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  • Sweaty Bells 12-18-2022 – from Almonaster

    Starting to feel like Christmas!

    PAX Attended:

    – Douillie
    – Dinghy
    – Blowout
    – Jingle Vader
    – Subprime
    – Willie
    – FCOJ
    – Almonaster

    Warm-up.
    SSH – 20 IC
    Arm Circles – 10 IC
    Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
    Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
    Right foot, left foot- 10 seconds each
    Grass Grabbers – 10 IC
    Windmills – 10 IC
    Mountain Climbers – 10 IC

    The Thang!

    We focused on Essentric exercises and listened to terrible Christmas Rock music!

    Run a lap.

    Around the head – 10 each way, OYO
    Kettlebell Shrugs – 25 IC
    Kettlebell swings – 20 OYO

    Goblet squats X 10 IC
    Right arm squat thrust X 10 IC
    Left arm squat thrust X 10 IC

    Rinse and Repeat

    Run a lap.

    2nd Set

    Overhead press X 10 IC
    Right arm rows X 10 IC
    Left arm rows X 10 IC

    Rinse and Repeat

    Curls to stop sign and Tricep Ext Back.

    3rd Set.

    Kettle Bell pull Throughs X 20 OYO
    Right arm plank rows X 10 IC
    Left arm plank row X 10 IC

    Rinse and Repeat

    4th Set
    LBC’S X 20 IC
    Hello Mrs. Claire X 20 IC
    Ukranian Douillies X 20 IC

    Back to Flag

    Birthdays
    Anniversaries
    Announcements
    Intentions
    Prayer
    Coffeeteria

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

  • A backblast for Bogey in the Mists of Misty Mtn – from Reluctant Yankee

    I have been able to post for some Saturdays recently – a nice change after a year of Saturdays full of early volleyball matches and activities. I am RELUCTANTLY writing a backblast after mostly quitting on the habit of recording the actions of men committed in the gloom. Not all regions write them. Its not a required rule. During the PANDEMIC we quit putting a focus on the process of recording this. I used to value it but really for the last 36 months – I didn’t see the point other than recording the date and actions of the men who got their butts out of bed. However I was recently at a Christmas party with BOGEY and man that guy guilted men back to the habit – he is dying to read and see what he missed. The thing I value the most from a backblast isn’t the ideas for future workouts but rather the recording of the date and who posted – especially for FNGS. So after a year or so they can look back and remember who Qd and what they did. I guess that’s the loss to me. I honestly haven’t read anyone’s backblast in 2 years. Bogey informs me that I am missing out on some great creative writing.

    Today we posted in the a real GLOOM. It was thick. I couldn’t see past the steeple of Holy Name. I took the Q yesterday’s gloom when I asked GABRIELLE who might be the Q in charge- his answer was no one yet. My cousin F3 HUEY – Austin Jones – was planning on a rare post – so I stepped up and took the lead.

    We ran to the base of Misty Mtn for SSH x 20, IMP WALKS x 20, Merks x 20 and Roaches x 20.
    Then at the base – we sprinted up the inclines and mosey’d on the flats up to the 4th floor. Here we circled up again and focused on our obliques. Hip Dips x 15 L and R, NOLAN RYANS x 20 L/R, and LB-Obs x 20 L/R, Bird dogs x 15 – slo
    Then we ran the incline and mosey’d the flats up to the 6th floor. Here we used the wall for wall sits, wall sits with leg lift R/L, wall base walking plank and 15 decline merks feet on the wall.
    We ran the incline and mosey’d the flat up to the 7th floor. Here we circled up for the 12 days of Christmas. 1. Burpee 2. Imp Walk Squat 3. Merks 4. Shoulder Tap 5. SSH 6. Bonnie Blairs 7. Freddie Mercs 8. Shoulder Taps 9. Plank Jacks 10. JLOS, 11. Flutter Kicks 12. LOW COUNTRY CRAB
    WILLIE had to cut out early to the ACT. Good luck getting yourself into college.

    After ROUND 7th we took a break with a LAP down a floor and up a floor.
    That was time so we mosey’d back to the FLAG.
    COT: Enjoyed the accountability, enjoyed the fellowship, prayed for family
    BOGEY – IF you read this – Thanks for the push to get back to writing BACKBLASTS. I promise a personal commitment to writing BBs again. Thanks for the accountability. You the man.

