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Tag: Peaches

  • Road Trip – from Mahatma

    The decision was made the evening before while sitting on the porch checking out the Q Sheet……no commitment for the birdcage so why not. YHC new the trek would require some planning: 1. Rise 15 minutes early 2. Pack a snack as its a long drive 3. Route around road construction 4. Don’t suck bring the beatdown.
    Well if it wasn’t for luck in crossing King Kong’s path YHC wouldn’t have had a shot at #4…..it was God’s plan!
    Arrive exactly at 5:30 – YHC busted out with “boom” box ready to rock…..only to find a crowd of 12-15 pax standing around. Quick disclaimer and we were off to the lighted alley you’d expect to find in Audubon (Metry ain’t got such nice things).
    Music On!
    Quick Warm up of AbVagodas, Mnt Man Poopers, Good Mornings, SSH, and Side Lunges

    Work 1
    1771
    Line Up on Light Pole 1, Speaker at Light Pole 2, transition at Light Pole 3
    For 1771 – each end always adds to 8 – flip flop exercise at either end V-Ups and Jump Squats
    2 Merkins in the middle in one direction and 2 Burpees in the middle coming back
    When finished circle up for Mary – Sandbar lead us in LBCs
    Work2
    Le’ 14 (I honestly think there were some chuckles as to the idea of how easy this was going to be).
    13 double under and 1 merkin
    12 double under and 2 merkins
    so on…….
    YHC has never been able to go past 8 without a break and today was no different. All Pax stood to recover for 1m and 15sec
    Restart
    7 double under and 7 merkins
    so on…..
    YHC made a mental strain error at 4 as we continued to 10 double under then 10 merkins at this point YHC was modifying merkins from his knees.
    We completed through 1 DU and 13 Merkins –

    Work 3
    In The Air Tonight
    Hold plank throughout the song – merkins during the best part YHC counted out 20

    Work 4
    AC/DC Thunderstruck
    1 Burpee everytime the title was said we counted somewhere between 30-32 – it appeared some of the pax hated the music as much as the burpees

    Warm Down with Mary
    X Factor – Gas Pumpers – WWII SitUps

    COT – welcome 2 new Pax – “Higgins” and “Royal w/Cheese”. No doubt Peaches was probably correct more “creative” names may have had been bestowed with the help of
    Angie’s List!

    All said it was good to see “most” of the pax…..lol just kidding. I can honestly say the “uptowners” do a great job showing up and continuing to EH. Solid!

  • Bricks Redux – from Sandbar

    WARM UP
    47 SSH IC, 150 Grassgrabbers IC, 15 windmills IC, 10 Self Love IC

    THANG 1 – BLIMPS at the lightpost intervals, followed by….another BLIMPS across magazine to the fountain.

    THANG 2 – PAX paired up for CBGB (Curls, Brickbys, Goblet Squats, Brick-flys ), one PAX lifts while the other runs with the bricks up two lights and back and flapjack, until all PAX complete. Repeat.

    THANG 3 – Mosey over to the wall. Dodo Bird (With two bricks assume the People’s Chair, brick in each hand and at rest down your sides is the default position. In cadence (1) side shoulder raise [arms straight and lifted to the sides to shoulder height], (2) back to default, (3) front shoulder raise [arms straight and lifted in front of you to shoulder height],and Wonderbra (assume the People’s Chair position. Start with bricks close to body at chest level. Push bricks up over head fully extending arms, bring bricks back down to chest position, then push them straight out in front until complete arm extension reached. Return to starting position). 3 sets 3 each. 20 Curles OYO in between.

    YHC then led the PAX to some dry-ish parking in front of the pool. Circle up for Choose your Own Mary – ALL WITH BRICKS) Ukrainian Brick Twists, LBCs, Floyd Mayweathers, Penguins,
    Dying Cockroaches, Dying Bugs, Freddy Mercurys, Supermans, Rosalitas, and chest presses.

    Say Anything (Bricks held above head like Loyd Dobler) back to Magazine, then back to the Flag for COT. Prayers for the Deb’s 2.0 having surgery today.

  • Ab-Solutely

    Where are my keys, YHC kept muttering to himself.  Tick tock tick tock.  YHC roared in half a minute late to lots of mumblechatter.  Disclaimer easy to give. Definitely not a professional trainer.  So off go the PAX with a mosey around the track to the flag pole.

