We came, we did, we went. Here is what we did, well most of it.
On the morning of Friday, August 3rd, 61 Men of High Impact joined Homebrew, Deacon, & Jiffy for some #Convergence work.
For this Round Robin of Pain, we separated the PAX into 3 groups and rotated to each station for 12 minutes.
Station 1 – Jiffy:
He had setup a row of 4 cones in the bank parking lot and ran the PAX through the following exercises.
Station 2 – Deacon:
Find a partner
One partner runs to Pizza Hut and back while the other does a series of exercises until the team does merkins (100x), Squats (200x), LBCs (300x).
Station 3 – Homebrew:
4 Corners and Burpee Roll
PAX were divided into four groups, with one group being sent to each corner. Complete all exercises listed at your corner then bear crawl to the center. At the center was a large foam die. One PAX would roll the die for the group to determine how may burpees everyone would do. Amazingly, only one 6 was rolled all morning – I’m lookin at you IceT. Once the burpees were completed, crab walk from the center to the next corner going clockwise. Rinse and repeat until all corners are done or time runs out.
There were prayer requests for family, school returning and those with health needs.
Cakeboss took us out in prayer.
Great job, Homebrew, Deacon, & Jiffy!
– Ginsu
What do you do when you spend all of your mental energy preparing for a Q involving a hard workout and a solid message, you do that workout, and then get asked to Q the next day?
For YHC, you put little effort into preparing a message, think back to what others have done at that AO, and do something hateful.
Jekyll reached out late in the day Monday, asking me to take the Q at Colosseum on Tuesday morning, and it’s really hard to say “no” when the request is made. Announcement was made on the Twitter machine, which usually results in poor turnout, so I was quite surprised to see 17 PAX show up to join me in my admittedly bad idea workout. 0515 rolled around, disclaimer was made, and off we went on a comfortable mosey around one of the drop off circles, complete with side shuffles, knees-to-chest, toy soldiers, and other light stretching. We wrapped around to the small parking lot at the entrance for some additional warm-ups.
20 SSH in cadence
20 Moroccan night clubs in cadence
10 Hillbilly imperial hillbilly walkers in cadence (yep, you read that right, and it’s just like it sounds)
10 Windmills in cadence
10 Merkins in cadence
Tiny mosey to the start of the looooooong entry road with all the arrows for…
The Thang
Ginsu did an awful workout over the winter involving the arrows on the road, so today’s workout was modeled after that bad idea. But I couldn’t remember what we did that time, so we did burpees.
Round 1:
15 burpee buy in, then jog to the first arrow, one burpee, jog to the next arrow, one burpee, etc., all the way down to the stop sign past the Gold Hill Middle School sign (17 arrows in total).
Jog back to starting point and wait for the 6.
Truth be told, we only did all 17 arrows this time so I could gauge how long the road was and how long future rounds would take. Based on that information, we shortened it to the first 10 arrows for the remainder of the workout.
Round 2:
15 breakdancer burpee buy in, then bear crawl to an arrow, 10 LBCs, bear crawl, 10 LBCs, etc. Jog back.
Round 3:
15 Walmart burpee buy in, sneaky gorilla to arrow, 10 merkins, sneaky gorilla, 10 merkins, etc.
Jog back.
Round 4:
10 Jackass burpee buy in, crab walk to arrow, 10 squats, crab walk, 10 squats, etc.
Jog back to COT, because we ran out of time.
Rounds planned but not completed:
15 Bodybuilder burpee buy in, broad jump to arrow, 10 V sits, broad jump, V sit, etc.
20 One-leg burpee (10 per leg) buy in, monkey crawl left to arrow, 10 diamond merkins, monkey crawl left, 10 diamond merkins, etc.
10 One-arm burpee (5 per arm, aka, Apollo Creed) buy in, monkey crawl right to arrow, 10 jumping lunges (single count), monkey crawl, 10 jumping lunges, etc.
There were very few announcements. Read your newsletter.
Very few prayer requests. Some PAX admitted just needing oxygen.
This was my first Q at Colosseum. Jekyll said to make it hard. I tried. We only ended up doing 72 burpees in all, so it wasn’t that bad. I’ll branch out and assume I won’t be asked back, and if I am, it will be a poor turnout.
As always, I appreciate the opportunity to lead. Thank you, Jekyll, for the push.
