Tag: #SOJ

  • State Farm and Pool Boy can’t seem to count past 12

    3 Compadres made their way to The Bermuda Triangle for another test of strength and endurance. It was a steamy morning, and we had coupons aplenty.

    We moseyed over to our coupon storage and grabbed a coupl cindies, then moseyed back to the grill next to the pavilion for a standard warmarama. State Farm, and Pool Boy really need to work on his counting past 12. For some reason, they gets lost after that point.

    Next over to the restroom building for some donkey kicks before we get to use our toys. Sets of 5, 10, 15, and 20.

    Next for a triple check

    1st exercise: WW4s (WW2 situps with a 20 lb slamball, and an overhead American Hammer)

    2nd: Goblet squats with kettlebell

    Timer: Farmer’s carry 2 cindies to the tree and back. 10 Deficit Merkins between cindies every time you have to drop the cindies

    After a couple of the Farmer carries, just holding the kettlebell became difficult. Killer grip workout.

    Return cindies home and bttf.

    31s until time expired

    21 merkins and 10 V ups

    20 merkins 11 vups Etc. Etc

    I must admit I was smoked and had to modify the merkins to failure very early on. State Farm was proudly stuck his chest out after he made it through the reps. Pool Boy continues to get stronger, and pushes himself harder each time out.

    Love these Bermuda Boyz, even if they have trouble counting.

  • You were doing 10!?

    YHC plus a faithful two ripped up the jungle gym this morning for another addition of pull up strength. Headlamp are back in style and lit up the following down

    11s with toe touches and dips

    reverse ladder pull-ups emom down from 6-7 reps. Then banded burnout.

    way to put in the work boys!!

  • Ultimate Frisbee Tournament – Replay Booth needed?

    29 HIM’s including 2 FNG’s showed up this morning to will their team to a championship in the first annual ultimate frisbee tournament. Here is what went down…

    Warmarama- quick F3 mission and warmup ( SSH, dead man hang , merkins and light stretching) and the teams were selected.

    First game was a shorter warmup game where the Foreskins prevailed over with some superior passing and long range caches on the back field. Meanwhile the team with an extra man decided to use them as a sub and prevailed with some short quick movement down the field.

    Second game- The foreskins turned our to be to strong and took the championship. MVP performance from Snip with some insane passing skills.

    YHC is thinking we need to run this back again sometime in the fall. We may need to start recruiting coaches and allow them to draft / recruit teams…NO NIL MONEY! thoughts?!

    Announcements-

    Sign up to go to the bridge. Small commitment and big reward of helping others get back on their feet. Contact Upchuck for details.

    New AO coming to Magnolia green 8/28- tell your friends

    Pickleball tournament- contact Oyster ( the king of pickleball)

    YHC took us out in prayer

  • Itty Bitty Biceps

    15 grown boys got their week started off at The Alamo!

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed to the other side of the horseshoe. Circled up, gave the F3 Mission and got into it…SSH’s, Dead Man Hang, Arm Circles, LBC’s, Rosco’s Mom, Merkins, Wilson’s Wife and Fudd’s Wife.

    The THANG – Moseyed across the street, down the hill, through the tunnel and popped out the other side. On the way to the first site, we jazzed up the jog by rotating 90 degrees at every tree along the way. This created a mix of running, side-shuffling and bernie-ing.

    COP 1: The PAX took their position around the perimeter of the newly-discovered playground. The monkey bars served as pull up bars for 2 PAX members at a time while rest of the PAX side-crawled around the perimeter with hands on the curb. Once the pull ups were complete, the PAX member would head to the back of the line and the next 2 popped up from the front for their turn on the monkey bars.

    • Round 1: (5) Pull Ups while PAX moved counter-clockwise around the perimeter.
    • Round 2: (5) Pull Ups while PAX moved clockwise around the perimeter.
    • Round 3: (5) Pull Ups while PAX executed incline/decline Merkins.

    COP 2: After a quick mosey, YHC called for a BLIMP on the way back to the clubhouse.

    • B: (5) Berpies
    • L: (10) Lunges, Double-Count
    • I: (15) Imperial Walkers, Double-Count
    • M: (20) Merkins
    • P: (25) Plank Jacks

    COP 3: Ring of Fire!

    • Round 1: PAX hugged a tree while (10) various SQUAT exercises were completed.
    • Round 2: PAX completed various AB exercises.
    • Round 3: PAX completed various MERKIN’s.

    Slow mosey back for numbers, names, announcements and prayers/wins.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Ultimate Frisbee Tournament – Tuesday, August 6th at No Toll. Sign up on Slack!
    • NEW AO ALERT!! – Wednesday, August 28 at Magnolia Green. Show up and show out!

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • WIN – Blacktop’s two sons were baptized yesterday! Let’s goooo!!!!
    • PRAYER – YHC’s family planning.

    Thanks for letting me lead, Boys! I’m so thankful to be a part of this group of men. Stay strong!

  • The Second Annual Homegrown (you get what you pay for) Half (& 10K + 5K) 

    The long awaited weekend arrived without much fanfare. Just a bunch of blokes and a single lass gathered early at a bustling Robious Landing Park, while YHC & Rosie pulled in just in time (after a prolonged morning of sign placing and water station setup) to hit the roads at 6am. 

    This is what it looked like:

    To make up for the new routes that reduced altitude gain, the Pax were asked to Bernie Sanders Twin Team and make it a proper CSAUP. Few felt obligated, so compliance was limited. SHAME! 

    The weak link for the day was the signage:

    • The meandering routes through multiple SOJ neighborhoods caused a bit of turmoil. 
    • And despite the well-intentioned directional guidance via distance-colored signs, YHC planted them with one post instead of two, causing them to swivel and point in random directions throughout the course. 
    • Finally, the Pax was forced to navigate a complicated signage landscape; choosing their adventure between the F3 Homegrown races, Dragon Boat Racing, and a Crab Feast put on by the American Legion. 

    Everyone made it back to the flag so we’ll consider it all a success. 

    A special thanks to all of the helpers: 

    • Snacks & Breakfast: Gumbo
    • Route Masters: DTH (5K), Chaplain (10K), Boberry (1/2) 
    • Water Donation: Honeymoon
    • Setup & General Guidance: Rosie

    And the finishers:

    • 10K – Mudslide, Wedding Singer, House Party, Katniss, Lighthouse, Gypsy, Chaplain, Pacer
    • 5K – DTH, Rosie, Corned Beef, Broadway, NTB, ChooChoo, Banksy, Spit (x4 kids), Greg (FNG & Friend of ChooChoo) 
    • 1/2 – Doozy BoBerry, Anthrax, Tobit, Rosetta, Hardywood, Gumbo, Big Rig
    • Other: Don Draper – 9 miles, Christy – 10 miles

    We didn’t do a COT since each race group finished at different times so the FNGs weren’t named (Christy & Greg)… but it was a jolly good time had by all, so thanks to everyone for making it out.

    Let’s do it again next year!  

    Prayer Request:  My dad’s birthday is (was?) Tuesday, August 3rd, and it’s the first one without him. I’d definitely appreciate a few thoughts and prayers as I make my way through the week.  

  • If I Own Morning Wood, I’ll Guess I’ll Own Broga, Too

    ONE pax looked left, right, and left again before crossing over the walking path to do a few minutes of Broga, solo-style. Temperatures remained a constant 70 and sunny. According to two bucks (6 point and 10 point, YHC guesses who watched YHC on the prior run), the following might have happened.

    Stretch. Stretch right. Stretch left. Chest stretch. Back Stretch. Leg Stretch. Other Leg Stretch. And, so forth. No shivasavan today. YHC didn’t want anyone calling 911 when they saw a sweaty, slightly overweight guy laying down in the parking lot, alone.

    YHC notes: If the PAX desire to increase their feelings of self-importance, do Broga in a mostly-deserted parking lot during daylight while others walk by. Bystanders will watch you.

    Number, name, and YHC took himself out.

    NMS: 6:30, and still…zero PAX. That’s a second AO left unguarded / unattended in one day. With a new Q. Who is a first-time PAX at the AO. And, with that, the right to Q anytime YHC shows up going forward has been invoked in perpetuity.

    As YHC mentioned in the Morning Wood BB, YHC thinks maybe 2016/17 or super early ‘18 was the last time we left a PAX to Q a new-to-them AO alone. Heaven’s Gate!

    I guess I can Q it anytime I want now.

    UpChuck spits the bit.

  • Cindy Mile

    YHC wanted to hold down Goyne Park this morning. And got a beatdown for it! A variation of Big Rigs previous brainstorms – the following Cindy mile was as brutal as it was fun. Strongly suggest trying for a morning wood in the future!

    • laps are .20 miles
    • Break/drop the Cindy – 10 mtn climbers
    • 5 pull-ups after each lap
    • Lap 1 – double farmers carry
    • Lap 2 – rifle carry
    • Lap 3 – single armed Cindy carry
    • Lap 4 – bicep curl carry
    • Lap 5 – farmers carry

    finished at 6:45 in time to welcome EF Hutton for a guest Q and my grips were smoked!!

    -State Farm

  • Dancin’ in the Dark

    YHC + 3 did the early morning jungle gym dance. An excellent way to work on strength prior to a killer Westhoe guest Q by the infamous Fudd. Props to Pool Boy and Broadway for joining to get in the extra work.

    • warmarama – arm circles, back stretch, chest opener
    • Banded Work
      • 5 sets assisted pull-ups or muscle ups
    • EMOM
      • 4 Pullups EMOM (negative hold on last rep)
      • Plank/Shoulder taps during rest
    • Jerkin/Dip Superset
      • 1 dip/2 jerkins
      • Ladder up to 5 dips and 10 jerkins
    • burnout/Finisher
      • Low Pullup Burnout (bottom 30% of range of motion)
      • to failure, 3 sets

    Great work by all this morning. Adjusting and modifying as needed – but everyone is gaining strength! Onto the Fudd show!

    State Farm

  • 80’s and band sprints

    Today YHC nearly proved Big Rig is a mortal! Read further for the thang that finally smoked him 🙂 Excellent morning at the jungle gym with three HIMs. Pool Boy opted for the 80s hits selection today, definitely makes me remember how ridiculous 80s music can be!. Was slightly disappointed I didn’t see any of the park walkers we’ve been trying to headlock into F3, but alas they will show soon! Even so, three stallions put in the work on what was an absolute toaster of a Q.

    • Warmarama
      • Running warmups
      • F3 Creedo/Mission/etc…
      • Football warm-ups
      • Mankillers, IW, Uks
    • The thang  – Tabata CIRCLE OF PAIN (4x thru)
      • 45 seconds reps. 15 second rest and rotate
      • – Banded Partner Runs after each round, trading off between the three of us around the track. Holy smokes!
      • Station 1 – Pull-ups
      • Station 2 – Medball Shots (against Post)
      • Station 3 – KB Sumo Squat (62#)
      • Station 4  – Cinderblockees
      • Station 5 – monkey bar  Crossovers
    • Break – mosy walk around track
    • DORA w/ Toys (of your choice)
      • **Run to Pole alley and back
      • 100 Pull-ups
      • 200 OH Presses
      • 300 prom dates

    Names. Numbers. Prayers.

    The banded runs in combination with the constant strength work absolutely crushed us! Great work by all. Homegrown and holy water coming up.  SYITG!

    State Farm

  • punk rock pull-ups

    YHC turned on the New Age punk rock to accompany this trios pull up and dip adventure today. Happy to say that all the work we’ve been putting in has increased the max reps for myself, big rig, and pool boy, we will be at David Goggins level soon! YhC’s arms which cannot stretch out all the way now today did the following…

    • Warm-ups
      • Arm Circles
      • Helis
      • Hollow rocks
    • Banded Muscle-Ups
      • Rotate/Practice + Muscle Up + 3 SB Dips
    • Pullup/SB Dip Superset
      • 1 Pull-up // 2 Dips
      • 2 Pull-up // 4 Dips
      • Ladder up until failure
      • start back at bottom – 5 x thru
    • Assisted Jerkins
      • Partner Holds Legs
      • 5 sets of 12 reps
    • Chin-up Ladder
      • Escalating Ladder (all chin-ups)
      • 1, up to 2, 3, (back down when failure)
    • Finisher
      • 1 Partner High Hold
      • 2nd Partner 12 Dips

    Amazing work considering big rig and Poolboy had already been there for an hour! Love it.
    State Farm