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  • 2sday – from Russo

    I had a much different plan for this morning at Granny’s that may or may not have involved a Fibonacci sequence. But as I was prepping my electronic winky, I realized 2day’s date and had 2 erase the whiteboard and start over.

    Great Pax of 8 HIM 2day 2 celebrate a once in a century event: 2-22-22, with a spring-like 65 degrees and slight breeze as our backdrop.

    Warmup (12x or 22x, all IC)
    – Sealjacks
    – Cherry pickers
    – Self love
    – Toe touches
    – Butt kicks
    – Grass grabbers

    Thang

    – 22 Freak nastys
    – Calf raises up the pilot house, 2 every 2nd step
    – 22 Freak nastys (IC, thanks Cowbell!)
    – Calf raises up the pilot house, 2 every 2nd step

    Mosey over 2 the busstop, where it was 22 step ups

    Mosey further 2 Coffee Street for 22 monkey humpers

    Mosey 2 the tunnel, followed by:
    – 11 patty cake merkins
    – Mosey down to the tunnel, shuffle step through the tunnel, back pedal back up
    – R&R those patty cake merkins and tunnel mosey

    Mosey back 2 Coffee Street for 22 Crab cakes
    Mosey back 2 the bus stop for 22 Donkey kicks
    Mosey 2 home for column suicides, 2 merkins at each column

    2 minute plank

    Slalom mosey

    Mary
    – 22 crunchy frogs
    – 22 wife pleasers
    – 22 gas pumps

    COT, Name-o-rama, announcements, and prayer wrapped us up.

    Announcements

    -Cowbell has RCR T’s for captains to be distributed.
    – Hammer and crew are fundraising for the Nehemiah project, check Slack for more info
    – Chainsaw is celebrating his eighth trip around the sun and has his VQ this Saturday at the Lakefront!
    – A week from today is Party Gras at Granny’s, post if you’re in town for some Fat Tuesday-themed fun

    The all-stars were out this morning. You all pushed me and for that, and the camaraderie, I thank you.

    SYITG

  • All The World’s A Stage – from Steve

    Decent crowd at Granny’s yesterday for a kinda-sorta cinderblock beatdown. Kinda-sorta because YHC only brought 3 coupons and there were 7 players in company. But, as always, we made it work (I will say, it was helpful to not have Bushwacker there undermining the Q’s efforts with constant griping about said cinderblocks!).

    Warmorama: SSH, IW’s, arm circles, cherry pickers, hillbillies, grass grabbers, seal jacks, and 20x merkins.

    Cowbell finally rolled in, which meant it was officially the end of warmorama and time to get after it.

    Thang:
    Mosey over to the stage for a rotating circuit. Each pax has an exercise, with one guy knocking out 20x burpees as the timer. Exercises were:

    Burpees x20 (timer)
    Curls
    Squat thrusters
    Tricep extensions
    Lunges
    Sit-ups
    Plank jacks

    YHC initially experimented with a cinderblock exercise called “forearm thingies,” (Bushwacker would’ve had an aneurism) which poor JV dutifully knocked out before Waterpik took over and wisely transitioned to tricep extensions.

    Once everyone had hit each station, we did a quick mosey around the trailhead in an attempt to at least get some mileage for RCR, and then rinse and repeat. After a second mosey around the trailhead, we hit the bus depot for YHC’s usual leg business:

    Bulgarians right and left, x12 IC each
    Freak Nasties, x12 IC
    Step ups, right and left, x12 IC each
    Freak Nasties, x12 IC

    And back to the stage to finish up with a different set of exercises, this time the rotation was:

    Burpees x20
    Goblet Squats
    Alpos
    Chest Presses
    Jump Squats
    Freddies
    Peter Parkers

    We only completed one round of this before it was time. COT, nameorama, and Pik prayed us out. Good to see Grundy out there now that he’s officially local. And t-claps to Hog’s Breath, since he’s decidedly not local and yet often makes it to at least one weekday beatdown. Appreciate the push you guys provide, and the opportunity to lead.

