Author: vagabond

  • Holiday Sweet 16 Countdown

    Warmup:  SSH, Windmill, Hillbilly, Imperial Walker, Peter Parker, Parker Peter, Alternating toe taps, Arm Circles

    Moseyed across bridge and back to base of concrete apron across levee

    THANG: On December 16th, we counted down from 16 reps apiece in each circuit (16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2)

    • Burpees base of levee
    • Lunge walk up levee
    • Wall alternating hand plank-ups at top of levee on pumping station levee wall
    • Chair air presses
    • Big bois at base of other side of levee
    • Return to start

    Circle up to close:

    • Modified jack webb with merkin and superman
    • Ring of fire:  Al Gore + Imperial squat walker
    • Ring of fire:  Monkey humper

    Mary:  Freddy mercury, Boats, V-ups, LBCs, Flutters, Dying cockroach, Plank 60s COT, sharing and prayer for us to be better men and to think of one person we could help (make a difference for) during the holiday

  • 2 pax are 10x Better than 1

    Planted the flags and started workout alone.…. but was energized to see Mahatma mosey across the levee a little after the start.  Was admittedly dreading a solo workout the day after Christmas in the cold and wind.

    Warmup:  SSH, Windmill, Hillbilly, Grass grabber, Mountain Climber, Peter Parker, Arm circles

    5 Burpees atop levee, Moseyed to street, 5 burpees, Picked-up coupons and moseyed back to levee, 5 burpees, then onward to pumping station concrete pad

    First Thang:  Declining rep count for each circuit of four exercises 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5

    • Sit-ups
    • Imperial squat walkers
    • Bench press
    • Rocky balboas

    Moseyed ‘cross the bridge and back, and planked 60s to recover

    Second Thang:  Declining rep count for each circuit of two exercises 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 over levee

    • Thrusters with coupon at base of levee
    • 5 Bobby Hurley atop levee going each way
    • 8-counts

    Mary:  windshield wipers, LBC, Hello dolly, flutters, American hammer

    COT, prayer of thanks and for intentions

  • Holiday Black Jack Mile

    ‘twas December 21st so we did 21 exercises, 21 reps apiece, around the 1-mile jogging track carrying rock

    Warmup quick – quick SSH, grass grabber, windmill, arm circles

    Moseyed with rock to 7 stations:

    Station 1

    • Alternating merkins R/L
    • Side squat with rock dip
    • Flutter with rock

    Station 2

    • Rock overhead situps
    • Rows
    • Squats w/ rock

    Station 3

    • Alternating step-ups
    • Dips
    • Decline shoulder taps

    Station 4

    • Thrusters
    • Curls
    • Wife pleaser w/rock

    Station 5

    • Kettle bell
    • Russian twists
    • Hello dolly

    Station 6

    • Plank roll / push rock back and forth r/l
    • Bench press w/feet elevated, legs straight
    • Lunge over hill 21 steps

    Station 7

    • LBCs
    • Al Gore with rock held straight out 21s
    • Bear crawl 21 steps

    Mary:  dying cockroach, Freddy mercury, J Lo, more LBC

    COT, prayer of thanks for Christmas

  • Mothership Party at the Pumpkin Patch

    For the Q I sported a fancy, shiny gold uniform with a big nasty black wig, red headband / wristbands, plus converse tennie’s, and frankenstein tube socks.  I apologized to the pax for having to look at my sweaty ridiculousness for an hour.  Also wanna give credit to Medulla Oblongata for ideas in his Halloween backblast from 2018. I would note that many of us did not have power because Category 2 Zeta had just rolled through.

    After the disclaimer and rallying by the flags, the pax warmed up by the peristyle to 13 reps of SSH, peter parker, grass grabbers, windmill, arm circles, and some ol’ fashioned self-love.

    Moseyed to field aside NOMA to circle up for 8 PUMPKIN exercises, 31 reps apiece:

    P – plank jacks (1 is 1 in cadence)

    U – up/downs on your own (burpee without push-up)

    M – mountain climbers (in cadence, 2 count)

    P – power jacks (in cadence, 1 is 1, legs straight spread with both hands touching ground between legs, than jump up bringing legs together and spreading arms straight out to each side)

    K – kick squats (in cadence, squat then kick right, and vice versa, 2 is 1)

    I – imperial walkers (in cadence)

    N – Nolan Ryans (in cadence, 1 is 1)

    S – sit ups (on your own)

    Moseyed to pumpkin patch where pax picked their real pumpkin or cinder block coupon. Most of these pumpkins were big enough for a legit workout.

