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Tag: Grandma's House

  • Are you sure that goes there!! – from Shooter

    Well, once again I lost the original BB. It was not as Epic (in my head) but hey it’s my fault for not typing and pasting from notes as instructed from Rouso Saturday morning..
    Simply stated

    Warmup
    20-10 IC Seal jacks, Cherry pickers, Abe Vogadas, Grass grabbers, Arm circles, Hillbillies, Butt kicks and slalom 2x through the pillars and back.

    Beatdown
    5,10,15 and 20 (4x)
    5 Burpees
    10 Merkins
    15 Jump squats
    20 Mountain climbers 2(1)

    R/R (4x)
    5 Absolutions
    10 Carolina dry docks
    15 Sister Mary Catherine’s
    20 Donkey kickoffs
    Back blast title obtained from Akbar at this moment.
    Are you sure that goes there?

    Moseyed to Treen center utilized benches Freak Nasties and Bulgarian split squats.
    Returned for Mary 20 IC Little Mannys, Flutters and Hello Dollie’s. 10 OYO Heels to heaven..

    Akbar closed in prayer..

    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • I’m only here for PaxMiner – from Russo

    Cool mid 30s this morning at Granny’s, where a Pax of 3 continued making 2024 better than 2023.

    Warmup (all IC, 10x – 20x)
    -Seal jacks
    -hillbillies
    -Arm circles
    -torso twists
    -self love
    -Toe touches
    -high knees

    Thang
    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 between rounds.

    Round 1 at the benches
    Hearts – Freak Nastys
    Diamonds – step ups
    Clubs – BSSs
    Spades – Leg Raises

    Round 2 at the stage
    Hearts – SMCs
    Diamonds – Merkins
    Clubs – monkey humpers
    Spades – gas pumps

    Round 3 at the bus stop
    Hearts – shoulder tap plank jacks
    Diamonds – donkey kicks
    Clubs – star jumps
    Spades – crunchy frogs

    Round 4 at home
    Hearts – Groiners
    Diamonds – jump squats
    Clubs – Lunges (2 is 1)
    Spades – big boy sit-ups

    Mary
    3 calf raises up the pilot house

    All 20x IC
    -Flutter kicks
    -LMCs
    -Wife pleasers

    COT, Name-o-Rama, announcements, and prayer closed us out. January 27 is ‘Whacker’s camping trip, Crazy Ivan is coming up, the Nightmare after Christmas is TBD, and we continue to pray for Freon and his family.

    SYITG

  • 12 blocks of Christmas – from Russo

    ‘Twas the day after Christmas, and outside of the house, just three creatures were stirring…no one does the poem justice like Grundy, so why try?

    Good weather this morning, cooler, no rain, still and quiet given festivities the day previous.

    Warmup (all 10x IC)
    – Seal jacks
    – Self love
    – Toe touches
    – High knees
    – Torso twists
    – Hillbillies

    Thang
    True to form, someone had to keep up a tradition of the 12 days of Christmas – themed beatdown. We moseyed down to the lake and back, stopping each block to honor one of the days of Christmas, adding “gifts” from our true love F3 until we made it all the way to 12.

    At the lake, we paused midway for some IC BSSs, freak nastys, and step ups, where an angel of the Lord called out to the two shepherds YHC and Hammer and revealed to us that we were both right-foot dominant. Not exactly the magnitude of revelation from thousands of years ago to those keeping watch, but it’d do.

    As for the days (it helps if you sing it):

    On the twefth day of Christmas, Granny’s Q gave to me:
    – 12 knuckle merkins
    – 11 Peter Parker’s
    – 10 Legs a lunging
    – 9 Americans hammering
    – 8 count body builders (8)
    – 7 jumpers squatting
    – 6 monkeys jumping
    – 5 Don-key kiiiiiiiiicccks
    – 4 frogs a crunching
    – 3 T merkins
    – 2 stars a jumping
    – And a burpee for both you and for meeeeeee

    COT
    Count, NOR, announcements, and prayer closed us out, where we continued to lift up Freon and his family, as well as the Brady family.

