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  • 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

  • Goodyear B.L.I.M.P.S. – from SOGO

    Great morning with some visitors for YHC first northshore beat down.
    Warmup
    Side straddle hops, Imperial walkers, Abe Vigodas, arm circles (front and back), seal claps, plank jacks, high knees, butt kicks. Mosey to area for beat down.
    Thang
    B. = 5 burpees
    L. = 10 lunges
    I. = 15 Imperial walkers
    M. = 20 merkins
    P. = 25 plank jacks
    S. = 30 squats
    Round 1 – perform B
    Round 2 – perform B, bear crawl 5 yds, perform B.L., run to the beginning
    Round 3 – perform B, bear crawl 5 yds, perform B.L., bear crawl 5 yds, perform B.L.M., run to the beginning
    I think you see where I’m going with this but just in case you don’t…
    Round 4 – perform B, bear crawl 5 yds, perform B.L., bear crawl 5 yds, perform B.L.M., bear crawl 5 yds, perform B.L.M.I., run to the beginning
    Round 5 – perform B, bear crawl 5 yds, perform B.L., bear crawl 5 yds, perform B.L.M., bear crawl 5 yds, perform B.L.M.I., bear crawl 5yds, perform B.L.I.M.P., run to the beginning
    Round 6 – perform B, bear crawl 5 yds, perform B.L., bear crawl 5 yds, perform B.L.M., bear crawl 5 yds, perform B.L.M.I., bear crawl 5yds, perform B.L.I.M.P., bear crawl 5 yds, perform B.L.I.M.P.S. run to the beginning.
    PAX continued series in reverse order while waiting for the six.
    2 rounds of ring of fire. One with squats while holding an AL Gore. The next was flutter kicks while holding legs 6″ off the ground.
    Mosey back to flag.
    Finished with freak nasty and 5 burpees because 105 wasn’t enough.
    Count off, namorama, COT

  • 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.

  • We did the Mash – from Russo

    Pax of 19 (including special guests like Paul Skenes, Creepy Baby, Green Alien, Bear Bird, Spider Man, and the Dude) for a scary good time this morning YHC referred to as the Northshore Monster Mash, with weather in the upper 60s and the sun finally appearing midway through.

    Warmup 10x-15x IC
    – Sealjacks
    – Torso twists
    – Cherry pickers
    – Toe touches
    I honestly can’t remember because I was distracted, laughing way too hard at the alien head bobbing up and down, side to side like it wasn’t even connected. Thank you, QP, for inadvertently providing the hardest I’ve laughed in quite a while.

    Thang

    First up: Count 1-2-3 (Partner Frankenstein walks to the sidewalk and moseys back)
    122 merkins
    222 zombie squats
    322 gas pumps

    Next up: Electric chair
    Using the sea wall:
    – Durkins
    – Urkins
    – Freak Nastys
    – Bulgarian split squats
    – Step ups
    – Box jumps

    Then: Trick or treat (Using a deck of cards, perform the exercise and rep count. Next round, member of Pax guesses higher or lower than previous card. Correct guess and the rep count is cut in half (treat). Incorrect guess and the rep count is doubled (trick)

    Exercises:
    Jump squats
    Shoulder tap plank jacks
    T merkins
    American hammers
    Crunchy frogs
    SMCs
    Crab cakes
    Star jumps
    Monkey Humpers
    Donkey kicks
    Kid N plays

    Somewhere in the middle was a jump scare (the best part of a horror movie, despite some insisting the best part was “the end”): 10 burpees out of nowhere!

    Finally: Ouija Board (or Ouija Bord because we ran out of time) – Tabata 40 seconds on, 20 seconds rest
    O – Outlaws (circle ups)
    U – Urkins
    I – Imperial walkers
    J – Jack Webbs (1 Merkin, 4 air presses)
    A – Absolution
    B – Box jumps
    O – Outlaws
    R – Reverse lunges
    D – Donkey kicks

    One final jump scare of 10 burpees and we were done.

    COT, NOR, Announcements, Prayer. Keep in mind that Akbar has Q next week, there are beatdowns throughout the week, the Turkey Trot is coming up (although Jose is going to leave YHC in the dust with the progress he is making on his runs), and Bushwacker’s camping trip is a week from today. Slack will have more info.

    Thank you all for joining today. It was a blast and we’ll do it again next year. I appreciate each and every one of you.

    SYITG

  • Ruckers and Runners – from Waterpik

    Coolish temps 65 degrees. Much better than one or two months ago. All was well at the Scramble today as a nice crowd of HIM assembled at the mandeville city hall
    4.13 miles logged by the runners at a slow but steady pace. Good start to the day!

  • Not Quite Sure What We’re Doing, But Your Legs Will Pay the Price – from Bushwacker

    YHC saw an empty Q sheet and signed up late in the game. There was every intention of putting something creative and challenging together after finally getting a spare 30 minutes, but alas, the A/C started acting up and stole away the golden hour of beatdown planning. And thus, starting with an idea for a lot of squats, it never got much further….

    WARMORAMA

    IC x10: SSH, High knees, Butt Kicks, Windmills, ….

    THANG

    After lunge walking to the nearest fire hydrant along the lakefront, the PAX did x10 IC(20actual;) Squats. Continuing sprinting, skipping, and moseying, repeating x10 IC Squats at each hydrant , the guys partnered up for some B L P I…no no, B P L M… ah yes, B L I M P S. 50 Burpees, 100 Lunges (2is1), 200 Imperial Walkers, 100 Merkins, 200 Penguins (2is1) and 50 Squats. After all of that was sort of figured out and finished, 2 lines of Indian Running took off for the flag. However, somewhere along the way one line began to crumble, and what remained merged to forge ahead (like Waterpiks full litter-pick up sprint that left even the swiftest of us in the dust). Some circling back for the 6 and Mary got underway.

    MARY

    LBCs, LMCs, Flutter Kicks, Freddy Mercuries and 100s

    COT

    Count, Name, and FNG naming. Welcome Jenny 98! F3 camping trip Saturday, November 4, see Slack. Mathlete prayed us out.

    We all await our honorary Northshore Nant’an Hog’s Breath’s release of of details on the upcoming F3 Northshore’s 3 Fs Competition throughout the month of November. Stay tuned to Slack for rules, point structure, and all the ways us mere mortals may FINALLY be able to beat Grundy at something!

    Many thanks for following my lead, guys. If you did it right, you should be in at least half as much pain as I am at the moment!

  • 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

  • Escalating IPC – from Russo

    75 degrees to start this morning, for a split IPC / non-IPC beatdown at the lakefront.

    Warmup – there was one, but Jose had YHC distracted with discussion of soft hands, tailbone skin, and defibrillators.

    Thang

    7 for IPC week 2 (lots of running, modified burpees and merkins) and 5 for non-IPC, including Steve who joined us about halfway through because the 4 of us were basically camped out in front of his house arguing about the merits of Notre Dame’s schedule and the coaching acumen of Brian Kelly.

    Non -IPC was what YHC calls the Escalator: 10 round of 10 exercises. Each exercise gets a rep count from 1 to 10 depending on round. 55 reps for each total. Or, as Chewy succinctly summarized: “So, Soduku?”

    Exercises
    – Partner merkins
    – Jump squats
    – Leg raises
    – Star Jumps
    – Imperial squat walkers (2 is 1)
    – Donkey kicks
    – Big boy sit-ups
    – Wide merkins
    – Kid N Plays (2 is 1)
    – Murder bunnies

    COT, NOR, Annoucements, Prayer. Big thanks for the healthy Cowbell twins, special intentions for Egg Toss’ mom, Steve’s MIL, and JV’s sister.

    Turkey trot is coming, sign up to Q, show up to get beatdown. Step out of your comfort zone and make a weekday beatdown, even if it has to be the A1C.

    I appreciate all of you HIM. SYITG

  • New temps bring back old faces at the Scramble!! – from Shooter

    With noticeably different temperatures this Gloom, the Scramble had an unusual feel for August with temps in the mid 70s. It also brought out an unusual HIM in Jose10k. This time of school season we are left with only seeing Jose10k on Saturdays or if you make a post at the A1c your sure to have the music and commentary he brings to each beatdown..
    Arriving close to time the PAX had already been chattering it up about YHC and how his birth name doesn’t fit the man, but being from KennaBra maybe that’s a compliment..

    Brief warmup of 10IC Toe Touches, Grass grabbers, Torso twists, Imperial walkers, Wife pleaser holds (Jose10k showing off one legged) NOT that we were looking 😬and closed with opposite elbow to knee F/J..

    Thang
    Akbar and Jose10K took to Rucking while the remaining PAX moseyed to Monroe circling through the Hermitage back to Monroe to West Beach down to Lakeshore U turning back up West Beach and circling back through Hermitage returning to AO with 3 mins.
    Took to 6 for Little Manny crunches, Mountain climbers, Peter Parker’s and Parker Peters..

    Appreciate the newly named “WifePleaser” taking us out!!

    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!