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  • Lakeview vs. Pontiff II

    Three months ago the men of Lakeview, unannounced and uninvited, strolled into Pontiff on the day of the Wally Run and threw down the challenge to the men of Pontiff for an Ultimate Frisbee battle. Pontiff never stood a chance as Lakeview mopped the floor with a commanding win.

    Thus began a new tradition, the Lakeview vs. Pontiff Ultimate Frisbee War. Lakeview may have won battle one, but the war was far from over.

    28 men came out for the competition on a cold December morning with 26 men playing for three months of bragging rights. Pontiff playing in Miyagi Do whites and Lakeview playing in Cobra Kai blacks. 13 vs. 13 Ultimate Frisbee – no rematch has been anticipated so highly since Rocky and Creed.

    The Pax ran 2 laps around Pontiff Park (next match there will be some sort of penalty for the team with the fewest number of competitors to complete the 2 laps). Then we split for a standard game of F3 Ultimate. 5 merkins for each turnover. 10 merkins for giving up a touchdown.

    Team Pontiff came out with bang like Daniel kicking Johnny in the face by scoring the first touchdown in moments as YHC caught one in the end zone and even completed a second pass to appease the doubts of team Lakeview, and Pontiff was off to the races.

    Thanks to the quality play of Scantron and Two Yutes scoring strikes down the field – team Pontiff won in a blow out – 8-3.

    The war is now tied 1-1. The next match comes in March.

    -Rev Sox

  • Captain Seamus “Dirty” MacDeuce

    Captain Seamus “Dirty” MacDeuce

    The site Q graciously added YHC’s name to the Q sheet for an AO outside of his Parish and that he also seldom visits. However, the name was on the Q sheet and Q he must. YHC may have also forgotten about his scheduled Q until this morning at approximately 0500. The good news is that the Legendary Captain Seamus MacDeuce would provide.

    What do we really know about Capt Seamus “Dirty” MacDeuce. Born in Meade County, Ireland in 1786, MacDeuce would stow away on a ship headed for the United States at the age of 6. The crew named him “Dirty” as a result of finding him in the cargo hold among the manure. As we know from the published BB of 9/27/2020, “Do Not Do Murder Bunnies on Pavement”, he became a deckhand at the age of 12. It was then that he learned the navigation of the mouth of the Mississippi. Other than his wife, Latrina Bacardi MacDuece, and 12 children; MacDeuce had two loves; physical fitness and rum. Dirty would indulge in the brown bottles till and through nightfall; and then arise at 0530 to led his men for morning PT everyday. The routine was very standard; 12 glasses of rum, 12 exercises and 12 reps of each. Believing that strength without endurance showed weakness; he forced his men to run laps around the ship. While his dedication to physical prowess is how he is best remembered by the HIMs of F3; his heroics during the War of 1812 is how he best served. That, however, is another story for another day.

    W/U

    • SSH x 20
    • IW x 10
    • HB x 10
    • AC x 10 x 10
    • MC x 20

    The Thang – grab a rock and head to the track for the Dirty MacDeuce: 12 exercises, 4 sets of 3 (arms, legs, core), 12 Reps IC, lap around the track

    • Set 1 – Curls, Squats, Flutter Kicks
    • Set 2 – Overhead press, Lunges, Big Boy Sit Ups
    • Set 3 – Triceps Curls, Side Lunge, Rows
    • Set 4 – Front Lifts, Rocky Balboas, Russian Twist

    Return your rock and mosey back to the flag for some stretching.

    Monday is typically not on my schedule of Beatdowns and neither is Rock City or Swollfest or any coupon/rock based workout. However, I greatly enjoyed getting out there and being pushed outside of my typical routine. Thank you site Q for signing me up, and thank you for the opportunity to lead.

    Da Parish

  • Steamin’ Catfish Platter (Mothership 2020-11-28)

    Wet and wild at the Mothership with 12 PAX: fracsac, long haul, kuch, bogey, bangs, belloq, snooze, t-square, hokie, sogo, thumb war, catfish(Q).

    Moseyed over to the Peristyle. Warmed up with Abe Vigodas, Grass Grabbers, and SSH. Moved to faces for Peter Parkers, Catlina Wine Mixers, and Parker Peters. Back to feet for self-love, then 8-counts to finish the warmup.

    5 minutes of EMOM burpees, starting at eleven, then incrementing by one up to 15 (five minutes total). SSH to shake it off and keep the heart rate up.

    Moved to sixes for core work with a round of Bruce Lees (Hammer, Leg Lifts, Crunches, Penguins, Crunchy Frogs, and 100s).

