Tag: Midoriyama (Page 30 of 51)

13 Pax pushed the rock and this cool evening.  QIC was tossing a football and got some of the PAX excited.  17:30 hits, time to roll.

SSH 41 in cadence, merkins, MNC, Squats…. Mosey around parking lot past turd shack.  plank for six.  Whilst we here lets do some synchronized planking on the QIC.

Next we do a modified individual DORA.  Step back lunge, Mike Tysons, Freddy Mercury run to other end of parking lot and repeat 5x.

As you finish run laps around the large island in the middle of the parking lot.  Plank.  Synchronized plank (something about a Freight moon) into some merkins in cadence, I believe we did whilst complaining.

Next is Circle up for Global warming by the odd ones and bear crawl the evens around the circle.  Lots of confusion here.  Mostly due to the QIC not being very clear and some of the pack do not know odd or even number.  Mary.  Finish with a gentle mosey to the flag.  The football was not used.  Sorry SA.

Announcements

Q source 7:30 am Sundays at Crossroads and The Horse

Anchorman filling Rice and Beans – nice work men.  January 29th, Tuesday.

Prayers

SA daughter, Monk wants prayers for WetStone

PAX that have not been posting lately or injured.

Pledge

Until Next Time

Rainy evening,YHC was ready for his first Q at Midoriyama. Thanks to freight I wrote a new weinke to keep us dry.
The thang:
AMRAP 6 minutes per round of exercises:
R1 10 squats 10merkins 10 leg lift crunches.
R2 12 plank jacks,12dips,12lunges
R3 15ssh 15bicep curls 15 overhead press
R4 15freddy Merck’s,12burpees, 10 alternates rows.
R5 10squats 10 morocon night clubs
30 mtn climbers.
Mosey back to flag pledge then
Hill billies,seal jacks, mtn climbers. 15 each then a lap. Did this until time.

Prayer request
Several friends and employees that just found out some bad news before Christmas and those in need. Also thankful for what we have.
An honor serve all.
The Bed Pan is full!

Only 6 1/2 posted on a beautiful December day at Midoriyama, but what we lacked in numbers, we made up for in determination.

Warmorama:

25 burpees, 25 SSH, 25 Mnt Climbers, 25 Mor Night Clubs

Dora:

100 merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 jump squats… and 200 WW1’s while partner runs around parking lot

Mosey to volleyball court hill

Triple Nickel:

6 shooters at top of hill, deconstructed burpees at bottom

Mosey back to flag for 25 bookend burpees.

Shout out to SA for putting in some EC miles w/Slaw and then staying for the first 25 burpees before the band concert.

Shout out to Swimmer for giving it everything he had and always pushing.

Shout out to Broke for actually doing the boot camp with a bad foot instead of rucking.

Shout out to Slaw for putting up with SA for 5 miles and still staying for the workout.

Shout out to Tiger for finishing every exercise strong and not cutting any corners.

Shout out to Buckeye for encouraging everyone while setting the pace.

Announcements:

Mt. Hollywood moved back to 7:00 on 12/24

Prayer Requests:

Remember the family of the FIA member killed in SC and all those who struggle to find this a joyous time of year; to always be an encouraging light.

Always an honor to lead!

Until next time,

GD

11 was the count at Midoryama on Thursday for my first Q in quite a while.

Warmup:

SSH x 20ic

Goofballs x 10 ic for Doby. I thought he would enjoy seeing these grown men dance like that.

Don Q x 10ic

The Thang:

I often offer the PAX an option when Qing. Despite what Def Leppard says there are actually options. I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do so I wrote a bunch of different mini workouts on a paper and numbered them 1-7. Doby had the honors of choosing for us. Below are the options that we did but not in this order.

1. EMOM(every minute on the minute) for 5 minutes-5 squats, 10 donkey kicks, 3 broad jumps
2. 6 rounds-10 merkins, 15 v-ups, 20 squats. Those v-ups started to suck!
3. As many rounds as possible in 7 minutes-Broad jump across parking lot, lunge back.
4. 21, 15, 9(do the 21 of each then do 15 then do 9)-Burpee, WWI. Crowd pleaser!
5. EMOM-5 pullups, 10 merkins, 15 squats
6. 21, 15, 9-jump squat,  merkin

All in all I broke a pretty good sweat. I hope everyone else enjoyed it.

