Day: May 22, 2024

Sixteen HIM dove headfirst into the Storm.  Two got out early for an extra mile while cones were being placed and before the others pulled into their starting spots.

A quick disclaimer and count off and we were ready to go.  Warm up:

15 SSH IC / 15 Imp Walkers IC / 15 Gravel Pickers IC / 15 Plank Jacks IC / Stretch for the old guys.  R over L / L over R / Feet Together / Arm stretches and that was enough stalling.

Mosey to guardrail.  Decline Merkin x 10 /  Dips x 10 IC / Incline Merkin x 10 IC

Mosey to traffic circle and circle up on your six. Leg lifts.  One person runs around the circle while others hold six inches.  Runner returns and yells up.  Feet go up to 45 degrees while next runner runs the circle then yells down.  Repeat through all runners.  Flip over to plank and follow the same rules with high plank and low plank.

Mosey to main parking lot for football.  Touchdown Beatdown.

Bear crawl through endzone to 10 yard line.

10 Jump squats, run to 20

20 Merkins, run to 30

30 Flutters, run to 40

40 Monkey Humpers, run to 50

50 LBC, run to 40

40 Apollo Ohnos, run to 30

30 Plank Jacks, run to 20

20 Squats, run to 10

10 Toy Soldiers, Bear Crawl through endzone then run back to start.

Multiple trips across the field were made.  Great job everyone

Back to the flag for some Mary and time was called.

Announcements

Memorial Day Murph / PT Test June 1st / Blood Drive coming soon.

Prayers

Turtleman, Termite, Recent Grads, Breakers Family, PAX on IR

Til Next Time

BOS

We do not use a Calendar or temperature to tell us when it is Summertime in Dallas.

It is officially Summer Time when Stogie stays for the whole Q! Great times.

Glad to see Stogie back at it and pushing the rock.

Keep Turtle Man in your prayers, also Gavels family member.

We ran and had fun.

Amarillo by morning, up from San Antone. Everything that I got is just what I got on. When that sun is high in that Texas sky I’ll be buckin at the county fair. Amarillo by morning, Amarillo I’ll be there. I wonder if anyone will read this? If you did read this, I will be listening to this song on June 1 when I see the king in concert in Charlotte.

thanks for the opportunity to lead. Sorry about the late BB.

Whoopee

A half dozen PAX on a Monday at Mount Hollywood where we beat the odds and with a crowd including Termite and Red Ribbon, no one fell.  Bricks were the focus of the workout, but it seemed like it was going to be light on running, so I guess I overcompensated.  Here’s what I remember:

A new face in the Gloom, just means YHC hasn’t met everyone yet, and it was a privilege to put in work with Love Shack this morning.  Another AM weinke-less Weinke where the ideas were vague and came into focus as we went.  Started with a standard warm-up.

The Thang:

• 10 x SSH (IC)
• 10 x Imperial Walkers (IC)
• 10 x Gravel Pickers (IC)
• Tesla Stretches
• 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)
• Figure 4 Back Stretches
• 10 x Dying Cockroaches (IC)

Time to go find the bricks that Choo Choo brought out at his VQ.  It’s been a while since YHC got to lead a brick workout, and didn’t even need to transport them by Footmobile.  On the way, stack some exercises:

• Mosey to the corner
• 10 x HR Merkins
• Mosey to the library
• 10 x HR Merkins / 20 x Freddie Mercuries
• Mosey to Oakland
• 10 x HR Merkins / 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 30 x Squats
• Mosey to the brick pile at the Farmers Market
• 10 x HR Merkins / 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 30 x Squats / 40 x Flutter Kicks

Destination reached, and there the bricks were, all neatly placed and ready for some action.

Simple Circuit,  but not the usual. Our grips would be tested today.

