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MAMBA Mentality

9 PAX including 2 Willy Lomans showed up to celebrate the life of Kobe Bean Bryant, employee #8, AKA Black Mamba, and the 9 total passengers aboard this weekend’s helicopter flight

QIC: En Fuego

PAX: Pumpkin Spice, Cowboy (Respect), Rock Drop (WL, Respect), Reveille, Burrito (WL), DFrost, Trapper Keeper, Money Shot

Conditions: Per Pumpkin, a degree outside of IC credit

Following welcomes and introductions to our WLs, a disclaimer, and assurances to Rock Drop that III Pillars was in fact not a running AO, we mosey’d over to the base of Mt. Covenant to set up WOR shop, in preparation for a workout that could be mistaken as a running AO workout.

  • SSH x 20
  • WMH x 15
  • LBAC x 15
  • Scorpion Stretch x 12 (PAX knew it was coming and delighted in it)
  • GMs x 10 OYO

The Thang:

Head over to Mt. Covenant where YHC tees up that we will be honoring the legacy of Kobe by tapping into our Mamba Mentality (per Kobe: “The mindset isn’t about seeking a result – it’s more about the process of getting to that result.  It’s about the journey and the approach.  It’s a way of life…And you have to work hard in the dark to shine in the light.”).  With that, we recognize his 20 seasons, two jersey numbers (8 & 24), 5 rings and commence with the following:

Round 1

  • Perform 8 Merkins; Bernie to first light pole up Mt. Covenant, run back for:
  • 8 Merkins, 8 Air Squats; Bernie to second light pole and run back for:
  • 8 Merkins, 8 Air Squats, 8 Mike Tyson’s; Bernie to third light pole and run back for:
  • 8 Merkins, 8 Air Squats, 8 Mike Tyson’s, 8 Bonnie Blairs; Bernie to fourth light pole and run back for:
  • 8 Merkins, 8 Air Squats, 8 Mike Tyson’s, 8 Bonnie Blairs, and 8 Alternating Leg Raises (aka flutter kicks, 4-count); Bernie to top of Covenant and hold plank / SSH for the six.  All in, Mamba mentality fully engaged, we proceed  to base of southern entrance of Covenant for…

Round 2

  • Perform:
    • 24 Merkins at base;
    • Run to the top of hill for 24 Merkins & 24 Air Squats;
    • Run back to bottom for 24 Merkins, 24 Air Squats and 24 total reps of Mike Tyson’s & Monkey Humpers (12 each);
    • Run back to top and in interest of time straight into 24 Alternating Leg Raises

All in, head back to shovel flag and time called upon arrival.  COT / BOM, with T&Ps for healings amongst the PAX, CCR and his family, TK adoption process this Friday, and Pumpkin and Crablegs for their Ms and upcoming 2.0 arrivals.

Moleskin

Excellent effort by the PAX – Mamba leading to 3.05 miles traversed with 51 stories climbed.   As previously coined by PA, those Driveway to Heaven suicides are brutal, especially when Bernied.   Great having Burrito & Rock Drop join representing Chattanooga and Lexington, SC.

Always appreciative of the opportunity to lead.  YHC will leave you with a quote Louisville basketball coach Chris Mack told his team when breaking the Kobe news:

“I told my team today how lucky we are to breathe, how lucky we are to have problems, how lucky we are to have one another.  Sometimes in the midst of all our problems we need to realize we’re having the time of our lives even if we don’t know it.  Find it in the little things man.  In things like driving your kids to school.  Like telling your son a bedtime story…”

En Fuego

 

 

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Bears & Burpees

 

Gloom Factor: Clear skies and cold enough for 2 layers except for Tebow

Pre-Party: Stats.  May have been Han Solo because he didn’t tell me if anyone else joined him or not.

PAX in Attendance: Pocahontas, Humpty, Deliverance, Staples, Best Balls, Professor X (Respect), Barney,  Sex Ed, Tebow, Nimbus 1500, FNG (Weed Whacker), FNG (Land Shark), FNG (Baby Shark), MicDrop, Huggy, Creeper,  Numb Tucks, Typo Positive, Bieber, Numb Tucks, and Stats

Warm Up:  Lap around football field back to parking lot. Disclaimer, 10 “L” Reaches (5 each side), 10 Dwarf Kicks (5 each side), and 10 1 Legged Toe Touches (5 per side)

Thang 1
4 trees as markers and each represent a set + repetitions (4 sets – 10, 20, 30, 40 reps) – “Deconstruction of a Burpee” exercises with Sideway Bear Crawls as MOT in between sets.

10 Burpees
20 Burps
30 Double Knees
40 Merkins

At end of exercises, parking lot “Box Bear Crawls.”  Bear Crawl using parking space as a “square,”  MOT Bear Crawl to next parking space until reach other end of parking lot.  3 total squares on the way up and on the way back – 6 total “Box Bear Crawls.”

