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Laps and Legs

QIC:  M.I.A.

Date: 04/03/2021

PAX: McFly, Radar, Seagull, Sousa, Tatonka

AO: Legacy

Conditions

30ish

COP

SSH x 20 IC

Willie Mays Hays x 10 IC

Forward Fold OYO

Calf Stretches

Iraqi Tea Time

Lap around the Heritage House

The Thang

Leg Stations

Each Pax picked a station – marked by cones
Station 1 – Run a lap around the Heritage house (This is the control station – Pax rotate stations when Pax at this station completes lap.

Station 2 – Imperial Walker Squat

Station 3 – Jump Rope

Station 4 – Blockees

Station 5 – Step ups on park bench

Station 6 – John McCains with 40lb Sandbag

COT

Good Friday memorializes the crucifixion of Christ and Easter is the celebration of His return. Being the Saturday in between I thought on what the followers of Christ must have felt in those two days, and how Saturday must have been a day of dread and lamenting. Today we (Christians) celebrate the weekend, knowing the end of the story, although the followers of Christ had missed the warnings.

Whether you are a Christian or not, we can all make the same choices every day. We can choose to dread the future and live in despair, or we can choose to look forward to the coming days with anticipation. Joy is a choice. James 1:2-4

Moleskin

There is no 7th station. YHC cannot count.

Don’t ever yell “Let’s Go!” around Tatonka unless you want him to start running.

Radar is a huge fan of the sandbag – YHC plans to note this for all future Q’s.

The stations were a solid opportunity for mumblechatter… unless you were the one running the lap.

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Park workday at Legacy 4/10

Opportunity to serve the family of Night Sweats through yard work – see Announcements channel.

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Why did the Bunny cross the field?

QIC: Blue

Date: 04/02/2021

PAX: Nordic Track, Dundee, Doogie, Recycle, Hambone, Bobbit, Burrito, Friday, Slois Lane, Sherlock, Steam Engine, Geek Squad, Milkman, Ponce De Leon, Magnum, She Shed, Band Camp, Hasbro

AO: Shothouse

Conditions

Clear skies and a brisk 32°. Perfect weather to get better.

Warm-up

  • SSH x 20
  • Forward Fold
  • Willie Mayes Hayes
  • Mosey to the track/field

Thang

Simple workout.

  • Blockie x 5 OYO
  • Murder Bunny across field
  • 10 Capt Thor’s OYO
  • Mosey 1 lap
  • Shoulder Press x 15-20
  • Rifle Carry across field
  • 10 CPR’s OYO

Repeat until time.

CoT

As today is Good Friday and it is Easter weekend, and we remember the death of Christ. Don’t let yourselves lose sight of the life of Christ. Not to discount the birth, death, or resurrection, but Jesus’ teachings are worth more than a second glance.

Mumble Chatter

A number of the PAX spoke of how simple and great this workout seemed to be. Burrito spoke of “mountain counting” to which She Shed referred to as “someone counting for you”. Most if not all of the PAX spoke of how much they LOVED murder bunnies.

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Coldplay’s Curvy Ladder of Complaints

QIC:  Mr. Clean

Date: 04/02/2021

PAX: Abercrombie, Blackout, Cavity Search, Coldplay, DNF, FNG-McFly, Mr. May, Tatonka, FNG-Waxoff

AO: Parliament

Conditions

33 degrees on April 2nd. Anything else need to be discussed?

COP

SSH x12 IC

Willie Mays Hays x12 IC

Shoulder Blaster x12 IC

Forward Fold OYO

SSH x12 IC

The Thang

Catch Me if You Can — Bear Crawl

Pax 1 — 21 Reverse Crunches. Recover. Catch Pax 2.

Pax 2 — Bear Crawl

Flapjack. Rinse & Repeat.

Rounded/Curvy Ladder

Round 1

12 Blockees

200M Run (1 curve and back) — Repeat after each round.

