Category: Block Party

Takin’ it back old school because I’m an old fool

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WARMUP: we ran up the hill on Massey into the big parking lot to circle up. Started with some SSH and stopped pretty quick to get in cadence. 5 burpee penalty. Started over with SSH in cadence…stopped again to get in cadence. 3 burpee penalty. Started again and stayed in cadence for the most part. Moved on to sumo squats, merkins, shoulder taps, up and down dog, and finished with some back stretching.
THE THANG: From the parking lot, we ran down the grass hill over to the small lot with the wall that used to have nails sticking out (we didn’t find any of those). We did 7s here with burpees at the bottom, jump the wall, and donkey kicks at the top.

Finished here and had a short run over to the “step up” wall. Before we left the parking lot, we were reminded we have one mouth and 2 ears and if we’re thinking of our responses before someone else is done speaking, are we truly listening??

Made it to the step up wall where we did 11s. Steps up were both legs (bad idea here) and we did decline ranger merkins for the other half of our 11s (10+1, 9+2…1+10).

Left here with the plan to go to LBJ church and with 15 min left, we Omaha’s back to the big parking lot. Dora was the plan and previous site Q Bobber suggested running up and down the big hill…so we did. Partner up and Dora was: 100 diamond merkins, 200 jump squats, 300 flutters 2 count…which no one made it to flutters.
MARY: 5 min to spare we ran back to COT for MARY. Both Jackelope and State Farm got a chance to call cadence and crushed it!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots! Check out the newsletter! Dam to dam is coming so look for Sept 1 sign up!
COT: welcomed Stiletto who was visiting Maximus from TX, and Wegmans has 13 weeks to perfect his smoking craft as he takes care of that new baby!

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Roots

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Swampy Soup conditions were no match for 17 men to do the harder thing by launching from startex and heading into the #gloom. And when I say #gloom, I mean original AO, full grass, dirty, immersion. *just want to add that it makes me so happy to see Bojangles out with us again. pretty close to an OG and a strong leader. 2.0 Jackalope falling right in and establishing his own path too. Very cool. Cousin Eddie Accelerating, Bobber has the gift of gab, and Grout is a silent killer.
WARMUP: Full COP with SSH, IW, Merkins, Windmills, overhead claps.
THE THANG:
1. head to hill for Jacobs ladder (7) with Donkey Kicks and Bombjacks
2. Playground- Partner up for lap around playground while partner does pull ups till return. Flapjack. Rinse/Repeat
3. Partner Derkins/Dip. P1 hold plank, P2 does exercise on back of P1. 10 reps. flapjack; Rinse/Repeat
4. Pike Place Muscle ups and wall sits. Extra credit for IJ, Bandcamp and Funhouse for heading after the #monster
MARY: LBC, Rosalita, Hello Dolly, American Hammers, V- Up
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Stuff the bus, 10 year coming up
COT: Praise for Kermit’s new job. Bonsai’s leadership, and a few prayers for YHC Rhinoplasty

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2:00 Minute Drill

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Warmup: 50 SSH IC

Mosey up “the hill” all the way to Harris Street stopping roughly .2 miles for 12 Merkins IC
Run down Harris to a Church Parking Lot for another 12 IC Merkins
Took a Right down a street towards WEP. Stopped in Pike Parking Lot for 12 More Merkins IC
Stopped at the corner by 160 for 12 More Merkins IC
Circled back to the Parking Lot by the band stand for 12 More Merkins IC

At the Parking Lot we did a 2 minute Drill. Every 2 minutes a timer would go off and we would have to run up to the smaller parking lot by the road. Throughout the routine the PAX
would execute : 40 Burpees, 80 Squats, 120 4-CT Flutters. (the flutters were a real crowd pleaser)

Finished up there at around 5:48 which meant a nice mosey back towards COT stopping along the way to do 10 HR Merkins at each stop sign. We did 10 more at COT to get us to 150 Merkins for the day

Once we got back to COT we had time for a short AB filled Tabata 45 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest. Exercises were:
LBCS
Hello Dolly’s
Hammers
Big Boy Sit-ups
Plank
Burpees.

