Author: Reveille

Pre Thang

11 men made themselves better this morning in the first muggy New Orleans morning of the year. A beautiful rain rewarded our hard work at the end of the workout. It was well deserved.

The Thang

Mosey toward rear corner of the park
Lunge walk 20 yd
Backward lunges 20 yd
Continue mosey

Back corner COP
Ssh x 25
Merkin x 10
Jumping lunges x 10

Mosey to levee
Chevy to the levee (NOLA 11’s)
Run up and over levee, do Cross fit push up x 10
Run back, do WWII Sit Ups x 1
Run up and over levee, do Cross fit push up x 9
Run back, do WWII Sit Ups x 2…. etc until 1 CFPU + 10 WWIISU

Plank it up

Mosey to the fly, circle up on the river front
6 minutes of Mary
Lbc x 20
Freddie x 20
Flutter kick x 20
Hip raise x 10, each side

Mosey to Audubon Statue

Bird Watchers (Dips) x 20
Step Up, right foot lead x 20
Incline Merkins x 10
Step up, left foot lead x 20

Mosey to Pull up bars, get in pairs, 10 feet apart from one another, front to back. Each team does one of each assignment below, until the team doing burpees finishes 10 burpees.

Pull up/Negatives/Dead Hangs
Merkin
LBC
Burpees
Mountain climbers

Return to Flag
Plank-O-Rama
Elbows standard, right hand high, left hand high, elbows.

COT
YHC always reminding that we are to be Men who depend upon, and are depended upon. We are always in the circle of man, whether we are sweating or not.

Moleskine:
#TClaps to all the PAX for enduring this one without complaining

#TClaps to Reluctant Yankee for the vast improvement in the run. “It’s nice to be able to use the run to recover.” Aye, thats what happens when you’re becoming a runner.

#TClaps to MrAwesome and Hawgcycle for finishing every exercise before YHC. I was getting sick of you letting me beat you.

Announcements

Saturday @ Story Land, 7am. RY is your Q
Monday @ Pontiff Park, 5:30 AM. Hawgcycle Q
Wednesday @ The Birdcage, 5:30 am. MrAwesome Q

Shamrock Run is next sunday. Don’t be the friend that leaves friends to drink and run alone. Sign up here.

YHC is offering up my beard as ransom to raise funds for the team I am taking to Haiti over spring break. Info is on the facebook event here. If I raise at least $500, I will shave the beard.

YHC

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Pre Thang

6 committed and/or shame filled men circled around the flag for an onslaught of redemption inducing exercises on the day immediately following the most well-known day of revelry in all the world.

The Thang

Mosey to the bandstand
COP
Side Straddle Hop x 25
Low, slow squats x 20
Imperial Walker x 20
Wife-Pleasers x 12
Merkin x 12

Wall jumps x 10
Jump up on the bandstand, preferably with a jump plus tricep push up. Run across the bandstand, and jump down. Do that, ten times.

6 minutes of mary
Little Baby Crunches x 20
Flutters x 20
Putins x 15
Leg Lifts x 20
Freddie Mercuries x 20, reversing direction half way

Mosey to the Lights
Fireman carry a partner to the next light
Merkins x 10
Trade spots with partner, fireman carry back to first light.
Merkins x 10
Lunge walk to next light
Merkins x 10
Broad jump to next light
Little baby crunch x 25
Bear crawl to next light
Plank and wait for the 6
Backward lunge to next light

Mosey to Ledge behind bandstand
Step ups x 20 alternating feet
Decline Merkin x 12
Step up high knee x 20 alternating feet
Incline Merkins x 12
Dips x 20

Run around golf course parking lot, back to bandstand, down gravel path past art exhibit, to path, and back to the flag.

Plank-o-rama
45 seconds standard
30 seconds right hand up
30 seconds left hand up
45 seconds inverted
45 seconds elbows

COT
Shout out by YHC and Hawgcycle

Moleskine

“I’m gonna carry who? on my what?”

