Author: Joe Fogarty

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WHALE’S VAGINA 3.0 at DETENTION

PAX
Ludwig van Osh Kosh, PSL, Yard Sale, CAPSLOCK, Dr. Smartt, Edible Arrangement, Vegemite, Brother at Law, Too Tall, Dupree, Dilly Dilly, Dine N Dash, Boy Band, TampaLibra, White Russian,  , CCR (QIC)

Conditions were damp and a little chilly, much like what I believe the conditions inside a Whale’s Vagina are. Quick disclaimer and off we went on a little mosey down Hogan and over the Crievewood Baptist parking lot.

WOR
SHH x20 IC
Willie Mays Hayes x10IC
Good mornings x10 IC
Little Baby Arm Circle Forward x10 IC
Baby Seal Claps x10IC
Slow and low merkins x10 IC
Mountain Climbers x10 IC
HOP KIX X19 IC!!

THANG
Time to get down to business…

WOR (already done)
Humpers – 10 humpers of your choosing at the bottom, run to the next four islands with 10 humpers at each island, run backward to the driveway, 10 more humpers, run backward to the top, 10 more humpers.  70 total humpers.  Indeterminate amount of fun.  Mosey back to parking lot.
Atomic Broad Jumps – Ever so slightly different than Burpee Broad Jumps (in name only). We did these back and forth across the parking lot with WWVI situps (ask Vegemite if you want info on WWVI situps) for the 6.
Lap around the new baseball/ADA path and down to the pavilion for some
Elevens – Simple.  Merkins and Squats.  2 burpee speed bump at mid-court added some difficulty.  Effective.
‘Sumo Squats – Like, Greasetrap deep squats x25 oyo

Various Exercises – Started by D’Mish in Whale’s Vag 1.0, improved upon yet again today.  PAX scatter and listed to me tell them what to do.
AMRAP – 60 seconds of good solid merkins
Gorilla Humpers – 50 humpers OYO
Incline Merkins – Find a bench…x15 oyo. SSH for the 6.  X10 OYO SSH for the 6.  X5 OYO, SSH for the 6
Nelson Mandelas – There was no obligatory terrorist chatter from Yard Sale today!  10 OYO and then 5 more OYO.  These really suck…just ask Yard Sale.  Off we all went on a reverse lap back to the parking lot.
Atomic Broad Jumps – Ever so slightly different than Burpee Broad Jumps (in name only). We did these back and forth across the parking lot with WWI situps for the 6.

MARY
Flutter kicks x20 IC, Boxcutters x20 IC and a 60 second high plank.  A final 5 burpees followed by 5 good mornings OYO and we were done.

COT/BOM

BULLHORN
Go vote.  See CAPSLOCK for any details regarding police oversight board.

MOLESKINE
Always great to bring back the Whale’s Vagina. For those that don’t know, I was born and raised inside the Whale’s Vagina (San Diego) which was the original inspiration for the workout. Continued prayers for Olin Mills’ dad, Vegemite and his wife and all those in need.

Until the next time,

CCR

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Oh Brother at Law, Where Art Thou?

PAX
Donuts, Skidmark, Black Lung, Lumbergh, Yumi and Dupree, Yard Sale, Too Tall, Dilly Dilly, Ludwig, Tidy Cats, Accounts Receivable, Grisham, Dine N’ Dash, Brother at Law (Co-Q), CCR (Co-Q)

It was a late arriving crew this am. The northeast anchorage boys “leg-pooled” together, but later commented that they may have chosen the wrong day for that. There is never a wrong day to do something for the betterment of mother earth. The clock struck 5:30 and Brother at Law led us all on an enjoyable mosey down Trousdale, up the bus loop with some stretchy exercises and ultimately back to the parking lot to circle up.

WOR
SSH, WMH, GM were all done in cadence along with some mountain climbers, merkins, arm circles each way, air presses, baby seal claps and 1000 burpees. All of that is true except for the burpees. After counting off 1s and 2s, we were off to grab coupons and line up at the edge of the pavilion for some hill work.

THANG PART 1 – Soggy Bottom Boyz
We will be celebrating the Coen Brothers as me and Brother-at-Law are just a couple of Co(Q)’N Brothers in law. A savagely curated spotify playlist made up of hit songs from Coen Brothers movies accompanied our work during the first half of the morning.