    Warmup: SSHs 31xIC, Squats 29xIC, Grass Grabbers 25xIC, Merkins 19xIC

    Mosey to the Row Station for the first COP.  The PAX divided into five groups: first group, 10 burpees for the count; second group, monkey humpers AMRAP, third group, merkins AMRAP; fourth group, dying cockroaches, AMRAP; fifth group, inverted rows, AMRAP.  Rotate around, and then rinse and repeat.

    Mosey to the Labyrinth for some ab work that went something like this: Russian twists 20xIC; Flutter kicks, 20xIC; Russian twists 18xIC; LBTs 20xIC; Russian twists 16xIC; Protractors; Russian twists 14xIC; Hello Dollys 20xIC; Russian twists 12xIC; Dying bugs 20xIC; Russian twists 10xIC; Low country crab 20xIC; Russian twists 8xIC; Real Freddy Mercuries 20xIC; Russian twists 6xIC; LBCs 20xIC; Russian twists 4xIC; Dying cockroaches 20xIC; Russian twists 20xIC. That’s 128 Russian twists in cadence, or 256 total.

    To the benches for a wrap up.  Too dark for box jumps, but…  Right leg stepups 20xIC; dips 20xIC; left leg stepups 20xIC.  Then mosey to the lights on Oak Alley.  Sprint ASAP to the last light and then back to the flag.

    Count Off, Name-O-Rama with video off, Announcement for Coffeteria, Intentional, COT.  At Coffeteria, YHC realized yet again that he is incapable of taking a video; all he got was two seconds of clapping after the PAX had all given their names.  Some day, Alice, some day.  Thanks, JV

  • A great turnout at WPM

    First, apologies for the very late BB.   I generally try to get these done relatively soon after, but the days/weeks quickly came up and here we are……

    So, on to the important details….

    34 pax including 1 FNG arrived for a beautiful, fall morning at Wolfpack Mountain.  Warmup consisted of a short mosey and then everyone circled up for the following:

    • SSH x 20 IC
    • windmills x 20 IC
    • Hillbillies x 20 IC
    • Mountain climbers x 20 IC
    • Alternating hand/foot touches x 15 IC
    • Shoulder taps x 20 IC

    Thang 1

    • Pax formed 3 lines and Indian run to top level 

    Thang 2

    (2 rounds) Circuit of Following –

    • Staggered merkins (each arm x 20)
    • Alternating toe touch crunch x 10 IC each leg 
    • Diamond merkins x 20 IC
    • Crunchy frog x 20 IC
    • Multi level merkins (high, low, mid)
    • Levels/protractor- pax on back lifting legs at different levels 

    Thang 3

     – 4 rounds of catch me if you can

    • Pax in front runs down to next level while the pax behind does 3 burpees.  Once finished he try’s to catch first pax.  

    Finished up with the COT for Countoff, Naming of FNG (Neckbrace), and intentions.  

    This was YHC’s has first time Qing WPM and I enjoyed the opportunity to lead.   Thanks for coming out and until next time…

  • Do I look like the kind of guy that can read a spreadsheet?

    In my old age I find my bedtime has moved back dramatically. That being said I was well asleep when Yankee texted me at 9:03 alerting me to my Q at The Skinny in the morning. I awoke around 10 and glanced at the phone and rolled back to sleep while visions of beatdowns danced in my head.

    Mosey to some grass in the park for warmups.

    • SSH X30
    • AC’s X10 forward and reverse
    • GG’s X20
    • PP X20
    • PP X20
    • MC X20

    Line up and head to Row Bear station Indian style.

    • 4 Groups break up for burpees, plank jacks, squats and rows.
    • Burpees sets the pace. Rinse and repeat.

    Line back up and head to grass up by the ole ginkgo tree. Circle up for some ring of fire merks. Do ten and person to your left starts at your 5, Rinse and repeat. Lots of whining here. Lots of kneeling.

    Back to track. At first running man 5 burpees than run hard past 1 to next running man. 5 burpees and repeat till you reach the fountain.

    Once at the fountian we roll right into incline merks, no break or counting to 20 until 6 rolls in. Once six arrived we started right leg step ups fast. then dips fast. then left leg step ups fast. Then dips fast. Tried to keep pace up to keep heart rates up.

