PAX: Pope, Goose, Bambam, Duke, Maneater, Jackknife, Captain D, Darrell Strawberry, Honey Suckle, Popeye, Yankee Joe
The morning began with YHC coming downstairs to the scene of the average 10 minutes before our family’s departure for something like a doctor’s appointment or church or the like, but at 5:50 am. Reasons for our showing up at 6:27 included our inability to find a suitable cold-weather hat for Duke and an ill-timed wakeup of mini-2.0 (and YHC’s inability to find his object of pacification). Eventually we managed to get moving; we arrived and parked by the field by Bayou Road. We greeted the early PAX by 6:30 and had the usual warmup (SSH, imperial walkers, toy soldiers, windmills, WMH, arm circles, cherry pickers, self-love) then moseyed.
YHC jumped ahead of the PAX, grabbed five cones, and set them up in the field in pentagonal fashion, each about 10 yards apart, with a small piece of Paw Patrol diaper box with much less friendly sharpie handwriting on the blank sides. The rest of the PAX grabbed coupons out of Goose’s truck and fell in inside the pentagon. YHC proceeded to explain the circuit, with exercises corresponding to each stage of man’s journey from his origins to his return to God.
The routine (largely inspired by Coyote’s everything-I-hate formula) was as follows:
· Station 1(the Trinity; the Source of all things)
7 8-ct blockee builders, shoulder-carry coupon to next station
· Station 2 (Creation; man created in God’s image)
7 man-makers, rifle-carry to next station
· Station 3 (The Fall; man is thrust from grace)
15 thrusters, murder bunny to next station
· Station 4 (Redemption; Jesus’ death and resurrection)
15 WW3 situps (modified from 20 after one visit), coupon lunge to next station
· Station 5 (Glorification; man’s return to God)
20 star jumps, block-n-bear back to station 1
The backdrop soundtrack playing during the repetition of the above routine had been laced with a few songs (covers by the Snake Charmer, distinguishable by the bagpipes at the beginning of each of the songs) that acted as circuit-breakers; upon hearing these the PAX stopped wherever they were and ran a lap around the entire field. Station 3 had a catch to it, namely that if a PAX was there doing thrusters when a circuit-breaker sounded, he would have 30, not 15, thrusters now to complete. As a result, thrusters didn’t seem to be as much of a struggle for the PAX today as they usually are.
All the PAX started at station 1 and went at their own pace. Naturally, Goose and Honey Suckle led the way; YHC was drained of q-drenaline, and found what motivation there was to be found in trying not to get lapped by Goose. Additionally, YHC had a realistic experience of the faith journey, frequently hounded by the mental hostility of the adversary (portrayed this morning by Jackknife, who hounded YHC like a dirty little demon in oversized gloves).
The PAX recovered at 7:29 and returned the coupons.
COT and Maneater prayed us out.
Happy 11th birthday to Darrel Strawberry! Congrats on entry to the 11-year-old 2.0 gang of rascals.
Real shoutout to the PAX who showed up this morning, as chatter continued for the entire beatdown. Wishes of abundant graces for us all this Advent.
SYITG, Pope
Author: Rudy
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The Big Picture Hurts Sometimes (by Pope) – from Goose
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The Big Picture Hurts Sometimes (by Pope) – from Goose
PAX: Pope, Goose, Bambam, Duke, Maneater, Jackknife, Captain D, Darrell Strawberry, Honey Suckle, Popeye, Yankee Joe
The morning began with YHC coming downstairs to the scene of the average 10 minutes before our family’s departure for something like a doctor’s appointment or church or the like, but at 5:50 am. Reasons for our showing up at 6:27 included our inability to find a suitable cold-weather hat for Duke and an ill-timed wakeup of mini-2.0 (and YHC’s inability to find his object of pacification). Eventually we managed to get moving; we arrived and parked by the field by Bayou Road. We greeted the early PAX by 6:30 and had the usual warmup (SSH, imperial walkers, toy soldiers, windmills, WMH, arm circles, cherry pickers, self-love) then moseyed.
YHC jumped ahead of the PAX, grabbed five cones, and set them up in the field in pentagonal fashion, each about 10 yards apart, with a small piece of Paw Patrol diaper box with much less friendly sharpie handwriting on the blank sides. The rest of the PAX grabbed coupons out of Goose’s truck and fell in inside the pentagon. YHC proceeded to explain the circuit, with exercises corresponding to each stage of man’s journey from his origins to his return to God.
