Happy National Beer Day gentlemen. It was a foggy, smokey morning at the A1C. Discussions were plenty during the warm-ups. So much so, there wasn’t even a cadence. And after grass grabbers, there wasn’t a Moby anymore either. He tweaked something in his back. But the beatdown had to continue. After the warm-ups, where we learned that BBQ is not a Swifty, even though he is a huge Chiefs fan, we moseyed to the Rock Garden, aka Stonehenge, aka BedRock, aka the butterfly sanctuary for some rock work. 7 exercises, 10 reps each: shoulder presses, curls, rows, squats, lunges, chess presses, and big boy sit ups. Rotate to the right and repeat. YHC was worried about Moby, so we moseyed back up to the top to see him stretching out that back. So we did some 4 corners. 5 burpees at each, and lt. Dan the length of the parking garage, 2 lunges, 1 squat, 4 lunges, 2 squats, and so on. Finished up with 5 minutes of Mary. BBQ prayed us out, remember about the spooky monster mash tomorrow gentlemen. See Steve, that’s what a backblast looks like.
Tag: The A1C
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11’s at the A1C – from Einstein
Muggy 65 degree morning for the usual minus Moby at the A1C. Warm-ups: As always, an extra long warm-u Round Robin style. We decided as a group that 11’s was the workout this morning. Burpees and suicide squats with running down the ramp, and side shuffle on the way back up. After that, it was a Round Robin Mary. Dark Wing prayed us out with intentions to Fletch’s brother who recently was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Bushwackers camping trip on 11/4, see slack for the information.
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Friday The 13TH – from Einstein
13 was the magic number today with no Triskaidekaphobia, but plenty of pain.
Warmup: all ICx13 toe-touch, ss hops, swimmers, imperial walkers, shoulder rolls-f&r, hillbillies(a.k.a. country boys according to Fletch), high knees, neck rolls-c&cc, butt kicks, hi jack-hi jills.
Main Event: descending series of three exercises; burpee, Hindu pushup, and squats.
Starting with 13 of each of those, then run loop around the upper deck of the parking garage. Then 12 of each, then 11 of each, ….then 1 of each.
Totaling 91 burpees, 91 Hindu pushups, 91 squats, ~1.3 miles of runningCircle up
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Route 66 Part II and post beat down breakfast! – from BBQ
Another Route 66 themed beat down on 10/6 and following YHC ‘s 66th birthday! A quick warm up as YHC was late and we needed to get to the thang. A BLIMPS. 6 spots for 6 different exercises and different reps. 6 Burpees then mosey to 12 lunges ( 2 as 1 and half forward and 1/2 backward ) then mosey to 18 Imperial walkers then Bobby Hurley every third parking spot line to 24 Merkins then mosey to 30 air presses then mosey to 36 squats and finish with a Travis Kelce every third parking spot line ( a 3 point stance!) . Most of the PAX completed 6 rounds. Bushwhacker and Hogsbreath intensified and did 8+. There was music. Route 66 song in warm ups and XFM’s Classic Rock BBQ channel. We ended with a few stretches. COT and BBQ prayed us out. It was a honor to lead this PAX. The big bonus was another breakfast by Stella. Umm great! Bushwhacker brought flower and made my M’s day!
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Friday Fun Day! – from BBQ
A mighty 5 started wit the usual warm ups. As always my warm ups are inspired by Einstein’s Q’s. The thang was a ladder exercise in 4 corners. We started with 5 burpees, 10 lunges with 2 as 1, 15 Hand release merkins and 20 LBC’s in each corner. The ladder for each round around the top parking lot was +5, +5, -5 and -5. Between the East to West corners we did a star jack at every third parking lot line on one side and copperhead squats every third line on the other side. A mosey on the short North to South sides. We finished with a few good hip and hamstring stretches for this respect full PAX. Jose 10K prayed us out and added more inspiration. It was an honor to lead these fine young men.
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Grumpy Old Men – from Fletch
The usual Pax joined together at the top of the A1C. The weather has gotten better, Bushwacker still hasn’t posted on a Friday, and the average age continues to be the current AO record on the Northshore. We gathered to put in some sweat to start our weekend off the right way. All on top of the parking garage, merkins, lunges, squats, runs, etc… This is basically just a reminder for PAXminer and for everyone else: There is always a group working out on Friday mornings at the A1c!
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45 gets you hate! – from Jose10k
74 degrees after a mini hurricane the night before made for a mild morning beatdown. A few of us were still suffering from illnesses from the beginning of the week, so it was a simple workout. BBQ was mourning the loss from last night football game, Moby was promoting his juicing regiment that gave him radiant skin and a vascular system that revivals a 30 year old, and Einstein was still promoting Geritol. KISS, was the theme of the morning. After a warm-up, moseyed to the side of the parking garage for a DORA. Partner 1 runs a loop, while partner 2 completes 50 big boys, 100 copperhead squats, and 150 merkins. Rinse and repeat until each man completed all exercises. 2 calf raises each step back up stairs. COT, Moby prayed us out. That’s all I got y’all. Work is calling. See some of y’all at the Gipper tomorrow to run with the Wacker.