All 1’s would run down to the holler, perform 3 reverse burpees (aka Soggy Bottom Boys) and run back to the pavilion. During this time, all 2’s remain in the pavilion enjoying music and performing AMRAP of the exercises listed below. Flapjack, repeat for all exercises. Coupons uses for all exercises.

– Squat / Thrusters
– American Hammers
– Deadlift / bicep curls
– Chest press w/ legs 6″ off the ground
– Kettle block swings
– American Hammers
– Squat / Thrusters

THANG PART 2 – Oh Brother at Law, Where Art Thou?
CCR takes over, 2’s return coupons to their home, all pax circle up in the parking lot. I informed everyone that we were going to play a little game called “Oh Brother at Law, Where Art Thou?” We gave Brother at Law a 2 minute head start as he took off running toward Sir E. The rest of us performed 10 burpees on the minute for 2 minutes before we took off after him. The goal was simply to find him and bring him safely back to the school. With the entire neighborhood at his disposal, I feared it may take a long time to find him. With increasing grumbling, the Donuts-led group made their way down Hogan and we decided to run through the Crievewood United Methodist parking lot on the off chance he was there doing burpees on the church steps. By pure coincidence and a stroke of luck, we found him the first place we looked and still had about 10 minutes before time ran out on our workout. After 20 more burpees, we decided to make our way back home with a speed bump of sorts at every driveway we encountered. I believe there was a total of 12 driveways. With 10 merks followed by 10 tuck jumps, my math skills tell me there was a total of 120 reps of each.

MARY
With only a few seconds to spare, we squeezed in 10 Flutter Kix in cadence before it was time.

COT/BOM
After name-o-rama, we started a trial run of something called the 6th Man. The basic concept is that whoever is 6th during the count-off will be featured similar to how an FNG tells us about himself before being named. Today’s lucky winner was Gresham. We learned many things about him. He is a lawyer and his brother in law is T-Cell. He lives behind the school. If you want to know more, just ask him. He is really nice.

BULLHORN
TN Can Ruck, WARPATH and Stonewall all going on this Saturday. Please bring canned goods to as many posts as possible this week to help supplement the various drop boxes at breweries.

MOLESKINE
A true pleasure to co-Q with my brother(at law).  Really glad to see Yumi (and Dupree) and Lumbergh back out for more.  My apologies to those who thought part 2 was anything more than a short play that we used to disguise a run down to the ag center and back. Come out Friday to see if Yumi and Dupree make it out together again. Dupree will be at the helm, so you know it will be a good one.

Until next time, on behalf of my better half,
CCR/BAL

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Friendly Friday at Cruel Hall

Bagger Vance, Floppy Disk, Donuts, PSL, Brother-at-Law, Accounts Receivable, Yard Sale, Frogger, Landshark, Sharks with “Lazers”, Black Lung, Skid Mark, Vegemite, Third Degree, NumbTucks, Barney Fievel, Foxtrot Talks A lot, Ludwig van Osh Kosh, Reefer, Offshore, Cinderella, Edible Arrangement, Why Guy, Life Champ, Olan Mills, Hollowback Girl, Swamp Fox, Slugs n’ Bugs, Dupree, CAPSLOCK (Coffeteria and donut delivery), Nick Papagiorgio (FNG), Jake Brake (FNG), CCR (QIC)

Slamburry PAX for Coffeteria: Greasetrap, Dr. Smartt, Tampalibra,

A large group came out in the soup to get the scoop on the 2nd running of Friendly Friday at Cruel Hall.  YHC realized the group was larger than expected, made some slight modifications and asked the PAX to bang out 5 merkins before embarking on a slow mosey down Trousdale to the bus loop for some lunges, toy soldiers (aka hop kick warm ups), backpedal and just a regular old mosey back to the parking lot for some WOR.

SSH x20 IC

Imperial Walkers x20 IC

Hillbillies x20 IC

Hop Kicks x10 IC ( I think this is the max reps)

Slow and Low Merks x10 IC

 

Partner up…Partner 1 grab a coupon and everyone circle up in the pavilion.

THANG

PART ONE – TABATA warm-up

20 seconds of high intensity exercise with 10 seconds of rest. 8 total sets.

Broad jumps/Fast Feet for the first 4 sets and Merkins for sets 5-8.

