Monthly Archive May 2025

Snake Eyes Soul Crusher

Date: 2025-05-31 AO: davinci Q: Roulette PAX: Odd Job, Starch, F3 Elsa, Roulette, Snake Eyes (Q) FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Mosey to the Best Buy parking lot, SSH, IW, arm circles… case down Elsa before he went back home THE THANG: Cinder block work next to Target 3 rounds 10x curls, overhead press, rows, squats Between each round Half of Pax run to the end of the parking lot, other half deep merkins on the cindys
Light post work being the shopping center 5 big boys at each
Mosey over to Elevation 2 laps Lunge walk the short side Sprint the long side
Mosey to the fountain 3 rounds 15x dips 10x jump-ups
Mosey home
MARY: LBCs, flutters ANNOUNCEMENTS: Inferno race COT: Gratitude for all that is provided

The Opposite of Earmuffs

Date: 2025-05-31 AO: olympus Q: Krzyzewski PAX: high_tide, flipper, Mountain Momma, taggart, Emoji, ickey_shuffle, Toto, hoover FNGs: None COUNT: 9 Cool temps, a mild breeze, and warm sunshine greeted the pax this morning in near idyllic conditions. In theory, this delightful backdrop should have set us up for an efficient and smooth beat down. The one factor YHC didn’t count on was the impromptu Cool Hand Luke dynamic that unfolded set after set. Despite best efforts, including Ickey’s masterful offering of listening ears to Flipper, ladders got confused with pyramids and set counts got mixed up with rep counts. Nevertheless, we all managed to get through it with a decent pump to show for it. The only casualty YHC was aware of, besides momentary sanity, was Emoji’s sports drink courtesy of Mountain Momma’s turning radius post-beatdown. All-in-all great to see the usual suspects today and always a pleasure to have Hoover post to the dark side. As always, YHC is honored that you trust him enough to lead these things and have people actually show up for the nonsense. Let’s get into the recap… WARMUP: Swings (10x), prying squats, hi-pulls (5x e/s), synovial circles, one-handed swings (5x e/s), slingshots (7x e/w) THE THANG: 1) Brutes & Ladders – A: Clean – L (3x); clean – R (3x); clean – L (2x); clean – R (2x); clean – L (1x); clean – R (1x) – B: Replace “clean” above with “clean & press” – C: Replace “clean & press” above with “clean, squat, & press” – D: Repeato B above – E: Repeato A above 2) Balance Complex (3 sets) – 1-handed swings (15x); lawnmower rows (15x); staggered merkins (15x) (repeat with other arm) = 1 set – Subtract 5x of each element each set 3) EMOM-o-RAMA (10 min.) – A: Swing squats (10x) – B1: SLDL (5x e/s) – B2: Lawnmower rows (5x e/s) – B3: Snatches (5x e/s) – B4: Bent-over row (5x e/s) – B5: Sumo squats (10x) 4) Ministry of Silly Walks (4 sets) – Farmer’s carries (90 sec.) – Subtract 20 sec. each set 5) Hammer Grip KB Curls (12x) (3 sets) MARY: Mary was kind of a winding smorgasboard of things: – KB pass-throughs (aka “castle-ing”) 5x e/w – Demon crushers (10x) – Anchored leg raises (10x) ANNOUNCEMENTS: – :drop_of_blood:Blood drive on 6/20 (see Slack) – :camping: F3 Dad Camp @ Lake Wylie from 8/15-8/17 (see Mountain Momma’s post on Slack) – :house_with_garden: Flatiron is selling his house (see Slack) – :weary: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation” – Henry David Thoreau in Walden; Of course circumstances are often out of our control, but your mental state, your ability to show up, and your ability to make choices are always at your disposal. YHC’s theme for June is ‘take action’. Be the man in the arena or whatever you want to call it; stop delaying and make forward progress…as that Nike ad says, “Yesterday, you said tomorrow.” Let’s do this. COT: YHC took out the joint groups

