Month: February 2020

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7 for Fun and Games at Titan 2/12/20

Gloom: Medium (slight rain, cool but no wind)

PAX:

Reveille
Drago
Ahab (FNG)
Drago
Pop a lock
Crawl space

Right Said

 

Warmup in the parking lot for Johnny-Come-Latelies

SSH

Good Mornings

Looong mosey around the perimeter of the park with 10 Merkin “speed bumps” along the way.

Circle up at end of Parthenon. Finish warm up exercises.

Don Quixotes

LBAC, rLBAC

 

Thang:

Dora

100 Merkins

200 LBCs

300 Squats

Partner runs starts to Parthenon doors and back.

 

Fun and Games:

Crawlspace led PAX in game of “hacky sack run and ride.”

2 PAX with hacky sacks. Remaining PAX try to avoid being tagged with hacky sack, but must stay under the roof of the Parthenon. 10 Merkin penalty for being tagged. There was much running and many unsuccessful attempts to hide behind columns. Fun was had by all.

Welcome FNG Ahab (EH of Black Lung). Ahab provided a plethora of nameworthy stories from his past. Notable name candidates were Big Tuna and Junior Asparagus.

Coffeteria afterwards. Good discussion about what the Q-Source is and isn’t.

-YHC

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Westeros – 01.27.20 – “Remembering Mamba”

12 PAX took the metaphorical court at Westeros for  a tribute to Kobe Bryant chock full of reps, mumblechatter, and pain.

QIC: Princess Aurora

PAX: Black Lung, BnB, Cowbell, Crablegs, Crawlspace, Drago, Harvey Updyke, Michelin Man, Pop-A-Lock, Porcelain, Vector

THE THANG:

Medium mosey to WEMS steps for a COP, all IC:

  • SSH x 24
  • SnL Squats x 24
  • Merkins x 24
  • Mountain Climbers x 24
  • LBAC F/R x 12/12

Quick mosey to the circle to huddle up under the awning and explain today’s main course: a five-round circuit (in honor of Kobe’s five rings) building up to 8 reps of each exercise in each complex.

Complex 1: Perform one Merkin followed by one Ab Thruster. Two Merkins followed by two Ab Thrusters. Repeat ascending up to eight Merkins followed by eight Ab Thrusters.

Complex 2: Perform one Lunge each leg followed by one Jump Squats. Two Lunges each leg followed by two Jump Squats. Repeat ascending up to eight Lunges each leg followed by eight Jump Squats.

Take a lap around the driveway and RnR x 4.

Those who finished all five rounds did Mary of their choice until time was called. Most had begun round five by this point, but it was time to mosey back to the flag for COT/BOM.

MOLESKINE:

This one was a real grinder. 180 reps each of all exercises, and the legs were on fire. Tclaps to all the guys for pushing it all the way to the end.

BULLHORN:

T&P for the Fogartys, Bad Boy, Hipster, Siri, and Michelin Woman.

PA out.

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2/4/20: CHIEFS

Location: III Pillars

Conditions: 50s and wet

QIC: Pumpkin Spice

PAX: Cowboy, Crablegs, Crawlspace, En Fuego, High Flyer, Money Shot, Right Said, Toothless

THE THANG

Warmorama :

We made our way up to the track, did a single loop, then circled up for some WOR:

  • SSH x 54
  • WMH x 10
  • LBAC x 10
  • rLBAC x 10
  • Mahomes Night Clubs x 10
  • Chinook x 10

After getting sufficiently warm, the PAX received instructions for the Main Event, in honor of the recent Kansas City Chiefs victory in Super Bowl 54. I don’t know about you, but I for one think Andy Reid deserved the heck out of a Super Bowl win.

