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  • 1 Year Manniversary – from Pool Boy

    Beautiful Friday morning 57 degrees. Gave the obligatory warnings and headed to the Football field. Scantron and Triple Shift went KOT’s.

    Warmups consisted of:
    SSH’s
    Armcircles;all types
    Abe Vigoda’s
    Grass Grabbers
    Low Slow Squats
    Imperial Walkers
    Slow Merkins
    Burpees

    The Thang
    100 yard’s back and forth of Bear Crawl, Leap Frog, Leap Frog with Partner, Leap Frog Burpee
    Mosey to the Rock Pile and select a rock. In silence: sort of
    Rock Merkins
    Curls
    Overhead Press
    Squats
    Crunches(with rock)
    Rock Press
    Mosey back toward the flag for Rock Toss – Partner up and chunk the biggest rock you have back and forth over the fence to one another. About 5 minutes. Rifle carry Indian Walk back to the rock pile.
    Finished with Mary
    Sprint back to the flag.
    COT
    As this was my 1 year anniversary, thank you all for your support.

  • Common company for some but not the Q!! – from Shooter

    With the coolest morning upon us since last winter, 4 PAX joined YHC for the normal 5k. It felt like old times as Waterpik came moseying in on foot and Cowbell came rolling in as the warmup was underway.. YHC would have accompanied the lone Rucker Akbar had he not removed his Ruck from the car.. After the warmup of SSH, Windmills, Imperial walkers, GM, Mountain climbers, Peter Parker’s and Parker Peters the runners set out down E Causeway approach to Monroe down to Messina right to the gate and back to the AO.
    It was the Qs first opportunity to run with Cowbell, as Hammer and Pic set the pace with consideration for the big guy.. Enjoyed the conversation about hunting throughout the run, thanks Cowbell for stoking the thoughts of my future weekend in the woods..
    YHC had intentions of closing with some Core but after 20 WW1 sit-ups and the lack of recent post the cramps got the best of this Q, so he called multiple audibles, Carolina dry docks and Merkins to wrap-up..

    Appreciate the post gentlemen and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Afternoon Delight 11-1-2023 – from Almonaster

    A real Cold Front!

    PAX:

    – Strings
    – Blowout
    – Almonaster

    Warmup:

    Side Straddle Hops – 20
    Arm Circles -10 IC
    Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
    Hill Billy’s – 10 IC
    Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
    The Morpheus – 10
    Balance on 1 foot for 10 seconds – Each Foot
    Grass Grabbers – 10
    Wind Mills – 10 IC
    Mountain Climbers – 10 IC

    The Thang:

    We have a perfect figure 8 parking lot by the Clubhouse that we used to run laps intertwined with stretching and exercises. Ran over 2 miles!

    Run a Lap
    Hip joint and flexor stretches, both legs
    Run a Lap
    Hamstring stretches – both legs
    Run a Lap
    Slow Merkins – 20 IC
    Run a Lap
    Low Slow Squats 20 IC
    Run a Lap
    Leg stretches, right middle, and left
    Run a lap

    Mary

    LBC’s – 20 IC
    Freddie Mercuries – 20 IC
    Hello Dollies – 20 IC
    Angry Roach – 20 IC
    Penguins – 20 IC
    Douillie’s – 20 IC

    Back to Flag

    Birthdays
    Anniversaries
    Announcements
    Intentions
    Prayer

  • All Souls Day Beatdown – from Charmin

    Vagabond was very insistent that the shorted form of his name is pronounced Vag and not Vag. Since he ran with Fracksack, we named them Vag Frack. Bolt tried to steal the Q but when he said he didn’t want to write the Backblast so YHC is getting credit again.

    Ended in a COT praying for family members both who are sick and who have passed on since it is All Souls Day today.

  • Running and stuff – from Charmin

    Same ole same ole. Consistency is key.

  • Men, Saints and Jurpees – from Paradox

    -Can a man change over time?

    -Can a beatdown plan pivot on the spot when the need is great?

    -Has YHC listened to the song “When the Saints go marching in” a single time in his life ?

    -Was man created to Jurp alone?

    These were the questions 9 High Impact Men had to ponder on a crisp cool (dare I say chilly) Tuesday Tuff at the stage.
    On Saturday at the Peltch we searched for the monster within and YHC thought it only appropriate on All Hallows Eve that today we search for the Saints within. (Plus I used up most of my primo Haloween material) YHC also had the privilege of leading the beatdown on the last day of Jurptober so there was no pitch left but the surgically repaired fastball. YHC had a loosely knit plan to go heavy burpees/merkin. But you know how it goes , sometimes God sees your plan thinks it’s cute and suggests ManMakers instead.

