Tag: Mothership

11 Men gathered around the flag, patiently watching their watches waiting for the arrival of Sparky for his VQ. Tick tock tick tock go the watches. Beep say the watches, 6:30 it is. Time to go. Shorty takes the lead for a game of “Qs Wild”, and leads us off with his disclaimer on behalf of the group.

Shorty’s Warmup: Mosey to the lawn.

• Low Slow Squat x20
• Oh, look.  Yankee’s rolling in.  Still no Sparky
• Shoulder Taps x20
• Murkin Shoulder Taps x??
• SSH x20
• IW x20

Tag-out to Side Effects

SFX 11s: 11s across the lawn.  Derkins from the benches on one side, Dips from the benches on the other.  YHC barely managed to avoid getting lapped by Shorty.  #tclaps for setting the pace.

Tag-out to Kim Chi

Kim Chi Pre-VQ: Next week, Kim Chi has his VQ at the Mothership.  Today, he gets thrust unprepared into the role.  Takes us on a “Last Man Up Run” (otherwise known as an Indian Run to YHC who had no clue what KC was talking about).  Off to the Foundry.  At the Foundry PAX line up for:

• Pull-ups
• Dips
• Squats
• Rows
• BigBoy Situps
• Bars

Everyone cycles through all the stations, planking ahead of pullups.  Pace set by Pullup (AMRAP).  Maverick might still be going.  #tclaps for setting that example!

Finish with a 90 degree hang-off.  #tclaps to Cowbell for outlasting SFx

Tag-out to Maverick

Maverick Circle of Misery: Mosey to a shady spot by big lake.  Looks pleasant.  Its not.  Pairup.  PAX #1: alternate 5 burpees, 5 Russian Twists waiting for PAX #2.  PAX #2 run the boardwalk loop, 20 box jumps out over the lake.  Switch-up.  As revenge for this misery, the boardwalk jumps up and takes its vengence on Maverick.  Maverick seems to be ok still.

Tag-out to Rudy

Route 66: Mosey to the fountain.  Heisenberg chooses Murkin’s over Squats as the exercise.  So PAX is off for Route 66 Murkins on the main drag.  1 at first lightpost, 2 at second, till we reach the end 11 stops later.  Rudy politely calls the PAX back to the fountain to restart after a serious whiskey-dick effort on the way to stop #1.  Seriously guys?  10 lightposts out, return for the 11th stop back at the fountain.  11 murkins then plank up.

Tag-out to JV

6 MOM with JV: Finds the longest, wettest grass possible, plants PAX on their 6s.

• Dr. W x12
• Flutter Kicks x20
• YTW x20 (how can such small motions hurt so much?)
• Pray to the Stars (kneel, lean back, hold, scream in agony)
• Plank and hold
• (I think there were 2 other exercises in here)

Mosey back to the flag

Much mumble-chatter suggesting that Q tag-outs seem to bring out the best (or is that the worst) from everyone.

Welcome to our FNG, who’s name went from Botched to Triple D to Sand Bags before ending with Fun Bags.

Close with a prayer.  YHC thanks the PAX for being an inspiration, thanksgiving for the gift of another day and the guidance to use that gift wisely.

With Northshore Launch, YHC was wondering who’d show at the AO. No worries: with birthday balloons and posters across the way, the faithful appeared. After the statement of the obvious (Disclaimer), we moseyed around the Great Lawn for The Thang.

Round One

Burpees 5 OYO
Squats 25xIC
Burpees 5 OYO
Hill Billies 25xIC
Peter Parkers 25XIC
[Something else YHC can’t remember.] The PAX later confessed to relief that Q was not planning to rack up 54 burpees: it’s only because he wasn’t thinking clearly.

With a PAX of eight, pairing was a natural. A long mosey to Roosevelt Mall for some staggered Route 66 fun. We split up four to each row of benches, and then each split into two pairs on each side.

