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8 PAX Indian Runs, Overhead Arm Claps, and Squats @ Westeros 19 February 2019

8 PAX Indian Runs, Overhead Arm Claps, and Squats @ Westeros 19 February 2019

PAX:  Blue Mule (Q), Porcelain, Right Said, Crawlspace, Vector, Pumpkin Spice, Bicentennial Man, Harvey

Conditions:  Wet.  Cold.  Gloomy.  Yuck.

Indian Run:  From start through park to Lover’s Circle.  Short warm ups at the beginning.  Approximate distance = 1 mile.  That’s a lot of elevation.

Calisthenics:  Squats and overhead arm claps in cadence.  Start with one, increase by one each set until reaching 10.  Then overhead arm claps for several minutes.  Then hold a squat for 90 seconds.

More Indian Run:  From Lover’s Circle to start.  Approximate distance = 1 mile.

Life Lesson:  Reaching the top is tough.  It requires a ton of grit, a ton of cardio, and a ton of determination.  Bit when you’re at the top, it’s slippery, and it’s easy to wash down the side to the bottom.  Don’t.  When you work hard and reach the top, stay there — it’s worth the view.

Pleasure leading you gentlemen.

See you in the gloom.

  • Blue Mule OUT.
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Buffet of Burpees @ Broken Wheel 2/19/19

Weather: 31 degrees and overcast

PAX: Scrooge, Nimbus, Stats, Altidore, Snowball, Kermit, Creeper, Barney Fievel, Typo+, Hot & Ready, & Show Me

QIC: Sterno

Pre-Party: Altidore

10 Merkins
9 Iron Mikes
8 Pull-Ups
7 Merkins
6 Iron Mikes
5 Pull-Ups
4 Merkins
3 Iron Mikes
2 Pull-Ups
1 Merkin

Started with a Capri Lap to get the blood flowing.

Warm-O-Rama:

15 IC Side Straddle Hops
15 IC Overhead Shoulder Presses
15 IC Forward Little Baby Arm Circles
15 IC Backward Little Baby Arm Circles
15 IC Seal Jacks
5 OYO Good Mornings

Thang 1:

10 Burpees a minute for 10 Minutes (100 Total)

Thang 2:

Partner up. Partner 1 does Merkins while Partner 2 Bear Crawls to light pole and Crawl Bears back to Partner 1. Partner 2 picks up where Partner 1 left off on Merkins while Partner 1 Bear Crawls to light pole and Crawl Bears back to starting line. Continue until each group of partners completed 100 Merkins

Thang 3:

Same Partners. Partner 1 does Little Baby Crunches while Partner 2 Duck Walks to light pole and jogs back to Partner 1. Partner 2 picks up where Partner 1 left off on Little Baby Crunches while Partner 1 Duck Walks to light pole and jogs back to starting line. Continue until each group of partners completed 200 Little Baby Crunches.

Thang 4:

Same Partners. Partner 1 does Squats while Partner 2 Lunge Walks to light pole and jogs back to Partner 1. Partner 2 picks up where Partner 1 left off on Squats while Partner 1 Lunge Walks to light pole and jogs back to starting line. Continue until each group of partners completes 200 Squats.

Thang 5:

Everyone Circles up to perform Pyramid Burpees. Todays pyramid was 10 stories high. Time to get to work!

1 Burpee, then 2 Burpees, then 3 Burpees, then 4 Burpees, then 5 Burpees, then 6 Burpees, then 7 Burpees, then 8 Burpees, then 9 Burpees, then 10 Burpees. The view up here is great but time is running out so we need to make our way back down the pyramid. 9 Burpees, then 8 Burpees, then 7 Burpees, then 6 Burpees, then 5 Burpees, then 4 Burpees, then 3 Burpees, then 2 Burpees, and finally 1 Burpee.

COT

Announcements/ Prayer Requests/ Praises

Prayer Request: Typo+ mom is having surgery today.

Prayer Request: MBarneyFievel is in the process of transitioning to become a stay at home mom.

Prayer Request: Continue to keep SoccerMom in your prayers.

Praise: Snowballs father just finished his last round of treatment.