    Once done back to track quick for 2 line Indian run to the flag. Apparantly everyone was not down for some over the top cardio this morning. We survived a muntiny mid way back and modified with a “just get back to the flag” run. I circled back for 6 twice and racked up some pretty nice extra mileage doing so.

    We all made it back roughly on time. Fitbit indicated 2.4 miles for the workout.

    Count off, Name O Rama, Announcements, Intentions and SBOM.

    Remember the Christmas party is Monday at Urban South. Potluck. We need food! HNJ Men’s Club is selling trees starting Friday. If you visit our website you can pre order. Ther was some other stuff mentioned, read the email.

    Thanks for letting me lead.

  • Welcome Blue Suede from Omaha

    Woke up with time to spare on this very humid 75 degree pre-Thanksgiving day. I posted full of gratitude for this group that gets me up and moving in the GLOOM. Blue Suede who is from Omaha but eats turkey in Mississippi drove an hour to post with us so that crazy dude woke up at 4am! Tclaps.

    Ran to the big field across from the zoo for COP 1:

    9 lives has a jacked up back so I took his Q last night. Started with SSH, Imp Squats, Plank Walk, Mtn Climbers, and Monkey Humpers x 20

    Ran to the FLY. At the curbs we did Merks around the CLOCK – counterclockwise. x 10 Had to stop before the hill – the soupy gloom made me worried that I would lose the 6.

    Ran to the Hill

    At the hill we did 20 shoulder taps, over hill 18 plank jacks, 16 taps, 14 jacks until the first PAX (BLUE SUEDE) finished. That dude can hustle.

    Ran to the FLY beach and did a quick Q school.

    Popalock did SSH, Tender did IMP walkers, Bacchus did Hillbillies, and False Start did arm circles. We let Seaman finish us off with backwards arm circles.

    Ran to the Audubon statue. Did a loop, flutter kicks for the six, ran a second loop did plank jacks for the 6.

    Moseyed to the field for some MARY. We did LOW COUNTRY CRAB, NOLAN RYANS, Plank Toe Taps and YTWs. Moseyed back to the FLAG. At the FLAG we did Monkey Humpers for a minute to finish off the beatdown!

    COT: Prayed for something for which we are grateful. Each pax named something.

  • Ants on the Mountain????

    It’s another crisp, cool Friday morning.  The PAX are ready for the Mountain what to do?  Hmmm…we shall see.  With a disclaimer, let’s mosey!

    Mosey to under the mountain for warm-up all in cadence:

    • IW’s
    • Self-Love
    • Grass Grabbers (Cement Grabbers)
    • Self-Love
    • Toy Soldiers
    • Open-Gates

    Count off by 1 and 2

    Here we go, let’s do something I don’t believe we have done at the Mountain before.  Time for Ants up the Hill!  Team 1’s mosey to second staircase while Team 2 stays at first staircase for…bear crawl to top of Mountain up stairs!

    At top of Mountain circle up for Mary until Six including (all in cadence):

    • Russian Twists

    What comes up must come down.  Team 1 Crab Crawl Down first stair case. Team 2 mosey to second stair case and crab crawl down.

    At bottom of Mountain circle up for Mary until Six including (all in cadence):

    • Penguins
    • Hello Dolly

    All the Pax are here, let’s mosey to quad between Monroe and Bobet Halls for:

    7 of Diamonds (Do all exercises at each corner of quad):

    • Burpees X7
    • LBT’s (2 is 1) X14
    • Merkins X21
    • Squats X28
    • Merkins X21
    • Flutter Kicks (2 is 1) X14
    • Burpees X7

    Time is running out YHC calls it.  Mosey back to Flag.  We are done! 

    Count-off, name-o-rama, announcements, prayer.

    Thanks for letting me lead!

  • Ice Cold Tabata

    16 PAX joined in despite NOLA being 31 degrees. After a quick disclaimer we got right to it.
    Warmup: Butt kicks, karaoke, Kim Jin Un through the light poles. Head to the field For some quick SSH, Windmills, Grass Grabbers.

    Head on down to the front of the zoo and surprise the PAX with some gifts (leg bans, jump ropes, ladders, tension bans.

    Tabata routine
    8 stations consisting of curls with tension bans, burpees, ladder drill, dips, derkins, jump rope, side squats, and LBCs. Routine was 30 seconds on with a 10 second break to switch. 4 cycles total

    Had a few minutes left after our routine so we jumped into some sprints and then headed back to the flag.