    Einstein is going to kill the pax tomorrow at the Gipper with Norwegian speed skating (it’s no joke, your legs will love it) and we’ll have more Christmas fun on Saturday when YHC returns to Q (if not before), so let’s wrap up the year strong!

    SYITG

  • Trio trekking to the Tunnel – from Shooter

    Knowing that Jose10k would not be making a post on this Gloom, YHC decided to incorporate an old common destination.. So after a brief warmup of a loop around Granny’s followed by SSH, Imperial walkers, Grass grabbers, Cherry pickers and arm circles (mix of 10IC & 15IC) we moseyed to the Tunnel.. Squats 300, Chest press 200 (with boulder of a coupon) and Shoulder press 100 (boulder) cumulative count. PAX 1 would do exercise while other two PAX utilized the ramps and flats for sprinting, Carioca, back pedal and Mosey..

    Returned to AO with 6 mins of Mary.
    15IC American Hammers, Penguin’s, Hello Dollies, Little Manny Crunches. 50 💯s and 10 on your own Nolan Ryan’s each side followed by a close out chill cut plank..

    Appreciate you both Russo and Bird for the post and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Ab-Solutelty “Seizing” the Opportunity to Lead HIM – from Bushwacker

    YHC feels like he has been pretty absent as of late – missing openings in my work schedule to join my brother’s in the gloom for side projects and time with the 2.0s. Yes, priorities are what they are, and no one would fault a guy for having them. But seeing an opportunity to pick up the Q at Granny’s, the Wack knew it was just time.

    There were flimsy excuses about pheasants, boxing, and working early flying about, but there were equally stalwart and brave men of the red pill showing up and giving it hell! The cool (almost deceptively so) temps this morning made for a good atmosphere to push some core!

    WARMORAMA

    x10 IC:
    SSH, IW, Torso Twists, Butt Kicks, Tuck Jumps (OYO)

    THANG

    Partnered up and while P1 ran the length of the columns, up the stairs and back, P2 did 500 LBCs, 400 American Hammers, 300 Freddy Mercurys, 200 Crunch Frogs, 100 100s, and 50 each of E2K L/R.

    Our T-Clapsgiving Silver award winner, Jose had to roll out at his appointed early time to transform into his alter ego, Mr. Anderson. And so the rest of the PAX ran a lap around the Trailhead, then proceeded to Imperial Walk from one end o the the field, do 10 IC 8 count Merkin Climbers…Mountain Merkins…a Mountain Climber and two Merkins per 8 count, and then Imperial Walk back

    Circled up in Plank position for several rounds of Ring of…Christmas! Each round had 2-3 runs for each PAX. Round 1: favorite Christmas movie (no repeats), Round 2: favorite Christmas carol (no repeats), Round 3: favorite Christmas dinner item, Round 4: something you’re grateful for

    COT

    Cout, Name, Byrd prayed us out.

    Thursday December 14 5:30pm at Wackatomi Plaza (62215 Raymond Rd) F3 Movie Night featuring Die Hard

    Sunday December 17 1pm at the Lakefront Grundy’s Nightmare Before Christmas. Bring a ruck sack or backpack with 20-40lbs of weights, bricks, etc for a annual dose of hell

    Take 2 – Saturday January 27 the 2nd F3 Camping Trip of the season in Kokomo, MS. 1 day, 1 night 1 non-stop camp fire! Gentlemen this will be one you won’t want to miss as our own Jose 10K has already officially hard committed to his 1st ever F3 Camping Trip!

    Thank you, gentlemen, for the opportunity to pay my F3 dues.

    PS There may have been and minor incident early in the beatdown that was handled with grace and caring thanks to all PAX in attendance. Many thanks.

  • Centipede – from Russo

    Around 40 degrees to commence this morning, in what I would call the first “cool” morning.

