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Avril VQ Groundhog Day

#Backblast Glencoe 03/09/2021

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Alright Alright, Sex Panther, DFib, F150, Shifty McCoy, Rump Roast, Ultra, Gambler, Bleep, Oatmeal, Teasip, Draper, Agnes, Jobu, Slushii, Plus One, Classified, Stingray, PowPow, and Special Sauce 
QIC: Avril

AO: Glencoe
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
13x SSH IC

13x Daisy Pickers

13x Hillbillies

THA THANG:

Appetizer:

Indian Run around Glencoe

Groundhog Day:

Deadlifts x10

Overhead Press x10

Upright Rows x10

American Hammers x10

Squats x10

Short loop through Glencoe

Rinse Repeat

Finishing Touches:

Rifle Carry width of football field with 10 burpees then Rifle Carry back

Little touches of abs:

Commandos x13

Burpees x10

Flutter Kicks x20

Penguin Crunches x13

LBC x5

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

YHC thought about what should be touched on and that was upper body, back, and cardio.

MOLESKIN: YHC wanted to thank all the PAX that showed up for YHC first Q. Was exciting and focused on a mixture of cardio, upper body, and back. Ready for the next one!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Grow Ruck San Antonio 4/8 and 4/9
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The Balboa… With a Side of Burpees

Date – 3/04/2021
Weather – 50° Moon still out and clear skies

Count-off & Name-O-Rama:
PAX –  Broadway Joe, Alright Alright, Aaaarrrrgggghhhh, Pow-Pow, Plus One, Agnes, Coach K, Classified, Sex Panther, Sound Machine, Ina, Sally, and Slusii & Bleep  decided to show up about 0600!
QIC –  Rump Roast
AO – Burleson Park
Disclaimer – Given 
 
Intro/ Warm-o-Rama:
SSH x20 (IC, DC)
IST x20 (IC, DC)
T-Merkins x20 (IC, DC)
Burpees x20 (OYO)
 
Mosey to the fountain = Burpees x10 (OYO)
Mosey to top of Dallas Hall steps x20 (OYO)
 
Burpees x50
American Hammers x100 (DC)
Lunges x150 (DC)
Big Boi Situps x200
Overhead Press x250
Air Squats x300
  
Mosey back to start
 
Circle of Trust (CoT):
 YHC prayed us out

Playlist:


Moleskin:
What a way to celebrate… Yesterday way my 18th wedding anniversary and I decided to take it out on the PAX! (Joking, I’m a very lucky man to have an amazing wife that’s put up with me for as long as she has. Hoping I’ll grow up eventually)

Anyway, while I was STOKED to get Sally back out even if it was just a guest appearance, I was let down that my man Special Sauce and the #subarumafia were all MIA.  Was a ton of mumble chatter during the warm-up to the point I really don’t know how many IST’s we really did… Did anyone actually count?

I had planned to do 50 total OYO Burpees by the time we started the Balboa but, saved the last 20 for the end before we moseyed back to the start. There was some grumbling from AA that the double count lunges was a little too much. So once he was done with all of them I Omaha’d to move on to the Big Boi Sit-ups. I think that was about as far as we got before time was up. Slushii & Bleep FINALLY showed up at like 0550 or some where really close to the end but, honestly I was just glad to see them. More than I can say for someone…. 

Overall, it was a great turnout, I believe a record attendance for 2ndCT. Way to push yourself men. Thank you all for making me a better version of me.  

Announcements:
Texas Independence Day 18K – March 6th
GrowRuck Alamo – April 10th
F3 Golf 

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Germany 3/1/21

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Rump Roast, Bleep, Aaarrrggghhh, DFib, Sex Panther, Sound Machine, Special Sauce
QIC: Slushii

AO: Germany Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
Burpee x 10 IC

Lap around track – NA style

Merkin x 15 IC

Lap around track – OYO

Monkey Humpers x 20 IC

Lap around track – NA style

IST x 25 IC

Lap around track – NA style

Squats x 30 OYO

THA THANG:
Cindy Crawford – AMRAP 10 minutes (5 pull-ups, 10 merkins, 15 squats, 20 LBC’s, 25 calf raises) to get the full body bikini ready

Mosey to Tennis Courts

DORA

JLo x 75

Lunge x 126 (single count)

Bat Wings x 200 (Overhead clap x 50, Seal clap x 50, 50 forward arm circles, 50 backwards arm circles)

MARY:
Penguin crunch x 10 IC

Uptown crunch x 10 IC (each side)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Push yourselves. Never give up. Keep trying.  