Something New and Something Old

Date: 2025-05-31 AO: stonehenge Q: wingman PAX: Moth, Cheese Curd, margo, wingman, wildturkey FNGs: None COUNT: 5 6a lets go. Run to the Amp. WARMUP: SSH, IW, Windmill, Mountain Climbers. Run to Upper hill top. Observe a big-ass hill. :eyes: wildturkey coming soon to a workout near you. THE THANG: Run Upper. Use the big lights as a exercise point. Alternate 10 merkins and 10 Squats. Stop at Community House.
Run to the Well Deck. Go to bottom. 10 Dry Docks, 20 LBC Alternating at the bottom of each Ramp to the Top. At the top, take a mountain to take in the glory of the morning: – downtown – calvary – dirt piles – Game of Throne Ice Walls (new grocery retaining wall) – Pickleball on the top of next deck over. – Sun! Do 50 air-presses while we wall squat. Take the stairs down
Use the 4 buildings as stopping points for alternating 20 dips 10 Step-ups (5 a leg)
Run the course to lower ave. At each light Alternate: 10 jump Squats 20 Flutters
Stop for Some Mary Run to Stream Park Two rounds of 10 pullups plus Big Boy Situps.
Run Home with a bit of extra time as observed by wildturkey. Not done Yet! Hairburners! Two Rounds each. Chase the Runners around the lot.
MARY: superset of mary. Don’t drop your legs: Flutter, Dolly, Freddie, Rosy. 1 min plank.
Fin! ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood Drive. COT: Glorious Day in SOB. We talked about beginnings. We shared other information that you do in the gloom. Its what its there for.

GhostRunner

Date: 2025-05-29 AO: run Q: Alf PAX: hoover, Alf, Horsehead, poptart FNGs: None COUNT: 4 4 for 4 at a wet GhostRunner followed by :beer: and Klondike bars.

GhostRunner

Date: 2025-05-29 AO: run Q: Alf PAX: hoover, Alf, Horsehead, poptart FNGs: None COUNT: 4 4 for 4 at a wet GhostRunner followed by :beer: and Klondike bars.

THE BRAVE – Ultimate Frisbee Edition

Date: 2025-05-30 AO: the-brave Q: midriff PAX: frasier, Hippie, Taco_Stand, fire_hazard, Franky, tuck, soft_pretzel, Brexit FNGs: None COUNT: 9 9 HIMs laced up for a high-energy soggy showdown.
We took off from the AO and made our way to the YMCA lower soccer field. After setting up cones for Ultimate, the teams were locked in: – Team Shirts: frasier, Hippie, Taco_Stand, fire_hazard, Franky – Team Skins: tuck, Midriff, soft_pretzel, Brexit (To balance our odd numbers, one team always rotated to offense in the first half and defense in the second half) The Game: Ultimate Frisbee took center stage with a twist: after every scored point, all PAX performed exercises on the field. The rotation included: – Plank holds – Merkins – Big Boy Sit-Ups The wet grass added an extra challenge, as Frankynearly tore his hamstring on a slide. Half-Time Break: At the whistle, we ran a lap around the parking lot and hit the pavilion for: – Dips – Step-Ups After catching our breath, it was back to the game! Second Half Highlights: – Taco_Stand earned style points (and a bloody hand) after a full-layout on the gravel pathway. The grit was undeniable. – The second half saw both teams pushing the pace, drenched and determined, as the soaked field turned the game into an all-terrain challenge. Final Stretch: With 4 miles clocked, the last mile back to the AO was a spicy one, finishing slightly past 0630. Moleskine: The game was competitive, the camaraderie was unmatched, and the grass ensured everyone took home a little piece of the field. Shoutout to every HIM for showing up and leaving it all out there. Gotta shake things up and have fun every now and then.
Midriff

