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Tag: Mahatma

  • Da Plane! Da Plane! – from Fracsac

    9 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to the Westward Ho!!
    There was a new theme for the beat down that had all pax rejoicing! Anytime an airplane was heard, all would do 10 burpees. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then mosey for:

    Warmup

    Airplane! 10 burpees OYO

    IW x 15
    GG IC x 12
    Abe Vigodas x 10

    Mosey to the levee. Start off with Jacob’s Ladder:

    Run up levee, 1 burpee, run back down
    Run up levee, 2 burpees, back down
    Continue up to 7.

    Mosey to a grassy area for a pax choice. YHC asked Bogey to choose between M and J. With M being the choice, it was time for:

    Motivator! Basically a deconstructed SSH from sets of 10 down to 1. #CrowdPleaser

    Next Papa Smurf was asked to choose between J and S. He couldn’t pass up the J, so:

    Jack Webbs

    1 merkin, 2 air presses
    2 Merkins, 4 air presses
    Continue up to 10 Merkins and 20 air presses.

    Plane!! 10 burpees

    Mambi had to choose between T and D. He enthusiastically chose D:

    Plane! Hey that’s the same plane! Overruled! 10 Burpees!

    DirtyMacDeuce

    4 rounds of 3 x 12 rep exercises, an arm, a leg and a core. Run a lap after each round. The lap was up and over the levee.

    Merkins, Big boi sit-ups, squats
    Lap
    Shoulder Taps, flutter kicks, Bobby Hurleys
    Lap
    Floyd Mayweathers, tin snips, burpees IC
    Lap
    Catalina wine mixers, LBC’s, 8 count body builders IC
    Lap

    War Eagle looked up and said Senior Q, Da Plane, Da Plane!! YHC thanked Tattoo…err….War Eagle….and 10 Burpees!
    YHC lost count of burpees…🤷‍♂️

    COT

    NMM

    -YHC was excited to see 9 Pax at Westward Ho! Thanks for coming out.
    -There was a light rain that cooled us down
    -Congrats to War Eagle on his 2.1 on the way, due 31 December! Solid tax credit!!🤣. Maybe you had to be there…..

    SYITG

    Thanks for the opportunity to be a part of this awesome brotherhood!

  • Shuffle the Deck – from Stiletto

    The Westward Ho always gives ya a nice breeze to go with the beatdown!

    8 PAX at the Treasure Chest. Started with intro and Mosey toward the Pier.

    Warmup:

    15 Each

    SSH
    Grass Grabbers
    Imperial Walkers
    OverHead Claps
    Seal Claps

    The Thang: DECK OF DEATH!

    Face Cards are x15, Deuces are x20, Joker is x100 LBC’s

    Hearts: Big Boy Sit-Ups (Fracsac really wanted Burpees)
    Diamonds: Knuckle Merkins (Love you Heisenberg)
    Clubs: Squats
    Spades: Mountain Climbers

    We went counter-clockwise to grab cards. We grabbed 2 cards per exercise instead of 1 for a little push! After every rotation of all 8 guys grabbing cards, we ran a lap around the pier.

    We went through the whole deck with 8 min to spare for MARY.

    Crunchy Frogs (Mahatma)
    Dying Cockroach (Mambi)
    10 Snips (FracSac)
    LazyBoy (HOKIE)
    Flutter Kicks (Pai Gow)
    American Hammers (Heisenberg)

    COT:

    Announcements and a word of encouragement about pushing out the voices of shame in our day-to-day schedule and life.

    Prayer and Dismissal

  • The Calm before the storm – from Mahatma

    Deciding where I planned to spend my Wed 4-21-21morning I saw that the Foundry needed a Q so why not!?
    12 pax showed up with the intention of starting the day with more than hitting the snooze and rolling out of bed.
    After a quick disclaimer we moseyed to the track for a warm up consisting of stretching, SSH, WM, something that Double Fudge new the name to, scuba kicks (not knee jerks) then off to the “core” event.
    Pax line up (1-12) at mid point of straight away. Pax 1 ran (50-75%) to mid point turn 1, once there he moved into lane 2 while pax 2 started his run, when 2 arrived he moved over to lane 2, pax 3 started and pax 1 started a run to the other end of the track (so 1/2 way around) moved into lane 3, once 3 arrived 4 started, 3 moved over, 2 started. This continued with a 3/4 then a complete full 1/4 mi (1 full run around the track). We completed it (some got a little extra core while waiting for pax to finish) but it wasn’t as “smooth” as it was mentally thought out to be, so rinse and modification – break into 2 groups of 6 then go in reverse – full loop, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4: it could be brought back with additional modification. On to more core – as pax finished there was a line forming in the outer lane, each figured out just join in and ever pax added their version of core to the effort. We finished with a 2:30 minute plank / merkin initiative. Then back to the flags for COT.

    Glad to see the crew and the opportunity to lead. We lift up DaParish’s buddy who passed suddenly as well as Disclaimer and his family. We ask for God’s Grace to lead with humility in engaging all who we come into contact with.
    God Bless – get ready for the H8 – you against you!

