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Stronghold 8/2/18

Rolled into the 4:13 compound with a truck bed full of fun this balmy AM.

21 PAX:

Red Skull, Hot N Ready, Big Ticket, Gussy, Biscuit, Satchmo, Bruh Bruh, Teddy, Lil Tony, Can’t Get Right, Fallout, Claud, Jersy$ (FNG), Olan Mills, PA, Bagger Vance, CAPSLOCK, Porcelain, Hambone, Hi-Viz, Blood Clot, Preacher Man (Q)

Circle up and read the riot act. Mosey to upper field for some side-shuffle, back-peddle and the following WOR: Goo’mornin, SSH, LBC forward and back, Squats, and maybe something else.

 

THANG:

You know when you can’t help but take your work home with you? Well YHC couldn’t help but take his work to his workout with him. PAX were informed we was going to be at church this morning and started off with a bang:

 

C – Crawl Bear roughly 100yds

H – High Knees x50

U – Up-downs (5 steps + 1 drop) x10

R – Russian plank-kicks x50

C – Crunches x50

H – Hallelujah High Knees x50

 

Mosey back to edge of upper field where PAX partnered up and lined up in two rows – on top and bottom of steep bank. Top row AMRAP of Murkins, bottom row AMRAP of squats. All the while, wheelbarrow full of unknown weight of blocks, rocks, and wood was passed up and down the bank from partner to partner all the way down the line…and back so everyone had the pleasure of pushing the roughly 75lbs of flat-tired fun up the bank.

 

Mosey to bball court for quick sprint races (loser does 10 burpees) and then circle up for Mary.

 

MARY:

Spell “church” with outstretched legs

Flutter kicks X20

WW1s X20

J-Los X10

Hallelujah High Knees for 1.5 mins

 

Countoff/Nameoff with naming of FNG Jersey$.

Prayer

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The Hill 8/2/18

PAX: Frugal Macdoogal (QIC), Skid Mark, Black Widow, Too Tall, Yard Sale, FNG Foley

Mosey down to the amphitheater

WOR:

SSH x 15, GM x 15, WMH x 10, FBAC x 10, RBAC x 10, Overhead Claps x 10, Seal Claps x 10, One set of AJs

Grab dumbbells from the weight room (15 or 20lbs.)

THANG:

  • 11s:
    • WWI
    • Weighted bear crawl to the other side
    • Derkins
  • Battle ropes: partner up.  One partner on the ropes and the other resting.
    • 20 seconds: small alternating waves
    • 15 seconds: small waves
    • 10 seconds: big alternating waves
    • 10 seconds: power slams
    • 15 seconds: outside circles
    • 15 seconds: inside circles
    • 20 seconds: power slams
  • 7s:
    • Squat into thruster with the dumbbells
    • Weighted lateral bear crawl
    • AJs

Return the weights then mosey to the top lot for COT.

 

 

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Mary’s Ugly Sister Dora

70F and clear.  The true gloom is starting to return to 0530.  The challenge is keeping it going through below 40F and rainy/snowy.  18 brave pax there to meet the challenge.  Porcelain (YHC Q), Blue Mule, Hambone, Studio 42, ABC, TK, Harvey Updike, Rocket League, Crab Legs, T-cell, bicentennial man, hi-viz, crawl space, Huggy, DaVinci(FNG), Reveille, Right Said, Stang.

warmarama: slaughter starter mosey 1/2 mile with stops every 200m for 10 burpees.  Circled up at playground: Don quixotes x10, ssh x20, low and slow squats x15

the thang: buddy up for Dora mod.  Partners could start at any workout. Running route around the art center.

50-pull-ups with knees to chest

100-swerkins

150-picnic table step ups

alternating planks for 6 then mosey to the green for extended Mary.  3 orange cones (not placed by Q) there worked out perfect for group on line sprints about 20m with a called an ab exercise for 10 reps called out by each pax working down the line before each sprint then a new ab exercise.  Some of the exercises were: v-ups, leg raises, alternating Superman, burpees, Freddy Mercury x2, American hammer, lbcs, ww1s, inverted crunch, flutter kicks, plank, j-los, the alphabet, crunchy happy frogs

cot: glad to have another FNG DaVinci running strong with the team.