  • Happy Veterans Day 11/11/19

    17 other PAX joined YHC on this sunny, clear Veterans Day at 60 degrees for a Skinny beatdown. YHC couldn’t ask for a better day. We moseyed to the band stand with the following warmups in cadence: forward arm circles x 10, backward arm circles x 10 (thank goodness Seaman was not present), windmills x 10, SSHs x 20, Imperial Walkers x 20, and MC x 20.

    The PAX then moseyed through the Oak Alley toward the running track. However, everyone stopped at every other light post in the alley and did 3 burpees. In total, each PAX did 9 burpees before arriving to the track. Everyone then jogged across Magazine Street toward the main entrance of Audubon Zoo on Magazine Street. PAX stopped at the 2nd light post. Everyone completed the BLIMPS starting at the first light post with 5 burpees, next post with 10 lunges, following post with 15 Imperial Walkers… 20 merkins…. 25 plankjacks, and 30 squats. Then ran toward the statue in front of the Zoo for some DORA 1, 2, 3.

    DORA 1, 2, 3

    Partnered up. While one PAX was doing the exercises, the other PAX ran the loop and back.

    100 – box jumps

    200 – LBCs

    300 – Plankjacks

    After the completion of DORA, the PAX moseyed to the grass field in front of Audubon Zoo for some Suicide Drills

    Suicide Drills (each cone is about 20 yards apart)

    Round 1 – sprint to the first cone and back for 10 hand-release merkins, sprint to the 2nd cone and back for 10 hand-release merkins, and sprint to the third (last cone) and back for 10 last hand-release merkins. Total = 30 merkins with about 240 yards of sprinting.

    Round 2 – same as round 1 except the exercise was big boy sit-ups.

    Round 3 – just a plain full speed sprint from one end of the field to the other end.

    Quick Round of Mary in Cadence

    flutterkicks x 20

    hello dolly x 20

    Moseyed back to the flag for COT – we had one FNG ,who is an electrician. So we named him Shocker thanks to Angie’s List. I am always grateful to have the opportunity to lead and workout with the PAX. Thank You and Happy Veterans Day.

    SYITG

    King Kong

  • Breakin’ 60

    So, YHC stepped outside in the gloomy gloom noting how crisp the morning was.  Would the PAX appreciate the Beatdown ahead of them?  Should YHC dial it back?  Well, as the PAX gathered at the Flag at 5:30 AM, Reluctant Yankee made it clear that the temps had gotten into the 50’s for the first time this F3 Fall season.  Decision made, no humid, unseasonably warm weather for the PAX to complain about.  The Beatdown will continue as originally planned.  Thank you Yankee!  No FNG’s but we do have a brother from F3 Wilmington, Flying Wasp, visiting.  Welcome and how did you get such a cool name?  Sounds like a superhero to me.  Off we go!!!

    Warm Up on Kick Ball Fields

    Line up in a single-file row shoulder to shoulder for:

    • Alternating Open Gates till Q yells halt
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Toy Soldiers/Kim Jong Un’s till Q yells halt
    • Self-Love
    • High Knees to Q yells halt
    • Hillbillies

    Thing 1

    Mosey to Base of Hill for Everest/Merkin combo:

    • Merkins with right leg up IC X15
    • Everest (Alternating Lunge Walks with squat in between) up the hill alternating lunge with squat in middle.  Run Down
    • Merkins with left leg up IC X15
    • Everest up the hill run down
    • Wide Merkins IC X15

    Thing 2

    Mosey to PIMP station for Route 66:

    Starting at first running man by PIMP station:

    • Body Bag Builders starting at 1 Body Builder with Plank Jack/Mountain Climber/Merkin upping 1 rep at each succeeding running man up to 11 Benches for a total of 66 reps.

    Complete core exercises, crunchy frogs, flutter kicks, and Peter Parkers all in cadence while we wait for the Six.

    Thing 3

    Mosey to Shelter for red hot chili pepper:

    • Right Leg Step Ups x 16; Incline Merkins x 12; Left Leg Step Ups x 16; Decline Merkins x 12
    • Right Leg Step Ups x 12; Incline Merkins x 8; Left Leg Step Ups x 12; Decline Merkins x 8

    We are done!  Count-off, name-o-rama, announcements, prayer.

    Thanks for letting me lead!