Tag: Coupons

  • Trespassers in the Gloom

    There were 2 Bermuda Boys, on a cold and wet, 70 and sunny morning at Goyne Park. Doolittle and YHC were making our way to the pavilion when the CCPD car was pulling up.

    The officer got out and announced, “The park is closed until dawn.” as she made her way to the pavilion. She was obviously checking to see what we were doing at a park picnic pavilion at 530 in the morning, but then she saw the coupons. “OK, I see you guys are just trying to get a workout in. But like I said, the park is closed from dusk until dawn, unless using lighted facilities” she said, as I could tell she was contemplating her next move.

    “So I’m officially telling you that you’re trespassing, and I expect you to leave the premises” she said with a wink, wink. “So I’ll be leaving now”

    “Be safe out there officer” We said.

    “You do the same” she said

    “Alright Doolittle, let’s do this”

    So we went into the standard warmarama, leading with the usual Side Straddle Hops.

    COP 1 Elevens

    Ascending Thrusters and Descending Groiners

    COP 2 Ascending Ab exercises

    Start with 1 WW2 and 2 double count American Hammers and ascend up to 10 and 20 of each

    COP 3 Lieutenant Dan ascends with Mountain Climbers

    1 Lieutenant Dan and 2 Double Count Mountain Climbers up to 10 and 20 of each

    COP 4 Descending Merkins and Plank Jacks

    start at 10 until time

    I’m glad we were able to get this one in despite the rain and the obvious.

    Lots to pray for and be thankful for this morning. Particularly , the officer for the grace to allow us to continue our workout without a fuss. There are a lot of good ones out there, and we’ll continue to pray for their safety and be thankful for their courage and willingness to serve. I’m sure it can often be a thankless job.

  • Chi-ca-ca!

    Ol Beaver is on the road for work again. Thi time he finally hits an AO in the Chicago area named War Horse. You guessed it, we hit the coupons! It’s a thing! I feel like I’m always doing coupons DR. Luckily one of the HIMs grabbed an extra for me. A variety of coupon workouts were repped. I will certainly have to come out again.

    VQ’s moleskin in a nutshell: Don’t pass up opportunities to help others when they present themselves

  • We’re Gonna Take You Higher

    On a chilly, but clear morning, 2 Bermuda Boys came out to Goyne Park to take things to another level.

    Warmarama

    530 hit and Doolittle and YHC started a long mosey. After a mile, they found themselves at the basketball court, and finished the warmarama with some SSH, Imperial Squat Walkers, and Ukrainian Soldiers.

    COP 1 Groundwork

    Alternating 10 sets of 10 Merkins and 10 sets of Ab/Core Exercises including Kimchee Twists, Box Cutters, Hello Dollies, Oblique LBCs, Flutter kicks, American Hammers, Star Crunches, and some others YHC can’t remember.

    COP 2 Suicide Penguins

    Plain old Suicides, stopping at the normal suicide stops for a set of 25 DC Penguins at each. Finish with 1 set of Merkins to Failure.

    Mosey back to the parking lot

    1 more set of Merkins to Failure

    COP 3 Cindy Songorama

    “I want to take you Higher” Sly and the Family Stone

    Goblet/Sumo Squats for the majority of the song

    Overhead Press on every “Higher”

    Higher is repeated almost FIFTY times, and the song is over 5 minutes long!

    COP 4 Single leg Balancing and Jumping

    Balance on each leg for 1 minute, then Nancy Kerrigan’s for 20 counts In Cadence on each leg

    Great work by the PAX on this one!

    Lots to Pray for

  • Not Just Four Corners, All The Corners

    It was a cool, damp morning in the gloom in the Bermuda Triangle. The chance of rain managed to keep the soft commits in the fart sack, but there were 2 PAX that knew that it doesn’t rain in The Bermuda Triangle.

    The clock struck 530, and the PAX were off for a mosey around Ecoff Elementary, about a half mile, then into the standard warmarama complete with Nancy Kerrigan’s, Ukrainian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, and LBCs.

    1st COP Merkin Burnout Four Corners Prostitute Style

    12 Merkins at each corner (Or to Failure)

    1st corner Standard Merkins

    2nd corner Wide Merkins

    3rd corner Ranger Merkins

    4th corner Diamond Merkins

    Wow! That’s a lot of Merkins, even only doing a max of 12 reps per set. Ends up being 16 sets.

    2nd COP Legs Galore Standard Four Corners

    1st corner Goblet Squats with Cindy

    2nd corner 10 Bulgarian Split Squats per leg

    3rd corner 30 double count Lunges

    4th corner 40 Jump Squats

    3rd COP Mini AbCathlon Four Corners Prostitute Style

    1st corner 10 V Ups

    2nd corner 20 LBCs

    3rd corner 30 Penguins

    4th corner 40 Plank Jacks (They’re done in Plank, so they’re an Ab exercise, right?)

    The Four Corners might just be YHC’s favorite COP, especially Prostitute Style!

    Great to have Doolittle there working shoulder to shoulder with YHC.

    Lots to Pray for!

