WARMUP: 5 pull-ups 5knee ups 5 flying squirrels 2 rounds
THE THANG: pick a block walk the campus 4 exercises 4 times
MARY: n/a
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: share your burden as we can do it alone!!!
BLOCK PARTY Q – 03May2022
• Warm Up in the lot a minute or two with windmills, merkins, some stretching…
• Grab a partner and a block
• AMRAP – shooting for 4 or more
• 5 stops:
1. Parking lot Startex
2. Lot next to Hobo’s/Gazebo
3. Lot by Blue Ridge Financial Planning/MacAulay and Assoc
4. Lot just before corner at FM Dentistry
5. Lot after Bank
Round 1 – No Brick – at each stop:
– 15 burpees (each partner must do them all)
Round 2 – Take Brick – at each stop (each partner must do them all):
– 20 curls
– 20 Shoulder Press
– 20 Flutter with Press (double count – count the presses)
NMM:
– Olaf made coffee. At the AO. Plugged into a light pole. No one was surprised.
– Everyone likes running with Cinderblocks
– That is a lie.
– Fresh Prince came for his second post today. He did not break, so we presume he will be back.
– @peanutbutter was a no-show. I cried a little.
– Olaf and Johnny Utah almost kept up with Maximus and YHC, but we had a second block advantage. Basically it means they were CRUSHING it.
– Trucker only complained a little.
– That is a lie.
This is my report.
Typos quite possible…
Armory for the kickoff of the month of Gear/May:
PAX brought a few sand bags, a ruck, plate carrier and kettle bells ranging from 20lb-60lb. Tesh would’ve blushed.
Disclaimer but hey, push yourself.
Carry the coupons to the near end of the large parking lot.
Mosey lap around then circle up for some warm up things (garden variety).
10 Burpees and sprint to the other end of the lot
10 Burpees and sprint back, partnering up with a coupon of your choice (it pays to be fast)
25 Squat Thrusters
25 Curls
26 Merkins (1/2 & 1/2)
5 Burpees, run 1/2 way and run back (had to start watching the clock) to the coupon of your choosing…unless you had no other options.
25 Flutters
25 Freddy Mercury’s
25 X’s & O’s
5 Burpees, run 1/2 way and run back
25 LBC’s
25 American Hammers
26 Box Cutters
5 Burpees, run 1/2 way and run back
25 Bent Over Rows (slow cadence)
25 Overhead Press (slow cadence)
25 Chest Press (slow cadence)
10 Burpees, Run all the way down and run all the way back
Carry the coupons back for COT
Until next time.
Maximus
WARMUP: 15 minutes from f Broga led by Sassiest of all Quaches. Mosey to band practice field: SSH, Imperial Walker, Merkins, Squats, Mountain Climbers, Lunges, Peter Parker, SSH
THE THANG: DORA from Hell. Get a partner in crime. Do these things as your PIC runs the length of the field and back.
50 Burpees
100 merkins
150 monkey humpers
200 Squats
250 Plank Jacks
300 LBC
350 SSH
MARY: Plank and plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS: AKA Convergence and Shieldlock Invergence. No other announcements needed.
COT: prayers for Aquaman and CableGuy. Also Repeats mom and Kermit’s friend.
WARMUP: I told the PAX what we would be doing
THE THANG: Walk briskly to Peachstand and back….we did exercises every 10mins. Cobra Kai led COP at Peachstand
We did some bear crawl and wall sits to wrap it up
Landed at COT at 0630
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: AKA last week…be there!!
Convergence next Saturday
COT: don’t confuse what you do with who you are! Know you were created in the image of SkyQ with a personal purpose and chosen for that purpose. 🔥👏🏻👍🏻
WARMUP:
Mosey down to lower parking lot. toy soldiers and high knees around parking lot then mosey back to ROTC building for CoP.
CoP (IC)
20 SSH, 12 IW, 12 Cherry Pickers, 12 MNCs
THE THANG:
This workout was developed as a remembrance of the Columbine High School shooting victims from 23 years ago (4/20/1999). I was a freshman in high school about 40 minutes from Columbine and had friends there that day that were thankfully not physically injured.
Everyone grabbed a cindy…
Buy-in: 21 merkins. One for each wounded victim that survived that day.
Main Event:
To honor the 13 victims that died that day (12 students and 1 teacher) we did 13s.
13s – bent over rows with the cindy at the ROTC building, 8 count body builders at lower stop sign (start with 1 row and 12 body builders, increment one row and decrease one body builder each round, end with 12 rows and 1 body builder)
Before each round the name and age of one of the killed victims was announced.
SSH were completed at the end of each round until the 6 was in.
this brought us to 05:56
Finished off the workout with 25 chest presses with cindy (IC) and then 10 OH press with cindy (IC)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Although tragedies continue to happen seemingly endlessly – raising kind, caring kids and being leaders in our community can make an impact on those around us. This impact can reduce or mitigate the impacts of the mental health issues that lead to some of these tradgedies. Keep up the great work and hopefully we never have to deal with anything close to what happened this day 23 years ago.
AKA continues tomorrow at Minnow Pond, Blood Drive May 12
COT: prayers for mental health, our kids, Ukraine
40-some pax posted to the region’s Ground Zero at WEP for a smorgasbord of pain, from 6@6 to Millkshake to a tried and true BC beatdown. A very explicit and thorough Disclaimer was pronounced by Dark Helmet for the benefit of our FNG, and then the pax blasted off.
The Thang
The recitation of the 5 Core Principles quickly failed to meet DOAH’s standard, leading to some burpees.
Mosey around the parking lot with some toy soldiers and knee lifts mixed in, with the pax following onto the bandshell stage.
COP proceeded including more core principles along with some Merkins and DOAH’s proclamation that maybe the FNG’s fitness surpassed that of many of the pax present. {Yes, he’s good at stirring the pot whether he’s poking at the Q or Qing himself.}
More mosey and more warm up exercises until the pax reach the far side of the WEP.
Enter stage left — the BAOPS boys via Clown Car — Trucker, Smuggler, Change Order & Longshanks, who just couldn’t stand the thought of missing out on the best 1st, 2nd & 3rd F in The Fort on this given Saturday. {Pro move by whoever made that call!}
Partner up for wheel barrow…to the playground…Yes…to the playground!…where the fun really starts. {Fishsticks promptly cruised 85% of the way there to prove to his FNG that no matter what DOAH says, the FNG’s fitness had room for improvement.}
At the playground, each partner does 50 (yes, Five-O!) pull ups. {Jiffy cranked out 30 in rapid fire.}
Some core work followed including LBCs and Rosalitas among others.
Handoff to Double D
Run to the bottom of the hill
Jacob’s Ladder with Donkey Kicks at the bottom and Sumo Squats at the top. Traverse to the top via Bear Crawl and run to the bottom.
Mosey back to the parking lot with some Mary led by Jekyll
Climb the Stairway to Heaven via lunge walks, pausing for Carolina Dry Docks at each lamp post, starting with 5 reps and adding 5 more at each successive post.
Mosey down to the monuments with some Mary led by Longshanks
Circle up for an FNG introduction to Jack Webb by Change Order
Run home for final 2 mins of Mary by Longshanks
COT
NMM
A spirited pax at The Fort on this pleasant late winter morning! Back to back weeks with a convergence at The Fort — thanks to the Alcatraz boys for adding their zeal to the day!
Maximus delivered the tailgate coffeeteria in the parking lot afterward and our FNG (EHed by Fishsticks) hung around long enough to learn the backstory of his name (Roy Kent) and to fill his rolodex with roofing customer prospects.
Welcome to Roy Kent! Barry Manilow was quite vocal about the quality of the name and the importance of RK living up to it. Well, if he doesn’t meet the mark, we can always default to what RK thought we named him — Rockette!
It was great to have Car Bomb among the pax today, fresh off his return trip from New Zealand, prior to his resettlement in another adventure.