  • Tunnel Vision – from Russo

    Slightly warmer 42 outside this morning. RCR is in full swing, because 2 HIM were logging some miles when YHC arrived. Pax grew to 4 eventually for the simplest beatdown YHC has Q’ed in a while (i.e math was kept to a minimum, no permutations, calculus, finance, gambling, or geometry necessary)

    Warmup (10x to 20x, all IC)
    -SSH
    -Imperial walkers
    -Toe touches
    -Self love
    -Cherry pickers
    -High knees
    -Grass grabbers

    Thang
    Mosey over to the tunnel for a round of 11s:
    – Merkins and jump squats
    – Mosey down the ramp, side shuffle step through the tunnel, back pedal up the ramp

    Mosey back just in time for a quick plank until the clock expired.

    COT, Name-o-Rama, announcements, and prayer closed us out.

    Thanks for joining/reading. There was some great work this morning, you guys made it look easy.

    Let’s go out and have a great week.

    SYITG

  • Back to School!! – from Shooter

    YHC arrived to Grandmas with a familiar vehicle from the North.. Jose 10k is back and all it took was the kickoff of RCR 2022 to bring Mr. competitor out to the AO.. With mild temps and the possibility of a radio in hand Bushwacker, Qs beatdown would keep us at the Trailhead..

    Warmup
    12IC Windmills, Toe Touches, Imperial walkers, Hillbillies and Arm circles..

    Thang
    Simple
    “Billy Madison”
    Exercises consisted of Merkins, Squats, Air Presses, Flutter kicks, Leg raises, SSH, Lunges, Mountain climbers and Burpee’s.. Only able to get through 9th grade as our laps consisted of roughly a quarter mile around the trailhead giving those tracking mileage for RCR a total of 2.25… Of course overachieving Jose 10k and Steve corresponded for a little Prethang action, so each of them probably hit 5 miles and the anticipation of JV rucking it out 3x a day with the dog walk he will also get started on a good note over 5 for the first day… Glad to have you join in on RCR2022 JV!!

    With the PAX having to dropout after 9th we will eventually need to go “Back to School!”

    Hogsbreath prayed us out and shared the future shovel planting next Monday at Heritage park in Slidell!!
    Recruit anyone you know in the Slidell area and join in Monday 0530 2/7/2022 to welcome in this fresh start with HIMs and Pass Interference…

    Appreciate the follow gentlemen and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • What’s the Ladder with you? – from Russo

    Not-quite-as-cold-as-it-has-been 45 degrees this morning, slight drizzle that Steve lamented was relenting. 4 HIM tackled the ladders Granny set up this morning.

    Things we learned this morning: Rummel has/had some fantastic lunch options, none better than daily square pizza and bi-weekly chicken parm on Thursdays. Raider Pride! This statement was confirmed by all 2 Raiders present, and before Pik could disagree and let the Metairie scum know how much better Jesuit fare is. There were no Crusaders, Cavaliers, Purple Knights, Eagles, or Tigers present to object, so by unanimous consent, Rummel is the undisputed king of lunchtime for the old school Catholic league. Print the shirts!

    Warmup (all IC)
    22 SSH
    22 cherry pickers
    11 grass grabbers
    11 good mornings
    11 imperial walkers

    Thang
    Ladders
    Rounds 1 and 2 (rep count 1 to 7, then rep count 7 to 1 next round)
    7 and 1 Freak nastys
    6 and 2 Step ups (2 is 1)
    5 and 2 Derkins
    4 and 4 Bulgarian split squats
    3 and 5 Shoulder taps
    2 and 6 Urkins
    1 and 7 Hip slappers

    Rounds 3 through 9 (start with the count below, then next round, move the 1 rep “up” to the next exercise, replace first exercise with 7) – rinse and repeat until each exercise completes 28 reps
    7 Burpees
    6 Deep squats
    5 Merkins
    4 Nutcrackers (2 is 1)
    3 BB sit-ups
    2 Mountain climbers
    1 Star jump

    Ladders 10 through 12 – Pax killed the planned ladders, so we added exercises and reps. In addition to the above, we worked through 8 monkey humpers, 9 groiners, and 10 Supermans.