    On to the columns for a timed leg massacre. Wall sit one min, then low slow squats. Wall sit one min, then donkey kicks. Wall sit one min, then monkey humpers, wall sit one min, then bonnie blairs. Fun! Occasionally shook it off with SSH between sets.

    Circled back up on faces for Jack Webbs. Ran a lap around the Great Lawn, then Bat Wings (Arm Circles Forward, Arm Circles Backward, Overhead Claps, Seal Claps, and Moroccan Night Clubs).

    Back to flag. 5 burpees OYO for the finish. CoT, then park cleanup.

    What a tasty Catfish Platter that was! Second helpings will be available Monday at the View.

  • Your Burpees are Served

    Your Burpees are Served

    YHC was looking forward to the El Diablo Q, it’s a great addition to the week. 13 Pax posted for a solid beat down, but first the disclaimer followed by a mosey to the field for a warmup.

    • SSH IC x 31
    • HB IC x 20
    • Abe Vigodas IC x 10
    • Grass Grabbers IC x 10
    • Peter Parker IC x 20
    • Mountain Climbers IC x 20
    • Arm circles, IC x 24 total

    With the Warmup complete, time to get busy! EMOM style!

    • 10 Burpees x 10 minutes, the quicker you finish the more rest you get!

    Four Corners is next. Start at the corner of the Goal line and the end zone.

    • Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10
    • Lunge walk 100 yards to next corner
    • Crunchy Frogs IC x 15
    • Bear Crawl 53.3 yards (160 feet) to next corner
    • Low Slow Squats IC x 20
    • Lunge Walk 100 yards to next corner
    • Merkins IC x 10 x 4 count
    • Bear Crawl 53.3 yards to starting point
    • Jump squats IC x 15

    Ring of Fire

    • Hold the Plank, 10 merkins each around the Ring, 5 merkins counted out loud, next Pax starts, hold the plank on completion of 10
    • Rinse and Repeat with Hand Release merkins

    Mary

    • Tin Snips
    • Dying Cockroach

    Mosey back to Flag for COT

    NMM

    • 100 burpees before 6 am is a pretty good accomplishment
    • YHC can never do EMOM alone, it’s good to be held accountable

    SYITG

  • Glorious Return to the Mothership

    Glorious Return to the Mothership

    YHC was out of town, far from town actually. While working 200 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico on a boat that was running from hurricanes, Catfish stepped up and took YHC’s scheduled Q. Upon reading his backblast, YHC felt motivated to bring something different and challenging. Spoiler alert, it included burpees.

    5 shovel flags marked the spot where 19 Pax posted for a solid beat down. Disclaimer was given amidst mumble chatter emitting from the Pax.

    Mosey to the parking lot toward Marconi, past the putt putt place for a warmup. All IC:

    • SSH x 31
    • Hillbilly’s x 20
    • Abe Vigodas x 10
    • GG x 10
    • Bat wings
      • FWD AC x 20, Seal Claps x 20, BWD AC x 20, OVH Claps x 20, Moroccan Night Club x 31

    10 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to the tool wall

    • Calf Raises IC x 30
    • Monkey Humpers IC x 30

    10 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to the nearby baseball diamond for the next evolution known as Sugar Cookies:

    The goal here was to get the Pax wet, then dirty. Mission accomplished…

    • Superman while kicking feet (AKA Aquaman) IC x 10 completed on the wet grass,
    • Run to the red dirt baseball diamond, complete 10 hand release merkins OYO, followed by 10 Big Boi Situps
    • Run back to the grass and plank and wait for the six.
    • Rinse and Repeat x 3

    10 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to the football field next to the practice track. Here was where YHC ran into the first obstacle of the day. The field was closed and locked. Jumping the fence would not have been a good idea, so change of plans. Mosey to the inner field of the practice field. Quickly set up 10 yard increments using trash, branches, and hurdles. It worked…

    From the Exicon: 1st and 10

    • Start at 10 yard line. Complete 10 merkins and 1 Burpee. Sprint 90 yards, and mosey back to the 20 yard line. Complete 9 merkins and 2 Burpees (always 11). Sprint 80 yards and mosey back to the 30 yard line. Continue until reaching 1 merkin and 10 burpees.

    Line up at approximately the 10 yard line in the tall wet grass for Never Surrender (AKA Genuflect):

    • Hands behind head, elbows out. Down on right knee, then both knees, then stand up. Complete IC x 10
    • Rinse and Repeat with Left leg first IC x 10

    Mosey to the open area of the practice track for some Mary:

    • Dying Cockroach IC x 30
    • Freddie Mercury IC x 10

    Mosey back to the Shovel Flags

    COT with count off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions and closed with a prayer to the Sky Q.

    NMM

    • YHC was gone for 26 days, and was blessed to have the Pax for support while gone.
    • The warmup was interesting, we had a ball (wiffle ball size) being kicked among the Pax during the evolution. Some kicked better than others…..
    • Jumping over the fence was never really an option. It was a thought, but not an option. Just another example of being prepared to expect the unexpected.
    • The Sugar Cookies were a huge hit…….the grass was prime with morning dew.
    • Thanks to Belloq for taking the second Never Surrender, and for Triple Shift and Thumb War for helping with Mary. YHC started losing his voice…
    • Gabrielle hosted a mini work party to clean up the area around Cafe Du Monde. The Pax performed exceptionally well, but what else would one expect?
    • Coffeteria was enjoyed by many at Cafe Navarre.

    Thanks for allowing me to be part of such a great organization.

    SYITG

  • Mothership Party at the Pumpkin Patch

    For the Q I sported a fancy, shiny gold uniform with a big nasty black wig, red headband / wristbands, plus converse tennie’s, and frankenstein tube socks.  I apologized to the pax for having to look at my sweaty ridiculousness for an hour.  Also wanna give credit to Medulla Oblongata for ideas in his Halloween backblast from 2018. I would note that many of us did not have power because Category 2 Zeta had just rolled through.

    After the disclaimer and rallying by the flags, the pax warmed up by the peristyle to 13 reps of SSH, peter parker, grass grabbers, windmill, arm circles, and some ol’ fashioned self-love.

    Moseyed to field aside NOMA to circle up for 8 PUMPKIN exercises, 31 reps apiece:

    P – plank jacks (1 is 1 in cadence)

    U – up/downs on your own (burpee without push-up)

    M – mountain climbers (in cadence, 2 count)

    P – power jacks (in cadence, 1 is 1, legs straight spread with both hands touching ground between legs, than jump up bringing legs together and spreading arms straight out to each side)

    K – kick squats (in cadence, squat then kick right, and vice versa, 2 is 1)

    I – imperial walkers (in cadence)

    N – Nolan Ryans (in cadence, 1 is 1)

    S – sit ups (on your own)

    Moseyed to pumpkin patch where pax picked their real pumpkin or cinder block coupon. Most of these pumpkins were big enough for a legit workout.

    Paired up for modified Dora:

    100x – pumpkin puller (flat on back, knees in air, place pumpkin overhead with arms outstretched on ground, and rotate outstretched arms to touch coupon to knees, then lower again to flat position); partner rifle carry coupon 35 yards to flag and broad jump over coupon 4x

    150x – pumpkin thruster; partner carry pumpkin to flag and then bear crawl around it 1x

    200x – pumpkin flutters (flat on back with pumpkin held straight out in bench press position, with flutter kick 2 is 1); partner carry pumpkin to flag and then do 4 kettle bell swings

    Moseyed back to great lawn for 2 rounds of sprint suicides with four cones, including 5 bobby hurley’s at each cone on 1st round, backpedaling on the return in all reps.

    Circled up at peristyle for Mary

    COT, share and prayer and naming of our lil’ FNG “Super Duper” Cooper Brunet. Triple Shift joined us after biking workout.

  • Get Up, Stand Up, Jump Up

    Five pax warmed up on the Pontiff football field to usual exercises:  SSH, grass grabbers, windmill, peter parker, mountain climbers, arm circles, personal favorite single leg balance knee thrusts R/L

    Moseyed two laps on track with sprints on the straights.

    Grabbed one-handed rocks and proceeded to north field.

    7’s

    • Turkish Get Ups – flat on back, rise to standing straight, then sit/lay back down, with rock held outstretched straight throughout all reps
    • John Travolta’s in middle x 7 to and fro (raise rock and cross diagonal to opposite foot and back again R/L, L/R)
    • 8-counts at other end

    Jumped rope 30 secs, 45 secs, 60 secs intervals

    Back to flag for COT, prayer, etc.

  • Good to be back at Rock City!

    Pontiff Playground maintenance crew must have known Uptowners were loitering in Metry. The gate to our AO spot was locked. But that didn’t stop the persistent PAX… the train tried…. running full speed at 5:25 a.m. …. blocking few PAX to the AO. But regardless, everyone managed to make it to the football field with his beloved rock just in time for the first exercise – 20 SSHs in cadence… leading into the following warm-ups in cadence:

    Windmills x 10, Grass Grabbers x 10, Hill Billies x 15, Forward Arm Circles x 10, Slow Merks x 10, and Self Love x 10.

    After warmups, everyone lined up about 20 yards from the endzone facing the goal posts.

    Round 1 – 10 curls, moseyed to the goal posts and back, 15 curls, moseyed to the goal posts and back, 20 curls. SSHs for the Six.