  • And then there were 3 – from Rudy

    Dreary, Soggy and Rainy am. YHC was silently hopeful that no one would show as he sat in his car in the rain watching the time tick by. 5:21. 5:22. 5:23. Maybe I’ll be able to head home. 5:24. Up in the mist, YHC sees one runner go by and thinks “What a fool”. 5:25. YHC realizes that runner is Hawgcycle. Sigh. So YHC gets out of the car, steps into the rain in order to fulfill his obligation. And at 5:29 Mahatma rolls in hot, seeming to savor the chance to workout in the rain. YHC is not sure the last time he saw such a big smile on Mahatma’s face (it could be, however, that he’s awaiting the call to announce his new grandbaby. you be the judge).

    Since YHC is still generally afraid of the rain – lets just grab a rock and head to the gazebo.

    Tabata workout, using the playlist YHC and kids put together over the quarantine. Interesting mix of classic rock (YHC), Taylor Swift-ish pop (daughter) and eclectic whatevers (son).

    10 exercises. 45 seconds on, 15 rest. Repeat x3. Curls, Sit Ups, Squats, Mountain Climbers, Shoulder Pres, V Ups, Step Ups, 8 Count BBs, Rows, Twists.

    One highlight – Hawg also recalling the Epic SNL performance of Faith No More. That was a seminal moment in YHC’s early musical journey…

    Had a few extra minutes, so a few wall sits with curls to pass the remaining time.

    Return the rocks (tossing them into the puddle to see how big a splash could be made), then return to the (virtual) flag for Count Off, Names, and close with a prayer. Blessings especially on Disclaimer as they prepare to welcome a new baby to the world!

  • Rock’n out on 311 Day – from Fracsac

    Ok, so no 311 played, but probably should have! 3 Ruckers and 3 runners converged at Pontiff to get right. 3 ran and 3 rucked like Bosses!

    COT

    SYITG

  • Fasting & Penance – from Thumb War

    Pax of 8 started the workout in 35 degrees and at 6:35 as half the Pax were running back to the flags from their 5:30 pre-workout ruck.
    We warmed up with the following exercises IC:
     SSH x 25
     Grass Grabbers x 15
     Arm Circles front x 10
     Arm Circles Back x 10
     Mountain Climbers x 20
    The Pax rucked up and starting Rucking at a fast pace on the jogging path towards Vintage. Along the way to West Esplanade and back totaling 2.92 miles, we halted at about every 5 minutes and the did following exercises:
     Squats – 21 Reps
     Front squat presses – 21 Reps
     Merks – 21 Reps
     Overhead Lunge – 21 Reps
     Squats – 21 Reps
     Front squat presses – 21 Reps
     Merks – 21 Reps
    Back to the flags at 7:31 for some Mary:
     Freddy Mercs – 25 IC
     LBC’s – 25 IC
     Hello Dolly – 15 IC
     Plank hold for 1 min
    COT where we named Triple Shift’s 2.1 Jonah “Smash”. Finished with intentions and prayer, which focused on using this Lent to improve ourselves. Thanks, Vagabond, for the invite to Q.

  • The Wally Run and The Weagle – from Fracsac

    10 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted at Pontiff at 0530 on a Thursday. YHC gave a disclaimer, then instructed those committed to the Wally Run to start running! Those 6 took off and never looked back. The 4 remaining moseyed half the track and into the parking lot deep within Pontiff for:

    Warmup
    Imperial Walkers IC x 15
    Abe Vigodas IC x 10
    Grass Grabber IC x 10
    Bat wings
    – Fwd AC IC x 15
    – Rev AC IC x 15
    – Seal claps IC x 15
    – OH Claps IC x 15
    – Moroccan Night Club IC x 31 (dancing encouraged)

    The Thang
    DirtyMacDeuce

    Burpees x 10 OYO
    Merkins IC x 12
    LBC’s IC x 12
    Bear crawl 20 yards

    Burpees x 10 OYO
    Catalina Wie Mixers IC x 12
    Big Boi Sit-ups IC x 12
    Bear crawl 20 yards

    Burpees x 10 OYO
    Wide arm Merkins IC x 12
    Dying Cockroaches IC x 12
    Bear crawl 20 yards

    Burpees x 10 OYO
    Staggered arm Merkins IC x 12
    Flutter kicks IC x 12
    Bear crawl 20 yards

    Mosey to the gym building

    Jack Webb on the wall
    1 merkin with 2 air presses in people’s chair
    2 merkins with 4 air presses in people’s chair
    3…..
    4….
    Yada yada yada
    10 merkins with 20 air presses in people’s chair

    Mosey back to parking lot

    EMOM burpees
    With 40 burpees in the bag, YHC set the EMOM timer for 8 minutes.
    That’s 120 for the day!

    Return to the flag and rejoin the Wally Runners that ran 4 plus miles each

    COT – raised up several intentions including our brother Kimchi for the heartbreaking loss of his son Xavier.

    NMM

    • The Weagle is a much welcomed venue for those of us forced to limit our running

    • The field was extremely muddy from the recent rain. YHC didn’t want to destroy it, but placed 2 cones there to see what sort of psychological effect it would have….it worked. It did not go unnoticed!

    SYITG