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  • Wet & Wild with Napoleon on Crack! – from Fracsac

    Torrential rains for a brief but brutal period the night before left the track and inner field looking more like a community pool than a field. Lucky for the Pax, YHC arrived early and set a few things up.

    Flag planted, classic rock on the speaker, disclaimer given, mosey in a direction to get us in a parking lot on the back side.

    Warmup with regular stuff, no clubbin though. We got stuff to do! Threw some Tempo Merkins in for good measure.

    Left leg and right leg power ups x 20 at the benches where they do pseudo yoga. Added 15 dips in between

    Mosey to where the cones were set up. 11 burpees at start, bear crawl to cone 10 burpees, continue the backwards Route 66 down to 1 burpee.

    Mosey to gymn where we did some Sunday Mornings x 3 on Hump Day!

    Mosey back to the cones, each pax stand near a cone. 5 burpees to get the pax to listen.

    The end pax throws the frisbee 2 pax down, receiving pax unable to move. If HIM catches it, continue down the line. If frisbee is dropped, 4 burpees for the group. 9 sets of burpees or 36 more. Add the 5 and 66 previously and we did 107 total.

    Mosey to the flag for CoT

    NMM

    It was great to see Napoleon from Birmingham back, and he brought Sergeant Crack with him!

    66 burpees , plus the 5 and then 9 sets of 4 burpees for frisbee drops, or 36 more, gave a total of 107! Well done!

    YHC kept the pax feet semi dry.

    Thanks for posting with me!

    SYITG

  • What Did You Say?!? – from War Eagle

    [Overcast, Cool, 66 Degrees]

    5:15 – YHC arrived early to survey the landscape.

    5:17 – YHC realized that the park has not been providing light. A 6:57 sunrise would not allow us to throw a black football.

    5:19 – Reminded that YHC is on IR and cannot do burpees

    5:20 – Still bringing the SUCK

    5:27 – “I hear a train a comin’”

    5:29 – Disclaimer

    5:30 – LET’S GO!

    WARM-O-RAMA (middle of the football field)

    Abe Vigoda’s X 10
    Grassgrabbers X 10
    SSH X 31
    Hillbillies X 15
    Peter Parkers X 10
    Arm Circles X 10 (Forward & Reverse)

    THE THANG (baseball field near the gym)
    *9 trees*

    ROUND 1

    1 Bonnie Blair, 1 Squat
    2 Bonnie Blair, 2 Squat
    3 Bonnie Blair, 3 Squat… to 9

    Round 2

    1 Honest Merkin, 2 Air Press
    2 Honest Merkin, 4 Air Press
    3 Honest Merkin, 6 Air Press…to 9

    Round 3

    Rinse & Repeat: Bonnie Blair round
    As YHC gave this instruction, a mumble in gloom was heard using language that would make a prisoner blush. It’s ok, Boo Boo was punished accordingly.

    ROUND 4

    9 – 8 Count Body Builders
    8 – 8 Count Body Builders
    7 – 8 Count Body Builders…to 1

    Mary back at the football field

    COT

    Prayers for our city

  • Rock the Route 66 – from Fracsac

    YHC saw the Rock City Q spot open and having not led at that AO for some time signed up.
    Weather was 54 degrees with a cool breeze, but not cold. Track was very wet from earlier rain, so no go there.
    Disclaimer given and mosey to the rock pile for warm up. Regular stuff with one set of 4 burpees OYO and one set of 5 burpees OYO. No clubbin this day, packed agenda!
    Grab a rock and head for the cones set up. Route 66 with Burpees and rifle carry between cones. Cones took pax to the parking lot.
    10 rock curls, run to gym and do 5 Burpees. Complete 5 rounds increasing curls by 5 each round. That’s 25 more burpees.
    Return the rocks and circle up for ring of Fire. 2 rounds of 6 Merkins each. Mosey back to flag.

