Tag: Mt. Hollywood (Page 12 of 13)

7 men pushed the rock at Mt. Hollywood this morning.  Beautiful morning, time to put in some work!!  We were delayed for a few moments as an officer with the Mt. Holly police department pulled into the parking lot.  Apparently the alarm was going off at the middle school, and we were the prime suspects.  There was some discussion about an all out prison break run, just to see what would happen.  We better get the workout started, before the officer ask too many questions, especially with the  questionable character of some of the  pax in attendance.

Warm-Up:

10 Burpees, short disclaimer with something about me being an idiot, 10 more Burpees.

The Thang:

Mosey to the parking lot of the South State Bank on S. Main St.  If the alarm goes off at the bank, we may be in trouble.  Exercise called here is one of my favorites, BLIMPS!  We would do our best to stick together on this and push each other to the end.  This exercise went like this:

10 Burpees, Run a lap around the bank

10 Burpees, 15 LBCS, Run a lap

10 Burpees, 15 LBCs, 20 Imperial Walker Squats, Run a lap

10 Burpees, 15 LBCs, 20 IW Squats, 25 Merkins, Run a lap

10 Burpees, 15 LBCs, 20 IW Squats, 25 Merkins, 30 Plank Jacks, Run a lap

10 Burpees, 15 LBCs, 20 IW Squats, 25 Merkins, 30 Plank Jacks, 35 Smurf Jacks, Run a lap

Good work on that men, way to push it out.  Next we take a short mosey to the wall behind BB&T.  Our second stop at one of the local banks.   I promise we were not casing the joint for an after hours return trip.  We had some time to spare, so let’s get in some 11’s.  The exercises called were Hip Slappers and Bobby Hurley’s.  Start with 10 Hip Slappers, run to other side of parking lot for 1 Bobby Hurley.  9 Hip Slappers and 2 Bobby Hurley’s.  You know the drill, continue until we finish with 1 Hip Slapper and 10 Bobby Hurley’s.

Next with time running out, lets start our mosey back towards the flag.  We took the long route down W Central Ave and stopped at the wall in front of Ida Rankin.   Here we did 3 different exercises:

10 Dips (IC)

10 Derkins

10 Burpees

We would do 2 rounds of these 3 sets of exercises.  Good work men, way to push through until the end.  Mosey back to the flag.

Annoucements:  Belmont Classic 5k -SFN 5/25, Memorial Day Murph 5/27

Nameorama

Prayer request:  All pax in our area, Broke took us out

Honor to lead today men.

Sister Act

The  weather was perfect this morning and 11 HIM’s (including 1 FNG) took advantage of it and started the work week off right by getting out of the fartsack and putting in some work at Mt. Hollywood. A disclaimer was given, the Pledge was recited and after a quick warmup we headed off to get after it.

Mosey down to the bus lot at Rankin Elementary for some Dirty MacDeuce. 4 sets of 3 exercises x12 IC followed by a lap around the bus lot.

Set 1 – Merkins, Squats, LBC’s

Set 2 – Diamond Merkins, Calf raises, Freddie Mercury’s

Set 3 – Werkins, Step back lunges, Mahktar N’Diayes

Set 4 – CDD’s, Imperial Walkers, Plank Jacks

Out the front entrance of Rankin and downtown to the BB&T lot for some partner work. Partner’s start in the middle of the lot with 10 Booyah Merkins. One partner runs to the wall and does 10 Dirty Hookups and the other partner runs in the opposite direction to the curb for 10 WWI’s. Meet back in the middle for 9 Booyah Merkins, swap ends and do 9 reps of the other exercises. Repeato all the way down to 1.

Mosey back to the start, grab two bricks and head to the front of the school for the following:

5 Man Makers

10 Dips

15 Squat Thrusters

20 American Hammers

25 Flutter kicks (bricks over chest)

20 American Hammers

15 Squat Thrusters

10 Dips

5 Man Makers

Still some time left, so up against the wall for a BTTW / Hip Slapper competition. Hold BTTW and do Hip Slappers on Q’s command. You’re out when your feet hit the ground, do LBC’s until the last man falls. Virus hung in there a while, but Blart prevailed as the champion. Time’s up.

