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  • Ruckers and Gazelles – from Jose10k

    Due to another useless training for YHC, I got to grace the scramble with my presence this morning. So I sent out the Ruckers unite bat signal, and they answered the call. 3 Ruckers, 3 gazelles, on this gloomy Thursday morning. Finished up with copper head squats, followed up by lunges for an entire Foo Fighters song. Turkey Trot in a week, SOGO has the Q Saturday. My coworkers husband, my personal family issues, and Hammers new home purchase were the intentions that Hammer most graciously prayed us out with. As always, it was my honor to join y’all this morning. It provides me with tremendous peace.

  • We did the Mash – from Russo

    Pax of 19 (including special guests like Paul Skenes, Creepy Baby, Green Alien, Bear Bird, Spider Man, and the Dude) for a scary good time this morning YHC referred to as the Northshore Monster Mash, with weather in the upper 60s and the sun finally appearing midway through.

    Warmup 10x-15x IC
    – Sealjacks
    – Torso twists
    – Cherry pickers
    – Toe touches
    I honestly can’t remember because I was distracted, laughing way too hard at the alien head bobbing up and down, side to side like it wasn’t even connected. Thank you, QP, for inadvertently providing the hardest I’ve laughed in quite a while.

    Thang

    First up: Count 1-2-3 (Partner Frankenstein walks to the sidewalk and moseys back)
    122 merkins
    222 zombie squats
    322 gas pumps

    Next up: Electric chair
    Using the sea wall:
    – Durkins
    – Urkins
    – Freak Nastys
    – Bulgarian split squats
    – Step ups
    – Box jumps

    Then: Trick or treat (Using a deck of cards, perform the exercise and rep count. Next round, member of Pax guesses higher or lower than previous card. Correct guess and the rep count is cut in half (treat). Incorrect guess and the rep count is doubled (trick)

    Exercises:
    Jump squats
    Shoulder tap plank jacks
    T merkins
    American hammers
    Crunchy frogs
    SMCs
    Crab cakes
    Star jumps
    Monkey Humpers
    Donkey kicks
    Kid N plays

    Somewhere in the middle was a jump scare (the best part of a horror movie, despite some insisting the best part was “the end”): 10 burpees out of nowhere!

    Finally: Ouija Board (or Ouija Bord because we ran out of time) – Tabata 40 seconds on, 20 seconds rest
    O – Outlaws (circle ups)
    U – Urkins
    I – Imperial walkers
    J – Jack Webbs (1 Merkin, 4 air presses)
    A – Absolution
    B – Box jumps
    O – Outlaws
    R – Reverse lunges
    D – Donkey kicks

    One final jump scare of 10 burpees and we were done.

    COT, NOR, Announcements, Prayer. Keep in mind that Akbar has Q next week, there are beatdowns throughout the week, the Turkey Trot is coming up (although Jose is going to leave YHC in the dust with the progress he is making on his runs), and Bushwacker’s camping trip is a week from today. Slack will have more info.

    Thank you all for joining today. It was a blast and we’ll do it again next year. I appreciate each and every one of you.

    SYITG

  • New sidewalks are coming! – from Shooter

    8 PAX took the red pill on this mild Thursday Gloom. Brief warmup Good mornings, Toe Touches, SSH, Scorpion kicks and bridges.
    Course was simple Ruckers down Messina to the gate and back… Runners took to East causeway turning on Monroe and down Messina to the gate back to the AO around the park. 6 mins of Mary Left elbow to right knee, F/J, Flutter kicks, Hello Dollies and WW1 sit-ups..

    Count, Announce and COT..

  • Escalating IPC – from Russo

    75 degrees to start this morning, for a split IPC / non-IPC beatdown at the lakefront.

    Warmup – there was one, but Jose had YHC distracted with discussion of soft hands, tailbone skin, and defibrillators.

    Thang

    7 for IPC week 2 (lots of running, modified burpees and merkins) and 5 for non-IPC, including Steve who joined us about halfway through because the 4 of us were basically camped out in front of his house arguing about the merits of Notre Dame’s schedule and the coaching acumen of Brian Kelly.

