First of thanks to The RIddler for setting up the AO the night before as I was unable to make it there.  And also thanks to The RIddler for bringing an FNG.  Welcome Gable!

10 stayed for the gear heavy workout, while 7 “cowards” took off running at the site of the tires and blocks.  Either that, or they were training for BRR and P200.

Let’s get down to business. Please bear in mind I sweated through my notes and had to do this by memory for the most part.

Warm Up

Side straddle hop

Merkins

Hillbilly walkers

Side straddle hop

The Main Event

I wasn’t sure what to expect numbers wise but having 10 PAX for the gear portion allowed us all to stay together as one and didn’t require different stations.

The PAX partnered up and we got to work.

Partner 1 flipped the tire 12 times as the timing mechanism.

Partner 2 did front raises with the PVC pipes.

We rinsed and repeated until the time passed.

The next move was to the cinder blocks.  Every HIM was given a cinder block and instructed to carry it from one end of the grassy yard to the other.  At the turn we engaged in ab work.  Initially we alternated between flutter kicks and LBCs.  But after several turns it was decided to do trunk twists in which two men stood back to back passing the cinder block.

We rinsed and repeated until it was decided that our shoulders had been sufficiently tortured.

At this point we did some stuff which has apparently been lost to history.

We finished up the remaining time with a little dealer’s choice before putting away all the gear.

FInished with COT and welcomed FNG Gable.

12 PAX had ~ not only the intention ~ but the direction to roll out of the ‘fart sack’ this lovely AM and arrive at “The Hive” for a little Kettle Bell ‘sting’ this morning.

The Warm-Up:

25 SSH

25 Moroccan Night Clubs (w/ a small, focused ‘twist’)

25 Pterodactyl Circles

25 Imperial Walkers

25 Hill Billy Walkers

25 Peter Parkers

25 Parker Peters

The Thang:

A little game of Black Jack ~ the ‘cards’ consisted of Gobble Squats on the front end….. with Upright rows on the back end…… and a roughly 30 yd mosey in between……

Next on the agenda:

21 Kettle Bell Swings (trying to hold onto the recently made memories of ‘Black Jack’)

21 Figure Eights

11 Plank Rows on the Rt

11 Plank Rows on the Lt

21 American Hammers

‘Sally’ helped up finish out The ‘Thang’ with a little planking for the first verse, 6-inches for the second verse, back to planks for the third verse, and squats for the final verse.

COT: Announcements were made with CSPAN covering it ALL with “read your newsletter” –

We then discussed “Principle of the Path” that states:

Our direction ~ not our intentions ~ determines our destinations

This was then tied into the theme of the month: forgiveness

We should all have the ‘intention’ to live at harmony with those we come in contact with on a daily bases….. be it our ‘M’s , our 2.0’s, our work colleagues, the PAX we work out with…… but what’s our ‘direction’……. how do we resolve conflicts that WILL come about? With gas?….. or…. With water?

Have the direction to use water will help us avoid needing to deal with most of the difficulties associated with forgiveness to being with!!!

Thanks for opening this and reading!

On the journey together,

Hot Sauce ~

16 PAX and YHC arrived at The Arsenal it seemed the clown cars would not stop coming in the lot. We took off for our mosey and guys were still jumping out of cars.

The Thang:

Mosey down to football field avoiding obstacles along the way like holes in the ground, curbs, high tension wires…etc….etc….

COP:

• SShs
• Squats
• LBCs
• Merkins
• Freddy Mercury
• Sumo Squats

YHC brought the PAX together on the football field to discuss the game of life. All of us would rather be in the game versus on the sidelines or in the dugout. We all want to play versus watch the game, but in the Game of Life we seem to sit on the sideline and watch Life go by. What is going on in our life that we need to “Be in the game” on. Marriage, Kids, work, Faith!! Think about it!!

Moesy to playground without getting hurt

Partner up

5 exercises, 10 reps for each man, 5 rounds (50 reps each)

• Pullups
• Dips
• Merkins
• Squats
• LBCs
  • Partner 1 – does reps
  • Partner 2 – runs quasi suicide
  • Swap until each get 50 reps
  • Move on to next exercise

YHC talked to the men about using the tools we have around us to play in the Game of Life. In football we put our helmet on when the coach calls us, or we grab our glove to play the hot corner in baseball. In life we have brothers around us in COT or Whetstone and we have our Faith, Bible and Sky Q that will guide us. Don’t go it alone. Use the tools at hand to play the Game!!

Mosey to school wall for couple rounds of people’s chair and shoulder presses.

COT:

Announcements for 9/13 convergence at Ballroom….see newsletter

Prayers for all those hurt, serving our country, facing health and sickness, and lost from Sky Q.

Thank you to brothers from Union County for coming out! Look forward to posting down your way.

Peace!

Cake Boss

What a group of High Impact Men. I love Q’ing in RH/FM. I started in FM at WEP before any RH AO’s existed. As a RH resident, I made a decision to stick close to home to help grow the area (region?). Now, I would put RH up against any of the several regions I’ve visited. WEP holds a special place though, so I’ll have to go back soon. FM brothers Santini, Pusher, Double D, CSPAN, Jekyll, Senator Tressel, Cable Guy and others helped me on my F3 progress. Oh yeah, and Twister taught me how to mumble chatter. Twister and Apache must be blood cousins.

I dropped the ball on scheduling as site Q, so I took it today and made it up on the fly. Great HIM to come on Q at ManU.

Pre-Run/Post-Run: I love having 3 brothers in Seven Oaks. We did a mile warm up from the neighborhood. Burgundy, Roxanne, and Italian Job help keep me accountable. (and ask me about NO!)

The theme this morning was form, timing, working the AO, and keeping up with the 6. And YHC worked hard to control the mumble chatter and Q jacking.

The Thang
I won’t get it all, but we did a lot of “stuff”

-SSH, right over left, left over right, Peter Parker, Windmill, slow Merkins, etc
-Mosey (1/4 mile)
-Parking lot Bear Crawls with hand release Merkins every two spots
-More mosey (1/4 mile)
-Peoples Chair (thank you CSPAN), Irkins, Peoples Chair, menage e trois Calf Raises, Peoples Chair, Derkins
-Even More Mosey
-Jacobs ladder on the small hill (Merkins and Squats)
-Still More Mosey
-Drunken Sailors (inverted row)
-little mosey
-Fountain step ups, box jumps, and low slow squats,
-Mosey (boring, I know)
-SSH
-Mosey (really?)
-Seal Jacks
-Walk to COT (finally)

BOM: Such an inspiration to lead these men. 20 somethings to 50 somethings. Words that come to mind: Great, Endurance, No Slackers, We are the 6. Prayers for health, family, the brothers on IR.

EH: If you want on the schedule at ManU then DM me on the twitter box @iheadley There is lots of parking lot, ledges, wall, hills, and mosey to be had.

Due to the fact that some of our 2.0s are going back to school, Cedar volunteered to help Drydock with the workout today since it would be one of his last opportunities for a while. Drydock also wanted to use the workout as a means of helping some of the newer PAX learn cadence calling in the warm up.

WARM UP:

Variations of several common exercises:

WORKOUT:

35’s by Drydock… 35 Merkins then run 100 yards then 35 squats…run back…then down by 5 reps each time until PAX gets to 5.

THEN, mosey to another area:

35’s by Cedar…35 LBCs…run up steep grass hill…35 Carolina Drydocks….and so on until PAX reaches 5.

Mosey back to COT….Praises and Prayers.

GREAT Q CEDAR…He is an inspiration to all 5th graders that want to learn from their Father and other PAX!!!  VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!