Thang 2

Rinse and repeat Thang 1, but in descending order with Sideway Bear Crawls still MOT.

40 Merkins
30 Double Knees
20 Burps
10 Burpees

Thang 4
Parking lot partner work Bear Crawls aka “Awkward Bear Crawls if Partner Stops Suddenly.”  Partner 1 assumes Bear Crawl position while Partner 2 provides resistance while grabbing the shoe heels of Partner 1 while they do Bear Crawls to the 1/2 way point of the parking lot (light pole).  Partner 2 does his best to look straight down and not straight ahead because hard to have that visual so early in the morning.

Thang 5
Parking lot “Stationary Bear Crawls” in parking space (10 total – 3 sets) Bear Crawl to next parking space, repeat until reach other end of parking lot.  Rinse and repeat on way back.

Thang 6

Cool down w quick mosey and “Loaded Beasts” ( 1 minute)

Number Off/Name-a-rama/COT – 3 new FNG’s – Weed Whacker, Land Shark, and Baby Shark
Prayer Requests
Continued prayers for LMP’s wife
Announcements
Ironclad signups – encourage everyone to step up to the challenge, Yardwork for

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McDeuce in the Morning

PAX: Paw Patrol, Juicy Juice, Gold E Lox, Benjamin Button, Major Pain, Day Day, Lil Joker, Titan Man, Hedgehog, Baby, Redskull, B&B, Geek, Hot n Ready, Bagger Vance, Reveille, Boone’s Farm, Danosaur, Black Widow, The Country Gentleman, Pop a Lock, Toga (QIC)

Gloom Factor: Sunny and 70

22 tackled the Dirty McDeuce this morning, and it went something like this:

Capri lap then mosey to bball court for warmarama.  Stay in circle to execute ye ol’ Dirty McDeuce (4 sets of 3 exercises with 12 reps ea)=

  • merkins, squats, WWII
  • Lap around the quad in columns
  • Werkins, lunges, leg raises
  • Lap around the quad in columns
  • Clerkins, Lt Dan, flutters
  • Series of bear crawls, crab walks, braid jump burpees
  • burpees, side lunges, dollies
  • sprints

Circle back up for some Mary then Bagger took us out in the COT.  Be in the present moment!

Announcements:

  • Prayers for the CCR family, see BAL’s post in General and more ways to help will follow
  • Game night tomorrow at 4:13
  • Flag football tournament with 4:13 team is coming.  Redskull will be posting the details
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2nd F Backblast – Inaugural Gentlemen’s Dinner

On January 16th, 18 PAX gathered at Jimmy Kelly’s steakhouse in Nashville for the Inaugural Gentlemen’s Dinner. The turnout was a mixture of Nashville region guys and The Strenuous Life men (from the Art of Manliness platform). Pax in attendance were Toothless, Bareback, Laff Track, Princess Aurora,  Hipster, Blue Mule, Cub Cadet, Vector, Hambone, Pop-A-Lock, Crawlspace, Hi-Viz, Harvey Updyke, and Reveille.

We kicked it off with a few drinks and brief introductions, then opened up with a toast before sitting down for some appetizers. We then went around the room to make introductions and tell how we each received our names. Scott wowed us all with his gift of custom-made poker chips with his TSL class logo and motto (The Black Jacks) represented.

Steaks were then presented in exemplary fashion, and another toast was given by Pop-a-Lock to recognize Hambone for his work as Comz director. The evening was so much more than we could have anticipated. The meal was exquisite, but it paled in comparison to the camaraderie and fellowship felt by all.

Thanks to all of you for making this happen!

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Racetrack 1/15/20

PAX: Umbrella, Not a Sport, Ochocinco, Old Fashioned (FNG Luke Duncan), Old Hickory, Barney Fivel, Tampa Libra, Offshore, Bagger Vance, Faulkner, Blackwidow, Soft Serve,

QIC: Boone’s Farm

WOR:

  • SSH x20
  • WMH x10
  • LBAC x10 F/R
  • Merkins x10
  • Squats x10

Thang:

Mosey to parking deck.

  • 20 Iron Mikes
  • 20 Dry Docks
  • 20 Alt Should Taps
  • 20 Mountain Climbers
  • 20 LBC

Run up stairs, across top deck, down other stairs, back across bottom of deck

RNR x5

Mosey to 2nd level, partner up

Partner 1: backpedal up ramp, run back down

Partner 2: exercises (combined, flapjack when P1 finished)

  • 100 Merkins
  • 200 Squats
  • 300 Flutter kicks

Head back to parking lot to finish.

