dad’s away boys will play
Date: 2025-01-18 AO: _sob Q: ToeJam PAX: wildturkey, Rehab, Rousey, Roulette, Starch, bottlecap FNGs: None COUNT: 7
WARMUP: Ran to Amp gates were locked so pivoted to a parking lot. SSH, Imperial Walkers arm circles merkins MT CLIMBERS calf stretch and runners stretch THE THANG: did a burpee ladder to start 10 to 1 pax choice. Ran to Campbell’s lot did a partner chip 100 calf Raises 100 jump squats 100 Big boys 100 Plank jacks 100 merkins One partner worked other Ran the lot as the timer. Mosey to workout stations in the woods 3 rounds 10 pull ups 10 dips 10 derkins Indian run around lake Mosey to launch Bear crawl suicides MARY: throughout and at finale Lbc, heels to heaven, Box Cutters, j-los ANNOUNCEMENTS: keep those on IR in our prayers. Bottle cap from Cinncy joined us announced a get tough event in April in Cinncy invite open to all. COT: YHQ took us out
WARMUP: Ran to Amp gates were locked so pivoted to a parking lot. SSH, Imperial Walkers arm circles merkins MT CLIMBERS calf stretch and runners stretch THE THANG: did a burpee ladder to start 10 to 1 pax choice. Ran to Campbell’s lot did a partner chip 100 calf Raises 100 jump squats 100 Big boys 100 Plank jacks 100 merkins One partner worked other Ran the lot as the timer. Mosey to workout stations in the woods 3 rounds 10 pull ups 10 dips 10 derkins Indian run around lake Mosey to launch Bear crawl suicides MARY: throughout and at finale Lbc, heels to heaven, Box Cutters, j-los ANNOUNCEMENTS: keep those on IR in our prayers. Bottle cap from Cinncy joined us announced a get tough event in April in Cinncy invite open to all. COT: YHQ took us out
Lower on Upper
Date: 2025-01-17 AO: scars Q: Starch PAX: Franky, Roulette, Rudy, The Worm, ToeJam FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: No need
THE THANG: Modified the route a bit and added in a parking deck for maximum fun. Went lower on upper. Then went up on lower. Tried to add in another quarter mile, but we ran out on time. Got a little over 3 and 1/3 miles.
MARY: Nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots of events coming up – Moab marathon, Oak Island marathon, Spartan race – sign up for something.
COT: frasier took us out
THE THANG: Modified the route a bit and added in a parking deck for maximum fun. Went lower on upper. Then went up on lower. Tried to add in another quarter mile, but we ran out on time. Got a little over 3 and 1/3 miles.
MARY: Nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots of events coming up – Moab marathon, Oak Island marathon, Spartan race – sign up for something.
COT: frasier took us out
Frost Q of the NewYear
Date: 2025-01-16 AO: _area-51 Q: ToeJam PAX: Bombay, Brisket, Pilgrim, Cooter2, Rousey FNGs: None COUNT: 6
WARMUP: Usual SSH Imperial Walkers worlds greatest stretch merkins THE THANG: partner track work. Half a lap run by partner while the other was doing said exercise then catch up downs next exercise. We did Burpees, big boy setups, squats, merkins, SSH Run to rock pile do a little lifting then back to launch MARY: A round of Pax choice ANNOUNCEMENTS: none COT: YHQ took us out
WARMUP: Usual SSH Imperial Walkers worlds greatest stretch merkins THE THANG: partner track work. Half a lap run by partner while the other was doing said exercise then catch up downs next exercise. We did Burpees, big boy setups, squats, merkins, SSH Run to rock pile do a little lifting then back to launch MARY: A round of Pax choice ANNOUNCEMENTS: none COT: YHQ took us out
Great Green Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts
Date: 2025-01-17 AO: joust Q: Horsehead PAX: spackles, ductwork, geraldo, hopper, Focker, Orange Whip, Mr. Magoo, Limey, Daisy FNGs: None COUNT: 10 So far, 2025 has launched like a rock hard booger that you discover after lunch making you wonder if you were walking around with a bat in the cave all morning. After two weeks of exhausting work travel, I was planning to sleep in today until I get the “reminder” last night that I had not agreed to Q this morning.
So, we did the ultimate autopilot Q – the Death Valley Gopher. I think only a few of the guys remembered old the old DV AO, with the pitch black steps of death and the soggy field of nightmares that we used to crawl around on. Some guys would bring headlamps, just to ruin any semblance of night vision and guarantee some sort form injury or fatality during the workout. And we wont even speak of the old “nature trail” filled with crack den mattresses and bum wine bottles. Ahhh . . . the good old days where we actually touched grass and sometimes each other. Yikes.
Anyway, no Night Train or Wild Irish Rose bottles on the fancy CC track – just some construction items that (most of us) were able to dodge. Well, to be truthful I don’t know what half of the guys did. I managed to end up in the non-Spackler group so I’m sure there were some colorful tales and possibly some complaints about the Gopher, because we all know that Carl Spackler hates the gopher. No explosives though. Mrs. Esterhouse . . .
