Yes, that’s right. As Hammer pointed out, time flies when you’re, uhhhhh, workin out in the gloom. And Christmas is right Around the corner- – 13 weeks to be exact.
Beatdown was as follows: Start with 5 merkins and 30 100’s at the first block. Mosey to the next block and add 5 merkins, and subtract 5 100’s. Rinse and repeat, moseying to each intersection down to the lakefront. Head back to the marsh and we did the opposite, Merkins and American hammers.
Have a good week, men!
And the devil is running (and the title album of Christian metal band Stryper’s 3rd album.) After Iron Pax week 2 and the BDE Burpee Mile – feet, shins, and lower back hurting – YHC went back to the basic building blocks. The good ole Four Corners.
Conditions: 67 degrees!
PAX: Bushwhacker, Duke of Hazzard, Moby Dick, Waterpik, Hammer, Akbar, Turbo Dog
Warm Up: SSH, Hilbillies, Imperial Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Self-Love, Windmills, Grass Grabbers, High Knees, warm up jog down to the first block
Thang – 4 Corners
2 exercises x 10 OYO at each corner of the court, with block carries in between. Rinse and repeat until time. Instead of Christian Rock, or Heavy Metal, we opted for Grover’s Camp playlist.
Rounds
(1) Chest Press, Rows
(2) Shoulder Press, Prisoner Squat
(3) Skull crushers, curls,
(4) LBC, Freddy Mercury
Mary: LBC’s, JLo’s, Plank, Mountain Climbers, Little Manny Crunches
Great to start my week off with y’all.
SYITG – Akbar
75 degrees to start this morning, for a split IPC / non-IPC beatdown at the lakefront.
Warmup – there was one, but Jose had YHC distracted with discussion of soft hands, tailbone skin, and defibrillators.
Thang
7 for IPC week 2 (lots of running, modified burpees and merkins) and 5 for non-IPC, including Steve who joined us about halfway through because the 4 of us were basically camped out in front of his house arguing about the merits of Notre Dame’s schedule and the coaching acumen of Brian Kelly.
Non -IPC was what YHC calls the Escalator: 10 round of 10 exercises. Each exercise gets a rep count from 1 to 10 depending on round. 55 reps for each total. Or, as Chewy succinctly summarized: “So, Soduku?”
Exercises
– Partner merkins
– Jump squats
– Leg raises
– Star Jumps
– Imperial squat walkers (2 is 1)
– Donkey kicks
– Big boy sit-ups
– Wide merkins
– Kid N Plays (2 is 1)
– Murder bunnies
COT, NOR, Annoucements, Prayer. Big thanks for the healthy Cowbell twins, special intentions for Egg Toss’ mom, Steve’s MIL, and JV’s sister.
Turkey trot is coming, sign up to Q, show up to get beatdown. Step out of your comfort zone and make a weekday beatdown, even if it has to be the A1C.
I appreciate all of you HIM. SYITG
With many of the regulars (shooter, Russo, Zoolander, steve) out this week, there were only 2 posting in the gloom for this week’s version of the scramble.
The cooler temps have been a welcome change in recent weeks.
Thanks for the post, Hammer. Other wise I would have been a sad clown today.
MUCH better weather all of a sudden today for a split beatdown. YHC, who is hot and sweaty when it’s a December morning, might even call is “mildly pleasant”. Up is down. Down is up. Cats and dogs living together. REGARDLESS, what a blessing some relief from the oppressive heat was.
Warmup (10x, all IC)
-Torso Twists
-Toe touches
-Arm circles
-Grass grabbers
-Cherry pickers
Thang: While Grundy took half the pax in an IPC with coupons and AMRAP and burpees and pain, YHC took the other half on a cakewalk around the lakefront.
The cakewalk order:
45 Seal jacks
44 High knees (2 is 1)
43 SSHs
42 Plank Jacks
41 goof balls
40 squats
39 Hello Dollies
38 Calf raises
37 Apollo ohnos
36 Freak Nastys
35 step ups
34 flutter kicks
33 butt kicks IC
32 Peter Parker’s
31 imperial walkers
30 Shoulder taps
29 American hammers
28 Monkey Humpers
27 Merkins
26 Smurf jacks
25 wife pleasers
24 Rosalitas
23 crab jacks (crab position – think reverse plank jacks)
22 groiners
21 Bear crawls (counting your right hand as a rep)
20 murder bunnies
At this point, we said hello to a gentleman (Tom) working on his boat. Pik EHed him and he joined us for the rest of the walk. Come to find out, he knows Steve and Bird. Here’s to his rejoining is soon and getting a proper F3 name.
19 Wide merkins
18 Bobby Hurley’s
17 crab cakes
16 circle ups
15 Bulgarian split squats
14 urkins
13 Sister Mary Catherine’s
12 LMCs IC
11 diamond merkins
10 star jumps
9 donkey kicks
8 8 count body builders
7 merkins
6 Box cutters IC
5 Carolina dry docks
4 Wife pleasers
3 jump squats
2 burpees
1 minute plank
COT, name-o-rama, announcements, and prayer closed us out. Prayers for our brothers running the 5k today, a special intention from Zoolander, and a successful delivery for Cowbell and his M on twins A and B (soon to be renamed) this week.
