Today was about pushing it to the limit, either with running, KnOTibg, or running back to your house for a stretching pad becuase Boo-boo can’t handle the ground.
Either way, we all came back (with some additional late comers) for the COT. Prayed in thanksgiving for new life and in supplication for those who need help.
YHC grabbed the Q ten hours before game time.
6 PAX for the real workout. 7 PAX went to walk around with Scantron.
Disclaimer followed by a mosey in the direction of the rock pile. Selected a well lit area so those that caught the train could easily find us.
Abe Vigodas, Grass Grabbers, Imperial Walkers (except Mahatma, he wanted to do Hill Billies first), Hill Billies (except for Mahatma, he already did them), Peter Parker Peter, Mountain Climbers, Arm Circles, Reverse Arm Circles.
Grab a SHMEDIUM rock and circle up.
8 minutes, non-stop reps, 8 reps each, keep repeating the circuit
STORC: squats, triceps, overhead, row, curls
Every minute, we drop for 3 burpees
Bring your SHMEDIUM rock to the field with preset cones.
Rd 1: murder bunny to first cone, 10 manmakers, lunge to second cone, 10 manmakers, rifle carry to third cone, 10 manmakers, bear crawl pushing rock back to second cone, rifle carry to start
Rd 2: murder bunny to first cone, 10 thrusters, lunge to second cone, 10 thrusters, rifle carry to third cone, 10 thrusters, bear crawl pushing rock back to second cone, rifle carry to start
Rd 3: leave the rock, bear crawl to first cone, 10 merkins, bear crawl to second cone, 10 merkins, bear crawl to third cone, 10 merkins, backpedal to start
Rifle carry, indian walk back to near rock pile
3 minutes, non-stop reps, 8 reps each, keep repeating the circuit
STORC: squats, triceps, overhead, row, curls
Every minute, we drop for 3 burpees
Return the rock
2 minutes of Mary
Back to the flag for COT
The 8 walkers were 3 minutes late, walking
Announcements: Hand Grenada and Mahatma have a burpee bet on the 2024 LSU-Ole Miss game
Intentions: Scantron’s nephew, Blake, and all those that remain silent
Great to lead
SYITG
Warmorama of the usual; Vagabond erroneously thought Kenna Brah had the Q and I’m sure regretted showing up for another of my musically schizophrenic playlists.
The Thang: Descending Ladder with a rock (10 reps/exercise down to 9, 8, etc. reps/exercise): Squat (coupon), OH press, Curls, chest press, tricep press.
Begin at first tree along side the parking lot facing the gym (it was here that Mahatma took off to second tree to do exercise one—not the directions!), Carry rock to second tree for second exercise where we all paid five burpee penalty for the transgression.
At fifth tree plank on the six, turnaround and head back the opposite way with one less rep/exercise finishing at starting point. Rinse/repeat until we’ve descended the ladder.
It was prior to starting round six that I introduced the skip exercise rule: call out, “skip” and roll Deca die of pain for our fate that replaces the skipped exercise, advance to next tree and resume the ladder. Mr. Rogers went first, followed by several others; we did ultimately finish the ladder in time to return rocks and circle up at the flag for Rochamburpee until time: winner does five merkins, loser does three burpees.
Honored to lead and totally spent; this one sucked. COT.
The pax gathered in the gloom, buzzing with excitement at the mere sight of the JBL speaker; great to see Kotters: Left Coast and Mambi along with Boo Boo who was doing penance for missing Thursday Rucking. Upon giving the disclaimer KnOTS headed their way while we were off to the middle of the field where the pax’s exuberance exploded upon hearing Rapper’s Delight, especially Vagabond, while Triple’s FNG certainly started to question exactly what he’d gotten himself into. Warmorama of the usual with demonstration/explanation for the pax who’d become Malware by the end of the BD (welcome to the gloom, brother). Music skip rule in effect.
The Thang:
Dry dock ladder up the bleachers
Squat ladder in reverse count down the bleachers, mosey to playground.
Morning Call: all pax high plank while two pax do 5 pull ups, calling out the count for planking pax to merkin, Triple doled out a 5 burpee penalty about half through on a 5 minutes song with only 30 seconds to go. Mosey to the rocks.
Easy as 123 (AMRAP):
Chest press 1 min (really made the burpees tougher)
Burpees 2 min (goal 20+, Triple, fueled by competitiveness and his younger, lighter FNG’s stamina hit 32—impressive)
Step ups 3 min (the “Halfway there” announcement seemed to take 3 minutes)
Circle up for 5 Absolutions OYO followed by Mary where Triple and YHC were feasted on by ants, ironically after YHC encouraged pax to seek an area without visible ant piles (the best laid plans…). KennaBrah took over the lead after my LBCs and Protractors (a pax favorite—Rudy where were u!?) with a plank/reverse plank alternating leg lift, while I disposed of the ants and passed it Cheese Steak for Hello Dollys and Mambi brought us home with ???
