Accelerated 610, starting with running on the usual route, stopping for 10 burpees every 5 minutes. 15 minutes out, 15 back to the track.
At the track, did some beat crawl laps on the western end waiting for the six. Nothing fancy, just bear crawl to one end, 10 merkins, bear crawl back, 10 merkins, rinse and repeat.
Finished up with Dr. W’s, Peter Parker Peters, then back to the flag for CoT.
The Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/04wIJSMgALwapngjBJXwXP?si=dH03I0VjQ0qMJMSTUS5oqA
11 PAX joined YHC for a St. Paddy’s morning fest. Humid, and warm. Good to see some old faces (looking at you Amnesty) and new (Sir Purr! Welcome back to workout #2!)
Lots of green around the horn. Bongo didn’t get the message, but pointed to his light green light on his workout watch as if that counted. Catfish also didn’t get the message, but no PAX had the audacity to call him out for it. Much debate on whether Saban’s yellow-ish highlighter tank was closer to Green than Kuch’s Aqua Athleisure shorts. Thanks to Snooze and Da Parish for CLEARLY wearing their finery. The mom’s of the group (Ya Mom ‘n’ Dem, Mama’s Pride) – B- for effort on the attire front….
Disclaimer, then open up the Pot o’ Gold (i.e., YHC’s Mini) to grab 2 of the red-colored Bars o’ Gold (i.e., “Bricks”). Head to the track.
Quick warmup with some stretching, SSH and IW. Then b/c YHC had often wanted to try it – lets do Bat Wings with the bricks. That’s a good challenge. It will make a return appearance.
The Thang:
Queue up the Irish Music. We’ll rinse and repeat a tabata-ish workout. 4 Rounds of Exercises (45 seconds on, 15 second rest), then a Lap aruond the track (everything with the bricks).
+ Round 1: Seal Claps, Dying Brick-roaches, Lunges, 8 count body-builders.
+ Round 2: Floyd Mayweathers, Crunchy BrickFrogs, Calf Raises (awkward…), 8 count body-builders.
+ Round 3: Merkins, Irish Twists, Monkey Humpers, 8 count body-builders
+ Round 4: Newston’s Cradle, LBBCs (Little Baby Brick Crunches), Squats, 8 count body builders
+ Round 5: T Merkins, Brick-guins, Side Lunges, 8 count body-builders
Back to the flag. YHC had grand ambitions of getting lots more 8 counts in. But I greatly underestimated the time it would take us in total to run a mile carrying bricks. So OYO over the course of the day – everyone owes about 300 more 8 counts (to commemorate the 1 year anniversary of the initial 8 count challenge, increasing by 1 per day until “No more covid restrictions for the great state of Louisiana”).
COT: Countoff, Name-o-Rama (Sir Purr? Surr Pur?), Announcements and closing out with a prayer. YHC especially wants to thank the “75 Soft” group under whose strict tutelage YHC has been driven to keep reading his bible. Specifically, messages over the last few days have emphasized import of Evangelizing. Its not sufficient for us to just hear good works, or even do good works. We need to be inspiring others through our actions. That applies spiritually, professionally, personally. Thanks 75 Soft-ers.
“Today, you’ve got a decision to make. You’re gonna get better or you’re gonna get worse, but you’re not gonna stay the same. Which will it be?” – Every Football Coach during two-a-days
It felt good to Q again. The feeling I’m talking about is about creating, planning, leading, being uncomfortable… It’s worth it. Choose to get better.
The Thang:
Mosey towards the great lawn.
COP #1 – IC: Plyo Warmup
• 20 x Seal Jacks
• 20 x Squat Jacks
• 20 x SSH
• 20 x Plank Jacks
• 20 x Single Leg Iso Hops (Left x10 / Right x 10)
• 30 x Burpees
Line up by side walk.
Exercise #1 – OYO: Dora 1-2-3 (Part One)
• 50 reps: Burpees
• 100 reps: Hello Dolly
• 150 reps: Squats
Divided the reps by 5 to build in a recovery run across the field each time.
20 x Burpees to finish the #MABA challenge for the day.
Mosey to the Fountain by NOMA.
Exercise #2 – OYO: Dora 1-2-3 (Part Deux)
• 50 reps: Dips
Divide the reps by 5 to get a recovery mosey to bear crawl about 15 yds. Had to cut it short for time, but a quick mosey across the train tracks.
Exercise #3 – IC: Plié Stretch
Low Squat holds while doing 10x IC arm movements.
Mosey back to the flag for Name-O-Rama, Shout-Outs, & Prayer.
Thanks for letting me lead, and the choose to get better.
Slightly warmer weather out at Okwata with 7 PAX: Jingle Vader, High Rise, Carpool, Gabrielle, Saban, Bongo, Catfish (Q).
Started with a mosey over to the fountain, did a couple of laps with some skips, high knees, butt kicks, karaoke, etc. Moved to the grass for Abe Vigoda, Grass Grabbers, SSH and Imperial Walkers. Moved to faces for Peter Parkers, Mountain Climbers, and Shoulder Taps.
Moseyed over to the House of Pain. Lined up at bottom of the levee for three-ish minutes of the following: 5 8-counts at the bottom, run up backwards, 5 burpees at the top, run down forwards, rinse and repeat. Once done, PAX did a quarter Murph (25 pullups, 50 pushups, 75 squats OYO, divided as each PAX pleaseth). Once done, lined back up on bottom of levee for a repeat of the 5-and-5.