  • 12° on December 1st – from Hokie

    I awaken to the sound of cold wind and regretted signing up to Q on the Lakefront

    As I got out of the car, at 0515, I was greeted by 12° air temps and blasts of cold with 120 mph winds coming off Lake Pontchartrain, so I got back in my car to wait on Pax to arrive.

    I will call my mechanic today as my car said the temperature was 46° but i know better having just been out of the car.

    As 0528 came along 8 additional pax emerged from vehicles including Chootem posting Downrange from Katy

    Rudy was heard by the Q saying something to the effect of “a nice Q might consider going to the other side of the levee”

    At 0530 nine of us moseyed up and over the levee to retreat for coverage and wind protection

    As we hid behind the levee the Disclaimer was given and we did 12 SSH to help the blood start flowing. When we stopped at 12 Q was questioned as to the rep count and YHC welcomed folks to December

    Next 12 slow Merkins

    The 9 of us then spent the next 5 minutes enjoying Bernie Sanders up the levee and run down. After 5 minutes 12 burpees

    4 more minutes of Bernie and then 12 burpees

    3 more minutes of Bernie (for a total of 12) and 12 more burpees

    We then posted on the street and YHC gave a suggestion we be courteous for those still sleeping and remain aware of our voices

    12 more burpees then lunge to next light pole and hold people’s chair waiting on six

    12 burpees and 12 side lunges then Bernie to next light pole and hold people’s chair waiting on six

    12 burpees, 12 side lunges & 12 Imperial Walkers and lunge to next light

    12 burpees, 12 side lunges & 12 Imperial Walkers, add 12 merkins and mosey to the base of Canal

    Bernie up Canal, mosey to Lakefront and 12 plank jacks

    Mosey to flag and 12 Squats will get us to 0615

  • Pole Dancing – from Rudy

    8 HIM on the shores of the lake early in the morning. The weather was nowhere near as cold as YHC expected – so of course, no surprise to see JV in his tank top, making Hawg look absolutely overdressed in his typical shortsleeve shirt. YHC was bundled for a full winter day, as were Wilson and Cheese Steak. Not sure how Cheese Steak was able to move under all of those Brother Martin layers, but that’s on him…

    YHC pulled the first backblast he could locate from his Okwata Q records – June, 2017. Appropriately titled “Leg Day at Okwata” – guess what we were gonna focus on this am?

    Imitating the new hot Uptown workout, apparently popularized by Willie, the PAX began with speed walk (turn those hips!) to the top of the Levee. From there, a quick warmup of the usuals.

    Thang 1: BLIMP ladder. 5 Burpees on top of the levee, run down for 5 BBSU, then run back up. Round 2: 5 Burpees, 10 Lunges, …. Keep adding through the rest of the I – M – P – S cycle.

    Thang 2: Quadrophelia – the full 4 minutes worth!

    People’s Lunge Walk along the top of the levee. We all lunge walk while the PAX from the back speed walks to the front. One cycle through got us to the House of Pain

    Thang 3: 2 rotations of Step Ups, Squats, Pull Ups and a run up the levee with burpees at the top (our timer).

    Thang 4: Calves needed some work. Run across the road to see if we could find someplace to do it – and Voila, a new Okwata exercise has been born. The Pole Dancers. Come on out to see and experience. The glory of 8 PAX pole dancing in the sunrise – a sight to behold!

    Mosey back to the flag for some last rounds of Mary – including Wife Pleasers and Monkey Humpers.

    COT – thank you, Frac, for sharing your story of learning patience from F3. May all of us learn from your example. And may we all be examples of patience to those around us.

  • Gator Fest/ Roll Wave – from Tinkles

    Impromptu Q. I was surprised when I rolled up at 5:30 that the pax wasn’t moving. I made the mistake of asking who was the Q and it was crickets. Off we go.

    Palm circle for warm up.

    Mosey over to HNG for a preview of Gator Fest! The slide looks ready to roll. Rumor that F3 guys get 5 free tickets from Mens Club, look for Willie! We did some 6 to work off the fried twinkies paired with Urban South brew that is yet to come.

    Mosey over to the Tulane Alum house. Don’t think we had a greenie undergrad but perhaps a MBA grad who rolls burritos. Gate was open so we took advantage of the nice yard for ring of fire.

    Mosey to turf field for 4 corner blimps.

    Mosey to garage for Indian run to the top. Beautiful sunrise. Our city looks beautiful from a distance- good to remember sometimes.

