Author: Gomer Pyle

  • Army of One

    Yes it was snowing – yes it was slippy – that does not stop folks from heading out though. The Q gave a few more minutes grace for the unexpected car clean up and then got to it. According to the geese a laying and the swans a swimming on the lake this is what went down, more or less.

    Burpee warmup. Recon the trails around Wellesley past the tennis courts, down by the basketball courts and around the lake. The decking at the clubhouse is still under construction so was not able to complete the trek around the lake and hit time when headed BTTVSF. Only one other set of footprints out there from part of the way. Quiet.


    YHC prayed for the PAX and their families in the holiday season. 2F at Einsteins with Hutton and Handshake.


    NMS – Solo posting is tough – but since no one else was out on foot – and just a few cars made for plenty of winter wonderland. It really was coming down at one point and was strange seeing ducks / geese with their backs covered in snow paddling round the lake.

    PSA – Please clean up your cars completely for visibility and safety – you are not qualified to drive a tank through a minimal periscope view and we are not in combat zone where we dont have to worry about what we run over. Further, frozen sheets flying off of VAN and SUV roofs can create driving hazards and injuries. Safety is worth the extra 15 seconds to do it right.

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  • The Fire Marshall has Tunnel Vision

    6 Swole Studs gathered on a warm morning to see what WestHoes newest AO had to offer. According to the Rabbits that ran by this is what went down more or less.

    Gomer Q. Welcome. Gitty up start: 8 Burpees. Mosey to the Tunnel. 10 Merkins at each overhead bulb. Mosey to the Tennis courts for a short COP, all IC: Mountain Climber x25, Turn & Bounce x10, DQ x10, Deadman Hang with VMI extension, LBC x 15, uphill LBC x 25, L leg straight LBC x 15, R leg straight x15, both legs six inches x15, both legs 45 deg x 10, both legs 90 x 10, APD x10, Tuscaloosa Trailer Park Twister (uphill) x10.

    Roger Roger Q. Mosey to the big parking lot. Triple check. Jump Squats + Box cutters. Merkins + Flutter Kicks. Mosey to the basketball courts.

    Atilla Q. Ark Loader: Bear Crawl, crab walk, Lunge walk, sprint. 4 corners: Burpees, HTH, WW2, Merkins and reverso. Mosey BTTF 10 Burpees. Flutter Kicks, Freddie Mercuries, Stretching.

    Blue Moon took us out. Prayers for those seeking jobs. Healthy pax and families

    NMS – Eschewing Members Only as it sounds too exclusive and various offered aviation terms or other euphemisms Roger Roger settled on Tunnel Vision – because you know, we are so focused on our goals.

    TIL that there are 400 LI batteries in the cabin on each flight. For years YHC and other road warriors are responsible for at least 5-6 (laptop, tablet, phone, small battery backup, large battery backup, headphones, etc) so its easy to do the math. The issue is that many are very cheaply made with minimum standards and more importantly if they catch fire (daily – at least one) they are difficult to extinguish while in flight as the airlines in their infinite wisdom wont let us crack the windows to vent to atmosphere like you can on a spacecraft. And it turns out there is only so much baking power carried on each flight. So silly.

    Also we found the nearest AED at the pool safely behind a fence that we need something bigger than a pickup to knock down. Luckily YHC has a lot of experience with heavy equipment – if you know what I mean – and there is a Bobcat supporting the construction work.

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  • Krav Maga tomorrow

    13 Heartbreakers showed up to either see if Gomer was going to set a record for the fewest steps in a workout (alas not today) -or- how many APDs were practiced last night (YHC worked hip rotations after). According to the shadow Krav Maga fighter that Gomer scared off (he said he’s coming tomorrow), this is what went down more or less.

    Gitty up start: 8 Burpees. Mosey to the first circle for the CoP. Welcome. Mission. Disclaimer.

    All IC: 52 Mountain Climbers, 10 Don Quixote, 10 Helicopters, 10 Turn n Bounce
    Arms: 20 Arm Circles, 20 Reverso, Keep em up: Hands up, Hands down, 10 Overhead Claps, 10 Raise the Roof, 10 Seal Claps. 10 Mercans, 10 Diamond Mercans, 10 wide arm Mercans fingers out, 5 regular Mercans with fingers pointing at each other, 5 Ranger Mercans, 10 Shazam(r). Short Mosey around the track to showcase area.

