[YHC note: Damn Gina knocked it out of the park, but due to technical issues, can’t post his Backblast. YHC is acting as publisher until we get DG his own login.]
It was a great morning in Matthews as 7 pax got together for a great stretch. Here is what we did:
● Trapezius stretch while standing in mountain pose
● Bend down into a forward fold.
● Kick out into a plank
● Walk it into a down dog
● Slide through a plank into cobra
● Push back up to down dog
● Roll up slowly to mountain
● Warrior I – left side
● Warrior II – left side
● Warrior I – left side
● Warrior I – right side
● Warrior II – right side
● Warrior I – right side
● Sit down
● Easy twist – left
● Easy twist – right
● Corpse pose
● Right knee to chest (Pavanamuktasana)
● Knee down twist pose – left (Jathara Parivrtanasana)
● Corpse pose
● Left knee to chest (Pavanamuktasana)
● Knee down twist pose – right (Jathara Parivrtanasana)
● Corpse pose
● Sit up
We went through that whole circuit twice.
Moleskine
This morning was my VQ and I appreciated and greatly enjoyed the opportunity. Everyone seemed to enjoy the music playing during our workout. Today we were listening to Dusk to Dawn by Emancipator. We all also learned of the existence of freezing fog, so I want to thank everyone for coming out in such crazy weather.
[Publisher’s notes: The title for the BB comes from a comment I’m pretty sure I heard Tweetsie mumble as we were trying to perform Jathara Parivrtanasana. Which is about as hard to do as it is to say. Disclosure was given and the devo was a reminder that good leaders surround themselves with good advisers. Oh, and not only did Damn Gina have his Gumby VQ today, it was his first ever F3 Q also. T-claps for that!!]
Beaver had a blue-light escort to Q this morning’s Gumby. They were going to cart him off to the big house, but when they learned he was the Gumby Q, they let him off with just a light fine and stern talking to.
Anywho, here’s how the rest of the morning went…
The Thang:
Moleskin:
YHC raised the audio bar by going old school and bringing possibly the biggest “boombox” ever made. After setting up, YHC, of course, forgot to turn on the music until Tweetsie alerted that the music was in fact not playing. This is the second time in two Gumby Q’s where YHC forgot to turn on the music – a pattern may be developing.
After “course correcting” for the audio portion of the program, we began the workout with Qi gung forms and then practiced yoga / stretching to synchronize mind, body and spirit, and seek enlightenment.
As a public service announcement, on the way to the workout, YHC’s wallet was “enlightened” by learning that the speed limit on Fullwood has recently been changed to 35 MPH. Please be careful on Fullwood, unless you want your wallet to be “enlightened” as well. ?
Thanks everyone for the opportunity to lead!
Beaver
Announcements:
Next week Damn Gina’s VQ
March 9th is the Joe Davis Race for Recovery. Sign up. There’s a 5K and 10K, so you have no excuse. It supports a good cause and is one of the big “all F3” events of the year.
Gear day at Gumby. Tweeted and Slacked to tell Pax to bring 2 or more large cans. All but one (no names, Geraldo) got the message. Madison and Arena had the manliest man-sized cans. Grave Dancer had regular sized, but brought three, so I can’t pick on him. Anyway, we ran the Swiss Standard Tabata routine with best of The Who. Good time.
Devo: Throughout the bible, we see that God wants us to be grateful (Col 3:17, Phil 4:6, 1 Chron 16:34). Like a muscle, you can work on gratitude and it becomes stronger. Take time to “exercise” your gratitude, and teach your kids (example: gratitude tree).
Vinyasa – 1X slow to take time to de-kink, then 3X OYO to warm up
The Main Thang:
LEFT: Lizard 45s
Hammy stretch 45s With your cans for support!
Lizard Quad 45s
REPEATO RIGHT
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Meet in Table Top
Cat/Cow X5
LEFT: Bird dog/Cheetah 5X
Side Split 45s
Twist Side Hip 45s
REPEATO RIGHT
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Grab your cans and: Squat down for:
Malasana 60s
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Step back into Pigeon:
LEFT 60s
REPEATO RIGHT 60s
Seated twist 30s L, 30s R
Prone shoulder flip 45s (L/R)
Cross shoulders 45s (L+R)
Neck stretch 45s (L+R)
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Back down to six:
Single knee hug 45s (L/R)
Supine twist 45s (L/R)
Dead pigeon 45s (L/R)
Happy baby 45s
Shoulder across chest 45s (L/R)
TIME!