    SYITG

  • Return of Swoop

    9 HIMS showed up to see if YHC was actually back on the Q sheet. It has been a while and I was excited to bring it back in the right fashion. The colder temperatures may have keep 1 or 2 away this morning under their warm covers but it was 530 and time to roll.

    mosey up satans hill and a quick horseshoe run over to wilson’s cul de sac for some Warmarama ( SSH, Imperial walkers, incline merkins, decline merkins, LBC, Freddies, cherry pickers and dead man hang)…..then mosey back down to the parking lot for the action

    Grabbed 3 sandbags and the rest of the pax grabbed a rock for a rock and sand bag triple check. Followed up with some rock work via Mary and then on to finish it off at the hill

    triple check runner to the top of the hill , second man sand bag going half way up the hill and third member doing called excercise ( plank jacks, lbcs, WWIIs)

    Annoucements / Prayers

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

  • Push Yourself, Don’t Kill Yourself

    It was a Fab Five at the football field at Goyne Park for the 2025 IPC Week 1 workout. This workout was simple, but an absolute beast!

    2 Thrusters with the Cindy

    2x 100 meter sprints

    Then add 2 reps each time. Score is the last rep count completed.

    Lots of options for modifications

    Thrusters can be modified to any exercise with or without a Cindy

    You can go all out sprint, mosey, walk, bear crawl, crab walk, Farmer’s Carry. Reduce the distance. Options are endless. You versus You!

    Great job by the PAX this morning. YHC was pumped after this one! Some others, maybe not so much. But we were all better for being there!

  • Out of the darkness!

    Two HIMs linked up for an OTB beatdown that the YHC was in dire need of. Thought it was gonna be a solo one but a few minutes in out of the gloom rolls Beaver rocking his weighted corset!

    Kept it simple

    Main Set (with vest):

    • 10 Rounds:
       • 3 Pull-ups
       • 6 Merkins
       • 18 Single count Step-ups

    Finisher:

    • 3 Rounds, same movements but doubled.

    YHC had to walk on the doubled rounds thanks to some back tightness, but man it felt good to be back home and get a beatdown in. Grateful for the push and the company.

    Don’t Waste The Day!

  • 50 Lieutenant Dan Burpees?

    6 Pack of PAX made it to the friendly confines of Goyne Park for the latest installment of The Bermuda Triangle. It was a mild 70 and sunny, but the Bermuda Boys were not in for a mild beatdown.

    We moseyed over to the basketball court for the standard warmarama, then got into some suicides for the first COP

    Lunge walk to quarter, half, 3 quarter, and full court, 10 merkins, then Bernie back.

    Mosey to the coupon shed to pick up 3 coupons and bring back to the pavilion for a Dora.

    100 Thrusters, 150 Heels to Heaven, 200 Jump Squats while partners take turns running to the other side of the parking lot and back.

    Return coupons then back to the flag.

    YHC was looking at Big Data, and turns out this is Pool Boy’s 50th post at Bermuda Triangle. So it was imperative to do a 50 count of something. Unfortunately, time did not allow for 50 Lieutenant Dan Burpees. So, 50 Merkins would have to do.

    Great work by the PAX!

  • Trio is at it again!

    The old trio reunited for another OTB ab session! We are one step closer to turning these abs into a built-in washboard. Here’s how it went down…

    Warmarama at the club house

    • All the wives and moms
    • Every hamstring stretch known to man
    • Arm circles
    • Calf raises
    • Imaginary jump ropes

    COP1

    “The Wall Will Break You”

    Start by lying on your back with your legs up against the wall, knees at a 90 degree angle. 

    • 10 Wall Touches – Reach up toward your shoes or ankles. 
    • 10 Side-to-Side Touches – Tap left, tap right 
    • 10 Alternating Elbow-to-Knee – Opposite elbow to opposite knee.
    • 10 Straight Up Knee Touches – Elbows straight up

    5 rounds with a run around clubhouse between rounds. 

    COP2

    5 Rounds

    • Sandbag Plank Pull Throughs
    • Overhead Medicine Ball WW2 Sit-Ups
    • Timer is 10 Wall Climbs

    Numbers, Names and Prayer request

    Announcements

    • Homegrown this weekend!
    • Tons of stuff going on see slack!

    YHC took us out!
    Don’t Waste The Day

  • If a tree falls in a forest…?

    Eight HIM’s showed up to carry a log through Larus Park and ponder the question “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” This philosophical thought experiment questions perception and observation and is credited to 18th century Irish philosopher George Berkeley, who argued that “to be is to be perceived.” Sooooo, did the sad clowns going into Planet Fitness perceive and stand amazed at the splendor of muscle-bound HIM’s jogging by under a mighty log? Probably not…haha… BUT, there WERE eight gloom brothers who proudly watched one another take a turn under an uncomfortably heavy log. A quote from my daily devotional “Walking with a Limp” by Neb Hayden, today highlights faithfulness:  

    “When you do find one who is faithful to follow through you have found a rare person who will soon be trusted by many, simply because he shows up!”

    Yours AYE! ~DTH