Main Event

The PAX would perform 50 of each CHIEFS exercise, followed by 4 labs around the track:

  • Clerkins
  • High Knees (each leg 1/2)
  • Imperial Walkers (each leg 1/2)
  • Extenders
  • Freddie Mercuries (each leg 1/2)
  • Squats

After completing the first round, the PAX moved on to a second round with different symbolic numbers. The Chiefs had to come from behind, or what some might call, an incline. Moreover, they ultimately went on to defeat the 49ers, so the PAX did 40 of each of the following exercises each, followed by 9 labs around the track — Chiefs Indian Run style:

  • incline Clerkins
  • incline High Knees
  • incline Imperial Walkers
  • Extenders
  • Freddie Mercuries
  • Squats

After the two rounds of exercises and over 1.5 miles of running, the PAX moved over to the jungle gym to each complete 5+4 perfect Pull-ups.

We then moseyed back to the Shovelflag and that was it!

MOLESKIN

  • T-claps to Crablegs for the idea to incorporate the Indian Run into the 9 labs of the second round. I should have known I could count on the King of Puns to facilitate such an appropriate improvement to the workout.
  • Side Strattle Hops last night may have proven too much for one PAX. The last lap of the Indian Run nearly caused a Pilsner Puke (or perhaps it did, there were no witnesses, so who could ever know??)
  • Coffeteria included some fascinating ideas surrounding an impending Fi-beery, as the merits of passive and active investing were discussed — materialization of this event TBD.

BULLHORN

  • Libeery coming up on March 10th at Fat Bottom Brewery. The book is “Essentialism”. Time TBD, but likely 7pm-ish
  • We continue to pray for Siri, Bad Boy, and Hipster as they recover from injuries/surgeries

– Pumpkin Spice

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1/30/20: KOBe

Location: Atlantis

Conditions: Cold and Gloomy, 10 degrees off from Ironclad Credit

QIC: Pumpkin Spice

PAX: Covenant Eyes, Crablegs, Cub Cadet, Porcelain, TK, Toothless

THE THANG

Warmorama :

We went for the customary loop around the field, then back to the imaginary shovelflag for some WOR:

  • SSH x 24
  • WMH x 8
  • LBAC x 8
  • rLBAC x 8
  • MNC x 8
  • Chinook x 8
  • rChinook x 8
  • Seal Claps x 8
  • High Knees x 24

After getting sufficiently warm, the PAX received instructions for the Main Event, in honor of the late Kobe Bryant. A criminal at worst and adulterous at best, none of us are perfect. Just because he was imperfect like us doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate all the good things he did as a person and an athlete.

Main Event

The PAX would make their way across the parking lot by doing one “KOBe” in each parking space (total of 15), which consists of:

  • Knee-bender (Squat)
  • Overhead clap
  • BurpEe

Once at the end of the parking lot, the PAX then had to bear crawl around the other side back to the start (~35m). Once back at the start, the PAX then rinsed and repeated with the KOBe exercises, except they progressed walking backwards and doing Crawlbears on the way back.

After completing the forward and reverse KOBes, the PAX went for a nice mosey around the Laker (AKA Water Tower) and back to the parking lot. There, we performed one minute each of KOBE Mary:

  • happy Krunchy frogs
  • O’merican hammers
  • Big boy situps
  • Extenders (reverse crunch)

Another Mosey around the Laker and then the PAX rinsed and repeated the whole workout again, with forward and reverse KOBes and more KOBE Mary.

That’s all she wrote!

MOLESKIN

  • TK and his wife finalized the adoption of their three kids they had been fostering for around two years. What a tremendous example to us all of selflessness and humility — TK is an inspiration to us all!

BULLHORN

  • Libeery coming up on March 10th at Fat Bottom Brewery. The book is “Essentialism”. Time TBD, but likely 7pm-ish
  • CCR’s son Charlie was able to unexpectedly go home for a brief time before he will need to go back for more treatment for leukemia. Continue to keep Charlie the CCR family in your prayers!
  • We continue to pray for Siri, Bad Boy, and Hipster as they recover from injuries/surgeries

– Pumpkin Spice