5 posted for the Thunder PT test on a mid 90’s day at Midoriyama. Not really a good place to measure fitness unless you are measuring for future global warming. We did all of the reps then we ran a little to kill the rest of the time.
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I’ve never been to the Goat before, so I thought a Birthday Q would be an appropriate introduction. We started warm-ups to the smell of mouth watering freshly cooked bacon. That was torture!
Let’s mosey across the bridge over chocolate milk to the playground. We circle up around the diamond with a dozen or more Hims. You won’t get a bunch of running from me, so we’re just gonna do what I like and that’s more core đ.Â
Set1: 50 seconds of work/ 10 seconds to transition.
LBC’s, Rev-LBC’s, starcrunch, flutters, baby makers, superman pullups. Recover. Mosey around the playground. Rinse & Repeat.
Set 2: 50 seconds of work/ 10 seconds to transition.
squat shadow boxing, CDD’s. mountain climbers, merkins, lunges, side lunges. Mosey to the picnic tables, step ups. Rinse & Repeat.
Mosey back to the sweet smell of bacon to do some Mary.
Announcements: Ruck Sunday, Pockets need two Tuna people?, Convergence on Labor Day, PT Thunder @ PL, Annihilation on Sunday.
Prayers: Turtleman is starting PT đ, Brian Chub, Jackson Hall, Norwood, Huckleberry, Charlie heart transplant đ
Thank you Hims for the Happy Birthday song! I felt like the Chippendales were singing to me đ. Much appreciated đ„ł. Thank you dear Lord for allowing me to Q on my 51st Birthday. Amen!
6 HIM posted at the Pub for a 5 mile run. Unfortunately despite my recon and studying the map I still managed to run off course (again – made the same error a few months back) It seems I just cannot remember the route through Bethesda Oaks. This time however Stroganoff (a true leader from the back) redirected me to stay on course.
Announcements:
Annihilation this Saturday YHC at gashouse
Peak to Peak ruck – meet at Linwood at 8am
Coconut Derby Sunday Sept3 at Coconut Horse – come compete for the belt
Convergence Labor Day at he Fuse 7 am
Prayers:
Turtleman
Jackson Hall
Huckleberry
Diablo Sammich is back at its rightful home for one day as 3 men and a dog went on a journey to the Waffle House. We strolled, on safe sidewalks, up Union Road and mixed in merkins, squats and dips(sparingly) as a garnish to our Diablo Sammich.
It’s Friday. It’s late in the morning. This is what happened…
Warmup – Merkins & Goofballs
Upon scouting out the AO, YHC figured it’s best to stay away from the traffic for our safety. There’s a lot of benefit having a 5:30 start time, particularly staying out of the way of traffic. With that in mind, we moseyed down to the newly paved Thread Trail path for the beginning of the Thang.
Kraken Burpee Mile: Do 5 Kraken Burpees and then lunge 20 paces, repeato for 5 sets. This got us a little way down the way but we had to mosey the rest of the way to the next locale.
Triple Touchdown: On the big dewy field where Broke once scored a touchdown, we did a variation of the good old Triple Nickle but with a football theme using the number 7. On one side of the field do 7 Merkins and on the other side do 7 American Hammers. Do 5 rounds of this.
Mosey up the hill around and around to the front porch of the YMCA for some 11’s. On one end do Step Ups, bear crawl to the other side and do Derkins. OMAHA!!! Apparently, the progress YHC has made recently with the People’s Elbow wasn’t enough and with the current knee problem keeping still happening were too much to take on this particular.
Quick thinking put us on the move again so we moseyed to the backstreet and ended up at one of the alleys for some new 11’s. On one end do Donkey Kicks, lunge walk to the other side and do Little Baby Dips.
Time was winding down so we headed back to start. We recited the Pledge of Allegiance and time was called.
Announcements: Peak to Peak hike, Coconut chase, convergence, Iron Pax
Prayer Requests: Turtleman, Norwood, Hacksaw, Mayor, Huck
Whoopee had a HC FNG for Monday at the Sandlot and the guy was a no show due to being on call. Fast forward two days at the Ricky Bobby and sure enough, there he was! He works with Defib and Whoopee and the RB is closer to his house so instead of the Labryinth, we got him at the RB.
YHC wrote an FNG (sort of) friendly workout where we went over core tenants to F3 to enhance the PAX knowledge of F3 Nation. Here is how it went down.
Warm up and Disclaimer
SSH, Merkins, Squats, and LBCâs. We then moseyed to the track for a half lap and ended up behind the school for a review of the 5 core principles. The PAX would call out one of the five, and we would do an exercise that starts with the first letter of the principle.
Free=Freddie Mercuryâs
Outside=Oblique Crunches
Open to all Men= Outlaws
Peer led in rotating fashion=Peter Parkers
Ends in COT=Circle Burp
We moseyed to the other end of the parking lot for DORA, but before that we discussed the Credo: Leave No Man Behind but leave no man where you found him.
Partner up Dora 1,2,3 100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 Flutters
Several pairs converted Squats to LBCâs but then switched to squats. #QFail
We then moseyed to the walkway to the back of the school and bear crawled to the top.
We hit the stairs for 50 calf raises with toes straight, 50 duck footed, and 50 pigeon toed.
Next we moseyed around the school and lunge walked and did two burpees at each light pole. We then walked backwards up the hill to the front of the school and stopped at each light pole for an exercise to include Mike Tysons, bird feeders, big boys, and 8 count bodybuilders.
Our FNG modified the big boys and contemplated merlot splashing for a few minutes.
We ended the workout a little early to dial in the COT and still went long!
