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YHC was a little worried about the plan Friday night in the sleet but determined to make it a REAL workout no matter who showed up. So as the pax assembled in the near dawn darkness  and the temp hovered @ freezing with a little precip falling it was obvious this would be a day for a roll in the mud gut check  of a workout this day. It went something like this:

COP in the park:

SSH X 20

IW X 20

LBCs X 20

Merkins X 10

Copperhead squats X 20

Mosey on up to The Field of Dreams for a BLIMP run! Possibly the first in Belmont F3. Went like this:

P1 – Run the length of the filed and back

P2 – Do the called exercise. Flap jack.

1st set: Burpees (B)

2nd set: Lunges (L)

3rd set: IW (I)

4th set: Merkins (M)

5th set: Plank jacks (P)

6th set: Squats (S)

Mosey on up to the Corner of Knowledge

Step ups X 10 X 15 X20

Dirkins X 10X15X20

Dips X 10X15X 20

mosey down to parking lot for the following:

Burpee suicides to one end

Jump squats X5 suicides back.

Back to the Field of Dreams for MORE Tesla morale building work, featuring YHC’s fave, the Bear Crawl Slalom!

Bear Crawl Slalom down to the end of the field

SSH X 20

Squats X 20

Plank, agility drill back

Mosey to Heartbreak hill

Foot of the hill: 10X called exercise, run to the top, mosey back down for next set.

1st set: Diamond merkins

2nd set: Regular merkins

3rd set: Hand release merkins

4th set: Stagger right merkins

5th set: Stagger left merkins

Bulgarian Split squats X 10 each leg

20 step ups.

Circle of Mary at the fountain featuring pax led  and circle run with SSH, LBCs, Squats, Jump Squats, Knee ups, American Hammers, ad other assorted opportunities for pain, capped off with 5 burpees by YHC.

Done!

NMM: Great work in the mud, the gloom, and the chill at The Yank today! Everybody went home wet. ad sweaty and like YHC, probably did not get in the house with shoes on. Best shower of the week! Kind of what it’s all about, playing outside in the mud and getting dirty. It’s just plain good for the soul! Next week we have Breaker Breaker on tap for his VQ. come on out and support his effort men!

Yank is an awesome AO and great pax always. Look for some guest Qs coming in ’18 to keep it revved up! I see Rev Florida and others making appearances at the Yank and bear crawl slaloms from Tesla and others.

Today was a good evening for a workout with little to no cardio but yet still a lot got done.

The group performed 10 reps of each exercise throughout the round. 3 exercises per round and 5 rounds. Then went on to the next round. Blocks were used when able.

First round consisted of…

Merkins

Lawnmowers

X-man crunches

At this point to most this was just a good warm up.

Next round was…

Block curls

Sphinx

Leg lifts

Found out the Sphinx exercise was not a liked one.

3rd round…

Squats

Calf Raises

American Hammers

Everyone seemed to be in a better mood that round. Some even attempted American Hammers with blocks. Good job Tiger and Ash Pond.

Last round was a shoulder destroyer

Standing forward press

Overhead raises

Upright rows

LBC’s with blocks

I believe that was a solid finishing round of work for the men.

Ohhhh, and Slaw called out 22 for the Vets.

Pledge and announcements. Tool Time led us out. Thank you sir.

Thank you guys for letting me lead once again. I am proud to be a part of this great band of men.

The minutes oozed like slime from a child’s Christmas toy that’s sure to make the parents most hated list. The minutes overlapped into repeated Plank Jacks and Mountain Climbers. It was Groundhog day in December.

Due to Stone Cold’s Wednesdays beat down, merkins, derkins, bear crawls, and most anything dealing with pectorals and upper body were to remain at a minimum.

WARM UP:
50 or 93 Side Straddle Hops IU can’t recall as the PAX pissed all over the cadence, 40 LBCs, 30 Squats, 20 Peter Parkers , 10 Merkins

PLEDGE

THANG:
5 burpies

Mosey to the the wall:
Wall sits
Wall sits + Moroccan Night Clubs
Wall sits + Moroccan Night Clubs + Marching
Wall sits + Shoulder Presses + Marching

Mosey to Wells of the Fargo
10 Sumo Squats, 20 Goofballs, 10 Lunges, 10 Monkey Humpers
REPEAT
10 Sumo Squats, 20 Goofballs, 10 Lunges, 10 Monkey Humpers

Mosey to the parking deck for some dry concrete and awful jokes:
30sec Mountain Climbers, 30sec PlankJacks – Stroganoff’s new fav
REPEAT
30sec Mountain Climbers, 30sec PlankJacks – actually this is Stroganoff’s new fav

Dips 15 IC
Monkey Humpers 15 IC
Gorilla Humpers 15 IC
Dekins 10 IC
Dips 15 IC

30sec Mountain Climbers, 30sec PlankJacks

Mosey to the back pavillion with 13 minutes remaining.