 

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80’s Birthday Fun

PAX: WMD, Von Trapp, CheezWhiz, Ragdoll, Show Me, Sterno, Soccer Mom, Auntnea, Tebow, Netflix, NumbTucks (QIC), Nimbus 2000, Barney Fievel

13 PAX came out to celebrate 35yrs of NumbTucks. With the humidity high and the 80’s tunes blaring to celebrate a birth in the 80’s we got to work.

Short mosey around lot.
Warmup:
35 SSH – get use to this number men
10 slow low merkins
10 slow low squats
10 BAC (forward and backward)
35 Burpees before we take off

Thang:
Indian Run with speedbumps along the way
SB#1: 35 Merkins
SB#2: 35 Monkey Humpers
SB#3: 35 Flutter Kicks IC – sorry jogger for getting in the way, we need to learn manners

Thang 2:
Arrive at back of field small hills on the top
Since I was born in 1983 start off with:
19 Burpees then 2 round of:
8 WW1s at top
Bear crawl down
3 Worst Merkins
Crawl Bear Up

Slow Jog Back to lot, we have more time and good 80’s tunes so more speedbumps:
SB#1 – 70 Copenhagen’s (Sterno suggestion)
SB#2 – 20 Picnic Bench Shoulder Press (4 to a table)

COT:
IC Alabama Prom Dates
IC Up Downs
Good Mornings
Just to end on a good note 35 burpees

Good work men, a good way to celebrate 35 years!

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Westeros 30 July: 14 PAX rinse and repeat Indian run and merkins

Westeros 30 July: 14 PAX rinse and repeat Indian run and merkins

14 Pax: Blue Mule (Q), Vector, T-Cell, ABC, Porcelain, Studio 42, Keep The Change, Right Said, Trapper Keeper, Crab Legs, Rocket League, Reveille, Bicentennial Man, Hi-Viz

Mid 70s with average humidity – about the best conditions you could hope for in the South in the summer.

Extremely simple Q.

Mosey from start to school circle.

Warm-o-rama: Squats, Willie Mayes Hayes, side straddle hops, imperial walkers, bumpkins, and arm circles to get the blood flowing.

Indian Run from School to Lover’s Circle — ~1 mile, mostly up hill.

Circle of Pain: 10 overhead arm claps in cadence followed by 10 merkins. Rinse and repeat, adding five repetitions each time. Stop when complete 30 repetitions. That’s 100 total exercises.

Indian Run from Lover’s Circle to School — ~1 mile, mostly down hill.

Circle of Pain: Rinse and repeat.  Brings exercise count to 200.

Sprint from school to parking lot.

… And that’s about all there is to it.

SYITG

Blue Mule

 

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We Got Knocked Down But We Got Up Again

8 Pax showed up to get better in the gloom at the Skunk. PAX:Proton, OTP (Off The Premise; FNG Aarron Oaks), DriveTime (FNG: Carlos Castilleja), Life Champ, Razor, Cathy, Enfuego, and Cowboy YHC.

YHC came in a little hot as some last minute recon was needed to verify that Q elements were gonna work. With new faces the expectation to go by the book is stepped up, so Proper Disclaimer, Proper Count, and Proper Intensity were in the Q’s head.

WOR: Mosey around the parking lot with dipsy doodles, backwards, sides, etc.
Circle and the following IC
SSH x30, IW, HB, GM, LBAC, BigAC, Seal claps exch x 15
10 Slow & low merkins
10 Plaits (slow Suzanne Sommers Squats)
10 Plats (squat, hold at the down and IC) Feel the Burn! – Impressive we all made it.

Thang
The a brief mosey to the front of the school by the produce stand for some Chumbawamba! Tubthumping. We all got knocked down and we got up again. About 3:30 min of it in fact.