Thanks to Sargento and MAYOR for picking up the six today!

NMM

Where are you going?

Are you stuck in a rut and not making any progress? Take a moment today to step back and take a look at your life to consider the following two questions.

1. Is life happening to you, or are you directing it?
2. Do your daily routines have a purpose and objective?

Don’t let life happen, act with careful thought, manage your life and choose wise goals that can be attained with careful discipline.

Proverbs 4:26 – “Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.”

COT/BOM

Announcements

Mt. Mitchell hike this Sunday. Leaving GSM at 5:30am

Belmont SFN event on May 25th

2nd F in Belmont each Friday, 5pm at Station

Monk send off Friday, May 31st at Station in Belmont 5pm – 7pm

Need Q’s for Mt. Hollywood, step up and support Tiger

Prayer Request

Family of 13 yr old who passed at Mountain Island Lake this weekend

Sargento’s mother in law

Tiger’s M

PAX prayer list

Welcome to FNG Joe Arcella, now known as Turnpike. Good work brother, hope to see you back soon.

YHC took us out.

Until next time (tomorrow),

Broke

04/15/2019 Mt. Hollywood
Tiger reached out needing a Q for Mt. Hollywood on tax day so I resisted the fartsack and jumped on it. I needed the push to get the week started right. I thought numbers might be low but as time got closer, 10 circled up for Warmup, make that 11 as Freon sneaks in quiet like. Let’s go.
SSH x 15 IC
Cotton Pickers x 15 IC
Hillbillies x 15 IC
Goofballs x 15 IC
Pledge
Mosey down Catawba Street behind the First Presbyterian church to the small parking for some BLIMPS.
Burpees x 5 OYO, Mosey to the far corner near the road. Watch that form Sister Act!
Lunges x 10 each leg. Tesla questioned the intelligence of anyone who has to move forward walking to do lunges. He may have been talking to me. Mosey to the top of the big parking lot.
Imperial Walkers x 15 IC, short mosey to the top of the parking lot near the building.
Merkins x 20 single count, mosey down the parking.
Plank Jacks x 25 IC, mosey back around the building to the top of the small parking lot.
Squats x 30 IC, short mosey back to the small parking lot spot where we started. Take a count.
Run a lap around that same parking lot area.
Repeat the BLIMPS same as before. Take another lap.
Mosey to the white wall behind BB&T.
Rugby Sprints
On your six for Flutter kicks until I say Sprint, sprint forward to the curb, sprint back to the wall then walk back to the curb.
Merkins, sprint. SSH, sprint. Time to head back so we took the longer way back up Central to the benches near the school.
80 D’s
20 Dips IC, 20 Dollies IC, 20 Dyeing Cockroaches IC, 20 Derkins IC, yes IC. Mosey back to the flag.
My word for today was about it being a new season. Over 1/4 of the way through the year is a great time to assess where you are in your 3F’s. Think about what you wanted to accomplish and see if you are on track. I have to say I have more work to do in several areas and will push to get there. Spring offers a new season with flowers blooming and grass growing and it is a time to remind us to start new. The guys in F3 will definitely help you get there if you are striving.
Announcements:
April 27th, 2nd F at Lewis Farms 7 pm
May 5th, Mount Mitchell Hike
Prayer Requests:
My wife recovering nicely from knee surgery
COT
*NMM Thanks to all the guys who showed up this morning from the War Baby, Get A Grip to the War Daddy, Tesla and all those in between. I had around 2.15 miles on my watch and plenty of reps this morning. Great to see Stroganoff for his first workout at Mt. Hollywood (I believe I heard him say that). Broke, Seuss and Sister Act post everywhere all the time but it’s always great to see them. Great to see Blart out early as his schedule has changed. Doodles has really been consistently posting and I am sure he is ready for his VQ next week. Virus was leading the way on most of the runs as he usually does and Freon runs up, crushes the workout and runs back home. It was a pleasure to lead this morning. Have a great week and remember the significance of this week and what this Sunday represents!