Tclaps to Yeungling for EHing a man on ash wednesday. aye.

Tclaps to TicoSuave for first post on ash wednesday. aye.

Tclaps to Roots for recognizing a workout that would cause serious problems, and being man enough to look for an alternative.

Announcements

Wolfpack mountain friday @ 5:30am, entrance to Audubon Park. Q is Roots
CSAUP this saturday. Fallen 5k, you can still register here. Starts at 9am, no workout at City Park
Monday, Pontiff Park @ 5:30am, Q is Hawgcycle
Wednesday birdcage, pull-up bars in Audubon, 5:30am, Q is ? (Sweeper, lookin at you)

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Pre – Thang
6 like-minded men congregated around the flag this AM in the gloom to celebrate virility in all it’s glory!

The Thang

Mosey towards the zoo. (It is here that Hawg pulls in hot).

COP in the first open field we see

Ssh x 20
Mountain climber x 15
Burpees x 10 oyo
Good morning x 10
Lss x 15

Mosey towards the soccer goal

Lunge walk x 20 yds
Backward lunge walk x 20 yds

Stop at the soccer goal
Burpees peekaboos x 10 (a burpee followed by a commando pull up on each shoulder)

Mosey to levee

Some type of animal movement up the levee
10 squat jumps
Jog down
Repeat, decreasing the number of squat jumps until you reach 1

Plank and wait

Mosey to the river

COP
Circle partner rows x 10 (every other man drops on his 6, grabs the hands of the man beside him, and does a back row while the two men provide a stable pulling platform.)
Plank Bag pass x 5 (plank up in a circle, pass the bag through the arms to the next man, once the bag goes around the circle, do a push up, pass it back around, do another pushup. That’s 1)
Squat bag throws x 2 (squats in cadence, every 2 squats the man holding the bag throws it to the man next to him. The bag went around the circle twice.)

Mosey to the Audubon Statue

Dips x 20
Step up x 20

Mosey to Flag
3 minutes of Mary
LBC x 20
Leg lift x 15
Freddie Mercury x 20 (reverse direction halfway)

COT

Moleskine:

Blue Dog- “Are we gonna do the ‘REAL’ Freddie Mercuries?” No. No we are not

TClaps to Cyclone for pushing our pace on his first post

Announcements:

Feb 21 (saturday after this) is the Fallen 5k Register Here.
Friday – Wolfpack Mountain, Front of Audubon Park – 5:30am w/ Roots
Saturday – City Park @ 7:00 w/MrAwesome
Monday – Rawk City @ 5:30 w/Hawgcycle – Pontiff Park in Metairie

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7 strapping men met in the dew-drenched grass of New Orleans’ city park for a beat down. Reveille and MrAwesome were more than willing to hand one out.

The Thang
(note – a “strong man” exercise was thrown out randomly throughout the work out. The strong man is a jumping lunge, whilst holding hands on the hips, vocalizing a ‘hup’ every time the man is in the air.)

Mosey from the flag toward Tad Ghormley (we need a name for that place), stopping in the great lawn for a strong man. Continue to mosey toward stadium dr for the first COP.

COP
SSH x 25
Knee slappers x 10 (jump in the air, slapping knees to hand stretched out at shoulder height).
‘Merkin x 12

Mosey to baseball field behind Ghormley
Throw in 12 x Good Morning’s for a little more warm up

Home Runs
Run to first base, do 10 burpees
Run to second base, do 20 diamond merkins
Run to third base, do 30 squats
Run to home, do 40 LBC’s

Mosey toward the football field

Strong man (hehe)

Line up on 6yd box
Spiderman walk to Penalty Box
Crab walk to random goal in middle of the pitch.
Bear crawl to center field
Frog hop back to random goal in middle of the pitch.
Lunge walk back to 6yd box