Announcements:
Peak to peak this Sunday
Annihilation Saturday at the Gashouse
Labor Day workout at Fuse stadium (Convergence)
Coconut Derby the day before
We prayed for Turtleman, Huckleberry, Charlie with cancer, David, Norwood, a coworker of Blueprint.
We forgot the pledge (Qfail) but did a solid naming of our FNG. A surgeon who worked odd jobs growing up to get money including shoveling snow in Ohio and working at a Dairy Queen we named him Blizzard. As usual, it could have been worse.
Good job for Whoopee on the solid EH and for Defib for coming so he knew at least two PAX.
I put a post on onehimsjunk well over a year ago and am happy to report that I finally gave Buckshot the poster for his kids that I was supposed to give him many, many months ago.
There are many men in our region who arenât posting with F3 and I am not sure why they donât. Be intentional in talking about F3 and being welcoming to new guys. Although YHC didnât modify much of a standard Q, it is always a good idea not to crush new guys as our goal is to get them back out!
Always a pleasure to lead,
Roscoe
It was yet another scorcher at Midoriyama. YHC had a plan to keep the boys in the shade most of the time, but we were still going to put some work in. One of the PAX whose name rhymes with “hate” suggested we should just fellowship mosey for 45 minutes and call it a day! You “hate” to see it! All of the PAX (except for Mammas Boy) seemed pretty unmotivated today. It was freaking hot, and they knew the pain train was about to leave the station!
Warmup:
- Seal Jacks
- Goof Balls
- Grass Pickers
- Left over Right, Right over Left Stretches
- Arm Circles
Thang:
Mosey to the soccer field at dog hill on the backside in the shade. We performed the “Laredo” WOD. It goes like this-
6 rounds of:
- 24 Squats
- 24 Merkins
- 24 Walking Lunges
- 400 Meter Run
All of us were riding the struggle bus by round 6. Even though we were in the shade, there was ZERO wind blowing.
After a minute to cool off and get our breath, we lined up on the sideline facing the large goalie box line (approx. 10 yards away). 4 rounds of:
- 5 Mike Tysons
- 10 CDD’s
- 15 WW2 situps
- Bear Crawl to goalie line and back to sideline
Slow mosey back to the flag for a couple minutes of Mary.
- LBC’s X 25 IC
- Flutter Kicks X 25 IC
- Freddie Mercs X 20 IC
Time’s up.
Announcements:
- Kings to Crowders ruck/ hike on Sunday, 8/27
- Need some runners for the Tuna 200. See Pockets if interested
- Annihilation workout at Gashouse on 8/26. Q’d by Defib
- Coconut Derby on 9/3 to crown the next Champion
- Convergence on Monday, 9/4 at Gastonia Honey Hunters’ field. 0700 start
Prayer Requests:
- Huckleberry
- Turtleman
- Jackson Hall
- Norwood
- Mayor
- Def Leppard
- Hacksaw
YHC wants to thank the PAX that posted today. It was brutally hot, but you boys posted anyway. Thank you for the support and mumblechatter!
L8R SK8RS,
Slaw
YHCâs first Q in a hot minute, so I decided to stick with what I know.
Off we ran to the Mt. Holly pool (after a few distractions) for some mobility work, then back down the uphill to Sake (after some more distractions) for some core work. So far so good.
Now we run down the hill to Main Street for some leg work. Less pleasant. Now down Main to FBC, but stopping at every opening (road, gate, or otherwise) for Leppard Merkins.
Once at the bottom of Baptist Hill (or is it K2?), time for triple nickel with burpees (for SA) and Peter Parkers (w/o a merkin attached, unless youâre Canadian).
Time to work our way back to the flag, now stopping for jump squats at every light pole on the left, until mutiny ensued. We came up a hair short of the promised 3 miles, but some were closer than others.
Announcements: mountain climbing, convergence, and a trail 5K. You know the drill, check Slack.
Prayer Requests: SAâs family, Catheterâs family, Turtleman, Norwood, Huck
Pallbearer took us out.
The problem with waiting so long on the backblast is all the details.
We did a warmup, not sure what it was. We also did the Pledge of Allegiance, although I am not sure if it was the beginning or the end.
Moseyed to Fidelty bank via Old Neal Hawkins.
There we broke out the deck of death. Each PAX had to pick a card, but before picking decide if their card was going to be higher or lower than the card before it.
If they were correct, then we did the exercise (10+number cards, face=25, Aces=50, Jokers=Pax choice)
If they were wrong, add 3 burpees
After each PAX had gone, a lap around the bank before the next round.
We didn’t make it through the entire deck before having to head back.
Announcements were made.
Prayers were noted and lifted.
Open Q was schedule to Q on this Saturday. Asked if he would mind if YHC took it instead. Being gracious, he relented after checking with Gavel, of course.
0700 hits with only vets, so a brief disclaimer.
We moved to the entrance to Mill St for the warmup.
Goofballs, Merkins, plus a couple of others.
Stopping back by the truck to pick to “friends” for the day – 10lb Slam Ball & Sparky Special Plate ~15lb.
Breaking the group into two, the two friends were carried up Myrtle in “suicide” fashion. (You should been there to understand)
A bit of Dora followed in the church parking lot.
Moving to the stairs, we did some bear crawls up and crawl bears down.  Then calf raises up.
Moving to the wall, we did a few rounds of Dips, Derkins, and Step-Ups.
Then back down Myrtle in the same fashion we came up.
Dropped the kids back by the truck before finishing up with a little AB work.
The Pledge of Allegiance ended the time.
Announcements were made.
Prayers and Concerns noted and lifted.
Thanks for the opportunity…