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  • Party Gras (Don’t mind the date) – from Russo

    The radar this morning did not look promising, so YHC was pleasantly surprised to see JV, Fletch, and Cowbell brave the showers and join me for Granny’s Party Gras ™, 2022 edition, even if it was postponed 2 weeks and scaled back.

    Never one to let a moderately adequate planned Q go to waste, the plan was to base the beatdown around everyone’s favorite floating holiday in this area (unless you’re a bigger President’s day, Labor Day, Flag day, or Thanksgiving fan).

    WARMUP (all IC, 10x – 20x)
    Sealjacks
    Good mornings
    Arm circles
    Windmills
    Self love
    Imperial walkers

    THANG
    Trivia, then corresponding exercise (with column slaloms intermittently disbursed between questions)

    How many official colors of Mardi Gras? 3
    – Suicide – 3 merkins at each column

    What year was the first known Mardi Gras parade? 1837
    – 18 burpees, 37 lunges

    What year were floats introduced? 1857
    – 18 merkins, 57 squats

    When does Mardi Gras season start? King’s day, January 6, or 1-6 (correct answer from Fletch!)
    – 16 SMCs

    How many floats were in this year’s Thoth parade? 41
    – 41 plankjacks

    What float number was I on? 31
    – 31 monkey humpers

    How many scheduled parades (riding, walking, dog) were in and around the New Orleans area this year? 71
    – 71 high knees (2 is 1)

    How many all-female Krewes are there? 8 (Nefertiti, Cleopatra, Eve, Femme Fatale, Nyx, Muses, Selene, Iris)
    – 8 8 count body builders

    Tabata (40 seconds AMRAP, 20 seconds rest)
    – Crab cakes
    – LBCs
    – Wife pleasers
    – Peter Parker’s
    – Apollo Ohnos
    – Crunchy Frogs
    – Butt kicks
    – American Hammers

    – 90 second plank

    COT, Name-o-Rama, announcements (Nehemiah project’s Endurathon this weekend, see/contact Hammer for more info) and prayer closed us out.

    Thanks for joining/reading. You guys make it easier to get up before 5 with the threat of showers looming and push myself to get better.

    SYITG

  • A1C is the Hexadecimal Equivalent of 2588 – from Einstein

    …and it just happens to be how old I felt after laying out for a few months.

    after some chit-chat and a short disclaimer we got to it…

    Warmup:
    all 20xIC: Toe Touch, Side Straddle Hops, Shoulder Rolls, High Knees, Arm Circles,
    Thumb Drives, Butt Kicks, Hi Jack Hi Jills, Neck Rolls, Smurf Jacks, maybe some more…

    Thang:
    Standard playday with core exercises at the four corners
    and using the parking lot stripes as a template:

    loop 1:lunge walk forward two stripes, lunge walk backward 1 stripe, repeat, traversing the upper deck
    loop 2:deep squat at every parking space, with a four count bounce
    loop 3:merkin at every parking space

    Count-o-rama

    Russo led us out with prayer.

    Thanks guys. Always extremely decent of you letting me lead.
    And thanks for the ride home Fletch

  • Kill 2 Birds With 1 Backblast – from Steve

    That’s right, YHC is incredibly lazy and, were it not for this group of upstanding men, I can only imagine how much lazier I might be. Not only is this a few days late, but we’re also gonna just roll Tuesday and Wednesday’s beatdowns into one BB.

    First up, Granny’s, 3/1 – Mardi Gras Tuesday.

    Russo was gonna throw us a party, but ended up unable to Q so YHC stepped in with a not-nearly-as-clever (and certainly not nearly as fun) beatdown. It was almost a solo outing (Shooter unfortunately experienced this the day before at the Marsh), had our new ultra runner not shown up. I had been scratching off names of all the out-of-town pax (no Waterpik, no Zoolander, no JV…), letting myself dream about potentially getting back to bed, when Cowbell rolled in. We wearily (and warily) eyed each other (“Are we really gonna do this?”) and then got down to it before either of us could back out. Usual warmorama, then into a tough ladder:

    10 burpees, mosey up the stairs and back, then 10 burpees, 20 freak nasties, mosey up the stairs in back. You get the idea. The full ladder would look like:

    10 burpees
    20 freak nasties
    30 merkins
    40 mountain climbers
    50 big boys
    60 squats
    70 ssh’s
    80 IW’s
    90 Apollo Ohno’s
    100 LBCs

    We only made it through 7 rounds because anything that consistently begins with 10 burpees is gonna eventually slow down. COT, nameorama, YHC prayed us out and we went on our way.