Mosey to Outdoor gym
Hand over Q to MrAwesome

30 second intervals – 10 sec rest
1 up and over the monkeybars, cross back underneath (backwards if you can)
2 ‘wall jumping’ the dip bars
3 L sits
4 static hang on pullup bars
5 burpees
6 plank with a bag

end with trios or a line of hand held inverted rows

mosey toward the track. stop at a nice grassy area on the way

animal movements of around 10 yards
bear crawl (forward, side, other side, back)
crab walk -forward
shoulder (ninja) rolls
crab walk again

plank in a circle until everyone has done 8 burpees

mosey to the track for 1000 meters of Hades
(MrAwesome issues the challenge to do 15 burpees for each person who beats him each time)
400meter sprint around track
100meter recovery
200m sprint
100m recovery
100m sprint
100m recovery

long easy mosey back toward flag

COT

MrAwesome completes the burpees that he owed for getting beat.

Moleskine:

TClaps to our Q MrAwesome for giving incentive to push harder.

Tclaps to the PAX for pushing through after the football field. You had YHC thinking you were spent.

“Who knew a ninja was an animal?”

Hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup.

Announcements:

Our very own roots and sweeper are both taking on 26.2 miles tomorrow, cheer them on!

Monday at pontiff park, 5:30am, Hawgcycle at the Q

Wednesday at Audubon Park pull up bars, 5:30am, Bluedog? at the Q (you owe us)

Friday at Entrance to Audubon park, 5:30am, Roots back at the Helm

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Pre Thang

4 grown dang men left the warmth of the fartsack to post in surprisingly cold Weather.

The thang

COP

Plank jacks x 15

SSH x 25

Murkin x 10

Wife pleasers x 12

Pick up a rock, return to football field

11s at lines

10 squat presses, run 10 yards

1 burpee  run back to goal line

9 squat presses, run 20 yards

2 burpees, run back to goal line

8 squat presses, run 30 yards

3 burpees, run back to goal line

Continue until 1 squat press and 10 burpees at 100 yards

Take the rock to the base ball field

6 minutes of Mary

Penguins x 12

Lbc x 20

Jane Fonda x 12

Jane Fonda x 12

Flutters x 20

Scissors x 15

Mosey to bathroom

Wall sits and chest presses

Sit in squat position against wall with rock in lap. At command of the Q, chest press the rock 4 times and recover. Repeat 5x.

Mosey

COP

Shoulder Press x 10

Rock Curl x 10

Return your rock to the pile, return to the flag.

Moleskine:

Tclaps to Hawgcycle for slicing his finger to give me the opportunity to q this AO.

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Pre Thang

4 Grown dang men gathered in the sunny haze of 7am for a workout that promised to be soaking wet, thanks to a solid downpour the prior evening.

The Thang

Mosey half way into the great lawn
Lunges to the next tree
Backward lunges to the next tree
Lunges to the next tree
Mosey toward Tad Ghormley stadium

COP
SSH x 25
Crossfit Pushups x 12
LSS x 15
Mountain Climbers x 15
Side Lunges x 16 (8 each leg)
Mosey around stadium toward practice field

Stop at a bench for some step-ups x 12
Continue on to practice field

Football Chomps (taken from Bounty Hunters regimen of pain)
On Q’s command, the pax assumes plank position. On “Chomp,” the men begin to move feet up and down while maintaining plank. At Q’s shout “Left,” the pax drop and roll to the left, tap right elbow on the ground, roll back over and return to chomping feet. On Q’s shout “Right,” the pax drop and roll to the right, tap left elbow on ground, roll back over, and return to chomping. On the Q’s command “GO,” the pax get up and sprint to center field.

Recover x 10

Repeat to original position.

At this time, our faithful Reluctant yankee emerges from his trusty carriage, having apparently snoozed once (or twice) too many.

