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  • DORA of Fire – from Jose10k

    Remember the great fire of 1979 that supposedly started in your garage when that chipmunk ingested some fertilizer and then fell into a can of kerosene instantly turning him into a flying-lil’, fluffy-lil’ molotov cocktail that set a blaze leveling the whole neighborhood West of Newton’s Hardware Store?

    You started that fire?

    No, but that was pretty cool, huh?

    Bonus points to whoever knows what movie masterpiece I took this quote from. I am counting on Hammer to be the first to respond.
    This was the topic of conversation at the Gipper this morning. The fire that knocked out power for so many of us. In addition to the power outage, the other topic of conversation was the increase of persons with no fixed address at the Gipper. Anywho, 6 showed up to a relatively cool morning to get some exercise in before starting their day.
    Warm-up: y’all know
    The thang: Dora with some coupons. Partner 1 ran down the path behind LOLA and back up the front. Partner 2 performed the exercise. 100 Merkins on your coupon, 200 squats with coupon, 300 big boy sit ups with your coupon. Once finished, shoulder presses while the partner ran the loop one extra time. Finished up with 1 minute of deep stretching. COT with Maverick praying us out. Intentions for Phoenix, 3 year anniversary at the A1C this Friday, Bushwacker FireFighter workout this Saturday. We’ll see if Russo copies my beatdown yet again next week.

  • Hottie police officer? I was really looking forward to meeting you in the municipal court on or before June 6th! – from Jose10k

    Short and to the point today…After a warm-up, time for the deck of death. Each member was assigned a suit, and the beatdown began. Merkins, squats, lunges, monkey humpers, burpees, big boy situps, wife pleasers, hello dollys, scorpion kicks were among some of the exercises performed today. Two jokers at the end meant two laps around the A1C to finish things off. COT and YHC prayed us out. Thanks for allowing me to lead, and thanks for reading this backblast. Zoolander’s birthday Q tomorrow (Can’t believe he’s only turning 26). July 28th, 3 year anniversary of the A1C.

  • Nine at The Gipper – from Einstein

    Heat & humidity for the gathered PAX, this Wednesday morning, at The Gipper. With guest pax Assange from the Birmingham mother ship location.
    Maverick and Gilligan rolled in way past hot.

    Long Warmup:
    Toe Touch, SSHops, Neck Rolls, Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Peter Parkers, etc.

    Mosey to the coupon cache location – WHOA – not enough blocks in our normal spot – Moby and company had to run to the rock pile and borrow a few from the Covington Garden Club display.

    Thang – all cinder block work except for the run, and rotating block locations – so we could all get a turn using the two-ton-tony waterlogged cinder blocks

    Round 1: blockees, curls, overhead press, goblet squats, then run around downtown Covington water tower/depot trapezoid loop

    Round 2: big boy situps with block on chest, leg lifts over the block, chest press with block, GRRs(grip,rip,and roll from the exicon) – YIKES
    then run around downtown Covington water tower/depot trapezoid loop

    Round 3: rows, kettle bell swings, murder bunnies up and down the grassy knoll, finished up with bear crawl/block drag up and down the grassy knoll

    Time is up – return coupons

    Circle-up, Count-o-rama, Gilligan leads us out with prayer.

  • Up and down with the cards! – from BBQ

    Up and down with the cards! 3 answered the call this morning. The average age was 66! 1 year older than Wednesday’s beat down at the Gipper. We started with the usual dozen warm ups. A mosey lap on the top deck to finish the warm up. YHC used a deck of cards to set the exercises. Hearts were Copper Head squats. Diamonds were hand release merkins. Clubs were 2 as 1 LBC’s. Spades were drawers choice. The card number and face card drove the reps. 2-14 with aces 14. Diamonds came fast and furious. Spades drew side straddle hops, gas pumps, cherry pickers and others to mix it up. We had 7 cards left when ran out of time. COT with Nameorama and BBQ prayed us out. It was an honor to be up and at’em with these fine young men!

  • Lucky 7’s – from Akbar

    4 convened this early gloom, 3 of us cursing Cowbell under breath from the Lakefront soreness Saturday. Today we did Lucky 7’s in the beautiful weather God has granted us in Seast La.