Bagger mistakenly identifies Young the Giant as punk rock…he got his punk on Monday

PART DEUX – HILL WORK

Partner 1 runs down to the holler, touches a sign and runs back up the hill to relieve Partner 2

Partner 2 performs AMRAP of the called exercise

Plank and wait for the 6 – 10 merkins IC between each round.

 

We did Thrusters, sumo squats and full body work (thruster with a curl and skull crusher mixed in)

PART THREE – SPRINTS

Parking lot…1s in front shoulder to shoulder, 2s pole to their partner’s hole

1s 50% to Vegemite’s ride and 100% to the end of the lot

Drop down for merkins while down there, repeat on way back.

Meanwhile, 2s perform various exercises with their coupon.

Flapjack. We did this sequence 3 times total

PART FOUR – BUS LOOP

1s in front, 2s behind – Broad Jump to 1st speed bump, 10 jump squats

Lunge to 2nd speed bump, 20 merkins

Backpedal to 3rd speed bump, 10 jump squats

If you are up for it, run to grab a coupon and return. If not, mosey to parking lot and circle up for some…

MARY

Flutter Kicks x31 IC

Megan Barry’s x10 IC

J-Los x20 IC

Mariah Carey’s x10 IC

One-Armed Mariah Carey’s x2 IC

High plank for 1 minute

Done? Nope…still have 5 more minutes.  Those without a watch were snookered into thinking that was it.

THANG PART 5

Sevens – Merkins / Jump Squats.  Now we’re done.

 COT/BOM

Welcome FNGs Jake Brake (Bill Pickup) and Nick Papagiorgio (Lucas McIntosh). Great to have you out…see you back out again soon.

 NMM

YHC challenged the PAX to think of one personal relationship that they have not been attentive to. The idea is to identify that one relationship and reach out to them TODAY.  I am personally trying to do that at least once a week and encourage you all to do the same.  My boy PSL closed us out in prayer and then it was coffee and donut time thanks to Donuts (for the coffee) and Capslock (for the Donuts). It was a pleasure always.

Until next time,

CCR

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30 DETAINED INSIDE WHALE’S VAGINA

PAX

Bagger Vance, Juan Valdez, Black Widow, Floppy Disk, D’Mish, Calfkiller, Ludwig van Osh Kosh, PSL, Yard Sale, Edible Arrangement, Grease Trap, Vegemite, NumbTucks, Tidy Cats, Too Tall, Offshore, Umbrella, Dupree, Dilly Dilly, Pop-A-Lock, Reefer, Dine N Dash, Skid Mark, Black Lung, Barely Legal, Spark Plug, Old Hickory, Big Perm!, Sharks with “Lazers” (FNG), CCR (QIC)

With good weather, and the promise of a Whale’s Vagina, comes many PAX.

Confucius
circa 475 BC

As the crowd gathered, YHC had to make some quick audibles to ensure there was room to accommodate. Get ready for updates regarding a new Monday AO.  My friend Donuts got the ball rolling with a quick mosey around the bus loop including some lunges and side shuffles before returning back to the parking lot.

WOR
SHH x20 IC
Good mornings x10 IC
Slow and low merkins x20 IC
Willie Mays Hays x10 IC
Baby arm circles forward x2 IC (yes 2)

THANG
YHC took the reigns at this point and led the PAX on a mosey down to the bottom of the holler where everyone spread out shoulder to shoulder to get started on the Whale’s Vagina 3.0…

WOR (already done)
Hill Humpers – 25 humpers of your choosing at the bottom, run to top for 25 humpers, run back to bottom for 25 humpers and finish with 25 humpers on top. 100 total humps.  Mosey back to parking lot.
Atomic Broad Jumps – Ever so slightly different than Burpee Broad Jumps (in name only). We did these back and forth across the parking lot with WWI situps for the 6.  Pop-A-Lock may or may not have had a ruck on during this workout.
Lap around the new baseball/ADA path and back to the parking lot for some
Elevens – Simple.  Merkins and Jump Squats.  Effective.
‘Squats – Like, Greasetrap deep squats x25 oyo