COT:

Pledge

Announcements-The Christmas party has moved to Lewis Farm, Operation Sweet Tooth gifts due Saturday at the Convergence at Gashouse 7:00am

Prayer Request-YHC Grandpa, DL’s daughters graduation, Broke, Golddigger and Fiancee

Moleskin:

Having been on the IR since The Bourbon Chase I have to tell you guys that you mean more to me than I can ever say. Not being able to post I quickly started to slide back into a sadclown. I’m so out of shape now compared to where I was that it’s really difficult to have to suffer through that conditioning again. However knowing you will be there makes all the difference!

YHC arrived a little early to scout the AO for icy patches and found Sister Act already doing some EC running. The parking lots look clear so let’s work the Weinke around that. As time nears the PAX start rolling in, but wait, is that Def Leppard? Didn’t he Q the Silver Sneakers workout earlier in the day, and didn’t Sister Act post for the same workout? It appears we may have some kind of secret partnership scheming to share the last Iron Skillet of the year. Regardless of the motive, strong work by both to double up on a less than perfect day for workouts. Let’s get started….

Disclaimer

Warmup

SSH x10IC

Don Q’s x10IC

Moroccan Nightclubs x10IC

Pledge (no flag, so face Blart’s truck)

Mosey to the parking lot at the big soccer fields for some partner work. Partner 1 performs called exercise while Partner 2 sprints to middle of parking lot and completes a set number of reps of a different exercise. Flapjack.

Round 1 – Flutter kicks one end, 10 Burpee’s opposite

Round 2 – Freddie Mercury’s, 20 Diamond Merkins

Round 3 – WWI’s, 20 Mike Tysons

Round 4 – LBC’s, 20 Werkins

Round 5 – American Hammers, 10 Burpee’s

Move over the the long parking lot for a little Route 66:

Round 1 – Crab walk w/WWI’s

Round 2 – Lunge walk w/Squats

Round 3 – Bear crawl w/Merkins

Keeping with the theme, on to the next parking lot to finish up with some leg work. Cones are set up for a Quarter Pounder:

Sprint 25 yards, perform 25 Toy Soldier’s and NUR back

Sprint 50 yards, perform 50 Bobby Hurley’s and NUR back

Sprint 75 yards, perform 75 Mountain Climbers and NUR back

Sprint 100 yards, perform 100 Squats and NUR back

Legs are pretty spent at this point so fellowship mosey across the street to the start and finish up with a round of flutter kicks called by Swimmer.

Moleskin

As we all prepare for Christmas over the next two weeks I hope you will take time to remember what this season is about…..celebrating the birth of Jesus. The Christmas season has become so commercialized that it seems that we are trying to “squeeze in” Jesus whenever we have time in an attempt to keep the real meaning of Christmas alive. This year, work on keeping the birth of Jesus at the forefront of Christmas and “squeeze in” all the other stuff. Start your own family traditions that are Christ centered; read Luke Chapter 2 on Christmas Day, attend a church service, help a family less fortunate than yours during the holidays, etc..

“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

Colossians 3:17

Announcements

Convergence this Saturday at 7am at Schiele – bring toys for Operation Sweet Tooth

Christmas Party this Saturday at 6pm – moved to Lewis Farms

Prayer Requests

Freight’s grandfather – illness

Tiger’s uncle – illness

Def Leppard’s daughter – college graduation and headed out to the “real” world

YHC took us out. Thanks to all of you for the push not only today, but the entire year. It’s an honor to be associated with such a great group of HIM’s.