Round 2

12 Blockees

21 Curls

Round 3

12 Blockees

21 Curls

22 Merkins

Round 4

12 Blockees

21 Curls

22 Merkins

40 Bent Over Rows

Pax finished with Rounds 1 — 4 will work back down the ladder in descending order.

COT

Clothespin posted something in Slack about 2020 basically encouraging us to focus on the positives of 2020 and mentioned some of the wonderful things he got to do like spending time with his family.

Oftentimes we don’t brag on people who speak of the positives, but we see plenty of advice pointing toward the woes of complaining, and rightfully so, complaining can become very toxic in so many ways.

As I pondered this thought, I realized that, much like the old adage of praying for patience and receiving things to be patient about, complaining or over complaining will lead us down a path in which we see things in our lives to complain about.

In 2020, My M and I did not have Covid, we did not lose anyone close to us due to Covid, we spent many hours with each other that normally would not happen, we still got paid and kept our jobs despite schools being closed, we did not experience any real hardships medically, my wife received a major surgery that even without insurance we were able to pay for, the M found FiA and is now a very integral part of their foundation and growth.  

Sadly, we tended to jump on the 2020 Sucks bandwagon, and now 2021 has offered up plenty of things in which to complain simply because they have been much more personal than those causing that overall attitude of 2020 sucks.  

Misery loves company, so I would love to start airing the grievances that have already come with 2021 whether it be emotional, physical, spiritual, psychological, or occupational, but I think I will take a lesson from 2020 and focus on the positive.

My 2.1 turned 2, and one week later stole the show at my sister’s wedding reception.

Oh yeah there is another, my baby sister got married and found an amazing man who is Christ focused.

During financial struggles, we have made it through just fine and even enjoyed an occasional indulgence. Of course, much of this comes as a direct result of the wonderful F3 and FiA relationships in which we’ve been blessed.

Relationships with couples our age have developed and/or blossomed 

My 2.0 is excelling at school and gets better each day at his various athletic endeavors.

He loves harder and deeper and prays with more soul and love than most grown men I know.

My M is healthy, beautiful, works extremely hard, loves with more of herself than she really has to offer. My M takes 2nd place only to God as the driving force to keep me going and help guide my ship. 

Having gifts in our lives in which we would happily sacrifice so many things to enrich those gives leaves us asking what is it that we really have to complain about, or at least, in my humble opinion, it should

Moleskin

I have to bear crawl around this whole track? — Coldplay

Tatonka and Abercrombie are not made of the same human the rest of us are…

Hackliment coffeeteria is so strong, we helped a homeless man or starving artist right there in the parking lot. Coldplay has pictures.

21 does not come after 12. 22 does come after 21. Public education is amazing.

In Arkansas they’re learning to identify numbers. (Or some variation of this statement) — Cavity Search

The mumblechatter was just fun this morning.

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    What a fool believes

    QIC: 9 Volt

    Date: 4/01/2021

    PAX: Deep Dish, El Chapo, Abercrombie, RugDoctor, Clothespin, Thin Mint

    AO:  The Battery

    Conditions

    “However, this restriction will not apply in the event of the occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization.”

    COP

     

    Mosey to the side walk

    SSH x 20 IC
    BAC Fwd x 15 IC
    BAC Rev x 15 IC
    Seal Clap x 15 IC
    SSH x 20 IC
    Slow Squat x 15 IC
    Dirty Dog x 20 OYO
    Slow SSH 10 IC
    Willie Maze Haze x 15IC
    Mosey to the first light pole

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    PAX performs round of each exercise at all 10 light poles increasing quantity successively then moves to pavilion for 2nd part of round.

    Round 1. Merkins  5 + 1
    Round 2. Squats 10 +2
    Round 3. Monkey Humpers 20-1

    Mosey to the pavilion
    Round 1
    Rock Curls (max in 1 minute)     
    Stargazers (max in 1 minute)
    Dips (max in 1 minute)
    Mosey back to beginning.
    Round 2
    Step ups (With or without rock)
    Calf Raise 
    Box Jumps
    Mosey back to beginning.

