Not feeling 100%, but still wanting to push, YHC woke up and posted along with 4 others.
Some noteable events we seeing Kenner Brah doing wife pleasers at the pavilion by himself on top of a table and seeing Two Yutes lap Pai Gow and Vag.
This workout showed that mindset is everything and many times, the battle is to just keep moving.
3 pax assembled in the cool/wet gloom looking for and to provide accountability. I didn’t expect Mayhem to post given his Okwata hesitancy last week and was pleasantly surprised to see in mumble chatter that he posted to War Eagle’s black ops BD (aka the Early Bird) at Lasalle—rain and all!
The Thang
YHC led S&M under cover as usual with Charmin while Vagabond chose to ruck himself in the rain. We were all the better for it. SYITG!
73 degrees and raining, yes still raining
Football day, Tulane tailgatin’, RAIN… unsure of the turnout
PAX were appearing out of the bushes, including @Rudy at 6:34am
YHC’s Mothership VQ, here we go
Disclaimer
Warmup without the rain, Peristyle
WM, GG, SSH, PPP, MC, CC (crab cakes, fan favorite), TF, FT
Thang 1:
Mosey to the bridges behind Cafe du Monde
Partner up
1 PAX does an exercise, other PAX runs the loop with an exercise, as the timer
Rd1- 8-count body builder while other PAX does merkins on the bridges
Rd2- repeat Rd1
Rd3- Bonnie Blairs, other PAX lunges up/down the “safe bridge”
Rd4- Squats, other PAX does high knees between the bridges
Thang 2:
Mosey to the shelter down the tracks
Jack Ass Burpee Web, ONLY 5 rounds
1 burpee, 2 donkey kicks… 2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10
Thang 3:
Mosey to the nearby memorial fountain
3 PAX ring the circle bear crawling while remainder do an exercise
SSH, step ups, big boy situps, derkins, shoulder taps, low slow squats
Thang 4:
Mosey to the “Ralphs Entrance” to the park
Partner up for a DORA
50 burpees, 100 squats, 150 toy soldiers
Run backwards to next cross walk, forward to starting spot
Thang 5:
Mosey back to the Peristyle
Merk Jax
1 merkin, 2 plank jacks, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, 4/8, 3/6, 2/4, 1/2
Thang 6:
Mary, call out a PAX to lead next exercise
Finish with two minutes of stretching
Back to the flag
COT
Announcements- 10/19, 10/24, 10/26
Intentions: gratitude, Georgia catastrophe, all schools/teachers/students
Welcomed FNG @Solo (@Revit crew)
Welcome back @Redfish (@Fracsac claimed an EH)
Awesome Q’ing the infamous Mothership for my first time. In case you didn’t know, 60 minutes is 33.33% more than 45 minutes. We travelled. We did stuff. We went places. Ready to do it again!
3 Qs in 6 days for the first time. Enjoyed it all. Just lead.
SYITG!
73 degrees and raining, yes still raining
Football day, Tulane tailgatin’, RAIN… unsure of the turnout
PAX were appearing out of the bushes, including @Rudy at 6:34am
YHC’s Mothership VQ, here we go
Disclaimer
Warmup without the rain, Peristyle
WM, GG, SSH, PPP, MC, CC (crab cakes, fan favorite), TF, FT
Thang 1:
Mosey to the bridges behind Cafe du Monde
Partner up
1 PAX does an exercise, other PAX runs the loop with an exercise, as the timer
Rd1- 8-count body builder while other PAX does merkins on the bridges
Rd2- repeat Rd1
Rd3- Bonnie Blairs, other PAX lunges up/down the “safe bridge”
Rd4- Squats, other PAX does high knees between the bridges
Thang 2:
Mosey to the shelter down the tracks
Jack Ass Burpee Web, ONLY 5 rounds
1 burpee, 2 donkey kicks… 2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10
Thang 3:
Mosey to the nearby memorial fountain
3 PAX ring the circle bear crawling while remainder do an exercise
SSH, step ups, big boy situps, derkins, shoulder taps, low slow squats
Thang 4:
Mosey to the “Ralphs Entrance” to the park
Partner up for a DORA
50 burpees, 100 squats, 150 toy soldiers
Run backwards to next cross walk, forward to starting spot
Thang 5:
Mosey back to the Peristyle
Merk Jax
1 merkin, 2 plank jacks, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, 4/8, 3/6, 2/4, 1/2
Thang 6:
Mary, call out a PAX to lead next exercise
Finish with two minutes of stretching
Back to the flag
COT
Announcements- 10/19, 10/24, 10/26
Intentions: gratitude, Georgia catastrophe, all schools/teachers/students
Welcomed FNG @Solo (@Revit crew)
Welcome back @Redfish (@Fracsac claimed an EH)
Awesome Q’ing the infamous Mothership for my first time. In case you didn’t know, 60 minutes is 33.33% more than 45 minutes. We travelled. We did stuff. We went places. Ready to do it again!
