Freddy Mercury and Sandy Vs.
Time is up.
COT
Annoucements: CSAUP coming up. Second F at Sargento’s the same night.
Prayer requests: Hush Puppy, Swimmer, all the people hurt.
BOM
Allen Tate closed us in prayer.
The Chief would like to thank midoriyama for allowing him to come gather and lead these pm rockpushers. It was an honor and a privilege to lead. Nice work tonight men. No jv guys here for sure. Keep pushing the rock!! Until next time!! Allen tate- Chief of folsom
With the threat of rain YHC wasn’t sure what kind of crowd was going to show this morning, but this is “The Storm” and the PAX start pouring in around 5:25. When time hits, 11 total PAX are ready to get after it. No FNG’s so only a brief disclaimer.
Pledge
Warm Up
Burpees x5 OYO
SSH’s x20 IC
Burpees x5 OYO
Mosey over to the main entrance of the school and let’s get started with The Thang:
PAX perform max reps of two exercises then complete a lap around the outer perimeter of the parking lot.
Set #1 – Merkins & LBC’s
Set #2 – Dips & American Hammers
Set #3 – CDD’s & WWI’s
Next up is a lunge walk around the side and front of the school stopping at various points for 25 jump squats.
Mosey over to the tennis courts for some partner work. Partner up on one side of the courts, Partner 1 does AMRAP of called exercise while Partner 2 sprints to opposite side of courts and completes a set number of reps of a different exercise and sprints back. Flapjack.
Set #1 – Flutter kicks AMRAP, 10 Burpees opposite side
Set #2 – Freddie Mercury’s, 20 Diamond Merkins
Set #3 – WWI’s, 20 Mike Tyson’s
Set #4 – LBC’s, 20 Werkins
Set #5 – American Hammers, 10 Burpees
Time is up and The Storm is coming so back to the flag.
COT
Challenge Yourself
“Keep pushing the rock”, “Don’t quit”, and “It’s you vs. you” are all commonly heard at a workout. We challenge ourselves during workouts to keep going with the goal of making ourselves physically and mentally stronger. But are we challenging ourselves the same way with the spiritual part of our lives? Do we continue to witness after being rejected? Do we give up on our daily devotions or daily bible readings when it becomes difficult or takes up too much of our time? We need to give maximum effort to become spiritually fit, anything less is unacceptable.
Matthew 6:33 – “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well”.
Announcements
- If you’re posting at Midoriyama on Thursday bring a kettle bell if you have one
- CSAUP 50 mile relay August 25th and cookout at Sargento’s that afternoon (M’s but no 2.0’s)
- Recon Q at Mt. Hollywood today at 17:30. Meet at Middle School Parking lot
Prayer Requests
- Family friends of Telsa, father is missing
- Top Hat upcoming Dr. appt
- Marriages
- Those fighting addictions
YHC took us out in prayer.
Great to see Gilligan out today and all the PAX pushing hard. It was an honor to lead this great group of HIM’s.
Broke
10 HIMS resisted the fartsack this morning and pushed the rock at Crossroads. 2 rucked and 8 ran today. Awesome group of guys out here today, way to push.
COT
Announcements
Prayer – YHC took us out.
Name-o-rama
Awesome time out here this morning. Thanks for the opportunity to lead you guys. Some great discussions today about our roles as men. We are to Lead By Example. Whether it be as a coach, friend, brother, husband, or father, we should strive to be the example for someone else. Continue to push that rock fellas.
Sister Act
On Sunday, July 22nd four bad dudes and a wild Huckleberry met at Freight’s place and traveled to Crowders Mountain for a GoRuck Light. For those of you that don’t know – light does not mean easy… just less time than the others.
We arrived to the location and found several other F3 brothers there. Many of them were taking place in the HTL – which is insane.
The festivities kicked off promptly at 13:00 with Cadres Montreal and Pike doing roll call and an introduction. The Cadres then checked all bags for the required equipment.
We were then lined up into four lines and instructed we will be doing a modified Murph. As a four man team we ran, did chest presses with our ruck packs, merkins and squats.
After this concluded we saw one guy drinking beer and several guys drinking out of a flask. These ruckers sure are nuts.
At this time the team grabbed a ton of coupons and headed towards the mountain.
What followed over the next five hours is something that’s hard to put into words. YHC knew that this would be physically draining, but it was just as much mentally exhausting.
Up and down over the mountain, we by Freight’s watch, covered just under 7 miles. While YHC didn’t carry many coupons (or even my own ruck sack at times) Boudin and Freight were absolute bad-asses. I rarely seen either of them when they weren’t carrying something. Hipaa was appointed a team leader for a while and pushed like Hipaa does. For a few miles Roadie had the flag and was leading the entire group. Around mile 2.5 Roadie rolled an ankle and almost took out an elephant on the way down. He recovered and finished the event without complaining. I’d talk about Roadie being a beast, but if you’re reading this, you already know.
We returned back to the launching point a little after 18:00. They presented patches for the 12 that did the HTL and then to the rest of us. I will say this was one of the coolest things I’ve ever received. It sucked and it’s difficult to even type this back blast right now, but it was worth it. The four men with me yesterday are a blessing to me. They are four men I have an immense amount of respect for.
Roadie – the transformation you’ve had since January is truly remarkable. Keep pushing and inspiring everyone around you.
Hipaa – you are a beast, brother. You gave yesterday all you had.
Freight – you made it all the way through and didn’t even mess up your hair. You’re a bad man, brother.
Boudin – I swear you didn’t even break a sweat yesterday. I’m told you even posted this morning. You sir are unreal.
Thank you all for the push and the friendship.
As a side note: if you ever think there’s something you can’t do – just remember it’s all mental. I spent a lot of time on Saturday thinking how I could get out of this, but I’m glad I didn’t. This was an experience I’m honored to be a part of.
Philippians 4:13
Huckleberry