Then a mosey to the Lipscomb parking garage. Brief stop along the way for 20 dips 20 Carolina Dry Docs – rinse and Repeat.
Continue on to the Parking Garage

In the stairwell.
Hop up stairs
Merkins x as many steps as you hopped at the landing and at the top
Run down parking garage to stairs at the opposite end.
Out the door and back to the original stairs. All that for 3 rounds
7s at the hill Burpees at the bottom and Peter Parkers at the top.
Crawl Bear the 1st and the last trip up the hill
Indian Lunge Run – Lunges in a line with Indian Run Style rotation
To the Corner of Granny White and Shackleford
Half Sprint back stopping at our wall along the way for another set of Dips and Carolinas
Round back of the school and Sprint (AYG) to the home parking lot.

It was time, Count off, Name-o-rama, FNG naming, BOM

Cowboy

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Purple Cow Multi Task Delight

A PAX of 7 (Blackwidow, Joey Freshwater, Backlash, Ponzi, Boons Farm, Olan Mills and Offshore (QIC)) showed up on a cool July morning to get after it. It went something like this:

Warm-up: Brief Mosey to GW park after disclaimer. The PAX completed Goodmornings x 10, Willie Mays x 10, SSH x 15, Seal Claps x 10, Overhead Press x 10, and Squats x 10.

Thang: 11’s on the GW soccer field with Burpies and jump squats (100 yard run between sides. Then mosey to play ground equipment for 10 pull ups & 15 atomic merkins x 3. Brief mosey to awning to complete box jumps x 10 and dips x 15 for 3 sets. Mosey to basket ball court to complete 3 sets of suicides before mosey back to home base for some Mary.

Mary: Flutter kicks x 30, LBCs x 25, supermans x 10, goodmornings x 10, squats x 10, american hammers x 25.

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Backlast for Stonewall July 28th

Skid Mark, Edible Arrangement, Deep-dish , Hambone, Cowboy and Foxtrottalksalot as Q.

A fresh 6 AM start for the crew of six… The Job Rocker Max was in full effect… We paid homage to U2 today. The full Joshua Tree album and Rattle and Hum album were the back to back play lists.

We began with the F3 disclaimer, whilst engaging in little baby arm circles, and notified all parties that we had two doctors, a lawyer, a miracle worker, and a hambone present for any thing that could go wrong.

Warm up

20 baby arm circles
20 air presses
15 Imperial Walkers
15 hillbillies
10 will Mayes lays
11 good mornings
12 skorpion stretches
10 super mans
10 count quad stretch on each leg
15 merkins

The thang:

Run with heavy Job Rocker Max speaker (sold by Costco for $99) a long path to the side of the community center with railing and wall.

Proceed with the following 11’s excercise.
Begin with wall sit for 10 seconds (no hands and exercising perfect form as suggested by Sergio from Lululemon….keep your bellybutton pressed to your backbone) as 1.
Then 10 burpees.
Then 20 second wall sit using the Sergio technique.
Then 9 burpees.
Then 30 seconds wall sit again with Sergio’s masterful technique.

And all the way down to 1 burpee and a 100 second wall sit….again….applying Sergio’s belly to backbone revolutionary technique, along with a lot of grunting and groaning. @hambone was next to me and whispered in my ear that he was actually doing Kegels as well. Apparently they can strengthen your lower parts area and help you pee better. Who ever knew? Thanks Hambone.

A few waited in plank for the rest to finish. We then moseyed to the parking lot with pavers behind the community center and perched the Job Rocker Max on one of the grassy median islands.

We divided into two teams.

The Wolverines were Foxtrottalksalot,  Cowboy and Hambone.

The Poster Children were Skid Mark, Edible Arrangement and Deepdish.

Team relay.
Each man had to complete two laps around the parking lot circling the other curbed island. Each man had to complete one full lap bear crawling the loop.
Then each team needed to complete the following together:
300 Air squats
200 dry docks
100 Merkins.

Round 1 went to the Wolverines as Hambone crushed the merkins and dry docks. Cowboy saved the team at the end with his stamina.

Rinse and repeat for round 2.

The winner was not clear for this round. Some highlights included Deepdish’s cry for mercy around his bear crawl lap. In a very whiny tone, he said “Guys, I don’t know if I can do this?” At which point Edible and Skid Mark both recommended a gynecologist and that he modify if necessary. Apparently Deepdish immediately realized what a pussy he sounded like and sucked it up to finish the crawl portion. Good job DD.

Moseyed from parking lot thru tennis courts with EA carrying large 40 pound Job Rocker Max playing ‘Van Diemens Land’ as we ran thru the quiet park. It was a nice touch for all 6. Cowboy had his arms stretched out wide as if to say “thank you for this beautiful day”. It warmed my heart. We all did a self hug.

We turned and headed for the home stretch and the song ‘Desire’ came on. Stopped at the playground in time for each to get in 20 pull-ups.

Then Mary. Everyone got their chance to Q their favorite Ab exercise.
Skid started with 30 flutter kicks.
Hambone did 20 LB AC’s
Foxtrot 13 J Lo’s
Deep – 15 crunchy frogs
EA – 20 Freddy Mercury’s
Cowboy – 15 high lows (it had two names like Marge and something)

Group finished with 15 Alabama prom dates and 10 WW2 sit ups.

Cowboy led us out in prayer.

100% coffeeteria participation. Cowboy and Foxtrot enjoyed a good ole cappuccino and reminisced about how such a small drink can provide so much happiness.

We told stories about theft, stray bullets, and other random things.

Until next time.

Foxtrot

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Titan – 07.25.18 – “Run, Run, Rudolph”

17 PAX including one Willy Loman from COLA and one FNG posted for Christmas in July Co-VQ delivered by Santa Crab and PA the Late-Ass Reindeer.

QIC: Crablegs/Princess Aurora

PAX: Frequency, Hi-Viz, T-Cell, Eldrick (COLA), FNG Fetch, Porcelain, Rocket League, Harvey Updyke, ABC, Third Person, Blue Mule, En Fuego, Keep the Change, BnB, Reveille

Quick story: YHC had his alarm set for 4:30 per usual and had promised Crablegs to be there by 5:20 to finalize the “bag of toys” being delivered. Well, much to my surprise, I wake up, notice it being lighter than usual, and roll over to see it’s 5:23. Apparently my volume was basically 1 decibel above mute (probably from watching Instagram vids in bed). Good thing Viz still had his phone when I texted as he led the PAX on the mosey and warm-o-rama.

THE THANG:

Little fuzzy on the details here as I arrived at 5:36, but there was some running and a COP involved. Only I didn’t hear that the COP part and made a fool of myself when I circled the PAX up once again. I took the opportunity to shame myself for my tardiness.

Handed over the reins(!) to Crablegs where he explained Christmas in July and reminded us that we have 5 months to do our shopping. Then it was over to the Hill of Sisyphus for a doozy of an acronym to work through: S.A.N.T.A., each letter corresponding to the mode of transportation up the hill. Plank and wait for six each of the first 4 rounds. Elf Jacks after the final round.

  • S – San Antonio Shuffle (L Lunge, R Lunge, Merkin, Plank Jack)
  • A – Alligator Crawl
  • N – Nadal (creative license on the baseline-to-baseline sprints) x 2
  • T – Traveling Burpees
  • A – Ape Crawl (Bear Crawl with your hips up and legs straight)

Back to me with just enough time to share my gift of C.O.A.L. with the PAX:

  • Crunchy Frogs x 25 IC
  • “O’s” (making circles with legs extended, feet together) x 12 CC, 12 CCW
  • American Hammers x 12 IC
  • Leg Raises x 15 IC

COT/BOM

MOLESKINE:

  • I’ve said enough already, so I’ll keep it brief. While I hated being late, I was glad to know that any one of the guys could’ve taken over if I hadn’t texted Hi-Viz. Tclaps to him and to you all.
  • Welcome FNG Paul Barnett aka Fetch! He’s from Natchez, MS, a Bulldog fan (the maroon kind), and works in supply chain management for Mars Petcare. Apparently he’s been following us on social media for a couple of years but has been afraid to ask us out.
  • Also glad to have Eldrick joining us from COLA. He’s a Clemson Tiger, so he’s welcome back anytime at all.
  • Awesome job by Crablegs today. He’ll be Qing all by himself before we know it. Who’s next!?

