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Early in their career these boys from Athens, GA were told by record execs that liner notes and lyrics needed to be provided so fans could understand and sing along ….. the choice was made to incorporate ALL words into a jumble …. execs were NOT amused if you are still unable to decifer today’s workout then perhaps you should have posted … if you don’t know the band I reference then perhaps you should listen to the Murmur in the So. Central Rain …. or just give up believing that It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

announcements

10/31 convergence Martha Rivers

11/14 PT test ( Yank?)

Give to Give still plenty O time

prayers

Watts Up son

Hipaa

Hermie and his M

lastly there’s only one person who religiously claims to read my BB …. I hope you enjoyed BB!

No, Dude Perfect was not present and neither was a proctor for Guinness Records, but all in all it was a truly amazing morning as we said the pledge while Stinky Bird flew in from his summer vacation ( or wherever he spends time during warmer days)
No disclaimer
Told all that they were ready for the warm up , let’s go ( our run to Gastone Hill will suffice! All were amazed and jubilant, in fact a leftover elf from last week kept singing Christmas Carols ( that was last week)
Told all that for our first attempt ( suddenly great shouts of Hallelujah and pleasure erupted from ALL in anticipation of today’s beat down!) we would do 1 burpee per mailbox on the way up!
Each time we would wait and call upon one of the pax for a 10 count ( yes miracle of miracles even EZ rider finally gave a TRUE 10 count!)
Next time run up  to top and on the way down derkins 2 at each box now on left and assemble at bottom
and…

3 merkins on way back up ( since all enjoyed these)

4 plank jacks

5 squats

and the moment the fabric of time split wide open …

6 mountain climbers

much jubilation and had to calm residents as there was TOO much celebration even a deer poked its head out at one point ( although only JJ witnessed this…. hmm … hallucinations maybe??)

announcements for

Give to Give ( make Freight run 5 K a day …. hey! We did today!)

PT Test November 14

convergence Martha Rivers 10/31

make it back just in time!

prayers for

JJ father

Gastone Father-in-law moving in to nursing center today

Defib son

EZ Rider son

Orangeman family member with upcoming surgery (son?)

praise for Stinky Bird son

moleskin: many have attempted this charge up the hill … Turtlemans record was 5 1/2 …. EZ Rider correctly guessed that  If there was one more charge it would be a NUR …. sorry to say we ran out of luck and time but it was a great day to run, a great challenge and I’m proud of these HIMS! Great work!

Peehaps next week if I can arrange it maybe Tyler will come out with “WHEEL UNFORTUNATE”!

It was wet but not rainy. But a good morning in the mid week to kick some bootcamp butt.

The Thang:

SSH

Imperial Walker

20 Merkins

Mosey around to the back entrance of the park.

50 Monkey Humpers

Walk through the darkness.

Then mosey to entry path that leads to the middle of the baseball fields.

Each light we did a different Leg Workout and then back.

Mosey to the other path that leads to the middle.

We did Merkins. (Might have backwards I don’t remember)

Then we did a bunch of ab work.

We did announcements and prayers.

Gastone Out.

So, Covid happened this year, duh! It truly messed up a lot of things. Perhaps that’s why there’s a station playing Christmas music! I always planned on using today’s workout in the summer just at that moment when you are seeking a cool down!
Pledge
Disclaimer
Warmup
Low slow squats
Merkins
Plank jacks
Mountain climbers
Toy soldiers
All of these IC x12 ( also the idea is that those few of us who were present Sunday on the Mt Mitchell climb should enjoy stretching their aching joints again)

Cue the music …. yes Christmas music for the 12 days of F3 Christmas!
After each day we mosey around Snoballs ( Snow anyone)
Day 1 hand release merkins burpee ( no, I did not sing …. I cannot sing and do not will this voice on any ….. some did sing this morning …. that was better )
Day2 crunchy frogs
Day 3 Bobby Hurleys
Day 4 sumo jump squats
Day 5 monkey humpers
Day 6 SSH

a present of 5 burpees for the train excited ALL as they unwrapped this unexpected last minute gift!

day 7 Michael Phelps ( instead of swans a swimming)
Day 8 pickle pounders ( instead of maids s milking)
Day 9 Rosalitas ( instead of ladies dancing)
Day 10 jump lunges count one leg ( instead of lords a leaping)
Day 11 diamond merkins
Day 12 Mike Tyson’s

Enough of that !!