3 Qs in 6 days for the first time. Enjoyed it all. Just lead.
SYITG!
77 degrees with a 100% chance of rain
Oh and a flood watch until Saturday morning… what could go wrong
With motivation from the site Q (@Pinewood) and other PAX, I decided to stay strong to F3’s third core principle: “Held Outdoors – Rain or Shine, Hot or Cold, we are out there”
Upon arrival, I cracked the window and asked @Rudy in jest if it was raining so I could exit the vehicle
Party of 9 for some @okwata fun
Mosey to the foot of Canal to warmup
AV, GG, PPP, ST, CC, TF, FT… IN CADENCE
Thang 1:
October 24th is the return of the H8! so it was time for some practice
Plan was to perform the first two rounds of H8!, of course the mumblechatter commenced
In referencing @Hawgcycle’s previous backblast, I was armed with the proper order of operations… @Rudy @Fracsac agreed and @Vagabond protested
“Each lap consists of running south to the top of the levee, crossing canal (bear crawling the neutral ground, ‘now paved’), running south to the bottom of the levee, cross canal and run north to the top of the levee, cross canal (bear crawling the neutral ground), running north down the levee and back across canal to the starting point. At the starting point you do a descending burp and merk pyramid starting at 8 (burpee with 8 merkins, burpee with 7 merkins, …..burpee with 1 merkin). At the end of the 2nd lap the burp and merk pyramid starts at 7, etc.”
We covered app. 0.8 miles of hills, 140yds of bear crawls, 15 burpees, 64 merkins
Thang 2:
Head to the lake. We performed TWELVES (yes @Vagabond I know it is usually ELEVENS, but I also know that we are here to push ourselves) with each station either being at a light post or 1/2 way in between two light posts. Mode of transportation is alternating broad jump and duck walk (later changed to walking lunges as it was tough to watch some duck walk, @Triple Shift wouldn’t have been happy). 11 big boys + 1 jump squat, 10 big boys + 2 jump squats… 1 big boy + 11 jump squats.
Thang 3:
Line up along the lakefront, facing the waves.
Merkin Jax, up and down the mountain, 1/4 ratio
1 merkin + 4 plank jacks, 2 M 8 PJ, 3 M 12 PJ, 4 M 16 PJ, 5 M 20 PJ, 4 M 16 PJ, 3 M 12 PJ, 2 M 8 PJ, 1 M 4 PJ
A little bit of Mary: flutter kicks, dying cockroach, LBCs
To the flag
COT
Count, Name, Announcements (10/19, 10/24, 10/26), Intentions (Georgia school shooting, @Mahatma’s foot)
Thank you men for the opportunity to lead. PAX were challenged with showing up on a potentially horrific weather morning. Was hoping for a total of 6 and was impressed with a party of 9. Rain held out. It was tough. It was fun.
With my #okwata VQ behind me it is on to Saturday morning where I will enjoy my #mothership VQ.
SYITG!