    Abs: 25 WW2, 10 LBCs, 10 Left Leg Straight LBCs, 10 Right Leg Straight, 10 both Legs Straight, 10 Legs up LBC, 10 Regular LBC. Stretch the trunk. 10 Flutter Kicks, 10 Hello Dolly, Superman, 10 Albatross Flaps, 10 APD, 10 Tuscaloosa Trailer Park Twisters(r).

    Legs: 10 Sumo Squats, 10 Monkey Humpers, 10 Gorilla Humpers. 30min in – time to Mosey to jerkin cage.

    Pair up. 8×24 Jerkins. 3x of 20 dips + squats. Bear Crawl across the field. Crawl bear up the small hill. Mosey BTTVF. Flutter Kicks for Mary.

    Attila took us out. Prayers for those seeking jobs, working through challenges, health for PAX and family members.

    NMS – Whitesnake was out so YHC had to jump on a Q. YHC was especially motivated by Gold Digger counting the “right way”. This workout is a lot on chest and shoulders but we need more as we age to over power the Dad belly.

    Thanks for letting me lead!

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  • Car Camping in the gloom

    10 RVA Regulars showed up to see if Gomer was going to stay in one place for the workout. According to the 5 car campers + 1 chopper camper scattered around the AO, this is what went down more or less.

    Gitty up start: 8 Burpees. Welcome. Mosey to the first circle for the CoP. Disclaimer.

    All IC: 50 Mountain Climers, 10 Don Quixote, 10 Helicopters, 10 Turn n Bounce
    Arms: 20 Arm Circles, 20 Reverso, Keep em up: Hands up, Hands down, 10 Overhead Claps, 10 Seal Claps. 10 Mercans, 10 Diamond Mercans, 5 wide arm Mercans fingers out, 5 regular Mercans with fingers pointing at each other, 5 Ranger Mercans. Short Mosey to Carillon.

    Abs: 20 WW2, 10 LBCs, 10 Left Leg Straight LBCs, 10 Right Leg Straight, 10 both Legs Straight, 10 Regular, 10 Legs up LBC. 10 APD, 10 APD kicks, 10 Hello Dolly, 10 Flutter Kicks, Superman, 10 Albatross Flaps.

    Legs 10 Sumo Squats, 10 Monkey Humpers, 10 Gorilla Humpers. 28 min in – time to Mosey to base of Carillon.

    Triple Check: timer runs short loop around steps. 1st round: WW2, Mercan. 2nd round Flutters, Squats. 3rd round WW1, Mountain Climber. Bonus round Hand Release Mercan, Hello Dolly. Mosey BTTVF.

    Blank Space took us out.

    NMS – YHC recently hit 900 posts and today is my 102 month anniversary – many PAX are well past that milestone, but this is big for YT given injuries and surgery recovery – for a while, walking was a challenge and of course while healthy seeking the limits was the norm. Thanks to the brotherhood for helping me get here – and doing it together.

    Alas, after hyping it up on slack, YHCs FNG had a last minute business commitment requiring travel out of town – we will get him in and hopefully, this wont take as long as it took Fudd to finally leave for Denver. Taking suggestions for names.

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  • Perestroika in the PNW

    17 of Bellevue’s tallest redwoods and one downranger came out to Peres ika to see what Gomer Pyle was bringing. According to the two FNGs that Pure Lead EHd during the workout, this is what went down more or less:

    Gitty up start: 8 Burpees. Welcome. Bear Crawl down the hill to the CoP. Mission. Disclaimer.

    All IC: 10 Sumo Squats, 10 Don Quixote, 10 Helicopters, 10 Turn n Bounce
    Arms: 20 Arm Circles, 20 Reverso, Keep em up: Hands up, Hands down, 10 Overhead Claps, 10 Seal Claps. 20 Mercans, 10 Ranger Mercans, 5 wide arm Mercans fingers out, 5 regular Mercans with fingers pointing at each other, 10 Shoulder Taps, 10 Shazam. Short Mosey to rest.

