Tag: Midoriyama (Page 38 of 51)

17  Men including 1 FNG(wait no 18 because we can’t count) showed up at Midoriyama for a beatdown. This is how it went.

Disclaimer-These guys are idiots and I’m the brightest one out here so we are all in trouble!

Warmup:

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Don Q’s x 10ic

SSH x 10ic

Merkins x 2ic Yes that says 2. I’ve been having elbow issues and have been avoiding these. I figured I would just mess with everyone and just make them get down so they would have to get back up again.

Everyone grab two freshly purchased bricks out of my truck and let’s mosey!

The Thang:

We went to the side of the farthest soccer field. Run across with a brick, do 10 Turkish getups and run back. Rinse and repeat to the next field. Then again to farthest side of the next field. Then again to the top of the far Hill. 40 total Turkish Getups. Some guys really struggled with the Turkish Getup concept but managed to work it out by the end. Good Work! At this point we were going to use the little soccer field but a game was in process so back to where we started for some Wojo sprint work.

Everyone with bricks in hand and a foot on the line sprint all out to the opposite side of the field and fellowship mosey back. Rinse and repeat 3 times. 1 time a few PAX jumped the gun so the rest of us did Merkins while we waited for them to rejoin the team. Blart looked like Usain Bolt gliding across the field. It took me 3 steps to his 1. I felt like he was just toying with me. I’m pretty sure I saw him smiling a little.

Let’s mosey and stash the bricks. Mosey on back to the flag. Slaw brought us the big blocks to use.

Partner up. P1 wall sits. P2 does 5 Blockees. Switch and rinse and repeat until I call time. We did this for 10-15 minutes.

COT:

Announcments- T-Square: Double Amputee doing a ton of marathons coming through our area soon. Go out and run with him for support. More info coming. SFN Christmas town run now at 36! Great job by all on the Burpeethon. Let’s make it even better next year. JJ5K this weekend. 3rdF event coming up details coming.

Namerama: Welcome FNG Brilliant brought to us by Hushpuppy. They are co-workers and he says he will definitely be back. That may depend on Slaw as he seemed to have a man crush since he is a fellow Seiman I mean Seeman wait no Seaman!

Prayer Request-Ash Pond is doing much better! Pockets, PM’s Grandparents in law, Sidecars friend, Our brothers that are struggling with various issues.

Moleskin:

I had a great time out today. I hope it was worth your trip out and you got your money’s worth. Great crowd. Let’s keep it growing!

13.5 PAX showed for a Thursday evening workout. Its 5:30 lets do it,

No FNGS so short disclaimer and Warmup went as follows ,or as best as I remember

Mnt climbers 15 ic

Merkins 10 ic

Don q’s15 ic

Next the main event

Started with a little trail run on the lake loop ,We made several stops along the way

Stop 1=  Picnic shelter  ab work while waiting on six ,LBC’S  20 ic ,Merkins 15 ic

Stop 2=Bench next to lake , here we partnered up for some hand clap merkins

Stop 3=Stop  maybe 1/4 mile in for some more merkins and squats 20 ic

Stop4=Next stop was at gravel road where we did some lundges for about 40 yards

Stop 5=back at picnic shelter for some incline merkins, and step ups

Then back to flag for some more partner work , this time using some coupons Slaw was

nice enough to transport for me to the AO. It went as follows:

Partner 1 does 21’s curls with blocks 3 sets of 7, while partner2 does hipp slappers

until complete all 21 curls. This was done 3 times

Then back to flag for PLEDGE and COT

22 merkins for vets

Announcements: Burpeethon 9/16/17,    JJ 5k at COMMON GROUND 9/23/17 great way to support your community

and spread the WORD step  up men!!!

Prayer request all those on IR, and all those HIMS  waiting on us to get them out

MOLESKIN : I usually have some little something to say but all that comes to mind lately is how awesome it

is to be out here with my F3 Brothers pushing this rock and how awesome you guys are KEEP PUSHING

you never know how you just might be changing that mans life next to you ,and not even know it….

14 HIMS posted for another Pizza Man delivery.  This delivery had a little bit of everything.  No FNG’s so short disclaimer and lets begin.

Warm-Up:

SSH, Don Q, 10 Burpees OYO

Lets mosey…the PAX moseyed throughout Midoriyama and at every parking lot opening we did 3 exercises.