Dying Cockroaches 20 IC,
Flutterkicks 20 IC
5 Burpies
30sec Mountain Climbers, 30sec PlankJacks
10 Sumo Squats, 20 Goofballs,
Dying Cockroaches 20 IC,
Flutterkicks 20 IC
30sec Mountain Climbers, 30sec PlankJacks

MARY: V’s, LBCs, Flutterkicks and Flutterkicks

Announcements: I hearby announce that I will dramatically step up the pain on Friday’s. If you want to not experience that on a frequent basis, please step up and lead a workout.

COT: Strganoff’s friend had a daughter pass away, Slaw has a co-worker in critical condition, Californian’s dealing with the wildfires, our military and their families.

9 #HIM appeared in the gloom this am at #GoatIsland.  Welcome Timeframe and again Tater Hole.  Start off with the pledge, no FNG’s.

Thang; Mosey about 1/4 mile around grass area side walk 1 lap and circle back up at the parking lot for 3 rounds of 5 exercises with the 1/4 mile mosey after each round.

100 SSH, 100 LBC’s, 100 Squats, 25 Mericans, 25 Burpees

Hipslapper 15 IC

5 min of Mary by selected Pax; Nolan Ryans are great!

Nice work Pax!!

Moleskin; There was not a lot of mumble chatter going on.  The first round went by and it started from Tesla calling out the Q for moving to the grass to perform the LBC’s.  The pax didn’t know that I have a tube of vagisil in the the truck.  15 Hipslappers were added to the weinke.  Somewhere there were a few suggestions made by an unnamed pax and he was directed to send them to the Weaselshaker.  The workout was simple but effective.  Good job fellas.  #TClaps to ShortSale, man was killing the burpees this morning.  BreakerBreaker was pushing the rock as well.  Aye!

COT; Announcements- Toys to Bandit for delivery on the 12th, Jan. 6th Joe Davis Run, Advisory meeting 17th, Shoe drive contact Pizzaman Prayer Requests- Mayor’s recovery, BreakerBreaker’s son, Brownstreak, each other, Country

Thanks Dr. Suess for leading the prayer

ShortSale with the Q next week.

Namorama

YHC rolled into the gloom looking for a nice showing of PAX……….. to my surprise, no one. While I sit in my truck thinking over the thang to come, 5:28 hits. Is gonna be a solo?… wait, no here strolls in the dependable Volt. Ok clock in.

SSH, hillbillies x15 IC

pledge

thang

mosey to lower parking lot for some leg work. Line up for zombies. Lunge walk every other space then 10 squats. Repeat up the lot. Turn around and high knee walk every other line for 10 Merkins. Repeat to start.  Short mosey to the shelter. Step ups, Arm squats, LBCs, all x15 IC, lap around the parking lot. Rinse and repeat x3. Mosey the long way back toward start stopping at the lot by the pond for mountain climbers, toy shoulders, x20 IC. I see headlights, looks like Sparky. Guess he just wanted to say hello. Time running out, mosey toward the park entrance then back down to start. Ended up with 1.5, a little less mileage than usual, but it happens. Sparky is awaiting patiently at start. Before YHC got a chance to bust his balls, he offers us a bojangels biscuit. Forgiven!

Sparky took us out in prayer.

always an honor to lead, but come on Folsom, let’s get back at it!! EH each other back. Looking forward to next time.

Three PAX showed up for a Sparky-less beat down minus both the Q and coupons from Slaw.

Volt, Hank, Oompa Loompa.

(Huck, Slaw & Longhorn Roadie were not there)

No warmup.

Mosey to flag pole for pledge.

Mosey to parking lot for lunges.

Rinse and repeat.

Mosey to tennis court for suicide elevens.

AB fab time.

Mosey to parking lot.

22 for the vets.

YHC took us out

Medicine Woman on IR

Warm up
20 Don Qs
20 hillbillies
20 ssh
10 burpees
Run to the the soccer field.

Pick a partner. We did 11s. Do 1 Derkins together( partner 1 planks while partner 2 does Derkins from the back of partner 1) and then partners run to opposite hill tops and do 10 lunges in place,( both legs equals 1) and old man set ups on the other hill. Partners switch hills each time.
Once this was complete we mossy back to the flag for some block work.

