Granny’s house is the only real wild card in the northshore schedule these days. While other AO’s maintain a consistent crew, Granny’s House can fluctuate greatly. And it’s kinda nice not knowing what you’ll get – sometimes it’s 8-10 pax, other times it’s 2. For two weeks in a row, though, it’s been a packed house. Maybe because of the special appearances by Captain Sparkles? Who can say. But it was nice to have a solid number of men in the gloom this morning, up early enough to hear the rooster crow. Literally. That’s right, we have a rooster at Granny’s House. (Or, at least, in the general vicinity of Granny’s.)
Warmorama (under the safe confines of the covered corridor, while the rain petered off): Toe Touches x15 IC, 10 Merkins, SSH x15 IC, 8 Merkins, IW x15 IC, 6 Merkins, Copperhead Squats x15 IC, 4 Merkins, High Knees x15 IC, 2 Merkins, Butt Kicks x15 IC.
The Thang:
This beatdown was a bit of a medley – less rinse and repeat, more mosey from COP to COP. Our first mosey was through the woods over to the Marigny intersection for a quick set of Peter Parkers, Alternating Should Taps, and Parker Peters, all 20x IC.
Then onward to the Lamarque intersection, where the Pax circled up to perform monkey humpers while each man got a turn at 5x jump squats. A neighborhood dog caught sight of Wacker humping and, well, let’s just say it’s a good thing there was both a fence and the dog’s owner came out to restrain him. Between that and the rooster, it was pretty clear that it was time to move on, so we moseyed quickly over to the Marsh’s pull-up bars.
First up, a set of 7’s : 6 hanging knees-to-chest to 1 Sister Mary Katherine. Next up, 20 squat / pull-up combos OYO.
Another mosey, this time back towards Granny’s, but with a quick stop on Girod to circle up for Al Gore, while each pax quickly performs 5x IW’s.
Mosey onward, until we were safely back at the trailhead, where YHC confidently explained how to do Bear Crawl Merkins across the length of the corridor. Incorrect explanation, but done with great confidence so no one questioned it until about halfway through, when someone realized the count should be an odd number to correctly alternate our staggered merkins. Regardless though, the pax seemed to enjoy.
Another mosey, this time to the bus stop benches for: 10x Jump Overs, Freak Nasties x10 IC, Knee Ups R Leg x10 IC, Freak Nasties x10 IC, Knee Ups L Leg x10 IC, Freak Nasties x10 IC.
Back to the start for a blast from the past, an old favorite that YHC had nearly forgotten (thanks Bushwacker for mentioning groiners and triggering a light bulb moment): an 8-count exercise known as Absolution. It involves groiners, Makhtar N’Diayes, and plank jacks, and it’s a pain in the ass to count off. But we managed to knock out 10 of those IC and then finally finished up with a muddy Mary of: flutter kicks, high flutters, LBCs, crunchy frogs, and Putins, all 20x IC.
COT and Captain took us out with a special prayer for Dan Ziegler, who was seriously injured in the Metairie condo fire over the weekend. Please send your thoughts and prayers to Dan and his family. And thank you men for the opportunity to lead!
