Kettlebellers

 Posted on April 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  283 words  |  

Beautiful morning at Hell’s Bells for some fun! My first kettleball workout Q, so I did my homework & hoped to do a proper job…. 14 HIMs gathered – No FNGs, only familiar faces. F3 intro given & we started with the pledge. Moseyed around the pickle – front/back/left/right, etc…. With all that running out of the way, we rolled into: The Warm Up Circle up for SSH, prisoner squats (deep stretch style), homer-to-marge, lunges, hip rotators, merkins, and spidermans. [Read More]
ashbury  duece  earhart  flacco  intimidator  meatloaf  milton-bradley  peeping-tom  random-house  rooney  sabre  snooze  triple-lindy  www 

Ninjago in da HOUSE

 Posted on April 21, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  467 words  |  

When: April 17th 2019 QIC: Ninjago The PAX: Pickles, WWW, Rooney, Deuce, Hanson, Honeycomb, Ninjago, Hello Kitty, Frisco, Billy, Ascot, Sub, Trike, Sabre, Intimidator, Lawn Dart, Ezekiel, Chipper, Sloth, Lambeau YHC Earhart 21 PAX gather in the early morning gloom to celebrate Ninjago’s 2nd ever Q, this time at Tortoises. After a quick disclaimer and the pledge, the Q drags us around the upper parking lot to circle up for: Warm Up Good Mornings [Read More]
ascot  billy  chipper  deuce  earhart  ezekiel  frisco  hanson  hello-kitty  honeycomb  intimidator  lambeau  lawn-dart  ninjago  pickles  rooney  sabre  sloth  sub  trike  www 

Making Good Friday Even Better: Stations of the Cross

 Posted on April 20, 2019  |  8 minutes  |  1703 words  |  

QIC: Crimson, Wonderbread, Flacco 42 HIM gathered in the gloom to commemorate the the final days of the greatest HIM of all time. Stations of the Cross is a Catholic tradition that marks each of 14 notable events the Christ endured on his final day on this Earth. From his condemnation by Pilate and the Sanhedrin to his final (well…not-so-final) resting place in the tomb. Below is the full text that was read and the accompanying exercises for the workout. [Read More]
bartman  callahan  chinese-downhill  chipper  ck  claven  coney  crimson  denali  disco-duck  earhart  flacco  flip-flop  franklin  garfield  goose  hello-kitty  honeycomb  horatio  hotty-toddy  jigglypuff  kermit  leprechaun  miyagi  ninjago  ollie  orphan  parker  peeping-tom  pet-sounds  pickles  repeato  sabre  sooey  sour-mash  speed-racer  texas-ranger  theismann  torpedo  traffic-cone  two-fer  wonderbread 

Top 40, Baby!

 Posted on April 16, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  291 words  |  

Cool & crisp at FOD this fine morning! Ten HIMs gathered – No FNGs, only familiar faces. F3 intro given & we started with the pledge & moved out to a close-by parking lot. Shut-In let me know that I’m the 39th Q he has graced his presence with this year to date – I’m so honored that I finally make the top-40! With that, we rolled into: The Warm Up [Read More]
beaker  ezekiel  nature-boy  one-direction  pigeon  rooney  sabre  shut-in  sloth  trike 

Shakin' & Stirrin'

 Posted on April 10, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  390 words  |  

Warm & beautiful morning in Cary’s Bond Park for Shaken not Stirred – great group of hard workin’ men too! It was my pleasure to lead such a group & I thoroughly enjoyed it! No FNGs, only familiar faces. Started with the pledge & moved out to a close-by parking lot. The group was informed that this is F3 – modify as necessary! We rolled into: The Warm Up Circle up for SSH, good mornings, windmills, cotton pickers, calf-stretch merkins, mountain climbers, etc. [Read More]
bartman  carvana  chinese-downhill  chipper  chop-block  coney  denali  doogie  freebird  grease-monkey  ham-sandwich  hasselhoff  hi-liter  hotspot  joe-smith  liverpool  ma-bell  malpractice  mccants  ollie  one-direction  parker  pet-sounds  pickles  pierogi  prodigal  random-house  sabre  scarecrow  skipper  sky-blue  smokey  swag  term-paper  torpedo  tubeless  two-factor 

An AB-solutely pollen free beatdown.

 Posted on April 8, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  229 words  |  

There was no visible pollen at Wolverine on a warm and sweaty Monday morning. There were however 20 PAX passing on the left and hitting the six for an ab-solutely splendid morning! Warm-up: Pledge and wait for a just-a-few-seconds late Parker….10 burpees OYO and wait for just-a-few-seconds later Sky Blue…..plank hold, half way down. Hold up some arms, hold up some legs….okay let’s go! Brisk mosey to DDMS, circle up: SSH Calf-stretch merkins, switch Prisoner Squats The Thang: [Read More]
angry-elf  biner  bogo  build-a-bear  deuce  doogie  geek-squad  largemouth  liverpool  ma-bell  moped  ollie  one-direction  one-four  parker  pbx  pivot  prodigal  sabre  sky-blue 

7 of Diamonds on the Diamond

 Posted on April 5, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  296 words  |  

It’s always nice to feel like your making a difference in your community. As I was doing a virtual scout on Annie L. Jones Park I did as I always do when preparing for a Q and I open up the Exicon to see what may lend itself to we’re to work it. As I was researching I was pleasantly surprised to see an exercise I had submitted to the Exicon a few months back was now officially received into the Exicon! [Read More]
earhart  pickles  press-on  sabre  spades  sputnik  the-joker  theismann 

Reflection Rock

 Posted on April 5, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  363 words  |  

Good morning. YHC was on the Q sheet, then Pickles asked for it for his anniversary, then Pickles had a tooth fall out or something, so I’m back baby. Fresh off a fulfilling, yet taxing, 30-minute block for #F3Pray24 and I was ready to lead the pax for a solid beatdown.Seeing 1 FNG, and taking time to mention Pray 24, a quick bow of the heads before we left the lot; pax were witnessed to a prayer + mission statement + disclaimer combo. [Read More]
burt  coney  disco-duck  flacco  hello-kitty  liverpool  ollie  press-on  random-house  sabre  shut-in  spit-shine  the-commish  tone-deaf