Author: Whitesnake

  • We had a Festivus miracle!

    Eighteen volunteers for the Human Fund (money for people), met in the back of Godwin for a kettlebell workout. After setting up the the pole that requires no decoration (I find tinsel distracting) we did some warmups.

    After that we did the airing of grievances. We went around the circle to do 20 reps of whatever exercise each pax declared they did not appreciate. I got a lot of problems with this exercise and now you’re gonna hear about it! We did some terrible ones including waiter carry squats, teapots, WWIII’s that involved a sit and press and a regular press, some weird double squat thing, kettle bell swings where you stopped and then did it again, pull throughs, and death crawls. It was chaos. 16 exercises with 20 reps, one run around the loop and a waiter carry walk later, the grievances were complete.

    So far this new holiday was scratching me right where I itch!

    Partner up for some odds and evens. Explaining this was tough last year but I was prepared for the tinsel-like questions this go around. I did a quick tutorial, yelled my displeasure, and then ignored the mumble chatter. Some people learned how to count up to 4 for the first time, some were still confused, but most understood how to do it. Best 2 out of 3: losers ran the parking lot and did 5 burpees, winners did curls. Three rounds.

    Now it was time for the feats of strength. We split into two groups based on who was odds and who was evens from the prior exercise. Odds went first: duckwalk on the grass area with hands behind the back. Goal: knock over your opponent or push them out of bounds, you fall down or go out of bounds and you are out. Round one winner: Handshake. Evens were up and Pinto outlasted the rest of the pax. Handshake vs Pinto for the championship and before the rest of the pax could circle them, Handshake was down. Handshake ended up crying. Pinto is this year’s winner! I made a donation to the Human Fund in his name. He even got a certificate as proof!

    It was time for a little Mary, numbers and names. Then coffee with some chocolate Babka as our meal.

    The last and most important part of Festivus is observing a Festivus miracle and we had one this morning. We never had a moment where Attila’s gas caused the circle to break up! Festivus cured Attila’s stinky anus for one morning. It’s a Festivus miracle!!!

    Thanks for letting me lead. I hope you found my belief system fascinating.

  • Welcome to the party, pal!

    Twenty one heroes came to Nakatomi Plaza for a Christmas party but they also had time to defeat the terrorists, climb 35 +1 floors, answer Die Hard trivia and practice one-liners.

    As we moseyed from the parking lot to the football field goal posts for a warmup, guests started to see the Christmas lights and got excited. We then did roughly ten minutes of warmups and went to the Plaza. It is under construction, just like in the movies, and we had to hop over a waist level/Fudd’s nutsack height fence. We met at the top of the first floor for instuctions.

    As I told the pax, if you are what I think you are, then you’ll know when to shut up, when to listen, and when to pray. We started with nine up and downs to get to the tenth floor. Then did another ten floors with increasing merkins starting at 1 (all the way to ten). Twenty floors up, we did some Die Hard trivia. Each question was worth 5 burpees. Right or wrong, we climbed another floor. Five more up and downs and ten burpees (out of a possible 25) later, we made it to the 25th floor.

    Time to diffuse some B.O.M.B.S. Partner up and we did another five floors each while you and your partnered alternated Burpees, Overhead Claps, Merkins, Big Boy Situps, and SSH. The Christmas party is supposed to be on the 30th floor but the terrorists screwed it all up.

    Hutton was not happy and shouted “From up here it doesn’t look like you’re in charge of jack shit!” A little more trivia and I responded with “I am an exceptional Q, EF Hutton. And since I’ve moved to Kidnapping, you should be more polite”.

    We had to find the terrorists and the only choice now was the ventilation shaft. Two more times with bear crawls and knowing what a TV dinner feels like, and we made it to the 32nd floor.

    A little more trivia and 5 burpees later and we did the final three floors. And Alexander wept, seeing as he had no more worlds to conquer.

    But…we had to go to the roof to save the innocent party goers and scare off the FBI helicopters. So we did one more hill run and saved the day!

    He made it back over the fence and did some Mary of LBCs and finished on time.