We cut it a little short after 4 rounds of Gopher and took Caradhras to the top of Grandmother Mt so nobody could do pull ups. Then some pax-led parking lot stomache made certain that I Qd this workout as little as possible.
T&P to Geraldo for his loss and for Header who is in the hospital with a blood clot.
your pal, Horsehead
So, we did the ultimate autopilot Q – the Death Valley Gopher. I think only a few of the guys remembered old the old DV AO, with the pitch black steps of death and the soggy field of nightmares that we used to crawl around on. Some guys would bring headlamps, just to ruin any semblance of night vision and guarantee some sort form injury or fatality during the workout. And we wont even speak of the old “nature trail” filled with crack den mattresses and bum wine bottles. Ahhh . . . the good old days where we actually touched grass and sometimes each other. Yikes.
Anyway, no Night Train or Wild Irish Rose bottles on the fancy CC track – just some construction items that (most of us) were able to dodge. Well, to be truthful I don’t know what half of the guys did. I managed to end up in the non-Spackler group so I’m sure there were some colorful tales and possibly some complaints about the Gopher, because we all know that Carl Spackler hates the gopher. No explosives though. Mrs. Esterhouse . . .
We cut it a little short after 4 rounds of Gopher and took Caradhras to the top of Grandmother Mt so nobody could do pull ups. Then some pax-led parking lot stomache made certain that I Qd this workout as little as possible.
T&P to Geraldo for his loss and for Header who is in the hospital with a blood clot.
your pal, Horsehead
Track Day for Goats
Date: 2025-01-17 AO: mountain-goat Q: slim_fast PAX: gullah, Spammer, slim_fast, retread, wildturkey, Benny FNGs: None COUNT: 6 6 Pax enjoyed the balmy 32 degree morning we’ll be wishing for next week. Good to have Benny join us along with some of the regular MG crew. WARMUP: Run to the end of Strawberry and back, head to the track for stretching. THE THANG: 400m/800m repeats with 400m recovery in between. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hmm, maybe. COT: Slimfast took us out with words of wisdom.
The Brave is meant to be hard
Date: 2025-01-17 AO: _sob Q: frasier PAX: drive_by, fire_hazard, Hippie, midriff, teddyf3, wingman, Taco stand FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Slight mosey into BCC THE THANG: we ran 5 miles through the country club doing various exercises, revolving around working our core, our chest and some version of squats. Threw in a triple dime up and down a steep hill for fun. Great work by all the men. Even Teddy. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
Charlotte Christian hasn’t canceled their lacrosse program yet?
Date: 2025-01-17 AO: ufo-ultimatefriz Q: MARTA PAX: Yeti, smokey, Shank, Paris, Spikeball, Victoria, Crawdad, sweeney_todd, David Baker, Mayo, Broken Arrow, Chubbs, Pfeffer, MARTA, biden, The Lacrosse Team FNGs: 1 The Lacrosse Team COUNT: 15 WARMUP: smokey led the count off with SSH and IW. THE THANG: It was a nice brisk morning for the classic match up of yellow vs. pink, bitter foes to the end. Pink went up 2-0 but quickly lost their way (over aggressive throws) to a lopsided yellow team. At 545 we knew our time was limited as a lacrosse coach rolled a speaker up to the field and crisp luxury cars arrived on the side line. The lights were turned on, and Yeti negotiated a few more minutes of action after skying a defender in the corner in front of potentially his former students. As time elapsed, Yellow was up 2 to 3 scores and Paris called next score wins (which was not accepted). Regardless, he was abruptly beat by the slowest player (YHC) on the field in the endzone to end the game. Yellow victory and an early 6:00 AM finish due to the lacrosse practice. I’m sure Pink would have come back and made a game of it (hah).
8 v 7 Yellow(1s): Marta Shank Barber Crawdad Smokey Vicky Spikeball Fly with me Pink (2s) Paris Yeti Mayo Biden Broken Arrow Chubbs Pfeffer MARY: Hah ANNOUNCEMENTS: Obstacle Race COT: Yeti takes us out. Pray for header. Crawdad’s son James (Emergency brain surgery); and Spikeball’s sister in law (Preeclampsia)
8 v 7 Yellow(1s): Marta Shank Barber Crawdad Smokey Vicky Spikeball Fly with me Pink (2s) Paris Yeti Mayo Biden Broken Arrow Chubbs Pfeffer MARY: Hah ANNOUNCEMENTS: Obstacle Race COT: Yeti takes us out. Pray for header. Crawdad’s son James (Emergency brain surgery); and Spikeball’s sister in law (Preeclampsia)
Meat. Hold the potatoes.
Date: 2025-01-15 AO: meathead Q: high_tide PAX: MARTA, Unplugged, Uncle Leo, The Worm, taggart FNGs: None COUNT: 6 YHC promised a simple meat (and swings) workout because, well, I like meat and someone else likes doing 10,000 swings in January. Here’s how it “worked” out.