Announcement: There’s still time to donate to the refugee kids that need our help at Tusculum Elementary. We’ll make a Costco/Sams run to get supplies the first weekend of March. If you feel led to give you can donate some cash to Altidore’s Venom account @jered-parks

Post-Party: Nimbus 1500, Altidore, Stats, Barney Fievel, Show Me, & Sterno

Same as the pre-party only more foggy.

Great work today gentlemen!

Sterno

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President’s Day – Purple Cow Edition

7 PAX got better this morning in the cold, but thankfully rain free, gloom this morning.

PAX: Boone’s Farm, Backlash, Offshore, Leatherneck, Black Widow, Life Champ, Umbrella

QIC: Umbrella

In honor of President’s Day and the 45 Presidents we have had in this great country, a theme of 45 was present throughout the morning.

WOR:
Long mosey from BMS through Granny White Park to settle at the tennis courts. Circle up for:
45 x SSH
45 x Shoulder work (15 BAC forward, 15 air press, 15 BAC reverse)
45 x Squat

Thang:
Evolution 1:
PAX lined up on sideline of tennis courts for 3 rounds of:

Rd 1: 15 count shoulder taps, 15 count WWI’s, 15 count monkey humper – then shuffle (side, forward, side, forward)each line on both tennis courts.
Rd 2: 15 count merkin, 15 count LBC, 15 count people’s chair – shufffle the courts
Rd 3: 15 count diamond merkins, 15 count WWII’s, 15 count 1-leg squats – shuffle courts

Evolution 2:
Burpees Mile – 45 burpees performed throughout mile loop+ around Granny White Park.  Asked the men to run with different PAX after each set of burpees throughout mile to get some QT in with each one.  Lot of good chatter had when they could utter words.

Evolution 3:
30 dips/15 picnic table step-ups
25 dips/20 picnic table step-ups

Mosey back to parking lot for COT.  3 miles and a lot of effort put in this morning.

Bullhorn – QIC spoke on George Washington’s leadership lessons taken from the book by Eric Metaxes ‘7 Men: And The Secret of Their Greatness’.

It is always a pleasure to lead this fine group of men.

Peace,

Umbrella

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Split Q @ Stonewall 16 FEB 2019

Split Q @ Stonewall 16 FEB 2019

PAX:  Blue Mule (Q), Bad Boy (Q), Big Stick, Bagger Vance, Shadow, Deep Dish, Hambone, Pop a Lock, Ride Along, Bootlegger, Boy Band

Conditions:  Cold and slightly humid buy quite comfortable.

Situation:  Many PAX told Bad Boy he was Qing.  YHC Blue Mule was signed up on the sheet.  Solution:  Bad Boy takes first half, I take second half.  Execute.  YHC Blue Mule handles backblast.

Warm Up:  Qed by Bad Boy:  Mosey, several usual suspect warm up exercises.

Manmakers, Squats, and Running:  Qed by Bad Boy:  30 squats, 1/4 mile mosey with 40 yard bearcrawl speedbump, 10 manmakers, mosey back the 1/4 mile with same speedbump.  Rinse and repeat twice.

Arm Situation:  Qed by Blue Mule:  Four count overhead arm clap, one pushup chest to ground.  Perform sets at 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.  That’s 100 reps.  Hambone mumblechatter:  “That’s the first time ever my bicep has cramped.”

Coupon Mosey:  10 PAX.  5 coupons 25 – 30 pounds.  Mosey around park – ~1 mile.  3 pitstops.

Pit Stop One:  Coupon Duckwalk Suicides:    Hold the coupon.  Duckwalk suicide the basketball court — free throw, half court, other free throw, full court.  That should make you want to hurl just reading it.

Pit Stop Two:  Abs:  50 in cadence leg raises, 30 in cadence flutter kicks.

Pit Stop Three:  Burpees:  1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1.  That’s 25 for you math whizzes out there.

Mary:  60 second plank.

Life Lesson from Bad Boy:  You *never* know who is watching.  Maybe it is your coworker, your child, your spouse, your parent, your neighbor.  Always represent yourself and everything you stand for.  You have been given an unthinkable awesome gift — cherish it.

Pleasure leading you gentlemen.  See you in the gloom.