Return to the flag, COT and naming ceremony for FNG/Malware; come back for ur second BD and discover that F3 is for YOU. SYITG.
22 years ago the USA was changed forever by an attack like no other; today we remember that day, honor those who died, offer reverence, and ponder the years in between as well as those ahead of us.
Warmorma of the normal stuff to everyone’s beloved lead off song.
* Mosey to JPAS
* Read flight details at each corner
* Sprint to corner 1 plank til 6
* Plankorama
* AA Flight 11
* Boston – Los Angeles
* Hit the North Tower at 0846
* 92 perished
* SSH x 92 OYO
* Lunge to corner 2 plank til 6
* Plankorama
* UA Flight 175
* Boston – Los Angeles
* Hit South Tower at 0903
* 65 perished
* Mt. Climbers x 65 OYO
* Sprint to corner 3 plank til 6
* Plankorama
* AA Flight 77
* Dulles – Los Angeles
* Hit the Pentagon at 0937
* 64 perished
* Squats x 64 OYO
* Lunge to corner 4 plank til 6
* Plankorama
* UA Flight 93
* Newark – San Francisco
* Crashed in Shanksville, PA at 1003 after passengers stopped attack
* 44 perished
* Merkins x 44 OYO
Staying in plank, each pax recounts that fateful day.
* 9 Rounds of sprinting 1 lap up
JPAS steps and down the ramp, followed by 11 reps of the called exercise
* Sprint Lap 1
* Diamond Merkins x 11 OYO
* Sprint Lap 2
* Jump Squats x 11 OYO
* Sprint Lap 3
* Big Boy Situps x 11 OYO
* Sprint Lap 4
* Carolina Dry Docks x 11 OYO
* Sprint Lap 5
* Lunges x 11 OYO
* Sprint Lap 6
* Flutter Kicks x 11 OYO
* Sprint Lap 7
* Wide Merkins x 11 OYO
* Sprint Lap 8
* Sumo Squats x 11 OYO
* Sprint Lap 9
* Burpees x 11 OYO
YHC decided to try out some fitness tests that have been bouncing around in my head. Whenever I think “this is a bad idea, it probably won’t work”, I recall the immortal words of Hawgcycle from years ago – something to the effect of “Only one way to find out.”
So at 530 am, a solid group of PAX moseyed off towards the rock pile to get started. A warm up of some stretching and imperial walkers. Then a quick trip to the train tracks for some balance work. Try your best to get 5 squats in. Several minutes of this – SOGO was up to 20 squats, Mahatma had quit in frustration, and finally YHC managed 5 things that sort of loosely resembled squats. So lets grab a rock and head to the field.
At the field – YHC announces the Thang. 5 Fitness Tests. My Festivus, if you will.
Test 1: Rifle Carry your rock for 1 lap around the trap. YHC had been curious if this was doable, and if so – how long it would take. The answer: sort of doable, and roughly 5 minutes.
Test 2: The suck (7 SSH, 7 Merkins, 7 Squats), for 5 minutes instead of the usual 3. Dang, FracSac. Those farts were AWFUL.
Test 3: Bear crawl the length of the field, then lunge walk back.
Test 4: The Rock-Suck for 5 minutes. 7 Overhead Press, 7 Curl, 7 Row. Dang, Frac. Those farts were AWFUL. PAX kept shifting to avoid being close, but it didn’t matter. lack of wind meant that noxious fume just hovered over us.
Return the rocks.
Test 5: EMOM burpees for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, the Pickle-ballers decided to bail on this.
Back to the flag for COT. Thank you all for the many years of inspiration you have provided. And thank you Sky Q for the gift of one more year around the sun.
YHC decided to start the Birthday Week bonanza with a replay of his very first Q
So as 530 struck, 9 PAX set off to the rock pile (it would grow to 12 as late arrivers Heisenberg, Mr Rogers and Wedding Planner joined us during the warm up) while another 5 went off for KoT.
Circle Up for quick warm up to get blood moving. Grass Grabbers and Don Quixote (what they were called back in 2016, according to my backblast) and then describe the workout. Hand Grenada had the audacity to talk smack about the recency of this national championship. Yet he proudly recalled the 1959 Ole Miss championship year.
Lets relive the year.
