out and back on the Flat Branch

out and back on the Flat Branch

Date: 2024-09-16 AO: blakovery Q: bratwurst PAX: bratwurst FNGs: None COUNT: 1 0510 – solo 0514 – solo 0515.00 – solo Let’s do an Out and Back in the Flat Branch neighborhood. Good tunes 🎵🎶

Old Man Chubby

Date: 2024-09-16 AO: chubby-hubby Q: baracus PAX: Mr Brady, stonecold, geraldo, turkey_leg, baracus FNGs: None COUNT: 5
WARMUP: Running THE THANG: Running slightly faster MARY: Still running ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood drive – Friday, Oct 4 at Windyrush Make sure you write your Slackblast COT: It was an old man run today. War daddy – Mr Brady 55 War baby – Baracus 51 The rest – 52

College Game Day Pre-Game

Date: 2024-09-14 AO: the-rock Q: jet_fuel PAX: ductwork, geraldo, jet_fuel, Floyd, Snuka, O’Tannenbaum, Toto, poptart, Floyd FNGs: 1 Floyd COUNT: 9
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:

What does TPS even stand for??

Date: 2024-09-14 AO: olympus Q: Krzyzewski PAX: The Worm, MARTA, Mountain Momma, Wabbit, Horsehead, Floyd FNGs: None COUNT: 7 Under the backdrop of a cloudy sky and a bit of mist, seven pax took to the pavement and chose to get better this morning. Week 5 Day 3 of the current program had its twists and turns, but the pax moved seamlessly through the weinke. Great to have Horsehead and FNG, Floyd, join us today. As per custom for newcomers in our niche hobby, Floyd was subjected to a lot of unsolicited advice, but picked it up well over the course of the beatdown. Hope to see you back in the gloom more regularly. Mumblechatter made the rounds, but had YHC feeling a bit dated as we recognized the 25th anniversary of the movie Office Space. For all the inquiring minds, the internet tells me that TPS stands for ‘test procedure specification’. Shockingly between Olympus and The Rock, nobody had stashed away that trivia, but now you can impress your friends with that piece of knowledge, as you ascend new heights of nerdery. Let’s get into the recap… WARMUP: Swings (10x), prying squats, hi-pulls (5x e/s), synovial circles, slingshots (7x e/w) THE THANG: 1) Kettlebell Work – Cleans (3x e/s) and snatches (3x e/s) (3 sets) – Alternating hand swings (20x) (3 sets) – Lawnmower L (6x); goblet squats (8x); lawnmower R (6x) (3 sets) 2) Sandbags Partner EMOM (24 min.) – Clean & press (8x) (4 min.) – Counter-rotational reverse lunge (5x e/s) (4 min.) – Up & up (5x) (4 min.) – Note: Pax partnered up and in the off-minute did either 10x merkins or 10x swings 3) Multiple Rounds of Carries – Farmers – Jerry West MARY: Two rounds of static holds w/ sandbags (or KBs) (waiter/rack/farmer 20 sec. each) ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Blood drive is coming up on 10/4. See Slack for MARTA’s announcement – Charlotte Crusade at Bojangles Coliseum is coming up on 9/20 (www.charlottecrusade.com/) – Memento mori – Your periodic reminder to smile more COT: Jet Fuel took out the joint groups in the COT

Hobby Horse and VP themed beatdown

Date: 2024-09-14 AO: davinci Q: Odd Job PAX: teddyf3, Palmolive, kirby, Franky FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: SSH, IW, Merkin, Runner Stretch
THE THANG: Jump rope and called exercises, rocks with friends exercises. bank run sequence, and special JD Vance and Tim Waltz themed beatdowns. Franky still takes the cake for his jump rope style, which the rest of us dubbed the “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmgNL6PT7Ts”. teddyf3 killed it on the workout and again narrowly avoided an altercation with Crack Head Billy. Palmolive killed us with something called the A-Rod and kirby excelled at the “Tim Walz” drill and of course, mumblechatter.
Lots of great laughs this am and a little beatdown too. Grateful to call you guys friends and F3 brothers.
MARY: Flutter, heels2heaven, big boy sit ups, and a bunch of others.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sign up for the Dalia Grove mile-a-thon or kirby will kill you in your sleep. Well, maybe not, but it is a great cause and you should do it.
COT: Thanks for the take out Kirby.

While the Q is away

Date: 2024-09-13 AO: mountain-goat Q: Spammer PAX: Spammer, fleetwood, retread, lois, Watchita, Pele, mallcop FNGs: None COUNT: 7
WARMUP: not this week THE THANG: 51->Elm ->Bevington -> Coburn-> Browns Pond -> Rosecliff -> Strawberry -> back to school MARY: lots of post BRR chatter ANNOUNCEMENTS: fleetwood’sDad. Blood drive. HBD Spammer COT: fleetwood

Tour De Matthews

Date: 2024-09-13 AO: kevlar Q: ChickenWing PAX: grave_dancer, Orange Whip, Limey FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Bit of streching, and running THE THANG: Running around Matthews with pain stations, told we did + 2.5 to 2.7 MARY: Went more that 10 counts, felt it ANNOUNCEMENTS: Give blood on 10/4 COT: ISI. Always a great crew at Kevlar.

Murky Miles

Date: 2024-09-12 AO: the-devils-turn Q: flipper PAX: turkey_leg, Gump, flipper, Mistake, hairball, retread FNGs: None COUNT: 5
WARMUP: some pre runners THE THANG: marathoners had an interval workout, while other pax enjoyed a nice jaunt under the trees MARY: newp ANNOUNCEMENTS: blood drive in October COT: Hairball took us out

Pavilion Pounder

Date: 2024-09-13 AO: the-phoenix Q: Starch PAX: Hawkeye, FlexSealer, teddyf3, Franky, wildturkey FNGs: None COUNT: 6
WARMUP: Mosey to YMCA parking lot SSH Imperial Walker Hillbillies Merkins Calf stretch Runners stretch
THE THANG: Moseyed to the pavilion by the soccer field
Ladder work – performed the 1st exercise, jogged to the end of the sidewalk and back. Then did 1st and 2nd exercise, jog, etc. 5 – Lunges (5 each leg) 10 – Merkins 15 – Monkey humpers 20 – Squats 25 – Dips 30 – Step ups (15 each leg) 35 – LBCs
Moseyed to a side street and got 3 sets into a triple nickel with Burpees American Hammers
Headed back to launch.
MARY: Mary at the launch point called out by the PAX Freddie Mercuries Rope climbers American Hammers Air humpers Flutter kicks
midriff missed the fun but got back from his run in time for the announcements and the COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood drive Terror trails SOB date night
COT: Prayers for those impacted by the tropical storms in the gulf and the wildfires in the west.
YHC took us out. Lean on your brothers when you need – it’s what we’re here for

Still recovering from Iron PAX

Date: 2024-09-13 AO: nemo-resideo Q: Roulette PAX: Odd Job, The Worm FNGs: None COUNT: 3 A leisurely 3 mile scamp through the bowl, while I’m still recovering from this week’s Iron PAX train wreck… Props to The Worm for pushing through the temptation to fart sack getting that post in, and also to Odd Job for being a staple PAX, it was a fine morning with you gents… ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sign up for the Dahlia Grove fundraiser, join kirby team. COT: bratwurst Took us out