cross street and nope ,,,,, can’t use the wall … it’s being watered … mosey to atm at bank and very low derkins, dips monkey humpers , Freddie Merck’s, ssh and assorted exercises starting at 12 …. until we drop to one burpee

now we escort Stroganoff across the street and continue down and at each light pole begin with 2 burpee 2 merkins 3? Plank jacks 4 something something

and 5 burpees Because we have arrived

20 big boys  in honor of Turtleman

bunny hop to pole for Island

and time for a rerun of this

assemble in back lot for a circle where pax picks an exercise for all to do while he runs around until returning to his place and hand off to next
there were flutters American hammers Lbcs ….. then this horrible gas cloud erupted from Gastone …that was ALL we could take of that !!! Abandon ship!!!

race away from toxic methane fumes and finish with 35 flutters led by Gastone

prayers for Gustavius  son of Stinky Bird who was bitten on face as he petted A dog In neighborhood

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL S GOOD NIGHT!

It was my very first Q, but I’d been expertly led by so many others.  Let’s roll…

The Pledge, a couple warm up exercises, and we mosey to the Martha Rivers field.  The one that’s not maintained, and ants like to live in…

Everything we do on this day will be deliberate, full reps, so each exercise gets a three count to allow you time to make the movement slowly and return to start position.  Calf raises, squats, lunges, LBC, obliques – star fish on right, then left, crab crunches, supermans, Mericans, and CDR.  All the while, we are taking turns running to the pullup bar to get a good 15 in.  We are working from the ground up, with control.  Gastone is whining about ants, everyone else is enjoying themselves.

Mosey to a maintained field where we begin to put motions together, complex moves.  Cross overs, burpees, broad jumps, kickthroughs… and the fun is piling on by the minutes!

Mosey to another field where we back it back down with the simple motions mentioned above, but from the top to the bottom, starting with CDR down to calf raises.

It’s cool down now, so we finish with a field of lunges, a couple moseys, and writing the alphabet with our shoes.

We close out with Thanksgiving to God, and ask Him to give us boldness and His presence felt for the day.

Thanks for the lessons fellas, I’m thankful for the opportunity.

Today’s workout was to be set at an increased tempo with myself the Q asking forgiveness for this before we begin. While the warm up and subsequent workout are important, they pale in comparison with the message I set out to present at the conclusion of this morning seeking to impart a message that’s been on my mind for some time , you see. I had to wait until the passing of my mother for it’s proper release.
Just over five years ago, I lost my father. It was a difficult struggle on many fronts because my father was unwilling to acknowledge anything nor offer help …. I had to plan his current care as well as moms ( both living in Charlotte) maintain my family and work , juggle in preparations for his imminent death, muddle through all his financials, plan for moms move to assisted living, sell their home and possessions and do this with a brother who is the polar opposite of me in many ways. He offered no help unfortunately.
To make matters worse, dad was the easier one to love and at his passing my brothers resentment for her truly came out.
I have always understood the hazards and dangers and evils of an unchecked mental state where one does not seek or attain medical attention as well as addiction( a dangerous cocktail)… our mother suffered from these. The alcohol addiction ended in my early twenties when in a rage I challenged dad to remove the temptation , which amazingly he did. The side affect was that it soured mine and moms relationship until I had to move out.
Through the years, my brother would never move too far from them due to unfortunate life choices, And he was reliant upon their help in raising his girls.
At our fathers passing my brother told me the WORST thing I’ve ever heard someone say ….

He told me that he was not sure if he was an atheist or an agnostic, but he had no faith in God but hoped there was a Hell and that our mother would spend all of eternity there and that he was willing to spend it there with her if that’s what was required!!

I was at a loss.

Over the coming 2 1/2 – 3 years I would try often to make him understand that she is a much different person than when we were children, explaining that IF she asked our forgiveness that would be wonderful but ultimately it’s not for us, we must concern ourselves with her spiritual well-being and her soul …. she needed to ask Gods forgiveness.

Despite all she had said and done, I learned long ago to forgive her and move on. The weight of that baggage was not for me to carry.

One day approximately 2 years ago while on my rounds at work I received a call from my brother.

It was so amazing I had to sit there in silence and weep for joy

You see, even now as I write this, it still affects me ….. he told me … I prayed to God and forgave our mother.

Hallelujah!

In the past 2-3 years I’ve only uncovered what my brother and I always suspected, our mother was also abused in many difficult ways, so for her, much of what we experienced was learned behavior.

When I got the call from Peak Resources the other week allowing me to come in and help her pass I prayed over her telling her of our forgiveness and asking her to ask Jesus for his …. knowing that she needed that comfort to know that her heavenly reward was at hand . I would also ask her forgiveness of me for not trying to see her more often than I had ,,,, finding it a struggle in today’s Covid world only to view her through a window and I hoped for a swift passing to ease her and our sufferings. She would pass in just over an hour, the staff said that she was restless until I arrived and settled as I left.
I thank God that we had more time with her to heal these deep wounds.