Announcements
Moleskin
Great to have Paper Jam back. Pokey has been shipped to Florida for the winter, so we can look forward to having PJ and some other “don’t mind the drive” SOB Pax join us for recovery and stretching until things warm back up outside and Pokey returns.
Thanks for bringing food to donate. YHC dropped the cans (felt like ~ 60# KB worth) at the Second Harvest food drive bin at the Wells Fargo branch on Matthews/Mint Hill Rd. As we remember to be grateful (see Devo above), it’s a great time of year to share the wealth, and love on our neighbors. Volunteer, donate or both. Teach your kids that that’s just what we do as Christians.
AYE!
-Swiss Miss
YHC got to the AO in time to see the four die-hard runners set off for #F3Sparta. Guessing Madison was the Q, since he was lit up like a Christmas tree. Maybe that was his way of dealing with the fact that it’s just as hot at the end of September as it was in late July. Where is that ******* cooler weather, anyway?
Rant over.
By the time I got back from a quick AO check, the gang was all in and ready to go. Oh, wait, not quite. Seems like Slim Fast forgot to bring his dry shirt, so after tossing the soaked pre-run shirt aside, he boldly stepped forward as the sole player on the “skins” team.
Disclaimer given, we got going. Here’s the play-by-play for those keeping score at home:
Mosey around front of church to back of track for COP
COP:
SSH-15
IW-15
Merkins-15
LSS-15 (low slow squat)
Time for the Main Thang:
Find a pull-up or supine pull-up bar to call your own.
Up & hold 5 count then 5-count descent, YHC bellowing the count.
10 recovery Merkins OYO
REPEATO minus 1 Merkin each round.
Mosey to parking lot and partner up.
Partner 1: SSH while P2 lunge walk to opposite side, mosey back. Flapjack
P1: SSH while P2 bear crawls across, mosey back. Flapjack
P1: Sumo Jack while P2 bunny hop across, mosey back. Flapjack
P1: Sumo Jack while P2 “speed skates” across, mosey back. Flap jack
P1: Sumo Jack while P2 sprints across, mosey back. Flapjack
Mosey to benches:
15 dips, 15 decline Merkins, 15 step-ups OYO;
Repeato 2 X
Mosey to wall for people’s chair and air presses – 20IC
Repeato
Mosey to center of basketball court and circle up for ring-around-the-Mary.
Pax #1 calls ab exercise and lunge walks around ring. Remaining Pax perform called exercise IC until runner returns.
Repeato until time runs out.
Mosey through school to parking lot for COT.
Announcements
Isabella Santos Run, 9/29/18: https://isabellasantosfoundation.org/annual-5k-for-kids-cancer/
F3 Dads at Kinetic Heights – see #F3Dads channel on Slack
Crane Relay, 10/26
Let Them Soar, 5K 11/10/18: https://letthemsoar5k.racesonline.com/
Moleskin
Welcome to FNG Cruller. He came with Bernanke and survived not only the workout but also the naming process. I’m not sure which was worse. Actually, the naming could have gone FAR worse, but we cut Horse Head off before he could reach the bottom of the barrel. Here’s what we avoided:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSvNhxKJJyU
Thanks for trying the Sumo Squat – Japanese style. I couldn’t find a nice short clip on YouTube, but if you’ve got one, drop it in the comments. Like I said, I was trying to describe what I remembered from an old James Bond movie. At least it was better than those Side Straddle Hops. Maybe before I Q next time, I’ll find the clip and get the movements right. #notaprofessional
Thanks for the chance to lead.
Remember, be the light and the salt, gentlemen.
Swiss Miss
YHC was substiQ for BooYah, who was scheduled to make his triumphant return to Gumby this morning, but got cold feet and pushed it back a few weeks.
Music today was sponsored by Salsa Warriors – a NYC-based station that plays the best Salsa on the planet (or at least that’s what they’ve been telling me).