Blue Mule and Bad Boy OUT

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Life Lessons and Burpee Broadjumps @ Detention 15 FEB 2019

Life Lessons and Burpee Broadjumps @ Detention 15 FEB 2019

PAX:  Blue Mule (Q), CCR, Black Lung, Moving On Up, DMish, PSL, Reefer, Black Widow, Yard Sale, Big Stick, Prevac, Floppy Disk, Thrombo, Accounts Receivable, CAPSLOCK, Danielson, Centipete, Dronezone, Blue Mule

Conditions:  Humid and chili and gloomy.

Warm Up:  5 minutes of mosey.  Arm circles, seal claps, squats, Willie Mayes Hayes.

The Thang:  100 Burpee Broad Jumps:  All PAX pair up.  One PAX does stationary exercise, other PAX does 10 burpee broad jumps.  Round complete when each PAX does 20 burpee broad jumps.  Stationary exercises were squats, overhead arm claps, flutter kicks, merkins, and burpees.  Thang complete when all PAX complete 100 burpee broad jumps.

False Ending….

The Next Thang:  Same concept, but substitute burpees for 1/8 mile run around parking lot.

Life Lesson Challenge:  All February Qs involve life lesson.  Life lesson today is false ending.  The Thang wasn’t over when the broad jumps were completed — we still had a challenge ahead of us.  When life gives you a pausing point, do not relent.  Push through all the way to the complete finish.

Pleasure leading you gentlemen.  See you in the gloom.

Blue Mule OUT

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Valentine’s Day K.I.S.S at West Park

PAX: Crablegs, Porcelain, Cunning Linguist (QIC), Vector, Lunchlady, Crawlspace, Doctor Doodle (FNG), Mystery Machine (FNG)

Weather: A perfect 42 degrees

Arrival at 0527 saw Crablegs fetching the shovelflag (and YHC nearly ran him over with his ride – my apologies, good sir), and then running it back to the post location. Thank you, Crablegs – ’tis difficult to hold an F3 workout with the shovelflag! Also noticed Vector testing out his Bluetooth speaker but unable to get it to connect, but YHC only has so much power in this world…

At 0530, YHC offered up the Disclaimer and then led a mosey around West Park (which I am referring to as Waterworks until further notice). Mumblechatter revolved around exactly how 2 FNGs found out about this newest of new posting locations. Great questions all around.

Pull off ¾ of way around paved track for WOR (with a LOVE-influenced playlist, thanks to Vector):
14 x SSH
14 x LBAC
14 x rLBAC
14 x Slow and Low Squats
14 x WMH
Counted off 1s and 2s and then mosey to gazebo/playground area for

THANG 1: K.I.S.S.
K = 100 Knerkins (aka Chuck Norris)
I = 200 Incline Merkins
S = 150 Step Ups
S = 150 Squats
1s run to pod/container/connex box and back, 2s start with Knerkins. Tag in, tag out until complete.

Since we had time left, we went to the lower parking area for two rounds of THANG 2: Bear Crawl Ring of Fire
PAX including YHC circled up and started bear crawl until YHC yelled STOP. Then PAX, one at a time, in order, began a set of 10 Merkins while the others held Plank.

Two rounds was enough before we had to mosey to starting point for 3MoM, followed by the CoT, (including the naming of 2 FNGs) and then a solid BoM.

MOLESKINE:
• Another Q, another feeling of positivity afterward. So thankful to be able to lead such High Impact Men.
• This was the first time YHC has Q’d where there were FNGs. I am truly grateful to lead their first in-person exposure to F3. Let’s all welcome Doctor Doodle and Mystery Machine!
• Thanks again to Vector for the playlist. The music kept us all motivated to love one another.

BULLHORN:
• Let’s keep filling up the Q Sheet! Link is on Slack for those who don’t know where to find it.

CL Out. Peace.

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Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, and Lent

20 HIM got refreshers in work-life balance and reminders about the importance of continual self-improvement. It truly was an honor to lead you men. Hope you enjoyed the Mardi Gras sound track packed exclusively with New Orleans artists.

