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I checked the weather right when I got up and it showed rain running Northeast, but that wasn’t the case when I walked outside. Here we go, I nice steady drizzle. Roll up to Pelican to see Maybelline, Timeframe and JJ. We huddle up, get our warm-ups in and mosey to the gazebo at Martha’s house. I broke out some tunes, shuffled & dealt some X-cards, and here we go. In rotating fashion, we do:

3 Rounds for 45 seconds: Overhead press, flys, BURPEES, overhead press. Then mosey around the picnic table twice.

3 Rounds for 45 seconds: Superman pullups, flutter kicks, curls, squat w/kettle. Then mosey around the picnic tables twice.

The rain held off while we Moseyed back to the start! 

Announcements: Folsom International 2/11/23 @ 6:30am – all AO’s will be Closed,  Ghost Flag 1/28/23, 2ndF today @ Hillbillys

Prayer request: Murtaugh, Turtleman, Mabelline’s dad, Huckleberry, Tooth fairy’s 2.0, Clavin’s M, and anyone that I missed.

Good work!

Warm ups-

• SSH- 20
• 3 Burpees
• SSH -15
• 2 Burpees
• SSH- 10
• 1 Burpee

6 sections/ 4 quadrants in each section. 10 reps per quadrant so 40 reps per section. 6 different exercises. Switch off from Bear crawl to Lunge walk from each section. 2 laps around each section when that section is completed. Merkins, LBCs CBDs, Big Boys, Mike Tyson’s, Dying Cockroaches.

Then moseyed back to the flag where we got 10 more of each exercise to get 50 reps for each exercise and then finished with a lap around the whole parking lot. And then douche canoe aka Sister Act called 5 kraken burpees to take us out 💪🏻!!!
Thank you men for indulging me and parking on the outside of the lot 👍🏻!!!  Thank you all for the support except Camellia 🤦🏼‍♂️… You think you have friends 🤷🏼‍♂️

Announcements-

• 2nd F lunch at Hillbilly’s on Wednesday

• Convergence at Folsom February 11th

• Extinction Run March 4th

• Ghost Flag this Saturday see Balljoint for details

Prayer Requests-

Stinky Bird’s cousin William ( Bad wreck)

Broke’s family

Termite’s brother has cancer

Slaw’s wife

Co-worker of PP has a daughter who has contemplated suicide

sending prayers to all those in need 🙏🏻♥️

1/14/23

We started at the flag and moseyed to the bunker for warmups. After warmups, some HIM’s broke off to ruck and 12 chose to accept the challenge.

Mosey from the bunker, around downtown to the school (1 mile) then break off into two teams each of 6 for kickball.

Rules:

Foul: your team does 5 burpees

Out: fielding team chooses the exercise for the kicking team

Run: kicking team chooses exercise for fielding team x2 is 2 runs are scored x3 etc.

after each team switches, everyone does 10 merkins

Home run: kicking team chooses exercise for fielding team to do.

Final score: 2-1

3 hit the loop early for 5 miles, 4 at the official time, 4 ruckers, and 2 more for QSource.  I’d say the weather stole the show, but right when we were getting ready to settle in for QSource, in walked Turtleman.

So off we went to talk about the importance of believing in the mission, for everyone involved.  The ability to take the risks necessary for the mission to be successful only comes when we understand, and then believe in the mission.  We talked Unity in Leadership (think Mom & Dad), who is responsible for understanding and believing in the mission (everyone involved), and how candor can get you dismissed from committees.

Glad to be a part of the group.

Yabba Dabba Doo

16 PAX decided the Yank was the place to be at 0500 on a Wednesday morning.

Directions sounded difficult, but really, the route was simple, and one that our Belmont runners know well.  Loops in Merewood, Eagle Park, Davis Park and The Point made for a good start to the morning.

Ruckers did their thing too.

Yabba Dabba Doo

It was a great day to have a great day. Many a HIM showed up for a rendezvous with Pamela and she did not disappoint. The new Safety Q Purple Haze and YHC had a nice extended conversation about how we have to face the reality of our situations, prepare and execute. Hope is Not a Plan!

