3 HIMS woke up this morning and took the red pill to run through the streets of Mandeville. A Jose10k pace made the conversations even more interesting. Hogsbreath fartsacked due to a better offer he couldn’t refuse. 3 miles doing the usual route followed by 5 minutes of stretching for 2 of us who are off to do the turkey trot. While running, we were entertained by Shooters talent of voices and extravagant accents. A man of many talents. Happy Thanksgiving my brothers!
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2 Weeks is 2 Long! – from Bolt
YHC had been under the weather and traveling, leading to too many fartsacks and too many excuses. Having had enough the call was made for HCs to Waning Wednesday at The Goldmine. Boo-boo was first to answer with a choice offered: The Goldmine or Pontiff and YHC texted with Pontiff…in the event he fartsacked so as not to leave Boo-boo solo. Space Cowboy HC’d which meant The Goldmine would prevail for both pax previously destined for Pontiff!
Having started this whole thing, YHC prepped to Q—speaker and Frac’s favorite song in hand. Disclaimer and off to the warmup pad for LSS, Abe SLOWgodas, Tie Fighter R/L, SSH, Shoulder taps, PP/PP, OH claps.Mosey to JPAX via shuffle each direction, karaoke each direction, KnOT walk, Mosey, switching at each light pole.
The Thang: KISS—ascending ladder BLIMPS (Burpees, Lunges, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Plank Jacks, Squats) with 10 step ups 2:1 after each letter:
5 Burpees, step ups
Add a letter and 5 reps to the count
5 Burpees, 10 Lunges, step ups…
…all the way to 30 Squats
YHC had to pause several times for HR to drop below 160 before resuming as Space Cowboy lapped us, per usual.Mosey back to warmup pad for Mary, pax choice: LBCx30, Dying cockroachesx30, Protractor Penguins (this one sucked and WILL return)x5 at 15/90/45/15/45. Switch to AMRAP of pax choice while 30 sec. dead hang is timer: plank, xfactors, and close out time with high plank. COT
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Merkin Maniacs! – from BBQ
I was a chilly low 40’s on the top deck of the A1C! We warmed up with most of the usual warm ups. A new twist was added to LBC’s with a roll right and left after each LBC. The thang was 5 corners with a different set of 10 Merkins in each corner. Regular Merkins and incline both. On the 3 long stretches on the top deck and ramp to the 2nd level we did LT Dans 2/1 lunges and squats . We had some time at the end for some stretching. Moby prayed up out. It was an honor to lead these fine young men!
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Happy Thanksgiving Eve: You have to bring a side to dinner y’all – from Jose10k
Enjoying my week off of teaching, Qing my 3rd straight beatdown, happy to finally workout at the Gipper. The weather: somewhat cool, foggy, but a calm morning.
Warm-up: The usual morning stretches to get everyone ready to workout.
The thang: It’s Thanksgiving, and when you arrive to the dinner, you have to bring something with you, right? The best thing we can bring at the Gipper, a coupon. We each picked up a coupon. We did 10 kettle bell swings, 10 squats, and 10 merkins on your coupon. Rifle carry for 1/2 a block, repeat the exercises. Two blocks down, one block up, two blocks back.
Return the coupon, circle up for some Mary.
10 minutes of core with a Jose special: wife pleasers with extra pulses in the middle.
COT with Shooter praying us out. Thank you for DrillBit for posting from Kady, Texas. Safe travels for all. I will see some of yall at the scramble tomorrow, I will see some of y’all at the turkey trot tomorrow. Everyone be safe, and have a happy Thankgiving. Tell everyone in your family how thankful you are to have them. I know how thankful I am for each of my F3 brothers.
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– from America’s Best
A few weeks ago, YHC and a couple of other HIMs were discussing why a certain HIM (who shall remain unnamed) has not yet taken a Q. The answer from him the HIM: the bar is too damn high! YHC granted that things were out of hand. It was time to, in the words of Romanian-German new-age worldbeat musical project Enigma, return to innocence.
