Tag: Charmin

  • Good to see people – from Charmin

    As usual, YHC arrived to find the runners there early and even a few KnOTters. By the time 5:30 arrived, Boo-Boo was there to ruck, in addition to bringing news that Bolt would be arriving shortly.

    After going around the track and finding all the gates locked, we met with Bolt on the track and realized that our neighborhood time would need to be brief.

    On YHC’s way back, we saw a Rougarou leaving saying that he’s finally had it with walking backwards. “Why can we walk forwards, and get to our stretching spot quicker?” he muttered under his breath before crossing over the train tracks.

    COT ended with praying for all those struggling physically, but more importantly mentally. Don’t hesitate on reaching out to fellow Pax.

  • Keep on keepin on – from Charmin

    74 degrees F
    89 Days Injury free at CN

    1 Pax in the Gloom.

    Figuring all the other pax stayed up too late to try and catch all the electoral college votes that they could, YHC decided to Ruck around LaSalle.

    2.25 miles in 44 minutes.

    COT was short and sweet.

    See yall tomorrow!

  • Monday BLIMP Ladder – from Bolt

    Space Cowboy had to call out in IR in Slack which prompted a call for HCs and with that, YHC’s fate was sealed…plates the flag and as 530 struck, the disclaimer was given to the four other pax who showed. Off to the warmup pad for Abe SLOWgodas, R/L Tie Fighters, OH and Seal claps finished with self love before PP/PP, LSS, and MMPGM since the chaos monkey was here. Finish with Morning Calls before heading to JPAX for BLIMP ladder with a crab walk circuit around the two concrete benches before starting the next round, adding a letter/exercise and five reps:
    5 Burpees
    10 Lungers 2:1
    15 Imperial Walkers 2:1
    20 Merkins
    25 Plank Jacks
    30 Squats
    Mosey back to warmup pad for Mary
    1 minute/exercise, pax choice: X factor, reverse plank (hold that dime, boys!), Freddie Mercs, wife pleasers, flutter kicks. COT

  • All Hallow’s Eve – from Charmin

    KB and YHC pulled up at a little before 5:20 to see a herd of runners running away from the proverbial flag and all of their cars taking up valuable parking space. The days of a Lakeview Clown Car were apparently over.

    With just KB, Vagabond, and YHC at the flag at the start time we felt a rumbling, before we knew it, the herd had surrounded us. It felt like a reenactment of the Mufasa Death scene in the 1994 classic, The Lion King. Before we realized what had happened Vagabond was taken away and the herd had left.

    KB was nursing a sore ankle and not to leave a fellow pax behind, we went to his car to lift some heavy things. Turns out, the heavy things included, but is not limited to:

    a bike
    a 80 lb sandbag
    20 lbs of laundry (unsure if clean or not)
    a 65 lb kettlebell
    a 15 lb ruck weight (this was found in the pocket of said laundry)
    and some manner of creature that I dare not describe.

    After lifting some of the weights around, Triple showed up; apparently he sensed the dirty laundry.

    Nearing the end of our weight lifting session, we could hear the lackadaisical languishing of the runner herd; apparently they could start 10-15 minutes before hand, but could run all the way to 6:15.

    We ended up with 16 Pax including Vagabond who reappeared unharmed (or rather no worse off than before)

    COT involved some education on today’s festivities originally being called All Hallow’s Eve referencing All Saint Day tomorrow and continuing on to All Soul’s Day the day after.

  • The One and Only – from Charmin

    Waking up this AM, YHC could feel the fartsack calling, however, knowing that there would be other PAX in the gloom was the motivation needed to beat the battle of 15 degrees.

    That would be proven untrue at 5:30. Realizing that there wasn’t any mublechatter the night before, YHC stepped up to lead since no one else was.

    The PAX moseyed over to JPAX and did the following warm-o-rama:

    10 Abe-Slow-Goda/Pendulums
    10 second hold for Arm Stretches (Both Sides)
    16 Arm Circles, Forward & reverse.
    10 Seal Claps
    10 Overhead Claps
    10 Chinooks
    10 MNC’s (I’m sure the bystanders enjoyed this).

    The Thang:

    1 minute on/1 minute off
    3 Rounds of Merkins, Right-Leg Step Ups, Left-Leg Step-Ups.

    Downtime was used to gather some facts for a future beatdown when other Pax are present.

    Mosey on over to the Stairs for 3 sets of Uphill Bearcrawls and KnOT walking down.

    KnOT walked all the way back to the warm up pad for about 10 minutes of Mary which consisted of:

    10 x BBSU
    10 x LBC
    10 x Dying Cockroaches
    10 x SLWP (each leg)
    3 x 10 sec hangs
    30 second plank

    COT: Brief and to the point.

  • Monday morning make it up as you go – from PVC

    Mosey to the pad on a nice cool morning.
    Warm up: stretch arms, Abe vigoda, grass grabber, calf scoop, imperial walker, Peter Parker.