Various Exercises – Started by D’Mish in Whale’s Vag 1.0, improved upon today.  PAX scatter and listed to me tell them what to do.
AMRAP – 60 seconds of good solid D’Mish-type merkins
Get Ups – 15 get-ups with good form.  No hands to help get up if possible.  Lots of MC related to the coccyx. Mosey back down to the pavilion for some
Incline Merkins – Find a bench…x25 oyo. SSH for the 6.  X20 OYO SSH for the 6.  X15 OYO, SSH for the 6
Nelson Mandelas – It took a minute, but we soon got the obligatory terrorist chatter from Yard Sale as we started 10 OYO and then 5 more OYO.  These really suck…just ask Yard Sale.
All You Got – Three standard suicides in a row (the short dimension of the parking lot)

Things were turnt back over to Donuts at this point:

MARY
Flutter kicks right into Slutter Kicks, Supermans (aka Pecker Rinne’s), Hello Dolly’s (aka Barry Squashers), Scorpions (including a high foot five between me and Ludwig) and a few good mornings as cool down. Done.

COT/BOM by D’Mish

BULLHORN
First Friday lunch next Friday at the Cookery at 11:30am. Make a point to stop by.   Beer night at Cowboy’s this Thursday at 8pm. See 2nd F channel on Slack for deets.   Go Ruck Death March is next Friday night. Beware.

MOLESKINE
Always great to bring back the Whale’s Vagina. For those that don’t know, I was born and raised inside the Whale’s Vagina (San Diego) which was the original inspiration for the workout. Continued prayers for Olin Mills’ dad, El Maestro and all those in need.

Until the next time,

CCR on behalf of my better half, DoughNutz

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AMRAP, Speedbumps and Sevens at CRUEL HALL

PAX
PSL, Cinderella, Ludwig van Osh Kosh, Brother-at-Law, Big Stick (FIFO), Offshore, Edible Arrangement, Dine and Dash, Sand Lapper, Reefer, Barely Legal, CCR (YHC)

YHC arrived at the usual time to an unusual site.  Big Stick was already present and rearing to go.  He made up for his ontime arrival by prevacing about 10 min early.  12 PAX rolled in, started with 5 burpees to get the juices flowing and started off on a quick mosey around the new baseball loop.  We stopped off to grab coupons and lined up on the baseline of the pavilion for some dynamic warm ups…

WOR
All exercises back and forth to mid-court…
High Knees
Butt Kickers
Side Shuffle
50% Run > 75% Run > 100% Run
SSH x20 IC
Tempo Merkins x10 IC

THANG
Grab your coupon and circle up for some 60 Second AMRAP loops.
PAX performed AMRAP of each of the exercise below followed by a run down to the holler and back.
YHC dropped a cone midway down to the holler to act as a two-way speed bump.  Face to Face self title album from 1996 played during this time.  It is safe to say that it is all PAX first time hearing this album.  Maybe the last.

Squats
Atomic Merkins
Squat Jumps
Thrusters
Dips
Box/Bench Jumps
Curl to Shoulder Press
Burpees

Return coupons to their home and line up in the parking lot for a quick round of sevens. Big Stick out.
Mountain Merkins on the near side…
Atomic Merkins on the far side.
Quick, but effective.

MARY
Flutter Kicks x30 IC
High Plank
Alternating Shoulder Taps X20IC
Box Cutters x20IC
Slutter Kicks aka Megan Barrys x10 IC
Low plank for 60 seconds
Done

COT/BOM

BULLHORN
Convergence in Franklin next Friday to support Spicoli and his recent cancer diagnosis. Keep an eye out for details. Shirt order coming up, CCR will post something on Slack to make sure we have at least 12 interested.

MOLESKINE
With the smaller group this morning, I decided to switch things up a little bit. All PAX had an opportunity to share a prayer or praise (or both in some cases) with the group. It was really great to take a few extra minutes to slow down and listen to what others have going on in their lives. We need to do this more often. Thanks to everyone for sharing…look forward to doing it again soon.

Until next time,
CCR

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Ned Ryerson Takes Over Cruel Hall

PAX:       Bagger Vance, Floppy Disk, Black Widow, Ludwig van Osh Kosh, PSL, Big Stick, Vegemite, Yard Sale, Accounts Receivable, Third Degree,  Offshore, Brown Nose, HVAC, Prevac, Brother at Law, Braveheart, Aunt Bea, Swamp Fox, CAPSLOCK, Black Lung, Skid Mark, CCR (YHC)

22 unsuspecting PAX were met with a stiff single digit wind chill and a redundant test of wills this morning.  A quick counter clockwise (Brother at Law tried to take it to the bus loop) mosey around the small loop and down to the pavilion to get the blood flowing.