    Round 2 – same as Round 1 – instead of curls, the exercise was chest presses. At the end of this round, Mahatma did extra homework and ran to the goal posts and back after the last 20 chest presses. Few mumblechatters here mocking Mahatma how he didn’t follow instruction of stopping after the 20 presses. So the Q decided to add more running in the following rounds. Even more mumblechatters by now…. I think mostly from Rude-y.

    Round 3 – moseyed to the goal posts and back, 10 goblet squats, moseyed to the goal posts and back, 15 goblet squats, moseyed to the goal posts and back, 20 goblet squats, moseyed to the goal posts and back. SSHs for the Six.

    Round 4 – same as Round 3, the PAX did 5, 10, and 15 big boy situps with the rock instead of squats.

    Round 5 – same as Round 3, the PAX did 5, 5, and 5 manmakers instead of squats.

    From here on out, the Q shortened the field to about 15 yards instead of 20 yards.

    Round 6 – 5 thrusters, lunge walked with the rock, 10 thrusters, lunge walked back with the rock, finished the round with 15 thrusters. SSHs for the Six.

    Round 7 – 10 Hello Dollys with the rock, overhead carried the rock towards the goal posts, 15 Hello Dollys, overhead carried back with the rock, and finished the round with 20 Hello Dollys. SSHs for the Six.

    7’s – started with 6 burpee jump overs (over the rock), carried the rock to the other side, 1 overhead press. Carried the rock back to original side of the field, 5 burpee jump overs, carried the rock back to the other side and did 2 overhead presses. Rinse and repeat until you finished with 6 over head presses and 1 burpee jump over. SSHs for the Six.

    20 flutterkicks in cadence with the rock.

    Time to return our companions and moseyed back to the flag.

    COT – announcements – new Yoga session at Okwata (Thursday – 5:30 a.m.). Prayers to Willie’s friend and thankful to be out here with the PAX. Never take it for granted that we have the physical and mental strength to do this on a regular basis. SYITG.

    King Kong

  • IS IT NOLAN ROBINSON OR NOLAN RICHARDSON???

    Door Dash was double booked as Q for The View and Rock City, which was not discovered until Sunday night. YHC agreed to cover the Rock City Q so the levee dwellers wouldn’t get short changed.  I can share the love with the levee dwellers next week when YHC is Q at The View.  YHC reflected on a recent beat down from the Northshore that came straight from the Exicon.  13 men braved the 72 degree morning with high humidity. 

    After the standard disclaimer, the PAX moseyed to the nearby football field for the following:   

    Warmup

    All in cadence: SSH x31, GG x15, MC x20, AC (10 forward/10 backwards), and Chinooks

    Thang

    After the warmup, the PAX moseyed to the rock pile to select a rock and was instructed to return to the nearside goal line for further instruction.  War Eagle confused the back line of the end zone with the goal line and was essentially lost in the end zone.  Totally understandable given he is a Bama fan. Bama is clearly confused as to where the goal line, end line, and side lines of the end zone are, as evidenced by Bama’s 2013 loss to Auburn in the Iron Bowl which left them out of contention for a third consecutive BCS Championship appearance.  I digress.  You can get the highlight here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLO2SmM9gPw

    Round 1

    YHC had the PAX count off by ones and twos just to make sure they could count to two since the Alabama native got lost in the end zone. The PAX was then instructed to pair up to complete 150 curls followed by 300 Big Boi Sit-ups.  PAX 1 began the exercises at the goal line while PAX 2 ran backwards to the 50 yard line, completed one Bobby Hurley, and sprinted back to the goal line and switched with PAX 1.  A DORA-style format.  A round of Mary was completed by the PAX who finished first, while waiting for everyone to complete. 

    Round 2

    Same format as above completing 150 Merkins and 300 Chest Presses.

    With four minutes to spare, the PAX returned their rocks and moseyed to the flag.  Approximately half of the groups completed Round 2, and the other half came close.  We will strive for full completion by all next time.

    COT: YHC noted he modified the “Nolan Robinson” workout form the Exicon. Hawg, who apparently has the Exicon and Lexicon memorized, was perplexed.  After much thought and debate, he realized it was the “Nola Richardson;” however, since YHC modified the workout, he believes the name should also be modified and stands by “Nolan Robinson” as true and correct!

    Announcements- the H8! is Thursday, but according to mumblechatter, Kuch would prefer to do yoga. 

    Intentions- gratitude, the recent senseless killing of a two year old, healing for the sick and injured, and protection for a local Army National Guard Unit whose one-year deployment began this week. Fast Tax’s son and a close friend of YHC are members of said Unit. It was an honor to lead such HIM, and I am grateful for the opportunity to step up and assist in a time of need.