    Big thanks to the Nakatomi Party Committee of Holly Gennaro, Harry Ellis and Mr. Rogers for the Coffee, decorations and snacks. Not sure what the future of the plaza is, but I suspect I can find a way to do this a 4th time next year. Until next time …

    Yippee-Ki-Yay Motherfuckers!

  • Light up!

    Five real men of genius went Deep. After a lap waiting for Seymore and some warmups, we ventured into Green Gate to find some Christmas decorations. First we came across a nice front yard setup but the dead inflatable resulted in a 5 burpee penalty.

    We then got to the lit up trees lining the main entrance road into Greengate. 12 pretty trees. First tree, 10 merkins, second tree, 20 WW2s, third tree 30 squats. Repeat until the end. We then crossed over and on the way back did 10 HRM, 20 Jump Squats and 30 reverse crunches. One tree has broken lights and I missed a penalty opportunity. Instead we doubled up the last tree to finish. Then full routine ended up with 40 merkins, 40 HRM, 80 WW2s, 80 Jump Squats, 120 Squats and 120 reverse crunches.

    We moseyed back to the school and headed to a poll sit waiting for the 6. Then in cadence did calf raises while poll sitting. Another mosey half way around the loop to a hill. Time for some Nakatomi Plaza practice. We did ten +1/2 up and downs with a break in the middle. The hill was less steep but long and good practice.

    We moseyed back to the start and did a little Mary and hit time.

    1.85 Miles total. Great work from the Pax.

    Prayers for safe holiday travels and for all those at Brown University and Australia.

  • Denied!

    Eleven warriors ran 1.25 miles, warmed up in the Wellesley bridge parking lot, ran down a dark path into the woods, slipped on ice, were denied access to the Wellesley basketball court, ran up a hill, lunge walked across an icy bridge, did a triple check including WW2 and merkins, lunge walked the bridge again, and then ran 1.25 miles home. 3.15 miles total including the triple check and getting lost in the woods.

    All in 46 minutes.

    -2nd F lunch next Tuesday at Tres Nachos in Innsbrook, noon.

    -The Bridge 12/27 with Kabuta leading

    -Glad to have Gypsy join us from down range…

  • Take a hike!

    It was a giant celebration at the Deep for Take a Hike Day. Eight was enough for this trip to the woods. We started with a bus loop lap and some warmups of SSH, DQ, Ukrainian Soldiers, Copperhead Squats, LBCs, Heals to Heaven, flutters and Merkins. We then moseyed to the row houses and did a round of sevens doing both exercises at each block: HRM and Jump Squats. We then moseyed past the pool and went down into the dark.

    We crab walked down the dark hill and then moseyed to the bridge. It was dark but the bridge has railings so falling off was not an option. We would also be trapped if any animals were on the bridge but I did not tell the pax that. We did ten moving lunges each leg and then ten walking Ukrainian Soldiers and then repeated. We were now about halfway down the bridge and we ran to the end and then did ten burpees and twenty WWII. It was nice to be in the dark woods and get a nice view of the sky without the typical Short Pump lights. This is the 3rd time I’ve taken a group of pax to the woods. It was new for many in this group.

    We bear crawled back for a bit and then moseyed to the end. We then bear crawled back up the hill and found our way to a circle of some big houses. We partnered up and did some rounds of exercises while one partner ran the circle: Suzanne Sommers (each side), Rosalitas (or something else, really can’t remember), and Monkey Humpers. The exercises weren’t too tough because I knew what I had planned next.

    We hit the row houses again for a similar sevens with burpees and jump squats. If you don’t normally jump at the end of your burpee, you will now! After 21 burpees and 21 jump squats, we were back to Nuckols Farm Elementary but I took us to the original Nuckols Farm instead. After a history lesson, we did ten burpees just for fun. We then moseyed half way back to the school and found an opening and a hill to run up. Now at the big bus loop, we hit 3 light posts and did ten merkins at each and then went back to the flag. We had time for some Mary of hammers, reverse crunches and some other ab exercise.