YHC aka Ned Ryerson, Needle Nose Ned, Ned the Head, etc… explained to the PAX that today is Groundhog Day and that we would be paying homage to PunxsutawneyPhil’s annual temporary home for February 2nd, GOBLER’s KNOB.  To add to the drama, I staged a little trouble with the Bluetooth speaker to get started.

Good Mornings x10 IC
Overhead Claps x10 IC
Burpees x10 OYO
Burpees x10 OYO
Lieutenant Dumps x10 OYO
Escalators.  10 merkins, run to 1/2 court and back.  15 merkins, ¾ court and back. 20 merkins, full court and back.
Reverse It…Run to ¾ court and back, 15 merkins.  Run to ½ court and back, 10 merkins.
SSH for the 6

Now that we are warm, it is time for the KNOB

Knerkins (knuckle merkins) x10 OYO
Nelson Mandela Merkins (aka terrorists) x10 OYO.  SSH for the 6
One-Legged Burpees x10 OYO (5 each leg)
Burpees x10 OYO

Time for a quick mosey to the parking lot.  Gather in a blob similar to starting time.

22 unsuspecting PAX were met with a stiff single digit wind chill and a redundant test of wills this morning.  A quick counter clockwise (Brother at Law tried to take it to the bus loop) mosey around the small loop and down to the pavilion to get the blood flowing.

YHC aka Ned Ryerson, Needle Nose Ned, Ned the Head, etc… explained to the PAX that today is Groundhog Day and that we would be paying homage to PunxsutawneyPhil’s annual temporary home for February 2nd, GOBLER’s KNOB.  To add to the drama, I staged a little trouble with the Bluetooth speaker to get started.

Good Mornings x10 IC
Overhead Claps x10 IC
Burpees x10 OYO
Burpees x10 OYO
Lieutenant Dumps x10 OYO
Escalators.  10 merkins, run to 1/2 court and back.  15 merkins, ¾ court and back. 20 merkins, full court and back.
Reverse It…Run to ¾ court and back, 15 merkins.  Run to ½ court and back, 10 merkins.
SSH for the 6

Now that we are warm, it is time for the KNOB

Knerkins (knuckle merkins) x10 OYO
Nelson Mandela Merkins (aka terrorists) x10 OYO.  SSH for the 6
One-Legged Burpees x10 OYO (5 each leg)
Burpees x10 OYO

Time for a quick mosey to the parking lot.  Gather in a blob similar to starting time.

22 unsuspecting PAX were met with a stiff single digit wind chill and a redundant test of wills this morning.  A quick counter clockwise (Brother at Law tried to take it to the bus loop) mosey around the small loop and down to the pavilion to get the blood flowing.

YHC aka Ned Ryerson, Needle Nose Ned, Ned the Head, etc… explained to the PAX that today is Groundhog Day and that we would be paying homage to PunxsutawneyPhil’s annual temporary home for February 2nd, GOBLER’s KNOB.  To add to the drama, I staged a little trouble with the Bluetooth speaker to get started.

Good Mornings x10 IC
Overhead Claps x10 IC
Burpees x10 OYO
Burpees x10 OYO
Lieutenant Dumps x10 OYO
Escalators.  10 merkins, run to 1/2 court and back.  15 merkins, ¾ court and back. 20 merkins, full court and back.
Reverse It…Run to ¾ court and back, 15 merkins.  Run to ½ court and back, 10 merkins.
SSH for the 6

Now that we are warm, it is time for the KNOB

Knerkins (knuckle merkins) x10 OYO
Nelson Mandela Merkins (aka terrorists) x10 OYO.  SSH for the 6
One-Legged Burpees x10 OYO (5 each leg)
Burpees x10 OYO

Time for a quick mosey to the parking lot.  Gather in a blob similar to starting time.

BULLHORN
Lunch today (already happened)

MOLESKINE
I appreciate everyone’s willingness to jump in and embrace the glory that is Groundhog Day.  One of the best movies (films?) of all time to be sure.   Always good to lead…its been awhile since I’ve knocked out two in one week.  If you are reading this, stop what you are doing and go sign up to Q.   It’s what keeps this thing going.

