Per·cep·tion [ pər sépshən ]: perceiving: the process of using the senses to acquire information about the surrounding environment or situation

What the Q sees:

What the PAX sees:

So there was this guy- liked to work out with his buddies.  Had worn all shoe tread down to the foot. #fredflintstone.  He gets a little loot from ol’ st. nick- not much mind you- the majority goes to M and 2.0, 2.1, 2.2. He goes shopping.  Online.  Gets a deal.  SOME would say…errr… Some DID say they look like women’s shoes.  #kicker- they hurt.  Way to go.  #SMDH

Big numbers AGAIN for GC.  This is #problematic in a fantastic way.  See: Freed to Lead  #mumblechatter aplenty last night on the twitter machine.  Triple Claps to @Flattire.  He chirped, he posted.  #onions

Disclaimer- something about a large cinderblock over your head (at your own risk, of course) and off we went.

COP

SSH, IW, Squatjacks, Runner Stretch, MC, SSH, few others

Mosey behind #hairypeeter for circle of coupons- 4 to be exact.  Pax will chop(football style) and pass the block: pick it up, put it down w/ twist. “Put that package away,” 12 cycles  #whatdoesbrowndoforyou  UPS- anyone? Buehler?

Bring circle in a bit tighter.  rinse/repeat. Pass the rock . up-downs throughout(football style)  6 cycles

You had to be there.. try posting…

Grab the Cinderblock Coupons and mosey to hill #lurker

Squads of 4 teams to the bottom.  First man backward run up lurker, forward run down.  At top- 1 cinderblock burpee.  Some had the honor of 5.  While runners are gone- teams complete LBCs, Merkins, Lunges

Rinse/Repeat with changes:

First man backward run up lurker, forward run down.  At top- 5 bombjacks.    While runners are gone- teams complete over/unders with coupon.  Also side to side #cavemanmedicineball

Jailbreak AYG back to VT for COT passing the blocks along the way

Naked Man Moleskin

Perception was not the theme this morning but it organically came after further thought.  Things may not be as they seem.  You may perceive that you are the only one particularly when you look around COT.  I assure you brother(s), we are all wrapped in our own successes and struggles.  If you dig in, you’ll find it.

For me- Boeheim, Anchor Man, Pusher, Deacon, Aquaman, Santini- the bench is deep…or should I say couch. #mentor  Point is- we all have our troubles at various points and at various levels.  Recognizing you aren’t alone breeds confidence/strength.  Now go text your buddy, grab a coffee and be that guy.

L&R

Jekyll

2014 is coming to an end, can’t believe it. So YHC decided to Q and not be the fourth Q in a row who failed to show up at Golden Corral 🙂 YHC original idea was pushed back when Cornhole brought up a great idea while at Dunkateria this past Saturday. Since tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, it was fitting that YHC became a Bartender in anticipation to his yearly end of the year drinking. With props provided by Gears (my pony keg was still full of beer), 23 PAX and 1 FNG ended the 2014 year with some singing and beer themed exercises.

The Thang:
Quick mossy around the Teeter parking lot, circled up and:
Bells Side Straddle Hopslam x30
Firestone Imperial Walker Stout x30
Widmere Brothers Windmill Hefeweizen x30
Westbrook Brewery Merkin Cake (Mexican cake) x20

PAX lined up in 2 lines shoulder to shoulder:
1st PAX does shoulder press with Pony Keg while rest of PAX in line does Squatters (squats) Craft Brewery Wee Peat Scottish Ale. In the meantime, the PAX sing “99 bottles (kegs) on the wall”. PAX with keg does shoulder press until lyrics note “pass it along” and keg is passed to next PAX. Continue down the line and back until PAX hit 65 kegs. Kegs pushed to side, for now.