Great work by all. Kuddos to Ocho for FNG. Remember those who are sick and need of healing, continue to lift one another up to be more engaged and impactful in relationships with wives, kids, co-workers, employees, churches

Always an honor,

BF

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Atlantis – 1.16.20 – “ATLANTIS Morrissette”

11 HIM evaded the fartsack and took that Jagged Little DRP to post at Atlantis for an edgy, grungy, 90’s-inspired workout.

Weather: Gloomy but not too gloomy. Just the right amount of gloom.

QIC: Cunning Linguist

PAX: Bareback, Covenant Eyes, CowBell, Crablegs, DFrost, En Fuego, Harvey Updyke, Porcelain, Right Said, Toothless

Playlist:

Song 1: Crazy – Alanis Morrissette
Songs 2-13: The entire Jagged Little Pill album – Alanis Morrissette

At 0529, YHC called out Ye Olde One Minute Warning, and at 0530, Ye Olde Disclaimer was effectively disclaimed. None of the PAX had any objections, so we started on the Mosey to the lower parking lot for the Warm-O-Rama:

16 x SSH
16 x LBAC
16 x rLBAC
20 x Hillbillies
10 x WMH
16 x Slow and Low Squats

At this point, YHC felt like we were just warm enough, so we took a brief Mosey to the far end of the parking lot and started on Thang 1:

THANG 1:

YHC played Alanis Morrissette’s one true classic jam, “Ironic.”

During the verses, PAX performed AMRAP SSH.
During the bridge, PAX performed AMRAP Squats.
During the chorus, PAX performed AMRAP Merkins

Upon completion, Toothless gave us a countdown from 30 to 1.

At this point, YHC explained the theme for today’s workout: ATLANTIS Morrissette. You see, when YHC was at the ripe, young age of 16, (seeing as today is 1/16) the #1 album on the rock charts was Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morrissette. It was a tour de force and a nice change of pace from what was on the radio those days. Therefore, in honor of the number 16, we counted off 1s and 2s and performed the ALANIS Workout (at Atlantis, mind you) as THANG 2.

THANG 2:

1s sprint to and from the first light pole
2s perform the following and then flapjack upon 1s return:

50 x Alternating Shoulder Taps (1/2 per shoulder)
100 x Lieutenant Dans (1/2 per leg)
150 x Air Press (Overhead)
200 x merkiNs (Dealer’s Choice)
250 x Imperial Walkers
300 x Squats

Note: we had to modify some of the above, because YHC didn’t realize just how much effort a Lieutenant Dan actually requires…consider it a lesson learned!

Upon completion, countdown from 20 to 1 courtesy of Right Said, then we Moseyed to the Pizza Hut Gazebo for another song, using our same partners from the ALANIS Workout for THANG 3:

THANG 3:

YHC played Alanis Morrissette’s song, “Thank You.”

During the verses, PAX performed AMRAP Dips
During the bridge, PAX performed AMRAP Squats
During the chorus, PAX performed AMRAP Pattycake Merkins with partners

Seeing as how we were running low on time, we Moseyed back to STARTEX for Mary:

MARY:

16 x Flutter Kicks
10 x Alabama Prom Date
16 x LBCs

BOM/COT

MOLESKINE:
It’s always an honor to lead the HIM who post to the Atlantis location. I am truly humbled that others choose to be led by YHC, so thank you. The fact that we tied the Atlantis record for attendance (please correct me if I am factually incorrect, Crablegs) is even more humbling.

BULLHORN:
* Prayers for Pumpkin Spice (not to be confused with PSL) as he has been under the weather lately — we miss you, brother!
* Prayers for Crablegs and his M, as they are expecting a new Soft-shell Crab — Congratulations!
* Prayers for Covenant Eyes as he goes through a season of change in his life – keep your head up, brother!
* I may have missed someone else on this list (or misspoke about the above prayers in some way) — my apologies for any mistakes!
* BOLO for “Side Straddle Hops (allegedly an educational adventure),” led by The Brothers Sottek, in the near future. Stay tuned!

This is The Colonel, signing off!

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Relays?

Pax: Crablegs, Harvey, Crawlspace, Drago, Defrost, Afib, Black Lung, BandB, Pop-A-Lock
Weather: Crisp

Warmorama: SSH, GM, LBAC F and Reverse, Squats, Overhead claps, overhead presses, butt kickers and high knees

Thang:
1s and 2s. Each pax from each team sprints and touches 5 lines on the tennis courts. Meanwhile other pax do exercises. Losing team at end of relay does jump squats, winners do squats, x30.

Repeat doing backwards one way.

Run to bridge. Do same relay (sprint to end and back), except all PAX do group exercises called by the winner of the sprint.

Run to startex. Ring of fire, each pax calls out exercise. Tclaps to Black Lung for calling Burpees at end of workout.

Good work today men! Keep it up in the New Year!