 

War Eagles,

CCR

 

 

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We Interrupt Sharknado to Bring you Deconstructed Burpees

PAX
Bagger Vance, Floppy Disk, Black Widow, CAPSLOCK, PSL, Ludwig Van Osh Kosh, Dupree, Vegemite, Accounts Receivable, Umbrella, Black Lung, Rooster, Too Tall, Brother-at-Law, Greasetrap, NumbTucks, Pop-A-Lock, Harvey Updyke, Kashernick, Dilly Dilly (FNG), CCR (Your Humble Correspondent)

As time ticked closer to 5:30am, the 20 PAX must have felt confused…maybe a little scared.   Brother at Law confided in me that he was totally embarrassed.  5:30, no CCR. At this very moment, CCR was enjoying the very last bit of REM sleep which included a vision of the scoreboard from tonight’s historic beatdown (more to come on what it revealed). 5:32am came and a frantic blur of hygene, urination, coffee making (after urination), dressing, hitting a dear, fixing the dents, hitting vegemite’s wife as she was out getting the paper in her robe, caring for her, buying cones at CVS and finally pulling into the parking lot at 5:39am. Surprisingly, Bagger had taken charge of the situation and pulled out the fan favorite Sharknado.  Anyone seen Big Perm lately?  Quite a start to the morning. I assume there was a warm-up of some sort, but that will be left out of this account. PAX finish up their 2nd Sharknado lap and head to the parking lot, line up and partner up for the real THANG.

THANG
Deconstructed Burpees
Parter 1 performs a 5-legged suicide (run forward, backpedal back) while Parter 2 performs the deconstructed burpee pieces listed below. Flapjack, rinse and repeat until each piece has been completed, SSH for the 6 of course.

Squats (Deep…touching both hands to the ground)
Thrusters (like an atomic merkin without the merkin)
Merkins (slow and low focusing on form over quantity)
Frog Hops (These were bad if you actually did them the whole time)
Squat Jumps (form started slipping here)

All-In…SSH together for a few seconds, then resume suicides with Full Burpees in lieu of the pieces we just practiced. PSL and Too Tall both noted that the burpees were way easier after practicing all the pieces for so long. SSH for the 6

Rinse and repeat with a 3-legged suicide vs. 5. Enough of that.

MARY
Flutter Kicks x30 IC
Hello Dollys x20 IC
LBCs x20 IC

High Plank for about 1 min…Ludwig interjects with a great joke about counting. Done.

COT/BOM/COFFEE (Thanks to Umbrella for bringing the necessary 2nd pot of Joe this am)

BULLHORN
Hit up Bagger for more details about the Barefoot Republic 5k 4 MLK. Next Monday. Here is the link for more information as well…https://barefootrepublic.org/archive-events/5k-4-mlk/
Remember to un-silence your alarm when you go to bed tonight.

MOLESKINE
Good times this am. I feel lucky that this morning was the first time in almost two years that I had an alarm malfunction. Glad Bagger gave everyone a small taste of the Sharknado, but even more glad that you didn’t have to finish. Good luck to Harvey Updyke and the underdog Tide as they try to beat the long odds tonight. Almost forgot…my REM vision…i am going to make the very bold prediction that UGA puts the beatdown on Bama tonight. Final score 27-13. Take that to the bank fellas. If I am wrong, I will do 10 extra burpees tomorrow am.

Cheers,
CCR

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Big Bopper Belding Holds Year’s Last DETENTION

PAX: Floppy Disk, PSL, Yard Sale, Calfkiller, Ludwig von Osh Kosh von Lederhosen, Edible Arrangement, Dr. Smartt, Vegemite, Umbrella, Walter White, Black Lung, Accounts Receivable, Blackwater, NumbTucks, Private Sandman, Harvey Updyke, Skid Mark, Pop-a-Lock, Black Widow, Too Tall, Life Saver (visitor from Charleston), Life Saver’s Son-in-Law (visitor from Charleston), Dick Belding (Nate Miley – FNG), CCR (CO-Q) and Brother-at-Law (CO/VQ)

QIC: CCR and Brother at Law

26 fine men came to Detention today for CCR and Brother at Law’s Co-Q. The weather was delightful: a downright balmy 46 degrees with high humidity. And it felt like a true detention with Principal Dick Belding keeping an eye on things. Here’s how it went down:

Disclaimer

WoR
10 burpees OYO
Mosey the loop to the pavilion

CCR led us in a different and dynamic warm-up that he wanted to try “because Bagger isn’t here”. Shoulder to shoulder then:

High knees run and back.
Butt kickers run and back (Backwards return aka “Ludwig style” – Pro tip: sound things out before trying to get cute to spell them backwards for the reverse movement in the BB)
Skips and back (Return Ludwig Style)
Low slow merkins x10 jog and back
Dive Bomber Merkins x10 jog and back
SSH x20

Count off 1’s and 2’2 for partner exercises later in the morn.

