The Bear Necessities
New Orleans
The Bear Necessities
New Orleans

The Bear Necessities

Date:09/30/15
QIC:Bagasse - Q; Shorty - Q (YHC)
PAX:Reluctant Yankee, Bagasse (Q), Shorty (Q), Amnesty, Splash, Tool, Hawgcycle, Douille, Jingle Vader, Agassi, Tito, Rocky Top, Griswold, Billboard, Hee-Haw, Napolean, Backdraft

On a wonderful Wednesday morning in NOLA, 17 men set off in the gloom for this kick-ass beatdown.  The two Q’s did not communicate about what we would use for our downPAINment, but our minds were thinking the same thing: “We need to bear crawl the hell out of the PAX”… and bear crawl we did!  Bagasse had the reigns for the first half.

DISCLAIMER

Warm-Up:

  • Mosey down Magazine St. to the open field by Entergy Blvd.

COP #1 – IC:

  • 23 x SSH
  • 20 x Goofballs
  • 20 x Peter Parkers
  • 20 x Hillbillies
  • 20 x Arm Circles (10 x Forward; 10 x Backward)
  • 20 x Wife Pleasers (a.k.a. Amnesty Special)

The Thang:

  • Mosey to levee by Leake Ave & Walnut St.

Stop #1 – OYO: Elevens on the Levee

  • Each PAX does 10 repetitions of exercise #1 and then 1 repetition of the exercise #2 (10/1), then 9/2, 8/3, 7/4, etc. until you get to 1/10.
  • This set of elevens consisted of performing exercise #1 (Squat Jumps) at the bottom of the levee, then bear crawl (forward) up the levee to perform exercise #2 (Clap Merkins) at the top of the levee, then bear crawl (backward) down the levee to complete the set. However, the PAX soon relized that there was crushed gravel at the top of the levee (Crushed Gravel + Clap Merkins = Bloody Hands + Why am I doing this).  Some of the PAX performed a hot route audible, and switched the location of exercise #1 & #2.  #Tclaps to anyone bold enough to continue with clap merkins at the top.
  • At around the 6th to 7th time bear crawling up the levee, RY heard this quote “Bear Crawl, I hate you. PS I love you”, and is now thinking about making this quote into a shirt.

Once the PAX was finished with our bear crawls, we were now ready for hibernation. Instead, Bagasse handed the PAX over to YHC, and I had some sprint work to do.

  • Mosey to the soccer field on Magazine St. and River Dr.

Stop #2 Part #1– OYO: Sprint Circuit

  • The sprint circuit consisted of performing an ab exercise –IC, then sprinting approx. 60 yards to the soccer goal to perform a part of the BLIMPS set – OYO, then jogging back 60 yards to the start line and plank up for the #six. Rinse & repeat until all the letters in BLIMPS are complete.  Here are the exercises performed:
  • At Start – IC:
    • 20 x LBCs
    • 15 x LBTs
    • 20 x Flutter Kicks
    • 20 x Hello Dollys
    • 12 x V-ups
    • 15 x Putins
  • At Halfway Point – OYO:
    • 5 x “B”urpees
    • 10 x “L”unges (each leg)
    • 15 x “I”mperial walkers
    • 20 x “M”erkins
    • 25 x “P”lank jacks
    • 30 x “S”quats

Stop #2 Part #2– OYO: Bear Crawl Indian Run (50 yards)

  • The PAX divided up into groups of four, and since bear crawling was far from our memory after the sprint circuit… we performed a bear crawl indian run to remind us about Bagasse’s beatdown. Each group lined up and held high plank.  The last man in each group bear crawls to the front and holds plank once he gets to the front of the line. Rinse/Repeat until each group makes it 50 yards.
  • YHC has to take the blame for the “drunken bears” running into other groups since I failed to point out a specific landmark to crawl to.

By the time we finished, it was 615 am, so we high-tailed it back to the flag for the Name-O-Rama, Shout-Outs and Prayer.

I added a video of what the PAX looked like on the levee.  Man, I miss the movie Jungle Book.