Decibel and I briefly discussed our Q content prior to our arrival at the park.  As I stretched out, I saw him grab a speaker out of his truck.  It could mean only one thing..Sally will be singing her song!

Warm-up stretching:

Leg to back, Leg to chest, torso twist (crowd pleaser)

Jog around the park, circle up in parking lot for the following exercises:

SSH (x25)

Imperial Walker (x15)

Windmill (x15)

Mountain Climber (x15)

Moroccan Nightclub (x50)

LBC (x15)

Mosey to the brick pile for some partner exercises.

Partner 1 – Run to the opposite side of the parking lot, perform 15 squats with brick, jog back to starting point, and switch out with Partner 2.

Partner 2 – Perform the following exercises until Partner 1 returns.

Round 1: Curls

Round 2: Overhead Presses

Round 3:Tri Swing

Round 4: Sit-ups

Hand off to Decibel for the second half.  Short mosey to the field for 3+ long minutes of Sally.  If you have not experience it yet, download the song Flowers by Moby.  Play the song while in the plank position. When you hear, “Bring Sally Up”, push up.  When you hear, “Bring Sally Down”, drop down and hold the plank until the next “Sally Up”

After we picked our faces out of the muddy grass, Decibel gave us a U vs U challenge for the remaining time.  Complete the following exercises (in no particular order):

• 3 laps around the park,  one lap must include a trip down the dreaded hill
• 100 merkins, each set must be a different type (wide arm, diamond, etc)
• 50 pull-ups
• 100 Ab exercises (of your choosing)
• 100 dips

The Pax worked hard and knocked out the grocery list above.  Great work by all on a hot and muggy morning!

Announcements:

Next Friday 7/22:  Jay’s loop at Slowburn followed by Chicken and Wisdom led by Spud

Next Friday 7/22:  Children’s Attention Home @7:00pm

Next Saturday: Picnic at the Spiltz’s estate

Additional announcements can be found in newsletter..Read it!

Prayers / Praises:

Decibel – one year anniversary for his business, praised God’s guidance

Always an honor!

Decibel & Fishsticks

So, I missed the final Muthaship Monday, but not to be denied a terrific beatdown that the Mutha always is, I brought a bit of the terribleness that was typical there back to TC. All the PAX were looking for a way to escape The Rock this morning.

Disclaimer with an extra warning that the intensity level would be pretty high, so definitely modify if necessary.

WU
Inchworms across the lot
Toy Soldiers
Hip rotators out
Hip rotators in
COP

Mosey the long way around to bottom of The Hill of Pain

The Thang
4 sets of cones defined Start (at the bottom), Turn-around (top, even with the fence between baseball fields) and an intermediate zone which was about the middle 1/4 of the hill, which will be referred to as the HORRIBLE ZONE (HZ for the rest of this BB).

Circuit 1:
Start and run up to the Turn-around
10 x Partner Derkins (both push), Flapjack
25 x Freddy Mercuries (L-R =1)
Back to start
5 x Burpees
Back to Turn-around
10 x Partner Derkins (both push), Flapjack
25 x Freddy Mercuries (L-R =1)
Back to Start
5 x Burpees

Circuit 2:
Run to the HZ
Wheelbarrow with partner, Flapjack when needed, until the cone at the end of the HZ
Run to the Turn-around
10 x Partner Derkins (both push), Flapjack
25 x Freddy Mercuries (L-R =1)
Back to start
5 x Burpees
Run to the HZ
Partner Carry, Flapjack when needed, until the cone at the end of the HZ
Run to the Turn-around
10 x Partner Derkins (both push), Flapjack
25 x Freddy Mercuries (L-R =1)
Back down to Start
5 x Burpees

Circuit 3:
Run to the HZ
Wheelbarrow with partner, Flapjack when needed, until the cone at the end of the HZ
Run to the Turn-around
10 x Partner Derkins (both push), Flapjack
25 x Freddy Mercuries (L-R =1)
Run Down to the HZ
Bearcrawl downhill to the end of the HZ
Run down to start
5 x Burpees
Run to the HZ
Partner Carry, Flapjack when needed, until the cone at the end of the HZ
Run to the Turn-around

Audible on account of time
10 x Curb Derkins in cadence
Mosey back for COT

NMM
Zima let me know about a week ago that it was likely I would have this Q all to myself. Of course my response was ‘no problem, you take care of the family first and I’ll take care of the PAX’. I had some ideas, then I remembered the last time I was at Muthaship Monday and what an awesome suckfest that was. I figured the hill at The Rock was a pretty good analog and so I imitated that routine from January, with some modifications (imitation is the best form of flattery, thanks FishWrap). We got the TC regulars and Smuggler even jogged in from the flank somewhere while I was setting up cones. He can’t say he didn’t have fair warning! Fishsticks was slowed down a bit today since he ran the 2 miles or something from his house to post. All the PAX looked like a soggy mess by the end of the hour, so I’m going to say Mission Accomplished!

Missed ya Z-man! but you take care of the important things and then get back out there.

Prayers for Brandon
Zima’s family, Grizwald’s Gma
Success for Crash heading to Bolivia on a mission trip

Geronimo! Out!

7 PAX (1 FNG) checked off Alcatraz from their Spitz Army list this Saturday. Beatdown provided by Mainframe and YHC (although mostly Mainframe – I can’t take any credit for it)

Mainframe started with the warmup of light jogging back and forth in the parking lot. Included some high knees, toy soldiers, and sprints.

Next was the COP. Mainframe led us with SSH, Mountain Climbers, Windmills, and Emperial Walkers. During this Twister educated the group on the history of Tega Cay and that is was originally supposed to be a Polynesian Themed Neighborhood. Upon extensive research on Wikipedia, Tega Cay is Polynesian for “Beautiful Peninsula.”

After the warmup, we moseyed to the ball field where the PAX completed two starfish rounds.

First round was a Lt. Dan Walk to the end and back to the center. At the end of the starfish, there were 20 seal jacks, 20 scorpion CCDs, 20 Makhtar N’Diayes, 20 Spiderman Merkins, 20 Donkey Kicks. In the center, it was 10 3M Burpees

Second round was a bear crawl to the end and crabwalk back to the center. At the end of the starfish, there were 20 Freddy Mercs, 20 Squats, 20 Kneetar N’Diayes, 20 Toe Touch LBC’s, 20 Boxcutters. In the center, is was 10 Bombjacks.

Finally, all the PAX lined up on the fence for PAX choice. One PAX called out an exercise for the remaining PAX while he ran the length of the ballfield and back.

Back to COT.

Both Smuggler and YHC had the pleasure of visiting other AOs this week and brought back some really nasty ideas to share at Alcatraz.  It was a great beatdown by the tallest Q duo to date (self proclaimed).

Weather: Hot and Humid.

The Thang:

No need to warm up as 4 of the 7 put in a near 4 mile run prior to Alcatraz, so it was time for some Thunderstruck!!

AC/DC Thunderstruck: Side Straddle Hops for entirety of the song, only to stop and do a burpee for every Thunder spoken.  5 minutes of SSH and 34 total burpees for this treat. Thanks F3 Wilmington.

COP:

• Windmill x10 IC
• Imperial Walker x15 IC
• Mountain Climber x15 IC
• Plank with right arm high/left arm high, legs if you have it.

Mosey over to the field with some shuffling down the end line and hard run across the field, back up the end line and hard across the field again.

Bearmuda Triangle: Targets set up about 30 yards apart in a triangle. Bear Crawl to first target for 1 Burpee, 2nd – 2 burpees and 3rd for 3 Burpees.  Rinse and repeat 2 more times.

Elevens for some ab work: American Hammers and LBC while running across half of the field.

At this point, YHC was happy to hand the controls over to Smuggler to see what fun torture he brought back with him.

And torture it was…

Partner up for Dora 1-2-3 with paver stones. Curls (100), Goblet Squats (200) and Kettle Bell Swings (200) with runs to the end of the parking lot for 10 overhead presses.

Mosey over to the step behind home plate for 10 step up/high knee with each foot (welcome relief after those paver stones).

Mosey/Zig Zag, adding in a few hills over towards the baseball diamond (some jumped the fence, others found the gate). 3 ran to the fences forward, then backwards while the rest did Peoples Chair. Rinse and repeat, with BTTW next (with a faster run to relieve those on the wall).

Rounded out the last few minutes with some ab work

• LBC x10
• X and O x10
• Rosalita x10

COT:

Announcements

• CAH in 2 weeks from yesterday
• Hog and Coyote

Prayer Requests

• A sister-in-law struggling to make good decisions and putting her kids in bad situations.
• Dufresne son heading off to Boy Scout camp, especially to keep hydrated

Was great to welcome back Kotter, Dufresne. Hopefully all of the fun we had today will encourage him to come back again! I believe he was a HC for Wednesdays and Saturdays!

Always a pleasure to share the Q with good friend Smuggler, another Pax offered the opportunity to travel and learn from other regions.

Until next time….

