Tag: Landing Strip

  • Skinny Legs and All – from Sandbar

    YHC needs the regular leg day, in my lifelong pursuit of a buckeightyfive.
    Quick Disclaimer followed by a slow mosey up to the clubhouse, around the parking lot, over to the bandstand to scare the ducks, and then up and over the stand. Many pax modified the up and over.

    Warm up with SSH IC, Grass Grabbers and Windmills.
    Mosey to the benches in the shelter. Then we did several sets, each followed by a mosey through the parking lot.
    1st Set
    -10 Left Leg Shrimp Squat OYO
    -10 Right Leg Shrimp Squat OYO
    -10 Sissy Squats OYO
    -10 Goblet squats IC with butt to bench.
    Run down to the parking circle and then run backwards.

    2nd Set
    -10 Bulgarian Splits Left Leg IC
    -10 Bulgarians Right Leg IC
    -20 Jump squats OYO
    -15 calf raises, each leg IC
    Run to the clubhouse, run backwards through the lot and back to the shelter.

    3rd Super Set
    -10 RL Lunges IC
    -10 LL Lunges IC
    -10 RL side lunges
    -10 LL side lunges
    -10 RL back lunges
    -10 LL back lunges
    Run to the clubhouse, karaoke left down through the middle of the lot, karaoke right on the far side, then backwards through the middle to the clubhouse.

    4th Set
    -10 Left Leg Glute bridges IC
    -10 Right Leg Glute bridges IC
    20 monkey humpers OYO
    Then pair up for reverse flutter kicks on the bench. One pax swims with the legs extended off the bench and the other PAX does 50 LBCs. flapjack.
    10 quad hip extensions left and right leg IC.
    Run to the clubhouse, karaoke left down through the middle of the lot, karaoke right on the far side, then backwards through the middle to the clubhouse.

    5th Set
    -10 RL steps ups, 10 LL Step ups, 10 RL power ups, 10 LL power ups, Adding a hop to the top of each IC exercise. Then Angie’s List took us out with LBCs

    Back to the flag. Count-off, Name-o-rama, Announcements and Intentions. My sons (13 and 15) enjoy participating in F3 from time to time and I thank God for all of the pax that set such a fine examples for my sons of how to be a man in the world – for their families, in various careers, and as leaders in their communities.

  • Classic Loop – from Tinkles

    Thanks to Manchovy for getting me on the Q schedule. Great way to start the week. Park was expectedly soggy but didn’t deter!

    Warm up:

    SSH x 30, Grass grabbers x 20, Windmills x 20, Imperial Walkers x 20

    Workout:

    Lap around the park. Indian run to bridge with break for ring of fire with Al Gore hold and burpees x 3 in rotation. Finished with shoulder taps.

    Indian run to the fountain for decline Merkins x 20, R leg power up x 20, Dips x 20, L leg power up, Bulgarian split lunge each leg x 20, incline merkin x 20.

    Jog/sprint to the grassy knoll for ab work (Russian twists, tin snips, penguins, LBTs x 20)

    Indian run to pull up bars with circuits of pull ups, plank, jump squats, big boy sit ups.

    Strong finish work burpees x 5 on each of the next 5 ‘running man’ graphics.

    COT. Blessed to be out making ourselves better! And prayers for no more tropical weather!

  • 24156 Tsunmai – from Sea Man

    4 Pax headed out into the surprising morning syrup of humidity! 3 in the fast…1in the pedestrian lane. All returned slightly late.

  • Campout Campfire – from Sea Man

    A large grouping of Pax headed out to conquer the uptown rockies! (Yulman, Wolfpack, Little Wolf, TES Stairs, and Loyola Music Stairs) Dodging protesters, and news outlets, Popalock sent the Pax on their quick journey.

  • Coin Flip – from Tinkles

    First Q of the year so I’ll try a backblast! Hoping it sticks!

    Looking for something a little different we tried a coin flip beat down. Heads = an exercise, Tails = an exercise. If head or tails is hit two times in a row, that exercise is retired and replaced with a new one. The concept has potential.

    Warm up: standard items.

    We started out with heads = burpees, tails = long running loop. First two flips were heads and burpees were dropped for squats. Everyone recalled the probability word problem from 5th grade and deduced this had a 1/8 chance of happening. The 4th heads in a row at a chance of 1/16 did not happen. The whole workout:

    10 burpees
    10 burpees
    30 squats
    Long loop
    30 squats
    30 squats
    Long loop
    15 jump squats
    Long loop
    Long loop
    15 jump squats
    Short loop
    15 jump squats
    15 jump squats
    Short loop
    30 Ukraines
    Short loop
    30 Ukraines

    Back to flag for announcements and intentions.

  • Mostly the Same – from Nip/Tuck

    I went to Stiffler’s Mom this morning. It seems a little like visiting an indigenous tribe that has no contact with the outside world. I am happy to report that the Natives are still happily existing. Today we ran and we talked about Jennifer Coolidge. Not much has changed.

  • Murph Prep Monday – from Landing Strip

    Twas a light showing this new year’s morning, with 6 brave souls showing up to start the year off right. One of my new year’s resolutions is to complete the Murph Challenge this Memorial Day. That’s a 1 mile run, 100 Pull-Ups, 200 Merkins and 300 Squats and another 1 mile run. This morning’s workout was the first of several to prepare the PAX for that.

    Warmup
    In-place: 20 SSHs, Self Love OYO and 20 Grass Grabbers.

    Tha Thang
    We then proceeded with a circuit of 5 Pull-Ups, 10 Merkins and 15 Squats, followed by a mosey down to the shelter and back. I got 8 full circuits in, plus 2 more partials (hanging for 10 seconds in lieu of Pull-Ups).

    Mary
    A round-robin of Penguins, Crunch Frogs, J-Los and Scissor Kicks.

    Shoutouts
    -Couch, for bringing 2 FNGs to this morning’s workout
    -Acorn and Hawk Talk, said FNGs, who along with Couch, rung in the new year at Tipitina’s last night and then posted this AM
    -JV, for actually completing the Pull-Up / Merkin / Squat components of the Murph on the first day of the year
    -Willie, for showing up (albeit a few minutes late)

    If anyone is reading this, I’d propose we start future holiday, or holiday adjacent workouts (e.g. day after Thanksgiving) at least 30 minutes later than usual.

    Happy new year people!

  • Tsunami 23258 – from Sea Man

    We ran…we ran in two groups! Tsunami express went the usual route along levy to Oak and back via Calhoun (5.0). Tsunami Freight headed around fly and back (3.2)

  • Change of Pace – from Sea Man

    It’s Tusnami! Fast group ran street car line past Washington and back for 5miles at just under 9 min pace! The pacers headed around the fly for 3.2 at 10:30 pace.

  • Split Waves – from Sea Man

    A warm damp morning awaited the Tsunami as we ventured down the path! The Tsunami Express broke away from Tsunami Metamucil. The Express ventured down levy, back up oak at the 8:30 – 9:30 pace for 4.5-5 miles. Team Metamucil split at the levy going around the fly and doubling back around the park at 10:20ish pace for 3.5 miles.