These exercises were:

• Merkins, LBC’s, 5 burpees OYO
• Incline merkins, Flutters, 5 burpees OYO
• Derkins, Butterfly sit-ups, 5 burpees OYO
• Mike Tyson’s, American Hammer, 5 burpees OYO
• CDD’s, Freddy Mercury’s, 5 burpees OYO

Along the mosey we stopped at the bleachers for a set of dips and continued on to my favorite hill for Triple Nickel.  Each HIM was to run the hill do 5 squats at the top and run back down to do 5 WW1’s at the bottom. (Rinse and repeat 5 times)  Good work men and way to push each other!!  On our mosey back we stopped again for more dips then QIC wanted to get the PAX heart rates up so we lined up along the sideline of the soccer field for an all out sprint.  Damn these men of Midoriyama are quick!!!  We continued our mosey through Midoriyama performing exercises at each opening but did not forget the 5 burpees at each speed bump.  With time running short, we lined up for zombie walks with a  added burpee back to the flag and finished with Oompa Loompa taking us out with 22 for the VETS.

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Announcements:

• Burpeethon(9/16)
• Help Huck Move(9/16)
• Advisory Board Meeting(9/17)
• JJ5k(9/23)

Prayer Request: Many prayers were lifted up

Once again, I can’t thank each of the HIMS at Midoriyama enough for the push and motivation during every post.  Great work by everyone!!  As I mentioned in the COT, reach out to someone you haven’t seen or heard from in a while.  We never know what some of our brothers might be going through.   Just remember to be that HIM that God wants you to be!!! 

Until next delivery Pizza Man is OOOOUUUUUUUTTTTTTT!!!!

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Warm-up:

None

The Thang:

This one is real simple….

1 mile Mosey

100 Pull-Ups

200 Merkins

300 Squats

1mile Mosey

Great work by all PAX today this is a real mother of a beat down.

COT

Prayers:

Ash pond is fighting a bad illness , brothers that were unnamed but dealing with some real bad stuff, Men on the IR

1 Corinthians 16:13 (NLT)

¹³ Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous.^[a] Be strong.

1 Corinthians 16:13 (HCSB)

¹³ Be alert, stand firm in the faith, act like a man, be strong.

Proverbs 27:

¹⁷Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.

It was an honor to lead today men!

Tool Time

13 PAX posted Tuesday at Midoriyama. YHC has had a full plate lately and completely forgot he had the Q. Thankfully Tooltime called to tell me he was stuck in traffic and may not make it. He called like he was calling into work….hilarious! During our conversation he advised he was calling in due to me having the Q and the risk of ridicule for missing after his Q at Folsom on Saturday. He made it and I made it so all worked out well! The PAX were warned that if I don’t have anything planned and have to create it on the fly it will probably end badly.

Warmup:

Don Q x 20ic

SSH x 15ic

Don Q’s on the ground x 10ic

Let’s mosey

The Thang:

We moseyed to the field where we keep our blocks. Partner up and one partner gets a block. At this point I think everyone thought we were going to stay there and do something…. Nope! Let’s mosey. Switch the block with your partner when needed. We had an odd number so YHC didn’t have a partner to switch with so that sucked. I was thinking about hitting the trail for a long mosey but that was out. We went to the far side of the far soccer field for some Mary.

Round 1-1 partner runs across the field the other does the exercise. You know how it works.

100-Overhead presses

200-Weighted squats

300-Leg lifts while holding the block up in the air

Round 2-

50-Weighted lunges

100-Curls

150-In/Outs while holding the block over head

Mosey back. Thanks to Pizza Man and Canteen for partnering with me on the way back! Block was getting heavy!

COT:

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Announcements- Burpeethon-9/16 9:00am I hope to see everyone there. This is our opportunity to show our leadership in our community! SFN get signed up! I’m talking to you Sidecar! Signup and run at the JJ5K in Stanley. Only 15 people are registered and most of those are F3. Yet another opportunity to show our community leadership!

Prayer Request-Ash Pond battling sickness, Pockets

Moleskin:

Everyone pushed hard today. Great job! For those that haven’t Q’d a workout get on the schedule. After you do it a while it becomes second nature. You can just show up and make some pain happen. All in all we covered 2.6 miles and picked some stuff up and put it down.

14 warriors posted for a Pizza Man Q on mental toughness.  Today felt a little different at Midoriyama with the humidity and heat down.  17:30 hit and  it was time to get this thing rolling.  With no FNG’s, still a short disclaimer due to some injuries at Midoriyama over the past weeks.

