Tag: Mobydick

  • Back to School where I don’t get no respect – from Jose10k

    After a victorious Crazy Ivan, YHC was a bit sore and tired. I knew I had the Q, but had put it off to this morning. The highest form of flattery is imitation. So I stole Shooters back to school, but mine wasn’t the Billy Madison version. Mine was Rodney’s.
    Warm-up: All IC to 12, ssh, grass grabbers, self love, torso twists and shoulder rolls
    The thang: Perform 12 reps of each exercise for each grade. Move up a grade, perform the previous grade exercises, plus the new one. One loop around the parking garage, down to the bottom, then back up.
    1st grade: Merkins
    2nd-Leg Lifts
    3rd-Big Boy situps
    4th-Squats
    5th-Air pressess
    6th-lunges
    7th-12th, didn’t make it. We dropped out to pursue our careers. COT and Moby prayed us out.

    Thanks for letting me lead on this cold morning. Still no respect yet though.

  • Back to School where I don’t get no respect – from Jose10k

    After a victorious Crazy Ivan, YHC was a bit sore and tired. I knew I had the Q, but had put it off to this morning. The highest form of flattery is imitation. So I stole Shooters back to school, but mine wasn’t the Billy Madison version. Mine was Rodney’s.
    Warm-up: All IC to 12, ssh, grass grabbers, self love, torso twists and shoulder rolls
    The thang: Perform 12 reps of each exercise for each grade. Move up a grade, perform the previous grade exercises, plus the new one. One loop around the parking garage, down to the bottom, then back up.
    1st grade: Merkins
    2nd-Leg Lifts
    3rd-Big Boy situps
    4th-Squats
    5th-Air pressess
    6th-lunges
    7th-12th, didn’t make it. We dropped out to pursue our careers. COT and Moby prayed us out.

    Thanks for letting me lead on this cold morning. Still no respect yet though.

  • Panxsutawney Phil and The Gipper – from TurboTax

    Panxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning which implies some sunlight which, in turn, confirms that he was nowhere near The Gipper. Conditions for our beatdown were Gloomy to say the least.

    Plenty of shelter at The Gipper. After a warmup featuring lots of dynamic stretching, skipping, bear crawling, lunging, squatting, crab walking and running, the PAX made our way to the crescent for a EMOM extravaganza. Burpees, merkins, mountain climbers, Sister Mary Katherines, Apollo Onos, Bobby Hurleys, and a few different plank variations filled the rest of our time…roughly 30 minutes of increasing intensity. But the PAX weathered the EMOM storm just fine and made a solid downpainment on the day.

    Thanks for letting me lead guys. Hope to see you all out there for the Krazy Ivan Thursday night.

  • BBQ, where are you? – from Jose10k

    After having the Wu-Tang Clan visit the house of Jose 10k, YHC was finally able to safely rejoin the gloom. I was eager to get back to grind at the A1C, but where’s BBQ? Where o where is BBQ?
    Warm-ups: ssh, torso twists, self love, grass grabbers, cherry pickers
    The Thang: Four corners, back peddle the short length, run the long length. 7 merkins at each first, then 14 hand release, 21 slow squats, followed by 28 leg raises. Mosey to the bottom of the garage to do calf raises (3 per step) all the way up. Finished off with a few minutes of good stretching. Fletch prayed us out. Glad to finally be back at it. But seriously, where is BBQ?

  • BBQ, where are you? – from Jose10k

    After having the Wu-Tang Clan visit the house of Jose 10k, YHC was finally able to safely rejoin the gloom. I was eager to get back to grind at the A1C, but where’s BBQ? Where o where is BBQ?
    Warm-ups: ssh, torso twists, self love, grass grabbers, cherry pickers
    The Thang: Four corners, back peddle the short length, run the long length. 7 merkins at each first, then 14 hand release, 21 slow squats, followed by 28 leg raises. Mosey to the bottom of the garage to do calf raises (3 per step) all the way up. Finished off with a few minutes of good stretching. Fletch prayed us out. Glad to finally be back at it. But seriously, where is BBQ?

  • HUMP day!! By the way Moby, what are you wearing? – from Shooter

    Having missed the last few Gipper beatdowns, YHC knew he had no excuses if he took the Q… Meeting up with Steve at our WD location to carpool. Minus one of our other brethren in Bushwacker the ride produced some small talk and not the normal rambles of chatter on the drive north.. Upon arrival Steve and YHC noticed we were the first at the AO until the likes of Barely legal came rolling in.. After planting the shovel flag the 3 of us started out for a pre miler running through the streets of beautiful Covington talking some sports and mumbling about the upcoming challenge that one (unnamed) of our own is setting out to achieve.. Although the insanity of the challenge he has bestowed upon himself seems impossible, the 3 of us all agreed it will be accomplished knowing the natural desire and determination of this individual.. Beware Covington of possible Wolverine sightings in your future!! Returning to the shovel flag 4 more PAX, plus Sonny awaited as we started in our warmup..