The routine (largely inspired by Coyote’s everything-I-hate formula) was as follows:
· Station 1(the Trinity; the Source of all things)
7 8-ct blockee builders, shoulder-carry coupon to next station
· Station 2 (Creation; man created in God’s image)
7 man-makers, rifle-carry to next station
· Station 3 (The Fall; man is thrust from grace)
15 thrusters, murder bunny to next station
· Station 4 (Redemption; Jesus’ death and resurrection)
15 WW3 situps (modified from 20 after one visit), coupon lunge to next station
· Station 5 (Glorification; man’s return to God)
20 star jumps, block-n-bear back to station 1
The backdrop soundtrack playing during the repetition of the above routine had been laced with a few songs (covers by the Snake Charmer, distinguishable by the bagpipes at the beginning of each of the songs) that acted as circuit-breakers; upon hearing these the PAX stopped wherever they were and ran a lap around the entire field. Station 3 had a catch to it, namely that if a PAX was there doing thrusters when a circuit-breaker sounded, he would have 30, not 15, thrusters now to complete. As a result, thrusters didn’t seem to be as much of a struggle for the PAX today as they usually are.
All the PAX started at station 1 and went at their own pace. Naturally, Goose and Honey Suckle led the way; YHC was drained of q-drenaline, and found what motivation there was to be found in trying not to get lapped by Goose. Additionally, YHC had a realistic experience of the faith journey, frequently hounded by the mental hostility of the adversary (portrayed this morning by Jackknife, who hounded YHC like a dirty little demon in oversized gloves).
The PAX recovered at 7:29 and returned the coupons.
COT and Maneater prayed us out.
Happy 11th birthday to Darrel Strawberry! Congrats on entry to the 11-year-old 2.0 gang of rascals.
Real shoutout to the PAX who showed up this morning, as chatter continued for the entire beatdown. Wishes of abundant graces for us all this Advent.
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Remembering Pearl Harbor – from Fracsac
6 pax at the Mothership to remember the day that dragged the USA in WWII.
47 degrees with a light wind and dry conditions.
Warmup up at the peristyle.First fact dropped: At 6:37 a.m. on the morning of December 7th, 1941, the Wickes-class destroyer USS Ward attacked and sank a Ko-hyoteki-class midget submarine near the entrance to the harbor, officially making it not only the first shot fired on that day, but the first American shots in the War in the Pacific. The sub’s periscope was spotted above the water by the minesweeper Condor, which alerted the crew of the Ward, who opened fire on the intruder.
Pax asked official local time the Japanese invasion started. Burpees for being wrong: On December 7, 1941, at 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu.
Mosey to the great lawn. Next fact: 37 pairs or trios of brothers were assigned to the USS Arizona. Of those, 23 sets were killed, constituting 62 men.
5 burpees per corner with 8 burpees at last corner
Bear crawl short sidesPax asked how many Americans were killed this day. Within 300 would not bring on a penalty. We did 10 x 8 count body builders. FYI: Ultimately, 2,403 Americans died in the attack. A total of 18 ships were lost or damaged, including the USS Arizona, which still leaks oil from beneath the war memorial in the harbor. All this damage was inflicted in just two short hours.
18 big boi sit-ups then run to bridge by Cafe Du Monde. Rinse and repeat.
Pax asked what North American country first declared war on Japan? Penalty of 10 x 8 count body builders for wrong answer. It was Canada!
FYI: Japan’s invasion of Hong Kong began the morning of December 8th, 1941. Hawaii’s timezone is 18 hours behind, meaning that while British, Indian, and Canadian forces defended against the Japanese forces, war between Canada and Japan was already underway before the first bombs fell on Pearl Harbor. As a result of the Hong Kong invasion as well as the surprise assault on Canada’s North American ally, Prime Minister Mackenzie King (above) declared that a state of war existed with Japan, which preceded President Roosevelt’s address by mere hours.How long was famous FDR “Day of Infamy” speech? 7 minutes!
3 minutes of the suck, 1 minute rest, 3 minutes of the suck.In Canada what is a 2-4? Wrong answer, so 10 x 8 count body builders. It’s a case of beer! 24 pack…
Run the four corners again with 4 burpees at each corner.
Circle up for Mary.
COT
It was an honor to lead!
SYITG
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Remembering Pearl Harbor – from Fracsac
6 pax at the Mothership to remember the day that dragged the USA in WWII.
47 degrees with a light wind and dry conditions.
Warmup up at the peristyle.First fact dropped: At 6:37 a.m. on the morning of December 7th, 1941, the Wickes-class destroyer USS Ward attacked and sank a Ko-hyoteki-class midget submarine near the entrance to the harbor, officially making it not only the first shot fired on that day, but the first American shots in the War in the Pacific. The sub’s periscope was spotted above the water by the minesweeper Condor, which alerted the crew of the Ward, who opened fire on the intruder.
Pax asked official local time the Japanese invasion started. Burpees for being wrong: On December 7, 1941, at 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu.