Warm-Up (In Cadence, IC):
• Grass Grabbers x 10
• Abe Vigoda x 10
• Imperial Walkers x 15
• SSH x 56
• Arm Circles x 15
Deep Sea Diver:
• Start at the top of NOMA
• Perform 10 Shoulder Taps on the top step, then descend one step and reduce the count by one with each step
• Completed one extra round to total 56
Crab Walk:
• Around the NOMA fountain
Frisbee Run to the Singing Oak:
• Used one regular frisbee and three puck-sized disks
• No running when you held a frisbee. Any drop resulted in 2 burpees (adjusted to 1 burpee due to frequent drops)
Motivator at the Singing Oak:
• Begin with 10 deconstructed SSH
• Count down in unison from 10 to 1, and repeat 1 twice for a total of 56
Return to NOMA:
• Used frisbees, no burpees for drops
The Wapner:
• 3 rounds of 8-Count Body Builders IC
• This was my first time leading the legendary Wapner
3 Sunday Mornings
COT – Prayer for Frac’s mom and all moms.
Late August – it means the dog days of summer, the never ending sun, heat and humidity. But fortunately, it also means the annual Yippee Bag workout! 3 FNGs (including YHC’s nephew) joined 18 regulars for the annual celebration of … Me.
First: Disclaimer. I did better than I did on Thursday, when I forgot it entirely. But this time, even with the FNGs, I barely got any coherent sentence out. “Be safe. mutter mutter mumble.” But eventually, with the help of other PAX – we got the message across to everyone.
Circle up on the Great Lawn (after dropping some coupons on the sidelines) for a warm up. Stretching, SSH, IW. Then explain the rules of the Yippee Bag: at any point in the workout, any PAX can reach in and pull something out. Might be a game, a contest, exercises, whatever. Whatever the card says, follow the instructions.
The Thang: ….
Catfish is first to the Yippee Bag, pulling out a rousing game of Duck Duck Goose to get us started. Clearly, YHC is the slowest. Triple Shift thought he was fast, but could not catch Mr. Rogers (even though Mr. Rogers was slowed by a 30 lb weight vest).
Lets try this again: The Thang: Partner up for a Dora
100 Burpees, 200 Merkins, 300 Squats (or Big Boy Sit Ups, YHC was at times quite confused).
Lots of Yippee – War Eagle’s 2.0 Gideon seemed to enjoy it the most. Especially the Rifle Carry (he carrying a brick, Catfish with a Cinder Block). Burpees. Squat Jumps, Sit Ups. Slowly the yard is getting covered in used White Notecards.
A quick game of Freeze Tag. YHC Nephew lasted longest, while avoiding planked and frozen PAX.
This DORA is taking too long. Several of the Beasts finished and were waiting (Mahatma, Heisenberg, Mr. Rogers among others). But after 30 mins – time to call it and move on.
The Thang 3: Ladder BLIMPS. More burpees. And More Yippees. War Eagle back to the bag, pulling a Bear Crawl race followed immediately by a Crab Walk race. Meanwhile, the PAX are burpeeing, lunging, merkining. Sometimes because of BLIMPS, sometimes because of Yippees.
And there was much grumbling about sore arms. “When is it Leg Time?” seemed to be a common refrain. So fine.
The Thang 3: Groups of 3 – 1 PAX on the sideline Jump Squatting. 1 PAX halfway across holding Al Gore. 1 PAX bear crawling (with bricks) between them. Confusion, Alternating, at this point – YHC was all but immune to the gripes of the PAX. Just keep plowing along. 8 Count Body Builder cards are pulled.
Finally, giving in to peer pressure from YHC, his nephew goes to the Yippee Bag and pulls out the Crunch Frog card. Everyone on their 6, Crunchy Frog in cadence x21. Then we are out of time.
Back to the flag for the 5 Principles for the FNGs. Naming:
* Sparky – just moved to St. Rose, an electrician. Took about 5 seconds
* Burrow (later renamed to Breezy) – War Eagle’s son. Took about 20 seconds.
* Sunshine – YHC’s nephew, sophomore at Jesuit. Took about 10 minutes.