    The thang: every one choose an exercise, last
    man is the timer who runs backward to the can while everyone does their exercise. Rotate , 2 rounds.
    Mosey to the JPAC for a round of 11’s: step ups, run up the stairs, monkey humpers then down the ramp.

    Mosey to the COT

  • Multiplication of the Runners – from Charmin

    The Mustard packet and YHC started off at 5:30 with just the two of us.

    By the end, we had picked up a group of three, Pai Gow and Two Yutes.

    Overall a great morning for a workout around Pontiff.

  • 10 Years and 1 Day Later – from Reluctant Yankee

    Re-enactment of the first ever official F3 Nola workout

    The Thang:

    Gandalf’s Q (played by Hawgcycle)

    Mosey to a space near the football field, backwards run, side-shuffle left, side-shuffle right
    Circle of Pain (COP):
    Side-Straddle Hops in cadence x15
    Merkins in cadence x12
    Imperial Walkers in cadence x15
    Mountain Climbers in cadence x20
    Slow Squats in cadence x10
    Wide-Arm Merkins in cadence x10
    Diamond Merkins in cadence x10
    Mosey to bridge
    11s across the bridge with burpees on far side and jump squats on near side #crowdpleaser
    Plank-O-Rama: Regular, Elbows, Left Hand/Leg High, Right Hand/Leg High, Mission Impossible (10 count from Fracsac)

    Reluctant Yankee’s Q (Played by Triple Shift)

    Mosey back to track
    6 Minutes of Mary:
    LBCs in cadence x10
    Hello Dollys in cadence x10
    High Dollys (Rosalitas) in cadence x10
    Bicycles (Freddy Mercury) in cadence x10
    Dying Cockroach in cadence x10
    Flutter Kicks in cadence
    Quick mosey one full lap around the track

    Chong Li’s Q (Played by Reluctant Yankee)

    Loooooong mosey to picnic tables under the bridge
    Chong Li Special:
    Decline Merkins in cadence x16
    Right Leg Squat in cadence x8
    Incline Merkins in cadence x16
    Left Leg Squat in cadence x8
    Decline Merkins IC x12
    Right Leg Squat IC x6
    Incline Merkins IC x12
    Left Leg Squat IC x6
    Decline Merkins IC x8
    Right Leg Squat IC x4
    Incline Merkins IC x8
    Left Leg Squat IC x4
    Decline Merkins IC x4
    Right Leg Squat IC x2
    Incline Merkins IC x4
    Left Leg Squat IC x2
    Mosey back to the track
    Two Rounds With Tyson happened in original beatdown, but ran out of time. Yankee gave Fracsac the Q for last minute, so it was 10 burpees for the 10 years of F3 Nola!
    Mosey back to shovel flag
    Circle of Trust (COT)

    NMM

    This beatdown was held 10 years and 1 day after the original launch. T-Claps to all who kept this great thing going!

    Not sure how they squeezed in 2 rounds of Tysons on that first day. The OGs were 10 years and 1 day older, so…..

    4 OGs were present- Hawgcycle, Reluctant Yankee, Triple Shift, and Redfish

  • A Taste of H8! – from Space Cowboy

    Weather: Clear, no wind, 55 degrees

    Another beautiful morning at Kennarie Ridge! Gave disclaimer and headed to JPAX.

    Warmups
    Samson Stretch 5 sec hold x 5
    Slow Low Squats x10
    Abe Slogodas x10
    Forward Arm Circles x10
    Backwards Arm Circles x10
    Seal Claps x10
    SSH x15
    Hillbillies x10

    The Thang
    In preparation for the H8 at Okwata this Thur, I thought this beatdown would help us work on those bear crawls. Kenna Brah and Charmin did their own exercise routine since they were nursing injuries.

    Start at front of JPAX
    Run to JPAX loading dock ramp, Bear Crawl up, Lunges down
    Run back to front of JPAX
    Burpees x10
    Repeat run to loading dock ramp, Bear Crawl, Lunges, and back to front of JPAX
    Burpees x10
    Merkins x20
    Repeat run to loading dock ramp, Bear Crawl, Lunges, and back to front of JPAX
    Burpees x10
    Merkins x20
    Step Ups x30
    Repeat run to loading dock ramp, Bear Crawl, Lunges, and back to front of JPAX
    Burpees x10
    Merkins x20
    Step Ups x30
    SSH x40

    7’s: BBSU, run up stairs, Step-ups, run down ramp

    Head to flag. COT

  • Babysteps for Big Runners – from Charmin

    They Runners said that they were taking a book from Scantron’s Knotting experience; they figured if he could walk backwards and have it count for the beatdown, that surely they could take babysteps around Pontiff for 40 minutes and have it count as well.

    Meanwhile YHC rucked the normal route and lead the COT back at the proverbial shovel flag. Beautiful morning to get out!