But first: Warmarama
SSH, windmills, Imperial Walkers, WMH, Toy Soldiers, Tie Fighters, Cherry Pickers, High Knees, Butt Kicks, Lafayette Night Clubs.
Bumper mosey to pick up coupons and return for:
Tha Thang. Just a Musical Dora.
Partnered up, then during each song, one partner knocks out the exercise, while the other uses assigned MOT to the far sidewalk, then moseys back. Flapjack, continue. Race to get 200 reps per exercise before the song ends.
The Songs, the Exercises, the MOT:
1: First, Merkins, Crab Walk
2. Seconds, V-Ups, Run a lap
3: 3rd Stone from the Sun, Curls, Bear Crawl
4. Positively 4th Street, Tyson Merkins, Lap
5: A Fifth of Beethoven, American Hammers, Dragon Walk
6: 6th Avenue Heartache, BBS, Lunge Walk
7: Seventh Son, Wheezy Jeffersons, Crawl Bear
8: Henry the VII, Burpees, Sprint
It was basically impossible to get to 200 on any of these, but I felt we needed an unobtainable goal. Threw that one long Hendrix song in there just to give a glimmer of hope, and to fulfill the prophecy of “that Charlottesville hipster hookah lounge” music.
Final Thang: Identify the songs from the beatdown. Popeye and Honeysuckle, as usual, took care of the more obscure songs. White Meat ID’d 7th Son, and Yankee Jeaux ID’d Henry VII… man those geezers know their music. (Popeye had been figuring out “Positively 4th Street” for about 2 rounds, but upon returning from his Dragon Walk he had figured it out. The man has the heart of a warrior, and the mind of a Spotify).
3rd Stone from the Sun was the only song not identified by the PAX, so we only had to do one burpee. It was fairly obvious at this point that the songs all included ordinal numbers.
Then just 2 minutes of Mary to get us to that sweet Sugar Mill Whistle.
COT
FNG became Doubtfire.
Animal from Honeysuckle to Lil Cuz.
Blue Tube from Wet Tap to Honeysuckle.
Wet Tap prayed us out.
SYITG,
AB
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Tunnel of Love: Nope, the Ladder of Hate – from Jose10k
Muscle memory had me up early this morning, so YHC ran 2 miles before the beatdown. Of course there was music, classic soundtrack from American Pie inspired me to dance before the warm-up. It amused the guys.
Simple warm-up- then to the tunnel……To the tunnel, are ya’ll crazy? Jose doesn’t do the tunnel. We moseyed to the outside of the stage where we were joined by an out of town visitor: Drillbit. Here is where we started the thang: Ladder Time. 10 reps of sumo squats, then run to the stairs, up the stairs, and back to the beginning. 10 more sumo squats and 10 lunges, run up and down the stairs again. Sumo squats, lunges, monkey humpers, dirkings, freak nasties, stone mountains, burpees, big boy sit ups, crunches, American Hammers, Penguins, and flutter kicks. Great mumble chatter and some grumble grumble. COT with Russo praying us out for safe travels for DrillBit and all those traveling for the Holidays. Thanks for letting me lead/reading this backblast if it posts….SYITGhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq8dCkkhYsk -
I’ve got the keys to the bus, and who knows if this backblast will post! – from Jose10k
A good A1C warm-up inspired by Einstein and BBQ. Everyone was ready to go after that.
We did 10 merkins and 15 squats at each stop sign. We just changed how we moseyed from stop sign to stop sign. Side shuffled, Lt. Dan, simple jog all the way to the lake front. Got to Rips where we did 3 calf raises on each step up and down. Same on the way back to the basketball court. COT and prayers for all those traveling for thanksgiving -
Free Solo Episode VIII: There’s No Hope – from America’s Best
A Long Time Ago, in an AO not so far away…
It is a period of civil war.
Rebel HIMs, feigning ignorance
of the rules from prior beatdowns, have
angered for the last time
the frustrated Q.During the beatdown, the
PAX managed to start by
pretending to not understand the Q’s
ultimate weapon, the
FREE SOLO, a carefully-crafted
beatdown with enough
power to destroy an entire
planet.Flummoxed by their lack of musical knowledge
and self-awareness, Popeye
stepped in and identified
most songs, while the others
were content to plod on
through the exercises,
continuing to climb that hill…The instructions were simple. The rules were the same. Nobody cared.
While the PAX knocks out some exercises, the solo from a song is played. The song has some connection to one person in the PAX. One of three things affects the next thang:
1. The person for whom the song tolls identifies the song during the solo. If this occurs, the PAX simply take a lap around the Civic Center.
2. Someone else in the PAX identifies the song during the solo. The consequence of this is a MOT up the hill without a coupon, and 3 burpees at the top. Mosey back down.
3. Nobody identifies the song, and the consequence is MOT with coupon up the hill, and manmakers at the top. Rifle carry back down.The exercises:
1.Mountain Climbers- bear (block)crawl
2.Jump squats – murder bunnies/bunny hops
3. Merkins- El Capitan
4.Curls – carioke/bricklayers
5.Half WW3 sit-ups – inchworm(blockees)
6.V-ups – killer Roos/broad jump
7.Burpees- crab walk (with/without coupon)While the instructions were clearly stated, the consensus amongst the PAX was “What is going on?”
After several rounds, most of the PAX halfway understood. I guess some people are visual learners.First song: a cover of Take on Me, by the band Goose. Months ago, YHC added this to a beatdown and made a point to tell Goose directly about the song, the cover, and the band. But Goose had to be Goose, and feigned ignorance so we could do more work.
Another Song: Safety Dance by Men Without Hats. Safety Valve has been lulled into thinking if it’s not about flying, it’s not about him. And this song was recorded twenty years before he was born.
Cherub Rock for Honeysuckle was identified by Popeye, and eventually someone knew it was for HS.
Lawyers, Guns, and Money by Warren Zevon – unknown to everyone somehow.
Honeysuckle texted me months ago to suggest that “All of My Love” by Led Zeppelin sure does sound a lot like “Olive, My Love.” Genius. It was obviously much too dark in the gloom to see how much everyone loved this Popeye reference. In space, no one can hear you smirk.
“Once Bitten, Twice Shy” by Great White… Popeye quickly ID’d it, mentioning “This band is fire.” Too soon, Popeye, too soon.
And so, amidst the confusion, Popeye and Honeysuckle identified a few songs, although nobody identified their own. But really, nobody was expected to.Like tic-tac-toe and Global Thermonuclear War, there’s no way to win this game. You’re not supposed to play it. That’s why the reward for actually succeeding is just running a lap. That may be exercise, but not as we know it. In the words of NORAD supercomputer WOPR, “A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.”
And yet somehow Paradox identified Dr. Feelgood almost immediately. Somebody make him an international incident negotiator… or at least put him on my Applebees Trivia Night team.
Thang 2: Lighting Round –
We do burpees during a mountain-themed song until someone names the song (then they change the exercise)Song1: Mountain Song (Jane’s addiction)
Popeye identified it I think; not sure if he changed anything.Song 2: Running Up That Hill (a Deal With God). Identified by Honeysuckle (although he didn’t realize it). Changed exercise to Freddy Mercurys , then we El Capitan’ed up the hill for the remainder. When YHC changed the lyric to “ lunging up that hill,” Pope quickly added “Make a deal with quads.”
Good, Pope. I can feel your schmaltz. Strike me down with all your humor and your journey toward the Dad Jokes will be complete!Song 3: There is a Mountain by Donovan. Crowd favorite to end it.
Mosey to flag for COT
Thanks for putting up with it, my dudes. Always an honor to lead.
-AB
…and don’t worry—nobody will have to try and figure this game out again. For better or for worse, sometimes a trilogy should remain a trilogy.
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Down goes Gisella – from Jose10k
If you know, then you know. If you don’t, then ask Frank. Chilly morning where I was running fast, just not as fast as everyone else. Still no Mandevillians….Where, oh where, is Bushwacker? Brownie hunting….
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Free Solo, Episode VIII: There’s No Hope – from America’s Best
A Long Time Ago, in an AO not so far away…
It is a period of civil war.
Rebel HIMs, feigning ignorance
of the rules from prior beatdowns, have
angered for the last time
the frustrated Q.During the beatdown, the
PAX managed to start by
pretending to not understand the Q’s
ultimate weapon, the
FREE SOLO, a carefully-crafted
beatdown with enough
power to destroy an entire
planet.Flummoxed by their lack of musical knowledge
and self-awareness, Popeye
stepped in and identified
most songs, while the others
were content to plod on
through the exercises,
continuing to climb that hill…The instructions were simple. The rules were the same. Nobody cared.
While the PAX knocks out some exercises, the solo from a song is played. The song has some connection to one person in the PAX. One of three things affects the next thang:
1. The person for whom the song tolls identifies the song during the solo. If this occurs, the PAX simply take a lap around the Civic Center.
2. Someone else in the PAX identifies the song during the solo. The consequence of this is a MOT up the hill without a coupon, and 3 burpees at the top. Mosey back down.
3. Nobody identifies the song, and the consequence is MOT with coupon up the hill, and manmakers at the top. Rifle carry back down.The exercises:
Mountain Climbers- bear (block)crawl
Jump squats – murder bunnies/bunny hops
Merkins- El Capitan
Curls – carioke/bricklayers
Half WW3 sit-ups – inchworm(blockees)
V-ups – killer Roos/broad jump
Burpees- crab walk (c couponWhile the instructions were clearly stated, the consensus amongst the PAX was “What is going on?”
After several rounds, most of the PAX halfway understood. I guess some people are visual learners.
First song: a cover of Take on Me, by the band Goose. Months ago, YHC added this to a beatdown and made a point to tell Goose directly about the song, the cover, and the band. But Goose had to be Goose, and feigned ignorance so we could do more work.
Another Song: Safety Dance by Men Without Hats. Safety Valve has been lulled into thinking if it’s not about flying, it’s not about him. And this song was recorded twenty years before he was born.
Cherub Rock for Honeysuckle was identified by Popeye, and eventually someone knew it was for HS.
Lawyers, Guns, and Money by Warren Zevon – unknown to everyone somehow.
Honeysuckle texted me months ago to suggest that “All of My Love” by Led Zeppelin sure does sound a lot like “Olive, My Love.” Genius. It was obviously much too dark in the gloom to see how much everyone loved this Popeye reference. In space, no one can hear you smirk.
“Once Bitten, Twice Shy” by Great White… Popeye quickly ID’d it, mentioning “This band is fire.” Too soon, Popeye, too soon.
And so, amidst the confusion, Popeye and Honeysuckle identified a few songs, although nobody identified their own. But really, nobody was expected to.Like tic-tac-toe and Global Thermonuclear War, there’s no way to win this game. You’re not supposed to play it. That’s why the reward for actually succeeding is just running a lap. That may be exercise, but not as we know it. In the words of NORAD supercomputer WOPR, “A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.”
And yet somehow Paradox identified Dr. Feelgood almost immediately. Somebody make him an international incident negotiator… or at least put him on my Applebees Trivia Night team.
Thang 2: Lighting Round –
We do burpees during a mountain-themed song until someone names the song (then they change the exercise)
Song1: Mountain Song (Jane’s addiction)
Popeye identified it I think; not sure if he changed anything.
Song 2: Running Up That Hill (a Deal With God). Identified by Honeysuckle (although he didn’t realize it). Changed exercise to Freddy Mercurys , then we El Capitan’ed up the hill for the remainder. When YHC changed the lyric to “ lunging up that hill,” Pope quickly and even more wittily added “ make a deal with quads.”
…Good, Pope. I can feel your schmaltz. I am defenseless. Strike me down with all your humor, and your journey towards the Dad Jokes will be complete!
Song 3: There is a Mountain by Donovan. Crowd favorite to end it.Mosey to flag for COT
Thanks for putting up with it, my dudes. Always an honor to lead.AB
And don’t worry—nobody will have to try and figure this game out again. For better or worse, sometimes a trilogy should remain a trilogy.
