Tag: BBQ

  • The AARP at the A1C – from Jose10k

    70 degrees to start a beatdown? It’s glorious to finally have cooler temperatures in the morning. A quintet took the red pill and showed up this morning. It was the usual group of older gentlemen. I know the splash pad likes to think of themselves as the “young guns”, and they often make small cracks about the average age of the A1C. Don’t worry, we’ve heard all of them. 1. Which underwear brand do seniors love best? It Depends.
    2. You know you’re getting old when your birthday cake is a fire hazard.
    3. Aging gracefully is a nice way of saying you’re slowly looking worse.
    But perhaps one of my favorites: A wealthy old man spots an attractive lady at the grocery store and approaches her with an offer.
    He says, “Ma’am, you are very beautiful, and I would love to give you $1,000.”
    The woman, surprised and flattered, says, “That’s very kind of you, but what would I have to do?”
    The old man says, “Just follow me home, take off all your clothes, pick the money up off the floor, and then you can get dressed and leave.”
    “Wow, she says, that sounds great, but I’ll have to ask my husband if it’s okay with him first.”
    *Woman calls her husband, explains the proposition and asks him what he thinks*
    Husband says, “Yeah baby, we could really use the money. Just pick it up real quick, get dressed, and get out of there.”
    So the lady goes back to the old man, says she’ll do it, then follows him home, strips completely naked, and starts picking up the $1,000 off the floor.
    *An hour later, her husband calls her cellphone and asks what’s taking so long.*
    The lady, huffing and puffing, says, “That dirty old man paid me in quarters, dimes, and nickels!”
    You can make fun of the average age at the A1C all you want, but they’ll put a beatdown on you, and you’ll be sore the next day.

    The warm-up: the usual exercises to get the blood flowing
    The thang: The deck of death gentlemen. Normally YHC goes crazy with the Merkins, however, I was feeling a little frisky this morning. I called out nothing but wife pleasers for the clubs. Burpees for the lower numbers, various exercises for the high numbers. Reverse mountain climbers, scorpion kicks, leg lifts, squats, and then the crazy BBQ jokers. Deon Sanders back peddling, Star Jumps on every other parking line, and then the attempt to throw another Joker in the mix. These old guys tend to forget that there are only 2 Jokers in the deck. Dementia seems to be settling in. 45 minutes later, full body work out, sweat jug getting filled (look out Zoolander), and a sense of accomplishment to start the day. COT, intentions to young Phoenix who is doing better each day. 9/11 run to remember with Bushwacker on the 9th at the Gipper. Grundy has week 0 of the IronPax challenge. I heard it’s tough. So tough that Frank the Tank can’t even do it. Apparently he’s too old to even attempt it. BBQ prayed us out. Thanks for letting me lead such a great group of “young” men. Suck it splash pad. Thanks for the read y’all and Russo.

  • R.E.S.P.E.C.T find out what it means to be!! – from Shooter

    All YHC can say today is that he has the utmost Respect for the PAX he was privileged to lead today!! Having the availability to post the A1c with my gym partner away fixing to crush his qualifier, it was nice to have 6 men take the red pill 💊 on this 🥵 Gloom..

    Warmup
    10IC and 15IC
    Arm circles, Torso twists, Cherry Pickers,
    Toe Touches, Grass Grabbers, SSH, Imperial walkers, Hillbillies and Mummy kicks..

    Thang
    PAX moseyed to the Northside parking lot. Instructions were simple 5 burpee, 10 Merkins, 15 Jump squats, 20 Flutter kicks 2:1, 25 leg raises and 30 Mountain climbers 2:1.
    Each station we added the exercise but also started with each of the previous. So the rep counts accumulated and some heavy breathing occurred. The hot 🥵 asphalt intensified the sweat, so much so that Jose10k rang out his shirt multiple times along the way mentioning the old sweat jug challenge and how he could have filled half the jug potentially just this morning 🤢.
    Once finished we moseyed around the parking garage a found the hottest little corner with no circulation of air. There we located a barricade for the next instruction of overhead presses 25 OYO, while the PAX utilized the wall for JackWeb Burpees 1 burp 2 donkey kickoffs.
    Moseyed to the opposite corner of the garage with another barricade available. Partners for curls with the barricade, while the PAX moseyed down and backpedaled back..
    Moseyed back to the flag and wrapped up with count, announce and COT provided by Jose10k..

    Appreciate you men following my lead and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Campfire Sing Along at The Gipper – from Einstein

    Well, it was more of a fart-along with Moby farting to the tune of “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple.
    The Pax arrived to the A1C in total darkness – with the usual parking lot lighting not in operating order. And with the almost new moon, it was just plain dark.