     

    COT

    “If you make a woman laugh, you’ve half-undressed her.”

    However, if you half-undress and she laughs, that’s a different thing altogether.

     

    Moleskin

    MayHem should get a new insurance agent before he cuts down any more trees

    My wife called me a fool after she saw my new pimped out block (Thanks to El Chapo and his 1975 pop up camper for the fabric )

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      Don’t be an April Fool (Huey)

      QIC:  Nordictrack

      Date: 04/01/2021

      PAX: Blue (Fat Thor), Dundee, Slois Layne, Friar Tuck, Roomba, Milkman, Doogie, Geek Squad, U-turn

      AO: The Huey

      Conditions

      Cold at 37. Still wet from rain the night before

      COP

      Various exercises to get the heart rate going. Nothing special here.

      The Thang

      The lap consisted of a Bataan Death March. Two lines in parallel. The front two carry a coupon. The back two drop and do 5 burpees, then sprint to the front to take the coupon over. Kept running until everyone got a chance.
      Bataan Death March
      25 Merkins

      50 Mountain Climbers

      75 Calf Raises

      Bataan lap

      25 tricep raises (low plank to high plank)

      50 Monkey Humpers

      75 lunges

      Bataan lap

      25 BBS

      50 LBC

      75 Freddie Mercury

      Bataan lap

      25 dips

      50 squats

      Finished with a Bring Sallie Up song of Merkins.

      COT

      Proverbs 12:15 The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

      Don’t be a fool. Make sure you take in sound advice from reputable sources, and do not spread misinformation.

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        Doublin’ Down on the Track

        QIC:  Recycle

        Date: 3/29/2021

        PAX: Whittler, Burrito, Gusher, Hambone(RESPECT), Zima, Jorts, Mansiere, Snow Patrol

        AO: Convoy

        Conditions

        39 and breezy in the Eagles’ Nest

        COP

        Mosey to the track
        FF OYO
        LOR OYO
        ROL OYO
        WMH x10 IC
        TGE x10 IC
        IW x10 IC
        BBAC x10 IC
        Rev x10 IC
        LBAC x10 IC
        OC x10 IC
        OP x10 IC

        The Thang

        Doublin’ Down on the Track

        What do you do when you get an 11 in Blackjack? You double down!

        Double 11s. Starting with 10 burpees on the home side and visitor side, 1 Captain Thor in each end zone. Mosey in between. Working toward 1 burpee and 10 Captain Thors. We did not get there.

        COT

        Romans 6:3-9

        3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

        5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

        8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.

        Death no longer has mastery over him! Or us as we were baptized into Christ Jesus!

        Great way to start off Holy Week as we prepare to celebrate the Resurrection.

        Moleskin

        Playlist: Jane’s Addiction, Stone Temple Pilots, Seven Mary Three, Stereo MCs, Nirvana, The Pride of the Southland Marching Band (for Whittler), Alice In Chains, LIVE

        For Zima:

        The Legend of Bushwood Burrito

        It was a warm Saturday morning as we arrived at the parking lot of #Reformation curious as to why Burrito had requested us to bring golf balls to his Q. Whittler was present only hoping the golf balls would be used to throw at Burrito. Alas, it was not to be.

        “Hop in your car and follow me! I have a great idea for a workout!”

        There was apprehension as we pulled into the Signal Mountain Golf and Country Club a few minutes after 7:00. What could he have in mind? We moseyed from the parking area over to the back nine. “We’ll start on the tee box of each hole and take turns throwing the golf balls, mosey to the golf ball and complete exercises when we get there!”

        Hey, maybe this workout does have some promise.

        It began innocently enough. A small group of High Impact Men on the golf course on a Saturday morning. What could go wrong? We each took our turns throwing the golf balls and moseying through the dew covered fairways and along the cart paths. Then we reached hole 16….