MOLESKIN:
Bleep started the nonsense of trying to exceed “700 cals” during the 45min workout. YHC took that as a challenge and started the PAX off with a bang out of the gate with burpees. The warmup consisted of a mile of running and 5 exercises increasing by 5 reps starting with 10. YHC heard the usual compliments of Rump Roast but after the second lap YHC didn’t hear any mumblechatter from Rump. Sound Machine stayed strong and didn’t modify but understood his limits. Good to have DFib and Aaarrrggghh back out there to keep the mumblechatter high. The #westside is happy to see the return of Special Sauce after a birthday beatdown over the weekend. The sexiest of all panthers, our very own Sex Panther, was back in the saddle again after getting some recovery rest. Quite a bit of mumblechatter about the playlist but was strange that everyone sang along the entire 45min. Special Sauce also made the recommendation that YHC make the playlist for the 6 mile ruck during TID18k. Watch out DJ Icebox! This wasn’t the beatdown we all wanted but it was the beatdown we all deserved.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. TID18k – March 6th
2. Grow Ruck – April

3. F3 Golf

 

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Salty Dogs

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Rump Roast, Slushii, Bleep, Broadway Joe, Agnes, Sound Machine, Big Tex
QIC: Oatmeal

AO: Burelson Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x15 IC

IST x15 IC

Overhead Claps x20 IC

Windmills x10 IC

THA THANG:

Mosey to softball diamond

1: Farmer carry both coupons, abyss merkins x5 at each base

P2: Run big loop

x2 for each partner

11’s

Curls x1 at west end tree

Triceps x10 at east end tree

Cusak walk between exercises 

  • Coupon comes down on walk or hits ground anytime x3 man makers
  • Rump Roast throws coupon x5 man makers

Mosey to tennis courts

Suicides: long to short.  Squats at each line starting x10 and counting down at each line

x2 full-length suicides

Mosey to soft top for some Mary

Reverse plank pounders w/ coupon on belly x10

LBC’s with coupon x15

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out.

MOLESKIN:

Wow, what a salty group this morning.  Workout started very mundane with the farmer carries/abyss merkins although I did get a personal “FU” from Rump to kick start the morning as we were rounding second!  Once we transitioned to the 11’s the real fun started.  The moans and groans started almost immediately with the first round of Cusaks and it went downhill from there as YHC exacted punishment if blocks were lowered during Cusaks and after what seemed to be half the PAX dropping their coupons after the first Cusak walk, YHC added more punishment for each block that hit the ground.  Finally fed up with the pain, the Salt King of the morning, Rump Roast, began to give the PAX lessons in shot putting as he routinely heaved his coupon to get a rest from carrying it overhead.  This elicited many choice words from the PAX as the man makers began to add up.  YHC ended the pain early and we made the mosey to the tennis courts where I practiced some reverse psychology on the PAX by allowing them to vote on whether to continue using the coupons.  The vote went in favor of continuing so I allowed them to drop the coupons and we proceeded to our suicides sans coupons.

The running was foreign to most of the West Siders but they adapted to the small amount that YHC presented.  Overall, it appears the workout was a favorite…especially on the Rump Scale.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Patriot Challenge 
  • TID18K on 3/6
  • GrowRuck Alamo 4/9-4/11
  • F3 Golf…
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F3 Deck – Joker’s Hot

Date – 2/24/2021
Weather – 65° and clear skies

Count-off & Name-O-Rama:
PAX –  Willie Loman Lifeboat from Atlanta, The Gambler, Sex Panther, Bleep, Slushii, and Sound Machine
QIC –  Rump Roast
AO – Coffee Park
Disclaimer – Given 
 
Intro/ Warm-o-Rama:
F3 Deck and running
Moseyed to the Southeast corner of the park at Turtle Creek Blvd. and Villanova St. for the first round. 
 
Rules:
PAX pics 2 cards. 1st has the exercise. 2nd card is the number of reps. 
Number card = number +10reps
Face card = 25reps
Ace’s = 100rep
Joker’s Hot = Automatic 50x Burpee’s when seen. Regardless of order
 
We did 1-2 draws at each intersection and then moseyed in between blocks. On the last block south, we started with a Bear Crawl for approx 3/4 a block. Then the last block upon getting back to the park we lunge walked. 
 
Finished by running back to the soft top with exactly 6mins left for PAX You-Call-It-Mary. 
 
YHC started it off: 
20x LBC’s DC IC
20x Big Boi’s SC OYO
Lifeboat – 15x Carolina Dry Docks (I didn’t really think this was an ab exercise but, didn’t mention it)
Slushii – 15x J-Lo’s DC (imagine that!)
Sound Machine – 15x Dead Bugs
Bleep – 15x Homer to Marge
The Gambler – 15x Box Top Cutters 
 
Circle of Trust (CoT):

YHC prayed us out

Moleskin:
Life Boat came strolling up from the dark and Slushii and I both thought for a second it was Ultra. AS he got closer we bot could tell it wasn’t but could tell neither of us knew who it was. Bleep complained the whole time how awful Coffee Park so, I decided to go run towards Caruth. At the second intersection, Bleep pulls the Joker, 50 Burpees OYO boys! He cussed me the whole rest of the morning that the “deck was loaded”! Was it tho Bleep? I guess you’ll never really know…

There was enough time for some mumble chatter this morning yet, I felt like we kept it moving and the activity level was high most of the workout. The Gambler was like a wild caged animal running between blocks with a blistering Alright Alright-ish pace. I think it’s noteworthy that Sex Panther was late to the workout and left early due to clearing the mechanism!  