PAX in attendance: Badboy, T Cell, En Fuego, Mystery Machine, Hot Route, Boy band, Crab legs, Fire Fox, Ride Along, Silver Medal, Shadow, Pumpkin Spice, Hi Viz, Crawl Space, Porcelain, Pop-A-Lock, Trapper Keeper, Vector, Hambone, Tiny Dancer; Princess Aurora (coffee; get well soon!)

QIC: Tiny Dancer

Conditions:

Dream-like for February: 50 degrees, cloudy, and dry

WORKOUT:

Mosey up hill, down driveway, down stairs, to community center parking lot

Soundtrack: Struttin on Sunday, Aaron Neville

Warmarama

  1. Side Straddle hops x12,
  2. little babby arm circles (forward and reverse) x 12 each
  3. slow and low squats x 10
  4. Walking Merkins x15

PAX were taught about the tradition of Mardi Gras and its reminder that we should always ensure that we take the appropriate time in moderation to relax and spend time with family. As long as you are taking care of your family and yourself, play as hard as you work!

Parade Route – 15 min

PAX were divided into 1’s and 2’s. 1’s stayed at playground with the music and 2’s went to top of the hill.

Playground: 30 merkins, 5 pullups, 10 split lunges

sprint up hill

Top of Hill: 5 burpees, 10 WW1’s

run mosey route back to playground for 3.5 revolutions (restricted by time)

Soundtrack:

  1. Go to the Mardi Gras – Professor Longhair
  2. Carnivale Time – Galactic (feat. Al “Carnival Time” Johnson)
  3. Hey Pocky A-way – The Meters
  4. Mardi Gras Day (feat. Rebirth Brass Band) – Kermit Ruffins and Rebirth Brass Band

Mosey to parking lot

Bead Cleanup

Prior to the hard stop of Mardi Gras fun at midnight on Ash Wednesday, there is a mad dash for beads uncaught from the parade. PAX paired up with unfamiliars and relay raced in a 2-station shuttle-run / suicide format for a little friendly competition.

While one flutter-kicked into perpetuity, the partner completed the 2 station suicide run, found waiting throws at the far end of the parking lot, and brought them back to their partner. After a 5 merkin handoff, the other PAX would likewise complete the suicide run.

After round 1 finished in dispute, (much like the NFC championship, Who Dat) Pumpkin Spice and his partner took round 2. Congrats, men!

Mosey to softball diamond

Ash Wednesday 

“From dust you are, and to dust you shall return,” are the famous words of the Catholic priest at Ash Wednesday mass. With that in mind, as one does after taking full advantage of Carnival season, the PAX purged themselves of their personal weakness and reflected on both spiritual and secular lessons from scripture while doing burpees and atomics in the dust. Get some.

From best recollection, rounds were as follows:

  1. Joel 2:12-18: (even now, return to the path) 20 burpees
  2. John 15:5-8: (stay on the vine) 10 atomics
  3. Luke 9:59-60:  (no excuses; don’t let anything keep you from fulfilling your responsibilities) 15 atomics
  4. Matthew 24:9-13: (this only ends at death, so keep getting after it!) 10 burpees

Mosey back to parking lot for 1 minute of flutter kicks

Many prayers went up for Princess Aurora and for my daughter Lucy. 

Again, it truly was an honor to lead you men. You have made me such a better man over the last 8 months, and it was very fulfilling to finally give back.

 

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A Stroll at Titan

Pax: Bad Boy, Blue Mule, Centipete, Crab Legs, Cunning Linguist, G String, Halpert (WL from Memphis), Harvey Updyke (QIC), Hi-Viz, Porcelain, Reveille, Trapper Keeper, Vector

Conditions: 35ish and dry, gloom factor medium

Disclaimer

WoR: Moseyed from statue of JT to southern end of the main field. Circled up for:

  • SSH x20
  • Good Mornings x10 oyo
  • WMH x10
  • Imperial Walkers x20

Thang: The sidewalk monster at Westeros sent YHC for a tumble Monday morning, leaving me with a bruised palm heel and tweaky wrist. As such, my Q plan was modified to stay off the hands as much as possible, which naturally led to lots of running. Altogether the pax clocked around 3.4 miles, stopping every 1/3 of a mile or so for a dealer’s choice exercise, of which 10 reps were performed. Choices included jump squats, dips, burpees, regular squats, Freddie Mercuries, scissor kicks, and some other stuff I’ve now forgotten. The last leg involved an all-you-got sprint up the hill west of the Parthenon, before convening back at JT’s statue for a quick Mary consisting of 25 Crunchy Happy Frogs.