I hope that this message reaches anyone who needs to hear it …. seek me out, reach out if any of this resonates with you. I can and wish to help any that struggle.

Life is too short.

for those who were wondering about the 80 lbcs …. mom had just turned ……

much thanks and heartfelt love to the Oompa Loompa and Time Frame families at this difficult moment of our lives and humble gratitude for all who prayed over and for us

An elderly blind lady on my route has this message on her outer door: Collect moments, not things.

Exodus 20:12 Honor thy mother and thy father,

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 23 Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.

As YHC arrived at roughly 5:15 this am it was noticed that Whoopee and Roscoe were doing an EC workout that involved lots of lunges and burpees.  It looked intense.  Gastone was out running some EC.  There may have been more but that’s just what I noticed.

The “gloom” was in full swing on this muggy, thick, and warm morning complemented perfectly by a big full moon.

With that being said, 12 of Gastonia’s finest HIM’s were gathering and in good spirits.  All looked eager and ready to rock n’ roll.

5:30…let’s get going.

Warm up:

20 x SSH (double count)

Mosey to the appliance/smoke shop in the Food Lion parking lot.

The Walls of Jericho story was said.

The Thang:

Walls of Jericho was as follows:

7 x each exercise on each wall of smoke shop.  Each time around is 7 x 4 = 28 each exercise per time around.

7 x around. Exercises were:

Toy Soldiers

Squats

Monkey Humpers

Mountain Climbers

Merkins

LBC’s

Flutter Kicks

Some made all 7 revolutions.  More made 6 before we ran out of time.  All pushed hard, were encouraging, and generally awesome as we’ve all come to expect from this amazing group of guys.  A perfect way to start the day.

Defib ran 5+ miles from Snoballs to the Pub and back as he had to modify the workout.

Announcements

Shooting event 9/12

CSAUP 9/19

JJ5K 9/26

Mt Mitchell 9/27

1 Mile Run with cancer surviver has been changed and is now by Zoom.  See Gastone about this.

Prayers:

Outhouse had 150 coworkers lost everything during recent hurricane.  Company lost 6 stores.

Gastone’s Father in Law

Defib’s son returning to school

JK2’s Pastor with family stuff

EZ Rider’s friends family with 2 recent suicides

Roscoe’s coworker recently passed away.  Services are today.

Country

Leaders

First Responders

Thank you to Clavin for allowing YHC the opportunity to be a part.  The honor is mine.

Aye!!!!!!

Timeframe

After pledge I start video on phone as I talk as if I were Rod Serling and talk about ,” Imagine a year full of many strange weird occurrences like riots, viruses, nasty weather patterns and more …. welcome to the Twilight Zone 2020! I’m your host Clavin, exercised will be called and you can modify…. Let’s Begjn!”
Unfortunately I meant to add video to this post … I just never paused it during warmup!
Ssh IC x 13
Butt kickers IC x 13
Merkins IC x 13
Flutters IC x 13
Called hand release merkins 13 OYO ( but I wound up doing hand release burpee merkins !)
Called out as an overachiever and show boat!
I now call for Waterboy to the center as I move to the ring of pax and have him call an exercise
He calls out jump squats IC and does 20 ( crowd criticizes ruining of the 13s ( I’m fine with it ! Waterboy did an excellent job and has accepted a VQ as of this WO for 9/9)
Mosey to the park and at Clavins Hill we perform TRUE 11s
What’s that? Glad you asked…
11 merkins bear crawl to top for 11 monkey humpers and perform 11 times!!! This is 2020, right?
Next up take short cut to concession area and partner up :
25 burpees
50 merkins
100 Ssh
200 dying cockroaches (q gives confusing commands for counting only one leg and count one leg… oh well!)

oh and since this is the Twilight Zone of 2020 …. all are to complete all called exercises  ( grumbling about no need for partnering and some trying to hand off portions of assignment ….    🙁
In order to give all rest ( other than self I take a moment to climb soap box and talk about how pervasive and easily Satan has affected our children at this time …. as an example my son told me last week of a friend who ( raised in a Christian home) has told his mother that he’s an atheist now, a shy young lady from another family told her parents she emulates Cardi B and wants to become a stripper and our son had some difficulties ….. we as parents had to reach out and love our child knowing that anything else would be detrimental to our relationship and not helpful to resolving this! Satan is at a buffet and our children are on the menu!! This is only 3 examples in my sphere of influence !! JK2 sagely pointed out how we can now bring prayer back in the school now that we are home schooling!

