Tag: Mark Nestel

Deep Thoughts at Alcatraz

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Four tackled deep thoughts and deep squats at Alcatraz this morning. Here’s what we did.

– 15 SSHs (IC)
– 15 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 15 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 15 Seal Jacks (IC)

Mosey to pull up bars
– 25 Pull-ups – Run to Crosswalk – 25 Dips – Run Back x4
– Repeat with Merkins/Squats
– Repeat with Calf Raises/American Hammers
Total Mileage: 2.7

NMM
Today was more about the mumblechatter than the work, and that chatter was EPIC!

YHC posed the following: what is the largest animal could you beat in a fight and win 75% of the time? Surprisingly difficult premise.
Uber and Change Order: wallaby. Good choice. They’re like small kangaroos without the kick power. I think a few solid punches to the face and some kicks to the ribs would do it.
Smuggler: alpaca. Like a shorter llama, but more docile.
IJ: 85 pound penguin. Not fast and slow reflexes. I think a kick to the back and a few body blows would end it pretty quickly.

Change Order asked our spirit animals and why.
Uber: Arctic Fox – small, but aggressive. Cold weather climate. Fuzzy, not furry.
Change Order: Dolphin – loves the water, very social and likeable.
Smuggler: Panda – friendly, cuddly, but could separate your head from your torso if he needed to.
IJ: Golden Retriever – loyal, friendly, and very protective of my family. Takes a lot to bear my teeth but once I reach that point, I will bite.

Finally, courtesy of Smuggler’s higher ed patrons at a recent theatre show uptown: would you rather have a dragon or be one? We all chose have one. But what size? Dog sized, cow sized, or Game of Thrones sized? We all chose huge, like “The Neverending Story.”

Who is responsible if your pet dragon burns down the neighbors house? How would they prove it was your dragon? There’s no registration. There’s no legal precedent, so maybe it would be best if you moved to the country with your dragon where you could let him roam in peace.

And that friends is why you post at Alcatraz on a cold, windy Saturday morning. Proving once again that though we grow bigger, we never grow up. Enjoy your day, men.

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Cut your Losses

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WARMUP: Yea, did that. Mostly in cadence.
SSH
IW
HW
Soulder Taps
Merkins
Peter Parker

THE THANG:
A little smorgasbord. Initial bulk was laps around the front of the middle school with:
5 buprees at each speed bump
next lap
5 burpees and 10 bombjacks
Then we went backwards so the speed bumps were closer and reverse bear crawled up the hill from the lowest point.

Stopped for some People’s Chair
While we were at the wall we did BTTW with upside down shoulder taps and merkins in cadence

Went to the teacher parking lot in the back and did a long bear crawl. Then some Lt. Dan’s

Hit the elementary playground for some pull-ups and burpees. Tried to work in a partner balance and one handed hanging on the bar, but
it was a smashing failure. So, we ran back towards COT and stopped for Bulgarian Split Squats along the way.

MARY: Yea, we did this leg raise thing YHC saw on Instagram one time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
D2DBar10k

COT: It’s a core principle, so…yes

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Repetition Rounds in the Rain

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WARMUP: Mosey around the lot followed by warm up exercises.
THE THANG: After each round of exercises, run the parking lot loop.
1. Bear Crawls – Carolina Dry Docks
2. Duck Walks – Cyclist Squats
3. Alligator Merkins – Peter Parkers
4. Crawl Bears – Mountain Climbers
5. Walk Lunge (reverse lunge walk) – Dead Lifts
6. Dips – Derkins
7. Plank – Parker Peters

MARY: Box Cutters, Flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Give Blood, Q-Source
COT: Yes

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Golden Corral 2024 Kick Off

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WARMUP: The pax were disclaimed and we slow moseyed toward the east side of the parking lot for COP
THE THANG:
COP (all in double count cadence)
SSH x 25, windmill x 10, imperial walker/hillbilly walker x 20, low, slow squat x 20, CDD x 10 hold/right, left leg/arm high/6″ hold/downward dog/honeymooner/6″ hold, jumping lunge x 20 (crowd pleaser), Rosalita x 25, wide arm merkin x 10/6″ hold/mountain climber x 25
Mosey to the retaining wall for 9’s. (burpees and dips).
Mosey to the front of HT, line up and lung walk/squat the distance of the parking spaces.
Indian run through the parking lot. Last man drops and does 3 merkins before running to the front.

MARY/OTHER:
Freddie Merc x 25, Pretzel crunch x 25, Hello Dolly x 25.
The Infamous Airborne Hip Abductor routine.
Body Destroyer for 60s

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Damn to Damn Bar in Feburary, Fish sticks/Slap Shot cryptic CSAUP in 2 weeks. All we know is that it’s 4 man teams and it’s at TCES on a Saturday (read your newsletter)

COT:
Prayers for Huffy’s mother (illness), Change Order’s daughter (wisdom teeth). Praise for Cyclops wife celebrating a birthday!