    Duke!! you are not the patron saint of baked beans
    Roll the footage!

    Warmup

    Props to the 3 pax who came in costume! Goose was terrifying as Dredd, Pope looked valiant as Pat Tillman and YJ was spot on as “that guy from college that wore a t-shirt in cold weather to impress the ladies”. Groundhog Ronnie was sporting long sleeves which tells us it was somewhere between 30-50 degrees F. (If that man puts on pants you will need Vaseline to keep your eyelids unfrozen ). We did all the usuals with some MCs to get the blood dispersed evenly.

    Ominous mosey to the Coupon Depot

    I had intended this little warm up song to be standard issue IW/burpees format. But when I saw the way Wet Tap was looking at those coupons…I hope my children look at their spouses with that much love one day….that’s when the audibles began. Who am I to rob a man of his God given right to lift heavy concrete?

    Song
    “When the Saints go Marchin in “
    Curls on song
    2 Man Makers on Saint
    (24 man makers, laughable amount of curls)
    YHC knew this would be pretty humorous as soon as we got started. Listened to this one on the way to the beatdown and I could have sworn there were only 4-5 “saints “ in there. Pesky memory.

    Thang 1

    The Road to Sainthood

    YHC has recently been fascinated by the process of Sainthood. The scrutiny , the interviews, and the thorough search of a life for holiness. It can reveal so much about how we can strive for this in our own lives and the variety of grace God bestows on the saints when they depend on him.

    There would be 4 stops

    *Indian run there with drop off 3 burpees , it felt right.

    25 Big Boys (servant of God)
    25 v ups (Venerable)
    25 burpees (Blessed )
    25 man makers (Saint)

    Again this was originally going to be merkins and burpees at the end but the call of the man makers won out.

    So now we have an idea of the process of sainthood. Another amazing aspect is the wide variety of vocations God calls us to. As CS Lewis said “how monotonously alike are all the tyrants and conquerors, how gloriously different are the saints. “
    So we would try our hand at a little Patron Saint Trivia.

    Correct – 7 burpees
    Incorrect – 7 burpees, bearcrawl , 7 merkins

    Patrons and Saints below :

    PS of retreats/retreatant-St Ignatius
    PS of Academics- St Thomas Aquinas
    PS of doctors – St Luke
    PS of Eyes- St Lucy
    PS of Finance- St Matthew
    PS of Musicians- St Cecilia
    PS of Engineers- St Patrick
    PS of Internet- St Isidore of Seville
    PS of Parish Priest – St John Vianney
    PS of Military- St Michael

    The men crushed these and racked up 70 burpees in a flash. And YHC was shocked to look down and see 2 minutes left on the clock. Another audible

    Only one way to finish the beatdown portion of Jurptober …

    AMRAP man makers.
    It was glorious , pretty sure Wet Tap cried tears of joy.

    Amazing effort here by all.

    Back to the flag for numbering naming and such.

    Announcement
    **F3 Thib MAnniversary Thursday at the peltch

    **Goose Farewell Party Nov 12

    COT and Goose prayed us out

    Mega shoutout to all the hard core Jurpers out there. I’m sure YJ and Goose will be covering this more eloquently but there was some serious iron sharpening going on this month.
    Glad to see dat Dawg alive and well with the Thib pax.

    Thank you for the privilege to lead today men.

    Epilogue

    The following is a journal excerpt from Vatican records of the Cardinal Cause of Saints in the year 2623 during the investigation of the last documented Miracle of Blessed Yankee Jeaxsiphine.

    It’s recorded from the personal writings of a Franciscan friar, Fr Paradox the 19th. He was tasked with finding and interpreting ancient USBs from the year 2023 , the year it was reported that the Blessed Jeaux had organized a men’s workout challenge called Jurptober…

    Journal Entry -Fr Pdox
    Nov 2, 2623:

    Today I completed my life’s work.
    After years of searching the deep jungle bayous of ancient Thibodaux my team discovered the USB from a hut in the Rienzi Temple district. After careful extraction of the data we reviewed , my team was baffled. It contained data accumulation that should take 20 men 2 years to compile but there was only one with admin privileges in 30 days!
    How…how could it be? One man! This much data , it was so neatly organized, this much dedication to iron sharpening ?! My eyes went blurry as I realized I was looking at the final miracle of Blessed Jeaux. I wondered what had driven a man to this level of commitment. then I read a tiny note accompanying the usb. It was one of Blessed Jeauxs original entries dated Oct 31, 2023.