Mosey to the great lawn. Next fact: 37 pairs or trios of brothers were assigned to the USS Arizona. Of those, 23 sets were killed, constituting 62 men.
5 burpees per corner with 8 burpees at last corner
Bear crawl short sidesPax asked how many Americans were killed this day. Within 300 would not bring on a penalty. We did 10 x 8 count body builders. FYI: Ultimately, 2,403 Americans died in the attack. A total of 18 ships were lost or damaged, including the USS Arizona, which still leaks oil from beneath the war memorial in the harbor. All this damage was inflicted in just two short hours.
18 big boi sit-ups then run to bridge by Cafe Du Monde. Rinse and repeat.
Pax asked what North American country first declared war on Japan? Penalty of 10 x 8 count body builders for wrong answer. It was Canada!
FYI: Japan’s invasion of Hong Kong began the morning of December 8th, 1941. Hawaii’s timezone is 18 hours behind, meaning that while British, Indian, and Canadian forces defended against the Japanese forces, war between Canada and Japan was already underway before the first bombs fell on Pearl Harbor. As a result of the Hong Kong invasion as well as the surprise assault on Canada’s North American ally, Prime Minister Mackenzie King (above) declared that a state of war existed with Japan, which preceded President Roosevelt’s address by mere hours.How long was famous FDR “Day of Infamy” speech? 7 minutes!
3 minutes of the suck, 1 minute rest, 3 minutes of the suck.In Canada what is a 2-4? Wrong answer, so 10 x 8 count body builders. It’s a case of beer! 24 pack…
Run the four corners again with 4 burpees at each corner.
Circle up for Mary.
COT
It was an honor to lead!
SYITG
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If he only had Thumbs!! – from Shooter
Well this morning was cold and windy so the PAX took it down a level. 4 HIMs posted on this mid 30s morning and enjoyed the gloom with some dice and a plate. The star of the morning was Sonny, as he decided to wake up halfway through the beatdown. Only thing missing was thumbs, but if he had some boy would he be dangerous..
We had an extended warmup and then we rolled some dice along with a plate and the occasional loop.
After it was all said and done I believe we had a nice balanced beatdown of some regulars and closed out with core.
Until the next gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!
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What a Beautiful Morning – from Heisenberg
Warm Up – Grass Grabbers IC 15 , Windmills IC 15 , SSH IC 31, Arm Circles IC 10, Seal Claps IC 10, Moroccan Night Clubs IC 10, Burpees IC 10
The Thing – Tabata 40 sec on 20 seconds off
Station 1 – Speed Rope
Station 2 – Burpees
Station 3 – Shadow Box using Egg weights
Station 3 – Step Ups with 20 lb plate
Station 4 – Kettle bell swings
Station 5 – Heavy Rope
Station 6 – 60 lb Sand Bag Rows
Station 7 – 15 lb Curls on stability Pad
Station 8 – Heavy Rope
Station 9 – Step-ups 30lb Ruck
With 5 ish Minutes Left – Back of Museum – Sunday Mornings
Finished with 10 burpees OYO
COTPersonally Curated Playlist
Oklahoma! (Expanded Edition/Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Gordon MacRae
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Remastered 2006) Bing Crosby
Feliz Navidad José Feliciano
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) (Remastered) Nat King Cole
Blue Christmas Elvis Presley
Run Rudolph Run Chuck Berry
Christmas In New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Jingle Bell Rock Bobby Helms
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree Brenda Lee
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Andy Williams
Santa Baby Eartha Kitt
Caroling, Caroling Nat King Cole
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, “Choral”: IV. Finale. “Ode to Joy” (excerpt) (From “Die Hard: With a Vengeance”)
Joy To The World Nat King Cole -
Will the real Ken Cooley please stand up – from Waterpik
Waterpik Q’d, however, since I don’t run and talk. I, Jose10K, was a witness to the entire conversation. This is my recollection of the event in question:
The 5K Diaries: Sweat, Soap, and Socialism
It was a warm, humid, misty morning—perfect conditions for a casual 5K that quickly devolved into a mashup of Hot Takes on Everything. The run kicked off with an innocuous query about why Waterpik doesn’t send out aggressive, mic-dropping press releases. (Seriously, who wouldn’t want to see “BREAKING: Cleanest Gums in the Game!”?) But alas, the user base is too niche and too predictable—just the same folks posting the same tired questions. Moral of the story? Post boldly and question everything.
By mile one, sweat was pouring, and the topic shifted to insurance—where the discussion hit “sprint pace.” Apparently, Ken Cooley emerged like a Revolutionary War reenactor, bellowing something akin to “No premiums without transparency!” Government corruption and spending became the villain of this story.