Round Two
At each bench, a set of Incline Merkins, a set of Tatum Channings and a set of Channing Tatums (Q was feeling random: each pair could decide whether to start with left-leg step ups first or instead right-leg step ups first): first bench, one of each set; second bench, two of each set; etc. all the way to 11 of each set at the 11th bench.

Round Three
The Q had mercy: for the return trip down Route 66, the count was reverse. At each bench, a set of Decline Merkins and, for particular pleasure (NOT), a set of full Sit-Ups (feet on benches): first bench, 11 of each set; second bench, 10 of each set; etc. all the way (barely surviving) to 1 of each at the 11th bench.

Round Four

Time for some rest (not really): Mosey to the north wall of Delgado Museum (QHC is that old; NOMA is for young bucks) for a scenic view: the People’s Chair for a minute 40.

Round Five
After a shake-out, mosey to the Lichtenstein Fountain for some dipsy doodles: first, 20 double-slow dips IC (odd counts to go down, even counts to go up); and then 20 regular dips IC (two dips per count). Your Q wasn’t thinking: he should have done ultra-slow dips (one full count to go down, one full count to hold down and then one full count to come up). Next time for the DownPaiNment.

Round Six

Mosey for some Mary on the cool dewy lawn in the shade. Started with a birthday count: 54 LBCs IC. After mubble-chatter whether each would be a birthday count, Q had mercy (and not much more steam): 20xIC Hello Dolly, 20xIC Dying Cockroach, 20xIC J-Lo, 20xIC Flutter Kicks, and 20xIC Iron Cross. With a tip to Shorty, the PAX ended with some balancing: 20 count balancing on each leg while stretched out (or not) like a T.

Mosey to the (real!) Flag for announcement, birthday wishes and prayer of thanks, and then off to Coffeerama. Thanks to the PAX for a great birthday present.

17 underdogs posted at the Mothership and left victorious after a #downpainment in March Madness.  Welcome Igloo from F3 Hickory.  YHC was inspired by the hope and determination of the Cinderella teams in the NCAA basketball Tournament.  After a short introduction and disclaimer we were off to the museum lawn.  Along the way we picked up Mike, our friend and favorite waiter, from Morning Call.  Mike even joined us on the first exercise of the COP.

Game 1:  UALR 85 – Purdue 83 (2 OT).  In honor of the Trojans from Little Rock, we spelled out UALR in for our warm-up COP.

• Un-Straddle Hop (SSH IC on one leg) Right Leg x 21, Left Leg x 21
• Alternating Shoulder Taps IC x 22
• Low Country Crab IC x 21
• Rosalita IC x 21

Game 2:  Yale 79 – Baylor 75.  In honor of 12th seeded Yale’s upset of the 5th seeded Bears we gathered around the fountain for a modified Dan Taylor that we named “The Handsome Dan” – 1 left leg step-up, 1 right leg step-up, and one squat.  Escalate until reaching 12 left leg step-ups, 12 right leg step-ups. and 12 Squats.  Lots of mumble chatter about not rooting for upsets in the tourney after this.

Game 3:  Stephen F. Austin 70 – West Virginia 56.  Did anyone see this Giant Leprechaun that dominated West Virginia?  Tom Walkup, led the 14th seeded Lumberjacks to an impressive victory over the 3rd seeded Mountaineers.  In hopes of building the type of strength and power that Walkup and his beard exhibit, we performed a set of (Lumber)Jack Webbs to 14.

Game 4:  Hawai’i 77 – California 66.  The native language of Hawai’i has 12 letters and something that looks like an inverted apostrophe called an Okina.  The Okina represents a glottal stop (or very, very brief pause).  We used the Okina after we finished ten (Lumber)Jack Webbs, as Jingle Vader counted down from 13 (Hawai’i’s seed) to help us recover and prepare for the next 4 sets.