    Luckily, eagle scout Jose10K just happened to have a lantern in his car, so with that, we circled around the light, whipped out the trusty deck-of doom and we were off.
    So, warm up (as if we needed to be warmer), then hit the deck with a round-robin, each Pax assigned to a suit, and their choice of exercise.

    BBQ led us out with prayer.

  • Nine at The Gipper – from Einstein

    Heat & humidity for the gathered PAX, this Wednesday morning, at The Gipper. With guest pax Assange from the Birmingham mother ship location.
    Maverick and Gilligan rolled in way past hot.

    Long Warmup:
    Toe Touch, SSHops, Neck Rolls, Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Peter Parkers, etc.

    Mosey to the coupon cache location – WHOA – not enough blocks in our normal spot – Moby and company had to run to the rock pile and borrow a few from the Covington Garden Club display.

    Thang – all cinder block work except for the run, and rotating block locations – so we could all get a turn using the two-ton-tony waterlogged cinder blocks

    Round 1: blockees, curls, overhead press, goblet squats, then run around downtown Covington water tower/depot trapezoid loop

    Round 2: big boy situps with block on chest, leg lifts over the block, chest press with block, GRRs(grip,rip,and roll from the exicon) – YIKES
    then run around downtown Covington water tower/depot trapezoid loop

    Round 3: rows, kettle bell swings, murder bunnies up and down the grassy knoll, finished up with bear crawl/block drag up and down the grassy knoll

    Time is up – return coupons

    Circle-up, Count-o-rama, Gilligan leads us out with prayer.

  • Up and down with the cards! – from BBQ

    Up and down with the cards! 3 answered the call this morning. The average age was 66! 1 year older than Wednesday’s beat down at the Gipper. We started with the usual dozen warm ups. A mosey lap on the top deck to finish the warm up. YHC used a deck of cards to set the exercises. Hearts were Copper Head squats. Diamonds were hand release merkins. Clubs were 2 as 1 LBC’s. Spades were drawers choice. The card number and face card drove the reps. 2-14 with aces 14. Diamonds came fast and furious. Spades drew side straddle hops, gas pumps, cherry pickers and others to mix it up. We had 7 cards left when ran out of time. COT with Nameorama and BBQ prayed us out. It was an honor to be up and at’em with these fine young men!

  • 1st & 10 – from Einstein

    A pleasent 73 degrees at 5:15 a.m., at the A1C, atop the Justice Center Parking Garage. With Moby claiming it felt like a Fall day.

    Warmup:
    all 15xIC: toe touch, ss hops, neck rolls-standing, neck rolls on your six-back-forward-right-left, hill-billies, swimmers, thumb drives, imperila walkers,
    soccer-ankle rotations, scissors hops, smurf jacks, etc.

    Thang from the Exicon: 1st&10
    Approx. 100 yard “field” marked at 2 parking stripe increments. Perform 10 Burpees, 1 Merkin (11’s) at the 10, sprint the remainder of the parking lot.
    Mosey back to the “20.” Perform 9 Burpess, 2 Merkins, sprint the remainder of the parking lot, mosey back to the “30.” Repeat until all 100 “yards” and 11’s have been completed. Finished up with one minute of Rocky Balboa’s

    Worked up a pretty good sweat, according to BBQ’s KC hat squatch-o-meter.

    Mumble Chatter included; Avg age of today’s A1C PAX(old), plethora of burpees recently, Jose-10k’s sporting a coppertone tan(with the rest of us sporting farmer’s red), BBQ’s trip to Omaha for the CWS LSU victory, and Moby championing the health benefits of olive oil as he chugalugs from his new pocket flask

    Count-o-rama

    Jose-10K led us out with prayer, intentions for quick recovery for the suffering/injured.

  • Mankini, Banana Hammock, Root Suit – from Einstein

    Yes, that was BBQ describing his preferred swim wear – anticipating showing off his F3 toned physique on his next beach visit.
    and the mumble chatter continued in that venue, easily overtalking the cadence

    After the early-bird one mile run we got to it;

    Long Warmup:
    Toe Touch, SSHops, Inperial Walkers, Good Mornings, Butt Kicks, Neck Rolls, High Kneees, Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, Scissors, Smurf Jacks, etc.

    Thang:
    Three sets of about fifteen minutes of block work, separated by a run around the square block
    block work included; curles, rows, blockees, over-head press, sit-ups, eights thru the legs, windshield wipers, squats, skull crushers, murder bunnies,
    bear crawl with block snatch, farmer carry, rifle carry, etc.

    Circle-up, Count-o-rama, Legal leads us out with prayer.

    One humid mofo,this Wednesday morning, at The Gipper, but we all walked away better for it. Ha.