    COT

    NMM

    – YHC really threw the group off with the count off in the beginning. The pax were sure their number would have some meaning and would be called upon. Maybe next time, or maybe not…..
    – There seems to be 2 schools of thought in the Route 66, especially when burpees are part of it. The first is start at 1 burpee and end at 11. The other thought is to start at 11 and finish with 1 burpee. Which school are you in?
    – Mondays suck, especially after a Saints loss. F3 makes it all better! Thanks for posting with me.
    – That was 100 burpees today, some did more. It’s not too late to jump on the 3100 burpees for January train…..check out the Iron Sharpens Iron Slack channel for more info.

    SYITG

  • Twelfth Day of Burpees – from Mayhem

    Twelfth Day of Christmas – Three Kings Day
    All exercises to be done in multiples of 3 or 12 in recognition of the day

    Conditions: Damp and 46 degrees
    16 PAX strong for a VQ
    Disclaimer and mosey

    Warmups (and the start of the whining):
    12×2 SSH
    12×2 Grass Grabbers
    12 AbeVagoodas
    12 Arm Circles
    12 Reverse Arm Circles
    12 Peter Parkers
    12 Parker Peters

    Round of Circle Burps (17 burpees)

    To the hill
    Modified Burp Back Mountain
    Backwards up the hill, forward down the hill

    Round 1
    6x
    9 burpees (54 burpees)
    9 merkins
    Mary

    Round 2
    3x
    6 burpees (18 burpees)
    6 squats
    Mary

    Round 3
    3x
    6 burpees (18 burpees)
    6 SSH
    Mary

    Burpee Merkin back to the flag (1 burpee)

    Mission accomplished
    Burpee total: 108 (divisible by both 3 and 12)

    COT
    Proud to lead this group of men today
    It’s my first and last VQ but won’t be my last Q

  • You can’t Squeeze the Charmin – from Mahatma

    It’s Sunday New Year’s Day pax scattered here, there and everywhere except no Q for RC on Monday….done and there is a plan. Pulling up hot at the last minute (damn 1st fail of my 2023 resolution) YHC jumps out to join the crowd of pax waiting for direction. Quick disclaimer and focus point “reflect to impact reflex”

    Mosey to the parking lot outside the field Warm Up:
    Scantron Stretch rinse and repeat
    Side lung
    SSH
    Scorpion kicks
    Shoulder taps

    Mosey to bleachers near back of the playground.
    5 rounds with good form
    10 Carolina Drydocks
    20 LS Squats
    30 V-Ups
    Ascend the bleachers to the top and back down. Rinse and repeat

    Once complete run the maze continuously until all pax complete and the 6 joins the group and does 3 laps.

    Mosey to the mini levee – line up shoulder to shoulder – Indian merkin ladder with hand slap between pax

    Line up Indian run to the gym
    2 rounds of handrail squats

    Climb the stairs and find some wall – sit a spell – YHC attempted to provide instructions as to form where you feel the burn in your thighs. Running man to air press back to running back to air press.

    Line up Indian run back to the flag.

    COT – focus on the need for leadership Q commitment. Bolt step up and recruited several new pax to fill open slots on Friday for VQs. He held them after and told tales about El Diablo haunting them unless 100 Burpees are some entwined into the Uptowner beatdowns. To this I say what ever it takes to file the slot. Take time this early new year to reflect on those areas of your life you want to change so to avoid the dreaded reflex of years past!

  • A VQ Begins a New Year – from Pool Boy

    Conditions: Wet and 58 degrees
    5:27 am. With the football field and track completely flooded, I call an audible and change workout.
    After quick disclaimer, mosey over to the rocks.

    Warmups:
    Abe Vigoda
    Arm circles – with clubbin included
    Imperial Walkers
    Side Straddle Hops
    Peter Parkers
    Mosey over to the parking lot by the gym after grabbing rock. Without rock, sprint to the gym:100 side straddle hops and then head back to the other end of the parking lot. Sprint to gym: 75 squats and back to parking lot. Sprint to gym: 50 merkins and back to parking lot. Sprint to gym: 25 calf raises and back to parking lot.
    With rock over head, indian walk to the gym and back to end of parking lot.
    Mosey over to soaked baseball field. Individual rock toss/throw from one side of the field and back.
    Mosey back to the rocks for Coolorama:
    Abe Vigoda, imperial walkers, side straddle hops, Big Boy Sit ups, Peter Parkers.
    Mayhem with the anticipation of his first Q Friday jumped in with:
    25x Flutter kicks
    20x Hello Dolly’s
    20x Tin Scissors
    50 LBCs on your own
    COT
    Honored to lead today with first Q and appreciated everyone’s help.
    Prayers for those in need and for a faith filled 2023.

