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Midoriyama 5/4/21

Warmup.

Hillbillies

Toy Soldiers

Grass Pickers

Overhead Claps

One leg dead lifts

5 Burpees

Thang,

10×10 with music!

10 exercises, 10 reps for 10 rounds.

Merkins

Squats

HillBillies

Nolan Ryan’s

Step Ups

Calf Raises

CDD

Imperial Walkers

Dips

Mnt. Climbers

4-1 OverHead Claps and Burpees 

4 OverHead Claps

1 Burpee

8 OverHead Claps

2 Burpees

12 OverHead Claps

3 Burpees

Continue pattern till Burpees reach 10.

It’s been awhile since YHC has taken the Q at Midoriyama (or any AO really), so YHC signed up for a hot Thursday in late May. With a great group of HIMs in attendance, we got to work.

Warmup:

YHC can’t remember all of it, but Abe Quixotes were called, goofballs, and some left over right and right over left stretches. Screw the patent. We did two rounds just to stick it to the man!

Thang:

Mosey to large soccer field on the left for a new routine named “1st and 10”. Cones (and one tennis ball- YHC ran out of cones) were placed at 10 yard intervals from one end of the field to the other. All PAX line up on one goal line. Run to first cone (tennis ball), perform 10 hand- release Merkins, 1 Squat (supposed to be burpees, but YHC knew he’d have a mutiny on his hands if he called that). Sprint to far goal line, mosey back to 20 yard line, 9 hand-release Merkins, 2 Squats. Sprint to far goal line, mosey back to 30 yard line. 8 hand- release Merkins, 3 Squats, etc. It’s a  mixture of 11’s and suicides. Real crowd pleaser. The Nantan was suffering jet lag from his 1 1/2 hour flight, but he pushed through.

Next was another new one called “Jackass Burpee Webbs”. Seriously. Look it up. YHC led the PAX to a fence in the shade where the exercise was performed. It’s a 1:2 Burpee/ Donkey Kick ratio. Start with 1 Burpee, 2 Donkey Kicks. Take that all the way up to 10 Burpees and 20 Donkey Kicks. This had a much higher suck factor than YHC was expecting.

We then performed 4 corner escalator. While the Q was giving directions, he received the usual “what, what, what are we doing” from the former Nantan. Freight’s spewing his usual constructive sarcasm, and then Wojo started the “what are we doing” talk. It seems Def Leppard’s casual approach to the workout is spreading. For the benefit of the other PAX who were actually paying attention, we performed:

• 1st corner – 10 Merkins
• 2nd corner – 10 Merkins, 20 Squats
• 3rd corner – 10 Merkins, 20 Squats, 30 WW1’s
• 4th corner – 10 Merkins, 20 Squats, 30 WW1’s, 40 SSH (single count)

Mosey back to the flag for 22 Perfect Form Merkins for the vets. Perfect Form Merkins consist of a hand- release Merkin with alternating shoulder tap to ensure the PAX travel completely down and up on each rep. The cadence count for this was a freaking train wreck. You had to be there.

5 minutes left for some Mary-

• Wojo called fire hydrants
• Gomer called french fries
• Montross called Freddie Mercurys
• Love Boat called air presses
• Pockets called forward/ reverse arm circles
• Def Leppard called Penguins (a.k.a. back scratchers)

Time’s up.

Announcements:

• Band Aids, Travel Size toothpaste for Freight’s service project
• Murph on 6/1/21 at Martha Rivers Park at 0700
• DBC  (Douche Bag Committee) emerging on 6/1/21 at Ingle’s in Dallas at 0700. Questions? Ask Freight. It’s really the Dallas Bike Club, but YHC couldn’t resist.

Prayer requests:

• SA and his family
• Turtleman
• Big Pappy and his Family
• Montross’s Cousin

BOM: YHC took us out in prayer.

Moleskin:

Site Q actually remembered to bring the flag this time, but forgot the Pledge! Qfail. Sorry, men! Thanks for coming out to the hottest AO in town and supporting YHC. It means more than you know. It’s great to be the object of the mumblechatter and sarcasm! It’s how YHC knows you really care!

Stay Frosty,

Slaw

Finally got one of my buddies to come out to Midoriyama. Promised him we’d play some Ulitmate Frisbee if he came out, so we did. Leppard’s team lost!