THANG
Bro at Law tags in and we mosey to the hill for HILLEVENS.

Atomic Merkins at the top
Jump Squats at the bottom.
SSH until all in.

Lots of grunting. 1’s follow Brother at Law to grab coupons. 2’s follow CCR to the parking lot. Coupon work as follows:

Round 1: Partner 1 lunge walks with coupon length of pickup lines, then same back but with coupon overhead, while Partner 2 plank jacks. Switch out and repeat.
Round 2: Partner 1 runs the bus loop while Partner 2 does Lion Kings (squat into overhead press with coupon). Switch out and repeat.
Round 3: Partner 1 runs the bus loop while Partner 2 kettleblock swings. Switch out and repeat.

Good work to get the coupons put away for 1 minute of Mary led by CCR:

Flutter kicks in cadence x20.

COT

Excellent work by all today. Great having the one and only Dick Belding in our presence and welcoming Life Saver and his son-in-law from F3 Charleston with us. To the schmohawk at the December 2 convergence that suggested I lead with a Catholic prayer, joke’s on you: https://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/StTeresaofAvila.htm.

Prayers for Brony, BAM, and Yard Sale and their families as they cope with the loss of loved ones.

TAK PAKs were collected by Numbtucks and he will be collecting them at Racetrack on Wednesday as well. This is a really great cause for some of the most vulnerable kids in our society, so thanks so much for organizing Numbtucks.

It was an honor to lead you all for my VQ and I look forward to many more Q’s.

Brother at Law & CCR

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Titan Rising – 11-08-17

PAX (16)
Crawfish, Hambone, Hail State, Princess Aurora, T-Cell, CAPSLOCK, Porcelain, Third Degree, Brother at Law, Preacher Man, Big Brother, Jackpot, Bicentennial Man, Tesla, Butch, Please! (FNG relocation from Knoxville), CCR (YHC)

The setting was a high 40s soggy kind of morning. Hail State called YHC at 5:18am wondering where everyone was. After some reassurance, he led himself in a stretch and reflect session until the rest of the PAX arrived. Props to PA for rucking from Sylvan park and back. 5:30am brought everyone 10 OYO burpees and a medium mosey over to a nice grassy circle area for some

WOR
SSH x20 IC
GM x10 IC
WMH x10 IC
BAC Forward x15 IC
Slow and Low Merkins x10 IC
BAC Backward x15 IC
Slow and Low Merkins x10 IC
Air Press x15 IC
Hop Kix (just a pleasure to watch everyone do this) x10 IC
Broad Jump w/ Backpedal x10 OYO
Partner Burpee Side Jumps x10 OYO (over other partner in low plank, flapjack)
enough WOR…lets mosey to the Parthenon field

THE THANG
PAX line up shoulder to shoulder with the goal of performing 100 solid Atomic Merkins. The only rule is that you cannot rest in place. AMRAP on side 1, sprint (ish) through the muck to the other side of the Parthenon, AMRAP, back to side 1, you get the picture. This sucked. My AMRAPS were pretty weak toward the end. We finished off with 25 flutter kicks IC and then we were off on a mosey to my favorite part of the park.

PAX again line up shoulder to shoulder at the bottom of the (we need to come up with a name for this) for some escaltor suicides. PAX run to the first sidewalk, perform 10 burpees and run back. PAX run to second sidewalk, perform 20 jump squats and run back. PAX run to third sidewalk, perform 30 Mountain Merkins and run back. Finally, PAX run to the top of the hill, perform 40 WWI situps and run back. Various exercise for the 6. Crawfish requested SSH (which is what I originally said, so we did). With just a few minutes to spare, we came back down the escalator with 30 jump lunges (60 total jumps for those who were counting…Hambone), 20 regular old merkins and 10 burpees. Flutter kicks and American Hammers for the 6.

MARY
Not much time for mary, so we did 31 flutter kicks IC, 10 J-Los IC and that was that.