  • 12 Days of Fitmas – from Bolt

    9:00 pm Thursday night seeing an empty Q sheet, I decided to grab the Q as site Q but not via the sheet, figuring at that hour all the good pax were fast asleep and it was time for a Fitmas beatdown. Arriving about two minutes before Mahatma and announcing it would b Fitmas to which Mahatma grumbled something about, “if the site Q would…”
    …my mind drifted away and YHC then asked for a show of hands for Fitmas with/out rocks and two of nine votes were FOR rocks—rocks it is! Off to the rock pile for warmup.
    SSH (20), Abe SLOWgodas, IW, Nancy Kerrigan/Tanya Harding arm circles (forward/back, alternating single foot) chinooks, MNC (all 15x), self love (10); Toy soldiers, Hairy Rockettes (15x). Carry rocks to hill by dog park and perform reps equal to the day number followed by the previous days:
    Day 1: Mosey across the hill with Rick back and forth as days are added
    Day 2: Diamond merkins
    Day3: Blockees
    Day 4: Reverse Lunges (2:1, no coupon)
    Day 5: Squat Thrusters, coupon
    Day 6: Box Cutters
    Day 7: Tricep coupon presses
    Day 8: Plank Jacks
    Day 9: Overhead coupon presses
    Day 10: Big Boy sit-ups
    Day 11: Lying Block presses
    Day 12: Mtn. Climbers

    My watch recorded a max heart rate of 179; I hope the other pax had similar results. Upon completion I was wet, muddy, oxygen deprived and honored for the chance to lead.

  • Special Ops – from Hawgcycle

    Conditions: Partly Cloudy. 72 degrees. Humidity 92%. Wind 5 mph from the South

    Pax: Boo, Buxton, Fast Tax, YHC, Hokie Don’t Call Me Pokie, Mayhem, Pool Party, PVC, Triple Shift

    Arrived a few minutes early to find PVC warming up. I filled him in on the Special Ops Mission he would need to lead.

    After giving the disclaimer I told Fast Tax and Triple to go with PVC. Given the look on Triple’s face, I’m pretty sure he believed he was getting the Black Tahoe. From his perspective it makes sense. I’m sure he feels he has been dangerously close for a while now. The Special Ops group headed right towards the Rock Pile. Boo, Buxton, Hoke, Mayhem, Pool Boy and YHC headed in the opposite direction.

    Quick Mosey to the light pole on the south end of the park. Pretty sure I’ve never done a warm-up here. Hopefully Fast Tax will be glad to hear that I was mixing things up.

    Warm Up:

    YHC used the warm-up to let some of our newer members practice leading in Cadence:
    • Pool Boy – SSH x 26
    • Mayhem – Imperial Walkers x 15
    • Buxton – Grass Grabbers x 15
    • Pool Boy – Peter Parkers x 20
    • Mayhem – Tempo Merkins x 20
    • Buxton – Low Slow Squats x 20

    The Thang

    Continued around the path headed east and then North to the first baseball field. Divided up into two groups of three. Pax 1 did pull-ups on the bleachers, Pax 2 did merkins, Pax 3 was the timer with 5 burpees. Rinse and Repeat.

    Back to the path, headed north where we joined up with our 3 Special Ops friends. That took longer than expected. Maybe they ran into resistance. Did they have words with Rudy’s Caterer? She’s never accosted us before, but it’s possible that Triple Shift said something to set her off.

    Triple Shift: Hey what are you doing?
    Rudy’s Caterer: I’m walking. I walk here every day. 78 laps.
    Triple Shift: Your form is all wrong. Look at your hips. They’re all out of alignment.
    Rudy’s Caterer: I do this every day. I’m fine
    Triple Shift: You won’t be. Keep doing this and you might not ever walk again.
    Rudy’s Caterer: Hmmm….then I should do this now @$#%&#@!
    At this point she jumps Triple, brings him to the ground and starts jumping repeatedly on his face as PVC and Fast Tax stand by in amusement.