Devo: Schedule a “worry hour” at 5:00pm every day, and you may soon realize that’s not worth it. Based on Matthew 6:27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? (NIV)
Vinyasa – 1X slow to take time to de-kink, then 3X OYO to warm up
The Main Thang:
LEFT: Lizard 45s
Hammy stretch 45s
Lizard Quad 45s
REPEATO RIGHT
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Move to Table Top
LEFT: Bird dog/Cheetah 5X
Side Split 45s
Twist Side Hip 45s
REPEATO RIGHT
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Squat down for:
Malasana 60s
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Move to Down Dog then:
LEFT: Pigeon 60s
REPEATO RIGHT
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Seated twist 30s (L+R)
Prone shoulder flip 45s (L+R)
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Back down to six:
Lie back:
Single knee hug 45s (L/R)
Supine twist 45s (L/R)
Dead pigeon 45s (L/R)
Happy baby 45s
Neck stretch 45s (L+R)
Half Cow Face 45s (L/R)
TIME!
Announcements
Isabella Santos Run, 9/29/18: https://isabellasantosfoundation.org/annual-5k-for-ids-cancer/
F3 Dads at Kinetic Heights – see #F3Dads channel on Slack
Crane Relay, 10/26
Let Them Soar, 5K 11/10/18: https://letthemsoar5k.racesonline.com/
Moleskin
Why is the dipping sauce also called Salsa, and which came first, the food or the music or dance? Comment below if you know, if you don’t know but have a guess or if you don’t care because guacamole is better anyway and all those songs sounded the same.
Got to the school after a brief detour at @HighTideNC ’s house to load up on KBs, and unloaded in back. Had just enough time to trot back to the parking lot to round up the Pax before we got going.
Theme for the day (inspired by Grandpa Jacks) is
Head, shoulders, knees and toes.
Warm up
Lug your bell to the back of the school and oval up for:
IW 10 In Cadence (IC)
Peter Parker 10IC
Grandpa Jacks 10IC
Parker Peter 10IC
Happy-appy (Sideways IW) 10IC
Merkins 10IC
Mosey to pile of bells and load to playground for the main Thang. Review list of activities and let the fun begin: (go in the order you want, repeat if finished early)
Head: 30 head raises on each: front, back, left, right
Shoulders: 20@50% max then 10@75% max OR 5-10@90%max to failure
Shrugs
Single-arm press
Overhead press
Upright row
Lawn mower
Face-down fly
Triceps extension
2X Knees: 20@50% max then 10@75% max OR <10@90%max to failure
KB swing
KB Squat
KB Lunge
2X Toes: Calf raises 20 together then 10 each foot solo
Eyes+Ears+Mouth+Nose = Chin-up 5X5X5 – up, hold 5. Decent 5 count. Repeat 5X
6 Minutes of Mary
Flutter -15IC
Bicycle -15IC
Dolly -15IC
American Hammer -15IC
LBC -20IC
Plank Wave (lost count)
Mosey back to parking lot for COT
Announcements:
Prayer Request for Cooter’s name-twin.
Moleskin
Hope y’all got your money’s worth. We managed to get a 60-minute workout into about 55 minutes. Dang! That’s strong!! Guess this is the regular Olympus group, because there was nothing Moderate (#F3Ascent) about it.
YHC was relieved to see that all the metal wasn’t going to be going to waste, and happy to see that most of the guys had brought a bell or two (or 3, Kostanza #overachiever)
Due to technical glitch (read “user error”), I didn’t capture all PAX names as intended, so please comment with who I missed or if I gave credit to someone who wasn’t actually there. I know there were 8 of us.
Mall Cop was War Baby
Cooter earned the most respect as War Daddy
Thanks for following along with the suggestions, guys. Have a great weekend!
-SM
[YHC is posting this BB for Beaver. I’ll try not to add to many of my own comments.]
First things first – Borrow Tweetsie’s cell phone for devotional Bible phrases on forgiveness (Thank you, Tweetsie!)
Corpse Pose and Devotional [strong devo on Forgiveness]
[Warm up]Qi Gung Standing Posture and a variety of Qi Gung forms
The Thang:
Child’s Pose
Cat Cows
Downward Dog
Lunge on Knee – Circularize arms
Hamstring stretch on Knee
Sun Salutations x 3
Warrior I
Warrior II
Wide Leg Forward Bend
Tree Pose
Pigeon
Bridge
Happy Baby
Moleskin:
It was an honor to lead Gumby and teach the PAX a few Qi Gung forms.
Inner steel sharpens inner steel.
Great work by all PAX!
[YHC: Beaver aced it. VQ and was ready with devo, music and Weinke. Not sure how we hadn’t noticed before, but Beaver is exceptionally flexible. Must be the Qi Gong.]