    Ladders 13 and 14
    7 and 1 Hello Dollys
    6 and 2 LBCs
    5 and 3 American hammers
    4 and 4 LMCs
    3 and 5 Scissor kicks
    2 and 6 Leg raises
    1 and 7 Dr. W (a terrible, awful, no good exercise to cadence by the way)

    Certain rounds got a bonus mosey between them to break up the monotony and give us a chance to mumblechatter.

    After ladders, Pax climbed up the pilot house, 2 calf raises each step.

    COT, name-o-rama, announcements, and prayer closed us out.

    Reminders included RCR, Krazy Ivan 2/3 @8, and sign up to Q!

    Another superstar group this morning, thanks for letting me lead.

    SYITG

  • A Hose By Any Other Name – from Steve

    35º temps may have kept a bunch of the regulars away, but it brought in an old (in all senses of the word, especially compared to his firehouse brethren) regular who was… still on the clock! This meant my original trip down to the tunnel would be off the table – gotta stay in radio distance – but you know what they say: one door opens, and out through the other door comes Wacker with a 100 feet of bundled hose. That’s right, he came bearing coupons this morning.

    And to be honest, YHC was thankful it wasn’t the 130 lbs dummy that has been oft teased, as fun as it sound picking that thing up with frozen fingers. Also, the buried memory of carrying Frank through a path of slop during a Tough Mudder would’ve no doubt resurfaced, and sometimes it’s best to keep those things buried.

    And of course, Granny’s favorite grandson, the ever present Russo, was also there. So after some chatter, we got down to it: SSH, GMs, ACs, HBs, IWs, GGs, and a quick lap around the trailhead to finish warming up (and also give me time to come up with a plan!).

    Thang:

    First up, 1 guy would carry the coiled hose up the stairs and back, while the other 2 would be performing steps ups. Rotate until everyone’s carried said hose. (There’s a joke in here that I’m missing – where’s Zoolander when you need him?)

    Next up, same thing but instead of step ups, we did freak nasties and derkins.

    Time to give the hose a rest and get started on legs. Lunge walk the small field along the corridor, stopping at each tree (there were 5) for a set of: x5 squats, x5 jump squats, x5 monkey humpers, and x5 Apollo Ohno’s. The original plan was to head back bear crawling and doing 4 different type of merkins x5 at each tree, but that sounded terrible, so instead we did some Rochamburpees.

    Now, while you may see YHC at 0515, I don’t actually become a functioning human until around 0800. So while this seemed like good idea with three people (“hey, there’ll just be two losers or two winners”), the actuality is that it doesn’t really work if each of the pax chooses a different shape. That’s just a tie. So we modified and when that happened we simply split the number of burpees/merkins.

    Nearing the home stretch, we finished up with a sprint down the corridor, quick trip up the stairs and back, sprinting back down the corridor to the start.

    Mary consisted of quick rounds of leg raises, heels to heaven, lbcs, Freddie’s, Dolly’s, Rosalita’s, and 10x merkins.

    Countdown, nameorama, announcements (remember to send in your RCR team members, shirt sizes, and payments ASAP!) and Russo offered a thoughtful prayer of thanks. Which I second – thank you guys for posting on such a chilly morning, offering me the opportunity to lead, and just generally pushing me to be better in so many ways. Appreciate it.

  • 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 knees

    Thang

    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 Outfield

    Mary
    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

  • 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 grabbers

    Thang:
    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 humpers

    Between 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

  • Bowl season has begun – from Shooter

    For those lovers of the game of football, this week will prove to be one filled with decisions.. Wether it be watching a bowl game of teams with a 500 or less record in a bowl named after the Iconic play toy Mr. Potato head (Famous Idaho potato bowl) or say The Dukes Mayo bowl for you mayonnaise fans, perhaps you might want to checkout the Cheez-it bowl if your a snack er.. There is also the option of the NFL doubleheader tonight due to postponement from COVID protocols… Whatever one decides, it appears the networks have you covered with either choice.. So, the YHC decided to have a beatdown reflecting the week ahead.

