Author: Jim Huddle

  • Your Mom Fart-sacked

    The four of us looked at each other and asked: “who’s the Q for today”? Someone responded “your mom” signed up as Q. Apparently, she fart-sacked and so we had a ‘hot potato’. The following is approximately correct.

    Wedding Singer started out with a mosey to the 3rd Presbyterian parking lot for:

    • 20 SSHs in cadence
    • 10 Don Quixotes in cadence
    • Stretching
    • 10 Merkins in cadence

    And then we moseyed over to the office building beside the school for

    • 20 WWIIs in cadence
    • 20 Freddy Mercuries in cadence

    Mosey to the parking lot behind building (very short distance) and partnered up for

    • Partner 1 bear crawls across parking lot and jogs back
    • Partner 2 does Merkins
    • Switch with a goal of 100 Merkins

    Last Call took over and we used the cross walk to mosey to the office building between Ziontown, Ridge and Forest. We partnered up and did the following:

    • Partner 1 runs around the building
    • Partner 2 does WWIIs
    • Switch roles

    Second time:

    • Partner 1 runs around the building
    • Partner 2 does Merkins
    • Switch roles

    Last Call took over and we went to the parking lot with the cinder blocks and partnered up for a triple check

    • Partner 1 runs around the parking lot (timer)
    • Partner 2 does called exercise
    • 50 single count windshield wiper merkins
    • 125 curls
    • 200 squats

    YHC took over and we did

    • 30 Flutters in cadence

    Moseyed to the front of the school for

    • 20 Bench Kicks on the stairs in cadence

    Moseyed to the wall for Angry Donkeys.

    • 11s with People’s chair airpress and donkey kicks.

    And in the “courtyard” by the wall we did

    • 20 Pole Smokers (imaginary poles)
    • 20 APDs
    • 5x Pointing Dog (start on all fours, raise right arm and left leg and hold for a count of 10, switch arm/leg)
    • 60 count 6-inch leg lift

    Times up!

    Announcements

    12 Days of Christmas

    Takeout with some additional commentary by YHC:

    The Spanish have a verb “esperar”. This means ‘to hope’ or ‘to expect’. These words, expect and hope, do not mean the same thing. If you expect something, it will almost certainly take place. We expect Christmas in a week. It will certainly happen. But we hope for a season of goodwill and a coming new year better than this fast-expiring old one. (I hope we all had a great 2023 but I know there have been struggles for at least some of us.) Today, the years since the birth of Christ are called CE or the Common Era. But in years previous, this timeframe was Anno Domini or “In the year of the Lord”. The hope was that the presence of Christ in this world would bring us a world of peace and love. May 2024 bring us a bit closer to those ideals.

  • 2 right gloves

    Whitesnake brought 2 right gloves to the workout. Fortunately, I have a collection of gloves to choose from. The four of us ran to the parking deck with Dave and Buster’s. From there, we ran up one set of steps to the top, then ran over to the other set of steps and down to the bottom and then returned to the start. Upon returning, we did 20 merkins. I got 6 rounds in. The rest got 7 rounds in. Then we returned to Pocahontas. I took a short cut.

    No announcements

    Genesis: Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.” This is the basis for the novel by Steinbeck, “East of Eden”. Is the message of God to Cain, a message of hope? Is sin something you can overcome?

  • 71 Burpees

    Gracias a todos por celebrar mi último día a los 70 años. Upchuck gave up his Duolingo lesson to attend today so I had to provide a little español for him. Honeydo got his passport renewed in time to make it north of the river. Mr. Rogers left his dog at home. Atilla was stylishly dressed in all black. Handshake looked like a sausage in his tight shirt. Piglet made his second 5:30 AM workout. Too many others to mention except in the list below, but ¡Gracias!

    Mosey to loading dock in front of school for Disclaimer and Warmup: All in cadence

    • 20 SSHs
    • 20 IWs
    • 10 Don Quixote
    • 20 Squats
    • 10 Each side: Suzanne Sommers

    Mosey to Pemberton Parking lot for 11s

    • Burpees & V-Ups
    • Plank for the 6

    Mosey to pull-up bars behind School

    • 10 Pull-ups, 20 Merkins, 30 Ukrainian Hammers: 2X

    Mosey to Pemberton wall

    • Stretch
    • 10 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to wall at Quioccasin for

    • 15 People’s chair airpress in cadence
    • 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence
    • 15 Donkey Kix OYO
    • 15 People’s chair Milkers in cadence
    • 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
    • 15 Donkey Kix OYO
    • 15 People’s chair Muhammad Ali in cadence
    • 10 BTTW toe taps in cadence
    • 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Mosey to benches in front of Quiocassin, all of the following in cadence, 3X

    • 10 Bulgarian Split Squats (right leg)
    • 10 Bulgarian Split Squats (left leg)
    • 10 Derkins
    • 10 Dips
    • Stretch

    Mosey to flag

    • 6 Burpees OYO
    • 71 count 6 inch leg lift

    ¡Terminado!