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Dre Day in Darkness & Downpour

Gloom Factor:  Windy, Sideways Rain, Darkness but warm with help from by a Dr. Dre playlist (with commercials)
Pre-Party:  Kermit, Nimbus 1500, and Staples
PAX in Attendance:  TV Guide, Huggy, Stats, Pocahontas, Nimbus 1500, Little Miss Piggy, Staples,  Best Balls, Topper, Professor X (Respect), Barney, Old Hickory, Sex Ed, Tebow, Sterno, FNG (Kodiak), New Juice, MicDrop, Kermit
Warm Up:  Mosey to football field with coupons, Disclaimer, Prayer (w 2 Pac playing in the background – “Holla If Ya Hear Me” Lord), 50 yard Butt Kicks, High Knees, Skanks w Arm Swings (side to side / up and down), Right/Left Leg Crossovers. Followed 1×10 exercises – Crab Reach,  Loaded Beasts, and Dwarf Kicks (no offense to short people)

Thang 1

Partner ladder work – start at goal line and work way to 50 yard line with Ape Walks as mode of transportation in between each set.

Yard lines = total number of reps (10,20,30,40,50): 10 Crab Reaches, 20 Loaded Beasts, 30 Dwarf Kicks, 40 Merkins, and 50 Mountain Climbers.

Mode of transportation back to starting line – “”Wounded Bear Crawls. Mode of transportation back to 50 yard line – “Coupon Push.”

Thang 2

Partner ladder (w/coupons) work starting at 50 yard line back to goal line with walking lunges as mode of transportation between each set. Yard lines = total number of reps (50,40,30,20,10): 50 Squats, 40 Squat Thrusters (Squat + Overhead Press), 30 Overhead Tricep Extensions, 20 One Arm Merkins (1 arm on coupon – 20 each side), and 10 Blockies.

Thang 3 

Partner work at midfield:

  • 10 (total) one arm “push” merkins (1 hand on coupon, push-up, push coupon to partner’s free hand, push-up, etc.)
  • 20 “coupon tosses” to partner

Thang 4

1 lap around track – 2 single file lines with 2 sets of 10 “Centipede Merkins” as a group (place both feet on shoulders of partner behind you and do merkins in unison). Mosey back to 50 yard line for more partner work. Wheel barrel Walks to other end zone and back (switching partners). “Coupon Pushes” back to original starting line.

Cool down with mix of Loaded Beasts and Flutter Kicks (2 min total)

Number Off/Name-a-rama/COT
Prayer Requests

  • Continued prayers for LMP and his wife
  • Prayer/praise for the soon to be “new baby Sterno”

Announcements

  • Ironclad signups – encourage everyone to step up to the challenge.
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2020 Titan Kickoff 1/8/20

PAX:

Drago
Reveille
Crawl space
Cunning linguist
Porcelain
Hambone
Pop-a-lock
Preacher man
Black lung
Right Said
Blue mule

Warmup mosey:
To Running Wild by Moon Taxi
Warm up mosey around the park the other side of the Parthenon

GM
WMH
LBAC
rLBAC
Air presses

SSH
To Disco Inferno

Box jumps
To Push it by Rick Ross

Low plank
To What’s New Pussycat? by Tom Jones

3 x 15 Patty cake merkins

5 x 10 double high-five burpees

1:00 partner wall sit

Mary:
Flutter kicks
American hammers
LBCs

Mosey back to the start

-Right Said

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20s in 20 – 1/2/20

Pax: Crablegs, Defrost, High Flyer, Pumpkin Spice, and Trapper Keeper (QIC)

Gloom Factor: Not to cold and pre rain.

Disclaimer was given and off the PAX went with a little mosie around the side loop of the park and ended up at the back parking lot where we met back up with Crablegs after a parking tag exchange with his M.

Warm up:
SSHs x 20 IC
Squats x 20 IC
Good Mornings x 10 OYO
High Knees x 20 IC
Butt Kickers x 20 IC
Air Presses x 20 IC

Thang:
PAX hung around the back parking lot for some 20s in 20. Same concept as 7s but augmented it to 20. The 2 exercises alternated between merkins/big boy sit ups. The starting point was at the first median where PAX started with merkins then traveled to 3rd light post to perform big boy sit ups. PAX hung around there for a majority of the time traveling betweens those to points. Work related, Pumpkin Spice had to cut out early. Indifference to time QIC shortened the last 2 rounds back to the 2nd light post so that we could complete and get back for stretching.

Total of 190 merkins and 190 big boy sit ups.

PAX headed back to shovel flag area and spent the last 3 minutes with a Crablegs inspired stretching session.

COT:                                                    Prayed for a friend of mine who has cancer. Please keep the him and his family in your prayers. Last name is Karrich.

Always a pleasure                  ~Trapper Keeper