Jedi
Whoaaa Nelly! Humidity up and so was the PAX count. Added 9 men from last week for a total of 19. Several first timers- Norm, Manifold, Sugar Daddy, JWOWW. The Sale Boys were valiant. My understanding is they blacked out. Week 2 in the books and most returners improved. Dang Sir Topham Hat comes in from the Bullpen to capture 1/2 of this weeks Virtual trophy. No shock there. As always #sneakyfast Fishsticks is up at the front. See below and see you next week
The Thang:
Finish each exercise before moving on to the next. In between, complete a recovery run. Normally, distance is 1/4 mile. today was shorter but will adjust next week. Each week PAX (and returning PAX) work to better their accomplishments down the board.
F3 June week 2
The Challenge:
Burpees – 100
Calf Raises – 150 (50 regular, 50 toes pointed in, 50 toes pointed out)
Ski Abs – 100
Merkins – 100 Sunshine (C)
Deep Squats – 100
LBCs – 200 Norm(116), Funhouse(75), Offspring (10),
Carolina Dry Docks – 100 Gridlock (C)
Russian Twists – 100 Cyclops (C), JWoww (C), CSPAN(C),Shady (C), Dark Helmet (70), Lil E (45), Manifold(25)
Mac Tar Jai– Sugar Daddy (38), Trucker (15), 100 Brick (10), Harry Carry (5)
Jump Squats – 100 Jekyll (27)
Mountain Climbers – 100 Fishsticks (C), Sir Topham Hat (C), Bonsai (1)
Shoulder Raises – 200
Mary Catherines – 100
Hello Dolly – 200
Wide Arm Merkins – 100
Squat Jacks – 100
Nippler– 100
Burpees – 100
This party was getting started with some 90s Hip-Hop where disclaimer needed to include that YHC was not responsible for what Pandora decided to play. After the full on disclaimer was made, we did a quick mosey around the parking lot and continued with some warm-up.
Warm-up included: mountain climbers x20, Moroccan night club x30, windmill x10, imperial walker x10, hillbilly walker x10, cherry picker x10, SSH x20, downward dog and honeymooner.
The Thang….with 2-Pac singing his sweet songs in the background.
Suicides as a quick cool down at 3 sections in the parking lot – then a quick 10 count break.
Suicides as a quick cool down at 3 sections in the parking lot – then a quick 10 count break.
THEN – we got to choose between round 1 or 2….we poorly chose round 2 for another go.
Finished up with a round of Mary being called out around the circle by PAX for final 5 min.
Count off, name-o-rama, announcements, prayers and praises, BOM – and that’s all she wrote. Enjoyed it and was in pain for the following day!
Aye – Shady
On an unseasonably cool June morning, 41 #HIMs met to get an attitude adjustment and start the day out right.
Mosey to the big parking lot on 160.
WARMUP:
The THANG
Four corners in the big parking lot. Count off into groups of 4s and rotate through the stations.
Mosey to the wall for 20 4-count wall mountain climbers.
Mosey back to COT….NOT DONE YET!
Captain Thors in cadence to 8 x 32.
COT
1 Corinthians 9:24 reads “Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!” Give everything you do your best effort. Sometimes, however, this requires an attitude adjustment. Be grateful for how God has blessed you and honor HIM by giving it your all. After all, the only difference between a chAmp and a chUmp is YOU!
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Thanks for the opportunity, Shady!
– Ginsu
Truth be told, YHC did not consult his work calendar when Lil E asked him to Q Laces In, and he probably would have turned it down had he thought about it. Once committed, there was no excuse to pass it off. Plus, it’s nice to get over to that side of the Fort from time to time.
We had nine total, with Tesh not posting despite requesting a welcome celebration and a couple others bailing last minute because of “sore shoulders.” Nevertheless, the nine faithful and strong pressed onward into the gauntlet.
Warm Up
Long mosey around to the far side of the school, which is really actually pretty close but takes a long time to get to it. There was some butt kicking and high kneeing thrown in before we made a small circle in the square parking lot with the special spots for teacher of the year and whatnot. We did some windmills and Moroccan night clubs, and that was it for the warmup. On to
The Thang
Not having a ton of time to plan, the gauntlet approach seemed best. Set up the course, then let the PAX work through it at their pace. The basic layout was:
Start with 20 hops and sets of 10 incline merkins/10 derkins, then work down the ladder with each pass (18 hops and 9 incline/derkins; 16 and 8, etc.). Always with 5 v-sits per island. If you got through the whole thing, that works out to 110 hops, 110 derkins, and 110 incline merkins, with 100 v-sits and a lot of crawling and sneaking.