    Non -IPC was what YHC calls the Escalator: 10 round of 10 exercises. Each exercise gets a rep count from 1 to 10 depending on round. 55 reps for each total. Or, as Chewy succinctly summarized: “So, Soduku?”

    Exercises
    – Partner merkins
    – Jump squats
    – Leg raises
    – Star Jumps
    – Imperial squat walkers (2 is 1)
    – Donkey kicks
    – Big boy sit-ups
    – Wide merkins
    – Kid N Plays (2 is 1)
    – Murder bunnies

    COT, NOR, Annoucements, Prayer. Big thanks for the healthy Cowbell twins, special intentions for Egg Toss’ mom, Steve’s MIL, and JV’s sister.

    Turkey trot is coming, sign up to Q, show up to get beatdown. Step out of your comfort zone and make a weekday beatdown, even if it has to be the A1C.

    I appreciate all of you HIM. SYITG

  • Return of The Ruck – from Steve

    I feel like that may have been a BB title a few months back? The Rucking Crew, Ruck Off, Ruck in the Middle With You…. I don’t know, the puns are endless but my little mind seems to go to the same old, tired ones. Regardless – the ruckers have returned! At least, for one scramble outing. With JV off to Warsaw and Nuremberg and other WWII-affiliated cities, it could all fall apart next week. But his and Akbar’s return this week couldn’t have been better timing for the tireless Russo, who suffered some sort of heat exhaustion last Saturday and was fully prepared to ruck alone if necessary. This heat is no joke.

    And this Thursday morning was no different – the same brutal conditions we’ve been dealing with for months now. Pelican, who hibernates in the summer, may well stay hidden until 2024 the way this summer has been going.

    YHC can no longer say we took the “usual route” since there is no usual route these days. Shooter likes takes us on a walkabout through the jungles of Greenleaves and the wilderness of Mariner’s Blvd., seeking out uncharted territory (or trying to lose us), while Pik prefers the lakefront loop and back, and Bushwacker, well, YHC didn’t experience it, but Bushwacker prefers something called “Follow the Leader,” which involves parkour and stunts that might be found on MTV’s Jackass. Hey, to each his own. YHC prefers the Pik route, so we did that – the runners hit Coffee and looped back, while the ruckers did a 17 minute out and back.

    All survived. Few complaints. And that’s because these men know what it’s like out there in the “real world.” Well… let’s say that with most of these men being in their mid-40’s, they’re at least beginning to get a vague idea of this real world. If you think you’ve experienced it, just ask Hammer’s dad. You’re probably close, but not quite there yet.

    Thank you men for the camaraderie and the accountability, appreciate you all.

  • KB swings…Maybe we did too many. – from Strings

    Determined to do 100 kettlebell swings, we did that and also some snatches, and cleans and walking lunges, and painfully slow burpees. I like to do at least 15 minutes of mobility and stretches before getting into the workout. Things seemed to speed along after the first 15. We did do 100 swings and the rest. But when I got to 915 mass I was sore for the rest of the day and next. Perhaps too many swings in one workout.

  • Mr. Miata! – from Shooter

    Not much to see here, except the throwback ride Speedy just picked up. 7 men decided to take the red pill 💊 and put in some work. While there would be no sand Da floor, or paint Da fence the PAX had much chatter as we Rucked and ran through Mandeville. Mr. Miata joined Hammer, Zoolander and YHC as we traveled down Massena to Monroe and turned down W beach toward the lakefront. Most chatter focused on the older HIMs first G rides ranging from a Cutlass, to a Mustang and of course a Volkswagen..Returned with the Ruckers right on time. Completed 4 miles and closed out with thoughts for our brethren Waterpik recovering from his remarkable performance at Zoolander’s soccer Saturday.
    Speedy closed out the PAX as the veterans circled around Mr. Miata throwing out way to many references for YHC to reference or repeat.. But if you see Speedy out there on the streets with his 747 wing attached please refrain from promoting or encouraging him to light them up or challenging any type of drift as his Hallos are sure to blind bystanders..

    Take the red pill in the gloom and commit to the A1c to celebrate its 3rd anniversary..

    See you in the Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • We didn’t start the fire at the Roxbury! – from Jose10k

    The mumble chatter was plenty this morning, and it started immediately. 8 showed up this morning, 3 ruckers and 5 gazelles. The runners did 4 miles and YHC had no clue what they talked about. Us Ruckers, that’s a different story. It started off with the new remake of “We didn’t start the fire” by Fallout Boy. Once we started there, then it was all about Hollywood and their remakes (Point Break, Road House, etc…) SNL movies that we love, including the classic Night at the Roxbury. Then it was onto MTV and their shows (Next, Room Raiders, Real World, Road Rules) which led us into comedians from MTV reality shows, then into new comedians vs old school comedians. Think Chris Rock vs Matt Rife. Anywho, made it back to the flag for COT. Shooter prayed us out. Intentions for Backdraft, Phoenix, Cowbell’s M, and all others both spoken and unspoken. Zoolander has the Q on Saturday (his birthday Q) 3 year anniversary at the A1C next Friday, the 28th of July. The F2 was great today gentlemen. As always, I am proud to call you my brothers. Thank you for posting/reading. And a special Happy Birthday to my 17 year old daughter!

  • Back to the regulars!! – from Shooter

    The Scramble produced pairs once again. Ruckers returned with JV and Russo.. Cowbell and Waterpik were the speedsters.. Zoolander and YHC were the Clydesdale’s. Sorry to categorize you that way this morning Zoo, after all we know you are nowhere near a Clydesdale..
    Appreciate you graciously holding back to jog with one this morning though..

    Warmup
    Mixture of 15IC and 10IC
    SSH, Toe touches, Imperial walkers, Superman’s, Wife pleasers, Bridges, Scorpion kicks and squat holds..

    Ruckers rucked down Massena and back. Runners and joggers turned right on Monroe and then left on Antibes to Mariners and back around to Monroe..

    Returned for some Mary
    10IC Right elbow to left knee, F/J, LBCs, Little Manny crunches and Merkins.

    Count, announce and COT

    Thanks to JV for taking us out in prayer!!
    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!!

  • Scrambling along!!! – from Shooter

    Great mix on this mild morning at the Scramble.. We had 3 runners, 3 joggers and 2 Ruckers and it all worked according to plan.. YHC would like to thank two of the runners Bushwacker and Zoolander for pulling back their reins 🐎🐎 to jog along with the BIG 🐳🐳 of the group. Admittedly, as well as visually the Q has packed on some pounds and the time has come to get focused again too shed the extras gained.. The Queen has always been the struggle.. JV and Russo graciously and comically reminded YHC about his statement from coffateria on Saturday.. Committing to eating 🐠 🐠 for the next two weeks as he and the M travel abroad on a cruise filled with endless buffets and refreshments to satisfy anyone’s pleasure… Guys, this is the moment one must literally remove my 🦶🏻from my mouth… What was I thinking in saying this? The temptations will be overwhelming and this guy has fallen to less pressures admittedly… I guess the short of this rant, I will do my best to hold true. I am grateful that the Raiderpride community amongst the PAX are sure to ask upon my return how things went…

    Let me just give you the answer now..
    #epicfail 😬😬😬

    However, when I return I look forward to these F3 brethren pushing back at me and holding me accountable to the main goals… ACCELERATING in all 3Fs that has kept me committed to this PAX for 6 years…

    Warmup
    10IC Grass grabbers, Carolina dry docks, Toe Touches, Scorpion kicks, Bridges, wife pleasers, SSH and self love..

    Thang
    Steve, Speedy and Waterpik off and down W beach ti Lakeshore and backup the street passed the bridge.

    Bushwacker, Zoolander and YHC standard route with sunset point minus the pier still..

    JV and Russo rucking to Sunset point and returning..

    Joggers and runners received 6 mins of Mary consisting of ETKs, LMCs, Flutters, Hello Dollies, Rosalita’s, Nolan Ryan’s, Leg raises, 💯s and Jane Fonda’s!!!

    PAX announced and placed wagers on how long Bushwacker survives silence at Manresa this weekend. Contact your local book for the odds.. 😂

    Seriously though the PAX hope he enjoys the experience, which I am sure he will..

    Appreciate you HIMs for showing up and showing out as usual until the next Gloom
    👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!