Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

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The Rainy Day Stay Dry WOD

Well it was me and Purple Haze at Old School this morning. As  soon as the clock rang 0700 we immediately moved ourselves vehicles and all to the Old Courthouse so that we could put in a little work under the gazebo. I said we’d stay as dry as possible and that’s what we did. We both grabbed a couple of sandbells each and I snatched up my handy dandy Monster Torch speaker and off to the gazebo we ran. Once inside I cranked up my Classic Rock Workout Playlist and we got started. We did a nice long warmup and a lot of functional stretching afterwards to make sure the  body was ready given the weather conditions this morning. Once finished with the warmup we completed several rounds of strength exercises followed by recovery exercises. The first round started with 15/45 work to rest ratio. The second was 30/30. The third was 45/15. The final round was 1 min. work no rest between exercises. The exercises were Front Rack Squats, Curls, Overhead Press, Bent Over Rows, and Deficit Merkins – hands on the bags chest to the ground Merkins. The recovery cycle at the end of each round was 20 SSH, 20 Arm Circles Front and Back, 20 Slow Butt Kickers, 20 Slow High Knees, and a couple of stretches. This cycle was done between rounds to keep the body moving while giving it a little recovery. This workout was by no means a lung buster but the heart rate was elevated and most importantly the muscles were very fatigued by the last two rounds. After the final round we put everything back in my truck and there was about 10min. left so we decided to get in a quick little Fellowship Mosey and by the time we got back we had in a mile. We said the Pledge at the Courthouse Flag then headed back to the vehicles for the COT and that was time.

Announcements

2nd F Whisky Mill in Gastonia 1/17

Prayers

TurtleMan, Huckleberry, Ball Joint, My Family, Broke’s Mom, Hall Family, Gumby’s Mom, and many more I’m sure

Downtown is Falling Apart

Got a text from the Site Q yesterday as it turns out Slaw is still recovering from his yeast infection. And since SA is recovering from his Reassignment Surgery he asked if I would be available for the workout. So I was in a tight spot with no plans but that’s OK I’ll do it. Someone has to step up and keep Downtown from Falling Apart. When I arrived several minutes early I might add I see Ball Joint broken hip and all now there is a HIM he modified as needed throughout the workout. As we ran through several rounds of Triple Nickels in the parking deck running end to end in between each exercise he modified by doing the work on one side then the other. We progressed from the first deck to the top we did a Triple Nickel on each floor with the exception of the top deck which we did some burpees before heading back to the Rotary Pavilion for a few rounds of Deep Sea Divers followed by few rounds of Hand Release Deep Sea Divers. We finished things up with a couple rounds of Reverse Crunches and LBCs.

TIME

COT

Announcements: Pushing Rocks TBA, 2nd F Whiskey Mill Gastonia 1/17

Prayers:

Turtleman, Ball Joint, SA, Hall Family, and a lot more I’m sure

 

The Goat 1/4/24

Fourteen HIM and an FNG joined YHC at The Goat this morning for a frosty start to the day.

Warm Up:  15 SSH / 15 Imperial Walkers / 15 Crack Pickers (since we have a block parking lot, we pick cracks)

Stretch Legs: Right over left, Left over right, and feet together.  Stretch Arms: Right behind back, Left behind back.

Count off and mosey to upper lot for a modified DORA.  Today instead of a DORA we are doing an ORA-OYO.

100 Seated Arm Raises then run around the building and back up the stairs.  200 Squats and a bunch of bitching…then run around the building and back up the stairs.  Some powered through others took an extra lap to break up the squats.  300 LBCs and even more bitching.   Why aren’t we doing a normal DORA?  Because YHC wanted everyone to stay warm this am.  LBC’s and a lap or two or three and we finished up our ORA-OYO.  The rep counting chatter was great and there was little debate as the callouts were made.

Mosey around the building again to the back alley for Touchdown-Beatdown.

Bear Crawl from the End Zone to the 10 for 10 Jump Squats. Run to the 20 for 20 Merkins. Run to the 30 for 30 Dying Cockroaches. Run to the 40 for 40 Apollo Ohnos. Run to the 50 for 50 LBCs. Run to the 40 for 40 Lunges. Run to the 30 for 30 V-Ups. Run to the 20 for 20 Merkins.  Run to the 10 for 10 Toy Soldiers.  Run around the block and back to the start for a repeat.  Many guys got through two laps.  Everyone made it past the 50 on the second lap.  Everyone had a great time according to the chatter.

Mosey back to the flag for a brief Mary and the naming of FNG Kyle Creed, or Skyjack as we now know him.

Announcements: Rice & Beans next Tuesday evening. Get with Virus or Anchorman to HC.  2ndF lunch 1/17 at Whiskey Mill.

Prayers for ALL.

No Quotes Today

Midoriyama 1/4/24
Warmup
SSH
Cotton Pickers
Hillbillies
CDD’s
Leg Stretches
5 Burpees for Slaw (Pax were not agreeable that Slaw should have burpees called)

Pledge (Discussion about pledging immediately after Burpees)

The Thang
Run to three different locations to work on the full body, upper body, Ab’s and Lower body.

Run to the far soccer fields parking lot for Upper Body exercises.
20 Merkins
20 CDD’s
20 MNC’s
20 Mike Tyson’s (crowd favorite)
Bear Crawl across parking lot.

Run to middle parking lot for AB’s exercises.
20 Flutters (Count right or left)
20 Hammers (Count right)
20 LBC’s. (Single count)
20 Reverse Crunches (Single count)
Al Gore Walk across parking lot or just regular Duck Walk.

Run to parking lot close to the batting cages for Leg exercises.
20 Rocky Balboas
20 Calf Raises
20 Low Slow Squats
20 High Knees
Lunge Walk across parking lot.

Run back to soccer fields parking lot to repeat the Thang.

After repeating the earlier Thang. Mosey to Softball Field #1 for Triple Nickel with 5 Mike Tyson’s and 5 Squats for 5 times coming back up the hill using the steps.

Announcements: P200 needs runners, See Pockets.
F3 Lunch at Whiskey Mill on Wednesday, January 17th.
Pushing Rocks is coming…..Feb 1.

Prayer Requests: Slaw, Jackson Hall, Ball Joint, Turtleman, all of the many sick all around.

Thanks to all the Pax who showed on a chilly, windy, winter afternoon. No quotes or themes today just running and exercising but maybe next time. If you haven’t been to Midoriyama in a while or ever, come on out and join the fun. There is always a good group, lots of mumblechatter, and usually a tough(ish) workout!

Man vs Car or Stymied Again at the Pub

It has been awhile since YHC has run the Pub, so it was great both to be back and to Q! 8 runners set out together; some not thrilled with the chosen “Sargento Backwards” route, but I had done this before so no problem, or so I thought. Now I sympathize with the other pax who say they still get turned around in the neighborhood, which caused Broke to get in a little extra mileage that he didn’t want or plan for.  Despite that, and the three-car conundrum at the intersection, the run and fellowship was good! Great to be with this group at this venue again and to have Alma Mater with us!

Announcements:

2F Lunch at Whiskey River in Gastonia

Rice and Beans next Tuesday at Salvation Army

Push the Rock challenge on Feb. 1-Preblast coming soon

Prayer Requests:

Balljoint

Turtleman

Jane Fonda

Word:

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11:15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

[15] He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

“Hearing God’s Word is a matter of focusing our whole being- mind, heart, and will- on the Lord, receiving what He says to us and obeying it. The Word of God must penetrate our hearts and become a part of our inner beings if it is to change our lives.”

Waterboy took us out.

Thanks for coming out! Pleasure to lead!

Seuss

 

Shout out David Tepper

Here’s a picture of my wienke, shoutout Epstein.

Warm up:

SSH, Gravel Pickers, Moroccan Night clubs, and a new one called David Teppers or just Teppers.

Mosey’ed to the parking lot where I had 10 stations set up. Tabata style: 40 on, 15 off x3, rotate.

Made out way back for COT.

We pray for Wirenut’s mother and uncle battling illness.

We pray for Brillo, Sarlacc’s son returning to service.

We pray for Turtleman, Huck, Oompa, Balljoint, and the Hall family.

 

Ace is the Place

Bandit was out for Diablo this morning so in his honor, four HIM and Scrat rucked the Ace Hardware route to check out their specials. Tours of Riverwood and Martha Rivers were on the agenda and two shooting stars were seen.

Announcements: Rice & Beans, F3 Lunch, Pushing Rocks begins in February

Prayer requests: Lovin family, F3 Fugitive

Safety First

It was overheard in the gloom early this morning, “When did the upper 20s become not that cold anymore?”  But 5am is still dark, so those PAX who “forgot” their safety lights were gifted new ones for their run.  The glow of lights could be seen for miles……ahh, what a sight.

When everyone returned back safely we went over the announcements…….

3rd F Twenty-Twenty-FOR volunteer opportunity on Tuesday 1/9
3rd F Rice N Beans
More about Rice N Beans

2nd F lunch  on Wednesday 1/17
2nd F Lunch for January

And then prayer requests……..Today I’m going to ask that you pick just one of the recent prayer requests you’ve heard and spend a moment praying specifically for that person/situation.  And if you are comfortable doing so, let them know you did.

Always an honor to serve.

I’m Anchorman, you stay classy Gastonia.

First Storm of 2024

13 Pax came out on a cold morning for the first Storm of the year.  Great to see familiar faces, and those I hadn’t seen as frequently..Stinky Bird,  Blueprint, Tricycle, a beardless Mama’s Boy. Regardless, all pax put in some good work; and I don’t believe Radar tried to commandeer the Q even once today.  2 runners joined in for COT.

Pledge

Warm-Up: 10 IC: Toy Soldiers, Gravel Pickers, Don Q

4 Corner Escalator:

                       10 Squats

                       10 Squats, 20 Werkins

                       10 Squats, 20 Werkins, 30 Crunchy Frogs

                       10 Squats, 20 Werkins, 30 Crunchy Frogs, 40 SSH

Doracides 

100 Dips

200 Monkey humpers

300 LBCs

400 Flutters-count both legs

1 PAX member will execute as many reps as possible while PAX 2 sprints to cone 1 (or use a pole, tree, etc. for your point of turnaround), 1 Burpee, sprint back to partner, touch, sprint to cone 2, 2 Burpee, sprint back to partner, touch, sprint to cone 3, 3 Burpees, sprint back, switch with partner.

Elevens: Hand-Release Merkins/Big Boys

Lindsays:

30 Dips/10 Incline Merkins

25/15

20/20

15/25

10/30

Five Minutes of Mary

Announcements:

F3 Night at Rice-and-Beans-next Tuesday, January 9. See Slack for details

2F Lunch-January 17

February 1-Push the Rock challenge. Details coming soon

Requests:

Turtleman

Jane Fonda

Anchorman friend’s boy Jackson

Word:

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.  Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.

John 6:37‭, ‬47 ESV

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

John 5:24 ESV

Anchorman took us out.

Thanks for the support, the push, and the camaraderie at the Storm! Enjoyed leading these HIMS!

Seuss

 

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