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  • Luscious lips and Radiant skin were on display at the A1c!! – from Shooter

    Alright, the title too this BB may seem a little strange, however for those in attendance the appreciation of it had to be mentioned.. As stated in my BB yesterday, I have been out the mix of Qing lately, so I doubled up this week to make my payment to the A1c following my Q at the scramble.. And let me just tell you it did not disappoint, as I would learn more about the site AO leader Jose10k than one man needs to know.. Before I go there though, I want to give TđŸ‘đŸŒs too Murdock and his sons Demo and Varsity for making the trek over from the Pearl River area for the second time this week
 It was great catching up with Murdock and watching the friendly competition with his sons throughout the beatdown
 So back to Jose 10k, if many of you have not taken notice lately please do the next time you see him out at the AOs and be sure to express how Radiant his skin reflects in the humid gloom along with his luscious lips
 Please keep it PG-13 or younger when other young PAX are around but I know he will appreciate the compliments
 Before this gets any weirder let me give you the specifics to the beatdown


    YHC wanted to give a pre Independence Day homage of sorts by using our soon to be 246 year old existence as a free nation with honoring the numbers of 7/4/1776
 Oh and by the way just so you know BBQ graduated high school in 1976 in the Bicentennial year of our nation, which I believe to be pretty cool to have a PAXer of his great caliber posting and sharing beatdowns with


    Warmup
    17IC Abe Vogadas
    76 SSH
    17IC Grass grabbers
    76 Air presses
    Moseyed down from the parking garage to the bottom level..

    Thang
    Instructions provided
    7 Rounds
    4 8 count body builders
    1 all out sprint up the first ramp
    7 IC Merkins
    7 1st round IC Jump squats which at this point audible called to Squat hold IC for rounds 2-7
 Worked better..
    6 IC Mountain climbers

    May not seem like much on paper but YHC realized after 3 rounds the PAX would receive an adequate beatdown


    Wrapped up with a Mosey back to the top for 4 mins of Mary..

    17 IC Flutter kicks
    76 LBCs OyO
    17 IC Hello Dollies
    76 💯s

    PAX counted off, made announcements of all the upcoming CSAUPs on the horizon and the Radiant glowing luscious lipped Jose10k prayed us out


    Thanks for all you gents for posting and inspiring me to push myself on this Gloom and until the next đŸ‘ŠđŸŒđŸ’ȘđŸŒâœŒđŸŒ!!!

  • Rocks and Blimps with a Splash of Merlot – from Akbar

    YHC took the late-night Q with a plan in mind for a different beatdown, where the PAX would pick up some bricks and mosey around carrying them the whole time doing exercises. The plan was quickly modified since there were no bricks, so we took a mosey for some time to think. Great to see Murdock again who brought his 2.0’s Demo and Varsity, who got named at the 007 this week.

    No better way to think than stop at the Rock Garden – so we each grabbed a rock and went through Shoulder Presses, Chest Presses, Skull Crushers, Rows, and Curls x 15 IC. During which time my brain clicked, and we continued to the Justice Center for BLIMPS.

    The route was from the first bench, past the Smokers Lounge, up the stairs for 10 Jump Squats, then return. Bear Crawls to the benches; Lunge Walk to Smokers Lounge; 10 Irkins at each bench; 10 Merkins at each light; 10 Peter Parkers; and 10 Squats at each bench.

    Varsity splashed Merlot after the Merkins but kept on pushing like any good kid would do.

    Back to the Rock Garden to finish where we started. x10 IC – Chest Presses, Rows, Curls, Shoulder Presses, Skull Crushers, and Good Mornings. BBQ requested a torso twist to help with our golf swings, and lead cadence for the finisher.

    Back to the flag with time for LMC’s, LBC’s and Hello Dolly x15 IC. Count, Name, and Murdock prayed us out.

    Announcements: Gnarly Nutria July 20th, 4th of July 5k in Covington, F3 Thibodaux CSAUP August 13th, Russo’s Big Easy Big Heart 5k July 16th

    Thanks for following my unthought out lead, always a pleasure to spend a Wednesday morning with y’all – Akbar