    1.75 miles and we were done. Blue Moon and Tater did the running work without complaint, Attila kept the gas away, Mr. Rogers showed up just in time, Pigskin’s Monday rotation was Deep, Banjo brought the average age way down, Handshake got his parking pass and Gomer was a no show. And no animals on the bridge except for a Whitesnake.

    Thanksgiving at Mary at 7. Kubota taking a group to the Bridge after Christmas.

    Have a great week!

  • Pounding in the cold

    15 of Westhoe’s greatest braved this cold windy Tuesday morning and tried to keep warm with a lot of movement. This including 3 teenagers in shorts: Joey Chesnutt, Mariner and Handshake. According to Handshake’s rock hard nipples, we did something like the following:

    13 of us went to the football field at 5:30 and soon were joined by Fudd and Full House. We did some warmups of SSH, Uranian Soldiers, Copperhead Squats, LBCs, WW2, Merkins and maybe some other stuff.

    We then went for a preview of everyone’s favorite Christmas Movie Die Hard and hit the Ridge. We did 2 sets of exercises at the bottom, ran to the top and did SSH until the six reached the top. Then we went back down for some more. 1st set was 20 HRM and 20 WW2, 2nd was 20 Merkins and 20 Heals, 3rd was 20 Wide Merkins, 20 Dollies, 4th was 20 Chuck Norris and 20 Rosalitas and the 5th was ten burpees. The hill won’t fully transform into Nakatomi Plaza until late December.

    We walked down the hill one last time and then moseyed back to the football field. There we did my favorite Double Quarter Pounder. First set was 25 HRM at the 25, 50 LBC at the 50, 75 single count Mountain Climbers and 100 SSH, bernie back to the goal line each time. Second set was 25 Merkins, 50 Hammers, 75 Squats and 100 single count Freddies.

    With a little time left, we hit the benches and did a Lindsey of 30 dips/10 bench kicks, to 20/20 and then 10/30. Then back to the flag for some Mary of LBC, Suzanne Sommers and WW2. 1.2 miles today which is about average for this AO.

    Announcements: The Bridge this Saturday with EF Hutton, Thanksgiving at Mary Mumford. Joey’s hotdogs for lunch today at noon.

    Big thanks to all who served and currently serving. Prayers to the Correll family and all those fighting cancer.

    “Like a drifter, I was born to walk alone.” But I am grateful that is not the case with this group.

  • Sewer Life

    As Q, I arrived a little early and early enough to carry the creamer and sweeteners to the famous Circus Maximus post-workout coffee spot. My hands were full, and as I stepped out of the car, I dropped my keys. No big deal, except the short noise you’d expect from dropped keys on pavement turned into a a long jingle. “That’s a not good” said Offshore and he walked past and stopped at the nearby gutter. Phone light showed it dropped to the first level and thankfully not into the water. Byproduct saw the holes on the manhole cover and after it was moved, I was able to drop into the sewer a grab my keys. A great way to start the day and a good reason to come early (for the show)!

    After that nonsense, twenty two strong circled up for warmups of SSH, Ukrainian Soldiers, Hillbillies, Copperhead Squats, LBCs, APDs & American Hammers. Done with the warm-ups, we did a twenty minute EMOM (Every Minute On the Minute). Five different exercises with the bell & 4 rounds of each. Start at the top of the minute, do the # of reps announced, and take a break when done until the next minute starts, and move to the next exercise. Exercises were Swings, Goblet Squats, Squat Thrusters, Cleans (each arm), American Hammers (two count). Started with reps of 15, 15, 15, 10 (Cleans, each arm), 10 Hammers. Seemed easy the first couple of rounds. Sometimes we went down in reps except when Offshore asked for 20 squats and I ended with a minute of Hammers (about 40 two count at my pace).

    20 minutes later, the heart rate was moving. And I kept it moving with a group lap where everyone realized the EMOM featured a lot of leg work.

    We then finished up with a rotation of burpees (10,8,6,4,2), groans, and an exercise: helicopters, DQs, Arm Circles (front, then back), air press in between each round of burpees. Then one last lap to finish.

    It is rare that my heartrate at Circus registers higher than WTH and that was the point of the EMOM and Burpees today. It was a success!