    Mosey to Tulane quad. No beer or burgers yet, time for step ups and decline merkins.

    Hustle back to the flag!!

    COT including the return of sweaty ball of man! Accountability and connection!

  • Another Q, Another Stupid Idea (The Reprise) – from Hawgcycle

    Conditions: Cool and a little windy. The lake was choppy

    Pax: Abacus, Cheese Steak, Cyber Cajun, Glitter Balls, YHC, Jesus Juice, JV, Kuch, Mahatma, Ralph Machio (Charlotte)

    Today’s classic Okwata beatdown was a reprisal from March 3rd, 2016. The Original workout was attended by Griswold, Tool, and YHC.

    The Thang

    Warm up COP – SSH x 30; IW x 30; DQ x 15; LSS x 30

    We then moseyed to the levee. From the top of the levee we completed a set of Quadraphiia* – four minutes of running down the levee forward and back up backwards. YHC got in 10 trips, which is better than the 8 I did in 2016.

    From there we moseyed along the top of the levee stopping to do a set of Jack Webbs – escalator from 1 to 10, merkins followed by air presses.

    After the Jack Webbs we moseyed to the bottom of the hill for some Mary: LBC x 40; Penguin x 20; Elbow Plank Jacks* x 20; Dying Cockroach x 20; Elbow Peter Parkers* x 15; Flutter Kicks x 20.

    *This may be the first time I have done Elbow Plank Jacks and Elbow PP (chuckle) since 2016. Why do we not do these more often?

    We followed Mary up with 10 hill sprints – sprint to the top of the hill and recovery jog back down, everyone stays together.

    Mosey to the water’s edge for some arm work. 20 dips followed by another bad idea by YHC – decline merkins on the steps leading into Lake Pontchartrain x 9. Kuch and I did the in the lake, everyone else chose the planters. We followed that with Incline Merkins a safe distance from the water x 10 and Squats x 20. YHC gave everyone a second chance at the Lake Merkins. Participation was 80% this time. #MakingMemories. This is where the 2016 workout ended. We are apparently much more efficient 6 years later. We still had 15 minutes left.

    Mosey to the discarded street sign with the concrete base. One man bear crawls up and down the levee as the timer. One many does rows with the street sign. The third man leads the others in an ab exercise. Rotate through until all have bear crawled and rowed.

    Mosey to the flag. One minute remaining for 11 8-count body builders.

    NMM
    • Good lesson from 2016 about doing the important things first. You don’t want to waste a bunch of time doing arm circles at the beginning of the workout and then only have 30 seconds for Quadraphilia at the end (see last week’s Q). We got a solid 4 minutes in for Quadraphilia this morning because we made it first.
    • There are two things that make me think it’s been a good workout. Someone pukes or JV drops an F-bomb. No one puked today, but JV dropped an F-bomb 9 minutes in. I could not be prouder.
    • I’ve been doing Jack Webbs for 8 years. I still don’t understand how air can be so heavy.
    • We really should do Peter Parkers from our elbows more often.
    • Guys were really pushing it on the levee sprints. We should probably do more explosive exercises where we have time to recover. This was a good one.
    • When YHC had the original bad idea of doing decline merkins on the steps to Lake Pontchartrain, the Lake was calm. Today, the sea was a little angry. It was so much better this time. I will never forget the image of 8 guys to my side doing decline merkins while the lake was washing up and over them. Top 5 Okwata memory for sure. Could easily be #1.

  • Less Pax Due to Tigers’ Victory over Bama – from King Kong

    I had a feeling fewer Pax would show up this morning because of the late night festivities after Tigers put a whoopin’ on Bama. I thought I saw few Pax charged out to the field and climbed on the FG post in Death Valley. Moments later, I saw pictures of some Pax at the Tchoup Yard really late in one of my chats. But few strong Pax didn’t let a football game stop them from being HIM next morning at Sweaty Bells.

    Warm Ups – Self Love, Windmills, Arm Circles, Grass Grabbers, Hill Billies, Imperial Walkers, Slow Low Squats, and SSHs.

    The Thang One – Partnered Up
    1 – While one partner was in squat position with the bell, the other partner was bear crawling about 20 yards there and back. Flap Jack.

    2 – While one partner was carrying a bell overhead, the other partner was lunge walking 20 yards there and back. Flap Jack.

