Tag: SandLot (Page 8 of 10)

It was kinda gloomy but still a nice morning.  Not very cold.  Still warm enough to get a good sweat on.

8 overcame the Monday blues to partake in the sharing of some fine work at The Sandlot.

There was a quick warm up of 10 Imperial Walkers; no FNG’s; the pledge.

The Thang

Mosey to the farthest point in the parking lot at Martha Rivers for some Merkin 55’s:

Similar to 11’s but the reps each round add up to 55 (instead of 11) and in the middle of each mosey across the parking lot, we dropped and did 8 Merkins.  Hence the name, Merkin 55’s.

The exercises included Flutter Kicks (counting right leg only) and Moroccan Night Clubs.  This took a while but was handled well by the PAX.  For those counting, that’s 275 ea of Flutter Kicks & Moroccan Night Clubs plus 160 merkins.

We then took a quick mosey around part of the parking lot back to where we started the 55’s.  Time for some 22’s.

Squats on one side of the parking lot with CDD’s on the other.  Well done again.

We headed back up the main road out of the park stopping 4 times for some Mary along the way:

LBC’s – 15 IC

Freddy Mercury’s – 15 IC

LBC’s – 20 IC

Freddy Mercury’s – 20 IC

Race back to Snoballs where Watts Up and Stinky Bird finished it off with some IC work of Crunchy Frogs and Jane Fonda’s.

Announcements:  Sparky’s kids school with an upcoming 5k; Christmas Party sometime in the next 12 months; Golf Tournament fundraiser from Buckshot and Young Life.

Several prayer requests.

This was my first Bootcamp Q in a while (I have done several running workouts and Q Source recently) and it was great to get back out there and lead one to start the week.  As usual, I was pushed by the entire group and felt great to start my week off in the gloom with a bunch of HIMs.  Thank you men.

Until the next one.  Aye!

Stroganoff

10 for a cooler morning at The Sandlot.

The Thang:

20 SSH

20 Imperial Walkers (Stinky Bird arrived)

20 Hand Release Merkins OYO

Mosey to the road.

20 Yards karaoke the turn the other way.

20 Yards walking butt kicks.

Mosey to back entrance of park.

50 Monkey Humpers.

Go down the dark path, Very dark.

Mosey to the middle of the field facing the picnic area.

From the field.

11’s 10 Hand release Merkin’s, run to the sidewalk in the middle and do 10 Squats, run up the hill to the picnic area for 1 Turkish Get Up (Stand up without hands)

Every time passing the middle do 10 Squats but flip the other numbers. (Defib showed up for sure)

Mosey to Picnic benches.

Incline Merkins 10 my count

Dips, 20 My count

Derkins, 10 OYO

Rinse and repeat, but just 10 Dips on my count.

Mosey to the park road. Stinky Bird said we had not done legs yet.

50 Monkey Humpers, 20 Yard Duck walk (Roscoe makes good point about form. We will have to practice)

30 Yards Lunges.

Running out of time so Mosey back to start.

15 seconds to spare.

The Moleskin:

Good group this morning. Many men pushing the daily rock. The temperatures are good outside and it is a good time for everyone to get out of bed. We did notice Waterboy out having a Sadclown run.

Prayers for family members,

Gastone out!

Rolling in close to time after a last minute, yet mandatory, pre-workout offload, Gastone and Watts Up were surprised to learn the Stinky Bird had a premeditated workout…..

Let’s get started.

Disclaimer, Pledge, warmup mosey to Martha’s entrance.

SSHx25IC

Big Boy x 25 OYO

Merkins x 20 OYO

Mosey to entrance of neighborhood.  Bear Crawl to the stop sign.   Wait, intersection, not stop sign (thanks for the lesson in traffic terms, guys!)  Omaha’d to Lunges anyway.  At stop sign, Big Boy x 20 OYO.  Mosey to intersection at Union for some:

Mtn Climbers x 25 OYO

LBCs x 25 OYO

American Hammer x 25 IC

Merkins x 20 OYO

Mosey to Funeral home for some 11’s.  Mike Tyson at the building, Imperial Walker Squats at Union.  Watts Up was bored, but obliged me anyway.

Calf raises at the bank, then mosey back to Pelicans for a little Mary.  TIME!  Good work, men.  We got in around 2.5 miles!

Announcements: JJ5K Sept 26, Mt Mitchell Sept 27-talk to Gastone

Prayer requests:  PAX and their families

COT

Two for a Labor Day workout.  The bank time and temp tells me it is 61 degrees.  In the middle of the workout I could not get over how quiet and peaceful it was inside of Martha’s house.  Perfect morning.  Guess it’s time to work on some perfect form.