Warping Wind

Date: 2025-05-30 AO: ufo-ultimatefriz Q: MARTA PAX: Steve Hall, Wu Tang is for the children, David Baker, Yeti, Paris, Chandelier, Smokey, Broken Arrow, MARTA, Spikeball, pink eye, bullystick, biden FNGs: None COUNT: 13 Rough numbers this am, but the Pax coalesced late for a 6:24 start time. It’s not all their fault, as YHC was enthralled to learn from Chandelier that he’s found the fountain of youth (Collagen Supplements). From the get go, someone suggested a trade as Pink seemed to lack enough handlers to manage the wind. Rudderless without a commissioner, the request was denied and we defaulted to the 4 pt lead rule. Yellow was savvy and kept the game close early to avoid early trades.
I’d like to call it close, but it was never close. It was clear Pink needed someone who could throw consistently deep to a streaking Paris. Steve Hall didn’t have the juice left after a night of tennis and didn’t attempt many throws. Pink was forced to work it slowly up the field to many turnovers. With the lack of service, Paris’s hammy mysteriously tightened up and he watched for a few pts before disinterest set in and he was gone.
After the devasting loss of paris (and sub), Wu Tang is for the children channeled his inner go go gadget arms to make several outstretched catch for scores. Fresh kept the young’ins in check but even Bullystick couldn’t keep up with Yeti’s David Baker’s relentless running. The downwind points were apparent and the disc would float majestically allowing them to run down scores at will.
Pink was decimated by yellow. We quickly retreated to launch to mumble chatter. Pinkeye/Flywithme/Marta win the fields by staying late and discussing key topics such as mothers morning out, how soon you are allowed to go on a 5 day golf trip after your 4th child, and boat clubs.
See y’all next week
Yellow: A lot Chandelier Yeti Marta Spikeball Smokey Fly with me
Pink: a little Wutang Paris Fresh meat Broken Arrow Biden Bullystick pink eye
MARY: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dad’s camping and camp Babies being born COT: Smokey takes us out

Hill intervals w rear pressure.

Date: 2025-05-30 AO: mountain-goat Q: fleetwood PAX: slim_fast, retread, Spammer, wildturkey, gullah, Insomniac, sledge, mallcop, kilowatt, lois, Pele, steam shovel, black powder FNGs: 2 steam shovel, black powder COUNT: 14 WARMUP: not much of a warm-up but a short run up to Rounding Run. No dynamic THE THANG: Hills were on order today, starting with Rising Meadow then continuing on to Smoke Rise for hill sprints. Quick jog recovery w rear pressure😜👌 (pushing everybody to keep the pace up) one repetition per hill… always going back to pick up the six. On to the main event on Raintree. Roughly one and a half minute 10K pace up to Four Mile Creek x2. By this time I was being hated upon so we started to mosey back. sledge bringing in two FNG’s and Bullet the dog. MARY: na ANNOUNCEMENTS: eh COT: KW

Where is my seatbelt?

Date: 2025-05-30 AO: joust Q: Mr Brady PAX: Mr Brady, baracus, Tuna, ductwork, Erin Brokavich, O’Tannenbaum, poptart, spackles, @limey, @daisy (or @day-z) FNGs: None COUNT: 10 WARMUP: Looooong loop around the entire CCS campus then back to the parking lot for SSH, IW, Sharon Towers and 5 burpees.
THE THANG: Main event was a suicide in the parking lot. 11 cones – start and the end and work your way up and down the lot. 10 merkins, 20 LBCs, and 30 squats at each cone.
Great group of men this morning. Some mumbling about the warmup lap but the PAX survived. Great mumblechatter about a few colonoscopies (aka naps) and obscure items that may or may not have been found. There was even mention of a seatbelt needed for the :toilet:. Tuna stayed out front all morning. Good work by everyone… most did some, some did all.
Perfect, humid weather as predicted. Just under 2 miles and plenty of reps.
MARY: No time for her today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood drive(s) and Acadia 1/2 gents headed out mañana :mountain:
COT: ductwork

1st Whippy Challenge

Date: 2025-05-30 AO: sparta Q: Orange Whip PAX: turkey_leg, Full House, Orange Whip FNGs: None COUNT: 3 With many men tapering for Maine 1/2 we had 3 local Matthew’s boys show up for the first Whippy Challenge.
The challenge:
There are 20 new street lamps on Fullwood with the new widened sidewalk. Suicide run to each lamp and see how far you can go. Note, thanks to my M (who mapped it out for me) it is 9+ miles if you complete all 20 lamps.
We got to 16 which was about 7 (including the run from Seaboard)
TL was in the lead the whole morning as he starts building up for 1/2 marathon training
Great morning, good convos and 3rd F with Peak 51 at Brakeman’s with about 10 guys.

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