NoDa Hop Drop and Roll x10 (Bunny hop into Merkin into roll and jump squat up)

Fonta Flora Double Hop Beard (squat jumps) x20

Lexington Brewery Kentucky Burpee (Bourbon) Barrel Age Stout x10

PAX line up in single line: Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA (bear crawls to curb, rinse repeat)

Indian run with kegs to driveway. Bottom of hilly driveway; 1st group does Hill Brewery Citra IPA (runs to top of driveway) and does Wicked Weed Jack O Hammered (jack webs 5/20) while the 2nd group at bottom of hill does standing lunges until 1st group returns, rinse and repeat 2xs. Bottom of hill group for 3rd/4th round does Victory Golden Monkey (Monkey humpers)

Indian run back to COT for a Ab blast:
Nook Brewery LBC IPA x21
Russian River Pliney (russian twist) x21
Dogfish 90 Minute Protractor (90 minutes, Colt 45, 0’douls)
Line Pint Brewery Yellow Rose (rosealita) x21
Westbrook Brewery Merkin Cake (Mexican cake) x10

YHC tried to be as creative as a Bartender could be in incorporating Brewery/Beer names to our normal exercises. I think it finally clicked with most of the PAX during the Ab Blast. We were 1 short of a full case of beer! I had a blast developing my weinke and enjoyed introducing many of the PAX to craft breweries and beers, even though many PAX were asking for Bud Lite, Coors, PBR…. (Blasphemy!).

Encourage the FORT to sign up for the Joe Davis 5k on 1/10/15, our numbers are below Area 51, its only a 5k so everyone can survive! #accountability

CSPAN caravanning down to N Augusta 1/3/15 for a kickoff of a new AO.

Prayers to WWL family. Prayers for a great 2015!

Trucker aka #Stickabrew

17 PAX roamed into the Golden Corral on Tuesday for what was sure to be another epic beat down by a well-planned Q. After a minute we looked around and realized we were on our own…again. All good ’cause Change Order said he’ll get this party started.

With Change Order on the Q mosey to the warmup
15 SSH
15 Squats
15 High Flutters
10 Merkins
10 Burpees

Hand off to Trucker
Mosey to the back lot and split into 2 groups
1: Side shuffle. 2: Wall sit and flapjack
1: Karaoke 2: Wall sit and flapjack
1: Sprints with 10 burpees. 2: Wall sit and flapjack
1: Sprints with 10 Merkins 2: Wall sit and flapjack
Mosey to the oil change wall
20 dips
1: bear crawl forever. 2: max out darkins

Maximus in the Q and mosey to the Teeter Wallace line up shoulder to shoulder
1st man bear crawl to the end of the line while the PAX holds a wall sit. Continue until each man finishes their bear crawl.
1st man duck walks to the end of the line while the PaX holds a wall plank. Continue until each man finishes their duck walk.
CDD
Slow Squat
Merkins
CDD
Mosey to the COT area
7 Minutes of Mary
More CDD and Merkins

Announcements can all be found in the weekly email but starts with F3 Dads this Saturday at 0930 at Runde Park/Alcatraz
Prayer requests are for healthy and developing kids, job transitions, Senators wife and injured PAX.

Aye!!

22 Fort faithful posted on a surprisingly balmy morning, choosing the familiar terrain of Golden Corral over the siren songs about a Black Diamond beat down at WEP.  Unfortunately, the scheduled Q could not overcome the sweet temptation of…who knows?  Cable Guy and YHC stepped in to fill the void.

The Thang (YHC with the baton)

Warm up run around bank parking lot

COP — SSHs, IWs, Mtn climbers, Merkins, Sumo squats

Run to the bottom of local hill (BTW, is that a driveway or a street?  Also, is it just my aging eyes, or is that the darkest section of any AO in The Fort?  My eyes never seem to adjust…with a big group like today, I think I get a sense of how salmon feel during spawning season…can’t see anything, so just stay between the guy on each side of you and move forward.)

Plank sequence — R/L arm high, six inches, Parker Peter, six inches, etc

Lunge walk to top of hill, Bomb jacks x10 at the top, run back down

Plank sequence — six inches, Peter Parker, Merkins, six inches, etc

Lunge walk to top of hill, Bomb jacks x15, run back down

Plank sequence — six inches, R/L leg high, Carolina Dry Docks, six inches, etc

Lunge walk to top of hill, Bomb jacks x20, run back down

Hand off to Cable Guy

Merkins x10

Run to top of hill, Burpees x10

Run to bottom of hill, Burpees x5

Run to top of hill, Burpees x15

Run to side wall of Harris Teeter

B-T-W for 2 ten counts

Mosey to back parking lot

Run to first island, Burpees x4

Run back, Burpees x1

Run to far end of lot, Burpees x8

Run back, Burpees x2

Seated dips x20

6MoM — Hello dollies, Freddie Mercurys, Rosalitas, LBCs, Protractor

Run home

COT

Nakedman Moleskin

Great to be back with the GC pax today!  Special thanks to whoever fartsacked the Q today — it is always on honor to lead.

T-claps to Cable Guy for pitching in without hesitation to dole out his brand of pain.

White Lightnin’ and Sir Topham Hat among others enjoyed a little extra heat today thanks to wearing winter apparel on an almost Spring-like day.  Better too much gear than too little.  Better to not let Cantore get into your head…just rise, take the RedPill and hit the door.

Continued positive prayers and thoughts for the Pax (and others in the community) working through career angst, disruption or challenges.

Dusted off a very successful (sucktastic) beatdown from a couple months ago.  Second time around, it did not disappoint!

COP: Usual suspects SSH, Squat, IW

The Thang:

Start at Bank. Run to bottom of Hill.  5 X 3 Merkin Burpees.

Run up Hill. 5 Bombjacks.

Run to Wall- Lunges then 10 CDD

Run to Bank- Bear Crawl then 20 LBC

1 lap includes 1/2 mile run

Finish with 10 minute Ab Lab as the group joins.  Including but not limited to: LBC, Freddy, Hellooooooo Dolly, Heels to Heaven

Run back to COT

NMM

Great work and welcome FNGs Pig Pen and Sir Topham Hatt.  You did a great job on your first post!  I laid a challenge to the PAX:  Choose something to be better at for the day.  Choose something to do better by the end of the week.  Be specific.  Do it.  Be accountable- check in on your fellow PAX and be accountable to them.

16 made it out this Tuesday morning.  A balmy 55 degrees.  Luckily no one was wearing tights.  (note: I am all about the tights- but its too soon.  Except for @The_package.  Too soon?)

Mosey to the back parking lot
COP: Usual suspects here: Incl but not limited to: SSH, IW, Merkin, Squat

Mosey to HT side wall- Sound off with a distance estimate here- 50 yards?

Partner Wheelbarrows down and back

Side ways basketball jumps.  (face the wall.  squat, touch ground, spring jump up.)  50 yards.  Should we call these “WOJO’s” (Wojciechowski)  Please tell me you get that reference..

Psycho bunny 50 yards

Mosey to the wall

3 sets of 10, 20, 30.  Last set to failure

Derkins, Dips, Squats.

Mosey to island

Gorilla  walk down and back (crowd pleaser).  Think bear crawl but worse. #grapeape #beaglybeagly

probably some sprints , etc, etc

Mosey to flag for 6MoM

Note- Q’s need to slow cadence on ABs.  get a better burn and work.

COT

NMM

Started the workout with a TFTD: “Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value”  Don’t be driven by the glory.  Be driven by the process and doing it the right way.  What do you bring to the table?

I’m 2 days late posting BB.  Was unexpectedly sore in my legs and my core.  What the $#&% did we do?

Welcome Wort.  Another home brewer.  Good grief.  Glad I didn’t tell my profession when I was named.  Otherwise I’d have left with #spitbucket.  Name change?

Remember those that are struggling.  Help to lift them up.  Simple texts and tweets work for men.  It matters.  #accountability

See ya in the Gloom

Jekyll