Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

A dedicated dozen, of the bakers variety, fought their way through debris from last night’s storm to post at HBR. We did:

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Helicopters, Ukrainian soldiers, Merkins, LBCs, Scorpion kicks. Mosey down to the end of the track for 2 rounds of 25 PLTs. Then over to the football field for a Beast: Merkins, WWIIs, Squats, HRMs, Jump Squats, Crunchy frogs.

Over to the Jerkin Gym only for the PAX to say it was too soggy. Instead over to benches for 3 rounds of: 30 Benchkicks, 15 Derkins. Mosey back to the parking lot. 2 rounds of sprints across the lot and back. Back to the Flag for 2 min of Mary then YHC took us out.

NMS: Several PAX posted even though they were without power this morning, way to wake up in the Gloom. Lots of whining about getting wet on the football field. Then everyone was treated with a wet ass stuck to the frosty benches on the benchkicks.

Pinto showed his dedication by waking his M up to cut up a tree that fell just so he could get to HBR this morning. Knowing his record with chainsaws that is impressive.

12 men gathered at Heartbreak to grown as leaders.

Quick Indian Run, Care Bear Squared x 1, Weaving Indian Run to the elementary school, Lunges followed by sets of exercises; Weaving Indian Run Back, Chumba Wumba Burpees, Side straddle hops x 21 x 2, 10 Extra Burpees, Marys

Q Tip: Listening: Repeat the last word that is said or Prompt with “Tell Me More” or “What I’m hearing you say is…”

Announcements: 2nd F today. Welcome FNG Bogie!

Almost a Bakers Dozen showed up under questionable weather forecasts for day 2 of Handshake week. The clock struck 0530 and the Pax grabbed the Coupons from YHC’s and Honrydo’s pickup truck (9 block in total).

We moseyed to the normal COP spot for a warm up, then we moseyed back to the main parking lot for a rare Quad Check. Four Men, Four Exercises, Four Times, revolutionary…

3:4 of the men in the group have Blocks. P1 – Curls for the Girls, P2 – Overhead Presses, P3 – Sit and Press, P4 – Runs to the Busses and back. This took quite a bit of time with the long run.

Circle up, 1 block every 4th man. Rotation of various exercises for 10 reps for men with the Coupons, and the 4th man does Burpees. Rotate through multiple times.

Mosey back to the flag to finish with 10 seconds of Flutter Kicks while Atilla complained.

Announcements – 2nd Tuesday WestHoe lunch next Tuesday 3/10 at Noon, see slack for location.

Prayer Requests – Whitesnakes dad needs to have a heart procedure in preparation for a knee surgery. Pinto’s BIL is having/has head his Prostate removed due to Prostate Cancer.

NMS – The numbers were slightly lower than normal given the questionable weather, but YHC was glad to see most of the usual suspects. Day 2 down, 4 left. Tomorrow is the official 8 year anniversary.

The ghost flag made its return at HBR to hi-jack a pigskin Q. 16 warriors showed up for what they thought would be a pigskin Q, but Roger Roger came in early and planted the Ghost flag to lead this beatdown. 

Warm-a-rama: 

Mosey around the parking lot with some karaoke, Bernie sanders, and regular to the hidden alley for a little Q led warm-a-rama.

20 SSH 

15 Arm circles 

15 reverse arm circles

10 merkins 

25 Hammers

The Thang:

Grab a partner then a seat on the wall for people’s chair.

Rinse and repeat 3x:

5 mike Tyson’s 

Bear crawl to center

5 boo-ya merkins 

Crawl bear back 

Mosey to elementary parking lot for a LaChora

It went like this:

Timer run a lap

100 merkins

200 air press

300 squats

Mosey back to bus loop

People’s chair for 6

Milkers

Air press 

Partner up- 

3x 

20 pole smokers

Air press 

Mosey to alley:

People’s chair Air press for 6

Partner up- 

Rinse and repeat 3x:

5 mike Tyson’s 

Bear crawl to center

5 boo-ya merkins 

Crawl bear back 

Mosey to the flag-

Air press 

Hammers

Merccuries

LBCs 

Air press 

Mary 5 merkins 

Thanks for letting me Hi-Jack this beatdown! See you in the gloom.

Another week, another 18 strong found their way to the Gloom at Heartbreak Ridge. Temps above freezing had most in SOP, with Fudd leading the way. We did:

COP: YHC staples with a finish of Scorpion Kicks, in honor of YHC getting stung by one last week on vacation.