    All 15IC SSH, Toe Touches, Cherry Pickers, Arm circles, Imperial walkers, Hillbillies and Butt kicks…

    YHC chose 2 coupon workouts from the Exicon, so we gathered our blocks then returned under the breezeway for FLORA 123.. Partnering up we completed the 100 200 and 300 rep count of Derkins, planks, LBCs, 6inch holds, Goblet squats and holds..
    Sonny was extra motivated on this Gloom as he tried getting in some of his own versions of Monkey Humpers with mans best friend.. Not sure where the motivation came from but maybe it was the cologne or soap, which prompted other PAX to inquire about the secret aroma for potential attractant at home with the M… Not sure if it would work but let’s just say it was in the air at the Gipper on this day with the abundance of attempts displayed by ole Sonny (Turbo dawg) on this HUMP day!!!
    After finishing we took our blocks to the parking area/boat yard soon to be attorneys office for the finale.
    Gorilla Complex was on tap with one modification. YHC was not sure of one of the said exercises in the rotation, so substituted Rows instead.. The just is 8 rounds of 5 exercises with 8 reps followed by a 50 yard sprint between each round.. With coupon 8 curls, 8 rows, 8 shoulder presses, 8 squat thrusters and 8 Merkins then sprint/mosey for 50 yards.. R/R 8x

    Hope you got your monies worth gentleman and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

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  • It’s Lonely at the Top – from Mobydick

    Well the cold breezy drizzly gloom almost took out a perfectly good AO. But No Mobydick and Turbo Dog to the rescue. A few minutes late start so I could drive up to the roof of the garage to be sure no other intrepid were lurking about and a light workout began. Since it was only me (Turbo Dog was doing his olfactory inventory) I had me warm up literally with some self love and high knees. The thang was traverse the perimeter of the first and second floor of the garage doing karaoke. Butt kicks. High knees backpedal lunges and and occasional leg of squats. Deeep squats at each parking strip. Some legs got a sprint. Up and down both ramps Up and down all three sets of stairs. That works out to almost a mile. To top it off our came the chain which is 81’ long by the way and a good solid drag back and forth across the garage. A good dose of leg lift and Turbo Dog wrestling and a counts Rama. Prayers for Jose 10 k and Peacock and homeward bound. The chain is unbroken

  • LUNGES & LUNGS REDUX – from Einstein

    a light group at the Gipper this morning – missing a few regulars

    after some chit-chat and a short disclaimer, we got to it…

    Warmup:
    all 20xIC: Toe Touch, Side Straddle Hops, Hillbillies, Shoulder Shruggs/Rolls, Imperial Walkers,
    Swimmers, Butt Kicks, Grass Grabbers, Neck Rolls, Seal Jacks, maybe some more…

    mosey to the stair case leading up to the Upper Deck of the Justice Center Parking Garage
    heals over hands climb up the stairs, one at a time, while the pax does side staddle hops fore and aft, before regouping

    Thang: (a repeat from the A1C workout a few weeks back – hence the REDUX)
    reverse lunge walk half way down the down ramp, back peddle back up
    reverse lunge walk all the way down the down ramp, back peddle back up
    forward lunge walk half way down the down ramp, sprint back up
    forward lunge walk all the way down the down ramp, sprint back up
    lateral lunge walk – North facing, half the way down the down ramp, sprint back up
    lateral lunge walk – North facing, all the way down the down ramp, sprint back up
    lateral lunge walk – South facing, half the way down the down ramp, sprint back up
    lateral lunge walk – South facing, all the way down the down ramp, sprint back up
    deep squat at every parking space, half way down the down ramp, sprint back up
    deep squat at every parking space, all the way down the down ramp, sprint back up

    mosey back to the flag

    Count-o-rama

    Bubba led us out with a prayer.

    Thanks guys. Always extremely decent of you letting me lead.

  • Leg Work @ the A1C – from Einstein

    a cool 42 degrees at A1C this morning
    without the stalwart BBQ around to entertain the PAX with his Midwestern sensibility, we got right down to business
    and after a short disclaimer…

    Warmup:
    all 20xIC: Arm Circles, Side Straddle Hops, Good Mornings, Hillbillies, Shoulder Shrugs, Imperial Walkers,
    Thumb Drives, Swimmers, Grass Grabbers, Cherry Pickers, Neck Rolls, Seal Jacks, Smurf Jacks, Irish Scissors, maybe some more…

    Thang 1:
    on the Upper Deck ramp of the Justice Center Parking Garage
    a set of 11s; with squats on the upside and lunges on the downside
    with back-peddling, laterals facing North, laterals facing South,
    karaoke, and regular run (repeating the ramp work 2x)

    Thang 2:
    to the stair well for some flexibility work;
    on the bottom floor one Pax goes up the stairs – heels to hands fashion – while the remaining Pax perform side straddle hops
    once the lead guy touches the first landing, the next Pax takes off in the same fashion. At the top of the stair well, the arriving PAX does side straddle hops until the whole Pax finishes
    their climb.

    Mary: round robin on the Mary
    Einstein 20 V-ups
    Moby 20 inverted scorpions
    Jose10K 20 penguins
    Fletch 20 crunches

    Count-o-rama

    Fletch prayed us out into the day with a St. Stanislaus Rock-A-Chaw special

    Thanks guys. Always extremely decent of you letting me lead.

  • Tribute to Bobby Hurley – from TurboTax

    YHC is no Duke fan. He’s a Georgia fan like Yankee. Go Dawgs! But that didn’t stop YHC from paying a tribute of sorts to the Duke basketball star this morning.

    After a quick warmup of seal jacks, shoulder taps, imperial walkers, Peter Parkers, hillbillies, Parker Peters, SSHs, and merkins, the PAX made its way to the back of the Justice Center for the first of two AMRAPS.

    7 minutes of Bobby Hurleys, broken up into sets of five by a trip up and down the rear Justice Center stairs.

    Bear crawl/merkins and lunge walk/Bobby Hurleys through Oak Alley to the front of the Justice Center for the second AMRAP.

    7 minutes of hand release merkins, broken up into sets of five by a trip of crossover runs up and down the front Justice Center stairs.

    Another trip down Oak Alley…this time sprint/coast and crab walk/crab cakes.

    Mosey back to the Shovel Flag for some Mary. Front plank, Jane Fondas, Scuba Steves, more shoulder taps, Nolan Ryans and finally some dynamic back planks.

    Good work this morning guys. Thanks as always for letting me lead.