The theme for the day was geared around the notion of life being an endless series of mountain climbs, peak after peak, with no arrival to the top in sight — ever. Depressing, huh? No, not for the HIMs of F3 and The Fort. Give us the hard stuff. We’re playing the long game and we know you can’t play it alone. So keep posting, stay engaged with your brothers. Together we’ll keep accelerating.
It was a treat to Q with DOAH for the first time. We all look at him as just another member of The Fort, which of course he is. At the same time, he also invests a huge amount of his life leading the 43 feet for the Nation. Not only is it not easy being Frank {imagine how hard it must be for Traci his wife}, it’s also lonely at the top of any organization {how about leading one with 50,000 type A men?}, and it’s incredibly challenging to serve as the successor to any founder {would you want to try one Dredd’s shoes}. Despite the small jabs, I say this with all seriousness — DOAH has taken on an extremely difficult challenge, one that he executes well with tremendous energy and virtue and that we all benefit from. We’re fortunate that he calls The Fort “home” and that we get to take his crap on a regular cadence. Thank you, DOAH!
Thanks to Grinder for the opportunity! Always an honor to lead the men of this brotherhood!
SYITG
Today at the Armory, we spent 45 minutes in an attempt to remember and honor the 13 Service Members who paid the ultimate sacrifice last Thursday, August 26, 2021 in Kabul Afghanistan. While they are not the only ones lost or affected by this last 20 years of service, they are the most recent.
We had 25 PAX (1 FNG) in attendance and a number of shovel flags.
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel: This is the operation involving U.S. forces serving in Afghanistan in/around Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan in an effort to evacuate U.S. citizens and those that have supported U.S. forces over the last 20 years.
Around 6pm local time, on Thursday, August 26, 2021, a suicide bomber walked into a crowd and detonated the vest.
13: U.S. Service Members were killed in the blast
170: Estimated number of Afghan civilians killed in the blast
15: U.S. Service Members injured
200: Estimated number of Afghan civilians injured in the blast
Regardless of your opinion of the events leading up to and surrounding this attack, our U.S. Military is a volunteer force aware of the risks they face.
Today, we will honor and remember those 13 U.S. Service Members who paid the ultimate price last Thursday.
Marine Corps
Sgt Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, assigned to the 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Sacramento, California, assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force out of Camp Lejeune, NC.
Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah. He was 0369, an Infantry Unit Leader assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment.
Corporal Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio California. He was a Rifleman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment.
Corporal Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska. He was an Infantry Rifleman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment.
Corporal Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana. He was a Rifleman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment.
Lance Corporal David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas. He was a Infantry Rifleman, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment.
Lance Corporal Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri. He was a Rifleman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment.
Lance Corporal Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming. He was a Rifleman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment.
Lance Corporal Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, California. He was a Rifleman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment.
Lance Corporal Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, California was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment.
Navy
Navy Corpsman Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio. He was a medic assigned to the 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California.
Army
Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee. He was assigned to the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion in Ft. Bragg, NC.
Source: Military Times & Taskandpurpose.com
The Thang:
Plank while we listened to the list of names, ranks, assignments of the fallen.
13 Burpees
13 SSH
Mosey the estimated .1mi that we’d do before each of the 13 exercises
13 Upright Rows
Mosey
13 Lunges (ea leg)
Mosey
13 Staggered Merkins (13 with the right hand on the bell then flapjack)
Mosey
13 KB Swings
Mosey
13 Squats
Mosey
13 Leg Lifts
Mosey
13 Lawnmower Pulls
Mosey
13 Curls each arm or 26 two-handed curls
Mosey
13 Box Cutters
Mosey
13 Flutters w/ Press
Mosey
13 Overhead, single-arm press
Mosey
13 Side Lunges (ea leg)
Mosey
13 Merkins
We had a few minutes at the end:
Flutter Kicks w/ Press
American Hammers
We then reread the names.
SYITG
Maximus
17 posted to STL on a crisp morning, perhaps one of the last ones of winter 2020-21 with temps in the 20s. 70+ in the days ahead — sunshine and pollen, Spring is here.