    I heard a term a few days ago: “X-llenial”, someone born in the late 70s or early 80s, who had an “analog childhood and a digital adulthood” and I thought that fit YHC perfectly. To wit:
    – I didn’t have a true email until I was a freshman in college.
    – I remember needing a CD to run AOL and access the internet. We also thought “50 free hours” was a deal.
    – Required reading between 4th and 7th grade was either (a) baseball trading card magazines (How much was the ‘87 Donruss Mark McGuire worth?) b) Nintendo power (the secret to beating level 7 of Castlevania inside!), (c) Professional wrestling illustrated (with foldout Jake the Snake Roberts poster), or (d) comics (Madballs or Spider man), unless you were a Mad magazine type, or you were in the doctor’s office, and then it was Highlights all day every day.
    – You remember stand up arcade games besides golden tee, pac-man / gallega, or donkey kong.
    – You at least had some knowledge of Atari games, and one of my favorites (which also came in the arcade stand-up version) was Centipede, where the whole goal was to blast the multiple parts of the centipede back to whatever planet they came from. Destroy all of the segmented thoraxes of the centipede, and you’re rewarded with an even longer one to vanquish. Too easy you say? Maybe, until the critter moved progressively faster and around set up markers in a zig zag or random pattern. Think PacMan but with insects.

    So as YHC was planning, the thought of us looking like that centipede was in the forefront of my noggin as we traversed S, then, E, then S, then W, then S, continuing until we reached the lake in one piece.

    Warmup (all IC, 10x)
    – Seal jacks
    – Toe touches
    – Self love
    – Grass grabbers
    – Hillbillies
    – Arm circles

    Thang

    Centipede
    Simple ladder as we moseyed block to block, with reps at 10, adding an exercise at each block:
    Merkins
    SMCs
    plank jacks
    crunches
    Peter Parker’s
    Jump squats
    Monkey Humpers
    Donkey kicks
    Crunchy frogs
    Imperial squat walkers

    COT (Count, Name-o-Rama, Announcements, Prayer, in that order).

    A thanks to Steve for layering up and braving the colder temps to join, and you for reading.

    As a hidden bonus to anyone who has read to this point, as I searched the internet using my AOL CD (“You’ve got mail!”), one of the first things that pops up when you search “Centipede Atari” is a website where you can play that, and a few other classic Atari games like Asteroids or Pong or Breakout. SCORE! right?

    That Website? AARP.org. YHC kids you not. I will now go die an embarrassing death, but not before sharing my sorrows with pitfallsnake1 and digdug79 on AOL messenger.

    SYITG

  • So this is what Grandma’s House looks like at 6 a.m – from Jose10k

    With Thanksgiving Break upon us, YHC has the opportunity to bump Russo off the top PaxMiner Q report. Feeling whelmed, underwhelmed, or is it overwhelmed with the energy to get up early this rainy morning to lead a group of HIMS. The perfect number showed up for what I had planned. With YHC still nursing a leg injury, running was not my top priority. Trying to rest it to join JV on our annual turkey trot, so with 4 people, the deck of death was dealt. Each HIM was assigned a suit, and we did a round robin deck of death. Russo=Spades, Hammer=clubs(puppy feet), Shooter=Hearts, and myself (diamonds). There were a plethora of exercises this morning.

    El Guapo : Would you say I have a plethora of pinatas? Jefe : A what? El Guapo : A *plethora*. Jefe : Oh yes, you have a plethora. Well, you told me I have a plethora. And I just would like to know if you know what a plethora is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, and then find out that that person has *no idea* what it means to have a plethora.
    Sorry y’all, my mind got distracted by itself. Somehow 8 count body builders and burpees were a top exercise, as was Shooter’s favorite: donkey kicks. Conversations were a plenty. From Van Halen to Van Hagar, from Bill Paxton vs. Bill Pullman. Russo’s disappointment of Desi Vega’s, and how many songs have cards in the title. Y’all think about that one. Last card finished us off at exactly 6. COT and Russo prayed us out. Coffee at Waterpiks this Thursday. Turkey trot at 8 am by the courthouse in downtown Covington. YHC has the Q at the Gipper tomorrow. Thank y’all for joining me this morning/reading this backblast. Sign up to Q, come and post, get out of bed and start the day off right. Headlock your friends, headlock strangers…IF I don’t see y’all before Thursday, happy Thanksgiving everyone.