  • The Dynamic Duo at the A1C – from Jose10k

    YHC arrived early to the A1C to find Moby gazing up at the sky as the planets aligned. I will not try to compete with the wordsmith from Tuesday (Steve), but Uranus was not visible this morning. We used the 15 minutes to discuss possible workouts, waiting on others to show up. No BBQ, no Hammer, Shooter is away on another planet trying to be more like Tanked Up. And then there is Cowbell, trying to figure out how to get a big screen tv hooked up in the Keys so he can watch Ole Miss and say I do at the same time. On the eve of Hammers epic beatdown (there is no way he’s going to allow his boys to outdo him), we decided to take it easy. Warm-up: Moby led us in a ton of stretches. If you can imagine a stretch, we did it.
    The Thang: We moseyed off the A1C to the sidewalk to the walls for some Irkins, bulgarian split squats, freak nastys, cooperhead squats. Moseyed to the parking lot behind the A1C to discuss the original plans for the beatdown (future dora in the future). Moseyed to the front of the courthouse for some more irkins, freak nastyes. Moseyed to the rock garden for some curls for the girls and shoulder presses. Back to the A1C for calve raises to the top. Finished off with 6 minutes of Mary.
    COT. More conversations afterwards with of course special attention to blood sugar, spaghetti sauce, gardening, and body aliments. SYITG gentlemen.

  • Uranus in Retrograde – from Steve

    Some weird planetary alignment threw us into an alternate universe this morning, and not a good one.

    Cowbell showed up on time (which should’ve been our first sign that things were askew), immediately souring JV’s intention to “live his life gloriously” while Cowbell was away for a week. As the smile dropped from JV’s face, it was immediately picked up by Cowbell who came frolicking (yeah, frolicking) in with a noticeable twinkle in his eye and a pep in his step. You might think this was due to his impending wedding bliss, but no – apparently there’s some sort of college baseball finals going on right now.

    Anyway, a super chatty warmorama caused YHC to abandon cadence counting for the first time in 5 years, before finally just calling it and heading to the stage for the intended circuit routine.

    Now the night before, Bushwacker had texted Jose and me that today – the first official day of summer (yeah, right) – there would be a dazzling planetary alignment: five planets in an arc, with the crescent moon situated somewhere in the middle. So, once in the grassy knoll at the foot of the stage, we looked up. But it was difficult to see anything beyond the thick swarm of bats that had suddenly blotted out the sky. Seriously, it was like Old Testament Egypt out at the amphitheater this morning.

    One grazed JV’s face, which prompted a quick swat and a, “Get outta here.” But when one buzzed Cowbell’s face, mid-jumping rope, he let out a howl and nearly fell off the stage. Not wanting to bring Ebola or SARS down to Key West for his wedding, Cowbell was not happy about these bats. (JV, though, happily added this incident, along with Cowbell’s tire pull efforts, to his list of ammo for those occasions when he needs to defend himself.)

    Oh yeah, and we were doing some exercises out there, too: jumping rope, curls, plank toe taps with resistance bands, freak nasties, flutters, planks, hand release merkins, squat thrusters, etc, with occasional runs hoping the swarm would dissipate.

    But bats were only the first plague that descended on us this morning. The second, and arguably worse, was mosquitos. I guess it didn’t help that we were lying around in the grass complaining instead of doing said exercises, but those suckers were eating us alive. Eventually, we had the sense to move to another area that had fans going.

    All in all, there was a lot of grumbling, and in a weird reversal that must’ve been due to Jupiter’s third moon ascending, it was everyone BUT Jose who was complaining. I’m telling you, bad omens all over the place at Granny’s this morning.

    Some things that we complained about: obviously, bats, mosquitos, proper jump rope technique (double jumps??), Bypass (ok, ok – Jose did contribute a little here), airline security lines, and Richard Simmons being the most important Brother Martin alum.

    YHC nearly went over because, apparently, time flies when you’re being attacked by nature and having a good gripe session. COT, nameorama, and Jose prayed us out, with intentions for Cowbells wedding and everyone’s safe travels down there.

    Reminder, a few CSAUP’s coming up: Goose and Paradox’s St. Vincent 500 in Thibodeaux, Hammer’s yet-to-be-named standing guard at the CPC, and, of course, the fast-approaching Gnarly Nutria. Thanks guys for the entertaining morning, always appreciate getting stronger with you all.

  • Murphish – from Akbar

    72 degrees and not too muggy yet on this early Monday morning. 4 showed up to get better. Great mumblechatter on the runs about fathers day weekend, Saturdays beatdown, and what we can do to bring some guys back.

    Warm Up x15 IC
    Imperial Walkers, SSH, Grass Grabbers, Arm Circles, Self Love

    YHC modified on the spot after learning that Hammer ran to the AO again, and shortened the runs. Was a modification for me as well after running around Noah’s Ark for 30 minutes Saturday.

    Run to the 2nd stop sign for High Knees (yes, we just ran Jose 10k) x15 IC, return to court.

    Head to the playground for a mini murph of 5/10/15 x 5 rounds = 25 pull ups, 50 Merkins, 75 squats

    Run to the 2nd stop sign for High Knees x15 IC, return to court.

