Relay Races

AO: iiipillars
Q: Chunks
PAX: Grape, princessaurora, Black Lung, Right Said, Pep, Foot Drop, gov’t mule, YumYum, Tackle Box, Zelenskyy, Two Face, t-cell, Harbaugh, Jazzy Jeff, Swiffer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:
Grab the 2 Coupons and Mosey to the field
41 SSHs

THE THANG:

Round 1:
– Cinder Block Carry: One member carries the cinder block 50 yards and back.
– Bodyweight Exercise: Team does Jumping Jacks until the cinder block carrier returns.
– Switch and Repeat until each team member has carried the cinder block.
Round 2:
– Cinder Block Swings: One member performs 20 swings with the cinder block.
– Bodyweight Exercise: Team does Mountain Climbers until swings are done.
– Switch and Repeat until each team member has done swings.
Round 3:
– Cinder Block Curls: One member performs 20 curls with the cinder block.
– Bodyweight Exercise: Team does Plank Hold until curls are done.
– Switch and Repeat until each team member has done curls.
Round 4:
– Cinder Block Rows: One member performs 20 rows (10 each side) with the cinder block.
– Bodyweight Exercise: Team does Burpees until are rows done.
– Switch and Repeat until each team member has done rows.
Round 5:
– Cinder Block rifle carry: One member rifle carriers a block down and back..
– Bodyweight Exercise: Team does Merkins until the block carrier returns.
– Switch and Repeat until each team member has carried the block.

TEAM 2 were the Winners 3 – 2.

Circled up for some P90X Yoga to end

MOLESKINE:
Always an honor to lead. SYITG
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Check Slack, busy July
COT:
Prayers for the Webb Family

Feel the Pump (Again)

AO: iiipillars
Q: Focker
PAX: Black Lung, t-cell, Haggis, princessaurora, Two Face, YumYum, Full Monty, Swiffer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Sticky with more construction equipment

WARMUP: started 2 minutes late so abbreviated stretches
Bear crawl and crab walk up hill to gate

THE THANG:
Mosey to low brick wall
30 sec on, 10 sec off
Right leg step ups
Left leg step ups
Dips
x4

Mike Tyson push up
Jump ups
x4

Bicep incline push ups
Monkey humpers
x4

Mosey to start
Pumping jacks (Merkins to failure, 15 SSH, and repeat until we all suck at merkins)
Tough round of Mary

MOLESKINE: great mumblechatter to start the workout, definitely decreased as it went on. Good to have Black Lung back from the UK.
“Cold coffee and hot Gatorade” was provided.
Men, my shoulders and chest are toast

ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots of stuff in July, check Slack!

COT: multiple illness related. Reminder to lean into our people’s lives and needs. Prayers for my ability (or inability) to communicate with my wife

Ultimate!

AO: iiipillars
Q: wardas1
PAX: t-cell, Go Fish, Tackle Box, princessaurora, Grape, gov’t mule, Pep, Two Face, YumYum, moneyshot, Haggis, It’sJUSTLunch, Baguette, ironlung, Harbaugh, Full Monty, Fannie, Secret Stash, Howitzer, Swiffer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 21
CONDITIONS: humid

WARMUP: 30 of a lot of different things to try to make this feel like an actual workout

THE THANG: ultimate!

MOLESKINE: I believe the skins defeated the shirts, though it was a hard fought battle. No one knows the rules, and you know what, that’s ok.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2.0 workout today!

Black Dots

AO: iiipillars
Q: Young Pawn
PAX: Black Lung, Grape, Pep, Haggis, gov’t mule, YumYum, t-cell, Go Fish, Teva, Formica, Swiffer, Pipe Dream, Full Monty
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS: Damp

WARMUP: SSHs, arm circles, Hillbillys, Imperial Walkers, and a mosey to the track. Then, a 4 minute plank to show that iiipillars has what it takes to match middle-tooth.

THE THANG: Two rounds of a 45s on, 15s upper body circuit punctuated by a lap of the track and followed by 3 minutes of Mary.

MOLESKINE: Thanks to Haggis for coming in clutch with the Rivian:tm: speaker. Playlist is https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WgqmsQUOJzhmFHyl6s9FJ?si=5e29fd2502af44b9 if anyone needs a backup. iiipillars boasts a really delightful group of HIMs, I look forward to being back.

COT:
:coffee:️ Coffee provided by the imitable princessaurora on his way to Mammoth Cave.
🧎‍♂️‍➡️ Prayers offered for three with cancer, Haggis job interview, and other requests spoken and unspoken.

Hear us when we call, O God of our righteousness, have mercy on us and hear our prayer.