Welcome FNG Cheers

So… it was HOT.  It wasn’t dead off the summer but, being my first time at Midoriyama this year, it was hot.  As the PAX gathered in there some was some chatter.  As the clock struck 17:30 (as least on my watch and not Mayor’s swatch watch) we clocked in.

Disclaimer- I’m not a professional and I’m definitely an idiot.  I have some suggestions – take them or leave them.

Warmup: Toy Soldiers X 15IC and some front and back arm circles.

Let’s mosey to the… next parking lot.  Next exercise was the deconstructed burpees, picked in honor of Slaw becoming site Q.  YHC learned this exercise from him.  So, I thought I’d have him give the group a demo only to find out Slaw doesn’t remember how to do deconstructed burpees.  After a brief explanation we were off.  Once completed we took the short route to the turd shack to find a sign written for the PAX that can’t remember what you told them 49 seconds ago.  The exercises written were: 10 V-Ups, 20 lunges, 30 squats, 40 American hammers, 50 merkins, 60 hillbilly, 70 overhead claps, 80 Freddy Mercury, 90 flutter kicks and 100 Moroccan nightclubs.

YHC then had another sign.  Partner up for Dora 1,2,3,4,5.  We are doing the lazy (go figure, right) version.
100 monkey humpers.  P1 humps, P2 holds low hump.  Switch
200 Carolina Dry Docks. P1 docks, P2 planks. Switch
300 Mountain Climbers. P1 climbs, P2 holds plank again. Switch
400 calf raises. P1 raises, P2 stays in raised position. Switch.
500 LBCs. P1 crunches, P2 holds the crunch. Switch.

Pledge, 22 for the vets, 5-6 minutes of Mary and time was up.

COT
Announcements: Ruck this Saturday. Upcoming races.
Prayer requests: Turtleman, Tater Hole, Sister Act.

BOM (I have not posted in so long I didn’t know we were doing the BOM again. Awesome.). Broke closed us in prayer.

Philippians 4:13

Huckleberry

Sorry this took me so long for the back blast but a big ole bunch of HIMs put it in Granny Gear and climbed Spencer Mountain at Midoriyama today.  I on the other hand apparently did not since I failed to charge my watch and captured none of the workout… good thing I had this picture!  Went like this…

The warmup / climb to the top / big round of Mary / then back down / pledge / COT

Thanks for the opportunity to lead guys, maybe next time I can write the BB soon enough that I remember what all we did!

Broke and Wojo EC. Good to see Snozzberry come to another YHC Q from the other side of Charlotte. Dang, we should of siphoned some of his gas, as he obviously has enough to spare.

It’s 530pm. All experienced PAX.  Let’s get this started.

Circle up. I’m an idiot. It’s just a suggestion. Don’t get hurt.

Warm up.

22 for the vets, 22 SSH, 22 MNC, 22 Dips, 22 LBC

Mosey to the closest turd shack. BB King. One burpee at corner, bear crawl to next corner, two burpees, bear crawl to next corner, three burpees, you get the picture. End with five burpees at start. Plank for the six.

Wall sit air presses, dirty hookups, shoulder taps, donkey kicks, Mike Tysons, hip slappers, 10 reps all in cadence.

Reverse the BB King. Five burpees, bear crawl, count down to one.

Mosey to first light pole outside parking lot.

Rugby sprint. Run to first pole, do ten of the exercise listed on the sign, plank for six, run to second pole, exercise, so on and so forth, all five poles up to soccer field.

B.L.I.M.PS. 5 Big boys, 10 leg lifts, 15 Imperial walkers, 20 mountain climbers, 25 plank Jack’s, 30 SSH.  Reverse back down to 5 big boys.

Mosey over to light pole by fence. Suicide sprints, run to pole, do ten of the exercise listed on the sign, run back to start, run to second pole, exercise, yada, yada, yada.

Mosey back to flag. Duck-duck-goose burpee ring of fire. All pax plank, first pax burpee, run around ring, first and second pax burpee, second pax run around ring, second and third pax burpee, third runs, on and on until all pax finish. Two minute warning! Moroccan Night Clubs for one minute, finished with 22 for the vets!

Pledge.

Announcements

Goruck. Amoeba ruck.

Prayers.

Sister Act, Slim Shady dad, Big Pappy. If I didn’t mention someone, sorry.

Word.

Be the truth. Be a light. Be a light so bright with the truth that it drastically changes someone’s life. Like Saul’s on the road to Damascus when he was confronted with the truth. Tell people about Jesus. Be the good person in your circle.