    …Or maybe our Special Ops are just slow. At any rate they joined on the levee for Clock
    Merkins
    • 6 o’clock (feet toward the top of levee, head toward the bottom) x 10
    • 9 o’clock x 10
    • 12 o’clock x 7
    • 2 o’clock x 6
    • 4:30 x 6

    Continue our mosey around the track to the Hill. We had nine presents left to us by our Special Ops. I gave PVC very little instruction, but he did a good job (other than being slow as molasses). I was glad to see the variety of rocks and especially glad to that they brought Gibraltar.

    11s – Start with 10 bench presses on the north side, carry the rock up and over to the south side and do a man-maker. Then 9 bench presses and 2 man-makers…..yadda, yadda, yadda…we did this for 10 minutes. YHC got to 5 bench presses and 6 man-makers.

    At this point we had to hustle. YHC challenged the pax to get back to the rock pile before him. Boo succeeded. Drop of the rocks and Horses to the Stable back to the flag.

    NMM

    • Great job by Pool Boy, Mayhem, and Buxton during the warm-up. They all led like champs. Looking forward to some fresh Qs.
    • The Bleacher pull-ups were fraught with danger.
    • I concur with Hoke’s sentiments regarding the clock merkins.
    • It’s not really 11s unless it involves burpees or man-makers. It’s also not 11s if you don’t finish. That’s on me.
    • Don’t worry, Triple is as handsome as ever. His dust up with Rudy’s caterer left him none the worse.
    • Guys pushed hard at the end. So good seeing guys with their hands on their knees or in surrender cobra when we finish.

  • 12×12 – Animals on Parade – from Rudy

    Typical December am at Rock City: foggy, warm, mosquitos. Good stuff. 7 PAX in the gloom expected Hawg to lead them, but alas they got Rudy instead. Mahatma could be heard audibly groaning, muttering “I shoulda gone to swolefest.” Disclaimer given, off to the rock pile. Lots of new-ish faces at Pontiff perhaps had no idea that they should expect better. Great to see Pool Boy bringing in the new faces – Buxton and Mayhem!

    Warmup with SSH (Fast Tax insisted on doing them in opposite cadence. I think that was his protest against a Rudy-Q). Some Grass Grabbers, Abe Vigodas, Peter Parkers, Parker Peters. Grab a rock and head to the football field.

    The Thing: YHC dug way back in the Backblast archives looking for inspiration. Found a Hawg Q from 2015 that served as the basis – animal walks and exercises. Modified to reflect the date (12/12) led to this:

    Line up the rocks at about the 25 yard line. We’ve got 12 sets. Each set is an animal movement from the goal line to the rocks, then a set of 12 exercises, then return to the goal line.

    Round 1: Bear Crawl with Thrusters
    Round 2: Crab Walk with BBSU
    Round 3: Duck Walk with Burpees (with a jump-over the rock)
    Round 4: Inchworms with 8 Count Brick Builder
    Round 5: Frog Jump with an unnamed combo – bench press, but the rock starts over your head
    Round 6: Ape Walk with Lunge and Twist

    Then we repeat, but with the animal walk reversed: Crawl Bear, Walk Crab, Walk Duck, Worm Inch (i guess?), Jump Frog and Walk Ape.

    Ran out of time, so we didn’t get the last set of Lunge & Twists. Gotta get the rocks back to their home and return to the flag.

    Random Musings:
    * Mahatma and Fast Tax set the pace. By a healthy margin. I hope they got a lot out of the planking. Next time – they have to go 35 yards instead of 25 yards.
    * Great to see the new guys pushing through. Buxton in particular – never failed to actually sprint back to the goal line. All of us can learn by that example
    * War Eagle complained about the mosquitos. I mean, they were bad. But seriously?
    * But Kudos to War Eagle as well – finding a way to modify and push to accomodate an injured wrist. Way to keep moving!