Author: Orange Crush

  • Old School Party Games

    13 HIM’s joined YHC on his birthday for a little fun and excitement. YHC decided to bring back some old school party games for this celebration. The PAX departed at 530 with a twinkle in their eye eager to see what YHC would come up with.

    Warm Up:

    Mozey down to the track and jog 1 lap, then circle up. There was a bit of concern that YHC had a long run in store, but fears were calmed. Warm up exercises included Side Straddle Hops, Don Q’s, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, LBC’s and Freddie Mercury’s. YHC nailed the counting despite the attempted sabotage. Off to the field for

    Duck Duck Goose: For the exercise, PAX circled up and as the person was walking/ducking around the circle, PAX performed squats. Per the original children’s game, once the person walking/ducking Goosed someone, a chase would ensue around the circle back to the original spot. Round 2, PAX held plank while the game of Duck Duck Goose went on. Two observations, 1) Oyster is deceptively fast 2) Darkness made this game a little difficult.

    Three Legged Race: This game was repurposed into a traditional triple check with one runner, one merkins, one WWII’s. Once completed, we mozeyed to the tennis courts.

    Sack Race: Very simple, make believe you have a sack and broad jump across the tennis courts. This led to

    Relay Race: Sprints back and forth across the tennis court with the losing team assigned 5 burpees. Both teams were winners or losers and the entire PAX completed the burpees. From here, we mozeyed to the bottom of the hill for…

    Red Light/Green Light: 4 rounds of red light / green light starting with lunges, 50% jog, 75% job and then a 100% sprint. There was a little time remaining and YHC thought he’d have the chance for 1 more 100% sprint, but sensing a slight mutiny we headed back to the flag for 46 WWII’s on your own until time was called.

    Numberrama / Namearama and YHC took us out in prayer.

    I am thankful for your friendship and the laughs that we have shared. Thanks for letting me lead!

    Announcements:

    • Prayers for Honeymoon and his father.
    • Happy hour at The Veil. Check Slack for details.

  • Someone has grass clippings in their navel…

    YHC grabbed the Q on Sunday night. It’s been a minute since YHC had led a workout and thought there was no better entry back into Q land than No Toll. At 530 sharp, 11 studs of SOJ launched from the parking lot and the workout went more or less like this.

    Warmup: Side Straddle Hops, Arm Circles, Helicopters, Deadman hang, Merkins, Wide Grip Merkins, Diamond Merkins and LBC’s.

    Anyone who had money on YHC correctly counting during the warmup would have lost. Credit to the PAX for overcoming the adversity.

    Mozey to the pavilion for the Lake Norman –

    5 Burpees – run around the pavilion

    5 Burpees, 10 Merkins – run around the pavilion

    5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers – run around the pavilion

    5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats – run around the pavilion

    5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats, 25 People Chair with Air Press – run round the pavilion

    5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats, 25 People Chair with Air Press, 30 Side Straddle Hops – run around the pavilion

    5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats, 25 Peoples Chair with Air Press, 30 Side Straddle Hops, 35 WWII’s – run around the pavilion

    5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats, 25 Peoples Chair with Air Press, 30 Side Straddle Hops, 35 WWII’s, 40 Alabama Prom Dates – run around the pavilion

    5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats, 25 Peoples Chair with Air Press, 30 Side Straddle Hops, 35 WWII’s, 40 Alabama Prom Dates, 45 arm circles (your choice) – run around the pavilion

    Time was not our side to get a little closer to the full workout, so we jumped to

    5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats, 25 Peoples Chair with Air Press, 30 Side Straddle Hops, 35 WWII’s, 40 Alabama Prom Dates, 45 arm circles (your choice), 55 calf raises and 1 minute of plank hold

    Anyone who bet that YHC would correctly make it through this part also would have lost money.

    The PAX agreed that the Lake Norman was pretty difficult and we should really consider friendly areas like Buffalo when searching for a new workout. Maybe that’s why we like Wilson so much. Another add for today would have been music. During this discussion, a few of the PAX fondly (?) remembered Boberry’s Radiohead NoToll Q which generated a few laughs.

    Back to the flag for Numberama/Name-a-rama. YHC took us out in prayer.

    The back blast title came from the post workout discussion when DTH somehow noticed that YHC had an absurd amount of grass clippings in his belly button. YHC was hoping that other heavier members of the PAX would have the same problem…sadly no. A feature unique to YHC.

    Have a great day men.

  • Lawyers are some tricky suns o’ guns.

    3 Runners and 1 walker to flight from OTB Sunday morning. During the run, YHC lamented to Gumbo about the unique language and treachery in which lawyers use to speak. It’s not for the common folk. Gumbo could only puff his chest out with pride…or was it hang his head in shame? Hard to say.

    5.5 for the runners. Bone Thugs logged a solid 75 minute walk. Discussion of a sending out a search party was considered but the good coffee made us think otherwise.

    Other problems of the world were solved during coffeeteria. I’m not sure anyone took notes though.

    It was a good day.

  • The Juicer????

    10 studs gathered in the early morning darkness for an OC beat down. YHC has dipped his toe in the F3 waters once again as I walk down the recovery road and knew that signing up for the Q would surely get me out of the fart sack. A quick summary of the morning’s activities…

    Warm-a-Rama

    Side Straddle Hops, Don Quixote, You’re Damn Right that’s a Russian Soldier, LBC’s, Alabama Prom Date and Merkins

    1st Exercise – “25’s”

    Starting in 1 corner of the parking lot, complete 25 merkins, run to the second corner and complete 25 air squats, run to the third corner and complete 25 double leg lunges. Once lunges were completed, run a lap around the parking lot and start again. Total four rounds.

    2nd Exercise: “The Juicer”

    DTH offered up a few names for the next set of exercises. He was most proud of “The Juicer”. Time will tell if it sticks. The Juicer is two rounds of 6 exercises each completed for 1 minute. Merkins, Squats, WWII’s, Step Ups, Heels to Heaven and Burpees. After the first exercises were completed, we rest for 1 minute and then complete the second set. There were some grumblings about YHC’s lack of creativity, but burpees are always a good method to stifle and negative chatter.

    Back to the Flag for a Quick Ring of Fire followed by Number-Rama / Name-a-Rama with YHC taking us out in prayer.

    Announcements – congrats to Fresh Prince on the birth of his daughter. Thanksgiving day and post Thanksgiving day activities check slack.

    Have a great day men. Thanks for letting me lead.

  • That’s a Big Loop

    4 runners and one walker with a rabid saber toothed poodle launched from Starbucks on a chilly Sunday morning. Runners got in just over 10, walker + poodle nailed 5 – a heck of start for any day no matter what you did. Shoutout to Boberry who ran; it was his longest distance ever. It’s a great day.

  • Manly Stretching

    5 early risers and YHC hit the tennis courts of No Toll for some manly stretching, aka BroGa, aka whatever you’d like to call it. We targeted the hips, hip flexors and hamstrings. Lots of groaning but some good stretching and no one got hurt. We’ll call it a win! Join us next week.

  • The Adventures of Beer – Man

    Three regulars took a stroll through the Salisbury neighborhood on a chilly Sunday morning. Wilson and Aisle 5 were missed (the walk just isn’t the same without a 45 minute discussion about the history of Walmart cold storage facilities and their connection to VFD’s) but we managed to solve a few of life’s problems anyway.

    Snitch entertained with stories of Beer Man and Guitar man. Life is good.

  • We’ll call it Bro-ga until we come up with something better.

    3 early risers graced the courts of Huegenot Park for the first round of Broga, aka Yoga for Bros. Doozy and Last Call joined YHC for a little stretch and weird poses. We stretched, we bent, we leaned and groaned and as far as I know, nothing popped and we’re better for it. We all could use a little more stretching in our lives so encourage all to attend in the future.

    For future Broga sessions, the location will be announced ahead of time but will likely continue with No Toll. Future attendees are encouraged to bring a towel and we might put a cap on the temperature (no session when the temp is below 40) but we’ll see. For now, bring a towel and open mind to the next session. Look forward to seeing you out there.


  • Orange Crush IPA

    17 men made of iron, steel and other carbon based metals made their way to No Toll for YHC’s first Q at No Toll. These men were met with a little surprise…it’s a birthday Q!!! Here’s what went down –

    Mosey to the parking lot for the disclaimer + warmup which included – SSH, Helicopters, Arm Circles (GO!) forward and back, merkins and LBC’s. Once completed mosey to one side of the parking lot for BlackJack.

    BlackJack – 20 merkins + 1 WWII, 19 merkins + 2 WWII’s, 18 merkins + 3 WWII’s, 17 merkins + 4 WWII’s, etc. YHC’s had the great idea to do this all in one location, but after a couple rounds this turned into an idea that was good on paper. A quick audible was called with a jog to the other side of the parking lot in between sets. Still tough, but a bit more manageable. Al Gore for this six and then on to the next exercise.

    Starting at the corner of the parking lot, complete 15 burpees, run around the parking lot, 25 carolina dry docks, run, 35 double count lunge, run, 50 air squats, run, 35 lunges, run, 25 CDD’s, run 15 burpees. Fresh Prince and Spit led the way as usual. I’m not sure Fresh Prince even broke a sweat. Doozey and Flange were not far behind. Others did as much as time permitted.

    Final mozey back to the flag for a ring of fire merkins. Numberrama, Namearama with YHC taking the group out in prayer. After prayer YHC dished out a birthday present to the PAX, Orange Crush IPA from Back Bay Brewing company (or a slight variation)! Enjoy a drink tonight brothers since we can’t celebrate together.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead! Off on my next journey around the sun.

    P.S. See Tobit. I can lead a workout at some where other than SOT.

  • OC Q’s SOT again…

    YHC grabbed the Q sheet Tuesday night. There was some hesitation knowing that Tobit would likely give YHC a hard time for grabbing yet another SOT Q sheet. ‘Shake it up a bit man!’

    Warmarama was as follows: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Copperhead Squats, Donnie Q, Merkins and LBC’s. After warm up a slight jog to the bleachers for the workout.

    Side 1: 25 Decline Merkins, 25 Lunge Step ups, 25 Dips, 25 Carolina Dry Docks and 25 of something else I can’t remember. Following completion, head down the steps, around the track to the other side of the field for side 2.

    Side 2: 25 heels to heaven, 25 hello dollies, 25 WWII, 25 side dips (25 each side), 25 burpees. This portion was definitely not Bullseye friendly but he did his own thing successfully as always. Jog around the track back to the bleachers for a repeato of side 1 and side 2. Doozey led the way as usual and got an extra lap around the track for his hard work.

    A few extra minutes remained so we made our way over to the parking lot hill for a single round triple check. 1 run up the hill , 1 hold plank , 1 WWII. Then back to the flag. Honeymoon, POG and Tobit joined the PAX following their morning run. Very proud to report that POG had intestinal fortitude during the run.

    YHC was very pleased to hear some members of the PAX complaining about how difficult the workout was and how quickly it went by.

    Announcements: Cornhole tournament weekend of October 3. Tobit reported his Mom had successful hip surgery.

    YHC took us out in prayer. Thanks for letting me lead once again men. It’s always an honor.