  • Core Workouts allows you to see your D*** – from Mobydick

    Yes sir, you read it correctly. The inspirational quote and motivation behind today’s workout came from Moby’s moment on the commode. Thanks to core workouts, he’s slimmed down to where he could see his MobyDick again. That’s the kind of mumble chatter you get at the A1C gentlemen, why aren’t y’all posting here more often. You get stories about Mathlete’s alter ego, Kenny Rocks, proportional comparisons of stomach and johnson’s, grumble grumbles of past merkin inspired beatdowns, Zoolanders amazing physique and ability to do merkins with both hands and feet in the air, and of course, death matches between us and the splashpad. But today, it was all about MobyDick, and his deck of death.
    The usual A1C crowd circled up to begin the beatdown, when up the ramp came the sight we’ve missed for quite sometime. We were finally joined by our long, lost brother, BBQ. Are PAX was complete, we could begin.
    Warm-ups: SSH, windmills, head rolls, oblique stretches, all in cadence
    The Thang: Deck of Death (Core style) Hearts 5 count, Diamonds-10 count, Clubs-15, Spades-20. Round Robin style. You flipped the card, you pick the core exercise. With a joker being pulled with a heart, diamond, spade, and a club on it for a 50 count. The chatter was positive and upbeat, the fellowship was great as always, and the beatdown will most certainly have me cursing out Moby tomorrow morning. Thank you Moby for picking up the Q for me, I honestly thought I was going to be a scratch for today. Thank y’all for posting and/or reading this backblast. Truecoat has the Q tomorrow. SYITG

  • Coupon Work at the Gipper – from Einstein

    A pleasant 63 degrees for the gathered PAX, this Wednesday morning, at The Gipper.

    Long Warmup:
    Toe Touch, SSHops, Good Mornings, Windmills, Neck Rolls, Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Scissors, Thumb Drives, Swimmers, Smurf Jacks, Soccer Ankle Twirlees, Chest Pump-Arm Slingbacks, etc.

    Mosey to the coupon cache location

    Event: grab your cinder block
    Round 1: blockees, curls, rows, overhead press, then right arm farmer carry around the AO, left arm farmer carry around the AO, rifle carry around the
    AO
    Round 2: shoulder taps with the block – push out with right arm – drag back with left arm, leg lifts over the block, merkins on the block, bridges on block, then run around downtown Covington depot loop.
    Round 3: big boy situps with block on chest, crunchy frog with block on chest, block presses from the horizontal, bear crawl/block drag up and down the small hill, finish uo with murder bunnies up and down the hill

    Time is up – return coupons

    Circle-up, Count-o-rama, Legal leads us out with prayer.

  • Happy St.Patrick’s day 2023 – from Jose10k

    What a fine morning to celebrate St. Patty’s day. Of course there was a warm-up, of course there was music (Irish Celtic Rock), and of course Moby was there too. I mean, he and I are preparing for a cage match against Russo and the Pelican. I like our odds.

    There once was a fellow O’Doole, Who found little red spots on his tool, His Doctor a cynic said Get out of me clinic, And wipe off that lipstick you fool!
    THANG ONE
    4 LEAF CLOVER
    4 corners with 5 burpees each, bear crawl the short lengths, back peddle the long portions

    There was a young lady named Bright, who traveled much faster than light. She set out one day in a relative way, and came back the previous night

    THANG TWO SHAMROCK RUN
    Exercises:
    Squats x 20
    Hand-Release Merkins x 20
    Air Presses x 15 IC
    McParker Peters x 15 IC
    Reverse Crunches x 20 (Rocky Balboas alternative)
    O’Lunges x 15/leg
    Carolina Dry Docks x 20
    Kangaroo Kicks x 15/leg

    There was a young man from Savannah Who died in a curious manner, He whittled a hole In a telephone pole, And there…electrified his banana

    THANG THREE: Celebrations has gone too far
    Drunk from drinking too many Guinesses: Nolan Ryans 20IC
    Arrive home to the misses: Wife Pleasers: 20 IC
    She declines your advances, so you decide to hump the monkey: Monkey Humpers: 20 IC
    She gets impressed with your form, so she invites you back in: Pickle Pushers 20 IC

    : There once was a nympho named Jill who tried dynamite for a thrill. They found her vagina in North Carolina and bits of her boobs in Brazil

    Finish up with some round robin Mary: leg lifts, squats, calf raises, LBC’s, Al Gore Thorougoods, Rosalitas
    COT: extra thoughts for the runners of the endurothon, Happy Hour in Slidell to come. Akbar prayed us out. Afterwards, the group reflected on how important F3 is to them, and how grateful they are to be a part of it. Each aspect has it’s importance. It was an honor to lead y’all, and the limericks I have written are much cleaner than the ones BBQ told us. Happy St. Patty’s day to you all. SYITG

    A pirate, history relates, Was scuffling with some of his mates, When he slipped on a cutlass Which rendered him nutless, And practically useless on dates