Announcements: 2nd F lunch this Wednesdsay, convergence at Folsom

Prayer Requests: Hunchback’s 11 year old beighbor with cancer, Termite & family, Clavin’s M, Gumby, Wirenut’s family, Radar’s sister, Turtleman, Huck

Saturday at the GasHouse was intended to be a ruck/run tour of nearby neighborhoods to market our Saturday workout to the locals. Upon recognizance, I learned 90% of the mailboxes are by the front door. In this day and age of video cameras, ring doorbells, and respect for privacy, Hunchback and I reconsidered the plan. Instead we’ll go with standard signage to hopefully recruit some new FNGs. So, Plan B, let’s go with a lowerbody focused bootcamp. Knowing Boudin and Stroganoff were nursing back injuries, I thought that might be helpful. One man accepted the challenge and one was not quite ready. At 0700 the circle formed with some good old 2nd F chatter. Observing a veteran crew I went right into it without hesitation.

SSH IC x 30, Imperial Walkers IC x 10, Toy Soldier IC x 10, Side to Side Butt Kicks IC x 10, THE patented left over right IC followed by THE patented right over left IC, MNC’s IC x 10. I think I was done after that. The groups split with 7 men following me out of the parking lot to the First Presbyterian Youth Building (aka The PAD).

The Q fairy had been there already to tape signage to the walls and drop coupons. Under the sheltered porch and around the building were 10 stations:

• Monster Walks – use a band, lateral step 15 right and return 15 left
• Dead Lifts – straight leg, 15 reps (grab a weight)
• Goblet Squats x 15
• Kettlebell Swings x 15
• Staggered Squat – 8 right, 8 left (grab a weight or ruck sack)
• Bulgarian Squat R x 15, (grab sandbags, single or multiple dumbbells)
• Bulgarian Squat L x 15 (grab sandbags, single or multiple dumbbells)
• Alternating Step Back Lunch – 8 right, 8 left (use weights)
• Glute Bridges x 15
• Hamstring Curls – sit on flat bench and use power band

After each exercise, PAX runs to the bottom of the stairs and returns to do a new exercise. Amid criticism and insults, I executed a run-through. Reps are at 15 so a premium could be placed on proper form. As the PAX spread out to get started “BOOM!” Boudin sits on the bench for hamstring curls and snaps the power band on the 2nd rep. I severely underestimated his raw power. His soccer legs are jacked up like the HULK, except their not green. All this rucking and walking, Boudin’s quads are bigger than Saquan Barkley. Despite Boudin F-ing up the stations, an experience Q improvised to announce, “we’ll now have 9 stations – thanks Boudin!”

I had intended for 3 total circuits but had not timed this, so we only completed 2-ish circuits. This kept the PAX together so there was plenty of conversation, accusations, insults and the like. Anytime legs are worked, it expedites the calorie burn. The Monster Walks are a challenge – if you have an individual band, try it at home (maybe not Boudin…he may need a fireman’s hose as a band for his tree trunk legs).

We had about 20 minutes remaining, and I had promised some core work. Sargento was very excited at this news as he had been improvising much of this workout thus far. We relocated to the back parking lot for a 4-corner stack.

1. 10 Crunches (not LBCs, real big-boy crunches)
2. 10 Crunches + 20 Flutter Kicks
3. 10 Crunches + 20 Flutter Kicks + 30 Freddie Mercs
4. 10 Crunches + 20 Flutters + 30 FM + 40 American Hammer

Now for round deuce – this is like a Big Mac, we’re double stacking. Keep the same 4 exercises and the reps (i.e. Set 1) at each corner, now add:

1. Circuit 1 + 10 Leg Raises
2. Circuit 1 + 10 Leg Raises + 20 Heels to Heaven

We ran out of time and headed back to base. If that wet your appetite (or other body part), I’ll work it into my next Q. Someone reminded me we had yet to recite the Pledge, so took care of that. Announcements: Extinction Run 3/4, Convergence at Folsom at 6:30 on 2/4, 2nd F Lunch at Hillbillies. Prayer Requests: Huck, Turtleman, Clavin’s M and I’m forgetting some. Sargento took us out.

Next time you see Boudin check out his massive legs. You won’t be disappointed.