Took us right to 6:00

Prayers for safe travels, health, and hope for work challenges.

Thanks to all who came out!

Until next time….

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10 Round Ladder

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WARMUP: Mosey to Fort Mill Church of God, Side straddle hop, cherry pickers, Moroccan nightclub
THE THANG: #1 PAX did wall sit while 1 PAX did 2 burpee’s each.
#2:
Round 1. (10 exercises below and drop last exercise each new round)
5 Burpee’s, 10 LBC’s, 15 CDD’s, 20 Lunges, 25 American Hammer’s, Plank (30 seconds), 35 Monkey Humpers, 40 Flutters, 45 Mountain Climbers, 50 Squats.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Moist

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WARMUP: SSHs
THE THANG: (you know the humidity is high when you can feel it hitting your face while you run)
Shotgun hill – random facts on the signers of the Declaration of Independence mixed with exercises.
Mosey to the top of the hill on Main (Subway lot) for balls to wall crawls with low intensity shoulder movements during recovery.
Mosey to UPC for reverse burpees (BB situps with jump squats)
Power skip circle drive, merkin ring of fire, powerskip back
Mosey back to COT
MARY: LBC, Flutter, JLo, Superman flutters
COT: Welcome FNG (Kotter) SLV

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Recess at Block Party

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WARMUP: 10 Burpees OYO then grab bricks from DD’s truck and mosey to bank parking lot

THE THANG: Pax moseyed from bank to WEP and back to bank with a partner and two bricks for each pair of pax. One partner had the bricks and they were traded back and forth between partners after each exercise throughout the workout. We did all sorts of fun stuff, including:

Merkins
CDDs
Wide arm merkins
Burpees
SSHs
Seal jacks
Moroccan Nightclubs
Peter Parkers
Parker Peters
Bombjacks
Plank jacks
Flutters
Dollies
American Hammers
Man makers
Pull ups (for Trucker)
Wheelbarrows
Bear crawls
Crawl bears
Lap around the playground
Overhead presses
Boxer punches

MARY: Rebel finished off the pax with a bit of Mary in the lot

ANNOUNCEMENTS: QSource on Tue at Baxter Starbucks, Coffeeteria on Wed at Kingsley

COT: Great to have Cousin Eddie out for his 2nd post after FNG status last week. T-claps to Rebel for helping him launch well and to Cousin Eddie for giving Rebel some added purpose!

The workout today was inspired by Sprockets from F3Boone, who led a brick based workout 2 weeks ago. The intent today was to break out of our routine and to create an extra push and some accountability with a partner.

After 10yrs+ posting in The Gloom, I still find it tough to roll out of bed at 0430 most mornings. It’s easier than it once was but it’s NEVER easy! I know that I’ll get better if I post, but I’m also susceptible to the voice in my head saying “you need some sleep” or “you can still exercise on your own at 0600”. Either or both might be true on any given day, and when I’m focused on ME, then the odds of me giving into that voice are high. The key to rising early and posting with you, my brothers, is when I can focus outside of me and instead see YOU. I know how much I’ve needed you over the years, which reminds me that there are many mornings when you need someone else beside you in the Gloom. Making that choice to be that someone is always the extra push I need to get out the door. When I can surrender my self, my ego, my petty simple desires…that’s when I find that something extra — another gear, a purpose, inspiration, the Holy Spirit…whatever you call it for yourself. Surrender…give your morning for your brother…it’s a small sacrifice with a HUGE payoff.

Thanks to Kermit for the honor of leading the pax this morning!

Keep Posting!!!

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Omaha, Omaha! These streets have no name.

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WARMUP:

Got the WOD inspiration from Florida Georgia line day before while working the BoFlex. Board of Pain w/ acrostic SIMPLE.

Decided rk take 1 of 2 routes, hit WEP, run laps starting from playground OR run to QT and instruct the 12 to use discretion to stop, wait for 6 and execute BOP.

Rolling in and catching an earful of healthy mumblechatter, decided neither. We will run randomly to dimmly lit parking lots and execute BOP.

Ran up to the old Kimbrells for a little warmup.

– Low slow squat with a jump at the end. @darkhelmet informed me that it was called a squat jump

– imperial walkers

– shoulder taps

– stretches

THE THANG:

An arbitrary count if 15 for each exercise.

Board of pain:

S Shoulder taps
I Irkins
M Monkey Humpers
P Plank Jax
L Lunges
E Burpees (burpee has an E in it)

Run to 1887 Brewery, BOP

Run to the government building on the left on way back, BOP.  After much debate, no one knew what building it was and we found ourselves back at Kimbrells.

By then we started to spread out, causing more chaos.

Run down, take left at Amor and hit parking lot on left, BOP.

Per Jihnny Utahs request, hit Litte Caesars, BOP.

Run past COT, on left side of street, hit parking lot with kong brick wall, BOP.

Head back to COT for some Mary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Newsletter

COT:

Quoting ZBB “ I have everything I need, nothing that I dont” was a pleasant reminder on being content and thankful for your blessings. Happiness is fleeting but joy is eternal.

Rather quiet, everyone’s life must be perfect.

NMS

I explained this was a clear demonstration how not to Q a workout.

You need to be flexible and know your PAX but you must be able to articulate clearly amidst the chaos of the gloom especially with the strong mumbkechatter hell bent on throwing you off and distracting you.

I personally wouldn’t have it any other way and am thankful for the PAX that showed and their relentlessness. Blessed to have this brotherhood in my life and always am appreciative to serve at BP.

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Over the Hill

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WARMUP:
Mosey to parking lot at Millstone Park.
25 SSH IC
10 Windmills IC
15 TT IC
15 LSS IC
15 MNC IC

Mosey to parking lot at Watson/Williamson.

THE THANG:
4 corners for the birthday boy consisting of
40 merkins
40 LBC
40 Squats
40 Flutters

Transportation changed each round from bear crawl, to lunges, to running.

We made it through 3 rounds, but the air was thick and the pavement was unkind.

Mosey to the church at bottom of hill and began a DORA.
PAX to complete 40 burpees while partner ran back up to the stop sign and back.
This was followed by 40 Imperial Squat Walkers.

Mosey back to COT.

MARY:
Freddie Mercury IC
Flutters IC
Superman IC

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Rock Hill CSAUP this weekend

COT:
PAX shared what they’re thankful for and lifted up a few prayers and praises.

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Pushups With Running Tour De Ft. Mill

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WARMUP: Chest stretches, MNC, Arm Crossover Swings
THE THANG: Moseyed around WEP and side streets and stopped periodically to perform the following exercises: 30 merkins, 30 IC flutter kicks, 30 squats, 5 burpees. Completed 6 stops total. Total mileage 1.5 – 2 miles.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Spoke briefly about how brothers should come along side each other to help during difficult times whatever they may be. Closed with various prayer concerns and giving thanks to God for the blessings he bestows on each of us.

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Bond denied

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WARMUP: Surprise Substi-Q with an injury to the scheduled Q. So figured it out on the fly.

Mosey to Pike parking lot.
25 SSH IC
10 Tappy Taps IC
15 LSS IC
15 MNC IC

THE THANG:
1 lap around WEP with 5 burpees and 10 LBCs at each swing and at front of stage. Plank for 6.

Partner up and complete DORA of 100 merkins, 200 big boys and 300 squats with a run to stop sign as the timer.

MARY:
YHC and 6 rolled into COT right at 0600. Some Mary was performed by the kings.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pints & Padres 6/14 at Amor Artis. Read your newsletter.

COT: Lifted up school teachers and students as we approach the end of the year, those experiencing sudden loss, those with injuries and illness.

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