The Thang
Pretty simple weinke this morning
Quick mosey to Baxter and the Mushroom Pool parking lot
From the parking lot run out Richard’s crossing back across Front St, past the homes of Sugar Daddy, Tesh and other pax around the loop and back to the MP parking lot
OYO exercises at the parking lot:
10 Burpees
20 Parker Peters
30 Squats
Rinse and repeat
Return run home
COT
Moleskin
Great to see the pax out pushing hard on a cold morning. The pace was brisk too, so the bodies warmed up quickly. Those who made 5 laps ended up with 3.9 miles and those with 4 laps finished with 3.4 miles. A few OCD pax had to get that 4 mile click so they added a loop in the parking lot on return. Great effort by all!
It was great to meet Juan Valdez for the first time — keep posting, amigo!
My word for 2021 is NOW. It’s surfaced a lot in the first two months — a constant reminder to live in the real world with the people immediately around me in the place that I’m in at that moment. Get out of my head and be aware of what’s happening NOW and how I’m called to live NOW. Hopefully the challenge for each pax to live my word for this day bore fruit.
A big thank you to Vuvu for the Site Q exemption from the Top 3 rule at STL. Always an honor to lead the pax.
It’s hot outside, guys. 74 and humid at 0615 as YHC rolled up.
I saw a few PAX conversing and heard there were pull ups being done. How did I know that Trucker would be there talking about how many pull ups he could do? Maybe just a hunch. It was good to see a few guys starting off with a little bit of acceleration prior to the Weinke. The clock struck 0630 and YHC took the reins for the first half of the morning.
NO warmup/COP.
Short Mosey down Windward, right at Anchorage Community
Quadzilla in Anchorage Neighborhood
Down the hill to the white brick mailbox and back to the entrance x 5
Mosey back to Runde
Squatzilla – Parking Lot
3 space lunge walk, 10 squats. Mosey back.
6 space lunge walk, 20 squats. Mosey back.
9 space lunge walk, 30 squats. Mosey back.
12 space lunge walk, 40 squats. Mosey back.
15 space lunge walk, 50 squats. Mosey back.
Ass Webbs
1:4 Squats/Squat Pulses, 2:8, 3:12 and so forth to 7:28 before YHC’s 30 minute portion was up. You guys got lucky.
Italian Job Takes the Helm
Mosey over to baseball field – it was at this point IJ decided to do what YHC didn’t do – bring a message. Today we were honoring Sunshine – as it was his last post prior to reporting to Parris Island by way of the Four Seasons… we as Americans are able to choose what we want to do, we can choose to sit back and mail it in, or we can bring it and push hard for this workout. Likewise, in our life we are able to sit back and coast (typically leading to much deceleration), or move forward and push ourselves to better our families and communities. So the next iteration was to honor America and Sunshine’s call to serve.
All American Elevens – foul pole to foul pole
True Americans / American Hammers. This one took quite some time, and was rather difficult. Thanks for the push, IJ.
Mosey back to parking lot
Ab Lab –
(15 IC) Boxcutters, Flutters, Pretzel Crunch
Last two minutes: 10 Eskimo Merkins to close it out
What a workout! It was great being able to talk to Kaiser during most of the second half. That dude is a #HIM and always has a great insight into the Word and the world. The mumble chatter was also very pleasing today.
Announcements: YHC can’t remember!
Prayers/Praises:
Cash – he is self sufficient right now but it could be soon that hospice care begins. Pray for the Lord to heal him.
Sunshine is reporting for duty to the USMC next week. Pray for him as he leads through bootcamp with the principles he has picked up at F3. Pray for Funhouse and his family as they part ways – that the void not be seen as a loss but as an opportunity for Funhouse’s arrow from his quiver go out into the world and change it.
Families – that our concentrica truly knows our heart is with them. We as dads tend to be a little hard shelled in that our kids may not know how we rely on the Lord and have faith. If we can soften our hearts and allow our children in to see how much we love the Lord, it will ultimately help them in their faith.
Pray for strength for YHC, for I am but a weak man.
Unspoken prayers.
Trucker, thanks for the privilege to lead such a fine group of men alongside the #HIM that is Italian Job.
Punch List out.