Burpee suicides
Run to center field, do 10 burpees
Run back to starting point
Run to opposite penalty box, do 5 burpees
Run back to starting point
Run to center field, do 10 burpees
Plank up, wait for the 6

Mosey over to bleachers
Australian push ups (rows) x 10

Hand over Q to RY

Mosey to track, get ready for the Dirty McDeuce

Mountain climber x 15
LSS x 13
LBC x 20
1 lap around track OYO

Squats x 16
Peter Parkers x 12
Carolina Dry Docks x 12
1 lap around track OYO

Sumo Squats x 12
Parker Peters x 12
Putins x 10
Mosey around track, sprint final 100

Mosey back around stadium, towards great lawn
Stop at play ground, monkey bars on your own, have fun

Mosey back to Flag

Moleskine

Tclaps to  Chaka for the shoutout, may we all remember to not only be grateful for the good things in our life, but to embrace and celebrate those things.

Great to be part of Keyman’s Kotter! ‘Tis quite an honor to put in work next to the originator of the Wile E Coyote.

Grace extended to Reluctant Yankee for the snooze.

Announcements

Jackson Day Race tomorrow, 1/4/15.
Monday at Pontiff, 5:30, Rev. Q
Wednesday at the Birdcage, 5:30. RY Q’ing
Friday at entrance to Audubon Park, Roots as Q

As always, YHC was honored to put in work alongside men like yourselves.

Reveille

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Pre-Thang

10 men unsacked into the less than gloomy gloom this am in the Birdcage. After nearly desecrating our sacred banner (The Stars and Stripes, that is) Blue Dog finally found a plantable spot for the flag on his #VQ.

The Thang
Mosey to warm up spot near uptown/riverside corner of park

COP – Now joined by MrAwesome
SSH x 30
Hillbillies x 20
Imperial Squat Walks x 20
Diamond Merkins x 15
Low Slow Squat x 20
Low Slow Merkins x 15
Single Leg Burpee x 5 (Ea Leg) (OYO)

Indian Run to Band Stand
walk to first light post
begin Burp and Merks x 8 (OYO)
rest 10 secs
Boo Boo Bear Crawl from 1st to 2nd lamp post (left leg off ground)
Boo Boo Bear Crawl back to 1st lamp post (right leg off ground)

Hand over Q to Reveille

Mosey to bandstand
Wall jumps x 5 – Climb bandstand to cross stage, hop down other side, climb back up, cross back, 1.

6MOM
LBC x 15
Freddie Mercury x 16
Leg raises x 14
Back Scratchers x 12
WWII Sit ups x 11

Move to ledge behind bandstand
Box Jumps x 15
InMerkins x 12
Pike Push x 8

Mosey to lamps
Suicides to 4th lamp

Jog to Clubhouse parking lot
Broad Jump 2 parking spaces
Lunge walk 2 spaces (Repeat until section is covered.)

Jog around parking lot
Broad jump 2 parking spaces
Lunge walk 4 parking spaces. (Repeat until section is covered.)

Mosey back to flag

Plank x 1 minute

COT

Moleskin

Tclaps to Blue Dog on his VQ! Way to push us and get creative

Tclaps to MrAwesome for pushing the pace of the Indian Run

Tclaps to Roots for always making sure no man gets left behind

We need more guys to Q. Trust us, you’ll be glad you did.

Announcements

Friday @ Front entrance of Audubon Park, 5:30am, Roots Q

Saturday @ Storyland, 7am, RY Q, open to new Q

Monday @ Pontiff Park in Metairie, 5:30, Hawg Q

CSAUP – Jackson Day Race 1/4/15. http://theyatrace.com/node/70/registration/register

We are making a donation to a veterans halfway house for Christmas. They need t-shirts and black/white socks. If you would like to participate, please get your donation or $5 to Reluctant Yankee between now and Christmas Eve at the #birdcage so he can deliver.

-Reveille

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Pre-Thang

Dirty Dozen unsacked to join us in the gloom at 0530 in the Birdcage (Audubon Park). At 0527 we had 6 or 7, Roots reassured us that they would come. Lo and behold, Rotts knows what he’s talkin about. FNG Yeungling posts courtesy of Reveille.

