Author: Pucker

  • Time Enough for a Quadruple Check

    15 Strong arrived on time (mostly) to get their week off to a strong start. Here’s how it went down.

    COP: Dead Man’s Hang, Don Quixotes x10, Imperial Walkers x20, SSH x20 and some LBCs x20.

    Mosey to the church parking lot where the coupons are stored. Each pax grab a coupon (we ended up 3 short but made do). Mosey to business park lot next door and pair up. Each partner lunges L & R then performs an exercise and repeats until meeting partner in the middle. Do 2 Booyahs Merkins then return same way you came. First round was Block Burpee, Second round was 3 WWIIs with block, third round was 3 Block curls then finish with the Block Burpee again. Enough with the coupons, returned them to their resting place.

    Mosey to Church parking lot for a variant of 4 corners with a partner. Partner 1 runs while Partner 2 does an exercise. After both have run, run together to next corner, etc. First corner was Carolina Dry Docks, second corner was LBCs, third corner was copperhead squats and fourth was SSH. Pax finished quickly so we repeated this circuit twice.

    Mosey to lot behind church for triple check. Wall sits, flutter kicks and Bernie Sanders out to end of lot then run back. We ended up doing 4 rounds thus our backblast title. YHC wanted to know what time it was (not having a watch) and was told “just after 6”. Plenty of time to add a fourth round which elicited some grumbling from the pax (“wrong answer – it should have been 6:12”).

    Mosey back to flag for some LBCs and APBs to wrap up. Numberama, Namerama. Good start to the week. Thanks for letting me lead!

  • Ski Season Prep

    11 strong gathered in the gloom for a workout to start the week. Here’s how it went down…

    COP: Mosey to the front of the school to start with Dead Men’s Hang, SSH, Don Quixote, Russian Soldiers and finally some box cutters.

    We moseyed behind the school to the playground on the upper field for a Dora. Partner up. One partner does the exercises while other partner runs to school and does 10 donkey kicks and returns. Exercises were 100 incline Merkins, 200 (full count, 2 count, 4 count depending on who you ask) LBCs and 300 SSH.

    Mosey to upper blacktop for Triple Check. Exercises were copper head squats, flutter kicks and run to fence at end of blacktop and back. Three rounds.

    Next up we moseyed to teacher’s lot, partnered up with one partner doing Lt Dans while other partner runs the sides of the lot – backwards on short side, shuffle to right on long side, then forwards on other short side and shuffle to left on other long side. Switch and do 5 rounds.

    We found we still had some time left so we moseyed to the main parking lot, partnered up and had one partner doing reverse crunches while the other partner ran up to the paved hill, then Bernie Sanders up the hill and run back. We did this until near full time then moseyed back to the flag and did one round of ring of fire of 10 Merkins each. Times up.

    Wasn’t sure what to title this workout until UpChuck asked if I was prepping for ski season given all the lunges and squats. Seems appropriate as it is that time of year. Upchuck suggested we buy 5 acres of land at a posh Colorado resort for a cheap $895K (at 1990s prices) and start F3 Rockies. I can pitch in $100 to that!

    Congratulations and good luck tomorrow for Bacon Bits whose wife is scheduled to have their second baby! Also good luck to Water Wings child who is having adenoid surgery on Wednesday I believe. Finally, good luck to Water Wings who is completing 1000 miles run in 2020 – only 35 miles left to go!

  • Backblast Musical Chairs

    6 Strong gathered in the gloom on a warm morning (tho there was a breeze!)

    It was another hot potato Q for 45MOM and Swirly got us started off. Warmup included SSHs / Don Quixotes / Dead Man Hang / Imperial Walkers / Merkins / FlutterKicks

    Mosey to side of school for a triple check with one man doing Abyss Merkins on the benches, one doing WWIIs and one bear crawling to the street and back.

    Swirly flipped the Q to Hitch who took us up to the corner of the track for a Dora. Each team did 100 Merkins, 200 Squats and 300 SSHs – one partner doing the exercise, one runs to the pullup bars, does 3 pullup and run back.

    Hitch flipped the Q to Probation who took us to the blacktop for four corners. Start out with 10 Burpees, then 20 Merkins, 30 LBCs and finish with 40 two count Mountain Climbers.

    Q flipped to Handshake who moseyed over to the pullup bars for a few rounds of pullups and dips. One group did 5 pullups while others did dips, then switch and go around 3 times.

    Handshake flipped Q to YHC with 10 minutes left so we moseyed back to blacktop for a couple of rounds of tracers on the tennis courts – forwards, karaoke, backwards at each net.

    Finally we moseyed back to the flag to finish with a ring of fire of Merkins. 5 each of your own choice, two rounds.

    We nearly completed a total hot potato Q but came up short before YHC could flip it to the final pax member BT. Hot potato workouts always becomes a game of who’s still standing with no chair when the music ends. YHC took the Q with less than 10 minutes left and it didn’t feel right to pass it on with only 2 minutes left.

  • Reverse (Reverse) Carillon

    18 strong arrived and departed RAMM for their desired morning exercise.

    Long & Short run – all head East on Grove. Four milers cut thru Carytown past City Stadium and back thru to Windsor Farms MM. Five milers all the way down Boulevard to the Carillon and back thru Windsor Farms. Not sure where six milers got the extra mile.

    Cyclists – everywhere for 45 minutes.

    Many variations occurred today as we all looked at the group at the start to see who’d take charge. The group consensus was the Reverse Carillon – or Reverse Reverse Carillon. Or maybe the Carillon. In any case, the Carillon is involved. YHC was the sole 4 miler picking my way through Carytown and by City Stadium. Hardywood and Bone Thugs peeled off to TJ HS to do some bare foot sprints on the football field. Nice work!

    Swirly submitted and approved his own vacation request – enjoy the week Swirly!

    Have a great weekend all!

  • Particle Collision Avoidance

    7 Warriors posted for their pre-nap daily workout. As has been common lately there wasn’t a Q signed up so hot potato ensued.

    COP: 25xSSH, 15XDQ, 15XRussian Soldiers, 15XBox Cutter, 10XHeels to Heaven

    Mosey to Elementary School for a couple of rounds of four corners:

    Round 1: Run backwards the long sides, lunges on short sides, 10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 jump squats and 40 2 count mountain climbers.

    Round 2: Run backwards the long sides, lunges on short sides, 10 WWIIs, 20 Carolina Dry Docks, 30 SSH and 40 2 count butt kickers.

    Q was taken by Attila which we quickly learned was our mistake. Mosey up to upper blacktop for 1 minute alternating exercisesd for 12 total minutes. 1 minutes burpees then 1 minute donkey kicks repeat 6 times. There was much rejoicing.

    Q handed back to Pucker and mosey to side of middle school for some catch me if you can. Confusion ensued based on a (valid) suggestion to keep appropriate social distancing and avoid general particle collisions by running too close together. PAX did get some more backwards running and jump squats in.

    Mosey back to flag. Ring of fire with 10 merkins each, with each PAX member doing his own variety of merkins. Then finished with 20 2 count mountain climbers.

    We enjoy these morning workouts and hope to be able to continue to do so. A special prayer today for a friend’s 19 year old daughter who was diagnosed with Sarcoma and is going through chemo the past few weeks. Thoughts are with all PAX in these interesting times.

    Peace out.

  • Foggy Hot Potato

    7 figures emerged from the early fog to gather for a much needed workout to find there was no Q signed up. Handshake quickly took charge and got the group warmed up in front of the school.

    Improvising with what was available, Handshake had the group pair up for Catch Me If You Can with one person bear crawling around a circle of cones while the other did 10 Merkins then ran to his buddy. Another round with 20 WWII situps.

    Mosey to Pemberton Elementary where again Handshake improvised quite well finding a stack of bricks. Each person grabbed two bricks and we did Merkins on the bricks then stood up and did presses overhead with the bricks. x1 Merkin/x4 OH Presses, x2/x8, x3/x12, x4/x16, x5/x20 and back down again.

    Pucker took the Q and moseyed down to main MS parking lot for a variation of 11s. Using bus spaces, group OYO ran 3 spaces and did an exercise to one end of lot and back. 3 Copper Head Squats, then 10 LBCS and 10 2 count Flutterkicks at each stop.

    Mosey to Blacktop behind MS for triple check. Actually did 4 rounds – Wall sit, LBCs and run backwards. Mosey back to flag for several ab exercises (Hello Dollys [?], Alabama Prom Dates and Flutterkicks).

    FNG Frankie (came with Byproduct) shared his story and wearing a Steelers sweatshirt and professing his love of Pittsburgh was dubbed “Cleveland”. Welcome Cleveland.

  • Garden of Eden…Proper Attire Required

    18 strong came out for a beatdown at the plush, well manicured lawns of Hugeonot Park for the Tuesday No Toll edition of the Tuckahoe Takeover.

     

    THANG

     

    SSH X25

    DQ X15

    Imperial Walkers X15

    Merkins X12

    Freddie Mercuries X15

     

    Mosey to the Pavilion between the fields, Pair up then one partner does 10 box jumps on the bench while the other partner does LBCs.  Repeat 5 times so each partner does 50 box jumps.

    Mosey to the adjacent field for a fitting game of croquet.  Three groups of 6 lined up in the tunnel of love and one man crawled through.  Start at the end line and repeat until group has made it across the midfield line.

     

    Mosey to other field for a few versions of the ladder from end line to mid-field.

    Merkins 2-4-6-8-8-6-4-2

    Jump Squats 2-4-6-6-4-2

    WWII situps 2-4-6-6-4-2

     

    Mosey back to basketball court for a triple check.  Balls the wall (or fence), elbow planks and run to the far side of the second court and back.  Repeat 5 times.

     

    The pax then circled up to finish off with a ring of fire with 3 separate members doing 10 Merkins each for two trips around, then 3 burpees each for one trip around before wrapping up.

     

    Moleskin:

     

    This was YHC first trip to No Toll (I had just traveled internationally so my passport was up to date) and was quite surprised at the green freshly cut fields of No Toll – it was like working out in your living room compared to some of the West End AO’s where the grass might be cut once a quarter.  Many of the pax were dressed in appropriate attire and would have been welcome at any cocktail party in Old Westham or anywhere along River Road!  Several worked out in loafers, bermuda shorts were worn and Gumbo even doubled down with the double Izod with the popped color.  Very nice my good man!

     

    Announcements:

     

    Hardywood reminded us of breakfast options for Convergence on Saturday – see his message and links below…

     

    “This year we’ll be doing a post workout breakfast on site after the Convergence at Grid Iron.   We’re keeping it super simple with breakfast sandwhiches, fruit and coffee.  Since this is a catered affair (not quite CCV but I’m sure you’ll survive) ONLY THOSE WHO SIGN UP WILL BE FED.

     

    Convergence Breakfast Pre-Blast

     

    Link To Convergence Breakfast Signup

     

  • Mother Goose

    In the absence of our usual leader Loose Goose, YHC took the Q for HBR (Heartbreak Ridge not Harvard Business Review).  Five braved the unseasonably cool conditions this morning for a good start to their day.

    SSH X25 (some initial difficulty counting for your YHC), Imperial Walkers X20, Don Quixote X15, Flutter Kicks X15, Hello Dolly X15

    Mosey to the hill at the end of the football field to make good use of this slope.  Paired up, with one running up hill to fence and back while teammate performed an exercise – 3 rounds for each exercise.  LBCs, Deep Squats, Merkins, Lunges, Alabama Prom Dates.