Thanks for allowing me to Q.

I was a little nervous about posting to Midoriyama but I took the Q so at least I would be in control of what we would be doing. You see it was exactly a year ago that I tore my meniscus. I’m sure most of you are tired of me bringing this up, but it’s fun to remind Freight that it was his Q of a Def Leppard WOD that I like to blame as the cause. Hopefully on May 6, 2021, there would be no serious injuries sustained. I offered a brief disclaimer as the circled gathered but not sure how many heard it as several continued socializing. Time to take control:

Warm-Up:

• Goofballs 22.5 in cadence – why 22.5? multiple the cadence count and you get 45. Why 45? It’s the Big Cheese’s 45th Birthday – but since he couldn’t Q, he didn’t post and was finishing off leftover cheese dip from Cinco De Mayo and eating Cheesecake with 45 candles (or so I’d like to believe).
• Toy Soldier IC x 10
• Imperial Walker IC x 10 (I asked Def Leppard to demo, he declined and said he’d get me back in MC later)
• Don Quixote IC x 10
• Squats IC x 10
• 5 Burpees OYO (because SA says it’s not a real workout without burpees)
• Pledge

For me, normally the pledge is the break between Warm-up and Thang. But I kept the PAX in the circle for Mary to begin:

• Flutter Kicks IC x 20
• Elbow Plank – fold opposite arm on ear forming acute triangle, touch elbow to ground for oblique crunch; 15 IC left side then flapjack to 15 IC right – lots of complaining
• Remain in elbow plank – more oblique work – right elbow plank, touch right hip to ground and back IC x 15; flapjack – more groans
• Both elbows on ground – R/L hip rollovers – this is a crowd pleaser, especially following the oblique work
• Last one – V-hold – how long well that depended on the PAX, once all got into a V-hold, I began a silent count…then asked Broke for a 10 count…PAX thought it was over then, oh but it wasn’t: keep your form – Def Leppard, another 10 count, now relax.

Having assured some core work was completed we could mosey to Field 2, or I think it was #2 – the set of two large soccer fields on the right side as you approach the end of the parking lot. Find the bleachers for some strength and cardio:

• Dips/Derkins/Shoulder Taps (SC) all x 10; run width of the soccer field and return
• Dips/Derkins/Shoulder Taps (SC) all x 20; run width of the soccer field and return
• Dips/Derkins/Shoulder Taps (SC) all x 30; run width of the soccer field and return

Next circuit:

• Turtle Crunches (legs 90 degrees on bleachers) x 10; run width of field squats x 10
• Turtle Crunches (legs 90 degrees on bleachers) x 20; run width of field squats x 20

Move to Field #4 (to the one of the left side of the parking lot). I brought my recycling bin that had various empty aluminum cans or plastic bottles. Some may have contained alcohol at one point. PAX began various guesses as to if the bin was a week or month worth. I asked the PAX to grab an empty bottle or can and line up at the end line of the soccer field. Time to pick on Leppard again – “Have you ever played ‘Kick the Can?'” He responded ‘no’ but didn’t sound confident. I’ve heard of the game which is a form of hide and seek and capture the flag. This idea came to me during the afternoon planning the Weinke – here is the F3 version. Put your can on the end line, kick it as far as you like. Run to the can, do 1 Hand-Release Merkin & 1 Monkey Humper, run back to the end line then toward the can and kick it again and chase to then do 2 HR Merkin and 2 MH’s, back to the end line and continue up the field. This created an individual suicide with increasing strength work. Congrats to Slaw, Freight, Seuss, and Wojo for crossing the opposite end line. Maybe some others did that I didn’t catch – I apparently wasn’t as good at kicking my can, but I got to 14 reps – which was the point to increase the reps and maintain the cardio.

Put the cans back in my bin and mosey to start where we had 3 minutes remaining. Didn’t want the PAX to get short-changed on their free workout. We finished with more Mary – Freddie Mercury IC x 30, Butterfly Big Boys SC x 20, Crunch Frog SC x 20 – TIME!

Announcements: Amoeba Ruck May 22 – build your team, sign up; May 22 new Pain Lab at TFY; Blart claims his dentist is providing toothbrushes and toothpaste for Freight’s service project – stay tuned. Congrats to Slaw as the new Midoriyama Site Q – this shows if you beat someone over the head enough, they’ll eventually succumb. No word if PAX will be required to post shirtless with tassels – check your pre-blast before posting for proper attire.

Prayers: Sister Act & 2.0, Big Pappy, Slim Shady’s Dad, Turtleman. I took us out.

Moleskin: Though Kick the Can is a game, it’s also a shortened expression of “Kick the can down the road” that originated over 80 years ago when law makers would postpone decisions. I am certainly guilty of this practice in work, honey-do list and other areas of my life. For the first time (stemming from Q-Source discussions) I chose a word for this year which is “NOW” as a reminder to take care of things as the arise and not delay or at least better prioritize. Moving into the 5th month of the year, I find myself needing a reminder of my word so somehow the game or exercise of “Kick the Can” will give me a kick in the ass so I don’t get complacent. But that is a large part of what our brotherhood does for one another – accountability. SYITG.

12 Pax showed up at warming Midoriyama for the old man Q. Kinda warm and a little breezy and here we go.
Warmup: SSH x 10 IC, Cotton Pickers x 10 IC, Abe Vigoda x 10 IC, the allegedly patented Right over Left stretch x 5 and then the alledgedly un-patented Left over Right stretch x 5.
Pledge.
Mosey to Dog Park Hill for 22’s. 20 Merkins at the bottom, mosey up the hill for 2 LBC’s, mosey down the hill. 18 merkins, 4 LBC’s and so on until 2 Merkins and 20 LBC’s. The bat flippers crushed it as usual but everyone finished.
Since we are here and have a football. Let’s play frisbee rules football on half of the big soccer field. Plays were made. Touchdowns were scored. No reported injuries. The heat seemed to zap the energy level towards the end so back to the flag. Sister Act would have had at least three penalties if we had a referee! We didn’t keep score but I believe my team won by at least two touchdowns!

Announcements: Remember items for the Service project. Ruck event on May 22nd.

Prayer Requests: Big Pappy, Sister Act’s family, Gumby’s mom, Wojo’s sister, Law Enforcement in Watauga County, EZ Rider’s family friend, Tater Hole and son, Costner family.

Freight took us out.

It was a beautiful sunny afternoon across F3 Gastonia. You could feel a touch of that summer humidity in the air…just enough to know posting at Midoriyama was gonna be tough. That being said, my weinke from this past Saturday at Folsom proved to be a tough workout so I recycled with a few small modifications.

Quick warmup – SSH, Toy Soldiers, and Merkins – all 10 in cadence.

Mosey to the small soccer field and partner up for..

BOMBS
50 Burpees
100 Overhead Claps
150 Merkins
200 Big Boys
250 Squats

Mosey back to the start-area for some counting. We might as well do some exercises while we count.

25 LBCs in cadence
20 Mountian Climbers in cadence
15 Lunges (count 1 leg only
10 Hip Slappers in cadence
10 Dirty Hookups in cadence
Repeat for 3 sets

As expected, the hip slappers and dirty hookups were fan favorites.

We had 2 minutes left so Achy Breaky called 20 American Hammers in cadence and Broke called 20 flutter kicks in cadence. TIME!

Prayer requests – SA, Big Pappy, Turtleman, Cougar’s grandma, Gumby’s mom, Crawdad, and the GSM family. YHC took us out in prayer.

2nd F lunch Thursday at noon at Buffalo Wild Wings. You can bring kleenex and hand wipes to Freight

I planned to do the Zachary Tellier WOD (one of my favorites). Turns out, I had mush brain and couldn’t quite remember all of the exercises so we improvised. I should have brought my phone or written it down. Q fail, but we press on.

Quick warmup and we were off to the soccer field in the back of the park.

10 Burpees, run a lap around the field
10 Burpees, 25 Merkins, take a lap
10 Burpees, 25 Merkins, 50 Lunges, take a lap
10 Burpees, 25 Merkins, 50 Lunges, 75 Squats, take a lap
10 Burpees, 25 Merkins, 50 Lunges, 75 Squats, 100 LBCS, take a lap
10 Burpees, 25 Merkins, 50 Lunges, 75 Squats, 100 LBCS, 125 Flutter kicks, take a lap

A few studs got in some extra work while some admittedly focused on 2nd F. Most went hard for 45 minutes though.

Prayers – Pockets, SA family, Turtleman, Big Pappy’s family, Cougar’s grandma