    No Announcements

    Take out by YHC

    “Life doesn’t allow us to go back and fix what we have done wrong in the past, but it does allow us to live each day better than out last.”

  • Grateful

    We had 3 walkers due to injuries along with a couple of dogs. One of the dogs was an FNG. “What was your first concert?”

    Mosey to the Corner Parking Lot

    Begin with Disclaimer:

    I am not a professional. The idea is to get better, not to get hurt, so feel free to modify called exercises.

    Mosey to corner Parking lot

    • 20 SSHs
    • 10 Man-Maker Merkins
    • 15 Crunchy Frogs
    • Stretch

    Mosey to Asphalt playground

    • 20 IWs
    • 10 Diamond Merkins
    • 10 each side Suzanne Sommers
    • Stretch

    Mosey to corner parking lot

    • 20 Squats
    • 10 Stagger Arm Merkins
    • 15 Knee Ups
    • Stretch

    Mosey to asphalt playground

    • 10 Don Quixotes
    • 10 Stagger Arm Merkins
    • 15 Ukrainian Hammers
    • Stretch

    To the grass playground in back; Divide into 3 groups. Rotate Clockwise

    • 10 Get-ups at the swings, (lay on you back and then stand up without using your hands)
    • 20 Hanging Knee-ups at pull-up bars,
    • 30 Dips at benches,

    To the asphalt playground for 11s

    • Mike Tyson & V-Ups

    To the wall for

    • 15 People’s chair airpress
    • 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence
    • 15 Donkey Kix
    • 15 People’s chair Milkers
    • 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
    • 15 Donkey Kix

    Mosey to the flag: Birddogs

    • How: Start on your hands and knees with a flat back. Contract your abdominals as you simultaneously slowly extend your right arm straight in front of you and your left leg, in line with your head. Keep your chin tucked. Visualize a glass of water on top of your back and keep your hips level enough so it doesn’t spill. Hold for three to five seconds. Return to start and perform three to five repetitions. We did about 6 of these, each side

    Time’s up!

    Announcements: Convergence Thursday 6:00 AM at Mary Mumford

    VQ at Dogpile on December 2 (sorry but I didn’t get whose VQ this is)

    Take out: Name something you are grateful for; F3, Family, Handshake and others for headlocks.

  • Rifle carry

    Turns out, the worst part of the 11s was the Rifle carry between the exercises.

    Classical music was provided. Standard Disclaimer given. No one almost passed out today. Or according to Friedrich Nietzsche: “What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.”

    Warmup

    • SSHs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Don Quixote, stretch arms, stretch hamstrings.

    Deep Mountain Climber countdown

    • 20 Swings (single count)/20 Deep Mountain Climbers (Single count);
    • 18 Hammer Curls/Deep Mountain Climbers,
    • 16 Upright Rows/Deep Mountain Climbers,
    • 14 Triceps/Deep Mountain Climbers,
    • 12 Sit & Press/Deep Mountain Climbers,
    • 10 Press/Deep Mountain Climbers,
    • 8 Squats/Deep Mountain Climbers,
    • 6 Swings/6 Deep Mountain Climbers,
    • 4 Hammer Curls/Deep Mountain climbers,
    • 2 Upright Rows/Deep Mountain climbers.
    • Run around island:

    11s. We walked back and forth across the courtyard area to the Propane Tank and the door.

    • Renegade Rows, Rifle carry, Bench Press
    • Run around island

    Variation on 11s

    • Do 10 Merkins, Farmer’s carry one direction and waiter’s carry the other direction. We did the Countdown from 10 to 1 on Overhead pulls. Except we didn’t quite finish. I think we were down to about 3 overhead pulls to finish up the set.