    Gipper, 3/2

    Again, usual warmorama and then a quick set of 20 merkins, 20 squats, 20 LBCs. Lap around the train depot so everyone knew the route, then started a partner, cinderblock routine. P1 laps the depot while P2 starts on the following exercises:

    Squirrels (curls + squats)
    Chest presses
    Windshield Wipers
    Alpos
    Squat Thrusters
    Kettlebell swings

    And then I believe it was nearing time, so we did another 20 merkins, 20 squats, 20 lbcs before returning the blocks and circling up for COT. Jose prayed us out, with gratefulness for this group and for these men. YHC seconds that – thanks for the opportunity to lead and get better with you gents.

  • Challenge accepted and completed BBQ!! – from Shooter

    It was nice to get back out in the Gloom with my brethren a little further toward the North.. Plan initially was to Q the Gipper this week, but with a change to YHC plans Bubba graciously stepped up and covered, so seeing the Q sheet open for the A1c I simply shifted days.. Knowing the location in Covington always has coupons, I planned the beatdown with that in mind… From past backblasts post I knew to grab 4 coupons and that should be good as my interest were to partner up and share the coupons for today’s challenge.. PAX quickly swelled to 6 after my arrival at the 2nd level with Moby, Sonny and Jose 10k awaiting. I intended on heading to the top, but the softies of Covington like to meet under the covered portion when there is a little sprinkle 🌧 🥶! Just kidding of course because if it’s not necessary to get wet in low 50 degree weather than why should we… As for the other challenge of getting this BB completed, top this BBQ 2 hours following the beatdown.. “Anything you can do, I can do better!” 😬

    Warmup
    20IC SSH, Cherry Pickers
    10IC Windmills, Grass grabbers
    20IC Hillbillies, Imperial walkers, Butt kicks

    Thang
    Partnered up utilizing each of the 2 garage lanes. 3 stations

    First round
    25, 50 and 100

    25 Man Makers with the coupon each partner completed there own rep count.
    P1 did called exercise while P2 Sprinted out and then returned back pedaling.

    50 Squat Thrusters
    P1 did called exercise while P2 Carioca down and back.
    100 Curls for the girls
    P1 did called exercise while P2 Back pedaled up the incline ramp then sprinted down..

    Each group cycled through all.

    Second round (cut short on time only completed 2 stations) however BBQ did grab a rep after it was called on the alternating block Merkin..
    25, 50 and 75

    25 Alternating block Merkins.
    P1 called exercise while P2 Bear crawled 2 parking spaces, bunny hopped 2 parking spaces and crab walked 2 parking spaces. R/R
    Moseyed back.

    50 Kettle bell swings
    P1 called exercise while P2 lunge walked 2 parking spaces sprint 2. R/R down the parking garage and Mosey back.

    75 Tricep extensions
    P1 called exercise while P2 Bunny hopped 4 parking spaces and Bear Crawled 4 parking spaces returned with a Mosey…

    Ran short of time to cycle all groups through the 2nd round..

    Count, announce, COT with Moby taking us out!!!

    👏🏼👏🏼 To getting in the work gentlemen and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Paul Bunyan ain’t my name but chopping wood is the game. – from Fletch

    Warmup: SSH’s, windmills, merkins, seal jacks, grass grabbers, shoulder taps and imperial walkers.
    Grabbing some coupons we moseyed to the parking lot on side the woodwrights shop. We continued with 10 IC curls for the girls and shoulder presses.
    Thang:15 Wood chops on a tractor tire with a sledgehammer. Upon completion that pax would shout out an exercise for the rest to perform while he moseyed around the block with his coupon. Following the first pax the next in line would start chopping wood while we performed the exercises etc., till we completed 4 rounds. Returning to the Gipper, with a good sweat worked up, Barely Legal prayed us out. Thanks for letting me lead. Much respect for these men.

  • Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today To get through this thing called life Electric word life, it means forever and that’s a mighty long time But I’m here to tell you, there’s something else The afterworld, a world of never ending happiness You can always see the sun, day or night So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills You know the one, Dr. Everything’ll Be Alright Instead of asking him how much of your time is left? Ask him how much of your mind, baby ‘Cause in this life things are much harder than in the afterworld This life you’re on your own And if de-elevator tries to bring you down Go crazy, punch a higher floor – from Jose10k

    I showed up early to put a mile in for RCR, which I always listen to music. Our resident pop culture expert, Hammer, inquired what I was listening to. I told him Prince’s Let’s go crazy. To which he just belted out the lyrics as if he wrote them. Most impressive.
    Warm-ups: ssh, grass grabbers, torso twists, cherry pickers all in cadence
    The thang: Mosey to the courthouse for some 11’s. Merkins and jump squats with running the length and up the courthouse steps. Once finished, on lap around the courthouse, then a quick trip to the rock garden. Picked up a good rock for some curls for the girls, rows for the bros, and overhead presses (all in cadence). Back to the A1C for round robin core. Hammer prayed us out. As always, thanks for letting me lead. Still waiting for cowbell to show up on Friday, maybe even Q.

  • Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today To get through this thing called life Electric word life, it means forever and that’s a mighty long time But I’m here to tell you, there’s something else The afterworld, a world of never ending happiness You can always see the sun, day or night So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills You know the one, Dr. Everything’ll Be Alright Instead of asking him how much of your time is left? Ask him how much of your mind, baby ‘Cause in this life things are much harder than in the afterworld This life you’re on your own And if de-elevator tries to bring you down Go crazy, punch a higher floor – from Jose10k

    I showed up early to put a mile in for RCR, which I always listen to music. Our resident pop culture expert, Hammer, inquired what I was listening to. I told him Prince’s Let’s go crazy. To which he just belted out the lyrics as if he wrote them. Most impressive.
    Warm-ups: ssh, grass grabbers, torso twists, cherry pickers all in cadence
    The thang: Mosey to the courthouse for some 11’s. Merkins and jump squats with running the length and up the courthouse steps. Once finished, on lap around the courthouse, then a quick trip to the rock garden. Picked up a good rock for some curls for the girls, rows for the bros, and overhead presses (all in cadence). Back to the A1C for round robin core. Hammer prayed us out. As always, thanks for letting me lead. Still waiting for cowbell to show up on Friday, maybe even Q.

  • Panxsutawney Phil and The Gipper – from TurboTax

    Panxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning which implies some sunlight which, in turn, confirms that he was nowhere near The Gipper. Conditions for our beatdown were Gloomy to say the least.

    Plenty of shelter at The Gipper. After a warmup featuring lots of dynamic stretching, skipping, bear crawling, lunging, squatting, crab walking and running, the PAX made our way to the crescent for a EMOM extravaganza. Burpees, merkins, mountain climbers, Sister Mary Katherines, Apollo Onos, Bobby Hurleys, and a few different plank variations filled the rest of our time…roughly 30 minutes of increasing intensity. But the PAX weathered the EMOM storm just fine and made a solid downpainment on the day.

    Thanks for letting me lead guys. Hope to see you all out there for the Krazy Ivan Thursday night.

  • BBQ, where are you? – from Jose10k

    After having the Wu-Tang Clan visit the house of Jose 10k, YHC was finally able to safely rejoin the gloom. I was eager to get back to grind at the A1C, but where’s BBQ? Where o where is BBQ?
    Warm-ups: ssh, torso twists, self love, grass grabbers, cherry pickers
    The Thang: Four corners, back peddle the short length, run the long length. 7 merkins at each first, then 14 hand release, 21 slow squats, followed by 28 leg raises. Mosey to the bottom of the garage to do calf raises (3 per step) all the way up. Finished off with a few minutes of good stretching. Fletch prayed us out. Glad to finally be back at it. But seriously, where is BBQ?

  • BBQ, where are you? – from Jose10k

    After having the Wu-Tang Clan visit the house of Jose 10k, YHC was finally able to safely rejoin the gloom. I was eager to get back to grind at the A1C, but where’s BBQ? Where o where is BBQ?
    Warm-ups: ssh, torso twists, self love, grass grabbers, cherry pickers
    The Thang: Four corners, back peddle the short length, run the long length. 7 merkins at each first, then 14 hand release, 21 slow squats, followed by 28 leg raises. Mosey to the bottom of the garage to do calf raises (3 per step) all the way up. Finished off with a few minutes of good stretching. Fletch prayed us out. Glad to finally be back at it. But seriously, where is BBQ?