        As we completed our burpees and American hammers there on the cart path and adjacent grass, a golf cart arrived at our location. Behind the wheel was the head greenskeeper. My memory of his face is that he may have been the greenskeeper, but he was red with anger.

        “Guys, we just can’t be doing this. You can’t be all over the greens like this.”

        Burrito replied confidently “but we have not been on the greens at all! We have stayed on the cart path!”

        “Yes you have! There are footprints all over the greens!”

        Burrito, knowing that the jig was up and he had been bested by the shoe prints in the morning dew, simply hung his head and dejectedly replied:

        “ok“

        It was then that we knew we had to vacate the premises. However, there is no way to get off of the course until after the 17th tee box. We completed the mosey of shame up the cart path being followed by the red faced greenskeeper in his golf cart until we could cut through the tree line and finish up on Golf Drive.

        The story would have a great ending, though, as Gusher opened the Wayside Presbyterian fellowship hall to us for a great coffeeteria so that we could commiserate about the morning’s workout led by Bushwood Burrito.



        News

        Get excited for Jorts at #Smackdown on Tuesday

        Make gainz with Joanna at #Convoy this Saturday the 3rd

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          The Music Sucked but We Learned to Count by Tens at Hacksaw!

          QIC:  Clothespin

          Date: 03-29-2021

          PAX:  Picabo, Bernie, Top’em, Toe Tag, Gilligan, Radar, M.I.A., Uncle Joe, Point Break, Bandwagon, Oui Oui, SeaGull, Tatanka, Sousa, Coldplay, Escobar

          AO: Hacksaw

          Conditions

          Cool Clear Sweat no Regret.

          I am not into the crap that came out of my speaker this morning. Will not let Amazon pick my “rock workout music” again!!!

          COP

          Mosey to the Big American Flag at Veterans Park.

          Third Grade Exercise 15 in cadence

          SSH 20 in cadence

          Willy Mayse Hayse 14 in cadence

          Little baby Arm circles forward (thumb up) 15 in cadence

          Little baby Arm circles reverse (thumb down) 15 in cadence

          Cherry Pickers 15 in cadence

          Moroccan Night Club

          Seal claps 10 in cadence

          The Thang

          Why not just throw down today!
          Ten Tens Make 100

          First Round:
          10 Burpees
          200M Run

          Second Round:
          10 Burpees
          20 Freddie Mercury’s
          200M Run

          Third Round:
          10 Burpees
          20 Freddie Mercury’s
          30 Merkins
          200M Run

          Fourth Round:
          10 Burpees
          20 Freddie Mercury’s
          30 Merkins
          40 Mountain Climbers
          200M Run

          Fifth Round:
          10 Burpees
          20 Freddie Mercury’s
          30 Merkins
          40 Mountain Climbers
          50 Sit-Ups
          200M Run

          Sixth Round:
          10 Burpees
          20 Freddie Mercury’s
          30 Merkins
          40 Mountain Climbers
          50 Sit-Ups
          60 Squats
          200M Run

          Seventh Round:
          10 Burpees
          20 Freddie Mercury’s
          30 Merkins
          40 Mountain Climbers
          50 Sit-Ups
          60 Squats
          70 SSH
          200M Run

          Eighth Round:
          10 Burpees
          20 Freddie Mercury’s
          30 Merkins
          40 Mountain Climbers
          50 Sit-Ups
          60 Squats
          70 SSH
          80 imperial Walkers
          200M Run

          Ninth Round:
          10 Burpees
          20 Freddie Mercury’s
          30 Merkins
          40 Mountain Climbers
          50 Sit-Ups
          60 Squats
          70 SSH
          80 imperial Walkers
          90 Apollo Onos
          200M Run

          Tenth Round:
          10 Burpees
          20 Freddie Mercury’s
          30 Merkins
          40 Mountain Climbers
          50 Sit-Ups
          60 Squats
          70 SSH
          80 imperial Walkers
          90 Apollo Onos
          100 LBCs
          200M Run

          Most pax made it to the 8th round. These guys busted it. I stopped us with about 4 minutes left to do some stretches.
          Downward Dog to Upward Dog
          Side to Side arm stretches.