Warm-up:

Seal Jack X 20 IC

Don Q’s X 10 IC

And now to get the mental toughness started…

10 burpees OYO on every minute X 5

Thang:

Now with the heart pumping lets mosey to the soccer field but remember 5 humpees at the speed hump.

Circle up for some Tabata work:

The PAX were to perform each exercise for 30 sec. and then go to the next.  We did this for 3 sets.

Exercises were:

Merkins(Regular, Wide, Walking Hand)

Squat to calf raises

LBC’s

With that complete, lets go…mosey to the hill at the dog park for a little TRIPLE NICKLE.  PAX were to run the hill, at the top perform 5 American Get-ups(We aren’t Turkish) then run back down and do 5 WWI sit-ups.  With it being called TRIPLE NICKLE, that means repeat for 5 times.  Good work men…this is when mental toughness was needed.  QIC explained that when your body is saying I can’t or wants to stop, that’s when you need to tell yourself you can and to push!!! Look around at all the HIMS around you and feed off of that.

Lets keep that heart pumping…mosey on to the playground for some more Tabata work.

This time the exercise were:

Pull-ups

Windshield wipers

Planks(Rows, Alt hand lifts)

We modified to 2 sets due to time

With around 6 minutes to go lets mosey back to the flag for real mental toughness.  With your body worn from the previous 40 minutes, tell your body to push and you can do it!!

That’s right…circle up for 10 burpees OYO on every minute X 5

Time!!

Much respect to Oompa Loompa for posting for the COT…Get better brother!!

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Announcements:

• SPEED FOR NEED- Nov.25th
• Burpeethon-Sept. 16th
• JJK5- Sept. 23rd
• 50 mile Relay Dry Run- Sept. 30th (Tentative)
• Giving Help to Houston after Harvey- 1st week in Oct. (Sparky will post more info.)

Prayers

Good work men!! Way to be strong and push through!!  As I mention throughout the workout, the reason all the HIMS post is to not only better themselves but be there to push each other.  Just remember going forward that when you think you don’t have it in you, dig deep and tell your body you can!!!

Until next time Pizza Man is OOOOUUUUUUTTTTTTT!!!!

11 Showed for Gastone’s first Q at Midoriyama. The forecast and Freight were calling for a cooler day but if that is cooler than I am really not going to come out of the gloom that often.

The Thang:

35 SSH

Plank, Raise one arm then the other, then 6 inches until Freight joins us. He took his time.

Jack Webb up to 7 and then back down.

Run around baseball fields to the soccer fields in the tall grass.

Stop along the way at a 15 yard hill for 10 to the top backwards. (We got 2 young guys to join us that made it around the field and when we started the backwards stuff one of them got a phone call from his mother and they had to leave)

Mosey to soccer field.

Partner up for some wheelbarrow all the way across the field.

Next was the 11’s near the dog park. Conveniently a sidewalk between the soccer fields and then on the other side of the fields was a good hill. We started with 1 Partner Hand Slap Merkin then each partner ran in opposite direction to the top of a hill for 10 Get Up’s. We switched sides to run after each set up Partner Hand Slaps. Now this sucked far worse than I would have expected and I will explain. One hill had shade and the other put us closer to the sun. One field was dry and the other field was a swamp that had just been watered. I personally was only done with the second set and realized how much of a suck this was going to be for everyone. Many times during this workout I felt overheated, dizzy, and a close to vomit feeling in my throat. Pizza Man at the end joined several other groups for extra credit, Kudos on that. Slaw had it all under control. Tooltime is a beast and stayed near the front. Freight the Natan, had a serious look on his face and stayed in the front the entire time as well. The rest of us got it done and survived.

The Moleskin:

Midoriyama, one of the only pm workouts in F3 is alive with HIMS. When I look around F3 Gastonia I find that I have friends, some of them new and some I have know for a while.  The surprising thing is that most of even the new friends are like we have know each other for years. I don’t even have the words to express how much I appreciate everyone. F3 Gastonia is a special group of guys and we will grow and should be really proud every day of what has been made with sacrifices from all of you.

Everyone did a great job or the best we could do.

Prayer request for many of our brother’s out here, family, and friends. Let’s pray for all of them.

Always and honor and thanks for the opportunity, That was Fun!

Gastone Out!