• 15 x Curls (OYO, each arm)
• 15 x Renegade Rows (OYO, each arm)
• 15 x 6 inches / Skullcrushers (OYO)
• Walking Iron Cross (holding bricks to the side) to the last booth at the Farmers Market
• 5 x Brickees (OYO)
• Walk holding bricks in front of you back (I’m sure it has a name, but I don’t know it)
• Take off running across the parking lot, across the street with the hill, and around the loop at the church, then back
• Repeato for 3 rounds total

YHC stays impressed at the pace of the Mt. Hollywood PAX.  These are your unsung batflippers, as Blueprint is as fast and fit as anyone in the region and Red Ribbon only has 1 setting on his dial and it’s 11. When Freon looks mortal, it’s a tough group.

Not sure if it was the runs or the stack that were longer than expected, but time was ticking, and we needed to take the long way back and unstack the stack. There was a whole routine on the weinke-less Weinke that will have to wait for another day.

So we headed back and unstacked properly, because somewhere, Watts Up was watching :

• Mosey to the bank parking lot
• 40 x Flutter Kicks / 30 x Squats / 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 10 x HR Merkins
• Mosey to the train tracks and take a left on Catawba
• 30 x Squats / 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 10 x HR Merkins
• Mosey to the elementary school (the long run)
• 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 10 x HR Merkins
• Mosey back to the flag
• 10 x HR Merkins

And that was all we had time for.

2 miles, which is a lot for YHC at a bootcamp. Must’ve overcompensated.

Strong work by the group. Termite held his own at a bootcamp. Love Shack kept up with a running workout, even though he said that was where he struggles.

A great day in The Gloom. Thankful for the opportunity to lead this group. If you haven’t been to Mt. Hollywood lately, you’re missing out.

Yabba Dabba Doo

Rare Q for me on a Wednesday morning. I owed Maybelline a Q as he has the GasHouse this weekend (come out and get some). I saw a drinking game where participants stacked cups competitively. I began to ponder how it would work within a workout. As I played out the concept, I thought a PAX of 8 would be ideal. As luck occurred, I saw 7 other men in the circle as I approached. How fortuitous.

Warm-up – the usual: Seal Jacks, Imperial Walkers, Toy Soldier, Side 2 Side lunge IC x 10. We said the Pledge.

Stay in the circle for the Thang:

• SSH IC x 30, run 1 lap around the building
• Iron Mike Tyson IC x 20, run 1 lap around the building
• Split Jack Toe Touch IC x 20, run 2 laps around the building
• Diamond Merkins IC x 15 (barely for the Q), run 2 laps around the building
• Jump Squats IC x 20, run 2 laps around the building
• Mtn Climbers (slow graze of knee 1″ over the ground), IC x 20

Mosey to the office building down the street in the back parking lot. I wanted an even middle of the parking lot so divided the PAX in teams of 4 (Team Amazon vs. Team GSM) and had them march toward the middle to create the line. There were 2 blue cones in the middle flanked by 3 green and 3 yellow cones. There were 8 exercises listed which would be performed as a team total. With teams of 4, I declared the total team reps to be 50 with the exception for LBCs to be 100 total. The teams gather at the edges or the parking lot and upon completion run to the center and move the blue cone one spot (green for Amazon and yellow for GSM). Goal was to get the blue cone to the 3rd cone of the team side. Sounds complicated? Oh good, then I’m not losing my touch. Competition breeds intensity and our PAX love competition. The teams were even through the first round. I had to figure out a difference maker. So, for round 2 I combined the exercises into groups of two. I now realize the reps need to be individualized or higher team reps. Stay tuned for the next opportunity. It worked out with Team Amazon earning the win.

With the time left, we hustled back to base for some core work to finish out our time.

COT: Prayers – Turtleman, Maybelline’s co-worker’s wife in stage 4 cancer, HS graduates, Choo-choo’s Mom; Announcements – Memorial Day Murph on 5/27 at 0700 at The Sandlot (Sword and Mt. Hollywood open at normal times).