:baby_symbol::chess_pawn:

Jazz Hands!

AO: iiipillars
Q: princessaurora
PAX: YumYum, moneyshot, t-cell, Pep, Harbaugh, Ryan Minniear, Grape, Good Morning America, Dollywood, Cowboy, Zelenskyy, grisham, Black Lung, Full Monty, Swiffer, Pipe Dream
FNGs: 1 Pipe Dream
COUNT: 17
On this International Jazz Day, you never know what note someone could play next.

CONDITIONS:

Plenty damp but the rain thankfully cleared out.

WARMUP:

Mosey to the field for a 3/4 lap and then circle up in the middle to get plankpril out of the way with a 4:00 plank to some delightful Italian jazz courtesy of Piero Umiliani.

THE THANG:

With plankpril complete, it was time for today’s jazzy escalator workout. PAX complete the first exercise in the list below and take a lap around the track. Build on round 1 with the next exercise followed by another lap. RnR, continuing to build on the previous round all the way through to the final round of all 10 exercises.

1. Jump Squats x 5
2. Ab Thruster x 10
3. Z Chair x 15
4. Z Press x 20
5. E2K x 25
6. Ranger Merkin x 30
7. Crab Cakes x 35
8. Imperial Squat Walkers x 40
9. SSH x 45
10. Extenders x 50 cut for time

Mosey back to Startex for COT/BOM.

MOLESKINE:

What started off relatively tame quickly escalated into an unpredictable sensory experience that, before we knew it, reached its end rather abruptly. But that’s jazz sometimes!

Welcome to FNG David Gilpin nka Pipe Dream, a nod to his unrealized potential as an organist. If this is news to you, I invoked Q rule 17.3 during coffeeteria. IYKYK

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Pencil Pusher needs some help moving next Saturday, May 11. See Fish’s message above for details

COT:

– Continued prayers for Pep’s next project.
– Prayer for Go Fish selection
– Prayer for Full Monty as he steps into a new chapter in his career

I felt honored to see so many given the rainy morning, and it was a pleasure to lead each of y’all. Keep showing up!

Still jazzed,
PA

The things we do for love

AO: iiipillars
Q: Grape
PAX: Focker, t-cell, Go Fish, Tackle Box, Black Lung, Goose, princessaurora, Harbaugh, Baguette, YumYum, Pep, Swiffer, Dollywood
FNGs: 1 Dollywood
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS: snowy/icy! My fingers went numb! Just like my cold dead heart

WARMUP:

20 SSH
10 WMH OYO
10 Good Mornings OYO
10 LBAC F
10 LBAC R
10 OH Claps
10 Seal Claps
10 OH Press
10 Moroccan Night Clubs
mosey to the field

THE THANG:

Flower

Four corners with a partner
20 hand slap merkins
20 hand slap BBSU’s
20 bropees
10 partner derkins each

One partner runs while other completes exercises for a total of 100 each of:
Lunges
O Squats
V Ups
Elbows to knees (4 count mountain climbers)

3 MoMary picked from a “box of chocolates”
20 APD’s
20 Freddie Mercs
15 box cutters

MOLESKINE: we followed the journey of a star crossed lover who finally had the confidence to buy his heartthrob some flowers leading to an electric love that ultimately ended with infidelity that led to our hero contemplating the meaning of life. Thankfully, he proclaimed in the end that he would survive.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: brewsday tonight, Leanpax starts again in 10.5 months

COT: prayers for Nancy, Zelensky, the Benz family, and for love

Name that Tune (90 & early 00’s Rock)

AO: iiipillars
Q: Chunks
PAX: Grape, Hair Band, Pep, Black Lung, Focker, t-cell, Tackle Box, princessaurora, Go Fish, Harbaugh, Haggis, Formica, Swiffer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS:
Brisk, but nice

WARMUP:
2 mile Pre Party run @hairband @grape @harbaugh @blacklung and YHC

THE THANG:
Left the friendly confines for the parking garages of Burton Hills Office Park. Quickly crossed Hillsboro road and made our way to the second hill between two of the parking structures. While moseying, Yacht Rock was the playlist
Before we started playing Name that Tune, we did 5 mins of Mary Dealers Choice, but must be 20 reps. Flutter kicks, Happy Crunchy Frogs, Box Cutters, Freddie Mercs (while a Queen song played) and LBCs