April 1st and I was curious as to how many fools would actually show. There was chatter of a possible FNG coming with one of the Fake Rucksack Club regulars, but I guess this was also fake since neither showed. However, 6 eager PAX posted on a somewhat chilly start to April ready to work.

After the pledge and my typical warmup of SSH’s, Don Q’s and Moroccan Nightclubs we took a short mosey downtown to the BB&T to get started with the workout. Due to the local favorites all bombing in the NCAA tourney, I figured we might as well join in on the action and do some BOMB’s ourselves. It went like this:

Partner up and while one partner runs a lap around the bank the other performs the following until the total cumulative reps are reached:

Burpee’s x50

Overhead Claps x100

Merkins x150

Big Boy Sit Up’s x200

Squats x250

After this we headed over to the parking lot at Vasilio’s for a few rounds of Route 66

Round 1 – Bear crawl and Merkins

Round 2 – Lunge walk and Jump Squat

Round 3 – Broad jump Burpee’s

Back to the start for 6 minutes of Mary and we’re done.

Moleskin / COT

Proverbs 24:10 – “If you faint in the day of adversity your strength is small.”

If you are fearful and discouraged by every trial and affliction that you face you will have no strength and in time become your own worst enemy. Let your faith in God be greater than your fear of any enemy and trust in Him to guide you through the adversity you face.

Tiger called out the PAX to be in prayer for this week and will post them later today. Pray for each of these men and their families this week and reach out to them if you can.

The numbers at Mt. Hollywood have been a little down the past few weeks. If you haven’t posted here, give it a try. It’s a great way to get your week started!

YHC took us out.

It was a pleasure to lead.

Broke

6  men showed at Mt. Hollywood this morning to put in some work.  This is  my first Q at this AO, so I was excited with this opportunity to bring a workout to these guys.  Being a father to three daughters, definitely brings its challenges.  One of the challenges takes place during this time of the year each year.  That would be cheer and dance competition time.  As a lot of you were out in the rain either posting or participating in the CSAUP 50 Mile Relay Run this past weekend, I was stuck inside an auditorium for two straight days at a dance competition.   Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy watching my daughters on the stage.  But once you factor in the girl drama, parent drama, stress, and the amount of time spent inside, there is only so much you can take.  With that said, I was looking forward to bringing the pain come Monday morning.  So to answer your question Tiger, no dance shoes needed today.

Warm-up:

Grass Pickers, Hillbillies

The Thang:

Mosey to the street beside the elementary school.  First excercise called is some Route 66 on the street.  Excercise used is the Imperial Squat Walker.  Start at first telephone pole and do 11 Imperial Squat Walkers.  Then sprint or 3/4 speed 2 telephone poles and Nur back 1.  Then do 10 ISW.  Sprint 2 telephone poles, Nur back 1, 9 ISW.  Sprint 2 telephone poles, Nur back 1, 8 ISW.  Continue this until you finish with 1 ISW.

Next let’s mosey to the driveway area beside the elementary school used for bus drop off.  Exercise called here is some 4 corner escalators.  First corner start with 10 Burpees.  Mosey to second corner for 10 Burpees, 20 Merkins.  Mosey to third corner and do 10 Burpees, 20 Merkins, 30 Mountain Climbers.  Mosey to last corner and do 10 Burpees, 20 Merkins, 30 Mountain Climbers, 40 Sumo Squats.  I was going to run this back down, but had to call an Omaha on that one.  

Fellowship mosey to the covered area and do an exercise called Jacked Up.  Here you do 5 different exercises with no rest in between.  50 SSH, 40 Seal Jacks, 30 Plank Jacks, 20 Crossover Jacks, 10 Smurf Jacks.

