Tag: Rudy

  • BLIMPS, BLIMPS and BLIMPS – from Rudy

    Just like the title said, 4 PAX (2 on-time, 2 rolling in hot) joined YHC for a morning of BLIMPS at Okwata.

    Blimps 1: A Ladder. Starting on top of the levee with 5 burpees. Run down and back up. 5 Burpees, 10 Lunges. Down and Up. Keep adding the rest of the IMPS.

    Respite with 4 minutes of Quadrophelia

    Mosey to Canal

    Blimps 2: 5 Burpees on top, 5 more down at the stop sign. Run back to the top. Lunges on top and bottom. Back up. Keep adding the rest of the IMPS.

    Mosey across the street

    Blimps 3: Alternate Bear Crawl and Mosey, a traditional BLIMPS using the lightposts. Got back to the starting point about 30 seconds late.

    COT with announcements (lots of upcoming runs and events) and intentions.

  • Don’t wait – Let’s Geaux – from Mahatma

    Typically Monday…..Blessed to be up for the start of a new week happy to be headed to the real RC. Pulled up 1 minute to spare walked into the bullpen and saw the look of something missing…..who’s the Q! Snooze but he’s a no show, who’s taking it – all it took was 3 seconds of silent indecision – it’s now 5:31 I’m Mahatma and your Q “Let’s Geaux”! To which there was well what about…..too late we were on the move to the rock pile.

    Circle up – pax community round robin warm up: most was the usual stuff yet one stood out by Kenabrah a combination of Imperial Squat Hillbilly FAILURE yet to his credit you don’t succeed without them. Triple shift had Tenderloin attempting one the warm ups which took him another 3 to get up from. Yet again success through making the effort out of a comfort zone.

    Everyone get a medium rock then mosey to the tree field – line up, everyone Kong to the other side. So many pax just love the idea that the original Kong is similar to “murder bunnies” come on man!!!

    Mosey to the front of the gym – everyone was warmed up now.

    Let’s Geaux
    40 OHP then drop your rock and head to the wall and perform 5 pecker to the wall hand stands
    Lap around the gym
    30 squats – 4 pecker to the wall HS
    Lap around
    20 front raises – 3 P to the wall HS
    Lap around
    10 man makers (Charmin is still trying to figure that out) – 2 P2TWHS
    Lap
    As Pax completed join in for rock mary
    ** while the above took place TripleShift and Kenabrah were inspiring Tenderloin to turn over a new mental leaf

    Pax on the wall 3 rounds of running man to sitting wall air press

    Rtn rocks

    2 – 3 rounds of Mary

    Head to the flag

    COT

  • BOMBS Away! (Mothership 2023-03-04) – from Catfish

    Conditions – A cool 60-ish degrees

    The Thang

    Quick Mosey over to the peristyle for a warmup:

    SSH x 30 (in cadence)
    Abe Vigodas x 10 (in cadence)
    Grass Grabber x 10 (in cadence)
    8-Counts x 15 (in cadence)
    Peter Parker Peters x 20 (in cadence)

    Moseyed over to the Great Lawn and partnered up for BOMBS (50 burpees, 100 overhead claps, 150 merkins, 200 big boys, 250 squats). One partner ran to other side, did three 8-counts, then ran back while other exercised. Also got in some some SSH, LBTs, and Dying Cockroaches waiting for the six

    Moseyed to the peristyle/bench area for some leg action:

    Bulgarians x 20 (in cadence)
    Side Leg Lifts x 20 (in cadence)
    Bulgarians other leg x 20 (in cadence)
    Side Leg Lifts other leg x 20 (in cadence)
    Bonnie Blairs x 20 (in cadence)
    Back Leg Lifts x 20 (in cadence)
    Irkins x 20 (in cadence)
    Back Leg Lifts other leg x 20 (in cadence)
    Imperial Squat Walkers x 20 (in cadence)

    On to sixes for ten Dr. W’s (in cadence), then back to flag zone for CoT.

  • Attention to detail….and Thumb War Turns 40 – from Bogey

    Disclaimer & then to the 50
    -Warm up
    -Bleachers – merkin ladder/pistol squats/pull up w rail
    -bear crawl/inch worm/lunges
    -gym – 1 lap around/donkey kicks/people’s chair w Air press/40 burpees
    -sprints…just a couple short ones
    -pavilion – sit ups/bench sit-ups /sit ups/bench sit ups
    -rock pile-rock work/dips/rifle carry squats
    -back to the flag
    -COT

  • Mardi Gras Mambo Misery – from Bolt

    IMHO, Mardi Gras is the greatest holiday of the year so YHC decided to bring a little bit of that “only in New Orleans” flavor to the Gloom this morning where seven pax showed up. Krewe of PAX members assembled at mid field to ready ourselves for the parade which a couple getting held up briefly by the train. Warm up of the usual stuff except with Mardi Gras music. Time for the Krewe of PAX to meander along the route as there would be inevitable stoppages during which we would pass time with exercises.