    Paired up for modified Dora:

    100x – pumpkin puller (flat on back, knees in air, place pumpkin overhead with arms outstretched on ground, and rotate outstretched arms to touch coupon to knees, then lower again to flat position); partner rifle carry coupon 35 yards to flag and broad jump over coupon 4x

    150x – pumpkin thruster; partner carry pumpkin to flag and then bear crawl around it 1x

    200x – pumpkin flutters (flat on back with pumpkin held straight out in bench press position, with flutter kick 2 is 1); partner carry pumpkin to flag and then do 4 kettle bell swings

    Moseyed back to great lawn for 2 rounds of sprint suicides with four cones, including 5 bobby hurley’s at each cone on 1st round, backpedaling on the return in all reps.

    Circled up at peristyle for Mary

    COT, share and prayer and naming of our lil’ FNG “Super Duper” Cooper Brunet. Triple Shift joined us after biking workout.

  • Pumpkin Party

    Pumpkin Party

    Seven pax rallied on NOMA apron for warmup. Two were wearing sandals. Frac was missed.

    Moseyed the tree line to/fro Carollton/Wisner doing 6×5 8-counts

    Tabata –  12 exercises 50 sec / 20 sec recover – using cinder blocks or pumpkins as coupons (not in order)

    • Situps with coupon raised over-head
    • Triceps
    • Curls
    • Thrusters
    • Flutters with rock
    • Al Gore with rock in rifle carry – hold entire time
    • Hand-walk around coupon in plank
    • Alternating toe taps
    • Bench press
    • Jump rope
    • Side squats with coupon
    • Kettle bells

    Mosey to rear for 6x Sunday Mornings

    Mosey to front for Mary

    COT, Prayer, Share

  • Get Up, Stand Up, Jump Up

    Five pax warmed up on the Pontiff football field to usual exercises:  SSH, grass grabbers, windmill, peter parker, mountain climbers, arm circles, personal favorite single leg balance knee thrusts R/L

    Moseyed two laps on track with sprints on the straights.

    Grabbed one-handed rocks and proceeded to north field.

    7’s

    • Turkish Get Ups – flat on back, rise to standing straight, then sit/lay back down, with rock held outstretched straight throughout all reps
    • John Travolta’s in middle x 7 to and fro (raise rock and cross diagonal to opposite foot and back again R/L, L/R)
    • 8-counts at other end

    Jumped rope 30 secs, 45 secs, 60 secs intervals

    Back to flag for COT, prayer, etc.

  • Black Jack Twenty One’s

    Black Jack Twenty One’s

    A half dozen pax mustered on the NOMA entrance after the disclaimer for a quick warm-up.  We then moseyed to 7 areas around the south lagoon for 21 reps of 21 exercises OYO.  Covered about 1.5 miles.  Need to get the bugs worked out on the counts but otherwise everything went smoothly. The Park is a perfect beatdown background.

    21×21

    1. Burpees
    2. Monkey humpers
    3. Dying cockroaches
    4. Derkins
    5. Jump squats
    6. Big boys
    7. Plank jacks
    8. Prisoner lunges
    9. Flutters
    10. Decline shoulder taps
    11. Step-ups
    12. V-ups
    13. Elbow up downs
    14. Squat kicks
    15. LBCs
    16. Plank alternating toe touches
    17. Hillbillies
    18. Hello Dolly
    19. Floyd Maywethers (incline plank with forward punches)
    20. Imperial walkers
    21. Wife pleaser

    Closed with 3 reps of obligatory Sunday Mornings, then COT, the best part

  • Making Monday Great Again

    Five pax gathered by the rock pile after the disclaimer for SSH, Grass Grabber, Single foot balance raises, L/R Squat toe touches, Peter Parker, Mtn. Climber, Windmills.

    GYM CIRCUMNAVIGATION:  3 sets of 12 reps of four maneuvers:  dirkins, big boys, jump squats, hillbilly.  Run to back of gym, reverse ascend the wide ramp, 6 donkey kicks, return to front for another round via the ramp in front. Capped with calf raises.

    FOOTBALL FIELD O’ PAIN:  bear crawl while pushing rock 15 yards, then at 20 yard intervals, ALL WITH ROCK:  10x Turkish getups, 10x prisoner kneels, 10x lunge twist, 10x burpees rock lifts.  Returned back across field doing same thing with 6 reps apiece.  At end zone 15 curls, 10 tricep extensions.

    RING O’ FIRE: 3x around:  hold rock in squat, then extend arms holding  7 secs, and then hold rock directly overhead for one time around

    Count, ID, COT Sharing / Prayer.

    mmmBop is leaving for Hawaii soon… will miss him, but dude I be jelly furreal.

    God bless the F3Nola brotherhood.