Here’s to a good week for all.
SYITG
72 degrees this morning for the Splashpad, which had two new visitors over last week. Must be the chill in air.
Warmup (all 10x)
– Seal jacks
– High knees
– Butt kicks
– Arm circles
– Toe touches
– Imperial walkers
Thang
Mosey to the bridge, where at every block it was 10 merkins, 20 squats, 30 flutter kicks.
At the bridge:
One side – 10 crunchy frogs
Mosey
Other side – 10 big boys
Rinse and repeat, dropping reps to 9, then 8, etc. to 1, and swap mosey for Carioca, side shuffle, and back pedal.
It sounds more complicated than it was.
Back at the pad, COT, NOR, Announcements, and Prayer closed us out.
Three fine options if you’re so inclined for tomorrow:
– Never Forget 5k Run / Walk with Bushwhacker
– IPC at the Lakefront with Grundy
– Non-IPC cake walk with YHC
Fantastic mumble this morning around football, politics, and unique study habits.
Thanks for joining and we’ll do it again soon.
SYITG
The scramble welcomed, Weeblo, a down range visitor from Jackson, MS today. Look for a man driving a U Haul truck and you might find him at your AO.
We took the lakefront route today at a slow, east pace, but enjoyed the slightly cooler temps than the summer brought just last month.
It was good to be present and accounted for this morning men. I enjoyed the camaraderie.
9 strong for a Labor Day Murph, followed by coffeeteria. We can go to Waffle House anytime, but it sure tastes better after a Murph.
PAX -Akbar, Bird, Hammer, Hogsbreath, Moby Dick, Russo, Shooter,
Jose 10k, Sogo
7am start, with most arriving early to discuss LSU football among other things. Warm up consisted of SSH, Self Love, Grass Grabbers, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Walkers, and some other things.
We ran the original Milestone Marsh route down Livingston to the wall for the runs. Then broke up to 20 sets of 5/10/15 OYO, finishing with a mile.
Tunes ranged from Zebra, Dash Rip Rock, and Rush to Big Tymers and a theme song from Avengers. SOGO was first to finish with Russo and Bird not far behind.
Count, Name, and SOGO prayed us out.
Waffle House was lively with great conversation centered around music and movies as usual. Michael Jackson was on for the first 20 minutes, Jose 10K showed us some dance moves, and we talked like high school girls. All while Moby talked to a guy in the parking lot for 30 minutes and may have bought a motorhome.
Thanks for following the lead,
SYITG – Akbar
With noticeably different temperatures this Gloom, the Scramble had an unusual feel for August with temps in the mid 70s. It also brought out an unusual HIM in Jose10k. This time of school season we are left with only seeing Jose10k on Saturdays or if you make a post at the A1c your sure to have the music and commentary he brings to each beatdown..
Arriving close to time the PAX had already been chattering it up about YHC and how his birth name doesn’t fit the man, but being from KennaBra maybe that’s a compliment..
Brief warmup of 10IC Toe Touches, Grass grabbers, Torso twists, Imperial walkers, Wife pleaser holds (Jose10k showing off one legged) NOT that we were looking 😬and closed with opposite elbow to knee F/J..
Thang
Akbar and Jose10K took to Rucking while the remaining PAX moseyed to Monroe circling through the Hermitage back to Monroe to West Beach down to Lakeshore U turning back up West Beach and circling back through Hermitage returning to AO with 3 mins.
Took to 6 for Little Manny crunches, Mountain climbers, Peter Parker’s and Parker Peters..
Appreciate the newly named “WifePleaser” taking us out!!
Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!
I feel like that may have been a BB title a few months back? The Rucking Crew, Ruck Off, Ruck in the Middle With You…. I don’t know, the puns are endless but my little mind seems to go to the same old, tired ones. Regardless – the ruckers have returned! At least, for one scramble outing. With JV off to Warsaw and Nuremberg and other WWII-affiliated cities, it could all fall apart next week. But his and Akbar’s return this week couldn’t have been better timing for the tireless Russo, who suffered some sort of heat exhaustion last Saturday and was fully prepared to ruck alone if necessary. This heat is no joke.
And this Thursday morning was no different – the same brutal conditions we’ve been dealing with for months now. Pelican, who hibernates in the summer, may well stay hidden until 2024 the way this summer has been going.
YHC can no longer say we took the “usual route” since there is no usual route these days. Shooter likes takes us on a walkabout through the jungles of Greenleaves and the wilderness of Mariner’s Blvd., seeking out uncharted territory (or trying to lose us), while Pik prefers the lakefront loop and back, and Bushwacker, well, YHC didn’t experience it, but Bushwacker prefers something called “Follow the Leader,” which involves parkour and stunts that might be found on MTV’s Jackass. Hey, to each his own. YHC prefers the Pik route, so we did that – the runners hit Coffee and looped back, while the ruckers did a 17 minute out and back.
All survived. Few complaints. And that’s because these men know what it’s like out there in the “real world.” Well… let’s say that with most of these men being in their mid-40’s, they’re at least beginning to get a vague idea of this real world. If you think you’ve experienced it, just ask Hammer’s dad. You’re probably close, but not quite there yet.
Thank you men for the camaraderie and the accountability, appreciate you all.