It was a privilege to lead the men today on the 1st Golden Corral workout for 2024. Thirty degree, dry air never felt so good! If you don’t post in the winter time, you are really missing out. Slow Jams announced that the shovel flag will be passed next week so be on the lookout for that. GC is my regular stop on Tuesdays and I’ve enjoyed spending time with him. He was a steady, entertaining presence every week, and did a fine job as site Q. Smuggler was also with us today as he continues his comeback. Keep it going brother! Here’s to another year of F3 at The Fort!

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12 Days of Christmas

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Warm up loop around Lowes with exercise stops. Got back for 12 Days of exercise. Goal was to go through 6 take a lap around building and finish last half. After completed started day 12 and got back to day 10.

1 – Flying Squirrel
2 – monkey Humpers
3 – Diamond Merkins
4 – Big Boy
5 – Squats
6 – CDD
7 – Lunges each leg
8 – American Hammers
9 – WAM
10 – LBC
11 – SSH
12 – Merkins

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Christmas Convergence

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WARMUP:
THE THANG:
Broke out into two groups. Half went with Soup to Nuts to the football field and half went with Sprocket to the grass field
Warmups were done at the workout sites
Soup2Nuts thang at the football field: Partner Dora
50 burpees
75 WWI Situps
75 Squats
75 Merkins
75 American Hammers
200 Clave Boss Clave Raises
75 Dips
Timer: bear crawl 20 yards; run 30 yards; run back 50 yards to workout area

Sprocket thang at the grass field: Wheel Spoke

Center Hub: 5 burpees

Spoke 1: Rd.1 25 merkins bear crawl to center hub; Rd.2 50 squats broad jump to center hub; Rd.3 40 lunges crawl bear to center hub

Spoke 2: Rd.1 25 Bomb jacks, bear crawl to the center hub; Rd.2 80 mountain climbers, broad jump to the center hub; Rd.3 50 shoulder taps, crawl bear to the center hub

Spoke 3: Rd.1 50 American hammers, bear crawl to the center hub; Rd.2 100 calf raises, broad jump to the center hub; Rd.3 100 Side straddle hops, crawl bear to the center hub

Spoke 4: Rd.1 100 Flutter Kicks, bear crawl to the center hub; Rd.2 80 mountain climbers, broad jump to the center hub; Rd.3 50 LBCs, crawl bear to the center hub

After 26 minutes Group 1 and Group2 swapped workout sites and did the workout.

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Cake Boss closed us out in prayer

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Pushing with a Purpose

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WARMUP:
– SSH, WM, mosey to hill
THE THANG:
– Dora: 100x pushups, 200x humpers, 300x calve raises // run to stop sign at hilltop
– 4-corners: various gear at each corner, bear crawl to next station after timer went off
MARY:
– Airborne hips
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read newsletter
COT:
– was held

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Stole Badlands Winkie

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WARMUP: 25 SSH to warm up quickly. Mosey to Middle School Entrance: 10 Windmills, 10 Hill Billy Walkers
THE THANG: #1
10 Step Ups, 10 Durkins, 10 Monkey Humpers, 10, Dips: Lunge Walk 20 Yards (5 rounds)
*mosey to back of school*
Wall sit: each person did 2 burpees (2 rounds)
THE THANG #2
Bear Crawl Ladder:
Bear Crawl to each cone to do exercise and run back to start.
10 Heels to Heaven
20 Flutters
30 LBC’s
40 Shoulder Taps
50 American Hammer
Partner Up:
1 partner plank wile the other runs lap around parking lot: (6 laps total)
MARY: 20 Squats at the end, 10 Grave Diggers, 10 Box Cutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Patience during the holidays. Keep in mind there are some things very important to others that may drive us nuts but patiently deal with it.

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DORA at Sonic

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WARMUP: It was cold so we got right to it.
SSH, WindMills, Produce Pickers. Then we mosey to the smaller circle at the apartments for some clock work. Then ran to Sonic.
THE THANG: DORA was there with 100 wide arm merkins, 200 V-ups and 300 sumo squats. For those who were fast, combination of LBC and or Merkins. Ran back towards COT. Needed more milage so on to Harris Teeter for a wall sit with burpees. Change Order requested happy jumps, it was entertaining!! 40-love ended with a Karate Kick!
MARY: Went around with AH, Hello Dolly and Gas Pumpers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Readctge news letter, D2D, Wednesday mini Convergence, and more,
COT: Prayers for patience, trust in tge lord and mental health during the season.

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