Broke

11/20/2018 Midoriyama
Def Leppard here ghost writing this entirely too late back blast for Ash Pond. Ash Pond has problems with his lower back and running seems to make it worse so he resists running (and writing backblasts). He attended a previous workout and when the call for Q’s was made he jumped back on the schedule.
He asked the Pax if we preferred Option 1 or Option 2. Mr. Freight has employed this strategy before and I will always believe there is really only one option when Freight asks but Ash Pond assured me that there were actually 2 options. Somebody (not the Pax named “Somebody” but somebody in the group) selected Option 1. As I am getting older, I don’t really remember many details of the workout all the way back on 11-20-18 except for these.
We had 10 men and we did 30 or so exercises for 1 minute each with a short rest and/or mosey in between. I remember American Hammers, Mike Tysons, Rocky Balboa’s, Burpees, CDD’s, many forms of Merkins, pullups, WWI sit ups, planking, squats, LBC’s, Flutter Kicks, many forms of Core exercises, Dips, etc. 1 minute was kinda long for some of these.
It was great to have Asssshhh Pond back at Midoriyama.

Announcements

COT

11 men showed and put in some work at Midoriyama this evening.

Warm-Up:  SSH, all that’s needed

The Thang:

First exercise called is the Sheldon Cooper.  This is a Routine/Run exercise that consist of 4 exercises and a lap around a track.  We modified  the exercises a little, and the parking lot at Midoriyama would be our track.  The exercises called:  Burpees, Jump Lunges, Plank Jack Merkins, Big Boys.   Start off with 10 Burpees, 10 Jump Lunges, 10 Plank Jack Merkins, 10 Big Boys, then run to other end of parking lot and back.  Then 9, 9, 9, 9 of same and run.  Continue this and count down to 1.    Good work on this one men.  I’ve done this one before, and it sucks no matter what time of the year you do it.

Next we did 10 minutes of AMRAP.  Broke this down to 5, two minute segments.  Each 2 minute segments consisted of a different exercise done AMRAP.   From 0:00-2:00, we would do 15 Little Gumby in the Woods with a 20 meter sprint.  Continue this until we reach 2 minutes.  From 2:00-4:00 we did Cork Screws x 15 w/ 20 meter sprint.  4:00-6:00 was 15 Ski Merkins  w/ 20 meter sprint. 6:00-800 was 15 Bobby Hurley’s w/ 20 meter sprint. And finally 8:00-10:00 was 15 Peter I Parker’s w/ 20 meter sprint.

Next we made our way to the parking lot near the flag for some quick 4 corner work.  1st corner was 10 Diamond Merkins.  Mosey to 2nd corner for 10 Diamond Merkins, 20 Mountain Climbers.  3rd corner 10 Diamond Merkins, 20 Mountain Climbers, 30 CDD.  4th corner was 10 Diamond Merkins, 20 Mountain Climbers, 30 CDD, 40 Sumo Squats.

Mosey back to flag.  We didn’t get it in before the start, so we ended with a Slaughter Stopper.  20 Burpees OYO.  Time

Announcements

Prayer Request

Nameorama

Thanks for the opportunity to lead today.  I encourage all pax to sign up to Q if you haven’t in a while or if it’s your first time.  It is an awesome experience.  It also encourages me to post as much as I can to support my fellow brothers.  Thanks men.

Sister Act

It had been awhile since YHC had volunteered to Q at his home AO of Midoriyama, so YHC volunteered a week and a half ago to Q. If you happen to be a Midoriyama regular, you should’ve noticed by now that it is raining or just finished raining if YHC has the Q. Some of the PAX were discussing whether YHC should get his F3 name changed to Rain Man. As the PAX roll in, YHC notices a dark gray Tacoma rolling in. Former Nantan Freight is off the IR and back out in the gloom. Great to see you back out, brother (at least that was YHC’s initial thought).  Thankfully, the rain has stopped. Def Leppard rolls in a couple minutes late (presumably on purpose just in case the Q calls  the Slawter starter). No FNGs, short disclaimer, let’s go!

Warmup:

• SSH X 10IC
• Don Q’s X 10IC (this is where the constructive sarcasm of the prior Nantan began)
• Morr. N/C’s X 15C
• Goofballs X 10IC

PLEDGE

The Thang:

Walls of Jericho-

All PAX perform 7 reps of 7 different exercises, then run a lap around one of the parking lots at Midoriyama. This will be repeated for 7 rounds total, except the final round the PAX will run 7 laps around the parking lot.