Bear crawled to the sidewalk, then crossed the street. Moved over to the palm tree planters for Bulgarian Split Squats, Derkins, Dips, Box Jumps, and Irkins. Circled up nearby for SSH, then Smurf Jacks. Ended with nickels and dimes – 1 minute timer w/ 5 burpees, 10 HR Merkins, SSH till the next minute.
Back to flag for CoT. Coffeeteria at PJ’s on Canal.
Issued the Disclaimer
Warmup:
Mosey’d to the track & partnered up. Each group of 2 PAX ran 2 laps at whatever pace they chose. Only requirement was that they had to stay together. After 2 laps were completed, each group of 2 PAX chose an exercise for their group. The exercise had to be between 10 -100 reps, so the idea was each group could choose if they wanted to grind it hard with an exercise, or if they wanted to mainly focus on getting in the miles.
We had a couple of mins left after we finished, so we hit up some Mary for 2-3 mins & then headed back to the flag for count-off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions & prayer. Happy New Year, fellas!
Lovely day at the Stomp with 11 PAX: Tool, Kuch, Sheetrock, High Rise, Abacus, Da Parish, Jesus Juice, Snooze, Bongo, RevSox, Catfish (Q).
Did a fairly standard run w/ burpees every 6 minutes. No complications, rest intervals, etc. Run, then 10 burpees on the 6 minute marks (6, 12, 18, 24, etc.). 20 minutes out, 20 minutes back.
Did some Mary with LBCs, Leg Raises, and Dr. Ws.
CoT. Broke a sweat, despite the chill! Thanks to all who attended!
Forgive me on the PAX names, totally didn’t take note and slept since Thursday.
Good to be back as a Q, overall simple workout with focus on Burpee’s with this great weather to help move us along.
Warm up
10 – Abe Begotas
15-IW
15- PP
15 – MC
20 arm circles
30 – SSH
The Thing:
Route 66 or Suicide….? Altered to really 55:
run to each light pole, do 1 burpee, then come back to base, 2 burpees, repeat to 10. Better part of the 45 mins.
No sense in going to Okwata if you are not going to utilize the levee in some way:
Run backwards up Canal blvd to top of levee, 10 big boy sit ups, repeat 3 times.
Mary at the Lakefront with Sun rise:
15 flutter kicks
15 Hello Dolly’s
15 Freddie Mercury
2:00 plank hold
COT, announcements, prayer, etc.
Many thanks for opportunity to lead, see you on the radio.
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:
10 Burpees OYO
Mosey to the tool wall
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…
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
Line up at approximately the 10 yard line in the tall wet grass for Never Surrender (AKA Genuflect):
Mosey to the open area of the practice track for some Mary:
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
Thanks for allowing me to be part of such a great organization.
SYITG
As most of the PAX may be aware, YHC is a wee bit of an ND fan. And today’s a big day – #1 Clemson coming to town. As most of the PAX are also aware, and happy to remind YHC, Notre Dame does not exactly have a stellar record in these kinds of games. But perhaps the PAX don’t know just how abysmal the record is. They will soon learn.
Good crowd of 16 at the Mothership. Weather is delightful – summer heat is definitely gone. Just a few orange shirts in the group (looking at you Sogo and Pop Tart). Not sure if they did that just to spite me, but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt. No other green to be seen among the PAX. I will not forget that.
The Thang
Mosey to the lawn in front of NOMA. Start with SSH x27. Why x27? Because 27 years ago was the last Irish victory against a #1 ranked team (ND 31 – FSU 24 in 1993).
A few other warm ups, then lets introduce the game of “Burps or Merks”. YHC will call on a PAX to answer a question. Answer it correctly? 5 Merks for the PAX. Answer it wrong? 5 Burpees for the PAX.
And the theme? Notre Dame’s record in the last 20 games against Top 5 competition.
Finally – enough of those burpees.
So lets do some more burpees.
The Current 11 Game Losing Streak
Yes, ND is currently on an 11 game losing streak against top 5 teams. What else goes with 11? That’s right – the Route 66. 11 Lightposts with burpees. 1 at the first, 2 at the second, etc… (SOGO seemed unclear on the concept so YHC took the time to help by explaining all the way up to 11).
The Overall Deficit in those 11 Games
Partner up, for some modified Dora. The total score in that 11 game losing streak? YHC now forgets the actual number but its roughly Bad Guys 380, ND 160. Yes, we are more than doubled up over those 11 games. So lets Dora. 160 Monkey Humpers, 380 LBCs. The other PAX bear crawl 3 trees and run back.
Then back to the Great Lawn.
Something Else
Change of Pace. This week, Sean Connery – the original 007 – passed away. A quick round of Burp or Merk to guess how many James Bond films he was in. 5 Burpees for a wrong guess, then the right answer of “7”.
Finally – one of YHC’s favorite time-wasting flicks: The Rock. Sean Connery crawling around under Alcatraz with Nicholas Cage. Lets bear crawl across the lawn.
Mosey back to the flag. Its 7:30.
NMM
Thanks, everyone, for putting up with my never-ending ND drivel. Just hope that ND doesn’t actually win one of these games, as I may become insufferable if that were to happen.
Its quite humbling, and inspiring to watch this group. You guys are STRONG. Thank you for pushing. SOGO: I heard the “Way To Go Rudy” as you ran back to the center after the Diamond Merks. Those little encouraging words and pushes are what keep me going. I’d encourage all of the PAX to remember that – push, and ENCOURAGE. Remember – leave no man behind, but LEAVE NO MAN WHERE YOU FOUND HIM.
Prayers especially for Hokie’s Mom. May God be with her, with the whole family, as they start this next journey.
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.