  • That’s a whole Tabata bricks – from Russo

    With attendance waning, Granny regular Steve potentially out with flu-like infirmities, and regular Marsh posters completing their early week duties, YHC assumed he might be flying sad clown solo this morning. Admittedly, I thought about turning over and sacking, but I’m glad my feet hit the floor, since a pax of 5 greeted Granny for some brick work.

    Warmup – 10x IC
    – Seal jacks (eventually)
    – Toe touches
    – Imperial walkers
    – Grass grabbers
    – High knees

    Thang
    Tabata:
    – 1 minute each with bricks, 20 seconds rest, with some moseying through the columns after each of the four rounds

    Round 1
    – 8 count body builders
    – Cherry pickers
    – Overhead claps
    – Nutcrackers
    – Hallelujah squats

    Round 2
    – Tricep extensions
    – Arm curls
    – Air presses
    – Squats
    – Arm circles
    – Milk maids

    Rinse and repeat rounds 1 and 2 for 3 and 4.

    COT, with NOR and prayer before heading back to start a Tuesday.

    Pleasant surprise seeing you all this morning. Mumblechatter was high on the entertainment scale, as movie quotes ruled the day. SYITG.

  • Special guest appearance: DJ Turkey Trot aka. Supa Spider Man) – from Russo

    50 degrees to start and throughout, which YHC greatly appreciates. We’re right in the Goldilocks spot with temps, where it’s not hot and humid, but not freezing where layers or bundles would be needed (for most).

    Jose used the power of plastic spiders to get a hall pass to join Steve and YHC, and T claps to him for moseying 4 miles solo before we even started. King Turkey Trot is getting his time down and averaging under 10, which deserves a round of applause and makes YHC jealous.

    Warmup – 10x IC
    Seal jacks
    Toe touches
    High knees
    Arm circles
    Imperial walkers
    Grass grabbers

    Thang
    Walls of Jericho (7 count of seven exercises 7 times around the Trailhead, stopping at benches, stairs, stage, garbage cans, path, etc.)

    – Freak Nastys
    – BSSs
    – Suicide squats
    – 8 count body builders
    – Monkey humpers
    – SMCs
    – Calf raises

    Mary
    Crunchy frogs, Leg raises, Box cutters during one more lap.

    COT, Name-o-Rama, and prayer wrapped us up. Good chatter today and even a little sweat (for YHC).

    SYITG

  • Welcome Back – from Russo

    Temps in the upper 60s to begin. After a week of moving nothing but my legs at a slightly inclined grade (at the most) in nothing more than a slow hiking pace (otherwise also known as YHC’s mosey pace), YHC arrived at Granny’s to see it roped up in yellow caution tape like a crime scene. There were barricades up, so there must have been a heck of a celebration before we arrived. Steve and his bike were already there, ready to go after an absence that was either from recovery or vacation, or both. Things are returning to normal.

    Warmup (all 10x IC)
    – Toe touches
    – SSHs
    – Grass grabbers
    – Cherry pickers
    – Torso twists

    Thang

    Good ol’ deck of death. Rep count and exercise were based on suit and number. Deck was split into four groups below.

    Between groups we moseyed over to the bus stop, among the various columns, and to the stage.

    Hearts – freak nastys
    Diamonds – step ups
    Spades – durkins
    Clubs – BSSs

    Hearts – shoulder tap plank jacks
    Diamonds – lunges (2 is 1)
    Spades – Monkey humpers
    Clubs – donkey kicks

    Hearts – ballerina squats
    Diamonds – SMCs
    Spades – imperial squat walkers
    Clubs – Star jumps

    Hearts – leg raises
    Diamonds – crunches
    Spades – Gas pumps
    Clubs – Crunchy frogs

    COT, Name-o-Rama, and prayer to close.

    Welcome relief to see Steve back, and I want to be able to say that about all of our brethren. Good mumble around horror movies, vacation spots, hiking, work, etc.

    SYITG