After our (Lumber)Jack Webbs we moseyed to the Foundry.  There we worked on our ability to hang on the rim.  We want to be prepared once we get there.  Everyone found a place to do pull-ups or rows and did one set to exhaustion.  Once exhausted we all met up by the water fountain.

Games 5-7:  Wichita State 65 – Arizona 55, Gonzaga 68 – Seton Hall 52, Northern Iowa 75 – Texas 72.  Three 11 seeds won in the first round this year.  In their honor we moseyed to the soccer field and did Elevens from penalty box to penalty box with Burpees and Merkins at each end.  Rudy thought that he should be exempt since his Fighting Irish were the only 6 seed to beat an 11.  T-claps to Jingle Vader and Bubba for a very impressive showing.

During our Mosey to the Great Lawn we stopped by the Sculpture Garden Flowers and did box jumps as we waited for the Six.

Game 8:  Middle Tennessee 90 – Michigan State 81:  YHC picked Michigan State as my champion, so my bracket was destroyed on the second day of the tournament.  I thought it would be fitting to save the most soul crushing Game until the end.  The mascot for Middle Tennessee is a winged horse named Lightning.  In hopes that someday someone will nickname us “Lightning” we worked on our sprints – 15 across the great lawn with a couple of strategically placed Okinas.  T-claps to Douille, for being out in front on most of the sprints.  T-Claps to the rest of the PAX for occasionally catching up to him.  OSHA did a couple of impersonations of Bryce Drew’s head first slide after hitting the game winner against Ole Miss in 1998, however, the PAX was too tired to mob him.

Mosey back to the flag for the COT.

Naked Man Moleskin

Today’s workout focused on the hope and persistence involved in reaching our goals.  In Phillipians 4:13 Paul said “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”  Christians often use this verse in the context of athletics, but it is applicable to all parts of life.  It is a verse the provides hope and encourages us to persist.  T-claps to JV for his persistence over the past several months.  We have all witnessed the dividends his persistence has paid, e.g. his first place finish in today’s 11s.

 

 

 

Disclaimer

Warmup:
-SSH x 30 IC
-IW x 30 IC
-Peter Parkers x 20 IC
-Arm Circles x 30 IC (15 each direction)
-J-Lo’s x 20 IC (fka Pickle Pounders)

…Capped off the warmup with a 2 minute Plankjack/Merkin routine to the song “Mardi Gras Mambo” to get the PAX in the festive spirit. Plank position with a plank jack every time “Mambo” was sung and a merkin each time “New Orleans” was sung.

Mosey to the stone bridge crossing Bayou Metairie and over to the shelter near City Park Ave. to grab some bench. This included a round of 8 high intensity exercises with a 10 second rest in between. We decided to bump the normal Tabata timing from 20 seconds to 50 seconds to pay homage to the 50 year anniversary of Endymion. This was a bit long for some of the exercises but it helped bring the sweat:
Round 1: Box Jumps
Round 2: Declined Merkin
Round 3: Right Leg Step Ups
Round 4: Dips
Round 5: Left Leg Step Ups
Round 6: Hip Slappers (in Declined Plank)
Round 7: People’s Air (People’s Chair with Air Presses)
Round 8: Inclined Merkins with alternating leg taps to bench

From there a parade bound Mosey to Orleans Ave where we ran along the route. Lots of parade goers getting geared up for the big day so it made it interesting. T-claps to Yankee for being our public relations guy and EH-ing along the route. Pit stop on the neutral ground past Carrollton for a COP led by Amnesty.
Push-o-rama:
-Merkins x 20 IC
-Diamond Merkins x 5 IC
-Wide Merkins x 10 IC
-Staggered Merkins x 10 IC (each way staggered)

Mosey back down Orleans Ave. Great Lawn

Mary under Persityle capped off with Mardi Gras Mambo squats.

Prayed fro Bubba’s wife, OSHA’s wife, RY’s aunt, SFX’s dad, as well as the safety of everyone enjoying the Mardi Gras festivities this season.