Leave Pelican’s, mosey to Martha’s.  About midway in parking lot we lunge.  Trying our best to get in a perfect lunge, knee’s straight and nearly touching the ground.

Down to edge of playground, working on some more perfection.

Merkins:  15 merkins, hand shoulder width, all the way down, extend all the way up.  Mosey to island and back.  Rinse and repeat, 20 and 25.

Since IPC Week 1 hand release stuck in my mind as being particularly awful, let’s try some of these.

Hand Release Merkins:  15 and mosey around the island.  Rinse and repeat 20 and you can forget the 25.

IPC Week 2 modified:  The Week 2 IPC looks something like this.  Center position, 10 thrusters (with block), walk block out to first station (block overhead) and perform 25 count at each station.  After 25 count, walk block overhead back to center station, 10 more thrusters and out to station 2.  Etc. etc.  Before start and after start is a 400M run.  The IPC stations (remember with the block) is:  Decline Merkins, Blockee’s, Weighted Squats, Kettle Bell swing, Vertical block presses, and Alpos.  Modified for this we:

400M run:

Center:  Jump Squats x 10 each return

Station 1:  Decline Merkins

Station 2:  Burpees using curb

Station 3:  Squats

Station 4:  Overhead Claps

Station 5:  CDD’s

Station 6:  Dips

400M run:

We got through one round and I think two stations of round 2.  Note, for IPC purposes the event is timed to 43 minutes.

Slow mosey for a hot minute to save Linus back to Pelicans and with breath in hand we strong moseyed back.

Pledge:

Prayer:

One on one times like this are great times to bond with your brothers.  I had a great time working out with Defib and trying to keep up with him even as I was the Q.  Happy Labor Day to all.  Hope you have a great week.

Concerns:  Defib, family and son

Ten men stepped into the gloom to kickstart their week with a beatdown.  Whoopee and Dirt get props for getting in some IPX  EC before hand and came in just before we started.  Here is how ti went down.

A brief disclaimer was followed by a brief warmup of SSH, Merkins, and squats.

We then moseyed to Martha Rivers parking lot for a very long lunge walk down to the playground and then back up for a parking space burpee long jump fest the other way.  Somewhere around 40+ of those and then we moseyed back down to the playground area doing calf raises with any free time waiting for the six.

The Thang:   20 perfect form Merkins then a lap around one traffic island and back.

Then 10 Merkins and 20 squats and run two traffic islands and back

Then 10 merkins, 20 squats, 30 Mnt Climbers and three islands and back

Then 10 merkins, 20 squats, 20 mnt climbers, 20 Plank jacks and four islands and back

Then 10, 20, 20, 20 and 20 LBC’s and then four islands and back.  Then we moseyed to the closest picnic shelter for dips and step ups.  Two rounds of 20, each and then 10 each before moseying back to start.  We finished with the #pledgeofallegiance

The music was provided courtesy of John Petrucci’s new solo album “Terminal Velocity”.  Some were pining  George Strait and Clavin thought it was Yngwie Malmsteen but they were out of luck.  When you are the Q you get to choose the music.  The PAX may or may not have liked it but it was better than anything that Sargento would ever play.  #facts

We closed with some announcements (you know them) and some prayer requests for Dry Rub’s M on the loss of her grandmother and for a co-worker who passed away this weekend and for the Champion family on the loss of their father/grandfather.

Always remember what your principles are and what you stand for and don’t deviate from them.  Our character is what makes us who we are so we are reliable and know what to do in any given situation.  Thanks to Stinky Bird for asking me to Q.

Roscoe

Line upon line.  Precept upon precept.  This  concept, where we learn great things over time, has taught me many things about the mysteries of GOD and the world around us.  Henry Ford didn’t didn’t go from building the first Model T in 1908 to building an F-250 Super Duty truck overnight.  Scientist needed to discover the technology to do so over time.  And even if the technology was there, manufacturing processes needed to be developed to make it economical to mass produce.  In 1940 Packard offered AC in some cars but it wasn’t until the early 1970’s that AC was common in cars because of economical production techniques were finally developed.  So, we learn things a little at a time.  We learn a bit of information here and a little there, until we understand complex principles.

Warm up:

Mosey to the Planet Fitness Parking lot.

Hillbillies IC

Mountain Man Poopers IC

LBS’c IC

Building on Principles:

Mosey along Union road stopping a 5 different locations to build upon our principles.

First Stop – 5 Burpees

Second Stop – 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins

Third Stop – 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins, 5 Mountain Climbers

Fourth Stop – 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins, 5 Mountain Climbers, 5 Plank Jacks

Fifth Stop – 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins, 5 Mountain Climbers, 5 Plank Jacks, 5 Burpees with a Plank Jack

100 double count flutter kicks in sets of 20 with hands in different positions (on stomach, behind head, over head, etc….).

