Month: December 2021 (Page 10 of 11)

Art of Manliness has a website with lots of articles on lots of things that could be helpful to men who are men.  There’s this one on getting kicked in the nards that we used to launch Q Source today.  It was a good discussion and we’re all wiser for it.  You should have been there.

As for the work, it was done.  2 ruckers, 3 runners, and a dedicated PAX making it to QSource after a long night.

Announcements:

• Christmas Party
• Kotter/FNG friendly moderate workouts at Sandlot for December and January.

Prayer Requests:

• Whopper’s M
• Roscoe’s friend Tim
• Roscoe’s FIL
• Holiday Stress

Thankful for these men.  The more I learn, the more I realize I have to learn, and I say that without any defeat, but with an excitement and energy unique to men who aren’t young, but aren’t old either.

Yabba Dabba Doo

8 PAX came out to The Goat on a December morning warm enough for shorts. The beatdown included the infamously popular Spatchcock along with other made-up stuff. It went something like this:

Warm up with side-straddle hops, hillbilly walkers, toy soldiers, and Spatchcock (10xIC). YHC then demonstrated an “upside-down snow angel” (which adequately explains how it’s done, with both hands and feet lifted off the ground). Rebar later dubbed these “Asphalt Swimmers.” Anyway, enough warmup, mosey to the bottom of the hill next to the fire station and proceed up the street past Floyd and Blackies stopping at every pole for:
5 hand-release merkins
10 Bobby Hurleys
15 American hammers

There were lots of poles, so the journey took longer than anticipated except for Dr. Seuss, who sped up (via short-counting, according to rumors and allegations) 2 poles ahead of the rest of the PAX. 

Next was 3 rounds of “4 Corners” in the church parking lot:
Round 1 = 10 Big Boys, 20 leg lifts, 30 scissor kicks, 40 American hammers; Lunge-walk between corners.
Round 2: 10 hand-release merkins, 20 CDD’s, 30 Nolan Ryans, 40 mountain climbers; Bear crawl between corners.
Round 3: 10 Bobby Hurleys, 20 “Asphalt Swimmers,” 30 Bonnie Blairs, 40 Spatchcocks; Nur between corners.

With only 12 minutes to go, there wasn’t enough time for R&R on the 4 corners, so YHC made up more stuff. One PAX chose an exercise and set rep count at 25. When first PAX completes the 25, all PAX side-shuffle to the end of the parking lot and back. We did flutter kicks, crunchy frogs, and something else before a swift mosey back to the flag, where we even got in half a round of Mary (box cutters, six-shooters).

Announcements: Christmas Party

Prayers: Tesla father-in-law, Watts Up father-in-law

Lagniappe: After a conversation with Bubba Sparxxx a few weeks ago, I’ve been looking for some good bootcamp (sans gear) exercises that work the back and balance out all the merkins we sometimes do.  That’s the idea behind the Nolan Ryans and “Asphalt Swimmers.”  This concept hit home last week at the Yank after the Turkey Bowl, which gave me sore groins and sides for the entire week.  It was a not-so-subtle reminder that we can’t get stuck in our comfort zones and usual routines, but we always need to work on pushing into new and different areas. 

It’s a privilege to lead, especially when bringing up new things that might or might not work out, so thank you to the 7 PAX who came out for made-up stuff.

 – Nutria

11 at Members Only this dry cool morning. Some did EC but came back through to grab the rest of the pack.

I’m not a Panther fan, Go 49ers!, but Steve Smith has a memorable quote of “ice up son!” after a tough game a while ago. After our run and during announcements Tiger dropped some knowledge about getting some lights during these runs, I took that to heart hence the title of this BB.

Announcements:

Signup and vote for the Christmas Party this coming Saturday the 11th
Rice and beans this Tuesday, Tiger needs 12 people
Bell ringers see Sargento’s post on slack

Prayer requests:

Broke’s mom
Bed Pan and Sparky’s family’s with Covid
BOS’s mother in law
Bubba’s brother eye injury
Sprinkler’s eye issues
Sargento skin cancer treatment
Traveling PAX
Students with tests

Pleasure to lead today. I will get better lighting, you should too.

