7 HIM’s and 2 ruckers got a strong start to the week at the Sandlot.  Warm up was side-straddle hops, toy soldiers, hillbilly walkers, and Nolan Ryans in cadence. Whoopee departed to ruck with Hush Puppy while bootcampers moseyed to the park gate for 10 each: hand-release merkins (which prompted immediate groans from the PAX), Bobby Hurleys (another unpopular choice) and American Hammers (not so bad I guess after the first two).  After a short mosey to the walking path at the edge of the parking lot, The Thang was do an exercise until the first PAX reached 25 reps.  Then, mosey to the flag at the middle of the softball fields and back.  Rinse and repeat with another exercise.  We started with hand-release merkins, Bobby Hurleys, and American Hammers, then moved on to PAX choices consisting of shoulder taps, flutter kicks, overhead claps, and other stuff.  After a full round of everyone having a pick, we moved to the bleachers for a second round.  Between exercises (derkins, dips, mountain climbers, lunges, seal jacks) we moved out to the path and back various ways including carioca, high knees, butt kickers, and nur.  Mumblechatter was strong as PAX engaged in some karaoke during the carioca.  I never dreamed I’d have the pleasure of hearing Bedpan belt out “Islands in the Stream.”  With 6 minutes to go, we moseyed back to Pelicans, running into Whoopee and Hush Puppy at the gate and pausing for 5 burpees.  Back at the flag, we circled up for 3 minutes of Mary (starting with a long round of flutter kicks while Hush Puppy took his sweet time putting away his ruck). 

Announcements: 
May 21 CSAUP – look for preblast from Roscoe
May 30 (Memorial Day) will be 7:00 Murph at Sandlot in addition to regular 5:30 bootcamp

Prayers:
Praise for Bedpan’s 13th wedding anniversary, Folgers’ new job, and Nutria’s mom turning 75
Watts Up’s family

It was a privilege and a pleasure to lead.  I appreciate the company of the HIM’s who came out this morning.  We all got our money’s worth.  Aye!

 – Nutria

Pledge

Disclaimer

20 SSH IC

15 Imperial Walkers IC

15 Moroccan Night Clubs IC

10 Merkins IC

20 Squats OYO

5 Burpees

Mosey to the parking deck.  5 Burpees at each speed bump.

We started at the bottom of the parking deck and did Route 66 on each level then mosey back to the start for 5 Burpees them mosey back to the next level.  The exercises done were has follows

Level 1  Merkins

Level 2 Monkey Humpers

Level 3 CDD

Level 4 Squats

Level 5 Mountain Climbers count right leg

We fellowship moseyed to the Level 6 for wall work.

30 second Wall Sit

15 Dirty Hookups

30 Shoulder Taps

30 second Wall Sit

Mosey down to Level 4 rinse and repeat then mosey to Level 3 rinse and repeat.  With time running low we moseyed back to the Pavilion for some core work.

25 of the following exercises.

LBC

Flutter

American Hammers

Heals to Heaven

Penguins

WWII

Time 6:15 am

Announcements

Prayer Request

Nameorama

The Q took us out in prayer

Thank you for the opportunity to lead. SYITG.

A chilly spring break morning at The Ricky Bobby brought a light crowd, just Tesla and me.  But there was nothing light about the work that was done, nor the mumblechatter in the Gloom.  Since nobody had signed up to Q, I was prepared with music and framework for the beatdown.  Warmup consisted of side-straddle hops, imperial walkers, and merkins, all in cadence.  Then I turned on Pandora to the station we played at our Easter Sunday family gathering: 60s Rock (great music from a couple decades before my time and who knows how many decades beyond Tesla’s).  For The Thang, we stayed close to the school entrance just in case J2C or Umbro showed up a few minutes late, as they tend to do. The format was to do 20 reps of an exercise, then mosey to the edge of the awning and back. We did hand-release merkins, Bobby Hurleys, leg lifts, dips, derkins, step-ups, American hammers, monkey humpers, flutter kicks, and more.  Mumblechatter topics were even wider than the range of exercises.  We didn’t solve any of the world’s problems but agreed on the importance of knowing the things that are truly important and prioritizing accordingly.  Instead of running away from the challenges that face us, meet them head on.  Focus on getting just 1% better each and every day.  We prayed for good men to remain strong and set a positive example in our communities.  I appreciate the company this morning and getting to know Tesla better.  Aye!

 – Nutria

We had a great day at the painlab. The men put in a lot of hard work today. Thanks for the opportunity to be the Q maybe we can do it again.