    “Today Dox was nice to me, maybe …maybe, we can all change.”

    I want to be in that number …when the Saints go marching in…

    SYITG
    Dox

  • 100s – from Vagabond

    Warmup

    Football Field

    Do each of the following then run 100 yards and back plank and wait for 6

    100 flutter kicks 1 is 1
    90 Shoulder taps
    80 side straddle hops
    70 Plank jacks
    60 LBCs
    50 Squats
    40 Curls
    30 rows
    20 overhead press
    10 prisoner kneels with rock

    Ring of fire

  • Fathers Pushing Farther – from Charmin

    Originally, YHC was supposed to Q this workout on 10/23, however when a stomach bug required more Charmin than anything, plans had to be postponed.

    That being said, a week later, the Q comes and 5 pax show up.

    Important Numbers for this workout: 12, 3, 10, 22,

    My father was born on 12/3 and died 10/22/22 and so these numbers served as the basis for rep counts for this workout.

    Countoff to start so that we would know that no man gets left behind.

    Mosey to jungle gym area.

    12 x SSH IC
    3 x Burpees OYO
    10 x Grass Grabbers IC
    11 x Peter Parkers IC
    11 x Parker Peters IC
    (11+11=22)

    Arms: 10 of each Forward, backwards, T Claps, MNC’s, Picking Cherries, Dropping them in a bucket. Picking and Dropping Cherries was done until groans since Kennah-Brah didn’t think that they hurt enough from Monday.

    Mosey on over to JPAC. Along the way, there was mumblechatter about if it was JPAS or JPAC and it was decided that from henceforth, it would be know as JPAX.

    Self love at the newly named JPAX.

    The Thang:
    Wall of Jericho as a group around the JPAX. Talk about your fathers and a memory you have of/with them while doing this. When we return to the front, we would do one of the following exercise.

    12 x Merkins IC
    3 x Monkey Humpers towards to police station OYO (this received more criticism than expected)
    10 x Groiners IC. Since this weeks Q-Source is about apprenticeship, YHC decided to apprentice Vagabond in leading groiners.
    22 x Squats IC

    12 x Partner Shrugs OYO. This was a good trust and ab exercise and will be incorporated i to future workouts much to pax’s chagrin.

    Back to Playground for Mary
    ABC’s with our feet, which are a great but simple way to end the workout. Also note, all capital letters.

    COT Ended with YHC sharing about my father and the impact he had and continues to have on my life. While his death was sudden, the way he lived his life was purposeful. His love language was definitely asks of service, which has shown me how to love others intentionally.

  • And the North Wind Blew – from Mobydick

    Felt a whole lot colder than it was. Enough to keep the fart sacks full of Gippers except for the oldest Gipper. Just as well cause he was just off a Chiropractor visit that confirmed his lower back was locked up. Good news is all will be loose in time. It gave YHC a chance to stretch without having to provide a beatdown for the masses. The seasonal adjustment will see more participants next time. This is not the worst the guys have turned out for.

  • Accountability trumps blustery weather – from Bolt

    YHC debated posting as he handed out candy and occasionally ate some (to merely enhance the taste of the wine—er, I mean heart “medicine”). Charmin shared he was a scratch, choosing salvation over suffering in the gloom, as did Minute Rice…my likelihood of posting was dropping with the temperatures. War Eagle called for attendance in Slack and offered to Q—there was no going back; I had to Q lest I be subjected to whatever War Eagle would’ve cobbled together and with text commitment from Rev, it was decided.
    Waromrama of the usuals sans music (I did not like it—one and done). Queue the music for the Thang:
    30 sec timer holds a pull up position while pax do an exercise AMRAP, rotate until each pax is timer: Merkins, Squats, Derkins, Lunges

    Make our way to gym equipment changing mode of transport every other light pole: high knees, mosey, shuffle each direction, Carioca facing each way, walk forward/ backwards, toy soldiers, open/close gate.

    Once at the gym, Morning Calls (5 pull ups called while pax plank and move on the count: derkins). The Thang, Thang: Four stations with 1 minute of work
    Followed by 10 sec rest/switch stations: Incline press, tricep dips, step ups, decline big boys. Rinse and repeat then mosey back to flag on Rev’s pace.

    Not wanting to cheat the pax out of their final minute, on the six for everyone’s favorite: Protractors! That seemed like and 86 second minute.

    COT. Prayers for PVC’s nephew, Boo Boo, War Eagle’s wife’s pregnancy, and Bolt’s boss after the loss of her dad. Thanks for keeping me accountable, men.