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The AARP at the A1C – from Jose10k
70 degrees to start a beatdown? It’s glorious to finally have cooler temperatures in the morning. A quintet took the red pill and showed up this morning. It was the usual group of older gentlemen. I know the splash pad likes to think of themselves as the “young guns”, and they often make small cracks about the average age of the A1C. Don’t worry, we’ve heard all of them. 1. Which underwear brand do seniors love best? It Depends.
2. You know you’re getting old when your birthday cake is a fire hazard.
3. Aging gracefully is a nice way of saying you’re slowly looking worse.
But perhaps one of my favorites: A wealthy old man spots an attractive lady at the grocery store and approaches her with an offer.
He says, “Ma’am, you are very beautiful, and I would love to give you $1,000.”
The woman, surprised and flattered, says, “That’s very kind of you, but what would I have to do?”
The old man says, “Just follow me home, take off all your clothes, pick the money up off the floor, and then you can get dressed and leave.”
“Wow, she says, that sounds great, but I’ll have to ask my husband if it’s okay with him first.”
*Woman calls her husband, explains the proposition and asks him what he thinks*
Husband says, “Yeah baby, we could really use the money. Just pick it up real quick, get dressed, and get out of there.”
So the lady goes back to the old man, says she’ll do it, then follows him home, strips completely naked, and starts picking up the $1,000 off the floor.
*An hour later, her husband calls her cellphone and asks what’s taking so long.*
The lady, huffing and puffing, says, “That dirty old man paid me in quarters, dimes, and nickels!”
You can make fun of the average age at the A1C all you want, but they’ll put a beatdown on you, and you’ll be sore the next day.The warm-up: the usual exercises to get the blood flowing
The thang: The deck of death gentlemen. Normally YHC goes crazy with the Merkins, however, I was feeling a little frisky this morning. I called out nothing but wife pleasers for the clubs. Burpees for the lower numbers, various exercises for the high numbers. Reverse mountain climbers, scorpion kicks, leg lifts, squats, and then the crazy BBQ jokers. Deon Sanders back peddling, Star Jumps on every other parking line, and then the attempt to throw another Joker in the mix. These old guys tend to forget that there are only 2 Jokers in the deck. Dementia seems to be settling in. 45 minutes later, full body work out, sweat jug getting filled (look out Zoolander), and a sense of accomplishment to start the day. COT, intentions to young Phoenix who is doing better each day. 9/11 run to remember with Bushwacker on the 9th at the Gipper. Grundy has week 0 of the IronPax challenge. I heard it’s tough. So tough that Frank the Tank can’t even do it. Apparently he’s too old to even attempt it. BBQ prayed us out. Thanks for letting me lead such a great group of “young” men. Suck it splash pad. Thanks for the read y’all and Russo. -
R.E.S.P.E.C.T find out what it means to be!! – from Shooter
All YHC can say today is that he has the utmost Respect for the PAX he was privileged to lead today!! Having the availability to post the A1c with my gym partner away fixing to crush his qualifier, it was nice to have 6 men take the red pill 💊 on this 🥵 Gloom..
Warmup
10IC and 15IC
Arm circles, Torso twists, Cherry Pickers,
Toe Touches, Grass Grabbers, SSH, Imperial walkers, Hillbillies and Mummy kicks..Thang
PAX moseyed to the Northside parking lot. Instructions were simple 5 burpee, 10 Merkins, 15 Jump squats, 20 Flutter kicks 2:1, 25 leg raises and 30 Mountain climbers 2:1.
Each station we added the exercise but also started with each of the previous. So the rep counts accumulated and some heavy breathing occurred. The hot 🥵 asphalt intensified the sweat, so much so that Jose10k rang out his shirt multiple times along the way mentioning the old sweat jug challenge and how he could have filled half the jug potentially just this morning 🤢.
Once finished we moseyed around the parking garage a found the hottest little corner with no circulation of air. There we located a barricade for the next instruction of overhead presses 25 OYO, while the PAX utilized the wall for JackWeb Burpees 1 burp 2 donkey kickoffs.
Moseyed to the opposite corner of the garage with another barricade available. Partners for curls with the barricade, while the PAX moseyed down and backpedaled back..
Moseyed back to the flag and wrapped up with count, announce and COT provided by Jose10k..Appreciate you men following my lead and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!
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It only takes one – from Mobydick
A beautiful cloudless morning. Jose10k checked in from the fart sack and the usuals on the road traveling. Didn’t matter Turbodog and YHC kept the faith with 10 minute warmup of SSH CP WM GG AC ANKLE CIRCLES no count just til enough. Then the thang
Setup for 1min work 1 min rest Tabata of 3 sets of Burpees/Squats/Crunches/Merkins/Side Straddle Hop. Finish with 2min cooldown walk. POT and prayer for guidance and inspiration And done