Four pax showed up on this cool morning and none had signed up for the Q, so we did a round robin warmup.
Thang, all pax grabbed coupons and proceeded to do a round robin workout with a mosey around the block on two occasions.
Barely legal prayed us out.
Tag: Fletch
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Dora and 11s will do!! – from Shooter
5 Red pills 💊 this Gloom for 0600. Hammer was early with Jose 10k so 6 total. Nothing much this morning but a short warmup of 15IC Arm circles, Toe Touches, Good Mornings, Selflove and SSH.
Moseyed to the garage for a Dora
P1 Carolina dry docks, squats and Flutter kicks P2 back pedaling half and turn to sprint the remainder.
Moseyed to back of courthouse for 11s box jumps or step ups, bear crawl steps Merkins at the top.
Returned to AO for 4 core exercises 15IC Little Manny crunches, dying cockroach, penguins and 15 OYO leg raises..Prayed for safety with Helene approaching Florida and intentions for Fletches son in Orlando..
Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!
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It was Shooter’s idea, I swear – from Fletch
Alright, picture this: it’s a typical morning at the garage. The crew lines up, ready to embrace the madness that Shooter inspired me this morning. The plan? A deceptively simple combo: 10, 20, 30 reps of upper body, core, and leg exercises—but with a catch. One poor soul is always running down to the bottom of the garage, and this is where the fun begins.
First, our hero grabs a jump rope and busts out 60 reps, Rocky-style, because why not? But there’s no rest for the wicked—time to sprint back up that ramp (which feels longer with each step). At the top, it’s straight into 40 curls with a coupon that somehow seems to have gained weight on the way up. Then, just when the arms are jelly, it’s time to drop 20 squats like they’re nothing.
Meanwhile, the rest of the squad is sweating through their own reps, secretly praying for their turn to run and escape the pain. Rinse and repeat, everyone goes twice, and by the end, even the garage is out of breath.
Workout complete, pride intact (mostly), and everyone feeling like they could take on the next mission—after a nap.
COT
SYITG
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1ST & 10 at THE A1C – from Einstein
Rainy morning at the A1C this morning.
With the kick-off of the football season, the 1st & 10 routine, from the F3 Exicon, was the order of the day.
Warmup: all IC15x; toe touch, side staddle hops, arm circles, imperial walkers, neck rolls, hillbillies(country boys), hi-jack hi-jills, seal jacks
Thang: 1st & 10, using the upper deck parking garage parking stripes as our football field (a wet one at that)
1 merkin, 10 burpees, “sprint” to the end of the field, mosey back around, the ref (Bushwacker) moved up the chains…2 merkins, 9 burpees, sprint, move up…3 merkins, 8 burpees, sprint, move up,…etc.
Bushwacker – in the lead, still doing his referee duties, scored first, with the rest of the pax a minute or so behind.Next Thangs: with time to spare the pax did some Lieutenant Dans, lunging forward and backward, side shuffles, etc.
Mary: one minute of star stretches.
Cuz prayed us out.
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ROSHAMBO for the Q – from Darkwing Duck
11s were on the docket today. After a questionable game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, YHC took the q. Quick warm-up then moseyed to the courthouse. Burpees on the side walk, run to the stairs, 5 calf raises up each step, then big boy situps at the top. Run down the ramp and out the side, around the parking lot, back to the side walk. Finished right at 6 am.
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Rock, paper, scissors to see who leads?!?!?!? – from Darkwing Duck
Beautiful morning to take the red pill and get some work in. No one picked up the Q so it was a little ROSHAMBO to take the lead. Regular warm-up, then mosey to the courthouse.
A set of 11s was the choice. Burpees at the side walk, big boys at the top of the stairs, 5 calf raises at each step, with a lap down the ramp and around the side in between each set.
Ended right a 6. COT. Simple beatdown, simple back blast for a great group of HIMS.
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My BUDDY and me!! – from Shooter
Arrived to the Gipper with 3 Buddies (coupons) and noticed the PAX closer to the road and not in the normal AO. To no surprise, Jose 10k was already soaking wet with music playing and a white board brought from the previous A1c beat down from the week before. Now keep in mind school is back in session and the Gipper during school is usually off limits to the 10k, but I guess with the Spartan quickly approaching he has now decided to post a beatdown before the 0600 beatdown to get er done.. Much respect 10k for your persistence.
I must also tip the hat to downrange VTach from Birmingham for not only posting at Granny’s but also posting the Gipper. YHC tried to EH for the Scramble, however the southshore will have the privilege of his presence somewhere in the Gloom on Thursday..
Appreciate the share about the No Cheat Merkin VTach and it will soon become a standard amongst YHCs future Qs..Warmup
15IC and 10IC Seal jacks, cherry pickers, Toe Touches, SSH, Butt kicks and Torso twists.Thang
With only 3 buddies the PAX went to the yard to grab 4 more buddies to carry throughout Covington. We stopped along the way in the Front of the justice center, on top the parking garage and on the backside of the justice center then returning to the AO for the finale.Front of justice center
5 (8)count block builders
10 squat thrusters
15 shoulder presses
20 chest presses
25 kettle swings
Mosey to stairs bunny up up and mosey back.Top of Garage
R/R exception Kettles replaced with Curls.
Carioca down flip flopping halfway then returned with a sprint.Back of justice center
Just like front.
Bunny hop steps return to benches for jump squat benches 10 OYO.AO
R/R from the garage
Finished buddy Big boys 10 OYO, 20 2/1 windshields over the buddy and closed 20IC fludder kicks with heels right above the Buddy.Appreciate all the regulars in Einstien (birthday week by the way 🎉), BBQ, Barely Legal, Fletch and MobyDick.. (Turbo dog) Sonny was around but stayed close to the truck..
Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!