          COT

          The workout today was all U VS U! The guys really pushed themselves today. We need to take the push we had during the workout and apply it to life. Give 100% to God, family, work and friends. Everyman that came out this morning was a leader.

          Moleskin

          The music sucked this morning. That’s what I get for letting Amazon pick the workout playlist.

          Couple Quotes from PAX (I am sure what they thought was worse. This is what they let me hear….):
          “Who hurt you?”
          “This is stupid Clothespin!”

          For some reason, everyone was busy, when I mentioned I was on Q at Detention Wednesday!

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          3rd F activities: Chubby’s &Habitat, Sousa at Parliament Track Day 3-30-2021, John Doe at Battery 3-30-2021,

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            The Elite 8 Edition at Detention

            QIC:  GEEKSQUAD

            Date: 03/29/2021

            PAX:   Dundee, Hasbro, Mr. Clean, NordicTrack, Ponce De Leon, Postman, Roomba, She Shed, Slois Lane & U-Turn.

            AO: Detention

            Conditions

            Cooler and Feels like temperature is 38. A little brisk.

            COP

            Willy Mayes Hayes x 12 IC
            Butt Kickers x 12 IC
            SSH x 20 IC

            Butterflies x 12 – (Count to 12)
            Greatest American Heroes x 4 (Left, Right, forward, recover -Rinse and Repeat 4 X)
            Updog to down dog with toe flip x 4
            SSH x 20 IC

            Left Arm stretch x 6 (count to 6)
            Right Arm stretch x 6 (count to 6)
            Slow n low Squats x 6 (count to 6)
            Iraqi Tee Times x 6 (count to 6)
            SSH x 10 IC

            Mosey to the hill

            The Thang – The Elite 8 (exercises)

            Moving -use the hill & / Stationary – Dora /AMRAP

            Moving / Stationary
            Bear crawls / Block Press
            Imperial Walkers / Curls
            Bernie Sanders / Tricep extensions
            Lunges / LBCs
            Defensive Slides / Squats
            Mosey up and Back / Burpees
            Karaokes / Freddy Mercurys
            Jail Break up hill & mosey back / Low Rows

            Mosey back to start

            MARY:
            Flutter Kicks IC x 14
            Peter Parkers IC x 14
            FireHydrants IC x 10
            Pretzels x 10 each leg IC
            Box cutters x 10 IC
            Merkins x 15 IC
            Pickle Pounders x 15 IC

            MOLESKIN

            “I like arriving, getting out of the car and hearing music playing before the workout.” – NordicTrack

            “It’s Monday and we have to bear crawl that far!”

            “I think I should have decided to go to Shot House this morning.” – Ponce

            “That felt like a telephone pole going in sideways” Which was followed by, “TWSS” and then, “I didn’t say, Jennifer said that!” – Mr. Clean and Geek Squad.

            “Free and Free and Free and Free” before leading the exercise “fire hydrants” – Geek Squad

            COT

            Trust is at the core of everything you do as a leader. If the people you lead, trust you, they will follow wherever you lead them. Without trust, transactions cannot occur. Without trust, influence is destroyed. Without trust, leaders lose their people. Trust can be either your most vulnerable weakness or your greatest asset.

            Proverbs 3:5,6 is one of my favorite words of wisdom in the Bible. “Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all of your ways, acknowledge Him and He will direct your path!