Game 1: #13 ND 19 – #9 Michigan 17. 5 foot nothing freshman Reggie Ho boots 4 FGs. 19 count IW, SSH and Peter Parkers. False Start as Frac appropriately notified the Q that he was performing Hillbillies. And a 5 burpee penalty applied to Kenna Brah for talking smack.
Game 2: ND 20 – MSU 3. 20 Merkins in cadence. NOLA football star Michael Stonebreaker returns an INT for a TD.
Grab a Rock.
Game 3: As our young QB (Tony Rice) starts showing of his arms, we’ll start working our arms. ND 52 – Purdue 7. Overhead x15, Curl x15, Row x15, Push x7. Drop the rock (Yes, Mayhem – that was 52 total)
Game 4: ND 42 – Stanford 14. Repeat with x13, then x3 for the Push.
Game 5: TRAP ALERT! Looking forward to upcoming “Game of the Century”, ND squeaks by. ND 30 – Pitt 20. Repeat with x9, then x3 for the Push
Mosey to the football field, leave the rock on the baseline as we won’t be needing it for a bit.
Game 6: Catholics vs Convicts! #4 ND 31 – #1 Miami 30. Hero of the game, Safety Pat Terrel with an interception return, and breaking up the potential game winning 2 pt conversion with 30 seconds remaining. We’ll sprint the 50 yards, 10 Squat Jumps, sprint 50 yards back.
Games 7 & 8. The Military Academies. ND 41 – Air Force 13, and ND 22 – Navy 7. Suicide Sprints and Burpees. 10/20 then 10 burpees. 10/20/30 then 7 burpees. 10/20/30/41 then 5 burpees. Mr Rogers is FLYING through this.
Game 9: ND 54 – Rice 11. Rocket takes it to the house! 80 yard sprint. Oh wait, HE DOES IT AGAIN. 80 yard sprint back.
Grab your rocks, head to the pavillion
Game 10: ND 21 – PSU 3. Bad weather so the passing game is shelved, leaning on the stable of RBs. Work our quads with Step Ups – x21 each side.
Game 11: 2nd “Game of the century” of the year. #1 ND 27 – #2 USC 10. Coach Lou Holtz sends 2 starters home for “improprieties”. What integrity! We’ll take a seat in the people’s chair and watch the game with them. 27 seconds, then 10 curls. Repeat.
Getting late – return rocks, head back to the flag.
Game 12: #1 ND 34 – #4 WVU 21. Finish up with 34 LBC as we were running behind.
COT: Count Off, Prayers for Mr Rogers for his surgery this week. He swears he’ll be back for the Friday Birthday Q!!! YHC remains incredibly grateful for this group of men and the accountability and encouragement they bring. Prayers that we all may bring those same skills and abilities to all of our encounters.
Since the listed Q didn’t show, and no one else stepped up, I had no choice but to take the lead and use my enhance mental capacity to scheme up a decent workout on the fly.
Disclaimer provided, encouragement provided to push one’s self. Warm-ups conducted.
Mosey’d to playground for some group therapy. First group hung out, second group just sat there, and the third remained face down. Threw in some squats because there were some special requests for leg work. PAX rotated through the three stations above.
Partnered up and grabbed some rocks. Round 1 – Pairs made it across the baseball field, one riffled carried, the other bear crawled (also by special request). Partners switched as needed. Round 2 – repeat round 1 but with lunges (again, trying to accommodate special requests)
PAX whined about HR remaining too low (obviously they neglected to listen to the disclaimer). YHC threw in some sprints and BBsitups. After rocks returned, workout concluded with some Mary and COT.
Birthday Q
8/7/61
Arm Circles
Twists
Imperial Walkers
Abe Vigoda
Low Slow Squat
Flora 1-2-3
100 Merkins – P1 does 10 with feet on coupon. P2 holds plank with feet on his coupon. Flapjack.
200 LBCs – P1 does 20 LBC holding coupon high on chest. P2 holds legs 6″ off ground, and extends arms w/ coupon over chest. Flapjack.
300 Goblet Squats – P1 does 25 goblet squats. P2 lowers to bottom of goblet squat w/ coupon, and holds. Flapjack.
200 LBCs – P1 does 20 LBC holding coupon high on chest. P2 holds legs 6″ off ground, and extends arms w/ coupon over chest. Flapjack.
100 Merkins – P1 does 10 with feet on coupon. P2 holds plank with feet on his coupon.
Rifle/any carry down to the gazebo for some recovery stretches
Return to rock pit for Ring of fire till times up – then backwards walk/jog to flag
COT
Warmup
3 exercises then round the gym between each with bear crawls and lunges
Pax choice under gazebo