    Warm-o-Rama – SSH x 15IC. X10IC – Arm circles, Self-Love, Windmills, Toe Touches, Grass Grabbers, and other things

    The Thang

    7 rounds, 7 reps of each exercise, stopping at intersections on a Mosey to Granny’s House and back.

    Rounds
    (1) Merkins, abs of choice
    (2) Merkin plank jack, Freddie Mercury, Squats
    (3) Hand Release Merkins, High Knees, Superman’s, Sister Mary Catherine

    Threw in some Freak Nasties x 10 IC at Granny’s. Finished up with 10 Knee Raises/10 Jump Squats at the Playground and Freak Nasty/Bulgarian Split Squats x10 IC at the Picnic Tables

    Mary
    American Hammers x10 IC

    Count, Name-o-rama, and Moby Dick prayed us out with thoughts for Phoenix Bigler and his family, Grover for safe travels driving out West, and Piks buddy on the birth of a new baby.

    Thanks for showing up, always a pleasure to start my week out with you men.

    Akbar

  • 1st & 10 – from Einstein

    A pleasent 73 degrees at 5:15 a.m., at the A1C, atop the Justice Center Parking Garage. With Moby claiming it felt like a Fall day.

    Warmup:
    all 15xIC: toe touch, ss hops, neck rolls-standing, neck rolls on your six-back-forward-right-left, hill-billies, swimmers, thumb drives, imperila walkers,
    soccer-ankle rotations, scissors hops, smurf jacks, etc.

    Thang from the Exicon: 1st&10
    Approx. 100 yard “field” marked at 2 parking stripe increments. Perform 10 Burpees, 1 Merkin (11’s) at the 10, sprint the remainder of the parking lot.
    Mosey back to the “20.” Perform 9 Burpess, 2 Merkins, sprint the remainder of the parking lot, mosey back to the “30.” Repeat until all 100 “yards” and 11’s have been completed. Finished up with one minute of Rocky Balboa’s

    Worked up a pretty good sweat, according to BBQ’s KC hat squatch-o-meter.

    Mumble Chatter included; Avg age of today’s A1C PAX(old), plethora of burpees recently, Jose-10k’s sporting a coppertone tan(with the rest of us sporting farmer’s red), BBQ’s trip to Omaha for the CWS LSU victory, and Moby championing the health benefits of olive oil as he chugalugs from his new pocket flask

    Count-o-rama

    Jose-10K led us out with prayer, intentions for quick recovery for the suffering/injured.

  • Who says BOMBS are limited to the 4th or New years? – from Shooter

    With the opportunity available for YHC to post the Gipper it felt right to bring left over BOMBS out today. Temperatures should show signs of cooling this week according to forecasters, but apparently 86 at 6AM is still warm and super humid based on the perspiration reflected off the concrete.. Add a coupon to the mix and the sweat angels really come to life.. Music is a must whenever Jose10k is around and the count for cadences held true… Soon enough though the only noises to be heard were the grunts, heavy breathing and sound of anguish..

    Warmup
    15IC and 10IC
    SSH, Toe Touches, Wife pleasers, Bridges and Scorpion kicks.

    Thang
    B.O.M.B.S (coupon for overhead press)
    Prison cell burpees, over head press, Merkins, Big Boy Sit-ups and Squats..

    Teams
    Jose10k/Bushwacker
    YHC/Barely legal/Moby

    P1 exercises while P2 runs the trace toward the courthouse making a loop around the block.

    As time drew near YHCs team had to modify to finish. Returned the coupons for the count, announce and COT..

    Thanks to Jose10k for closing us out in prayer!!