I appreciated the symmetry of this workout.
Time was not sufficient for all PAX to complete the workout, especially since Greenwave and Crab Cakes got confused and never climbed down the ladder, doing sets of 10 the entire time. Crazy.
Funhouse handled COT as part of the A$$ Kicking April tour, so YHC checked out.
Thanks to Lil E for the opportunity to lead.
Perfect morning with 8 PAX gathering to the only work out with kettle bells at FHC- ask DH. Needed help with a KB- Mr. Clean said I could use his rock but I had to give him a ride. Deal. Short Sale offered his on twitter- and that bringing his would assure he would escape the FS Monster. Done.
Disclaimer Disclaimed. Warmed up with #usualsuspects and primarily targeting our verbal jabs at Twister. He appreciated it.
The Thang- other than picking it up and putting it down, I wanted to isolate and wear out the muscle groups. In between KB reps of 5, 10 15,- correlated bodyweight exercises were spliced in.
Run Lap
Run Lap
6 Minutes of Mary
Naked Man Moleskin
Had the great privilege of attending an Eagle Scout Ceremony where 4 young men including Twister’s son were awarded the highest rank in Boy Scouts. Of the many dignitaries that spoke, former marine in original dress blues from 1967 spoke of the most repeated word that day- Honor. There is no greater compliment or description of a man than that of a man who has or act honorably. In your words and actions- we must be honorable!
Prayers for new chapters in 2.0s lives: Stones’s son’s upcoming marriage, JWOWW’s daughter communion, and for Short Sale’s family as it has been one year since his brother’s passing. God be with these men today.
Aye!
It rained all day Monday, through the night and the forecast was for more on Tuesday. CSPAN was Q at The Ballroom, promising stories of OG glory along with cover. Funhouse’s Ass Kicking April band wagon was rolling into Block Party as well. So the question was how many pax would post to Colosseum for YHC’s first Q there in a LONG time. The answer = 4 brave pax. Some brief comments about rain coming and grumbling about Gunsu’s Q the prior week followed a brief Disclaimer, and then we launched.
The Thang
No wind and rain or lack of headlamps was going to intimidate this group so we took off for a run out the front parking lot and up the hill to 160 and the drive through cover at the bank branch on the corner.
COP – SSHs, Mtn climbers, IWs, Windmills, Merkins, 10 burpees OYO
Mosey over to the day care under the front entrance cover
People’s chair, Sumo squats, People’s chair, monkey humpers, People’s chair calf raises, 10 burpees OYO
Mosey to the office building and the cover there
Merkins, Freddy Mercury, wide arm merkins, Flutter, diamond merkins, hello dolly, 10 burpees OYO
Mosey to Velux office under the front entrance cover
Shoulder taps, plank sequence, shoulder taps, plank sequence, shoulder taps, 10 burpees OYO
Run back to school
10 Burpees OYO
Run home
COT
NMM
Turned out to be a very nice morning for a workout. Just enough light rain to provide cooling amid the sweat and gloom. I was more than willing to take advantage of some cover for the workout, but there was no way I wanted to pass up the chance to run through the rain and stomp through some puddles. The pax complied quite willingly and put forth a strong effort throughout. Well done!
We spent the mosey time comparing notes on each man’s workday ahead. We spend a lot of time in the gloom and I’m always amazed how little I know about the careers among the pax. It was a treat to learn a little about everyone.
Before banging out the last set of burpees, we touched on the workday ahead and how we should all relish the privilege. Even the worst parts of the day would be better than those faced by people fighting disease (like Badger) or those without work or the many other people in the world who would gladly trade their challenges for our own.
Thanks to the men for posting and to Jekyll for the opportunity to lead. We missed you, brother.
9 men joined YHC for a cold beatdown.
Mosey around the parking lot.
WARMUP
The THANG
Line up at the first line of a series of 19 arrows the run down the back road at Gold Hill Middle
Mosey to the benches under the awning
Mosey to COT
Xs and Os
COT
Announcements for Convergence, Sweettooth Run, Strawberry Festival
Praise for good cancer diagnosis, safety through weather, other health progress. Prayers for Badger, back injury, and safe travel.
– Ginsu