    Mosey to the stretching and mobility pavilion for:
    20 ea. right/left leg step ups
    5 Burpee‘s
    20 dips
    Mosey to large Diamond’s bleachers for: Merkin mountain up the bleachers starting at 2 reps
    20 Modified prisoner squats, touching palms to ground at bottom
    Mosey to gym for:
    Calf raise mountain start at 5, adding one/step
    Squat down the mountain start at 2
    Balance work: flamingo stance to hold high knee, to hands free with 5 open/close the gate and switch sides
    Mosey to far end of parking lot, grabbing curb for five burpees, bear crawl to midpoint and plank for six
    5 burpees, crab walk back to curb and 10 dips
    Mosey to near rock pile and circle up to plank for six
    15 mountain climbers
    20 LBCs
    Deca die shall dictate the end of our Mardi Gras season: 1 min peoples chair, 15 tuck jumps, 20 dips
    Mosey back to flag for 5 burpees, COT.

  • Nickel and Dime – from Rudy

    No Q at the Mothership as of 6:25am, so YHC steps in (to avoid having Frac or Heisenberg grab it and turn it into a burpeefest). Needing a moment to think, YHC instructed 8 PAX to plank. PAX responded with mumbling and chatter about how disappointed they were in the workout. And even more grumbling when we arose from the plank for Abe Vigodas and Windmills. PAX wanted more.

    YHC would do his best to deliver for them.

    Mosey over to the F3 fountain to grab a rock. Triple Shift complained that the rocks weren’t big enough, so he scurried away. YHC thought maybe he was heading home (and leaving E Major behind), but no – he returned with his trusty sandbag. Meanwhile, the rest of us got busy with a “keep dem rocks up”. Shoulder Press, Curl, Row. 10x/8x/6x/4x/5x. Catfish’s boulder certainly outweighed mine.

    Now time to get some mileage on the books, so bring the rocks back to the Great Lawn for the Nickel and Dime. Laps around the Great Lawn. Over yonder at the half-way point, 10 BBSU. Back home at the starting point, 5 Man Makers with your rocks. Each lap is about a quarter mile. Go. Got in 8 laps, 2 miles in the bank for RCR. Return the rocks, and then back to the Great Lawn for some Mary and 1 last lap, bringing the total mileage to 2.9 (or 3.1 on Heisenberg’s watch).

    NMM: Suicide took the life of the father of one of my daughter’s med school friends – a man who, on the surface, appeared to have everything in order as part of a successful life. What a reminder for all of us – we can’t know the battles that someone near us may be facing. We can (and must) be ready to be there for people, and do what we can to look for signs and support people. And SPECIFICALLY FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE READ THIS FAR: YOUR BROTHERS AROUND YOU IN THE COT ARE THERE FOR YOU. USE US. RELY ON US. WE HAVE YOUR BACK IF YOU WILL LET US IN.

  • Another Limerick and a Joke – from Charmin

    Rucker rucked and runners ran
    But nowhere was my regional Nantan
    Compared to Bolt us ruckers were slowpokes
    But to make up for it, YHC told a joke
    But but by the end, we were all a better man

    The joke:

    Two cowboys are riding through the desert and are running out of food
    The first cowboy calls out because he sees a short tree with bacon hanging from it.
    Delighted he starts running towards it. Before the second cowboy can react, the first cowboy is shot from out of nowhere.
    The second cowboy, pauses and screams out, “That wasn’t a bacon tree, it was a ham bush!”

  • Clap On….. – from Mahatma

    Train delayed – YHC got to the field with Boo Boo taking the leading with SSH hops then creatively hopping out while YHC when in.

    Warm up continued
    Mnt Man Poopers – pax clap
    5 burpees
    Abe Vagoda – pax clap
    5 burpees
    Parker Peter – pax clap
    5 burpees
    Peter Parker – no pax clap

    Recover 2 lines formed Indian Run round the track in opposite direction met back cntr of the field. Then in 2 lines run to pull up bars 2 rounds of 3 head to rock pile

    Pick medium to larger than normal rock
    Rifle carry to the tree line then bring rocks to center of field.
    1771 always adds to 8
    1 V-Up 7 Jump Squat
    Run to cntr 5 squat press
    1 Jump Sqt 7 V-Ups
    Run to cntr 5 front raises
    Continue this until the numbers flip

    Once complete carry rock to parking lot

    365
    3 rounds
    6 curl squat press (in cadence)
    5 x 2 yards 10 bear crawl out then walk back

    (2) 6 pax circles
    All Day Baby
    All pax hold rocks overhead while each pax heads to cntr of circle perform 2 man makers continue until all pax completes
    Rinse and Repeat

    Rtn to rock pile head back to the flag

    COT