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              Wagon Wheel rolls into the Huey, just before 4 Bud Light Trucks

              QIC:  Sidekick

              Date: 03/25/2021

              PAX: U-Turn; Dundee; Ducktales; Geek Squad; Doogie; Nordictrak; Blue; Cleaver; Roomba; Slois Lane

              AO: The Huey

              Conditions

              57 and clear, until it wasn’t…

              COP

              Forward Fold; Willie Mays Hays; SSH; 3rd grade Exercises; LBAC-Reverse-Overhead Claps-Seal Claps-Overhead Press; Slow Squats

              The Thang

              Wagon Wheel

              The Wagon wheel works great with a circular running path and just by happenchance, the Huey has a circular running track.

              The wheel consists of 8 stations (the spokes) connected to a central Hub, with the track making up the wheel.

              The 8 stations are as follows: Mahktar Merkins X 10 hard Count; Crab Claps X 10 Hard Count; Block Press X 15; SSH X 20 Hard Count; Block Curls X 20; Imperial Squats X 15 Hard Count; Jungle Boi Squats X 15; BBSU X 20

              The routine is as follows: PAX split up to the 8 stations, with 11 total, 3 stations have 2 guys. Complete the reps on the paper and run to the hub, perform 5 Burpees, run back to the station and complete the reps again. Mosey counter clockwise to the next station and repeat. Repeat this around until all stations are complete.

              We each grabbed one more station when the 6 was in based on our buddy’s least favorite.

              Now the rains came. This was not a sprinkle, into a drizzle, into a rain. This was nothing, straight to a down pour. A turd floater if you will.

              We ran under the pavilion and ended with some Dip planks, some dercans; some exaggerated groin and hammy stretching, hands out Ircans, and finally some dying cockroach.

              Time

              COT


              Today we talked about the parable with Jesus giving the blind man his sight. This is relatable to todays society in that we are all blinded to some degree by something. There is always something that takes our attention away from our relationship with Jesus.               Try to find what yours is this week.

              Moleskin

              Bud Light trucks are the Huey mass transit buses of the boneyard. I will say that the fine folk of Soddy Daisy must have been thirsty lately as three trucks rolled out in the first 10 minutes. We decided that 5 burpees burns as many calories that one can of that water beer contains.

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                Big Hill. Big Burpees. Big Picture.

                QIC:  Fissure

                Date: 03/26/2021

                PAX: Carebear, Offset, Pink Panther, Zima, Recycle, Burrito, Blindside, Moneyball

                AO: Lions Den

                Conditions

                Stayed dry for us but ground was wet and semi humid

                COP

                Grabbed our blocks and shuffle mosey’d to the big hill with a pit stop to SSH, fwd fold, imperial walker, iraqi tea time, tea pot

                The Thang

                This was all OYO
                Ran to first light pole and returned to your block
                1 burpee jump over (burpee on one side of the block, jump over block, 1 burpee
                Ran to the second light pole and return to your block
                1 burpee jump over, jump back, burpee, jump over, burpee (4 burpees)
                You get the picture. Each return trip to your block we did that number light pole x 2 burpees with jump overs in between. Burrito tried and almost succeeded in making this complicated.

                We stopped after running to the 9th light pole and completing our 18 burpee jump overs. Suckfest.

                Flutterkicks x 18 IC
                Big boi situps x 18
                LBCs x 18 IC

                Shuffle Mosey’d back to stop with a pit stop to do big boi situps with the block x 18

                COT

                I recently asked a pal to analyze a specific situation and discovered he hadn’t noticed small details that I noticed. He reckoned it was because he sees the big picture. This was a good reminder that you can get lost in silly details that don’t matter and lose sight of the big picture. Try not to do that. Glad I have pals that remind me what is important.

                Moleskin

                One of those pals is Burrito. Love that guy. He teased on slack that he might show up sans pants today. He showed up in pants, thankfully.

                It was suggested that maybe we need an “accountability list.” It would work like the HC list except you get to see who didn’t follow through. Of course, this suggestion was a joke but Moneyball said he already follows up with most everyone after workouts to see what happened. Moneyball gets the big picture.

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