The Thang

Mosey round the path
Lunge walk to next tree (20 yds)
Bear crawl to next tree (20 yds)
Mosey to rear corner of park

COP
SSH x 20
LSS x 12
Front Lunge x 12
Half Squat x 12
Side Lunges x 12

Mosey to Field across Audubon
6ish Minutes of Mary
Hello Dolly x 15
Leg Raises x 15
Hi Dolly (Rosalita) x 15
Freddie Mercuries x 15

Mosey to Soccer Goal Post
Burpee Peekaboo’s OYO x 10

Mosey to Levee Tracks
11’s OYO
Wile E. Coyotes on the tracks (created/named by Keyman, we wanna see you back again)
Squats on top of Levee
Inverted Plank up to wait for the 6

Hand over Q to MrAwesome

Mosey back to the field

Partner COP
Pushup Handshake x 10 – Partners face eachother in plank position, slap hands between pushups, alternating hands every rep.
Partner Rows and Curls x 8 – One partner lays on ground, other partner stand over head of the other, grasp hands, grounded partner does inverted rows x 8, standing partner does curls x 8. Switch
Plank Over Unders x 8 – One partner planks, other hops over, then crawls under plank. Rinse and Repeat.

Mosey to Flag

Circle of Man (not to be confused with ball of man)
Men plank in a tight circle. On Q’s call, every man raises right hand and places on the shoulder of the man next to him. Group does 5 one handed pushups together, holding one another in place. Switch hands and repeat.

COT

Tclaps to Amnesty for offering the Shoutout at 3rd post.

Tclaps to MrAwesome for stretching our comfort zones with one another. We are definitely a closer group after this morning.

Tclaps to FNG Yeungling for posting, sans splashing merlot.

Tclaps to Reluctant Yankee for knocking out 4 straight pull ups post w/o. Measurable growth is happening, brother!

Moleskin

YHC was genuinely impressed at this PAX for pulling off the circle of man.

Never heard the word teabag so many times in a work out. Does someone have a cold?

Can’t wait to see what BlueDog has for us next wednesday.

Announcements

Friday @ 0530, St. Charles entrance to Audubon park, Q’ed by Roots
Saturday @ 0700, StoryLand at City Park, Q’ed by Hawgcycle
Next monday @ 0530, Pontiff Park, Q’ed by Hawg, again
Monday, as well, Christmas Post – be on the look out for more info.

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11 Pax eventually stumbled in to drag a bag full of sand and blankets around the Birdcage (Audubon Park). Squats and planks abounded, not to be outdone by burpees, of course.

Warm-up:

1/4 Mile run to edge of park.
SSH x 20
Low Slow Squats x 15
BOYO x 5
Jumping Lunges x 12
SSH x 15

Mosie to Bandstand

The Thang

Wall Squats until bag is passed down the line of PAX and back, Merkins x 10 – Rinse and Repeat x 5

Burpee Suicides @ Lamps – run to 5th lamp, 5 burpees, and back. Run to 4th lamp, 4 burpees, back, etc.

Lunge walk to next lamp (20yds)
Bear Crawl to next lamp
Burpee Broad Jump to next lamp

Mosie to Covered picnic tables

InMerkins x 12
DeMerkins x 8
Step – ups x 15
Dips x 15

Back to Flag

Line Up and number off 1 and 2. 2’s step out of line and face 1’s. Group squats in unison while the first in line squats holding the bag in front of his chest, then tosses it to the man across from him. Repeat until the bag gets to the end of the line. When the bag arrives at the end, the Pax fall into plank, and reach across their bodies to pass the bag underneath their planking torsos to the end of the line and back.  Rinse and Repeat x 5

Uptempo run around the golf course parking lot. 95% of race pace

Moleskin:

Lots of growth happening in this pax. Hard work from new and experienced, alike.

Rev, over and out!

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