After playing touch football (who remembers those kids riding by, windows down, shouting at us??) on Superbowl Saturday (#Turbo Tax) and half court basketball at the Milestone Marsh during March Madness (#THE Manny), YHC began planning a soccer themed beatdown to coincide with the start of the World Cup. I figured, correctly, that Shooter …
Home is the place where, when you have to go there they have to take you in. -Robert Frost So Thursday at the scramble there was no Ocho. Other than that, I don’t remember too many specifics. Now I know why there’s a lot of back blasts that never get …
6 pax met up at the mandeville TH to celebrate good ol’ Steve’s last workout until October. The thang: warm up on the stage with a series of scapular stability exercises to counteract the plethora of merkins some of the pax have been pounding out. mosey through the woods to …
Summer is upon us and a number of Gipper regulars are enjoying themselves on vacation. Expecting a light turnout, YHC was pleasantly surprised when two FNGs rolled in this morning to round off our crew for the day at 5. Brief disclaimer and explanation of what we are all about …
Except maybe when it comes to 10k merkins in a month. And with approximately 6660 merkins bearing down on us ISI challengers for the remainder of the month, it was really no surprise what would be on today’s menu. YHC would try to alter the flavor slightly, but whether it’s …
“If a path be beautiful, ask not where it leads.” -Anatole France What can I say? We met, we warmed up, we ran, we exercised. We did quite a few merkins throughout the run. Oh, and it was a cool yet typically humid morning on the northshore of Lake Pontchartrain …
Arrived to the Gipper with mild 70s and a hint of fog. This Gloom certainly lacked previous post of suffocating humidity, which helps with perspiration even when the beatdown may not start as intense and require a sweat towel of sorts. To keep the beatdown as masculine as one may, …
Warmarama 26 Side straddle hops The Thang Start off with 50 Merkins 20 times up and down stairs 35 Merkins 20 times up and down stairs 15 Merkins 26 times up and down stairs Water break 20 times up and down stairs Total 100 Merkins 86 times up & down …
As a late entry to this month’s team edition ISI, there was a need to start strong. Though truth be told, I had been eying this beat down for a few weeks now. WARM UP 20xs IC: Windmills Imperial Walkers THANG Deck O Death merkin style – J-11, Q-12, K-13, …
To recognize JR Smith’s collapse during the first game of the NBA Finals, I decided to work a basketball theme into the beatdown this past Saturday morning. Before we get that started, let’s get warmed up. Warmarama: Happy Jacks- 5 SS IC- 2 Squat Jumps: Rinse and Repeat 5 times, IWs- …
