Dark Helmet led a workout and Funhouse was there.
This BB brought to you by your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
WARMUP: Very little
THE THANG:
– To the pull up bars where we performed an idiot sequence of pullups one by one and some other exercises. Note for later, that didn’t really work.
– To the hill we all use entirely too much, but it’s a great hill, so why stop?
– Partner carries, wheelbarrows, running, bear crawling, all kinds of dumb stuff while we also ran around the back end through the neighborhood streets.
– One fake 10-count was involved
– Back to the parking lot for a fake Dora and then it was over…
MARY: No chicks.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.
COT: The 5th Core Principle
WARMUP:
Mosey to Fort Mill Church of God
Windmills
Slow Low Squats
Downward Dog/Honeymooner
Mountain climbers
THE THANG:
Quick recap of Frenzoid ride at Carowinds: simple but terrifying, goes in both directions, and we all move as a group.
(Using Williamson St. & Monroe White St.) Starting at the “bottom” of the hill we NUR halfway up. Stop and wait on the 6. 10 Merkins. run the rest of the way up to next street. 10 Flutters in cadence. Run back down the hill to “bottom” and perform Burpees (in ascending manner). NUR up the other side until parking lot. 10 Merkins. Run to next street. 10 Flutters in Cadence. Rinse and repeat. Burpee count got to 6 at the bottom.
MARY:
Flutters, Dying Cockroach
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel Men’s. New AO
COT: Prayers for healing, our teachers and children, elderly parents, to be consistent.
WARMUP: 8min run. Some went off campus while some went around the school.
Moroccan Night Clubs, Wind Mills, Squats, Imperial Walkers
THE THANG: Bear crawl ~75yds to the coupons in the truck. Grab a coupon of your choice. Choices included 60lb sand bag, 45lb ruck, 35lb kettle bell and cinder blocks. With your coupon:
1min Upright Rows then 10sec rest
1min Curls then 10sec rest
1min Bent-Over Rows then 10sec rest
1min 4-count Curls then 10sec rest
Run to Trailhead Park
10 Pull-Ups
10 Knees to Chest on the bar
10 V-Ups on the ground
5 Burpees
REPEAT
Run back to the coupons at the school
Partner 1: 10 Man Makers
Partner 2: Mountain Climbers
Flapjack
REPEAT
Partner 1: 10 Big Boy Sit Ups with Coupon
Partner 2: Plank Jacks
No time to repeat
MARY: Incorporated into the workout.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter.
COT: You should’ve been there.
Disclaimer: when you hear a whistle you owe 10 burpees; intermittent whistles throughout (maybe 10 times)
WARMUP: 50 SSH, of course, and a few others warmup type stuff
THE THANG:
– Dora #1
— 200 Merk’s
— 200 Dips
— 100 Derkins
— 100 Wide grip merks
* Partner did a 50’ish yd Bear Crawl [lots of mummblechatter here?!? Some preferring the bear crawl over merks?, guessing the holidays make some of the pax soft?? 🙂 ]
– DORA #2
— 100 squats
— 150 Monkey humpers
— whatever was next nobody got to…
* Partner did a 40ish yd Duck walk
MESSAGE: we do dumb stuff in the gloom to prepare for the unexpected; the whistle, the burpees represents the unexpected in life; continue your preparedness
WARMUP: none
THE THANG: mossy to coffee parking lot. Simple pendulum where you run to GHES teacher parking lot. At bottom of hill 16 merkins at top of each hill 13 LBCs. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less, except for Dark Helmet complaining. And yes the reps represent the score of the Steelers win against that pro team to the south. How about them Steelers Crab Cakes?
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter
COT: prayers for flounders sister and school starting again
11 pax gathered at Alcatraz this AM to make their downpainment on 2022 and create momentum for 2023. The Site Q, Uber, requested a discussion on One Word and Double D and YHC obliged that request by incorporating this into the workout. We also celebrated DD 56th birthday today. He is a fantastic leader and has been a huge influence on my life over the past 10 years. I am blessed to have him in my life.
Similar to years past, this week has been a time of reflection for YHC. The time between Christmas and New Year offers an opportunity to review the previous year, recognize the blessings in my life, assess how the year went and get organized for next year. I review my One Word, journal entries, calendar, budget, etc. as part of this “Year End Review”.
As I reflect on 2022, my One Word was “intentional” yet the word I would use to describe the year was “unsteady”. Some parts of acceleration including my relationship with my M and 2.0s, a strong D2D performance, deepening of relationships with SL, Whetstone and other, increased faith with Shady/Backdraft and the McGospel crew and my job environment has improved. Some deceleration particularly in the Spring/Summer, continued identity in my Mammon, some struggles at home including a torn ACL and a continued jester around self worth that leads to various symptoms. Overall, there was growth particularly as we close 2022 and I have hope for 2023.
In preparation for the workout, I mentioned to Maximus and DH to join us and they requested a difficult workout. DD was quick to oblige using his One Words from previous years and I decided to crack the seal by leading my first ever cinder block workout. I search “F3 cinder block” and found lots of good ideas.