YHC was today’s substi-Q for Sony, who is facing some serious health problems that have the doctors stumped. (Prayers for his return to health!)
Pre-warm-up: “Passive stretch” while YHC read Devo.
(Didn’t have Weinke – left at home in rush to leave this morning – but this was mostly what we did)
Warm up with Sun Salutation (aka Vinyasa) together 1X then 3X OYO. Then on to the main thang:
Kneeling side stretch then swing leg across back of body to do Twist Side Hip stretch.
Flapjack and repeato
Vinyasa OYO (we did this between most sets, but to save space and b/c I’m in a hurry, I’m not going to keep putting it in here.)
Low lunge: Crescent/Revolved Side Angle 3X
Flapjack and repeato
Warrior 1. 2 then Peaceful Warrior to Side Angle 3X
Flapjack and repeato
Balance work: Tree Pose (extra credit for eyes closed)
Knee hugs (alt R/L) then Dead Pigeon R/L
Firelogs (one leg on top, then flapjack)
Prone Shoulder Flip R/L
Cross Shoulder stretch R/L
Frog (courtesy Millionaire Hoy on UToob)
Time!
Announcements
From Madison: Matthews Alive in downtown Matthews over LDW – look for chances to hand out F3 flyers and talk up F3 among the masses
Moleskin
Lois rocked the “Firelogs” pose. Most of us could only laugh and try not to fall over, but he was sitting as serenely as a Zen master.
Crickets still patrolling the floor of the Scout Hut – not scary, but unsettling to have one crawl up to you unannounced.
Is it a good sign that you need to stretch out a bit after Gumby?
YHC misspoke: 5 deep breaths is ~30 sec, not 45.
Devo:
From everymanministries.com a reminder to be grateful to God. Ref: Romans 14:17
Happy Independence Day!
With two other PAX to lead, YHC got things going this morning with a short devo on “Dependence”
Vinyasa – 1X slow to take time to de-kink, then 2X OYO to warm up
The Main Thang:
LEFT: Lizard 45s
Hammy stretch 45s
Lizard Quad 45s
Vinyasa 1X OYO
REPEATO RIGHT
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Move to Table Top
LEFT: Bird dog/Cheetah 5X
Side Split 45s
Twist Side Hip 45s
REPEATO RIGHT
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Squat down for:
Malasana 60s
Move to Down Dog then:
LEFT: Pigeon 60s
REPEATO RIGHT
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Seated twist 30s (L+R)
Prone shoulder flip 45s (L+R)
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Back down to six:
Shoulder across chest stretch 45s (L/R)
Lie back:
Single knee hug 45s (L/R)
Supine twist 45s (L/R)
Dead pigeon 45s (L/R)
Happy baby 45s
Bridge 45s
Double knee hug 45s
Neck stretch 45s (L/R)
TIME!
Vinyasa 1X OYO
Announcements
None.
Moleskin
Good chatter this morning, with both Swiss Miss and Tweetsie heading in to the office for a few hours. Learned about a new workout tomorrow, “Fishing Hole,” hich Beaver said was for the more mature PAX (my words).
Playlist was “Patriotic Rock & Patriotic Army Rock” from Spotify. Kind of stretching it to stay on theme, but it worked.
This Tabata Weinke is YHC’s go-to. If you have add/drop suggestions, please let me know. Otherwise, you’ll be seeing it again in a few months.
Devo:
https://odb.org/2014/07/04/dependence-day/
Based on scripture: “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5)
I was not close to a computer last week, so didn’t get this back blast out with my usual prompt timing. Still, I think the statute of limitations is one week, so I almost made it.
Warm-up:
Mosey around front of church to back to bus parking lot.
20-IC SSH
10 Low-slow Merkins (aka 4-count chest to ground Merkins)
20-IC Imperial Walker
10-IC LSS
Mosey to bus parking lot for the …
Main THANG:
Time for some cards!
Suit is exercise, number = #reps. Face is 10, Ace is 11 or 1, up to you
Mosey to basketball court for first hand of cards:
Mosey to bleachers for next hand:
Mosey to pull-up bars for next hand:
Mosey to side entrance of theater:
Wall sit with air presses X2
Mosey to parking lot for few minutes of Mary:
One-legged Dolly – 10IC
Other-legged Dolly – 10IC
TIME!
Announcements
American 4-miler (Speed for Need) on July 4th Uptown Charlotte – Madison has details
Prayer request for Madoff’s sister, Emily