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Back to school. Back to school, to prove to Dad that I’m not a fool. I got my lunch packed up, my boots tied tight, I hope I don’t get in a fight. Ohhhh, back to school. Back to school. Back to school. Well, here goes nothing. – from Jose10k
THE THANG:
It was a bit cooler this morning, 74 degrees to start an Epic “Back to School Beatdown”
We moseyed over the top of the stairs and YHC presented the white board. Time to go back to school and do the Billy Madison. Each grade represented an exercise and the PAX would do 12 reps of each, each round . The PAX would complete 1st grade, run down the stairs and run the ramp back up returning to the start. Next, complete 1st grade and then 2nd grade, run the short loop, returning to the start. The PAX would try to graduate and get through the 12th grade!
1st Grade – Squats
2nd Grade – Monkey Humpers
3rd Grade – Lunges (2 is one)
4th Grade – BBS
5th Grade – Flutter Kicks
6th Grade – LBCs
7th Grade – American Hammers
8th Grade – Merkins
9th Grade – Freak Nasties
10th Grade – Carolina Dry Docks
11th Grade – Burpees
12th Grade – SSHs
COT and BBQ prayed us out.
We managed to complete the 9th grade. We now have something to shoot for next time. BBQ commented that the beatdown killed the mumble chatter. I’ll take the compliment. SYITG, thanks for letting me lead/and or reading this bb. -
The Land of the Midnight Sun – from Steve
Jose has returned! Well, technically he was already on his third beatdown of the week (ok, as of this writing, his fourth), but for the Covington crew it was his grand homecoming. And he returned with tales of a mythical land where the sun never sets, the summer temps never hit the 60’s, and F3 doesn’t exist. Though that’s not entirely true since Jose brought the F3 with him: apparently he roped some poor bastard into doing 100 burpees / absolutions with him each day. This man never stops.
Brief warmorama, starting in a slow Gipper-cadence and then gently ramping up.
Then off to the rear of the Justice Center for a brief fling with Jane Fonda. We hit all three stages of Jane today (straight Janes, pulses, heel-to-knees), all at 15x IC, each leg.
Then looped around to the front of the JC for the main event – a series of 11’s between the courtyard benches.
Started off with the chest/shoulders: Derkins on one end, bear crawl across the courtyard to the opposite set of benches for freak nasties.
It seemed fitting that Jose would endure this one round and then have to leave for work, as he was the only Pax present to also have posted for Shooter’s brutal shoulder beatdown Tuesday, and Hammer’s brutal shoulder beatdown Monday. (YHC was reprimanded with a: “This is why you guys need to start writing backblasts!”)
Next set of 11’s were Bulgarians (2:1), lunge walk to opposite end, Step Ups (2:1).
Didn’t get to the core round, which was just as well since, really, what’s the point of crab walking when Legal isn’t there to show off.
Finally, an old Maverick classic – reverse bear crawl (or crawl bear, as the kids call it) up the courthouse steps. Followed by some calf raises, and back to the flag for an abbreviated Mary.
COT with announcement of Duke of Hazards’ VQ this Saturday! (Moby’s response: “Some $#%@& kid in diapers telling me to do 1000 burpees….”). Then we checked BBQ’s hat-o-meter only to see that the sweat lines weren’t quite up to last week’s beatdown (though still hot enough that ol’ Sonny gave the warm air one sniff before thinking, “Nah…” and settling back into Moby’s truck).
And finally BBQ prayed us out. Prayers for BBQ’s niece’s son, ten-year-old Charlie, who is going through a very tough time as he awaits a kidney transplant. And as always, thanks for this great group of men and the opportunity to lead.
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That Ain’t The Way To Have Fun, No – from Steve
With Jose away, the Pax will play – we took a break from the Purple Rain and dove into some Purple Haze on this hot and humid gloom, sweating it out to some 70’s classics (Yes, YHC had to adjust the playlist decade for the Covington crew, which skews slightly older – one day Pickaxe will hopefully be doing the same for me cuz I ain’t working out to no Drake!)
Partnered up at the back of the Justice Center for some 100’s (not the Bushwacker kind): 100 cumulative reps of the following exercises (P1), with P2 running up the courthouse steps and doing 1 Bobby Hurley (temporarily renamed Caitlin Clarks by BBQ) before returning to pick up where P1 left off.
Squats
Merkins
Lunges (2:1)
Boxcutters
Freak Nasties
Alternating Step Ups
Apollo Ohnos (2:1)
T-Merkins
Monkey Humpers
Flutter Kicks
Plank Jacks
Rosalitas
Crunchy Frogs
BurpeesYes, I purposefully buried the burpees with the hopes that we wouldn’t get to them, which worked. Unfortunately, we did get to the T-Merkins, which gave some of the Pax PTSD from Pik’s H8! this past Saturday.
Wrapped it up on the Monkey Humper round – knocked out 40 together before heading back to the flag. BBQ noted that starting with Randy Newman’s Mama Told Me Not to Come was just as appropriate as wrapping things up with The Allman Brothers’ Whipping Post. Touché.
Speaking of BBQ, we checked his hat-o-meter sweat lines at the end of the workout (as has been tradition the last few times I’ve posted) and he surmised this beatdown was one of the top three most sweat-inducing. And while I’d love to take credit for such an achievement, I think if he just laid on the concrete in front of the courthouse he’d probably have sweat just as much.
Moby also then provided a profanity-laced PSA about heat stroke, which is indeed a good reminder for all of us: Don’t be a %#@*$ idiot and mess around with that shit, get yourself some %#@*$ water. Yes sir! (Respect, respect, respect.)
Oh, and it’s unanimous – go watch Your Honor!
COT and Fletch prayed us out with much needed prayers for world peace. Always a pleasure and an honor to be out there with you guys!