    Back to the flag for numberama, namearama

    Announcements:

    Tuesday noon: 2nd F at Firehouse Subs on Tuesday (in 5 days)

    Convergence for Thanksgiving at Mary Mumford Elementary

    Take out by YHC. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle

  • Not Extemporaneous

    Lighthouse requested the Pocahontas route. And so that’s what we did.

    Start out with 20 merkins by the stairway to the right of the entrance to the school, run on the sidewalk to the side of the school at the low walls and do 20 dips. Run around the back of the school and over to the tennis court benches; 20 merkins and 20 dips. Continue around the school on the sidewalk to the entrance to the school and run on the sidewalk to the front door to the school and back to the start at the stairway. This takes me about 5 minutes. Lighthouse and Mr. Rogers stayed with my pace. We did this 5 laps for a total of 200 merkins and 200 dips.

    Next, the same running route but substitutes 20 Crunchy Frogs for the 1st set of merkins, 10 V-Ups for the 1st set of dips, 20 bench kicks for the next set of merkins/dips, run to the corner and do 20 reverse crunches (pole smokers without the pole) and return to the start. 3X.

    On the third abdominal set, Mr. Rogers and Lighthouse altered the routine and ran a mile on the track while I completed the set and then did a final lap around the school minus any stops for exercises.

    No announcements:

    Closed out with the Prayer of St. Francis:

    Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.

    O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

  • Caesar

    Mosey to the Corner Parking Lot

    Begin with Disclaimer:

    I am not a professional. The idea is to get better, not to get hurt, so feel free to modify called exercises.

    Also, note that we have a FNG! Welcome Rainman! Works with autistic children and certain autoimmune diseases. Has 2 daughters, 12 and 10. Knows various members of Fudd’s family. Fudd with the headlock! Thanx Fudd!

    Mosey to corner Parking lot

    • 20 SSHs
    • 10 Man-Maker Merkins
    • 15 Crunchy Frogs
    • Stretch

    Mosey to Asphalt playground

    • 20 IWs
    • 10 Diamond Merkins
    • 10 each side Suzanne Sommers
    • Stretch

    Move to corner parking lot

    • 20 Squats
    • 10 Stagger Arm Merkins
    • 15 Knee Ups
    • Stretch

    Mosey to asphalt playground

    • 10 Don Quixotes
    • 10 Stagger Arm Merkins
    • 15 Ukrainian Hammers
    • Stretch

    To the grass playground in back; Divide into 3 groups. Rotate Clockwise

    • 20 Hanging Knee-ups at pull-up bars,
    • 20 Dips at benches,
    • 10 V-Ups at the swings;

    To the rails for

    • 10 Bulgarians, each leg, 10 Derkins, 9 and 9, 8 and 8 etc.

    To the wall for

    • 15 People’s chair airpress
    • 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence
    • 15 Donkey Kix
    • 15 People’s chair Milkers
    • 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
    • 15 Donkey Kix
    • 15 People’s chair LaLannes
    • 10 BTTW Toe Taps
    • 15 Donkey Kix
    • 15 People’s chair Muhammad Alis
    • 10 Dirty Hookups
    • 15 Donkey Kix

    Mosey to the flag

    • Side plank: Feet side by side. Elbow rest. UP: hold for 5 seconds, DOWN, for 5 seconds: 10X
    • Repeat other side

    Time’s up!

    Announcements: None

    Take out: “Render unto Caesar, the things that are Caesar’s and unto God, the things that are God’s.” The coin was made in the image of Caesar and you have been made in the image of God.

  • Not according to plan

    We had two visitors (Swank, Dollywood) from Charles Town WV, not far from Harper’s Ferry, here for a wedding. Tater also talked a passerby into participating. (Sri from Capital 1.) Hope he shows up again!

    Disclaimer

    Warm up

    • 20 SSHs
    • 20 IWs
    • 10 Don Quixotes
    • 20 Ukrainian Soldiers
    • Hamstring stretch

    Indigenous People’s Run: I brought a green dolly. The first 3 people in the line hold it over their heads. The next people, except for the last one, get 2 bricks each. We run to the middle of the covered walkway. The last person runs to the front and displaces the first person, etc. This didn’t work out as planned.

    • to the middle of the covered walkway:

    Covered walkway

    • Stretch
    • 7 minutes of Burpees

    Triple-up

    • Partner 1: Timer carries 2 bricks and runs to the end of the walkway.
    • Partner 2: Pole-Smokers
    • Partner 3: 10 Merkins/10 Squats, 10 Merkins/10 Squats, etc.