10 PAX posted on a gorgeous Saturday morning for BOS’s last ride as Site Q of The Fighting Yank.  Burpees were in the forecast, and the cops were shutting down streets.  Here’s what I remember:

Belmont had it’s Belmont Classic 5K at 0800, so the police had eyes on shutting down parts of Main St.  Tiger and Breaker caught it and threw enough warning out there so our chariots didn’t get blocked in.  Anyways, 0700 came and Virus was antsy, letting YHC know it was time to get started, so started we got.  A piss-poor disclaimer followed, and we moseyed to the Bunker for warm-ups.

The Thang:

• 1 x Burpee (OYO)
• 10 x SSH (IC)
• 10 x Don Quixotes (IC)
• 10 x Gravel Pickers (IC)
• 10 x Dying Cockroaches (IC)
• 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)

We left the Bunker boys back with Breaker to babysit them as they played with their toys and sidewalk chalk and we headed across the train tracks for:

• 2 x Burpees (OYO)

Hardly worth the effort of calling them

Mosey to Phil Champion State Farm where we’d set up shop to get a good look at the runners as they warmed up, and they’d get a good look at our best sides as we put in work.  For the next 30-40 minutes, every time we went anywhere, we always came back to the State Farm to hang out with Belmont’s finest and our Good Neighbors.

• 3 x Burpees (OYO)
• 5 x Burpees (OYO – Train #1)
• 10 x Hip Slappers (IC)
• 10 x Freddie Mercuries (IC)
• 10 x Crunchy Frogs (IC)
• 10 x American Hammers (IC)
• 10 x Flutter Kicks (IC)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches R (IC)
• 10 x Oblique Crunches L (IC)
• 10 x Calf Raises (IC)

Next, we got in our pre-race warmup by running the block up to Todd, back to Center, and around to the State Farm, returning for

• 4 x Burpees (OYO)
• 5 x Burpees (OYO – Train #2)
• 15 x Hip Slappers (IC)
• 15 x Freddie Mercuries (IC)
• 15 x Crunchy Frogs (IC)
• 15 x American Hammers (IC)
• 15 x Flutter Kicks (IC)
• 15 x Oblique Crunches R (IC)
• 15 x Oblique Crunches L (IC)
• 15 x Calf Raises (IC)

Next up, partner up.  One partner runs a similar loop, but the other way, going up to Circle, running all the way down Circle, and coming back to State Farm.  While that partner is running the other stays for:

• Wall Sits

So we were probably looking at 4 minutes or so of Wall Sits, so to break it up, we did Wall Sits to failure, but when failure set in, PAX did:

• 10 x Dwight Howards (OYO)

When partners returned, we switched and did the other part.  Once the second partner got back, Doodles wanted to go again, but we resisted, and cranked out

• 5 x Burpees (OYO)
• 20 x Hip Slappers (IC)
• 20 x Freddie Mercuries (IC)
• 20 x Crunchy Frogs (IC)
• 20 x American Hammers (IC)
• 20 x Flutter Kicks (IC)
• 20 x Oblique Crunches R (IC)
• 20 x Oblique Crunches L (IC)
• 20 x Calf Raises (IC)

Time for some Traveling Lindsay, with the catch being every time we traveled on the day, we stopped and added another burpee to the set, so sets looked like this:

• State Farm
  • 30 x Monkey Humpers (OYO)
  • 10 x Diamond Merkins (OYO)
• Mosey to Glenway & Woodrow
  • 6 x Burpees (OYO)
  • 25 x Monkey Humpers (OYO)
  • 15 x Diamond Merkins (OYO)
• Mosey to shopping center at Kenwood
  • 7 x Burpees (OYO)
  • 20 x Monkey Humpers (OYO)
  • 20 x Diamond Merkins (OYO)
• Mosey to Kenwood & Main
  • 8 x Burpees (OYO)
  • 15 x Monkey Humpers (OYO)
  • 25 x Diamond Merkins (OYO)
• Mosey back to the Yank
  • 9 x Burpees (OYO)
  • 10 x Monkey Humpers (OYO)
  • 30 x Diamond Merkins (OYO)

That was enough.  Finished right on time.  No time to make up for the “No Reps” on that last set of Diamonds.

Breaker Breaker took COT

Announcements:

• Gavel is the new Site Q @ The Yank
• Golf Tournament – Check Buckshot’s post in Slack

Moleskin:

Congrats to both BOS and Gavel on a strong body of work.  I have a ton of respect for both men, and believe that good things are in store as they keep punching the clock in the Gloom.  One man’s finish line is another man’s starting line.  Just a reminder that this thing is bigger than any one of us, and yet, we are heavily influenced by the HIMs that are posting beside us every day.

It’s been a while since I Q’d at the Yank, but I love the site.  So many different ways to go.  Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo