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A Bo-Berry Good Time

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YHC was joined by 8 #HIM at the Ranch. After a brief disclaimer, here’s what we did:

The Thang

  • 10 SSHs (IC)
  • 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
  • 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)

Mosey to picnic tables

  • 15 Irkins
  • 15 Derkins
  • 15 Dips

Mosey to back of the school

  • 4 Corner Elevators (add 5 reps at each corner – 10, 15, 20, 25)
    • Merkins (70 total)
    • Calf Raises (70 total)
    • LBCs (70 total)
    • Overhead Claps (70 total)

Mosey to the Middle School Track

  • Bo-Berry Biscuits (sprint the straights, jog the shorts add 10 Burpees each lap)
    • Total Burpees – 40

Long mosey back to COT

3 Minutes of Mary

  • 10 Boxcutters (IC)
  • 10 Hello Dollys (IC)
  • 10 Freddy Mercurys (IC)

NMM

Thank you for the opportunity to Q this morning. It was an honor to break a sweat with you men by doing the hard thing.

Sometimes we need a reminder that success is often on the other side of fear. What is the thing that has held you back from accelerating? Is it fear of the unknown? Fear of the “what if?” Is it lack of confidence? Lack of courage? What opportunities have we missed because we were afraid of trying something?

I’m reminded of the story where Jesus walked on water. His disciples and their boat were getting tossed around by a roaring sea. They were afraid. Through the wind and rain, they saw a figure coming towards the boat. After first assuming it was a ghost, they realized it was Jesus. He told them to take courage and not be afraid. In typical Peter fashion, he replied, “If its you, tell me to come to you on the water.” Jesus replied, “Come.”

He gave no further explanation of how to go about walking on the water. Was it left foot first? Jump in? He just said, “Come.”

Peter took that step of faith and then he grew afraid. The water was deep, the waves were high, what if he drowned? As he began sinking, Jesus reached out his hand to save him.

What will it take to have water-walking faith today 2,000+ years later? Maybe its realizing that what you assume is a failure is really just an opportunity for learning. Maybe its realizing you have a support system of people who will not let you fail. Perhaps its time to reevaluate your circumstances and consider trying that new business venture. Maybe its time to have a little faith that you’re in good hands.

“Take courage. Do not be afraid.”

Italian Job

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RPG – Road to Perdition 1

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9 PAX for 15 min of Broga

Sequence starting with some yoga core work on the ground and finishing with a vinyasa flow
–Cake Boss felt YHC was tricking everyone into doing burpees (maybe….?)

5 split off for work in preparation for Ville to Ville
4 ran a 5k along the Road to Perdition
https://www.strava.com/activities/5135550667
The old golf cart paths are fun…if a little treacherous in the dark

Thanks to Bodywash for the opportunity to lead.

NMM:
Saw this picture yesterday:

Meyer is one of my fellow trombone professor’s son. He’s hugging his sister here. Meyer will go through THREE chemo and radiation treatments that will last 3-4 weeks EACH. He won’t be able to hug his sister again for a long time because his immune system will be so compromised during the treatments. Love your family today and be grateful for the time we’ve been given. We aren’t guaranteed anything, and we’re lucky to have this moment.

Nota Bene: I’m speaking to myself as much as I am to anyone else. That’s why writing the backblasts are important. We need to work the words out to ourselves.

Prayers for Meyer

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Pantheon 3/31/21

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It was a beautiful morning with temps in the low 60’s and a light breeze.  Was ready to get in a great workout and was greeted by 38 Special and Flounder.  Thought it might be a light crowd with two Q v Q’s planned.  Was excited to lead these PAX though.

Started with the disclaimer and got to it!

Warmup with: 15 SSH, 10 arm circles, a few downward and upward dog positions to get stretched out, then finished out with a mosey around the field (via the driveway around the field).

Main Event: Planned an 2 minute AMRAP with 4 exercises.  Merkins, Squats, Dips and LBCs.  Started with 2 min. of merkins, had chalk to write down our numbers, moseyed about 50 yards, did 25 SSH, then back to do 2 min of squats, 50 yards, 25 SSH then went back to merkins and told the PAX to try to beat their previous number.  Continued on with Squats and then with a set of dips and LBCs and repeated trying to beat our numbers.

With the last few minutes, I was hoping to get in a set of 11’s.  YHC introduced a new exercise – a burpee with a donkey kick…called it the ass-kicking burpee (AKB).  Started with one AKB, did 10 flutters, 2 AKBs/9 flutters, then 3 AKBs to finish as we ran out of time and were all pretty gassed.

COT where praised were shared and closed out with a prayer.

 

Appreciated the opportunity to lead @38Special and looking forward to sharing some more AKBs at more AOs soon.

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Doracide at the Abyss

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Gave the disclaimer then started with a much needed warm up.

3 sets of Downward dog and honey mooner

10 SSH

10 Moroccan night clubs

10 Low slow squats

After the warm up, led the group in a partial mosey around school 

For the main event I let the Pax know my MO for Qs is Dora.  To mix things up I planned a nice long Doracide for this beautiful morning.  It consisted of:

Partnering up (group of 2 and 3) and while the first partner ran suicides of 250’ with 1 burpe, 500’ with 2 burpees and 750’ with 3 burpees; the other partner worked to knock out the :

100 lunges (each leg)

200 Carolina dry docks

300 Bobby Hurlys

400 hello dollies

After we finished this terribleness we didn’t have much time left so I had the pax get in a line in plank position. 1 by 1 we crab walked about 100’, then the next pax went and stayed in plank until the 6 was in.  Finally we moseyed back to COT.

Announcements: reminder of upcoming events (dam to damn bar, Lake Wylie convergence)

Closed with a prayer and we were out!

Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

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3 at the ‘G (RPG)

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After our Broga/Yoga/Stretching session Q’d by Bodywash in which I was thoroughly humbled, I took the running portion for a small number of us.

We took off with a R/T down Regent Parkway, R/T Highgate, L/T Norwich, R/T onto the path to the base of the Ravenglass hill.
Sprint the hill up Albany
R/T Buttermere
R/T Ravenglass
2x
Merkins & Flutters I/C
Repeat

Make our way back to COT.

As you were.
Maximus

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Drishti

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6 PAX in the rainy gloom moved over to the awning of the pyramid building for some Broga.

I lead some movements that required little hands on the ground to keep us from getting too wet:
Volcano Pose
Standing forward bend
Triangle
Extended Side Angle
Warrior 1
Warrior 2
Warrior 3
And a little Vinyasa flow through Surya Namaskar A

Experimented with leading out front and mirroring (e.g., I used my right foot, but called left to match the PAX). I prefaced it by saying: “if I mess up, do what I do, not what I say.” Which is pretty much happens when we’re leading anyway, right?

Bass lead the run portion:

Returned to COT for some more of Surya Namaskar A during the last few minutes prior to 0600.

A thought for today on Warrior 2. A “drishti” is a focal point that you gaze at over your middle finger in Warrior 2. The visual focus brings the pose into physical focus. What’s your drishti when you’re at your computer later today? Or right now reading this? Is your visual focus assisting your body’s focus? Your mind’s focus? Your spirit’s focus?

Do you want it to?

Thanks Body Wash for the opportunity to lead

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Band Camp dismissed

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Humble Pie

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7 men braved 18 degrees this morning at Alcatraz. Here’s what we did:

The Thang:

  • 25 SSHs (IC)
  • 25 Imperial Walkers (IC)
  • 15 Low Slow Squats (IC)

Mosey to Anchorage Lane

Once we arrived at the bottom of the hill of Anchorage Lane, Reborn told us the plan. We were going to Partner up.

Partner 1 was to Nur up the hill and run back down while Partner 2 performed exercises in a modified Dora. Then flapjack.

The exercises at the bottom of the hill were:

  • 100-Diamond Merkins
  • 200-Double Count Lunges
  • 250-Squats

Mosey back to the park

This took us to a little after 0700 and Reborn handed it off to YHC.

  • 10 Burpees
  • Run across the parking lot and return
  • 10 LBCs (IC)
  • Run across the parking lot and return
  • 9 Wide arm Merkins (IC)
  • Run across the parking lot and return
  • 8 American Hammers (IC)
  • Run across the parking lot and return
  • 7 Mac Tar Jais (IC)
  • Run across the parking lot and return
  • 6 Boxcutters (IC)
  • Run across the parking lot and return
  • 5 Sphinx Merkins (IC)
  • Run across the parking lot and return
  • 6 Flutters (IC)
  • Run across the parking lot and return
  • 7 Tempo Merkins (IC)
  • Run across the parking lot and return
  • 8 Freddie Mercurys (IC)
  • Run across the parking lot and return
  • 9 Merkins (IC)
  • Run across the parking lot and return
  • 10 Big Boy Sit-ups

Mosey around the Park

  • 20 Low Slow Squats (IC)
  • 20 Narrow Squats (IC)
  • 20 Calf Raises (IC)
  • 15 Irkins (IC)
  • 25 Dips (IC)
  • 10 Derkins (IC)
  • 15 Overhead Claps (IC)
  • 25 MNCs (IC)
  • 15 Seal Jacks (IC)
  • 1 Minute of Flutters

NMM

My pastor posted a message to Twitter yesterday that I found worthy to share.

“God chose to be born as a pauper, not a prince. In a stable, not as a superstar. As a servant, not a celebrity. What does that tell us about how important the Lord thinks humility is?”

In the age of coronavirus shutdowns, celebrities have taken to social media to say, “we’re in this together” from their palatial estates. Their messages have grown stale as people realize how out of touch celebrities are. Their self-absorbed, self-conceit is the exact representation of what we aren’t to be.

We are called to live third – to put God, family, and others before ourselves. When we get the order backwards, we crash and burn. As High Impact Men, we are bound for success. When we succeed, we must remember to stay grounded and stay humble. Keep close to your brothers and keep them in check. Allow them to keep you in line. We are actually in this together.

Aye!

Italian Job

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Bodywash cleanup at Footloose

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Started off with a disclaimer, then Twister headed off on a solo run to avoid the pain that was about to descend.  Began with a Mosey around the parking lot stopping at corners to warm up with:

21 SSH 

10 Imperial Walkers

10 Burpees (OYO)

10 Peter Parkers

Moseyed over to the Fort Mill Church of God Activity Center Parking lot.

We started with a backwards partner Dora

300 merkins, 200 squats, 100 LBC

While one PAX was doing exercises the other had to Sprint from activity center across lot and nur run back

After that was done we Moseyed back up to the Church of God entrance (across the street from COT) to circle at church.

Took a minute to share some stuff going on in my home with fear that has popped up and how God has answered that in a neat way – it was a nice break to catch our breath as well!

The Wienke called for 21’s, but due to time I knew it needed to be cut short so we tried for 15’s with lunges then dips at the top of stairs (waited on the 6 to go to the next exercise).  We got about 3/4’s of the way through – my time estimation was still off.

At 6 we headed back to COT.  Announcements: read your newsletter

Prayers: generally families and those who are struggling with things during this time.

Thanks to Boss Hogg for the opportunity to lead this awesome group of HIM

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Demerits

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5 PAX at 0515, no rain

Moseyed up past the stadium
Found the new handicapped parking lot

COP:
Yoga
Shoulder Taps
Yoga
Monkey Humpers

Mosey towards the admin parking lot
Mike Tysons on the islands bear crawl between

Mosey to the Annex building
Dips in cadence on benches
Burpees on the ground OYO
Alternating 11/1, 10/2, 9/3, 8/4, 7/5

Mosey to pull-up bars
Now it started to rain

2 groups: one on the ground, one on the bars

I called up and down at random intervals to keep PAX from using momentum.

Round 1: pullups and merkins (flip groups and repeat)
Round 2: squats and toe touches (flip)
Round 3: pullups and merkins (flip)
Round 4: squats and toe touches (flip)
Round 5: pullups and merkins (flip)

We did roughly 5 pull-ups or toe touches to the bar each time

Mosey back to the benches
Dips in cadence on benches
Burpees on the ground
Alternating: 6/6, 5/7, 4/8, 3/9
Rain let up

Mosey back to COT

Flutters till 0600

NMM:
Reading the book How Ike Led written by his granddaughter.

Mentions the Q-source idea of taking the blame and passing the praise with a speech President Eisenhower never had to give. Also talks about he was in the lower half of his class at West Point on demerits, because he was NOT a follower in a leader’s clothes.

Something to think about…

COT:
Prayers for marriage, our country, Bodywash’s upcoming trip, and my brother-in-law currently in the hospital with COVID

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Band Camp dismissed

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Dealing cards at the Block Party

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Just a heads up that this BB will be low on words (atypical for me) but hopefully, motivating for you to go try this.

Here’s the deal, simple yet effective was my intent today. For those that did the Bert at Honey Badger yesterday, this was a good round 2. The deck of cards entered my arsenal roughly 5 years ago and it’s been several months since they’ve made their way out to the gloom. That ended today.

14 men showed up today with the “threat” of rain (we had 2 ruckers join us at the end for COT).
Seeing a few new faces, check.
Disclaimer, check.
Mosey some distance making our way to a parking lot for a few warm-up activities.
Mosey to another parking lot in an effort to keep our voices from carrying over to “the house.”

For those not aware how this goes, each suit represents an exercise. Each number represents the number of reps 2-10. Jacks=11, Queens=12, Kings=13, Aces=14.

4 Jokers = 25 4ct Flutters
Diamonds = Mountain Climbers
Clubs = Jump Squats
Spades = Diamond Merkins
Hearts = 8ct Burpees

That totals (100) 4ct flutters and 104 each of the other exercises.

Until next time
SYITG
Maximus

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