Tag: Thomas the Train

Deep Sea Divership (Mothership 2020-10-24)

Getting wet and wild at the Mothership with 17 PAX: Rudy, Vagabond, Jingle Vader, Thumb War, Apostle, Thomas the Train, Disclaimer, Bogey, Double Fudge, Logo, Door Dash, Sogo, Abacus, Scantron, Heart A-Quack, Band Camp (visitor from Houston, TX), and Catfish (Q).

Our brother Fracsac was scheduled to Q, but he was absent due to a work-related offshore stint. Thus, we opted for a maritime-themed, burpee-inclusive beatdown.

Started with 10 burpees OYO, then a quick mosey over to the parking lot across from the flag zone. Warmed up with a quick abe vigoda, grass grabber, and SSH. 10 more burpees OYO.

Moseyed to front of the museum to the base of the steps, where we did some imperial squat walkers. 10 more burpees OYO. Headed to the top of the steps. and everyone got into boat position, held for 60 seconds. Next, did a round of Deep Sea Divers (decline merkin position at top of steps, 10 hip slappers in cadence, move hands down a step, 9 hip slappers in cadence, rinse and repeat until reach bottom of steps).

At the bottom of the museum steps, on our sixes for Flutter Kicks, Oblique Crunches (left and right side in cadence), and Crab Jacks. 10 more burpees OYO.

Moved to fountain for box jumps, irkins, right leg step ups, dips, left leg step ups, and derkins. 10 more burpees OYO.

Moseyed over to the field for Killer Bees, – bear crawl 3 tree lengths, broad jump back, stop every 5 jumps and do 3 burpees. LBCs waiting for the six, then Starfish Crunch (spread eagle on six, right hand to left leg, left hand to right leg, in cadence) and Aqua Mans (on faces chest to the ground, lift arms and legs for an SSH-type movement in cadence). Did another round of Killer Bees, where Crab Walk was substituted for Bear Crawl (i.e. crab walk 2 tree lengths, broad jump back, stop every 5 jumps and do 3 burpees). Box cutters and V-ups waiting for the six. One more round of regular Killer Bees (2 tree lengths for the bear crawl this time), then Gas Pumpers. 10 burpees OYO.

Finished up on the field with some Failure to Launch (hold Al Gore for a countdown, then jump in the the air, back to Al Gore, repeat), then some Monkey Humpers. Moseyed back to the parking lot where we warmed up. Plank Jacks, Mountain Climbers, then 10 burpees OYO.

Back to flag for COT.

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October 24, 2020
HEY, IT’S CALLED A CO-OP!

Last minute switch on Q for Screw Top as he ran a marathon a few days before! YHC was happy to help out. T-claps Screw Top! Meanwhile, (“unbeknowanstince” to us) a prepared and excited Catfish noticed an empty slot on the list and couldn’t wait to jump in. A short conversation on site and we decided to split the difference for a progressive Co-Op Q; to which there was much applause and general excitement from the Pax. As we know, everybody loves change. Here at the Mothership, we call it growth. Off to the Peristyle… DJ Diver had the tunes for the beatdown.

WARM UP

Arm Circles (front/back)
Grass Grabbers
Hill Billies
Peter Parkers
Parker Peters
Run to Marconi and back, plank for 6

PART ONE

10 Pax (and one K9) – Break into 2 lines of 5 pax, plank position with hands at feet of pax in front of you, straight line all facing forward, at bottom of the Great Lawn.
Last Pax bear crawls to front of the line, shouts, next pax bear crawls to the front… etc
At every second tree all pax recover to feet, ring of fire with your group, 20 squats while others hold Al Gore, back to crawlin’ maggot! We’re doing the whole lawn! The length, not across..

Make it to end. Took longer than YHC anticipated. Partner up. Move to side of lawn.
DORA 123
-Merkins 100
– LBCs 200
– Squats 300
Partner runs across lawn. 2 burpees on the other side. Back to trade off.

PART TWO

Complete and hand Q to Catfish who started us off with his favorite crowd pleaser:

Jack Webs.. in perpetuity… (to 15 merks, 30 air presses)

Back by popular demand, his world famous 8 count body builders – Couldn’t count that high.

Run to Marconi and back

20 Box Jumps

20 Monkey Humpers

Infinite Donkey Kicks…

Back to the flag for COT, announcements etc. Lots of health and life and death concerns today. As a general announcement to all – the holiday seasons are of course a special time and there is a lot to get caught up in and fun to be had. As leaders in our community, don’t forget that little voice at the back of your head reminding you that folks around us are still going through real challenges. Think of those struggling with addiction, depression, and isolation as well. Don’t forget to reach out to that person struggling, without any pressure. Let them know there is a door open for them somewhere, with warm food, good spirits, no judgement. At this high pressure time of the year, these small gestures can have huge impacts for those walking through a tough cycle of their life. Just another way for us to strive to be good HIMs in our community. Always sweep the 6.

Thanks to all for showing up in the gloom yet again, to hold each other accountable to another victory in the morning. Accelerating in to the new year.

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December 14, 2019
Saturday morning plyo
On the eve of what turned out to be a surprisingly strong tropical depression, YHC was looking at the weather forecast for Saturday morning and decided to change things up and keep the pax under the peristyle in an attempt to stay relatively dry.

Waking up YHC was surprised to find the rain was not as bad as expected, but still drizzly and windy, with storm debris all throughout the streets. The day started with a bit of adversity as YHC’s route to City park was redirected due to a large tree that had overturned during the night forcing a major detour. This led to YHC arriving to the Peristyle at 6:35. T-claps to Shorty for stepping up and leading the pax in some warmup to get things going.