    2 – While one partner was carrying a bell in a boat position, the other partner was doing burpee broad jumps there and back. Flap Jack.

    The Thang Two – Dora 1, 2, 3.
    100 – Bulgarian Split Lunges with the bell.
    200 – Curls
    300 – Flutterkicks with the bell
    While one partner was doing the exercise, the other Pax was carrying the bell to about 25 yards and back. Dealer’s Choice – Pax chooses his own exercise on the walk with the bells. I saw overhead carries, curls, overhead triceps extensions, suit case carries, etc.

    The Thang Three
    We went to the wall in front of the Zoo. We sat against the wall and did the following x 2:
    1 – over head carry – hold in squat position against the wall for 15 long seconds.
    2 – carry the bell straight out in front – hold in squat position against the wall for 10 seconds.
    3 – curls x 10 while in squat position against the wall.
    Rinse and repeat.

    The Thang Four
    1 – curls then overhead presses x 10 IC
    2 – in plank position, pulled the bell from one side to the other and did a row x 10 IC
    3 – Rows x 10 on each side
    4 – Hello Dolly with the bell x 15 IC
    5 – Flutter kicks with the bell x 15 IC
    6 – Chest Presses x 10 IC
    7 – Protractor with the bell
    8 – LBCs in slow cadence count x 15
    9 – LBTs in slow cadence count x 20

    COT – We prayed for Sphinxter (quick recovery with his shoulder). We also prayed for a safe journey at sea for Dinghy. Gabby joined us at Panola Cafe for coffeeteria. I am always grateful to have the ability and strength to lead a beatdown.

    SYITG

    King Kong

  • No Mama’s Pride? Surprise, Surprise – from Rudy

    Someone (won’t name names, except I already did) seems to be developing a reputation for skipping Qs. And I’d been looking forward to his Q – as he does seem to have a reputation for being an Angry Q when he does show up! Maybe one day soon….

    (Note: your humble IT coordinator resists the allegations that the failed Q signup is a technology problem. YHC believes this would represent a case of PICNIC.)

    So at 530, the 6 PAX (including a rollin’ in hot Hawg) got started with YHC making stuff up.

    Saban, Glitter Balls, Cheese Steak, Jingle Vader, Hawg and I – great mix of old school and new blood! In fact, YHC is absolutely thrilled to realize that GLITTER BALLS IS A TECH GUY! YHC HAS FOUND HIS REPLACEMENT! WOO HOO!!!

    The Thang:
    At the fountain, rotate through 3 rounds of Dips/Irkins/Derkins/Sit Ups/Step Ups with a timer running a lap around the fountain.

    Hawg wants some levee work – so up to the top, and over to the house of pain.

    1 pair down to the house for 5 pull ups each, bernie sanders back up. 1 pair down the levee for 10 squats, bernie sanders back up. 3rd pair just burpees up top. Rotate through each 3 times.

    Then just some forward/backward running up and over the levee for about 6 minutes just to kill some time.

    Back to the flag for some round robin Mary finishing spot on 615 with Cheese Steaks Leg Lift kinda cadence..

    COT: Yesterday, YHC’s church group talked at length about intentionality in our thoughts, words and actions, and how easy it is for us to lose that intentionality through the day when fighting off the gazillion daily distractions. Today, YHC asks for inspiration and guidance to retain that intentionality, and strive to be an example to those around me.

    Remember – H8! next week, then Convergence on the 22nd!

  • Back to the 40 – from Rudy

    Stop me if you’ve heard this before (as most of you have). The levee was strangely dry, given how much water was covering the roads. YHC was prepared to find something else to do, expecting much grumbling about wet grass and such. But no – lets do this. Had to modify parking spot, due to Lakeshore drive closures. So circle up on top of the levee at Canal for a quick High Rise led warmup while we waited for the final stragglers to locate us.

    Then 8 PAX (including Dreamliner, DR from Virginia) hit the levee for the traditional 40. 10 exercises, 4 sets, back and forth over the levee. Usual exercises (Lunges, Squat Jumps, Merkins, Carolina Dry Docks, Plank Walk, Peter Parker, Parter Peker, Situps, Dying Cockroaches, and finishing with everyone’s favorite – BURPEES). Some new mixins including bernie sanders up the levee while doing lunges. That may take 2 weeks for my quads to recover.

    Belloq joined us for the COT – hope you continue recovering, brother. Look forward to you being back with us in the gloom!