    Partner up at the court.
    100 block shoulder presses while P2 runs the length of the basketball court, bear crawls to halfcourt, and runs back to relieve P1.

    Round 2 repeato with 100 skull crushers, same mosey.

    Run to the 2nd stop sign for High Knees x15 IC, return to court.

    Back to the playground for another modified Mini Murph. 5/10/15 x 5 rounds = 25 Supine Rows, 50 Dirkins, 75 Bouncy Squats.

    No relief at all on those Bouncy Squats. Hammer and Pik used the row bars for a Dirkin higher than the sea wall, we followed on rounds 2 – 4.

    Run to the 2nd stop sign for High Knees x15 IC, return to court.

    Back to the court for partners
    100 Shoulder Presses while P2 runs to half court and bear crawls back.
    50 Skull Crushers while P1 lunge walks to half court and runs back

    Mary – Peter Parkers and LBC x15 IC

    Count, Name, and Jose10k prayed us out with thoughts for Pik’s father in law.

    Announcements :

    Hammer has the Q Saturday. Hammer is starting a bible study in July, most likely Wednesday nights. Hammer has a CSAUP – Completely Sacred and Utterly Purposeful – at the Crisis Pregnancy Center – read slack for the full message & let him know if you are in.

    Sign up to Q and bring a friend.

    Thanks for showing up fella’s, and the opportunity to lead.

    SYITG, Akbar

  • Fitness is Picking Up – from Mobydick

    Trashercise. Amazing what 5 PAX can accomplish in 45 min. After a warmup of SSH/Grassgrabbers/Torso TwistsIC X20 bags were issue. The thang was to scour the three levels of the parking garage for trash. The PAX fanned out across the lanes and picked up every scrap. At the end and half point of each trip back and forth two burpees if anyone picked up trash. We always found trash. After about a hundred burpees and a thousand squats the garage was cleaned. A mosey up the Ramps to the roof And COT right on time made for a very satisfying workout.

  • Rotating Rock Party – from Jose10k

    YHC arrived to see a Mandevillian chilling in his car. Russo was ready to go, until they needed to weedeat behind his car, the only grass in the parking lot, and Russo parks there.
    With no one picking up the Q, YHC decided to pull out an old favorite. Time to rotate at the rock garden.
    Warm-ups: All IC, ssh, grass grabbers, torso twists, self love
    The Thang: Moseyed to the rock garden where everyone grabbed a rock. We did 10 reps in cadence. Curls for the girls, shoulder presses, squats, and rows. Then rotate. Rinse and repeat all the way around. Then we did a lap around the courthouse. Stopping at the back and the front for some irkins. Back to the rock garden where the two elder F3 brothers put their two heads together for 5 exercises in tabata style, 1 minute on, 30 seconds rest. Triceps, torso twists, bouncie squats, chest presses, and lbc’s. Moseyed back to the flag, COT, and Moby prayed us out.
    Announcements: Gnarly Nutria coming up on July 20th
    Intentions: Continue prayers for BBQ’s mother who is doing much better.
    Thanks for letting me lead gentlemen.

  • Jam Elatedly Replicating Intricate Cadences Half-Obediently – from Russo

    80 degrees or so and humid to begin the morning at Granny’s. YHC was looking for a unique way to remind folks about the beatdown and draw some attention to our mid week AOs as charged by Jose, and in doing so, Zoolander taught me a new word: acrostics. Who knew it was really a word puzzle in which certain letters in words are clues that form another word (e.g. Join Everyone Running In Certain Heat
    Outdoors) and not an acrobatic mystic or an acrylic heretic?

    Early mumblechatter revolved around dinosaur movies, cars in space, Omaha, sharknados, and JVs drinking habits.

    Warmup (all 10-20x IC)
    – Sealjacks
    – Cherry pickers
    – Arm circles
    – SSH
    – Imperial walkers
    – Air presses

    Thang
    A Shooter favorite, the Walls of Jericho
    (7 rounds of seven exercises, followed by a mosey around Granny’s)
    – 7 merkins
    – 7 squats
    – 7 groiners
    – 7 crunches
    – 7 side squats
    – 7 shoulder tap plank jacks
    – 7 American hammers

    Thang after the Thang (which reminded some of “Never have I ever”, so that’s now back on the rotation for a beatdown)

    One round of:
    – 7 Peter Parker’s
    – 7 Bulgarian split squats
    – 7 Durkins
    – 7 freak nastys
    – 7 step ups
    – 7 Urkins
    – 7 leg raises
    – Calf raises (2 on each step) up the pilot house, with a special guest on Jose’s trip (sorry about that)

    Mary
    – 25 wife pleasers IC
    – 20 LMCs IC

    COT, Name o Rama, Announcements, and prayer closed us out.

    Announcements
    – Hammer is putting together a bible study, check Slack for info and to discuss best time/day.
    – Co-Q by pickaxe and chainsaw on Saturday (Luigi’s and Boom ShackaLackas for everyone!)
    – Gnarly Nutria is July 20th at 9 – more info to come on Slack

    Good times all around, gents, thanks for joining me. SYITG

  • YOU CAN’T GET OUT WHAT YOU HAVEN’T PUT IN. INVEST IN YOURSELF! – from Jose10k

    There was 3 of us who decided to wake up early and put in the work to make us better men.
    Warm-up: SSH, torso twists, grass grabbers, windmills, self love, and cherry pickers.
    The thang: We moseyed to the rock garden for some work. Curls for the girls, squats, triceps, 45 degree presses, and rows. Each IC, ten count, rotate clockwise to the next rock. 3 rounds. Then Squat thrusters, alpos, triceps, grave diggers, and rows. Moseyed back up to the A1C to finish off with Mary: little Manny crunches, American Hammers, flutter Kicks.
    COT and Hammer prayed us out. Thank y’all for the chance to lead this morning. After all the fun, there was 25 minutes of conversation about everything, zucchini fries, car repairs, and how the numbers have been dropping at AOs and the reasons for the low numbers. It’s time to head lock y’all, time to get those brothers back out to the gloom. The hardest thing about exercising is start doing it. Once you start doing it regularly, the hardest thing to do is stop it. SYITG

  • Oy Vey: An Unorthodox Morning at Granny’s – from Steve

    “Saturday, Donny, is Shabbos, the Jewish day of rest. That means I don’t work, I don’t drive a car, I don’t lift cinderblocks or crawl like a goddamn bear, and I sure as shit don’t do kraken burpees!”

    -Walter Sobchak (paraphrased)

    Well, at least I tried. YHC thought maybe a pre-beatdown announcement on slack could lure in the likes of Zoolander or Shooter, but alas, they did not take the bait. No bigge, though – the Granny regulars were there, including Granny’s favorite son, Russo, who has (somewhat) recovered from throwing out his back a month ago.

    Now, not wanting to tarnish his enduring reputation for being late after a string of on-time appearances, Cowbell showed up this morning exactly five minutes after we began. What’s so crazy, and I think Hammer has pointed this out before, is that he is so precisely five minutes late every time. He’s got it down to a science, really. I mean, you’d think the guy could just set his alarm clock exactly five minutes earlier and that’d be that.

    Anyway, as he sidled up next to Jose and ignored whatever warmup exercise we were doing, he mentioned that he had a really good excuse for being late this time (and boy did he): Orthodox Jews. We’ll just let that one sit for a moment.

    Warmorama: Torso twists, self love, arm circles, windmills, side straddle hops, toe touches, 10x merkins.

    Thang: First up today, a mosey to the lakefront, stopping at each intersection for a set of 10x leg, 20x chest, and 30x core exercises. Exercises were as follows:

    Squats
    Merkins
    Flutters

    Lunges
    Diamond Merks
    LBCs

    Jump Squats
    Explosive Merks
    Freddie mercs

    Star jumps
    Hand release merkins
    Crunchy Frogs

    Sister Mary’s
    T-merkins
    Leg Raises

    Jump Knee Tucks
    Staggered Merkins
    Heel Pulses

    Before Jose could continue kvetching about helping his uncle with a stuck trailer, or about the number of merkins that were rapidly piling up at this point (130), Cowbell elaborated that some of his biggest (and best) clients are Orthodox Jews from Brooklyn. While detailing some of the interesting quirks of the orthodox, he assured us that he was a man of integrity (yeah, sure, a mensch) and that he loved those guys. In fact, he is often confused for being an orthodox Jew himself! But man, those guys sure send a lot of emails after shabbos…

    Alright, so once we reached the sea wall, it was the usual leg work:
    Step ups L x15
    Step ups R x15
    Freaks x15
    Bulgarians L x15
    Bulgarians R x15
    Derkins x15

    Then a short mosey to rips for 5 calf raises on each step before heading back to Granny’s, alternating between standard mosey and sprints every other block. COT where Hammer prayed us out, thanking God for all of our blessings and asking to open Cowbell’s heart to his people. YHC had to leave shortly thereafter, as the guys stood around discussing the soft white underbelly of America and, trust me, you don’t want to be a part of that conversation. Thank you men for the opportunity to get stronger alongside you, always appreciated!