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  • Earth Day @ the A1C – from Einstein

    …and the Q forgot to do some Al Gore’s

    Warmup:
    all 20xIC: Toe Touch, Side Straddle Hops, Shoulder Rolls, High Knees, Arm Circles,
    Butt Kicks, Hi Jack Hi Jills, Imperial Walkers, Neck Rolls, Hillbillys

    Thang: atop the Justice Center Parking Garage

    First round- using the down ramp; a few burpees, then side shuffle down ramp, a few burpees, then back peddle up ramp, repeat with side shuffle facing opposite.

    Second round: lunge-walk forward two parking spaces, lunge walk backward one parking space, traversing the whole upper deck

    Third round: one squat with a 3 count up-down pulse at each parking space stripe, traversing the whole upper deck

    for the pit-stop at the four corners we did:
    20 hip rolls
    20 bird wings (on your stomach with bird wing flap type motion)
    20 reverse pushups (on your stomach bringing shoulder blades back in pinching type move)
    20 crunchy frogs
    20 atomic sit-ups
    20 swimmers (on your stomach with breast stroke type motion)
    20 left elbow to right knee sit-ups
    20 right elbow to left knee sit-ups

    last minute, Jose leads with leg lifts, then The Hammer with gas-pumps

    Count-o-rama

    The Hammer led us out with a prayer.

    Thanks guys. Always good to start the day with my fellow galoots.

  • Breaking down the walls – from Shooter

    With YHC out for the week coming up I decided to sign up for back to back Qs.. Arrived at the top of the A1c to Hammer running around and Jose 10k planting the shovel flag through the wire guard rail.. Must admit the A1c checks the box for the coolest way to shovel plant than any other AO.. PAX increases by 2 more as BBQ and Moby pull up.. We get started with our warmup and as we get about 4 exercises in there are lights coming up the ramp.. Could it be the always behind Cowbell? Not this time,! Its an unfamiliar truck and as we chatter amongst the circle Mathlete (Kenny Rocks as later determined) exits and joins in..

    Warmarama
    15IC Seal jacks, Toe Touches, Self love, Cherry Pickers, Arm circles, SSH and Grass grabbers.

    Thang
    Walls of Jericho introduced a few years back by Grundy…
    7 exercises 7 reps 7 rounds with a lap in between..
    Exercises 8count body builders, Merkins, Mountain climbers 2×1, plank jacks, Donkey kickoffs, lunges 2×1 and jump squats.. Run a lap around the top of the parking garage.. R/R

    Finished with 4 minutes so took to our 6 for some Mary 15IC Little Manny crunches, Left leg over right knee oblique crunches F/J..

    Count, announce and COT

    Congratulations and T👏🏼 to Mathlete with his recent 🏆 in the JuJitSu tournament and the passing of his contractor test…

    Till the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • Real Simple – from Mobydick

    Couldn’t get much simpler. Three old guys and the kid drag the chain up and down the garage ramp for 45 min. Actually it was a Tabata like sprint drag. The Pax each took hold of the ends of the doubled chain and a third grabbed the middle. Then the ends sprint dragged past the middle til all their chain was stretched out. Then the middle sprint dragged between them till the chain pulled taught. Then repeat. It took 4 alternating drag tests each to get to the top. The odd man out lunged or sprinted to the top where all rotated and repeated to the bottom Ritate and back to the top. After 45 minutes of that mission declared accomplished

  • BLIMPS – from Jose10k

    I tried to reach out and get some help late Thursday evening on a beatdown. I called the great Cowbell for some wisdom, however, straight to voicemail. Perhaps he knew that I would EH him once I asked him for help. Oh well, I decided to go with one of his favorites: BLIMPS.
    Warm-up: ssh, grass grabbers, windmills, torso twists.
    The Thang: mosey to the bottom of the garage. BLIMPS: Burpees, Lunges, imperial walkers, plankjacks, and squats 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30. In between each one, run up the stairs, sprint the length of the garage, back down the stairs, sprint back to the starting spot. Mosey to the courthouse and repeat BLIMPS. Mosey back up to the garage for some Mary. COT
    Hammer prayed us out
    Bean and barely legal were running up the stairs as we drove off, I guess they forgot the beatdown starts at 5:15

  • “Gloves recommended” only for some Bushwacker! – from Shooter

    With special thanks to the sky Q, it appeared we survived the turbulent weather from the night before on the Northside of the lake.. Keep those in the destructive path in NOLA and St Bernard in your thoughts and prayers today.

    Arrived to at the Old Winn Dixie with Bushwacker sleeping in the upright position in his truck with his foot on the brake.. Thankfully the truck was turned off, how one knew this is there was no headlights on and only brake lights as the hoodie wearing Bushwacker came too as I blew the horn.. YHC had wondered from the previous night if there were any lights on up there, as he could NEVER get a clear response of our meet up, “Hello MCFLY”!! Nevertheless he exited the vehicle and jumped in for our journey to the Gipper..

    We arrived at the empty shell lot and wandered over to the breezeway.. Within moments the headlights started shining through as more PAX arrived.. First up being Murdock, who clearly has taken the Red pill 💊 and committed since being introduced at the Gipper a few weeks back by our recently deployed HogsBreath.. Quite impressive to hear he has already read “Freed to Lead” and announced this gloom a GoRuck event he committed to in September out in GA and get this already paid for 🤑…. If interested be sure to ask him, as I believe he has committed to posting at 4 AO’s this week alone… Next Akbar and BBQ emerge out of the darkness followed by Barely legal and Moby, by the way the latter soon to be 73, but for now he will remind you it’s only 72.99996…

    YHC prepared the PAX with the disclaimer and the recommendation of gloves, which all seemed to be prepared -1…

    Started with a warmup of SSH, Grass grabbers, Cherry Pickers, Self-love, Monkey 🙈 and Butt kicks all 15IC..

    PAX gathered are coupons and corralled back under the breezeway..

    5 Eight count Body Builders
    10 Squat thrusters
    15 Kettle swings
    20 Overhead presses

    Shoulder our coupon to the backside of the Justice center where we partnered up..
    P1 did curls for the girls while P2 moseyed to the stairs for bunny hops up and returned to pickup count. 150 was the count..

    Re shouldered our coupons and journeyed to the front of the Justice center.. P1 step-ups on benches while P2 utilized the rails on the ramps to rail crawl.. 150 total count..

    Indian marched back as the last PAX extended coupon overhead.. PAX each got 2 rounds of the overhead..

    Upon return we R/R what we started as has become the recent theme started with Steve a few weeks back.. Returning the coupon with 2 mins remaining we completed 20IC Mountain climbers and closed with a blank..

    Count, Announce, COT

    Thanks to Barley legal for the prayers and thoughts to those that experienced the unusual tornado event last night!!

    Appreciate the follow gents and until the next Gloom 👊🏼💪🏼✌🏼!!

  • A1C is the Hexadecimal Equivalent of 2588 – from Einstein

    …and it just happens to be how old I felt after laying out for a few months.

    after some chit-chat and a short disclaimer we got to it…

    Warmup:
    all 20xIC: Toe Touch, Side Straddle Hops, Shoulder Rolls, High Knees, Arm Circles,
    Thumb Drives, Butt Kicks, Hi Jack Hi Jills, Neck Rolls, Smurf Jacks, maybe some more…

    Thang:
    Standard playday with core exercises at the four corners
    and using the parking lot stripes as a template:

    loop 1:lunge walk forward two stripes, lunge walk backward 1 stripe, repeat, traversing the upper deck
    loop 2:deep squat at every parking space, with a four count bounce
    loop 3:merkin at every parking space

    Count-o-rama

    Russo led us out with prayer.

    Thanks guys. Always extremely decent of you letting me lead.
    And thanks for the ride home Fletch

  • Lindsey who? – from Akbar

    YHC was early this gloom, committing to the 1 miler pre-thang but arriving to no one — just for a little while. An FNG joined me (EH’d by Hogsbreath) and we chatted until one by one they arrived from the dark.

    PAX: Akbar, Hogsbreath, Leroy (FNG), Moby Dick, Blue Note, BBQ, Barely Legal, Hammer

    Warm up: SSH, IW, Hillbillies, Arm Circles, Self-Love, Grass Grabbers

    Head to the block pile and pick out a coupon for 11’s.

    Curls, block carry across the gravel parking area, Shoulder Presses

    Put blocks down, mosey to the Justice Center for Lindsays, aka forties.

    Let’s call them high rep 11’s. Ex 1 is 30 reps, ex 2 is 10 – increases/decrease by 5 until finished. Total 200 reps

    Start at the benches with Freak Nasties x30; lunge walk to the stairs and do 5 calf raises; traverse up to the top of stairs for 10 Irkins then jog back. Rinse and Repeat

    Mosey back to the gravel parking lot via Kareokes left to the stop sign; Karaoke right to the silver pickup, then sprint to the flag.

    Finisher – 11’s of block rows and squats – no mosey.

    Circle up for no mary, but 10 Imperial Squat Walkers (I think).

    Count, Name, welcome Murdock!

    Announcements – see Hammer’s post on Slack for supporting The Nehemiah Project’s Endurathon – spots left to run. Held at Fountainbleu State Park, we will be camping in the group area both nights – so sign up to run and come on out for the party.

    YHC prayed us out with special lift ups for speedy recovery for injured pax, the War, Hogsbreath’s upcoming deployment to Thailand, and for an opportunity for us to shine light into others this week.

    Thanks for showing up and letting me lead!

    SYITG, Akbar

    NMM

    Wasn’t quite sure on timing for this one, but worked out pretty good if you don’t like Mary. Great to be back at the Gipper after being out of town.

    Hammer did a pre-pre thang run with the Nehamiah boys at 5, and headed up to The Gipper afterward.

    Leroy and Hogsbreat know each other from church, another Pax from Pearl River. He’s a medevac pilot currently working for Childrens. Mash and Murdock came out immediately, but YHC was a big fan of the A-Team and Murdock it was.

  • Challenge accepted and completed BBQ!! – from Shooter

    It was nice to get back out in the Gloom with my brethren a little further toward the North.. Plan initially was to Q the Gipper this week, but with a change to YHC plans Bubba graciously stepped up and covered, so seeing the Q sheet open for the A1c I simply shifted days.. Knowing the location in Covington always has coupons, I planned the beatdown with that in mind… From past backblasts post I knew to grab 4 coupons and that should be good as my interest were to partner up and share the coupons for today’s challenge.. PAX quickly swelled to 6 after my arrival at the 2nd level with Moby, Sonny and Jose 10k awaiting. I intended on heading to the top, but the softies of Covington like to meet under the covered portion when there is a little sprinkle 🌧 🥶! Just kidding of course because if it’s not necessary to get wet in low 50 degree weather than why should we… As for the other challenge of getting this BB completed, top this BBQ 2 hours following the beatdown.. “Anything you can do, I can do better!” 😬

    Warmup
    20IC SSH, Cherry Pickers
    10IC Windmills, Grass grabbers
    20IC Hillbillies, Imperial walkers, Butt kicks

    Thang
    Partnered up utilizing each of the 2 garage lanes. 3 stations

    First round
    25, 50 and 100

    25 Man Makers with the coupon each partner completed there own rep count.
    P1 did called exercise while P2 Sprinted out and then returned back pedaling.

    50 Squat Thrusters
    P1 did called exercise while P2 Carioca down and back.
    100 Curls for the girls
    P1 did called exercise while P2 Back pedaled up the incline ramp then sprinted down..

    Each group cycled through all.

    Second round (cut short on time only completed 2 stations) however BBQ did grab a rep after it was called on the alternating block Merkin..
    25, 50 and 75

    25 Alternating block Merkins.
    P1 called exercise while P2 Bear crawled 2 parking spaces, bunny hopped 2 parking spaces and crab walked 2 parking spaces. R/R
    Moseyed back.

    50 Kettle bell swings
    P1 called exercise while P2 lunge walked 2 parking spaces sprint 2. R/R down the parking garage and Mosey back.

    75 Tricep extensions
    P1 called exercise while P2 Bunny hopped 4 parking spaces and Bear Crawled 4 parking spaces returned with a Mosey…

    Ran short of time to cycle all groups through the 2nd round..

    Count, announce, COT with Moby taking us out!!!

    👏🏼👏🏼 To getting in the work gentlemen and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Can Do! And we miss Einstein. – from BBQ

    Can Do! The PAX was a mighty 4 on the upper deck of the A1C. A deck of cards from a transportation trade show was used for the exercises. This swag was from a rail service in Canada named Cando. “Can Do “ became the theme and battle cry. After the warm up cards were drawn one at a time. Each suit represented an exercise. The four were hand release merkins, jump squats, LBC’s and leg lifts. Each card represented the # of reps and 1-13. 91 total reps for each exercise were done except LBC’s were doubled. The jokers were a mosey with star jacks mixed in. SJ’s are an Einstein fav. We missed him and hope his shoulder therapy will work. And he is back soon. In his honor the warm ups and cool downs included swimmers, thumb drives and shoulder rolls. Russo prayed us out. He challenged the PAX to be the light and help others.

  • Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today To get through this thing called life Electric word life, it means forever and that’s a mighty long time But I’m here to tell you, there’s something else The afterworld, a world of never ending happiness You can always see the sun, day or night So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills You know the one, Dr. Everything’ll Be Alright Instead of asking him how much of your time is left? Ask him how much of your mind, baby ‘Cause in this life things are much harder than in the afterworld This life you’re on your own And if de-elevator tries to bring you down Go crazy, punch a higher floor – from Jose10k

    I showed up early to put a mile in for RCR, which I always listen to music. Our resident pop culture expert, Hammer, inquired what I was listening to. I told him Prince’s Let’s go crazy. To which he just belted out the lyrics as if he wrote them. Most impressive.
    Warm-ups: ssh, grass grabbers, torso twists, cherry pickers all in cadence
    The thang: Mosey to the courthouse for some 11’s. Merkins and jump squats with running the length and up the courthouse steps. Once finished, on lap around the courthouse, then a quick trip to the rock garden. Picked up a good rock for some curls for the girls, rows for the bros, and overhead presses (all in cadence). Back to the A1C for round robin core. Hammer prayed us out. As always, thanks for letting me lead. Still waiting for cowbell to show up on Friday, maybe even Q.