Deescalate the 5 exercises above

Marry at the flag

Thanks for showing up.  Sorry the BB is late.

Dirt is OUT!

5 had joined YHC when 0530 hits.

All were experienced in the ways of F3, so almost no disclaimer was given before we recited The Pledge of Allegiance.

Warm Up

20 SSH IC
10 MNC IC

Lets mosey down Riverwood Parkway, stopping at every 3rd light for 10 calf raises and 10 monkey humpers.  We ran out of poles near the Dollar General, so lets go over the Food Lion.

Main Event

YHC pulls out 2 Dice.  Die #1 determines the exercise.  Die #2 determines the number of reps.  The opposite side of Die #2 determines the number of poles the number  of reps must be done at. (There are 6 light poles in the parking lot) (Opposite sides of a die always add to 7 (6/1, 5/2, 4/3)

Exercises:

1 – Merkin
2 – Squat
3 – LBC
4 – CDD
5 – Calf Raise
6 – American Hammer

Each PAXturn has a cash-in of 2 burpees and a cash-out of 2 burpees.

So if a PAX roles snake eyes (1 on both dice).  Everyone would do:

2 Burpees, 1 Merkin at every light pole (6), 2 Burpees

Round 2 doubles the reps rolled, the rest remains the same.
Round 3 triples the reps rolled…

We made it into round 3, before a mosey back to the start.

Once back, there was time for a final roll and a little Mary.

Announcements

• Annihilation Workout
• JJ5K
• Mt. Mitchell Hike
• CSAUP

Prayer Requests

• Student & Teachers starting school
• First Responders
• Leaders

Stinky Bird took us out.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.  I hope you got your money’s worth cuz I don’t give refunds.

Watts Up Powering Down.

YHC looked at the weather last night expecting to see wet for the gloom from the Isaias, but saw none.  So the original plan was still on.  Here is how it went…

0530 arrives with 8 joining YHC.  A little light from the normal, so I guess Isaias scared some off.  A really brief disclaimer is given before completing The Pledge of Allegiance.

Announcing a Termite-style warm-up, we take off for a mosey.  ~1300 meters later we arrive at Robinwood Crossing Shopping Center.

And what do our wondrous eyes see, you ask?

Someone has vandalized the parking lot, F3 style and left some coupons to boot!

Complete the exercise, mosey to Planet Fitness, perform 1 burpee and then proceed to the next parking spot.

The documented vandalism:
SSH x 30
Merkin x 30
American Hammer x 30
Squat x 30
Curl x 30 (#35 or #20)
Low Plank x 30 (secs)
Crunchy Frog x 30
Calf Raise x 30
Slam Ball x 20 (#10)
CDD x 30

After one round was complete, we took a break to bunny hop, 5 parking spots, with a bear crawl back to start (2x) and a nur to the handicapped parking sign and mosey back (2x).  Oh and it was so much fun, we did them each again once.

Now back to the regular programming for another round.

With a whole 90 seconds to spare after completing round 2, the coupons were gathered and all reassembled where we began.

Time!

Announcements:
Annihilation 29-Aug @ GasHouse – Gump Q
Mt. Mitchell Hike – 27-September

Prayer Requests:
Teachers, Doctors, Police, First Responders, Politicians

YHC took us out.

It was good to see everyone pushing out there.  I hope you got your money’s worth since there aren’t any refunds.

Until next time,

Watts Up Powering Down

10 showed up for a Bootcamp at the Sandlot. Upon arrival a mystery of who had the Q arose. Gastone, ended that and volenQued.

The Thang:

20 Imperial Walkers Cadence

20 SSH Cadence

20 Diamond Merkins

Mosey down the road

Second light pole, 50 Monkey Humpers

3rd, 50 Squats

4th, Lunges to the 5th.

Mosey around the neighborhood circle stopping a few times for planks.

Mosey again into the back of the park to the back of the field to the small paved hill.

Bottom of the hill: 10 Squats, 10 Monkey Humpers, 10 Lunges in place counting right leg, 10 Calf Raises, 10 Gorilla Humpers

Backwards up the hill.

Top of the hill: 1 Merkin

Rinsen and repeat until we completed the 11’s.

Mosey to the Library stand. Plank

Mosey to the batting cage front. To nice patches of grass.

25 LBC’s Cadence

25 FLutter Kicks Cadence

Mosey back to the start.

The Moleskin:

Great morning with some great company and a perfect way to start the day.

Prayers to all those in need.

Gastone Out!