Destiny brought weight and delivered the pain. All accelerated…
There was too much terrible music, too much running, too much chatter during COT, but all accelerated…
18 PAX gathered in for The Bubble amidst humid conditions outside a mushroom pool.
Warm-up:
SSH x51
1 Burpee
Windmill x10
2 Burpees
Merkin x10
3 Burpees
Lap
Karaoke
Some yoga
4 Burpees
The Thang:
Run 1 mile to Alison Park
Al Gore to Monkey Humpers facing Sutton Rd multiple times to keep together-ish
6 Exercises for 12-reps (all in cadence):
Merkin
Low Slow Squat
Alternating Lunge
Mountain Climber
Peter Parker
Burpee
Rinse and repeat total of 144 (a gross) of reps
Run 1 mile back.
Stopping for some monkey humpers along the way to keep the group together-ish.
NMM:
There’s a lot of turmoil going on in the world. Americans (in general) have largely been spared inconveniences since WWII (maybe gas shortages in the 1970s?). In many cities, we’re being asked or required to wear masks to quell the rampant spread of COVID-19. For almost all of us, this is an inconvenience. But luckily it is only an inconvenience.
Today’s workout was certainly not convenient, with the exception of the location for some PAX. We recognize how simple workouts in the humidity makes us better. YHC is officially exhorting us to be leaders and do the inconvenient things like wearing a mask for our community’s health.
Side note:
As an FM local, I remember when Baxter was a cow pasture. Traffic is worse in town, but so much about Fort Mill is better because of the folks who moved here. I appreciate what y’all bring to our town. It is great to post with PAX from all over who are working to make themselves and our shared community better. T-Claps to y’all.
What I learned:
At The Bubble, 10 PAX doubled down posting twice today. YHC tried to keep the warm-up close for those PAX arriving late. My advice to future Qs is: DO NOT plank up in the parking lot until 6:20 or so. Unless you want to raise your heart rate from fear rather than mountain climbers as a vehicle whips into the parking lot you’re lying down in…. My mistake. Won’t happen again.
COT
Prayers:
Bonsai
Cash
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Band Camp dismissed
The Ranch
Mosey got out of the gate.
Plank up wait for 6
Mosey some more
Warmup
Some Yoga
Merkins
Mountain Climbers
Peter Parker’s
Shoulder Tap
Mosey
SSH
More Yoga
Sasquatch joined in
Mosey some more
Was thinking of sprints, but it was too wet for safety on that….so we did the Thighmaster (split squats)
Mosey back toward COT
Bearpees up to 10 burpees and 40 single count bear crawls
(1 burpee, 4 count bear crawl; 2:8, etc.)
Mosey back to the lap
Some balancing scales
Thighmaster again
One lap around the elementary school drop off area and back to COT
Howling Monkeys till 6am
NMM:
Been thinking about what followers learn when they see a leader fail and how that leader responds to failure. Does that response show a follower more about a leader’s abilities and dedication than success?
COT
Fourteen/Fifteen bell slingers decided to make the hard decision and accelerate their Wednesday morning. A disclaimer was made and we were off. We slowseyed over to the front of the school with the bells for a traveling warm up.
The Thang:
Dora is her name. Pain is her game.
Partner #1 – 100 KB Swing, 200 Bent Over Rows, 300 Merkins
Partner #2 – Run up to the top of the hill by the high school entrance sign and do 5 burpees.
When partner #2 gets back switch assignments.
After the pain was fully unleashed, we slowseyed back down the hill near COT for thang part 2.
The Thang 2:
Bear crawl with bell two parking spots and do 3 man makers. Went halfway across the parking lot and there was a half time performance.
Half Time: 10 snatches sprint across the parking lot and back. 10 KB swings sprint across the parking lot and back to your bell.
Half time was over and back to the rest of the scheduled program. Continue to bear crawl across the rest of the parking lot while doing 3 man makers every two parking spaces.
Back to COT for 30 seconds of LBC’s at Santini’s request.
Announcements, prayers & praises.
Thanks for the opportunity 3D.
-JWOW
So Boss Hogg the fastest man in Fort Mill invited me to Q Footloose. I hate running, but i’m slowly getting to not hate it so much now that my back is much better.