10 blockees
20 curls
30 overhead presses
20 tricep presses
10 squats
Rinse and repeat in reverse.

Time for some wall work. 40 single count hip slappers. I was hearing some mumble chatter from the new Nantan and a few others.

I had Slaw lead us in 30 LBCs IC.

Ascending curb crawl. Start with 1 derkin at curb and bear crawl to other curb for two derkins. Did this until we reached 5.

We rounded up and had Oompa Loompa counting off 22 merkins for the vets.

Thanks for the strength you guys give me and allowing me to lead you.

9 showed this am for a Storm beatdown-I got there early with grand plans to ruck for a little while. After about 15 steps, I realized this ruck thing is really code for a boring walk when done alone and in a parking lot at 5 am. I quickly came to my senses and got back in my car, turned on the heat, and tried to sit really still when Boudin and Dolph showed thinking maybe they were like T-Rexes. If I did not move, maybe they wouldn’t know I was there…..no luck so I got out and talked about races I really did not want to HC for while the rest of the Pax showed and 0530 came around. I cannot remember the last time I was Q at the Storm, so I did not want to disappoint. Here is what I remember:

WU: (don’t blink, you might miss it) SSH, Squats, Flutters, Merkins X 5 IC…blahblahblah, not sure if this is what we really did. Got frustrated with the WU so we did a quick fast forward: 5 Burpees OYO then on feet quickly for mosey to the small eye for the…

Thang…Booyah Merkins X 20 then Squats X 20 for 2 sets?, then Derkins X 10 I think. There was some mumble chatter, but I was not deterred. Push on, I’ve got more in store for the Pax.

Mosey to the Big Eye, plank and 2 pax at a time run opposite directions around the Eye, when they meet drop for 5 Merkins, then continue around until back to start. Drop to Plank while next round takes off. Think we did Flutter Kicks X 20 + Merknis X 10 IC maybe twice? then I offered a choice to Dr. Seuss: Option A or Option B? Don’t remember what he chose but we started down the way we came and I heard some unnamed Pax that rhymes with Strolph and Boganoff question whether there really was a choice…so we took a sharp turn and went down the big hill in front of the school and turned into the lower entrance. Run until we can find a wall (short detour, was not part of the original plan) with a 2 burpee penalty at each speed bump. Eventually we made it to the school with Strolph, I mean Dolph leading the way and finding every effin speed bump he could along the way (good work Dolph-ISI). We got to the wall for the next part of the beatdown: Partner work at the knobs….3 step ups per leg, P 1 stays and does Mumpee Humpers while P 2 runs to trashcan and back then swap. Think we did 3 rounds of this before I actually got the numbers right….Thanks to my partner Sargento for the moral support and letting me find my way to the correct number of reps. Thanks to Dolph for the……nevermind. Let’s keep this PG. Never know who will be reading this. Just know, when someone calls Monkey Humpers, don’t turn your back on Dolph and keep at least one eye on him at all time.

Next came my second most favorite part: EMOM (Every Minute On the Minute): 5 high knees, 5 SSH, 5 burpees, then run about 20 yards and back X 10 cycles. This was pretty fun I thought and will be a staple for me for future Q’s. We had about 15-20 seconds of rest btwn cycles which after about 7, was barely enough I thought. I think somewhere along the line, Tesla made some smart-alecky remark about gloves or something….maybe he said he liked my gloves??? Not really sure, all I know is it made me think about Hip Slappers so we did a couple quick sets then moseyed back to start for Mary and the Pledge.

Great work guys-COT was full of friends, family, co-workers with sadness in their lives. Although all of the things mentioned this morning are important and weigh heavy on our hearts, I think the one that stuck with me the most was Stroganoff’s friend Donovan who lost his 24ish year old daughter to colon cancer this week. They struggled for several years and I suspect knew this day was coming, however somewhere deep down there was that little flicker of hope that maybe they could beat it. I hope none of us will ever have to deal with that in our future-losing a child has to rank up there with some of the worst situations ever. I know we all have lost loved ones, some even children. I also realize this is a real possibility for all of us in our future. Keep that in mind when your family member/child/friend does something that gets under your skin-make sure you are being the BEST father, brother, son, friend, whatever it is-that you can be.  Not sure I need to say anymore.

Thanks for coming out this morning and making me a better person-Whoopee

ps: rucking by yourself in the gloom in a parking lot really sucks, and GOOD LUCK TO MAYOR WITH HIS EYE SURGERY PLANNED FOR 12/6/17. LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.