We moved from the great lawn over to the peristyle to finish up the warmup of shoulder taps, arm circles, and windmills.

Thang 1
- Start with burpee/1 merkin and then broad jump. Burpee/2 merkins/broad jump, Burpee/3 merkins/broad jump……Burpee/10 merkins/ broad jump
- Now do another round but start at 10 merkins and work down to 1
With everyone’s heart rate up we moved to to the main event – YHC‘s best impersonation of Tony Horton for a P90x style plyometric workout.

Thang 2

30 seconds each exercise AMRAP
- jump squats
- Run stance squat jumps (4 squats with a jump turn in 4th squat)
- Jump squat turns (jump squat with turn backwards and then frontwards)
- Smurf jacks
- Squat reach jump (Squat and touch ground then jump)
- Jump knee tucks
- Bonnie Blairs
- Twist combo
- Leapfrog squats (in squat position, 2 jumps forward and 2 back)
- Bobby Hurleys
- Low squat jump turns
- Hot foot (Jump on one foot) -30 second each leg
Rinse and repeat entire circuit

Thang 3

Chest/tricep (2 rounds)
- Angle grinders x 20 IC
- Diamond merkins x 15 IC
- Shoulder taps x 20 IC
- Backward plank (60 seconds)
Finished with a merkin ring of fire

COT where we welcomed FNG I-heart, gave thanks for good health and fortunes and said a prayer for those in need.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead and SYITG!

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November 4, 2019
A bit of Notre Dame, and a bit of YIPPEE!

19 PAX (incluing Rewatch, downriver from Houston) in the morning gloom to help YHC celebrate the end of his 51st year. Yippee!

Started out with a disclaimer, trying to be more thoughtful than normal with thoughts of Holy Grove in mind. Everyone: be mindful of your health. Hydrate. Modify. Its Hot and Humid. Most important – remain healthy. All this, while continuing to push yourselves. So with thoughts and prayers for Holy Grove in mind, lets get started.

YHC brought along a YIPPEE! bag full of birthday gifts. The idea: all PAX feel free – at any point in the workout – come pick a gift from the YIPPEE! bag. What’s in the bag? A collection of goodies – exercises for the Q, exercises for the PAX, a few special gotchas. Each piece of paper is something new and different.

Mosey over to the Great Lawn.

Warmup with some stretching and SSH (x51). First dip into the YIPPEE bag produces 20 Dips for everyone at the benches! Its going to be a fun hour.

7 Heisman Trophy Winners

7 of Diamonds, in honor of the ND 7 heisman trophy winners (Bertelli, Hart, Lattner, Lujack, Hornung, Huarte and Brown). Yes, Douille is correct in noting that Hornung is the only Heisman winner from a losing team. Douile was incorrect in thinking Hornung lost to Tulane.

PAX split into 4 groups. 4 cones set up in a diamond shape.

Round 1: 7 Bobby Hurleys at a cone, Bear Crawl to the next. Repeat all the way around

Round 2: 14 Merkins, Lunge Walks

Round 3: 21 Squats, Crab Walks

Round 4: 28 Flutter Kicks, Lunge Walks

War Eagle and Catfish seem to be greatly enjoying the YIPPEE bag – produce burpees, merkins, squat jumps for the PAX, for themselves, for the Q. “10 Burpees for Me”. “20 Merkins for PAX of choice” (tough break, Angie’s List). “15 Squat Jumps for the Q”. “10 Genuflects for the PAX”. The cards are flying faster.

YHC also especially enjoyed War Eagle’s “Sing Happy Birthday to the Q”. Thank you.

11 National Championships

Yes, YHC is aware that our glory days are old. No, YHC does not care. Yes, YHC always believes that next year represents our return to glory.

11s with Burpees and Catalina Wine Mixers. Go. PAX now are running past the YIPPEE bag with more frequency, resulting in more draws.

Pop Tart pulls a “Sprint vs the Q”, and pays dearly for his arrogance – slipping and falling as he turns to mock the slower Q. The Tortoise revels in his glorious victory. Rewatch and Catfish both draw Laps around the park.

Triple Shift adamantly refuses to approach the Yippee bag. He must not like birthdays. Or presents.

5 Pillars

YHC has to call off the 11s somewhere around half-way point due to time constraints. 5 Pillars of Holy Cross Education: Mind, Heart, Zeal, Family, Hope. For each one, PAX will do 5 Rise Ups (squat for a 5 count, then jump up, return to squat position). Even while explaining the exercise, Hokie is standing at the bag waiting to draw. And of course, he pulls “10 Burpees for the Q”. Everyone else gets a 10 count while YHC gets 10 burpees in.

At Zeal, Rev Sox pulls “20 Merkins for the Q”. Thanks. Rev Sox leads PAX in 5 Rise Ups while YHC knocks out 20 Merkins.

Mary

Circle up for last 5 minutes of Mary. But we never get to Mary. More cards are drawn – “10 Burpees for everyone”. Seems there were more Burpee cards than YHC remembers putting in the bag.

Alas, we never got to the Duck Duck Goose game that YHC was really hoping for. Next time… But for now, return to the flag.

COT

Count-off: 19 PAX (including 2 FNGs). Thank you all for celebrating my birthday with me! First, from Atlanta, still a dirty bird fan, so the PAX were unanimous in welcoming “28-3” to the tribe. Then – deep voice, handsome beard, claims he might kinda sing a bit: Pavarotti, glad to have you with us!

Close up with announcements, intentions and prayers to remember each day granted to us is a gift. May we treasure it, and use it wisely.

Thank you all for the opportunity to lead. I welcome your patience with me as I try new and potentially stupid things at workouts.

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August 24, 2019