WARMUP: SSH LSS Hillbilly Prying squat
THE THANG: The sequence: Press – 3 Left Squat – 3 Right Press – 3 Left Squat – 3 Right Swings – 10 Rest Repeato with reps of 5 and swings of 15 Rest Repeato with reps of 8 and swings of 25 Rest Repeato all of the above with 3-5-8 and 10-15-25 respectively Repeato 3 more times, with reps of 1-2-3 but keeping swings at 10-15-25
MARY: 5 real bulldogs (pullover + Louganis) 45 seconds of Unplugged’s Crunch Bugs (R)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: I don’t really remember any
COT: Marta had more stories than usual, which I think was his way of slowing us down so that I’d drop the reps, without asking me to drop the reps. Very clever, that guy. Unplugged loves his swings. Dan John would be proud. And he still doesn’t know what a Louganis is. Uncle Leo was fairly quiet but it was likely because my changing numbers meant he was busy keeping the math straight to (1) be sure we reached 250 on the swings but (2) ensure I didn’t overachieve his 300. The Worm bombed himself, and it wasn’t even during the Flute Bridge. He had to walk off, coughing and gagging. I would have offered a water or a mint, but now that Covid is over, I don’t keep a hazmat mask :mask: with me anymore. Taggert strolled in about 15 minutes post-launch, but since this isn’t a bootcamp, he easily found us and only shorted himself the first round of the workout, which I’m sure he made up at home.
By the numbers: 50 presses Left 50 presses Right 100 squats (L+R) 250 swings 0 fluff in this stuff
Aye
WARMUP: SSH LSS Hillbilly Prying squat
THE THANG: The sequence: Press – 3 Left Squat – 3 Right Press – 3 Left Squat – 3 Right Swings – 10 Rest Repeato with reps of 5 and swings of 15 Rest Repeato with reps of 8 and swings of 25 Rest Repeato all of the above with 3-5-8 and 10-15-25 respectively Repeato 3 more times, with reps of 1-2-3 but keeping swings at 10-15-25
MARY: 5 real bulldogs (pullover + Louganis) 45 seconds of Unplugged’s Crunch Bugs (R)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: I don’t really remember any
COT: Marta had more stories than usual, which I think was his way of slowing us down so that I’d drop the reps, without asking me to drop the reps. Very clever, that guy. Unplugged loves his swings. Dan John would be proud. And he still doesn’t know what a Louganis is. Uncle Leo was fairly quiet but it was likely because my changing numbers meant he was busy keeping the math straight to (1) be sure we reached 250 on the swings but (2) ensure I didn’t overachieve his 300. The Worm bombed himself, and it wasn’t even during the Flute Bridge. He had to walk off, coughing and gagging. I would have offered a water or a mint, but now that Covid is over, I don’t keep a hazmat mask :mask: with me anymore. Taggert strolled in about 15 minutes post-launch, but since this isn’t a bootcamp, he easily found us and only shorted himself the first round of the workout, which I’m sure he made up at home.
By the numbers: 50 presses Left 50 presses Right 100 squats (L+R) 250 swings 0 fluff in this stuff
Aye
Wait, was that 4?
Date: 2025-01-16 AO: sparta Q: Full House PAX: turkey_leg, ductwork, geraldo, hopper, lex_luthor, Orange Whip FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: short run followed by dynamic stretching THE THANG: 4×4, 4 minutes on, followed by 3 minutes recovery, 4 times. turkey_leg gaslit everyone in to going 1 more interval. But it was good to push for 1 more. MARY: jog back to start. ANNOUNCEMENTS: breakmans father daughter date is selling tickets COT:
Calf Muscles == 2nd Heart
Date: 2025-01-16 AO: the-phoenix Q: Roulette PAX: wildturkey, teddyf3, midriff FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: Mosey to the Y pavilion, stretch it out (we don’t do enough stretching before workouts)… Arm circles, neck rolls, hip circles, downward dog, runners stretch, cobra THE THANG: Mosey to the Baseball fields for a couple rounds of 4 stations Alternating Upper body and core exercises for each stop and do a leg focused exercise on the way to the next station 10x Carolina Dry docks, lunge walk, 20x LBC, Broad jump, 10x Diamond Merkins, Tip toe walk, 20x Pistol Crunches, Side squats, 10x Hand release merkins, Heal walk, 20x Freddie Mercury, Squat shuffle, 10x Wide arm merkins, Lunge walk, 15x wingman sit-ups, side step squats, 10x Decline merkins Mosey back to the Y pavilion, wall sit 30x overhead presses, plank it up for 5x Merkins straight into 5x J-Lo for two rounds… 30x dips Mosey to the Y track for two laps, stopping at each corner for 10x upper body and 20x core… I can’t remember everything we did so just use your imagination… MARY: Air humpers (thx teddyf3), Box cutters (Perennial wildturkey fav), and Plank with some 6 inch holds cuz you know I like it nasty… ANNOUNCEMENTS: If you’ve read this far good on you… Now get you ass out of that bed and do the hard thing :slightly_smiling_face: Shout out to midriff for getting in the miles even though he’s recovering from illness COT: “Be the nice person at work.” Great advice from wildturkey And I’ll leave you with this: “External things are not the problem. It’s your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations