YHC was a solo q for the scramble. Quick 3 miles and that’s a wrap.
Category: Northshore
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Leg Work @ the A1C – from Einstein
a cool 42 degrees at A1C this morning
without the stalwart BBQ around to entertain the PAX with his Midwestern sensibility, we got right down to business
and after a short disclaimer…Warmup:
all 20xIC: Arm Circles, Side Straddle Hops, Good Mornings, Hillbillies, Shoulder Shrugs, Imperial Walkers,
Thumb Drives, Swimmers, Grass Grabbers, Cherry Pickers, Neck Rolls, Seal Jacks, Smurf Jacks, Irish Scissors, maybe some more…Thang 1:
on the Upper Deck ramp of the Justice Center Parking Garage
a set of 11s; with squats on the upside and lunges on the downside
with back-peddling, laterals facing North, laterals facing South,
karaoke, and regular run (repeating the ramp work 2x)Thang 2:
to the stair well for some flexibility work;
on the bottom floor one Pax goes up the stairs – heels to hands fashion – while the remaining Pax perform side straddle hops
once the lead guy touches the first landing, the next Pax takes off in the same fashion. At the top of the stair well, the arriving PAX does side straddle hops until the whole Pax finishes
their climb.Mary: round robin on the Mary
Einstein 20 V-ups
Moby 20 inverted scorpions
Jose10K 20 penguins
Fletch 20 crunchesCount-o-rama
Fletch prayed us out into the day with a St. Stanislaus Rock-A-Chaw special
Thanks guys. Always extremely decent of you letting me lead.
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Tribute to Bobby Hurley – from TurboTax
YHC is no Duke fan. He’s a Georgia fan like Yankee. Go Dawgs! But that didn’t stop YHC from paying a tribute of sorts to the Duke basketball star this morning.
After a quick warmup of seal jacks, shoulder taps, imperial walkers, Peter Parkers, hillbillies, Parker Peters, SSHs, and merkins, the PAX made its way to the back of the Justice Center for the first of two AMRAPS.
7 minutes of Bobby Hurleys, broken up into sets of five by a trip up and down the rear Justice Center stairs.
Bear crawl/merkins and lunge walk/Bobby Hurleys through Oak Alley to the front of the Justice Center for the second AMRAP.
7 minutes of hand release merkins, broken up into sets of five by a trip of crossover runs up and down the front Justice Center stairs.
Another trip down Oak Alley…this time sprint/coast and crab walk/crab cakes.
Mosey back to the Shovel Flag for some Mary. Front plank, Jane Fondas, Scuba Steves, more shoulder taps, Nolan Ryans and finally some dynamic back planks.
Good work this morning guys. Thanks as always for letting me lead.
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Deck of Death Part IV: A New Hope – from Russo
36 degrees greeted a Pax of 6 at Granny’s for the return of the deck of death: version 2022.1. This upgrade featured the “Animal activity pack”, with crowd favorites Monkey Humpers (you’re welcome Hogs Breath), Crab Cakes (just for you Jose!), Donkey Kicks, and Crunchy Frogs.
Warmup (all IC, varying reps, like a locker combination: to your RIGHT!)
-Seal jacks
-Cherry pickers
-Imperial walkers
-Grass grabbers
-Self love
-High kneesThang
Bench work with 20 freak nastys and 20 step ups, followed by 10 of both, and then 5 more.
After a quick mosey, Pax knocked out the Deck of Death (exercise and count based on value and suit of the card turned over from a standard deck of playing cards). YHC likes to split the deck into 4 groups to vary up the exercises, with some moseying before, during, and after.
Hearts – Monkey Humpers, Jump squats, SMCs, Nut Crackers
Diamonds – Diamond Merkins, Merkins, Peter Parkers, Shoulder Tap Merkins
Clubs – LBCs, Leg Raises, Crunchy Frogs, American Hammers
Spades – Crab Cakes, Donkey Kicks, Gas Pumps, Angels in the OutfieldMary
With about 5 minutes left, Pax completed some calf raises up the pilot house, 2 each step, a minute of plank, and a final 10 merkins.COT, Name-o-Rama, announcements, and prayer closed us out.
Note the Crazy Ivan is coming up on 2/3 and HogsBreath and Pass interference are working on a Slidell AO. Keep checking Slack for more info.
Thank you all again for joining, letting me lead you all. As always, really enjoyed the mumble chatter.
And finally, the vote count, subject to independent verification next week, was 11 A’s and 7 T’s. And in case you’re wondering, I vote T.
SYITG
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Easy breezy – from Waterpik
2 pax along with YHC braved the elements and posted to the milestone marsh on windy chilly morning to start the week off.
Pull-ups at the playground, then mosey to the lakefront stopping at several intersections for some additional exercises.
Hit the seas all for 3 sets of Bulgarian split squats and derkins.
Mosey back to the marsh to circle up for cot.
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Chilly Chain Gang – from Mobydick
Upper thirties and breezy made the second level of the parking garage the better choice.
Warmed up with 20x IC SSH/Slow Squats/Windmills/Torso Twist/Self Love High Low and Hug maybe something else. Then a lap around the garage and back to the start for the thang.
Really simple. Split the PAX on either end of the garage and first man took off dragging “The Chain” (120’ of 3/8” cargo chain) the full length of the parking garage. Wire to wire. On rough concrete that makes for some serious effort.
While waiting a turn the rest cycled through 5 Reps each of Squats/Merkins/SSH til everyone had two drags.
Straight into shuffle left/right the length of the second deckand back. Then up the stairs double pumping each step calf raises.
At the top another shuffle left/right to the ramp and back peddle down to second deck for some core.
On our sticks for 20x IC Crunches/Leg Lifts/Jane Fondas
With 5 minutes to go another round of chain for everyone. COT -
New year same Scramble! – from Shooter
The first Scramble in 2022 produced familiar faces on a beautiful non humid gloom. YHC arrived to the sites of Hammer completing some pre stretches. After some brief chatter Zoolander came rolling in followed by Waterpik with his usual prethang miler or so before and after the Scramble..
Brief warmup of 20, 15 and 10 SSH, Imperial walkers, Merkins, Butt kicks, Squats, Lunges, Self love and Grass grabbers.
Moseyed in pairs for about 4 miles through the Hermitage and down West Beach to Lakeshore and back up to Monroe with another loop through Hermitage..
Arrived back right on time to close with count, announce and COT..
Appreciate Waterpik closing us out in 🙏🏼!!
Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!
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Blockheads – from TurboTax
Seven blockheads with a combined age of over 370 years posted at The Gipper this morning. Bean and Cowbell usually lower our average age, but they both fartsacked. So we beat ourselves up without them.
Warmup of Merkins, Seal Jacks, Peter Parkers, Side Straddle Hops, Mountain Climbers, Imperial Walkers, Shoulder Taps, Hillbillies, J Lo’s, and 10 burpees then we grabbed our blocks and headed over to the Boatyard for the main event.
3 cones 15 yards apart.
Partnered up and partner one carried both partners’ blocks 30 yards to the 3rd cone and back while partner two performed burpees, flap jack until the partners reach 50 total burpees.
OH carry with 50 hand release Merkins.
Bear block crawls with 100 Bobby Hurleys.
Lunge/frog jumps with block around the worlds.
Bear crawl/jogs with block figure 8s.
And between each round we hit some agility drills and sprints with a grand finale of two all out sprints before heading back to the shovel flag.
Great work this morning guys. Pretty good for a bunch of old dudes. Thanks for letting me lead.
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You call that cold? – from Russo
32 degrees greeted Pax this morning as the South Louisiana Polar Bear/Bare Club (Northshore chapter) held its annual meeting at Granny’s. Look it up, it’s a thing.
We get what YHC would consider “brisk” conditions maybe 5 or 6 times a year, and today was one of ‘em. Not enough for sleeves or full length pants, but we’re getting there.
4 HIM asked “What’s Tabata with you?”:
Warmup (10x – 25x, all IC)
– Seal jacks
– Toe touches
– Self love
– Cherry pickers
– High knees
– Grass grabbersThang:
Planned Tabata, generally 40 seconds on, 20 seconds rest.– Freak Nastys
– Step ups
– Urkins
– Freak Nastys (again)Pax moseyed from Granny’s over to the Marsh, and then the long way home (using the trail) where Tabata continued with:
Peter Parker’s
Shoulder tap merkins
Plank jacks
Squats
Lunges
Crunchy frogs
LBCs
Crab cakes
Hip slappers
Apollo Ohnos
Jump squats
Big boy sit-ups
Monkey humpersBetween rounds at the Marsh, we talked laps around the b-ball court like we were punished in middle school for hiding the dodgeball.
Back at Granny’s, we wrapped it up with some calf raises up the pilot house (3x each step) and then a quick round of American hammers.
COT, Name-o-Rama, announcements, and prayer closed us out.
Really enjoyed the conversation and camaraderie today, gents. Thanks for joining me and allowing me to lead the superstar crew.
SYITG
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7-11 – from Akbar
We know it, and love it. It has history, nostalgia, good memories of childhood or yesterday. We may have had our first illegal drink or magazine here. It’s been in epic movies like Heathers, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, and Clerks. But we didn’t go to 7-11 today, the 7’s and 11’s came to us. .
Conditions:
WU: 37, feels like 31, no wind thank the LordWarm up:
x10 IC SSH, Toe Touches, Wind Mills, Butt Kicks, High Knees, Arm Circles (F/B)Thang: 7-11
7’s Pull ups, Merkins at the playground
7’s Mosey to Lakefront stopping at intersections for Squat, Plank Jack11’s at the wall. Irkins, Freak nasty, high skip
11’s at Rips: Calf Raises, Rocky Balboa’s on stairs7’s Mosey back via Noah’s Ark, stop at intersections for LBC/ Wife Pleasers.
Mary LBC x 10 IC
Count, Name, Hammer prayed us out.
Announcements: Krazy Ivan Feb 8th. Run Cajun Run Feb 1st. Get your teams together.
Nake Man Moleskin:
Great conversation with Hammer as always. YHC was sore from last weeks beatdowns, so we took it easy today. The only man on the lakefront happened to walk by during wife pleasers – hope it made his day.