    Abs: 20 WW2, 10 LBCs, 10 Left Leg Straight LBCs, 10 Right Leg Straight, 10 both Legs Straight, 10 Regular, 10 Legs up LBC. 10 APD, 10 Flutter Kicks,10 Hello Dolly,10 Rosalita, 10 Heels to Heaven, 10 Box cutters, 10 Tusacaloosa Trailer Park Twisters.

    Legs 10 Monkey Humpers, 10 Gorilla Humpers. 28 min in – time to Mosey

    Mosey to the playground, get in groups of four grouped in two pairs. Dora the accountability explorer. This is a Dora with a twist: we take the lowest number of the pair each round. Timer team runs through the train and down the slide: 100 Mercans, 200 WW2, 300 Squats. Keep doing squats for the six. Where did all the time go?

    COT Purpose. YHC took us out. Prayers to share the energy that we gained today.

    Coffeeteria at Woods Coffee.

    NMS – Personally YHC loves downrange posting and Qs when it works out. We all learn so much from each other – solid feedback and ideas from the PAX. Great meeting everyone there, joining 2nd F at Woods Coffee, and joining Shield Lock as a guest. Already looking forward to the next time out in the PNW!

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  • Get all wet and sandy

    9 were looking for a little workout on the beach and we found it for them. According to the early morning shell hunters, this is what went down more or less:

    Gitty up start: 5 Burpees. Welcome. Mission. Disclaimer. Mosey to Beach COP.

    All IC: 10 Sumo Squats, 10 Don Quixote, 10 Helicopters
    Arms: 20 Arm Circles, 20 Reverso, Keep em up: Hands up and Hands down, 10 Overhead Claps, 10 Seal Claps. 10 Mercans, 10 HRMs, 10 Shoulder Taps, 10 Shazam. 10 WW2

    Making sugar cookies. Get in the water – dry spot penalty:  10HRM in the surf, 10 LBC.  Back to the sand: 10 Sand Angels, 10 Australian sand Angels,

    Abs: 10 WW2, 10 LBCs, 10 Left Leg Straight LBCs, 10 Right Leg Straight, 10 both Leg Straight, 10 Regular, 10 Legs up LBC. 10 TTPP. 10 Hello Dolly, 10 Flutter Kicks, 10 Rosalita

    10 Squats, 10 beat your boots. 10 side lunge squats. 30 min in.

    Triple check: Timer touches something green (dune grass) and then something wet (meaning the ocean, boys). ABS and Mercans
    Dora the explorer – timer runs to the ocean : 100 Mercans, 200 WW2, 300 Squats.
    Ring of fire, everyone leads 10 arms or abs IC
    YHC took us out. Prayers for school start, aging parents, global conflict resolution.
    M provided for cafeteria.
    NMS – YHC loves beach workouts and have always wanted to do something with my nephews so we put it together and made it happen. Occupational hazard in calling cadence in the surf.  Winklevoss from My Vernon was in the OBX so we made it a party – learned we have some university connections.  All agreed there is no shame in taking a mid day nap to recover.
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  • The Glen – Race City bootcamp

    Got a little downrange action in Race City. Great group of men who take hospitality seriously. Chainsaw hadn’t Q’d for a while so he had the idea to leverage a deck of death and then have us rotate in leading each exercise. The ultimate delegation! Still it was a good workout.

    NMS- let’s remember to provide backblast and pics front downrange guests.

  • 45 MOSUP

    Headed down to CLT to check on Tippecanoe and we did some SUP. Tough outside the cove with the speedier boats going by. Prayers for children starting school.

    Gitty up!

  • Cool & Sweaty

    9 Braves (incl 1 LIFO just back from down south) joined us this morning to see if 62F was too cool to work up a sweat. Lets just see about that.

    Gitty up start: 6 Burpees. Mosey to COP. Welcome. Disclaimer.