BULLHORN:

  • Big thanks to all those who rucked and donated for the TN CAN RUCK this past weekend. It was an awesome event, and we will do it again soon.
  • 4:13 Strong is back in the rotation. With 10 guys in this class, let’s make sure we get enough of our own out there to have 1-to-1 opportunities with them.
  • Third Person’s last hurrah is tomorrow morning at Bomber. Show up (assuming you’re reading this at 10:20 pm).

PA out.

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Weight and Wait a Homonym of a Q

Temp: Low 70s maybe, YHC was a discombobulated this AM

Gloom: Nil

PAX: Red Skull, Hot N Ready, Big Ticket, Gussy, Biscuit, Satchmo, Bruh Bruh, Teddy, Lil Tony, Can’t Get Right, Fallout, Claud, Life Champ, CAPSLOCK, Bagger Vance

QIC: BV

Quick Mosey out of the gate to the lot behind the STEM center only to find out there are some brand new consumers of Fossil Fuels in the way.  No worries, head around the building and to the upper lot with the dumpster.

Circle Up for WOR:

Two minute or so plank while YHC explained the grammatical terminology of a #Homonym and shared an #Example Weight v Wait.  In true ATQ fashion, there was some choice language thrown in for Color.

All IC x 13

SSH, IW, Squats, Hill Billy’s

THANG:

Dirty McDeuce-ish

Partner Up in 1s and 2s and take a leisurely mosey around our loop for the day.  Once the 6 was in we performed

Squats x 13, Merkins x 13, Flutter Kicks x 13 IC (had a couple of restarts to stress form) and to the building for Wall Thrusters (think Mike Tysons w/o the Merkin)

Run a lap

Jump Tucks x 13, Lunges x 13, Power Merkins x 13 (Crowd Pleaser), Ola Dolly (IC) x 13

Run a short lap

Skaters x 13, Lunge to Squat x 13, Atomic Merkins x 13, Reverse Thrusters x 13

Run a lap but go through the quad to the back of the building where YHC introduced two Firsts

P1 squats on wall while P2 performs Bulgarian Split Squat (P1 holding P2’s foot) x 13 ea leg

Flap Jack

Holy Moley, there are some spare tires over here, why don’t we P1 v P2 in a spare tire tug of war.  Lots of grit and heart out there, couple of bruises and some blood but a good time was had.

To the main Lot for the last lil Bit

Monkey Humpers x 13

Merkins, Dips, Merkins x 13

6 MOM:

F Kix x 13

Time

Count Off

NMM:

So, the idea of the Weight and the Wait has been weighing heavily on YHC’s mind as I wait on what the Lord has in store for me and my family and as I think about the Burdens we carry in this life.

Funyuns and I ran with Rob Jones last year as he was completing 31 Marathons in 31 Days in 31 Cities…First one was in London (Not Kentucky).  Oh by the way, Rob is a 2x Amputee.  Rob’s tag line his to “Use The Weight” and his story can be found at https://youtu.be/gq4IdUpxVYY  …

We all have different Weights and we all carry them differently.   The only thing I would change in Rob’s awesome message is that we all need a partner, a spouse, a friend and sometimes a Brotherhood to help us carry the weight.

As a man with a Christian worldview (and a Potty Mouth), I also think about the word Wait and what it means to me.  Right now, I am waiting on the Lord to show me the way to my next career so that I may provide for my family.  The life that has been predestined and ordained for me is one of waiting, Waiting on the Not Yet but Will Be, waiting on the Voice for the next step and Waiting on being reunited with all my Brothers and Sisters at Home.

BH:

Prayers up for Spicoli, for this Class of young men that they become HIM (High Impact Men) and that they change the course and trajectory of their lives and families.  Spoke with Olan Mills today, his Dad received good news from his Doc yesterday.

YHC,

Bagger Vance