    The Bridge on 11/15 (ask Hutton for more info) and a Bridge Q is needed in December.

    Safety: Where is an AED at Godwin? No one knows and that’s homework for everyone. I can confirm it is not in the sewer.

    Thanks for letting me lead!

  • Exploring the Deep West Coast

    We did some warmups, waited for Seymore, and then headed down to the West Coast. We partnered up for a Dora of 100 Merkins, 200 Squats and 300 LBCs. We then went to the bike shop and partnered up for some Freddie Mercuries while the timer ran back to the West Coast and did 20 dips and ran back. We then moseyed to the Stretch Zone. We some jazzercise for fun and then ten burpees to show their camera how to really work out.

    We then moseyed to a big lot and did some abs work until Attila crapped himself. We quickly ran to the opposite side and did some more, ran back to the start and did some more. The smell and stain was gone by then.

    A quick run through the townhouses, then a bear crawl up some steps, and then we ran between houses in an unexpected marsh. All of this to end up at the top of the hill. We finished up with sevens of HRM and Burpees–6 HRM at the top and burpees at the bottom.

    Taking us away from the grounds is needed every once in a while. We did almost 2 miles and I remembered my watch for the first time in a week, including a few Qs.

    Enjoy the week!

  • Was that Chicharron?

    File this in something I have not seen before at F3. Nine of us were enjoying a morning at Gridiron, and while we were close to wrapping up and doing some final stretching in the parking lot, Chicharron comes sprinting from the football field, runs past us, says nothing, does not look our way and then runs toward the original pickleball courts. He is wearing his orange F3 shirt so there is no doubt who it is, but he either was so focused he missed us, was being chased by an invisible bear, or was rescuing someone at the pickleball courts. This is what he missed:

    Warmups started in the parking lot. We moved to the soft playground after Attila shit himself. Did some more warmups. Then did the first of many triple checks. This one was swing pumps, step ups and a run to the blue shed and back. After that we went to the the pull bars memorial site. They have been permanently moved to Twin Hickory Park. In remembrance, we did a triple check of dips on the pretend plastic edge border (now named crab dips), jump squats where you reach for the pretend pull up bars and the timer runs the path around all the courts.

    We then took to the high ground and visited burpee hill. We did ten, nine and then eight burpees (with a ten count in between) and then moseyed to the new pickleball lot. There we continued the burpees but like the high school kids who were likely in our same spot last night, we did were fire and did 6 7.

    This group of champions took over one of the champion courts and did five and then four burpees. Then we did a four corners of ten merkins per corner, bear crawling the entire way. That was a bad idea. We then finished with 3,2,1 (6) burpees.

    We went back to the lot and did one last triple check. WW2, Flutters and a run to the track and back. After that we moseyed back to the original lot, did a little stretching and then Chicharron flew by. Hope he enjoyed his run.

    Guessing many of the regulars were at the Bridge this morning. Next chance at the Bridge is 11/15 with EF Hutton. Reach out to him for more details.

  • Exploring the space

    We did 3 miles and a bunch of exercises and never left Pocahontas middle.

    We started off moseying to the track and doing a lap. After 25 merkins, we did two more laps, moseying the curves and sprinting/running fast on the straightaways. We then hit the football field and did some suicides (to the 10, 20, 30, 40 and then a full 100). After that joy, we did a quarter pounder of 25 merkins at the 25, 50 heals to heaven at the 50, then 75 squats and 100 SSH, bernies back to the goal line after each.

    And then we went crazy and ran a lap the other direction and then did 5 burpees. Then more two laps the “wrong” way, sprinting the straightaways. Then for shits and giggles we did two 100 yard sprints.

    After catching our breath, we moseying to the tennis courts and did 4 corners of 25 HRM, 25 wide merkins, 25 jump squats and 25 two count hammers.

    After a mosey back to the start, we hit 3 miles and closed out.

    The Bridge this weekend–reach out to Bootleg for carpool instructions. Great to have Wild Thing joining us from York, PA.

    Thanks for letting me lead.