    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • Gorilla Instincts – from Jose10k

    After spending two days in Pensacola swimming with my nephew, I got in at 9 last night. Tired, sunburned,and very sore. But that’s never an excuse to miss the A1C. 78 degrees outside, 92% humidity, still not a reason to skip the A1C. I was thinking about taking it easy, however, a traveler from far away (Slidell) rolled up at exactly 5:15. Anyone who travels that far, deserves a quality beatdown. To be honest, I hadn’t planned a workout. I was planning on making it up as we went. Warm-up: you know how it goes
    The Thang: Mosey over to the butterfly garden to pick up a coupon each. Mosey over to the side of the courthouse for a Shooter inspired Gorilla workout. But while walking there, a wise voice came over me. YOU INTENSIFY TO MODIFY. Y’all know who this wise voice is, wisdom beyond his years: that’s right, Hammer’s oldest boy: PickAxe. How do you intensify the Gorilla workout? That’s when I thought of another F3 brother, none other than the stepfather of the splash pad, Russo. I have to throw him a little love, I mean, we hate on him quite a bit. It’s his own fault, he opens his mouth about his lack of taste in 80s and 90s movies, it just makes him a target of ridicule. One thing that we can not make fun of, his intense workouts. And one of his favorite exercises is: murder bunnies. So that’s how we intensified this morning’s workout. 8 reps of each exercise, curls, shoulder presses, kettlebell swings, and merkins. Then murder bunny to the first intersection. 8 gorilla squats, then rifle carry the block back to the start. Returned the blocks, back to the top of the A1C for 5 minutes of Mary led by Hogs Breath. YHC had to leave to bring his car back for his daughter to use. As always, it was an honor to lead you gentlemen. Thanks for read. Hammer’s offspring has the Q tomorrow morning. Mark it in your calendar, and plan to show. July 28th marks the 3rd anniversary of the A1C. Come out and celebrate with us. I do hope that our cross town rivals will join us too. SYITG

  • Back to Normal – from Akbar

    The fab four was back in action this gloom, with Hammer and Pik returning from travels. Today is World Refrigeration Day – don’t take for granted the importance of refrigeration in modern life. We could have used one today. This is how it went:

    Conditions
    81, partly cloudy, slight southwest wind at 6, slightly muggy

    Warm Up – SSH at center court, mosey to the Lakefront stopping for Grass Grabbers, Windmills, arm circles, self love, high knees, butt kicks

    Wall: Wall exercise, mosey in between to sidewalk, return x15 on each side, OYO
    • Derkins, Squats
    • Irkins, Sumo Squats
    • Freak Nasty, Sister Mary Catherine’s
    • Stone Mountain, Superman’s

    Rips
    Wall Sit, 15 count each pax – Moby’s count was at least a minute

    Stairs
    Exercise 1 at bottom of stairs, run to top for 15 calf raises, return to bottom for 2nd exercise.
    • Plank Jacks, Rocky Balboas
    • Shoulder Taps, Rocky Balboas

    Return to home base stopping at each intersection for 1 exercise x15 IC: Merkins, Squats, Superman’s, Sumo Squats, LBC’s

    Mary at center court x 15IC. Rosalita, Hello Dolly, Heals to Heaven, Flutter Kicks, Wife Pleasers

    Count, Name, and Moby prayed us out.

    Announcements
    Chainsaw has Lakefront Q Saturday, sign up to Q

    Always a pleasure to start me week of right with you guys –

    SYITG – Akbar

  • Mighty Moby Motors On – from Einstein

    A bit humid at 5:15 a.m., at the A1C, atop the Justice Center Parking Garage.
    and with mumble chatter about being tired/stiff from cinder block workouts, a good stretching warmup was in order

    Warmup:
    all 15xIC: toe touch, neck rolls-standing, arm circles, side-to-side stretch, neck rolls on your six-back-forward-right-left, shoulder shrugs, swimmers, thumb drives, etc.

    Thang 1:
    Run down the parking ramps to the street, run around the block with four burpees at each corner,
    stop at the first small wall for step-ups, left leg first then right leg,
    mosey to the second small wall for box jumps – sets of three box jumps.
    It was on box jump number twelve where Moby suffered a blow-out, scraping his shin on the wall, YIKES!! If this has happened to you – you know it sucks!
    but nothing stops MobyDick…with blood trickling into his shoe…the old man pushes through!
    We forge ahead, with run up the parking ramps to the top deck

    Thang 2:
    on the upper deck, core exercises at the four corners (box-cutters, sit-ups, leg levers, left elbow to right knee right elbow to left knee)
    with bear crawl half way across deck, mosey, sprint other half, mosey, repeat.

    Count-o-rama

    Jose-10K led us out with prayer, with intentions for quick recovery for the suffering PAX