The pre-festival events started at 5:30 am with a 4..5 mile run up and down the hills around Alcatraz.  Corruption attacked the hills like those infamous coyotes roaming the Tega Cay area.  The question of the morning, “Why is the pre-run so early?”  Answer:  we usually add a mile or more to the pre-run and it allows ample recovery time for the boot camp beat down. As the PAX filed in, the mumble chatter about the heat began to fill the air.  Trucker strapped on his weight vest..a brave man!

After a quick disclaimer, we took a nice leisurely stroll around the park.  We circled up in the center of the field for the following warm-up exercises:

 SSHs (x25)

Imperial Walkers (x15)

Windmills (x15)

LBCs (x15)

Superman

Mountain Climbers (x15)

Next, we tightened the circle for 10 rounds of the merkin wave.  At one point, I lost count of the sets, but I was quickly corrected by the PAX.

Next, we worked on our agility and speed as a group by performing a version of the angled pole weave seen in dog competitions.  No dogs, trainers, or poles so the first round was done at a very slow speed.  The first person ran 10 yards, stopped, and performed squats.  Second person ran past first person, stopped, and performed squats.  The next person weaved in between the two, stopped, and performed squats. This activity continued until we reached the other side of the field.  We increased the speed and reversed course back to where we started.

The next drill was the jump and plank.  Each person jumped over each person planked on the group until we got to the other side of the field.  Once complete, we reversed course and headed back to the starting point.

One more round of angled pole weave with squats at a faster pace.

We took a minute to catch our breath while I handed the Q over to DD.   

Next, we ran over to the baseball diamond for a quick sprint around the bases.  

We paired up for some sprints and exercises.

Partner 1 – run across the field and back

Partner 2 –         5 Bomb Jacks

                           10 Monkey Humpers

                           15 Squats

Brief break to catch our breath, then boom… 20 Burpees.

Another round of the partner exercises listed above.

Boom..20 burpees to finish off the PAX still standing

DD shared some personal experiences related to humility.  He explained how it helps to live in reality and appreciate the things we have.  I thought a lot about the message when I got home.  It is not always easy to swallow you pride, but being aware of the things that matter the most helps.

Announcements:

F3 Dads:  Saturdays in June @ WEP  10am

Hog and Coyote:  June 18^th 

Prayer Requests:

Olive and his family

Ali

Ft Hood soldiers and families

Blue Angels and Thunderbird pilots and families

Howitzer leads us off to a run Inside the park

COP

25 SSH
IW
Windmill
Merkins
MT. Climber
Slow Squat
Carolina Dry Docks
Moroccan Night Clubs
Seal Jacks
Plank Jacks

Line up on the cones

Burpee builder from 5 down to one

High Crawl/Low Crawl/ Duck and cover

Bear-way to heaven Suicide bear crawls w 5 burpees @ each interval

Partner merkins with opposite shoulder tap

Hand off to Cable Guy for a fun 2nd half

Keep your Partner (One group of 3)

Partner one runs a lap inside the park partner 2 begins with Carolina Dry Docks (total of 500)

After Dry docks we continue with 600 Squats while the other partner runs a lap

Continue to finally finish with 700 Russian Twists

Suffering with some damaged ribs didn’t stop me from doing everything because what motivated me this weekend was the fact that I’m alive and here free to do this because others gave up their lives to ensure our security and freedom! It is no small person who is willing to sacrifice his life for strangers and even people who don’t appreciate that fact. This weekend please remember and please pass it on to people you talk to that the sacrifice is real!

Thank you to the PAX of F3!

We were light in numbers but that didn’t mean we were going to lighten up on anything YHC and Santini had planned.

Warm up:

• Mosey around the park
• SSH X25
• Windmills X10
• Merkin X20
• Imperial Walker X15
• Mosey from the parking lot to the 2nd tee box with toy solders mixed in

9 holes of golf:

• Starting at the top of the hill we would run down the hill to the “green” which was the flat part of the cart path about half way down the fairway.
• Perform 9 burpees
• run back to the top of the hill by the tee box
• Perform 1 merkin
• Continue this series in decending burpee order and increasing merkin order…9 trips back and forth

Enough of that fun time for Santini to take over.

Mosey back to the parking lot and find a bench.  Santini recently had a friend who completed a SEAL training course.  One thing his friend told him about was tactical breathing.  This portion of the workout was designed to teach us how to live in the now.  YHC will not be able to fully convey the message delivered by Santini at the post but it was appreciated and timely!!  So next time Santini is on Q, you need to POST!!

We completed series of tactical breathing between sets of dips, merkins, bomb jacks and sprints to the end of the parking lot and back.

As always, an honor to Q.  Thank you Senator Tressel for the opportunity!