For those that don’t know, in 2015 I fell doing a mud run and royally screwed up my back. It took years to get where I could even walk without pain, much less run.
So today I pulled a very old Q out of the bag and modified it up a bit.
We started at the beginning, a very good place to start.
Warmed up at First Baptist, and launched into Round 1
Each round includes the same exercises, but we perform them in a ladder style going up and down the rep counts. The exercises were:
Squats
Lunges
Calf raises
Moroccan Nightclubs
LBC
Reverse crunch
Hello Dolly
Superman
Flutters
Round 1 – 5 reach
Round 2 – 10 each
Round 3 – 15 each
Round 4 – 10 each
Round 5 – 5 each
After each round we ran, yes ran to the next stop. We stopped at the corner across from Hardee’s, then the Methodist Church, then reversed back to the corner, then back to the start.
We finished off with a round of Mary and called it a day.
Thanks for the opportunity to lead, happy birthday to Bowser (UHaul’s 2.0) and Happy Birthday America on Saturday!
The Thrill is gone!
8 pax came out for my first Q at block party and 2 Ruckers.
Started out with a lap around WEP, followed by COP. COP included Moroccan night clubs, squats, mountain climbers, cherry pickers, etc.
The Thang
YHC came with index cards, each with an exercise with a number in a different language.
Pax guessed the language, number and exercise, and we completed the guess.
We then completed the correct exercise, if guessed incorrectly.
For each incorrect answer pax had 5 burpees, and for good measure, we ran the hill after each turn.
Thanks Bobber for the opportunity. Great AO that I will definitely be back to.
14 HIMs showed up for what was promising to be a great morning. Prior to this morning HIC had not posted in 3 weeks. While not fartsacking, I certainly was not pushing myself. Being know for not wanting to do much cadence there was a plan hatched the night before that was sure to be easy to lead yet keep everyone on their toes and with any hope, a bit sore the next day.
After a good bit of razzing from the group about an FNG on Q (Yeah I get it, it’s been a while) we start off.
Warmup: Mosey around the lot. SSH (x20) MNC (x20) Tappy Tap (20x)
Grab your bells
Slight move of location for The Main Event. Keeping with the theme of I don’t want to count we’ll use a run timer for the remainder of the morning. One person runs out to the gate and back, the rest of us do exercises for that time.
Goblet Squats
Curls
Lunges
Scull Crusher
Calf Raises
Overhead Press
Romanian Deadlift
Chest Press
Big Boy Sit-ups.
BREAK: Move to the wall. Peoples chair. Everyone does 5 burpees down the line.
Second verse same as the first:
Goblet Squats
Curls
Lunges
Scull Crusher
Calf Raises
Overhead Press
Romanian Deadlift
Chest Press
Big Boy Sit-ups.
Back to the wall: Bear crawls to the end.
5 min of Mary.
Announcements:
Convergence at WEP on 7-11
My thanks to 3D for the call out and opportunity to Q. It was much needed to get out of my covid funk. It takes a village, and I’m thankful for all of you.
9 men showed up this wet morning at the Ranch. Bobber had trouble finding the designated parking lot so he left his car in the middle of the drop off lane. Uhaul was complaining about the darkness and wet surface, but stayed around for the fun. After the disclaimer, we moseyed around the parking lot to the front of the school.
COP
SSH x 20
Imperial Walker x 20
Windmill x 20
Plank (6′, Honeymooner, Downward Dog)
Arm Circles (Forwards, Backwards)
Next, we moseyed to the school entrance for 11s between the curbs. We started with one dip, bear crawled to the other side, ten Carolina dry docks, crab walked back to the other side, and increase the count by one to two dips…continued this exercise until the six was finished.
Once done, we jogged to the front of the Middle School for some leg work.
1st round: 10 leg lunges, 15 jump squats, 20 monkey humpers, 25 calf raises
Ran a lap around the car loop
2nd round: same as first, but added 10 to reps
Ran a lap around the car loop
3rd round: same as second, added 30 Dirty Myrtles
Next, we moseyed to the back of the school for some Ab work.
20 LBCs
20 American Hammers
15 Leg Lifts
Superman
With a few minutes left, we were able to squeeze in 50 yards of burpees broad jumps.
Great job everyone. Thanks for the opportunity!