CoT: Great to have Halpert (a paper salesman) join us as a guest from Memphis. Heard a little more from G String, our sixth man. Prayers for Bad Boy and family as they look to welcome a 2.0 in 4 weeks, give or take.

Moleskine: The leadership lesson today is that restraints, while sometimes frustrating, can provide clarity and focus. A minor injury limited my options this morning, but simple was still effective. Self-imposing restraints, even when all is well, may help with cutting through the noise and focusing on the outcome. Thanks for the opportunity, men. A pleasure as always.

Harvey

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2 PAX post in rain 12 FEB 2019 @ III Pillars

PAX:  Blue Mule (Q), En Fuego

Conditions:  Not ideal.  Rainy and cold.  Very rainy.  Did I say rainy?

Wet Warm Up:  Mosey for a few minutes, some with a 25# coupon.  Arm circles and seal claps and squats.

Soggy Calisthenics:  Pull ups, coupon thrusters, squat jumps.  20 seconds on, 10 seconds off.  After we did that until we were sick of it, then we did 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 of the same exercises.

Deluge Buddy Drags:  Two laps around the ~1/4 mile track.  First lap switch roles every 20 steps.  Next leo switch every ten.  Tclaps to En Fuego — I think I weigh twice what he does and not a complaint out of him.

Life Lesson:  The life lesson here is obvious.  Sometimes the world throws rain at you.  And a lot of it.  And then sometimes life makes you run around with bricks and thrust them.  And sometimes you have to carry someone through it.  But, through faith, through fitness, through fellowship, and through preparation, these life obstacles can be overcome… And can make you smile.

Pleasure to be part of this community.

See you in the gloom.

Blue Mule OUT.

 

 

 

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Purple Cow 2-11-19

Conditions were favorable, a little warmer but no rain, for 7 PAX as they started the week off by making the correct decision and heading to Purple Cow

PAX: Umbrella, Offshore, Olan Mills, Leatherneck, Boone’s Farm, Penny Loafers, Black Widow (QIC)

Quick disclaimer in the BMS parking lot, and then head off to Granny White Park. Circle up in main parking lot.

WOR:

Good Mornings x 10

BAC x 10

RBAC x 10

Air Press x 10

Seal Claps x 10

Merkins x 10

Mountain Climbers x 10

WMH x 10

The Thang:

Head to the corner of the main parking lot of GWP for some four corners. Mode of transportation from one corner to the next is running. From our starting point, we run to the first corner where we perform exercise #1. From there we go to 2nd corner, where we perform exercise #1 and #2. Each corner we build, until we are back at the starting point. Exercises are:

Round 1:

Burpees x 10

Burpees x 10, Merkins x 20

Burpees x 10, Merkins x 20, Lunges x 30

Burpees x 10, Merkins x 20, Lunges x 30, Squats x 40

SSH for the six, and then all end in cadence with 10 SSH.

Round 2:

Atomic Merkins x 10

AM X 10, Jump Tucks x 20

AM x 10, JT x 20, Air Presses x 30

AM x 10, JT x 20, AP x 30, WW1 x 40

SSH for the six, and then all end in cadence with 10 SSH

**It’s around this point that Olan Mills departs after seeing that the park ranger is there opening up the “facilities”

Head to Pavillion

Step Ups x 30

30 Second Wall Sits w/ arms above heads

R&R

**Olan Mills returns feeling better than ever

We line up for a short IR mosey towards the baseball fields, and then back towards the park.

Find some benches for DID’s

Dips x 20

Irkins x 15

Dirkins x 10

R&R

Line up for another IR mosey from playground back to BMS parking lot.

LBC x 30 was all the mary we had time for.

Prayers for Offshore’s wife’s cousins who lost their mother suddenly over the weekend. Also, with this being the week of Valentine’s and all, we closed out with some encouragement to love our wives well. Pray for them, be intentional with them, and reach out for help if you’re in the midst of struggles.

Thanks for the opportunity to Q this morning!

Black Widow