Thanks for letting me lead!
Disclaimer and mosey to the football field
Warmup: SSH, AV, GG, arm circles, self love, and some low slow squats
Mosey to the rock pile, choose your rock carefully
Indian walk down the jogging path and track to the north endzone
In keeping with the El Diablo theme of honoring fallen hero’s, we completed a modified “Laredo” honoring Army Staff Sgt. Edward Laredo killed by an IED in Afghanistan June 24 2010
6 rounds of 24 reps per exercise recognizing the date of his sacrifice
24 curls
24 squats
24 american hammers
Walking lunges to cone 1
Bear crawl to cone 2
Run to cone 3 and return
x6
Partner up for some bonus work, alternating with partner
– 24 rows / LBCs
– 24 curls / merkins
Return to rock pile
6MOM: freddie mercurys, flutter kicks, dollys, LBCs, dying cockroach, wife pleasers, leg lifts (hold em up)
Mosey back to flag, plank and big boy sit ups until Scantron and Rougarou were ready to join us
Count-o-rama
Name-o-rama
Announcements
Intentions
BOM
Pleasure to lead, apologies for the delayed backblast
The date Friday 8/16
The place Pontiff Playground – Metry LA
The event Thighs from the OG vs ThumbWar from parts of Lakeview and Metry
YHC wanted to get out early in case there were any pre bout instructions – the bullpen was dark except a lone silhouette planting a flag emerging quickly with an enthusiastic smile of pinewood ready for the battle. Then coming off the field ThumbWar with a determined look of a well trained challenger. YHC checked his watch with only 5 minutes there was just a handful of Pax and still no Thighs, yet within a minute the bullpen was crawling with Pax like ants on a misplaced foot at Okwata!
At 5:29 YHC suggested some general etiquette to help ensure the instructions were heard…..limit the “jaw jacking” or “jack jawing” the MS translation of Handgranada.
After quick disclaimer we were off on a Mosey to the rock pile. 3 minute warm up
SSH
Side Lunge
Mnt Man Poopers
Shoulder Taps
Round 1 ThumbWar – had pax team up and grap a medium rock then head to the field.
With cones in place some sort of Dora
Round 2 Thighs was still reminiscing over the Olympics to which we did a variation of exercises to each letter x 10 then x 5
Round 3 ThumbWar it’s a “core focus” hop stop exercise crawl stop exercise length of field – rinse and repeat
Round 4 Thighs (this is where I think the Pax was a bit unhinged in following instructions) still with a Olympics focus -sprint in place
-back stroke
-karate kick
-merkin boxing
Time called with 4 minutes left YHC attempted a 1 minutes bonus round to ensure if there was a potential for a draw this may leave a lasting impression….so what do we get “stretching”!
On to COT – the vote wasn’t close 17-3, yet 3 of the 17 (RougaRou, Scantron and TripleShift) didn’t even participate but must have seen the action from their NOTs vantage point to emphasis there is still no repeat winner. Congrats to the new champ ThumbWar and much respect to Thighs for showing up in hostile territory with no OG support.
Next up ThumbWar vs Angie’s List 9/13 at WolfPack Mnt
YHC Cashbar,
Warmup: (In Front of Tulane)
30 Side Straddle Hop IC
10 Merkins IC
15 LBCs OYO
10 Burpees OYO
Workout: (Big Mountain)
Run up 2 stories, go down stairs 1
Floor 2: 10 Merks, 20 Squats, 30 LBCs
Floor 3: 10 LBCs, 20 Merks, 30 Squats
Floor 4: 10 Squats, 20 LBCs, 30 Merks
Floor 5: 10 Burpees, 20 Lunges, 30 Big Boys
(Skipped Floor 6 due to lack of an 8th Floor)
Floor 7: 10 Big Boys, 20 Burpees, 30 Lunges, + Mary
Run back to Flag:
Count off
Name-o-Rama
Announcements
Intentions
Thanks for giving me the chance to Q,
-Chashbar