Mile two brought the big guns: socialism versus capitalism. Shooter, the group’s resident firebrand, went full scorched-earth. The kids these days? Soft. Entitled. Looking for handouts instead of hauling themselves up by their bootstraps. The pension debate? Oh, he was livid. Crooked officials getting fat payouts while the honest folk slog through the system? Don’t even get him started. Shooter’s voice reached such decibels that passing runners thought he was coaching someone through the finish line.
By the time you crossed that 5K marker, it wasn’t just your legs that were exhausted—your brain had run a marathon of debate, grievance airing, and revolutionary rhetoric. And yet, amidst the misty chaos, one thing was clear: never underestimate the power of humidity and a good rant to fuel a run.
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One down and one to go!! – from Shooter
With the Q sheet open and the opportunity to travel North, YHC led the PAX of the Gipper on a mixture of all kinds of coupon work.
Started with warmups of 25 SSH (Jose10k) not 50, arm circles, Cherry pickers, butt kicks, Abe Vogadas, grass grabbers and a warmup lap around trailhead.Returned and gathered our coupons, first series rotated around the PAX picking the stated exercise between 10-20. Some IC and some times were the chosen few. I call them elf on the shelf, however Fletch had another name for them. Barely legal chose curls, Einstein shoulder presses and Moby had us wall sit with Al Gore and our coupons 2 mins stated but modified to 1. YHC had us complete 10 block burpees and take a loop.
Returned for the block train gang where each PAX had a few passes on the end shuffling coupons down then back R/R till all experienced. Block figure eights through the legs, kettle swings and 10 block burpees. Made a loop returned for some block groiners, block jacks, block cheat presses and overhead extenders and 10 block burpees. Returned the coupons and closed with Little Manny crunches and Fludder kicks..Count, announce and COT
Until Friday at the A1c 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!
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Keeping Wednesdays Alive – from Boo-Boo
Three PAX showed up to clear skies, no wind, air temps in the mid-40s, and commitment to keep Wednesdays at JPAX alive.
Slowsey to the pad for a warmup consisting of Grass Grabbers, Imperial Walkers, forward and reverse arm circles, Mountain Man Poopers with Good Mornings, Parker Peter/Peter Parkers, Thai Fighters, and Abe Vigodas.
Scantroned halfway to JPAS and mosey the remainder of the way.
The Thang
7 rounds (8 for Mahatma and Frac to support the 6) of 12 reps per exercise, no rest between reps, 1 minute rest after each round
Box jumps
V-ups
Mountain climbers 2-1
Freddy Mercs
Merkins (PAX choice on variations)
Mosey up the stairs and back down the ramp.
PAX appreciated the new light at the stairs, but also noticed the staged coupons were exposed. After all rounds were completed, PAX slowseyed to the stairs to reorganize the coupon cache.
Mosey to the jogging path for a burpee at each light pole (regardless of whether it was lit or not) around JPAS.
Scantroned halfway to the flag, moseyed the other half. COT with prayers for Mahatma’s niece, Frac’s parents, Boo-Boo’s SIL, and Charmin’s family. Boo-Boo out!
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Jose Can You See, By The Dawn’s Early Light – from Steve
Yeah, I don’t know – I’m not spending 10 minutes racking my little brain for good title today.
So it was a raucous start to the beatdown this morning, which was surprising considering both Russo and YHC were still half asleep when the gun went off. And that gun? Well, that would be everybody’s favorite jailbird, Jose 10k, fresh off the chain gang and coming in hot with a 5k already under his belt.
Russo mentioned offhandedly that Shooter had signed up to Q for “like, the whole week,” and man oh man, that was when the fireworks began.
“The whole week? 2 Q’s equal the ‘whole week’?! Do you Mandevillans know how to count?!?”
I get it, though – don’t disrespect both math and the man’s 6-day Q streak in the same breath. Too soon, Russo, too soon.
Well, it was time to get this party started, so naturally Russo took off his long sleeve shirt because yeah, even before the warmorama, 42 degrees is just too hot for him.
Usual warm up before relocating to the beautifully lit archway on the trace (even Jose will allow that it is a “feature” of Granny’s/Splashpad) for a set of 11’s: T-merkins on one end, merkins on the other. We got maybe a third of the way through before Jose had to make his usual early departure, whereupon Russo and I quickly shut down the 11’s and headed out to the tunnel.
20x lunges at every intersection. Then a quick incremental ladder of B.O.M.B.S with backwards run up the ramp between sets, and it was time to return, stopping for Bulgarians and calf raises and an abbreviated Mary.
COT, with prayers for JV’s flight test today (he passed!). Thanks Russo and Jose for the laughs, the conversations, the push – appreciate you both.