    Near death Mankillers: Less awful version of Mankillers

    • 10, 8, 6, 4, 2

    Wall Routine on the school wall

    • People’s Chair 15 Air Press, 10 BTTW Hip Slaps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO
    • People’s Chair 15 Muhammad Ali, 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers, 15 Donkey Kix OYO
    • People’s Chair 15 Milkers, 10 BTTW Toe Taps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO
    • People’s Chair 15 Lalannes, 10 Dirty Hookup, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    11s with brix (everyone got to carry a brick back and forth between school wall and covered walkway

    • Squats and Mike Tysons

    Indigenous People’s Run, sort of.

    • back to the parking lot.

    Last 3 or 4 minutes

    • Stretches
    • 60 count 6-inch leg lift
    • Brazilian Mind bender

    Announcements: none

    Ecclesiastes Chapter 3

    There is a time for everything and a season for very activity under heaven:

    • A time to be born and a time to die,
    • A time to plant and a time to uproot,
    • A time to kill and a time to heal,
    • A time to weep and a time to laugh,
    • A time to mourn and a time to dance,
    • …
    • A time to love and a time to hate,
    • A time for war and a time for peace.

    And here we are, more than 2,000 years later.

  • Octoberfest

    Whitesnake celebrated the empty nest by going to Octoberfest in Germany and upon returning, attending HBR. During his visit abroad, he did bicep curls with steins and …… Well, I’m sure he did his daily burpees.

    Disclaimer

    Mosey forward, Karioke left, Mosey backwards, Karioke right back to start

    Warmup: in cadence

    • 20 SSHs
    • 20 Imperial Walkers
    • 20 Squats

    Stretch

    Mosey to Heartbreak Hill

    • Jacob’s ladder with 5 dollies at bottom each time: up the Heartbreak hill 7 times with 1, 2, 3, etc. to 7 Burpees at the top

    Stretch

    Mosey to one side of the Railings on the sidewalk

    • 11s with Hand Release Merkins on one side of sidewalk and V-Ups on the other side. In between each exercise; climb over both railings in one direction and under both railings the other direction;

    Stretch

    Mosey to outdoor basketball Court in back of school

    4 Corner Blimps with alternating Bear Crawl or Crab Walk on two sides and mosey on the other 2 sides:

    • 5 Burpees
    • 10 Lunges
    • 15 IWs
    • 20 Merkins
    • 25 Plank Jacks
    • 30 Squats

    Michael Phelps

    Mosey to benches in front of Quioccasin;

    • 10 Dips
    • 10 Bulgarian Split Squats (each leg)
    • 10 Derkins

    2x in cadence

    Mosey to shovel flag for

    stretch

    60-count Plank

    Announcements: 2nd Tuesday 2nd F at Firehouse Subs in Innsbrook at noon

     

    “There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks in haste” Proverbs

  • Lights on early

    Music provided Moody Blues, etc. to distract you from the workout.

    Disclaimer

    Warmup with SSHs, IW, Don Quixote, Cherry Pickers or persimmon pickers as you don’t try to eat a persimmon that is still on the tree.

    Basic approach: we circumnavigated the school and at each red door, did 1 of the following exercises followed by an 20 Ab exercises (or 60 count ab exercise): We did not repeat any exercise.

    Waiter carry, to next door. This list below isn’t exactly right but you get the idea.

     

    20 Swings

    20 Curls

    20 Upright rows,

    20 Triceps

    20 Sit and Press

    20 Overhead press

    20 Goblet Squats

    20 Renegade Rows

    20 Lawnmower pulls

    20 Overhead pulls

    20 Halos

    20 Step ups (10 each leg)

    20 Snatches (10 each arm)

    20 Around the world

    20 Bench press

    20 each arm bench press

     

    Abs included:

    Hammers

    Knee-ups

    Crunchy Frogs

    Flutters

    Hello Dolly

    WWII sit-ups

    Elbow plank for 60 seconds

    Side plank, 30 seconds each side

    Pole smokers

    Freddy Mercury

    Bench legs (the proper name escapes me)

    Side crunches

    V-Ups (only did 10 of these)

     

    Convergence Saturday at 7:30 at the Crucible. FYI: It’s supposed to rain all day.

     

    Closed out with this quote from Romans Chapter 8:

    For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.