Exercises were: Merkins, Squats, In-N-Outs, Diamond Merkins, Sumo Jump Squat, WWI’s, and Flying Squirrels.

YHC believes he heard some constructive sarcasm from the six, but the six was so far back, it was really hard to tell.

Red Barchetta

With everyone out of breath (except for Madoff, who looked as if he were waiting for the warmup to finish), we fellowship Mosey over to adjacent parking lot for some Red Barchetta. YHC was introduced to this exercise by Whoopee. YHC had cones placed at 0, 10, 25, 50, 75, and 100 yards. As YHC was explaining the exercise the PAX, newly crowned site Q Blart jumps on the constructive sarcasm train with Freight and questions the Q’s measurement methods to ensure we are at the correct “yardage” to achieve optimum workout/ cardio. After explaining that YHC used Google to measure the distances (Google is never wrong), we got to work.

• Sprint to 100 yard marker, 100 SSH SC, sprint back to start
• Sprint to 75 yard marker, 75 Mountain Climbers (count right leg) sprint back to start
• Sprint to 50 yard marker, 50 LBC’s, sprint back to start
• Sprint to 25 yard marker, 25 Merkins, sprint back to start
• Sprint to 10 yard marker, 10 Burpees, sprint, crawl, walk back to start.

Constant Mumblechatter/ Sarcasm throughout the entire evolution.

11’s

Finally, the PAX lined up for 11’s. Tiger Squats/ Merkins. Q’s form was questioned by lead instigator/ constructive sarcasm director. YHC will acquire some logs to be used as coupons next workout so he can incorporate the “Log in your eye vs. the speck in your neighbors’ eye” parable. Might be beneficial.

Mosey back to the Flag just in time. (This is where the constructive sarcasm of the prior Nantan ended.)

Announcements: 

• Convergence 11/10 at the Yank with 3rd F afterwards.
• New AO Bulldog at W.A. Bess elementary school on Tuesday Mornings. Hippa is site Q
• Christmastown 5k on 11/24 at 18:00. Come out and support if you didn’t get signed up in time.
• Christmas Party at Dr. Queeesscchhh’s house on 12/15.
• Some PAX are running the Santa Hustle half marathon in Belmont on 12/22.

Prayer Requests:

• Tiger facing some big decisions in his life he will have to make soon.
• Safe travels and return for DDC while he is in Central America.
• Tyson and his family on the passing of his grandmother.
• Nikki Bailey battling cancer.
• Safe travels for Tool Time and his family while on cruise. #SeamanToolTime

COT

YHC took us out in prayer.

Moleskin:

If you read the story of Joshua and how the walls of Jericho fell, it’s truly an amazing story. Joshua was tasked to lead a group of untrained, unarmed nomads to take a city that was double-walled, on a hill, and self-sufficient as far as food and water goes. The directions to just march around the city for 7 days then blow the trumpets and scream must have seemed ludicrous to Joshua. Even though the odds were against him, he was obedient. And because of his obedience, the walls of Jericho fell and the Sky Q kept his promise. What “Jerichos” do we have in our own lives? Physical? Spiritual? Emotional? Job? Whatever the case, being obedient to the Sky Q is the best way to handle the situation.

Thank you guys for allowing me to lead. Thanks for posting and supporting even when it’s wet and nasty outside. Great work by all. And it was good to hear the lively mumble chatter this evening.

Slaw

11/6/2018
Disclaimer
WarmUp SSH x 10, Don Q’s x 10, Imperial Walkers x 10, Squats x 10
Pledge
Mosey to soccer fields Parking Lot near hill.
4 STATIONS
STATION 1 Nur Up Hill and run down TWICE 10 Hand Release Merkins
Run to STATION 2 to the left near the end of the parking lot.
LEGS – Monkey Humpers x 25 and Calf Raises On Curb x 25 (Single Count)
Run back to STATION 1 Run Up Hill and down TWICE 10 Hand Release Merkins
Run to STATION 3 at the end of the parking lot.
ARMS and SHOULDERS – CDD’s x 25 and Morrocans x 25 (Single Count)
Run back to STATION 1 Run Up Hill and down TWICE 10 Hand Release Merkins
Run to STATION 4 on the right
CORE – LBFC’s x 25 (Count the Crunch) and Hillbillies x 25 (Single Count)
Run back to STATION 1 Run Up Hill and down TWICE 10 Hand Release Merkins.
Everyone got in a lap and a station, several got in more than that. Nice work!