Now with your partner perform 333 lbcs

sadly it took them a few minutes to realize that when doubling ( because of the partner work) you get the number of the Beast

mosey the short cut ( around the Pavilion down the paths to the shelter for 13 IC dips

and mosey towards Snoballs performing Nur 1/2 of the way

complete all with 13 Ic flutters ( WE NEEDED TO DO SOME MORE AB WORK)

and 13 low slow squats IC

TIME

announcements for :

Mt Mitchell

Iron Pax

Annihilation this Saturday Gashouse

upcoming race where Gastone runs 1 mile segment with her as she circuits the country ( end of Sept)

site q hand off at the only Thursday Morning WO at The Pub

prayers for Defibs son

EZ Riders son

Gastones Father in law

Gastones friend from Raleigh with similar business that’s failing due to overextension earlier this year

JK2 friend with family struggling with some of the same issues I brought out this morn

Lastly, I had a bag of stash that I pulled out … last night I prepared kale chips baking them with olive oil Parmesan cheese and garlic salt. It’s been my intention to do this for a while but I burnt up the other batch ….. we always work on our spiritual and muscles …. some like Dr Defib and Dr Whoopee talk about healthful eating … so this was my way of getting some to maybe try something new and different

enjoy

10 of G-Town’s finest rolled in to the gloom of SOGA on a muggy, damp morning. I had signed up to Q a long while back before my foot injury showed up and almost gave up the Q but I decided I would plan to Q without any running. Here goes!

Warmup – 10 Burpees (in honor of Sister Act), Cotton Pickers, Moroccan Night Clubs.

Grab a block and Farmer’s carry to the new parking lot of the empty Planet Fitness.
50 Reps of Curls, On Your Six Chest Presses, Triceps Extensions and Swings.

Core Time 7’s
Flutter Kicks x 7 IC.
Flutters, American Hammers x 7 IC.
Flutters, Am. Ham, Freddie Mercuries x 7 IC.
Flutters, Am. Ham, Freddie Merc, LBC’s x 7 IC.
Flutters, Am. Ham, Freddie Merc, LBC’s, In & Outs x 7 IC.
Flutters, Am. Ham, Freddie Merc, LBC’s, In & Outs, Dying Cockroaches x 7 IC.
Flutters, Am. Ham, Freddie Merc, LBC’s, In & Outs, Dying Cockroaches, Reverse Crunches x 7 IC.
After each set of these I read a quote from David Goggins. I read his book titled “Can’t Hurt Me” of which the main theme is controlling your mind and your body will follow. He takes this to an extreme level but is an interesting guy.
Here are the quotes:
1. Life is a big tug of war between mediocrity and trying to find your best self.
2. Nobody cares what you did yesterday. What have you done today to better yourself?
3. Get comfortable with the uncomfortable and finally make your dreams come true.
4. The only person who was going to turn my life around was me.
5. We all have the ability to come from nothing to something.
6. When you think you are done, you’re only at 40% of your body’s capability.
7. The most important conversation is the one you have with yourself.

Repeat the Block work except with 20 Reps. of Curls, On Your Six Chest Presses, Triceps Extensions and Swings.

Partner up for Lazy Dora
100 Merkins Total, 10 while partner planks then switch.
200 LBC’s Total 20 while partner holds legs 6″ then switch.
300 Squats Total, 30 while partner holds squat then switch. Ouch!

Repeat the Block work except with 20 Reps. of Curls, On Your Six Chest Presses, Triceps Extensions and Swings.

Farmer’s Carry the block back to the start.

Announcements:
August 29th – Annihilation @ GasHouse 0700 – Gump Q. (Traditional GasHouse and PainLab will be open as well)

September 12th – Fight Night – 2nd F event, see Huckleberry @ TBD

Shooting Event at Foothills Public Shooting Complex on Saturday, September 12th at 930 AM. https://foothillspublicshooting.cc/ should get you to their website. Need to get on there and sign the waiver thing ahead of time.

Mount Mitchell Hike is September 27th.

CSAUP coming in September.

In the COT I asked each guy to share their kid’s ages and grades for the upcoming school year and we said a prayer for them as they each begin school in a difficult year.

*NMM Hearing Oompa count cadence is always a fun time. Gastone has a lot of helpful tips for plantar fasciitis. I can tell Stroganoff just loves the block work. Defib had a nice fragrance about him as always. Sister Act only called me out twice in 45 minutes which is not a lot for him. Thanks to all the Pax who posted.

Exercises and Moseying in some kind of order…