COT/BOM
Welcome to FNG Butch, Please! He just took a job in Nashville and relocated from Knoxville. Keep an eye out for him and welcome him to the PAX.

BULLHORN
Look out for details on the upcoming “Grow School”. It will be a Saturday convergence followed by breakfast and some wisdom, Q&A and discussion regarding how to best move F3 forward in Nashville, Franklin, The ‘Boro, etc…

MOLESKINE
Very glad that my daughter’s erratic sleep schedule led me to sign up for the Q yesterday. It is great to be with a fresh group of guys and see life outside the Shire. Let’s go get that Q calendar filled up for the next couple weeks. There are plenty of guys willing to co-Q, so reach out and do it. You wont regret it!

Until next time,
CCR

 

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Floppy D, Me and Sir-E…and Dupree

PAX
Bagger Vance, Funyuns, Big Bang, Ludwig von Osh Kosh, PSL, Calfkiller, CAPSLOCK, Cinderella, Hambone, Dr. Smartt, Grease Trap, Prevac, Dupree, Too Tall, Edible Arrangement, Foxtrot Talks-A-Lot, Walter White, Brother-At-Law, Spring Break on Ricki Lake, Nightstand, Black Lung, Floppy Disk (Co-Q), CCR (YHC)

It was a clear black morn, a clear white moon (see photo from after). Floppy D and I decided to take the last minute co-Q. Always love trying to fit two beatdowns into 45 min. 23 PAX turned out for the show…CAPSLOCK rolled in hot and hurdled the chain to meet us midway through our mosey up the hill to get the blood flowing. Hambone graced us with his presence along with his ranger panties…so there’s that.

WARM-O-RAMA
SSH x20 IC
Windmills x20 IC
Good Mornings x10 IC
Willie Mays Hayes x10 IC
Baby Arm Circles Forward x15 IC
Slow and Low Merkins x10 IC
Baby Arm Circles Backward x15 IC
Slow and Low Merkins x10 IC
Air Presses x15 IC
Slow and Low Merkins x10 IC
Smoked already. Mosey down to the church playground for…

THE THANG (PART 1)
Hillevens with Atomic Merkins on Bottom and Jump Squats on top. Plank and wait for the 6.
All PAX complete the following OYO:
Pullups x20
Rows x30
Dips x50
Already time to hand the reigns over to CCR…and we were off on a mosey to the bottom of the loop.

THE THANG (PART DEUX)
ATOMIC B.O.M.B.S
Start with 15 Atomic Merkins at the bottom, all you got to the top followed by 10 Burpees. WWI and wait for the 6. All in…lets mosey to the parking lot. Since I am sick of using overhead claps for an “O” exercise, I made up something called the Ocho Cinco. 8 Mountain merkins on one side, sprint to middle island, 5 burpees, sprint back to start, 5 Mountain Merkins, sprint to middle island, 8 burpees, sprint back to start. Flutter kix for the six. Circle up for some Mandela Merkins x20, SSH then Mandela Merkins x10. Butterfly situps x10 before we lined back up for a round of Sevens with Jumps Squats and Merkins. This time we only went to the horse trailer. Flutter kix for the six. Flutter kix as a group x20 IC. Everybody up for a nice easy yog back to the point of origin. -30 seconds to spare so we threw in 5 burpees OYO for good measure.

COT/BOM

BULLHORN
Grow Ruckers…we are starting a ruck training session on Wednesdays at 5:30am at Crieve Hall Elementary. It will start and end around the same time as Smoke Boots, but it won’t replace it.

MOLESKINE
I always love a good Co-Q with Floppy D. Glad he was up for the last minute effort. Also love that there was 23 PAX out there this AM. Sir-E is alive and well. Glad to have Big Bang and Hambone make the trek to the Shire this morning. Brother-at-Law also made trek from Easy Nasty. Having SBORL and Night Stand back was the icing on the cake…and Black Lung. Please think hard about ways that we can serve our community as a group. We have a ton of resources and brain cells amongst the PAX and I would love for us to bring those to bear this holiday season. Bring us your ideas. T-Claps to Bagger for making it to his 250th post of the year. You are an animal. Also great to see Calfkiller‘s bare ass in the picture. very nice bare ass.

Until next time,
CCR (YHC) on behalf of my better half Floppy D.