    All IC: 10 Sumo Squats, 10 Don Quixote, 10 Helicopters, 10 Turn and Bounce.
    Arms: 10 HRMs, 10 Grass Angels, 10 Australian Grass Angels, 20 Arm Circles, 20 Reverso, Keep em up: Hands up and Hands down, 10 Overhead Claps, 10 Seal Claps. 10 ‘Mer’cans, 5 Ranger ‘Mer’cans, 5 Wide Arm Mer’cans, 10 HRMs, 10 Shoulder taps, 10 Leg twists, 10 Shazam.
    Abs: 10 WW2, 10 WW1, 20 LBCs, 10 Left Leg Straight LBCs, 10 Right Leg Straight, 10 both Leg Straight, 10 Regular, 10 Legs up LBC. Beauty Queen stretch. 10 APD, 10 TTPP. 30 min in.

    Mosey to light pole alley.
    Set 1. 10 HRM, 20 Sumo Squat, 20 WW2
    Set 2. 15 HRM, 15 Sumo Squat, 20 WW2
    Set 3. 20 HRM, 10 Sumo Squat, 20 WW2
    Set 4. 10 Mercan, 20 LBC
    Set 5. 15 Mercan, 15 LBC
    Set 6. 20 Mercan, 10 LBC
    Set 7. 5 Burpee, 10 Mercans, 20 HTH
    Set 8. 10 Burpee, 15 Mercans, 20 HTH

    Ring of Fire

    Stretch, Stretch at home.

    Announcements. The Bridge 8/16. Homegrown half. Labor Day Convergence.

    Seymore took us out. Prayers for Fudds sister, Handshakes neice, Back to School.

    NMS – Great to be leading again. Welcome back to Banjo. Two goals today. Burn off latic acid from GridIron & stretch backs after hard work on the weekend. This workout is intended to build strength and some would agree its working. Regardless it does build up a sweat without the running. Stretching is important, but surprisingly, some pax dont need the extra stretching YHC recommends.

    Thanks for letting me lead.

    Get Some!

  • How long can we go?

    12 High impact men emerged from the gloom to see if today is the day for a 45 min continuous COP.  Like Kramer test driving till we ran out of gas we kept at it til we re-discovered why we do more than COP for bootcamp workouts.  We realized it quite well.

    According to Mr (Teacher) who got a good gander of us while delivering dimensional lumber, this is what went down more or less.

    Welcome, Mission, disclaimer. 54 birthday burpee start. Mosey to the grass.

    COP all in cadence:

    • 1 SSH
    • 10 Helicopter, 10 Turn & Bounce, 10 Don Quixote; neck rotations; pec stretch.
    • 50 sumo squats
    • 50 ‘mer’cans: 20x 4 count regular, 10x perfect mercans
    • 50 WW2s;
    • 60 Little Baby Crunches: 20x regular, 10x Left Leg straight, 10x Right leg straight, 10x legs to the sky, 10x both legs straight.
    • 60 leg lifts: 20x flutter, 10x dollys, 10x rosalita, 10x box cutters.
    • 10x APD, 10x Tuscaloosa Trailer park twisters
    • Arm circles: 20x forward, 20x backward, overhead clap, seal clap 10x, 25x mountain climbers (that 108); 10x merican; 10x OMC mericans; 10x (worthless) Carolina Dry Docks
    • 20x monkey humpers
    • 35 min elapsed
    • Light jog (typical CoP follows)
    • 20x gorilla humpers
    • 10x Mercians
    • 20 LBC; 20 Flutters; 10 Freddie Mercury; 10 Heels to heaven; 10 box cutters
    • 5 burpees
    • Deadman hang. Deep hamstring stretch. Pec stretch
    • 4 min left for Typical Mary 20 flutters

    Mosey to the flag. 0.25 miles 45 min

    Upchuck took us out. Prayers for the kindness of people. Prayers for the PAX.

    Announcements: Bridge with Corned beef this weekend; Herme bridge May 10; CSAUP 2 May – support if you cannot do it.  Join or die screening at the Byrd April 28.

    NMS – YHC has always wanted to do 45 minutes of Mary at 45MOM and we did it today. A lot of chatter, and by a lot, YHC heard A LOT for talk, but while busy working, not possible to participate nor hear much of it. Please share. Just happy that PAX can find 2nd F while participating in 1st F.  2nd F is important too.

    YHC’s awaited and anticipated surgery was finally denied – will see what will happen next – its not the same as loss of a loved one, not by far, but there is still a grieving process in not being able to do what brought so much joy for so many years. That is a loss. Thanks for the support.

    Thanks for letting me lead

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