    Warmup
    Alternating 20IC and 10IC PAX completed SSH, Cherry Pickers, Hillbillies, Grass grabbers, Imperial walkers and slow Mosey to OLL.

    Thang
    Utilizing the parking strips in front the Church we completed 1st and 10 from the Exicon. Starting at the 10 yard line PAX completed 10/1 Merkins and Burpees. Sprint 90 yards returning with a mosey to the 20 9/2. Return to the 30 8/3 etc. etc. At this point YHC calls out Russo who was actually doing it as detailed from the Exicon Merkins one end and the Burpees at the other like 11s.. Maybe next time the YHC will read the proper instructions a 2nd or 3rd time so he gets it right..Upon completion we picked up a Mosey back around the block stopping at another parking lot with curbs for our next round.. PAX should know by now that YHC hates the Ascending count of a called exercise so instead of doing Ascending curb crawls we did Descending curb crawls.. Started with 13 Irkins bear crawl 12 Derkins back with the bear crawl 11 Irkins back with bear crawl 10 Derkins , etc. etc. etc. back to 1.. Moseyed back to the breezeway for the wrap up of Donkey kickoffs 10 followed by 20 2/1 Mountain climbers. R/R descending by 2 on the rep counts to 4 donkey kickoffs and then finishing off with the return to 10/20 again..

    Count, announce, COT

    Appreciate the post gentlemen and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • No Bricks Were Harmed During This Beatdown – from Steve

    Pax of 8 over at Granny’s yesterday morning, including a new face , Pass Interference. This guy Q’d his farewell Q on Thursday in Atlanta only to then move down to Pearl River over the weekend and post at Granny’s on Tuesday? Huh. Impressive. Also impressive are Granny’s numbers lately. It’s hard to say exactly, what with the lack of backblasts and all (I don’t wanna hear it, Akbar!), but YHC would say it’s been 7 pax or more for over two months. What caused this sudden resurgence? Russo’s number-themed beatdowns? Or maybe Zoolander’s continued efforts to grow the pax finally paying off? Or maybe it’s Granny’s recent facelift? (She’s all dolled up with Christmas lights these days and has a new splashpad – which feels like two years in the making and hardly looks different.) Who knows, but regardless, it’s great having a bigger group out there.

    Anyhow. The beatdown.

    Warmorama: SSH, good mornings, IWs, hillbillies, arm circles, windmills, seal jacks, 10x IC. Usually I stretch this out in anticipation of a Cowbell – arriving in Cowbell time – but no need to today. He clipped the curb coming in five minutes EARLY.

    Thang:
    Started off making the block, stopping twice to do 10x kraken burpees.

    Then onto an incredibly well-organized circuit including “shit brick sliders,” which a visiting pax (from Birmingham?) brought down to us a few years back. The man on the sliders would be a timer, taking two bricks and sliding them down the trace in a bear crawl-like position until he made it through the tunnel of lights. Run the bricks back, and the everyone rotates. Clockwise. Or counter clockwise. Doesn’t matter, Akbar is gonna do what Akbar wants to do when it’s this early in the morning. The other stations might have been:

    Lunges
    Leg raises
    Merkins
    Freak Nasties
    Situps
    Jump squats
    Suicides

    Unbelievably, the bricks survived (Pik took it easy this morning). But we did leave some red chalky streaks down the trace that give a little horror vibe to all of the otherwise festive decorations at the trailhead. Anyway, after everyone got a taste with the bricks, we Lt Dan-ned our way down the trace until we reached the bus depot, where we stopped for one final set of 10x kraken burpees.

    Two minutes to spare for a rapid fire set of leg raises, dollies, rosalitas, lbcs, and freddies.

    COT where we informed Pass Interference of the upcoming Braveheart screening, Mathlete Q, and Nightmare Before Christmas. Pik prayed us out. Thank you men for the post and the push, it’s always a pleasure.