Name That Tune 90 & Early 00s rock Edition
PAX was given 20 seconds to name that song and artist, but once you answered correctly you could not answer again until all the rest of the PAX had answered. Incorrect answers resulted in 5 8-Count body builders at the bottom and top of the hill. If a PAX named the song and artist correctly, they got to pick the exercise to do at the bottom and top of hill. YHC still chose the mode of transportation up the hill. Next time per feedback of the group, I will have more variety. Everyone loved the Lunge walk up the hill. Maybe we just do sprints, who knows.
PAX got the majority of the songs right and hopefully fun was had by all.
Moseyed back to the Startex with a little sprint/race to the finish. We found PA back at the startex, and was given some brotherly feedback. 😉 Thanks for the coffee PA.
Finished with Name that Tune for two songs, so PA could be a part.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brewsday Today at 4:30 12 South Tap Room 2for1
Brewruck on Dec 16th talk to Red Skull for all the deets
Several convergences coming up for iiipillars and middeltooth
January 13th at 6:00 am at Memorial Park in Hendersonville. Please invite any friends you have in Hendersonville to join us.
COT:
Prayers for Hairband traveling
Prayers for little Luca battling an illness

Thanks for the opportunity to lead. No better way to start your morning than with you men in the Gloom.

SYITG,
Chunks

Window Shopping

AO: iiipillars
Q: wardas1
PAX: Pep, Focker, t-cell, Will Norton, Grape, Go Fish, princessaurora, Swiffer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:

    •    Side straddle hops
    •    Randy’s and arm circles (both ways)

Long mosey to the Hill Center to meet up with Kendra Scott.

THE THANG:

Countdown to CHRISTMAS: 3 sets of each exercise. Count down for each exercise starting at 27 reps for C, 26 for H, etc – run flight of stairs between reps
C – crab cakes (crab position and alternating toe touch) – 2 count
H – Hillbillies (Imperial walkers but elbows go to sides) – 2 count
R – Rockette Dips or squats (leg kick with dip or squat) – 2 count
I – Iron Mikes (jumping lunges) – 2 count
S – Squat jumps
T – T, Y, I’s – 3 count
M – Merkins
A – AL prom dates
S – star jumps

Long mosey back to flag.

MARY:

– LBCs
– Scissor Kicks
– Heels to Heaven

COT:
Prayers for @Pep’s dad’s marriage, healing for many in the St. Paul community, and Kelly’s healing and recovery

Passing the Torch

AO: iiipillars
Q: Grape , princessaurora
PAX: Harbaugh, Vector, Natural Ice, It’sJUSTLunch, Baguette, Black Lung, YumYum, Go Fish, Focker, Tackle Box, Swiffer, Bard, Govt’ Mule, Howitzer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: crisp and bright

WARMUP: Mosey, SSH, WMH, Good mornings, LBAC F, Moroccan night clubs, OH claps, and then a bunch of LBAC R

THE THANG: Partner up to do pull ups or swing set inverted prom date leg rows (or something like that) then flapjack

Jack Webb

2 laps around the track passing the speaker

Burpee relay (one PAX does 2 burpees and calls out an exercise for the rest of the circle to do, second time around the circle increased burpee count to 4)

2 laps around the track passing the speaker

Bear crawl relay with a partner

Most back to startex

ANNOUNCEMENTS: No noise November, hobbling gobbler

COT: prayers for F3 Nancy, for Luka, and for the St Paul Community

Special shout-out to @princessaurora for trusting YHC to take over as AOQ. Excited to continue his strong legacy!

Stay classy out there

AO: iiipillars
Q: Zelenskyy
PAX: Grape, princessaurora, Pep, Tackle Box, Go Fish, Black Lung, Harbaugh, wardas1, YumYum, Two Face, Old Crow, Swiffer, Bard
FNGs: 1 Bard
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS: warm and bright

WARMUP: mosey to field and do 2 laps
15 SSH
15 Face pulls
20 mountain climbers
15 LBAC F
15 LBAC R
15 WMH

THE THANG: 1. Bearpees: 🐻
Line up across the field, OYO 1 Burpee followed up by 4 count bearcrawl forward. Once you get to other side, rinse and repeat adding another Burpee. Get to 4 burpees.
2. Aiken Legs 🦵
Done in succession with no rest — 20 Squats, 20 Box Jumps, 20 Lunges (10 each leg), 20 Iron Mikes (10 each leg forward). 3 sets. Run a lap
3. B.O.M.B.s 💣
Partner up. Pax 1 does exercise while Pax 2 runs to the other end of the field. Swap out and continue the exercise until each amount of reps are complete. The exercises and reps are: 30- Burpees / 60- Overhead Claps / 90- Merkins / 120- Big Boy Sit-ups

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hobblin’ Gobbler on Thanksgiving
No noise November

COT: prayers for Pep traveling to see his dad
Prayers for Mike and his ALS diagnosis
Prayers for various health issues at SPCA (Florez, Cleek, Osenga)