Announcements:
Texas Independence Day 18K – March 6th
Patriot Challenge – LOG YOUR MILES (ends Mar,01)
GrowRuck Alamo – Soon
F3 Golf – My personal favorite! 

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Monday at Germany

Date – 1/25/2021
Weather – 68 degrees, windy, and poured down rain. The definition of The Gloom!

Count-off & Name-O-Rama:
PAX –  Dfib, Cougar Bait, Bleep, Slushii, & Sound Machine
QIC –  Rump Roast
AO – Germany Park
Disclaimer – Given 
 
Intro/ Warm-o-Rama:
20x SSH
15x IST
10x Veggie Pickers

The Thang:
Mosey 1x lap around the track
At the wall/bench:
12x Erkins
12x Prisoner Squats
12x Step Ups
12x Derkins
 
Ran half lap
Sprinted across muddy field back to wall/bench
Another round of 12 minus the step-ups
 
Mosey to Tennis courts
 
Partnered up for B.O.M.B.S.
  50x Burpees
100x Overhead Claps
150x Merkins
200x Big Boi Sit-ups
250x Squats
 
Finished up with a few minutes of Mary. 20x LBC’s and I let Slushii give us some J-lo’s to finish it.
 
Circle of Trust (CoT):

YHC prayed us out

Playlist:
None today

Moleskin:
Pretty normal day for the most part, I hear Dfib comment on the lap that we’d already done more running than he expected. Then the rain started and while it was fairly steady it wasn’t too bad until the Big Boi Sit-ups. Not only was there water standing on the tennis court by that time it start coming down in buckets. Everyone seemed to have a good time and I heard Slushii report he got 3mi. I got 2.72 so a pretty good day. 

Announcements:
A lot!

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Haabaa on a boat

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: F150, Bleep, Agnes, Stingray, Alright Alright
QIC: Slushii

AO: The Harbor – Lake Highlands North Park 
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 15 IC
Hillbillies x 15 IC
Grass pickers x 10 IC

THA THANG:
Mosey towards football field

Burpees x 6 on ramp in-front of high school
Lunge walk forwards 20yds in parking lot
Lunge walk backwards 20yds in parking lot

On track – 30 merkins (10 shoulder tap merkins, 10 T merkins, 10 hand release merkins)

On football field – punt football (whoever recovers picks a number between 5 & 15). Sometimes it was PAX choice and sometimes it was Q choice on exercise. Exercises included sprints, bear crawls, fox holes, monkey humpers, burpees, Freddie Mercury, squat jumps, Carolina dry docks, others that I can’t remember

Mosey back to launching point

MARY:
Done during workout 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Thankful for each man present and for Bleeps parents 53 years of marriage 

MOLESKIN:
Was hoping for a #subarumafia ride this morning but Rump Roast had some dental work done yesterday and decided it was best he take the morning off. We had a injured Alright Alright which created much more mumblechatter as he was with the group and not way ahead like normal. We all learned who is great at counting in cadence and then there is F150 doing RedBull T Merkins (#tlclaps to the speed). Was hoping to stay around the 2mile mark which we did for the day. Bleep chose sprints as the last exercise which must have worn him out because he caught a nap in on the way home this morning. F150 blew by everyone and looked like he was coming out of the gates at Churchill Downs. Agnes caught the normal amount of chatter about something he loves to talk about (IYKYK). Stingray averaged about 6yrds/punt and that is being generous. YHC had some technical difficulties with the speaker….because it died half way through the first song. Need some help from DDDDDJJJJJJ Icebox. PAX all determined that was probably the best part of the morning so they didn’t have to listen to YHC HaaBaa Playlist. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1) F3 Golf

2) CSAUP – 4x4x24 in February

3) Patriot Run “Run Ranger Run” in February – get signed up!