Mosey to Small Soccer Field corner for … Block Work!
Curls x 30, Shrugs x 30, 3 Sets. Slaw and Gold Digger with the larger blocks! Aye!

Mosey to line up on a Soccer Field Line.
REDUCING TIME SPRINTS (I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE)
Approximately 35 yards. I set up my Interval Timer with my tiny speaker.
Whistle starts run until you cross finish line before Airhorn, 10 sec Rest.
Whistle starts run back to previous line before Airhorn, 10 sec Rest.
11 seconds 3 times, 10 seconds 3 times, 9 seconds 3 times, etc.
all the way down to 3 seconds each with a 10 sec rest after Airhorn.
When you don’t beat the Airhorn, step out of the way and do 5 Squats
at each whistle. Sister Act and Gold Digger made it down to 4 or 5 seconds intervals!
I got this from Timeshare AO at North Myrtle beach a while back.

Mosey Back to the flag.

Word about our life counting down like that Timer. Bible says life is like
a vapor, here today and gone tomorrow. Know why you do what you do.
First F Fitness makes us stronger for the things we face, 2nd F Fellowship
makes us help our brothers and lift them up. Read Stroganoff’s Back
Blast about how his F3 friends made all the difference through his recent
struggles. 3rd F Faith helps us live better for the world and our families
and know that it is Not Just About US. It is about Us lifting up others.

Announcements
– Convergence Saturday, Nov 10th at 7 am at Stowe Park in Belmont with a 3rd F event to follow. All F3 Gastonia men should try to attend.
– “Quiche”mas Party Dec. 15th.
– Several of our guys (Sargento, Tiger, Sister Act) are running a local half marathon in Belmont on Dec. 22nd.
– Hipaa Qing a kettlebell/weights AO on Tuesdays during November at WA Bess Elementary at 5:30 a.m.

Prayer Requests – Tyson’s Family in the loss of his grandmother, DDC on his mission trip.

COT

Date 01NOV18

K.I.S.S. Kiss it Stupidly Simple

Q: Oompa Loompa
PAX: Floppy Disc, CPAP, Swimmer, Edison, Blart, Broke, Sister Act, Def Leppard (Respect), Tiger, Slaw, T-Square, Discount Double Check, Roadie, Gomer, Walt (FNG), Oompa Loompa (Respect)

Three Fs stand for Fitness, Fellowship and Faith; F3 mission statement; 5 Core principles of F3

Disclaimer

Pledge

Warm up with 11 SSH (IC)

It is legend that we can’t count at Midoriyama, so two exercises only. Does running count as an exercise?

Merkins for arms. WW1’s for core. Running for legs and cardio. Circuit around horseshoe perimeter is +/- .15 miles
Circuit 1 Mosey around horseshoe enclosure for 11 merkins OYO.
Circuit 2 Mosey around horseshoe enclosure for 11 WW1 situps OYO.

Rinse & Repeat until time expires. It’s you versus you.

Bonus: If any PAX completes 20 circuits, the Q does 20 burpees.

Off we go! Sister Act got 28, Broke got 26, Tiger & Slaw got around 24 & Errrbody else said they got 20. Sister Act ran 4.2 miles with 154 merkins and 154 WW1’s.

Oompa drops 20 burpees as promised. Some watched, some joined in.
Welcome to fellow devil dog FNG Scott Marshall, forever known as F3 Walt from Gran Torino

Quiche’s trip to Pakistan got rescheduled
Shocker’s trip to Haiti
DDC for his mission trip to Latin America
Those battling addictions or health issues
2.0’s away at college

Convergence at the Yank in Belmont for November 10th
3rd F afterwards
Christmastown 5K November 24th. Come out a support. We will push 8 chariots
Christmas party Dec 15th. More details to follow