Gavel

Eight came out to the Ricky Bobby

• Disclaimer
• Pledge

Warmup

• 15 SSH
• 15 Gravel Pickers
• 15 Imperial Walkers
• 10 Merkins
• 10 Nolan Ryan’s – left
• 10 Nolan Ryan’s – right

Mosey 

Ab Work

• 10 hip dips (count right side)
  • Run to top of the stairs
• 20 big boys
  • Run to top of the stairs
• 30 Freddie Mercury’s (right side
  • Run to top of the stairs
• 40 flutters one leg

Mosey to track

Modified Partner Murph

One partner  runs a lap while the other works on the completing the reps, switching after every lap

• 300 squats
• 200 merkins
• 100 shoulder taps (count one arm)

Calf Raises

• 50
• 40
• 30

Mosey to bottom of the hill

• Sprint to each light pole
• 1 burpee, adding 1 at each pole
• x2

Conclusion

• Announcements
  • Chirstmas Party on 12/11
• Prayer requests
• Name-o-Rama

Olsen

Hope all you fat turkeys had a beautiful Thanksgiving Holiday with family & friends! If you were at an AO this morning than shame on you. I can talk shit cause this happens to be the day that I showed up.
Back by popular demand…Welcome Back Kotter aka Sledge, lol. It was good to see you today. Your M is right, you need to get up of your ars and show her who the Boss is. Good work!
Hermie, you have been back with steady commitment, thank you and good work!
We break from Gashouse and go circle up. My arthritis in my left hand is killing me, so we improvise.
Legs set 1: 50/10 Rinse & Repeat after 1 minute rest
High knees, butt kicks, squats w/kettle, lunges, gorilla squats, sidle straddle hop, single leg Romanian deadlift w/wo kettle,
Abs set 2: 50/10 Rinse & Repeat after 1 minute rest
Baby makers, crunches, rev. crunches, wall sits, star crunches, flutter kicks, jack knifes, laying windshield wipers.
More core set 3: 50/10 Rinse & Repeat after 1 minute rest
Squat shadow boxing, alternating upper cuts, alt. overhead punches, overhead press, Superman pushups, mountain climbers.

See you Monday at the Sandlot

Most of the usual suspects at the start.
Whoopie gracious enough to get us a flag for the pledge. Disclaimer. Run to Martha Rivers and back. Be safe.
All returned. All got better for it.

Prayer requests
Broke’s mom
Gumbys mom
Huck’s mom
Girl from Purple Haze church
Sparky’s friend
Queso
Sargento family traveling to Queso game
Those with illness
Those who lost people
Those who struggle with the holidays

Announcements
Christmas party
Bilixi half marathon

YHC took us out.
You missed a good run.

There were 10 HIM who responded to YHC’s mysterious post on Slack earlier in the afternoon. Will there be running? Will there be music? Will there be Spatchcock? This is what happened.

Pledge of Allegiance

Warmup – Don Quixotes, R over L, something else

Mosey down the road until YHC calls an impromptu left to the bleachers for some Step Ups in cadence. Mosey on to the strobing street light. Stare at the light as long as possible just to see if anyone would fall out. No one did! Mosey around the back soccer field to the far side.

The Thang – 30 Days of November

In recognition of Pilgrim’s Progress’ misstatement of the number of days in the month, YHC devised a workout around the actual number of days in November, 30. In descending fashion, the PAX would do the number of reps to the corresponding day, starting with 30.

30 – Spatchcocks (as introduced by Whoopee at the recent Gashouse workout. The key is you have to say the word Spatchcock at each rep for it to count. As a result, YHC was the only one doing these correctly.)

29 – Squats

28 – V-Ups

27 – Goofballs

26 – Merkins

Nur to the other side of the field and plank for the 6.

25 – Spatchcocks (still calling the name)

24 – Squats

23 – V-Ups

22 – Goofballs

21 – Merkins

Nur back to the other side.

20 – Spatchcocks

19 – Squats

18 – V-Ups

17 – Goofballs

16 – Merkins

Skip to the other side.

15 – Spatchcocks

14 – Squats

13 – V-Ups

12 – Goofballs

11 – Merkins

Run a lap and a half.

10 – Spatchcocks

9 – Squats

8 – V-Ups

7 – Goofballs

6 – Merkins

Run a lap.

5 – Spatchcocks

4 – Squats

3 – V-Ups

2 – Goofballs

1 – Merkin

Bear crawl to the other side.

Mosey back to the start and do 5 minutes of Mary. Limit 10 reps for those who didn’t know. Times up!

Thanks for the opportunity to lead men. It was my pleasure!

Announcements – Christmas Party, Half Marathon last weekend of January

Prayers requests – Gumby’s mom, Broke’s mom is improving, remember those who’ve lost loved ones becusue this time of year can be hard, Wojo’s M expecting