    After having enough of the hill work, mosey to the basketball courts.  OYO 10 Merkins/1 WWII situp, run to far end 9 Merkins/2 WWII situps and continued until we got to 1 Merkin/10 WWII situps.

    Mosey to the wall of the school by the parking lot for a Triple Check.  Wall sit, box cutters and run to the far curb and back.  We finished three rounds before moseying back to the flag for two rounds of ring of fire with Merkins.  Then finished with Merkin Hammers, Freddie Mercuries, Heels to the sky and flutter kicks.  Solid start to the day!

  • Change in Scenery (with a Church theme)

    15 strong gathered (most on time) on a cool, relatively dry morning to get the lead out.  Here is what transpired…

    COP:  20xSSH, 20xHillbillies, 10xMerkins, 20xFlutterKicks

    Mosey to Reveille Church back parking lot – the PAX paired up with one person running a loop around the parking lot while the other alternated between 5 box jumps and 10 dips, switching at each lap and doing 6 total rounds.

    Mosey to the front of Reveille Church for Triple Check – deep squats, leg lifts (6 inches off ground) while third person runs backward to sidewalk and then forward back to group, rotate. Standard three rounds.

    Mosey across Cary to to entrance of Windsor Farms at Windsor Way, formed two lines of 7 each for an Indian run with burpees added in stopping at the lawn in front of Grace Baptist Church.

    On the lawn of Grace Baptist Church the OYO PAX did 6 rounds with increasing count (1 to 6)  of Burpees at midfield and LBCs at the ends.

    Rally back to the flag with some chatter about a lot of running (those that ran Hillcrest the previous night were feeling it) and finish up with a Ring of Fire with the PAX all in plank position and two people doing 10 Merkins (also commonly known outside F3 circle as pushups, thank you Wedding Singer) and rotating around the ring twice.  Finished with a few minutes of Mary with LBCs and Freddie Mercuries.

    NMS::

    Flashdance was a late arrival to the AO which meant he was OYO for the workout as he wasn’t able to find us despite his best efforts and keen mind. The PAX didn’t realize this until we rolled up on him as we returned to the flag. Flashdance shared that he found some new workout friends with the tomatoes. During the chatter with the tomatoes he was able to learn some of  the nicknames the tomatoes had given each other – Pinky, Hot Pants, Love Handles, Hest, Bovary and Mulva. Flashdance may make a permanent change in workout groups. If interested, please contact him.

    Pucker out

  • Conducive Pre-Hurricane Conditions

    21 strong posted for a perfect morning for a pre-hurricane Matthew workout.

    Our warmup consisted of…
    20 x SSH
    20 x Don Quixote
    20 x Deep Squats
    20 x LBC

    The Pax then moseyed to the hard top to conduct a round of triple check (for 4 rounds
    just to keep everyone on their toes) – balls to the wall, alternating elbow and hand
    planks and then run forward to fence and backwards back to group.

    Next up was a karaoke shuffle on the tennis court across the 4 courts – forwards,
    karaoke sideways, backwards, karaoke sideways, backwards then repeat on each court.
    We ran 2 rounds of this.

    Then we moseyed to the field for 11s – everyone’s favorite. 3 rounds (burpees/LBCs, Lunges/Freddie Mercuries, Jump Squats/Pushups). During the 2nd round of the 11’s there was a discussion of possible transfer of the Q from YHC to Flashdance who was eager to provide additional beatdown for the Pax.  This was fueled by some confusion as to who would be Q today – the positive note was that we had too many Q’s (and not too few).

    YHC transferred the Q to FlashDance for the remaining 5 minutes and the Pax did an Indian run back to the flag stopping along the way 3 times to do Flutter Kicks, Jump Squats and Carolina Dry Docks.

    YHC was hoping that Flashdance would take on the duties of the backblast after taking the Q but unfortunately he passed the Q back to me at the end and thus my entry here in the backblast. Til next time!