Next we got in some ab work at the same area.  Same principle, 5 exercises with no rest in between.  25 LBCs, 25 Flutter Kicks, 25 Dying Cockroaches, 25 American Hammers, 25 Big Boys.

Mosey to the small wall on the same street where we did the Route 66 work earlier.  Called Lindsay’s here with Dips and Merkins.  30 Dips & 10 Merkins. 25 Dips & 15 Merkins. Continue this until you finish with 10 Dips & 30 Merkins.  Mosey towards flag.

Announcements: CSAUP, Rooster, Mt. Mitchell hike on 5/5. Convergence 3/30 at Folsom 7:00am

Prayer request

Nameorama

Honor to lead today men.  Always look forward to new challenges.  Made it a goal to get out and Q at different AOs.  You should too!

Sister Act

The clock hit 5:30 and there was a heavy mist in the air.  I had a weinke ready to go, and a deck of cards as a “just in case” backup.

Warmarama:

• Side Straddle Hops, 15 IC  –  2 merkins
• Imperial Walkers, 16 IC  –  4 merkins
• Moroccan Nightclub, 20 IC  –  6 merkins
• Don Quixotes, 15 IC  –  8 merkins

Thang:

The mist seemed to be letting up so I tossed the deck of cards aside and we set out on a mosey down Catawba, left on Oakland, left again on W. Central and there on our left is our favorite wall by Ida Rankin Elementary School…  can’t pass it by without a little work:

• 5 incline merkins and 5 derkins
• 10 incline merkins and 10 derkins
• 15 incline merkins and 15 derkins

Mist had picked up a bit so let’s mosey over to the covered walkway for some 11’s:

• American Hammers & Lunges  (Q kept trying to do American Hammers at both ends…)

It seems the mist has let up again, so it is time for some four corners. We were to run around the parking lot and do the following exercises:

• 1st corner – Merkins
• 2nd corner – Squats
• 3rd corner – LBCs
• 4th corner – Mountain Climbers  –  do SSHs while waiting on the six

First round… give me 5 reps… next round 10, then 15 and then 20
Q decided to run his mouth a bit here… in Matthew we find the Sermon on the Mount where we get the Beatitudes and a lot of what were called “hard sayins” when I was growing up. But he had to come back down that mountain and so do we… so back down we went with our four corners… 15 reps, 10 reps and 5 reps.

The clock was ticking, so time to mosey on back to the middle school. When we got to the school the Q had to run his mouth just a little more… see, as Jesus was wrapping up these hard sayins, he left us with this in Matthew 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” The key phrase for me is “put them into practice.” Many hear, few put it into practice. The HIMs of F3 inspire me every day as I see them putting their fitness, their fellowship and their faith into practice! I encourage you to go read Matthew 7:24-27 to get the whole story.

We said the Pledge.

Ended with COT!

I hope we all went away just a little better…

The Red Carpet was rolled out for HIPAAPALOOZA Monday morning at Mount Hollywood. It was a star-studded event that included 9 PAX ready for a HardCORE time. YHC was pleased to see the groupies make it out for day 2. YHC decided to do something I’ve never done before for a workout, make it  45 min core only. Let’s hope it goes over well with the PAX.

Today’s Groupies (To be a groupie you need to have posted 2 or more time during HIPAAPALOOZA):

Broke & Sister Act

Disclaimer – No FNG’s

Pledge

Warmup

Volcano Squats

Imperial Walkers

Merkins

Slawter Starter! (20 Burpees OYO) – Lots of Sandy V about this one. Everyone said I needed to lead with that instead of doing it after . How bout shush your mouth and do the exercise!

Mosey 25 yards to the sidewalk

Core time with tunes!

*Lookup in the exicon if you dont know what these are

Captain Thor – 1BBSU:4 American Hammers (count Right side) – 10:40

Dirty Hookup – 20 IC

Pickle Pointers – 50 IC

Pickle Pounders – 50 IC

Australian Snow Angels – 15 IC

Hundreds – 100 OYO

Hurricane Hoedown – From 7 to 1

Protractors w/ Splits

Australian Mountain Climbers – 20 IC

High Plank – Almost 2 minutes

FIN!

COT

Announcements

TAP

Broke took us out

Thanks to the Mount Hollywood PAX for coming out. Ya’ll need to watch out for Virus, my man was knocking out Captain Thor’s like it was nothing, and that is one tough exercise! True HIM pushing the rock.

AYE!

HIPAA

With the forecast calling for temps slightly below freezing, YHC wasn’t sure how many PAX would show this morning at Mt. Hollywood. Not only did 11 PAX decide to start the week off right, some even posted in shorts. Let’s get started.

No FNG’s, but a short disclaimer was given anyway. Warmup with some SSH’s, Don Q’s and Moroccan Nightclubs and then onto The Thang:

Quarter Miler

The goal of the workout today was to keep moving so we moseyed in 1/4 mile increments and at each stop performed a set of exercises.

Stop #1 – Wall at Rankin Elementary

Donkey kicks, Dips and Derkins x15

Stop #2 – Wells Fargo

American Hammers, Freddie Mercury’s x30 (count right side)

Stop #3 – Hill St. at City Hall

Hand release Merkins, Plank Jacks, Shoulder Taps x15

Stop #4 – Front of Police Station

Michael Phelps, LBC’s x40

Stop #5 – First Pres parking lot

Mike Tysons, Merkins, CDD’s x15

Stop #6 – Halfway up Baptist Hill

Rosalita’s, Mtn. Climbers, Flutter Kicks x40

Stop #7 – Glendale and Hawthorne

10 Burpee’s

Stop #8 – Steps across from Middle School

10 Calf raises on each step, 50 Squats

Still a little time left so head over to the front of the school for 3 rounds of 1 minute wall sit and 10 Hip Slappers followed by Protractors and Big Boy sit ups to finish it off.

Pledge

Announcements – Be on the lookout for 50 mile CSAUP soon

COT/BOM

Tiger announced last week that Mt. Hollywood was committing to pray for the Gastonia region PAX throughout the year. As you are doing this, think about why it is important to pray for others. Two reasons that come to mind are:

IT HELPS

James 5:15 – “Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayers of a righteous person are powerful and effective”.

WE ARE CALLED TO DO SO

1 Timothy 2:1 – “First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people”.

If you feel led to do so, reach out to those you are praying for each week and see if there are any specific things you can pray for. Sometimes all a person needs to lift their spirits is to know that they aren’t alone and someone else is thinking about and praying for them.

Prayer Requests

Anchorman’s mother in law

2018 Gashouse leadership team – ToolTime, Pizza Man, Sargento, Freight, Roscoe, Short Sale

Nameorama

YHC took us out.

Welcome to Wrangler who lives just outside of Mt. Holly and started posting last week at one of the Lake Norman AO’s. Sounds like he’s gonna be one of those dual region PAX!

Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

Broke

6 regulars and one fng makes 7.

Disclaimer – I am not a professional, follow my exercises at your own risk, you vs you. Ssh in cadence, mnc, helos, merkins mosey to bbt. Time for some wall work. No anchorman not the stupid shuffle. Wall sits with shoulder work. The. Lunge across parking lot al gore for the six. Plank plank and more plank right into merkins in cadence. Orangeman with a joke about his nuts. It was a good laugh. Ask him about his nuts some time. Lunges back across the parking lot for more wallsits and shoulder work. More plank and merkins. Lunge again with al gore for the six. Plank. Lunge wallsits give a few ten creative ten counts by tiger, Orangeman and virus. Let’s mosey.

Downtown start with single leg dead lift 11 each leg followed by more plank. Money to next next next next corner and more dead lifts. Mix in some abdominal work here with single leg toe touches, heel raises and flutters. Mosey. More dead lifts at the next corner. Plank. Six shooters in cadence. Mosey to the wall. 2 rounds of derkins in cadence. Mary at the wall with each pax favorite abdominal exercises. Toe touches, protractor, hammers, big boys just to name a few. Mosey to the start as time expires.

Pledge

Announcements- contact anchorman if you are interested in feeding the hungry in Charlotte Tuesday January 29th 6:45 pm to 8:30 pm meet at 6:15 pm to clown car.

Welcome fng Chad Collins. Named Doodles. National Guardsman for 6 years. Former Technical Draftsman, youth pastor for 16 years, planted a church 11 years ago now pastor at combined Epic Church with Linwood Church of God.

Prayer request- brokes friend recent diagnosis with terminal pancreatic cancer. My cousin with new diagnosis of stage 2 sarcoma.

Tiger took us out with a prayer.

See yall Thursday at Mydoryama.

YHC did indeed order a Mount Hollywood shirt so of course in order to earn the right to wear it, one must Q the site. I took Tiger up on his offer to Q an open slot in the cool month of December. Never posting before at this AO I wasn’t really sure what to do or where to go. All I’ve been hearing is “it’s dark”. This being said and me not doing any surveillance of the area prior to my Q, I decided to wing it for my first time ever. I did wear my wrist Q so I had plenty of items on there I could incorporate into the workout once I came upon the appropriate spots in town. Arrived at the site a little early. 1^st one there. Slaw roles in then Sister Act who decides to blind me with his high beams. I guess he was letting me know he was there after I called him out on GroupMe the night before. He was complaining Sunday night about his Sandy V, I mean legs, due to running 12 miles at Crossroads that morning. So I challenged the new 1^st F and he showed, now that’s leadership! Tesla let me know we’d have an FNG, he was present. Everyone else finally arrived and we began.

Disclaimer for the FNG. Core F3 principles announced

Warmup

SSH 15 IC

MNC 50 IC

Mosey out of school parking lot and head down Central Ave.

Stopped at the first Decorative Street Lamp. 5 Burpees then Bear Crawl to next Street Lamp. Rinse and Repeato until you reach Main St. (6 Street lights total = 30 Brupees BC .07 Miles uphill). Asked Tiger for 10 count “1,2,10 lets go”, My Man!! Frogger across Hwy. 27 to the corner of 27 and Main. Wall sit March 9 IC, Wall Sit, Wall sit March with Air Presses 10 IC. Recover. Next on the list, Walls of Jericho. 7 Exercises called were: Diamond Merkins, Bobby Hurleys, CDD’s, Derkins, Hip Slappers, Plie Squats & LBC’s. Recover. Frogger back across Hwy 27 to Central Ave. Let’s NUR to the last decorative street light then Mosey back to home base. Circle up for Mary, PAX Choice. Orangeman calls 6 shooters (YHC liked this exercise), Tiger calls WWI’s. Sister Act let out a smelly flatulent and re-positioned himself in the rotation but we will skip over him. Tesla calls out Oblique crunches. Time!

COT

Announcements: Yank being relocated Saturday 12/22 due to Marathon downtown Belmont. Starting location will be at Glenway Pub at 0700

Name-O-Rama

Pledge

FNG Naming

Prayer requests – Freon’s family dealing with loss, Def Leppards Daughter having surgery, Families around this time of year & others spoken and unspoken.

YHC took us out.

It was a pleasure leading this group of HIMs this AM. New faces for YHC to meet. Glad to see this AO growing. I encourage you all to continue to explore this AO. There is lots of area to cover and downtown is only .5 miles away. I’d like mention 2 things, 1) Freon, hard strong work this morning! I know you said you were not feeling well but I honestly could not tell! 2) Welcome FNG Guts (I guess we now have 2???)! USC Med Student home on break. He’s a 20 something year old cat and let us know at the end of the workout that we really get after it!

AYE!!!

HIPAA