4) Q source lunch today – Ozonas @ 11:30am

5) TID 18k – March

6) Grow Ruck San Antonio – April

7) PEP clothes donation – BRING  TO JAN 30th WORKOUT

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Backblast – January 14th, 2021 – Glencoe Park

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Aaarrrggghhh Ant Man Bleep Big Tex Broadway Joe sound machine
Slushii
QIC: Agnes

AO: Glencoe Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME:

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH – 20
IST – 20
Veggie pickers – 15
Baby arm circles – 10 (front)+ 10 (back
Indian Run – 2 laps

Mosey with coupon to field

THA THANG:
Murder bunny across the field – sprint back and forth (can’t forget the coupon!) … murder bunny back

Coupon Carry/Mosey across the field, switching shoulders

Partner up (200 reps – 100 each alternating exercise with partner)
Bicep curls
Overhead shoulder presses

Coupon carry/mosey repeato

MARY:
WW1 x 12 double count cadence
Flutter kicks – 18 double count cadence
Dracula – 8 OYO
JLo – 16 cadence
American hammer – 12 double count cadence
Outlaws – 10 each way
Plank x 60 seconds

Burpee x 10 OYO to close out

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out

MOLESKIN:
Morning started off cold but warmed up fast with the Native American run, which YHC was quickly reminded this isn’t KTT by other PAX (we may have run a mile today). YHC woke up at 3:00 AM and couldn’t fall back asleep so the ideas were flowing to get a little bit of cardio and some good coupon work in. Felt good to do Murder Bunnies again, but probably won’t feel good later.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. INSERT
2. INSERT1 – Next Wednesday 1/20business casual/professional/interview clothing donations to splash
2- 4x4x24 CSAUP Feb 5-6 starting at 1900
3- TID 18k March 6 at 0700
4 – Grow Ruck April 8-10 in the land of Gregg Popovich
5- F3 golf

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Warrior Slayer Style

Date – 1/15/2021
Weather – 42 and windy AF, Google said it feels 37 and I agree

Count-off & Name-O-Rama:
PAX –  Dr. Suess, Slushii, Bleep, Stingray, Agnes
QIC –  Rump Roast
AO – The Harbor
Disclaimer – Given 
 
Intro/ Warm-o-Rama:
20x SSH
15x IST
12x Veggie Pickers

The Thang:
Tabata w/ an F3 Twist (2 rounds of each)
Mountain Climbers
Squat jumps
Diamond Merkins to Toe Grab
SSH
American Hammer
Elbow to High plank
 
Mosey
 
Groiners
Squats
Shoulder Tap Merkins
Big Boi Sit Ups
Plank Jacks
Jack Reachers
 
Mosey
 
Broad Jump and Back Pedal
Standing to Plank (half Burpee)
LBC’s
Squat
Peter Parker Merkins
Lunges
 
Mosey
 
SSH
Merkins to Extension
Burpees 
Freedy Mercury’s 
Hold a Plank
J-Lo’s
 
Mosey
 
Burpee Tuck Jump
IST’s
Chuck Norris Merkins
Gorilla Squats
Merkins
Penguin Crunches
 

Circle of Trust (CoT):
Stingray prayed us out

Moleskin:
Slushii wore short and like a cut-off t-shirt under his hoodie so complained incessantly that it was cold. I have to say that it started out bumpy (Ice Box makes this stuff look so easy), between my speaker having a bad Bluetooth connection, my email kept turning sideways, and the interval timer I was about ready to say fuck it.  Then after the second round, it got better. I couldn’t hear much of the mumble chatter over the music and all those damn beeps! I heard some rumbling about Katy Trail and took that as a good sign that I was running enough in between rounds. Over all it was a great start to a Friday morning. 

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Coffee

COUNT OFF & NAME O RAMA

PAX: Agnes, Bleep, Classified, Sex Panther, Slippy & Slushii

QIC: Aaarrrggghhh

AO: Coffee Park

F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA: SSH, IST, Veggie Pickers

THA THANG: Made our way to the Caruth Park tennis courts down Turtle Creek Blvd. and stopped at end of each block and completed the following: 

  1. Squats & reverse crunches x 12
  2. Loiners & WWI sit ups x 12
  3. Merkins & Rugby sit ups x 12
  4. Turkish get ups x 12
  5. Hand raises x 12
  6. Burpees  x12

Tennis Court Suicides: 

Round 1) Run to long end and bear crawl/crab walk back

Round 2) Run to long end and lunge/broad jump back

Mosey back to Coffee Park with same set of exercises between blocks. 

MARY: Reverse crunch, big boy sit ups, rugby sit ups x 6

MOLESKIN: Beautiful crisp morning. We did start out beat down with GAMS (grown ass men skipping) and were called out by neighborhood runners. It was great to hit the courts again at Caruth and look forward to future rings and things workouts once that AO opens again. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

  1. Wednesday 1/20 please bring any suits, slacks, button ups that are no longer in use to you but still have life in them. Splash is collecting to support a great cause. 
  2. 4x4x24 CSAUP Feb 5-6 starting at 1900 on Feb 5.
  3. TID 18K March 6 at 0700
  4. GROWRUCK April 8-10 in SA
  5. F3 Golf