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The Beast has Awakened

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The Tomahawk was awaked and is not pleased with what it sees. This fabled AO is riddled with mystic and lore. Did it ever exist? Was there ever really an F3-Indian Land? Where did it go?

YHC is here to tell you Tomahawk was too much for this modern world. It was a place where men wore weight vests for the 5-mile pre-runs, then did kettlebell work outs for cool downs. I can assure you, the worst stories you have ever heard are watered down at best.

We are getting soft, and mushy. We talk too much. We lift things that weigh under 30LBS. We video stuff and talk about trendy topics.  It’s time for a rebirth by fire. Tomahawk is coming back to take teeth and kick names. There will be no fluff. Leave your Lululemon at home.

Launching 2-22-23 we will begin a Legends series where you can expect to see the royalty of AO pasted. YHC has an abundance of devilish delights for the coming months…so stay tuned.

There seems to be a vacancy at Catawba Ridge so we will plant our flag there and reclaim what is rightfully ours. You got what it takes?

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Hill repeat Monday

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At 0515, YHC told the PAX there is no warm up we were ready to roll and headed out toward Gold Hill Middle. It was supposed to be a mosey, but was more running.

At the first parking lot we counted off and gave a very bastardized disclaimer- basically modify as necessary and you should read the disclaimer on the website.
From there I explained what the workout was,;
25 merkins at the school, then head up the hill to the bank, do 25 Freddy Mercurys (4 count- like in cadence), then back to school and rinse/repeat until 0600.

Most got in 4-5 rounds and all got in at least 3.5 miles.

COT: lots of announcements and prayers – I was oxygen deprived so I don’t recall them at this point 🤦🏼‍♂️

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From the transcript

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WARMUP: selected from:
SSH, IW, HW, Flowing Yoga, Burpees, longish run, toy soldiers

THE THANG:
10 Donkey Kicks
20 Hand release merkins IN CADENCE
30 Jumping Lunges
40 Squats
Ran around a bit to make this happen in different areas
Stopped at the pullup bars for
10 dead hang pullups
10 knees to chest
5 burpee pullups
Bear crawled 100 yards at one point

NMM: (Cousin Eddie has asked Qs to share a bit of their story)
YHC somewhat laments a bit that I’ve never had a road to Damascus moment to share in testimony. However, like many I assume, my baptism has come slowly like a misting rain. Where, every so often I notice myself a little more marinated in the Spirit.

An honor to lead. Thanks for the opportunity.

A poem from the slack transcript of today’s Name-o-Ramas in The Fort:

Yea, this is what you got.
45 years. Nice Work
Doesn’t matter
I am like pleasure

This is a bit of a mix up
Cousins, cousins, respect, respect,
Just the last hour hat on cue,
most of them ran

This is a bit of a mix up
respect mathematics respect
It was intense
This is a bit of a mix up

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I Got Q, Babe

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Well its Groundhog Day…again. Why not smash the alarm clock, rise and shine (not fotgetting our booties because its cold outside), and head to Gobbler’s Knob…I mean, The Ranch for some F3 fun? That’s what 4 did this morning. Here’s what we did:

The Thang
10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
10 MNCs (IC)

Mosey to front of school
Escalator exercises – increase by 1 rep at each pole (10 poles and 55 reps total)
Squats
American Hammers
Ranger Merkins
Calf Raises
LBCs
Merkins
Lunges
Ab Mat Sit-ups
Carolina Dry Docks
Dips

Lap

Squats

Mosey back to flag

25 Calf Raises Normal
25 Calf Raises In
25 Calf Raises Out
10 Imperial Walkers (IC)

NMM
As you can see, the theme of the day was repeat – just like weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is forced to repeat the same day again and again in Harold Ramis’s 1993 cinematic masterpiece, “Groundhog Day.” Unlike Phil, we didn’t get stabbed, shot, poisoned, frozen, hung, electrocuted, or burned. We did not rob an armored truck, save a life, get arrested, drive on the railroad tracks, learn piano, learn to ice sculpt, or learn 19th Century French Literature. However, like Connors, repeated the same thing again and again.

Thanks for the effort this morning, fellas. Appreciate you posting in the cold rain and for the mumblechatter. I now know what exercise to call when Band Camp is in attendance. Thanks for the opportunity to Q, Poppins. Always an honor to spend the Gloom with you men, especially Sawdust.

Aye!
Italian Job

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SCSOHLS

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WARMUP:
SSH
IW
HW
Toy Soldier
Butt Kickers
Short Mosey
Maybe some yoga
Dan John’s Humane Burpee (look it up if you’ve read this far)
Slingshot
Halos

THE THANG: Farmers Carry around the AO
Stopped for the sequence:
One handed Swing
Clean
Snatch
Over Head Reverse Lunge
Racked Squat
Repeat on the other side

Sometimes we did more than one rep of the sequence, other times we didn’t.

Bear crawled for a while to get our heart rates back down after the sequence….that was not an effective method of lowering the heart rate. You’re welcome

MARY: 4 burpee snatches each side
did do some rotational halos from our knees

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jaeger 3/11
COT: Went around the circle. Small groups = easier fellowship

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Geezer Butler

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Big crowd this morning at Block Party. 24 men started their day off right, some ran, some rucked, and some stuck around and the rest followed the old geezer.
First stop, the bank on the corner, actually it is a pharmacy now. Circled up for exercises in cadence (SSHs, MNCs, IWs, WMs). Next, we selected a partner. Bear crawl to the middle of the parking lot, 10 partner merkins, bear crawl back to the curb, rinse and repeat 3 times.
Next, we ran down to the town hall offices, 3 rounds of Mike Tysons (set of 10). Back on the road, up to the top of the hill on Williamson St. 3 rounds of Partner pushes between the light poles. I was corrected, one of the poles was actually a flag pole (old man eyes). Next, hold plank, down to elbow, six inches. Back down the hill, return to the top of the parking lot. Brisk mosey to the parking lot across from COT with the brick wall. Dora 1-2-3, 200 Carolina Dry Docks, 300 Squats, 400 LBCs. Partner 1 performed the exercises while Partner 2 ran to the wall and did 3 muscle-ups.
Back to COT

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Q-School 101 and 601

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It’s time to head to school or maybe even back to school for some continuing education credits.

If you haven’t Qed, if you’ve Qed a tad, if you’ve Qed a few and want to add some pizazz to your next weinke, then Q-School 101 is for you. Band Camp is leading a tour-de-force course on the nuts and bolts, ins and outs, brass tacks, and the tidal wave of minutiea that go into creating, executing, managing, and adapting the leadership opportunity that is Qing an F3 workout.

If you’re a Site-Q, if you’ve been a Site-Q, if you’ve delusions of grandeur, then Q-School 601 (graduate level) is where you belong. Slapshot is going to bring the the power play and guarantees afterwards you will lead with a hat trick of all 3 Fs.

Both the 101 and 601 will launch from the following AOs on the dates listed:

2/21 – Ballroom (Tues)
3/30 – Matterhorn (Thur)
5/1 – Honey Badger (Mon)
6/14 – Bushwood (Wed)

More dates to come in the fall. Stay tuned. Keep EHing, encourage the FNGs to make a second/third post, support the VQs, and let’s get after the business of being better.

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4 before D2DB10K

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Couldn’t make the D2DB10k time slot, so we ran it early. Fish dropped us off at the starting point and headed back to meet us at the finish after some rehab work on his calf.

Bandlands is fast and brought coffee.

Maximus stuck with YHC and I ran faster for it.

Esso proved the master of his back.

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Band Camp dismissed

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