WARMUP: DD
After sharing that DD woke up with a sense of being “full” this morning celebrating his birthday with a group of HIMs we circled up for COP:
SSH x 20
Mtn Climbers x 20
Peter Parkers x 10
Parker Peters x 10
Mosey to the baseball field
THE THANG:
DD at the Q
14 Big Boys
15 Burpees
16 hand release merkins + shoulder tap
17 Mahktar Jai
18 Apollo Ono
19 Kneetar Jai
20 Mike Tysons
21 Backward lunge
22 Freddy Mercury
23 Big Boys
24 Burpees
25 HR merkins + shoulder taps
26 Mahktar Jai (
After each exercise run to the fence and back
Handoff to Pusher
Grab cinder blocks from DD truck and mosey to basketball courts
Partner up
P1 does the following:
1 Merkin
1 Squat
1 Curls for the girls
1 Shoulder press
1 Tricep Extension
1 lunge each leg
Partner 2 planks while P1 does exercises
Rinse and repeat adding a rep up to 5
Gassers
50/50
75/25
100/25
Round 2 – rinse and repeat from round 1
Coin flip – heads equals (2) manmakers/tails equals (2) big boys
Mosey back home
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Dam to Dam for a Cause fundraising focus over the next 8 weeks
– Q Source relaunches on 1/3
– Upcoming BBQ fundraiser
– Murder Bunnies hockey team starts this week – great 2nd F opportunity
– Opportunity to EH younger guys in the Fort and responsibility for older guys to serve as Whetstone
All men in attendance created momentum heading into 2023. YHC is thankful that I just “keep posting” because the men of the Fort inspire me.
#SYITG
WARMUP: mosey, ssh, ground work
THE THANG: finished 7 of the 12 days of Christmas with a lot of Murder Bunnies, Bear Crawls & Burpees
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Kermit was not having the thought of a Clemson party at the Hive, so he came decked out in his Vols gear to represent. One would say he was adequate in his preparedness. Although his attire was the wrong color of orange, YHC would say…
Wegmans and I are currently doing a workout program, complete with exercise movements that tend to make you scratch your head at how they are possible.
Each of us questioned our adequacy in attempting the below movements. Between each set we ran a quarter mile.
Core
• Landmine Wood Chop x 36 (18 ea side)
• Single-Arm Overhead Sit-Up x 60 – 30 ea side
• Deadlift x 40
Lower
• KB Goblet Squats x 40
• Calf Raises x 50
• OH KB Squat x 40
Upper
• Half-Kneeling Single-Arm Landmine Press x 48 – 24 per side
• One armed KB Row x 48 – 24 per side
• KB Chest Press x 20
Core 2
KB Side Bends x 40 – 20 per side
• KB Straight Leg Sit-Up X 40
• KB Deadlift x 16
At the end of it all, layers were shed and sweat was dripping. Solid work by all involved.
COT was good. Prayer requests spoken and prayed together. Show up next time to be part of it.
Thanks Airborne for the final Friday of the year!!
Punch List out.
Some PAX ran the Clave Boss and then rolled out. Other PAX rolled in for only the workout. Some PAX did both.
Split quickly into 3 groups. Rebound, Sprocket, and Mark Twain each took a group through a warmup and then visited 3 stations. Double D, 38 Special, and Band Camp lead the PAX at each stations. It was too cold (11 degrees Fahrenheit with some biting wind) to vote on which station was the Ghost of Christmases Past, Present and Future (see we did work in a little Xmas theme)
38’s portion:
The Roshamburpee-fest
Demonstrated a roshamburpee (plank position, 1, 2, 3 shoot).
Assigned one PAX to the end of each of the concrete paths. Everyone will run up the concrete paths in succession (or do whatever) and challenge the guy stuck at the end with a roshamburpee.
Winner gets up and runs up to the next level to challenge the next PAX. Loser stays put and keeps plank (or just tries to keep warm). At the five minute mark called “Sudden Death!”. Everyone tries to do laps but they always challenge anyone they run by (passing challenges in progress) and basically it looks like a bunch of pool balls knocking into each other the whole way. A lot of burpees. A lot of laughs. A lot of running. A lot of fun
Double D’s portion:
Started with 10 burpees OYO.
Group then broke up into 3-5 pax.
1 pax runs to block does 1st exercise in red while others in group do exercise in green.
Cycle all pax in group through, then move to second set of exercises.
Exercises:
RED:
1.Blockees
2.Swings
3.Curls
4.OH Press
5.Rows
GREEN:
1.Squat
2.Clave Raise
3.Sumo Squat
4.Monkey Humpers
5.Lunges
We planked for 6 and a short msg. Then group moved on.
Band Camp’s Portion:
Buy in with 20 Bulgarian Split Squats each leg
Ran a version of Red Barchetta-style workout
Run down – exercises
Mosey back – 5 burpees in cadence
50 in cadence Mountain Climbers (cold hands)
49 in cadence Flutters
48 in cadence Squats
47 in cadence Merkins
COT – and to all a good night!