Mosey to PES parking lot before Tomatoes appear. Dora 123: 100 HRMs, 200 Reverse Crunch, 300 LBCs. Over to the front of PES for a few rounds of Bear Crawl, Lunge, Crab Walk, & some Bernie. Head to down back of QMS for some more Merkins. Back to the main QMS parking lot. Burpees across the lot, then Polar bear back. Finish with 2 min of Mary.

Announcements: Frozen Triangle this Saturday.

NMS: Solid numbers are the norm now at Heartbreak Ridge, now if we can only get some BB comments on Slack…

Always good mumblechatter when Gypsy finds his way to post at HBR. Fudd did his norm of arriving late to the COP, in his summer short shorts. Joey Chestnut was excited to ask YHC about his vacation in Mexico last week, mostly about thicc latinas. The boy is 18 after all.

A legal 18 showed up at Heartbreak Ridge despite the continuing mounds of ice.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • Penguins
  • APD
• Beast across parking lot
  • HRM
  • WWII sit-ups
  • Jump squats
  • Side crunches-each side
  • Crab cakes
  • Burpees
• 3x check
  • Run
  • WWI sit-ups
  • Merkins
• Bear crawl to the flag
• Mary
  • FK
  • Cross crunches – each side
  • WWI crunches
  • LBC
• COT with YHC taking us out

Solid numbers for a Tuesday but no Handshake.  Also, who the hell knows when our site Q will post again at HBR.  A chatty 18.  Good work from the PAX.  There was a welcome increase in temps.

Announcements – lunch at Firehouse Subs today and Frozen Triangle is rescheduled for 2/21.

Continued prayers for those looking for jobs and dealing with sickness/injury.  God is good all of the time!

Attila

13 men at Heart Break Ridge. Clear Parking Lot.

We borrowed Honeydo’s 5 Cinderblocks from the back of his Truck but poor Honeydo only left with 4 (whole) Cinderblocks.

4 Groups (3 with 3 men and 1 with 4 men).

4 groups of Triple Checks with 1 round of 13 Burpees.

Announcements – Frozen Triangle this Saturday starting at Dogpile at 0600. 2nd Tuesday 2nd F next Tuesday 2/10 at noon at Firehouse Subs – Innsbrook

Prayer Requests – Salt Lick saw the Monks while they were on their journey. He thought the Walk for Peace was for world peace only but was also for internal peace.

NMS – glad to see 13 at Hearbreak after last weeks reduced snow numbers.

The Magnificent Seven showed up for a workout.
We began with a perfunctory disclaimer.
Mosey to the approximate middle of the covered sidewalk on the right side of the school. Picked up Joey Chestnut and Offshore on the way.
Warm up with the following exercises in cadence
• 20 SSHs
• 20 IWs
• 20 Copperhead squats
• 10 Don Quixotes
• 20 Suzannne Sommers (change sides halfway)
11s starting with 10 Burpees and 1 double-count Hammer
• Burpees
• Hammers
Triple check
• Timer runs to end of walkway and back
• Partner 2: Pole-smokers
• Partner 3: Lunges
Dora
• 100 Merkins
• 200 Ukrainian Soldiers (each foot counts as 1)
• 300 SSHs
BTTW (aka Testículos a la pared)
• 15 People’s chair airpress
• 10 BTTW Shoulder Slaps in cadence
• 15 Donkey Kix OYO
• 15 People’s chair Milkers
• 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
• 15 Donkey Kix OYO
• 15 People’s chair Lalannes
• 10 BTTW toe taps
• 15 Donkey Kix OYO
Mosey back to the flag
Announcements
February 7: Frozen Triangle
COT
Be safe out there!
2nd F
We often go to Starbucks afterwards but we ended up at Sheetz at Regency. Offshore and Joey Chestnut got to try out the set of Crampons for their jog over to Quioccasin Middle School. Honeydo is motivated by negative feedback as Handshake said there was a 0% chance of Honeydo’s appearance at Heartbreak. Hutton wore a foreskin. (I didn’t ask any questions.) Gomer wanted to know why the Spanish word for Balls (as in Balls to the Wall) wasn’t pelotas. Answer: Pelotas are the type of balls that get kicked.
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Gomer Pyle, Joey Chestnut, Offshore, Honeydo, Handshake, E.F. Hutton, Pigskin

By the time we finished, Salt Lick was able to bank all 40 of his pre-workout Burpees. We started off with the usual disclaimer.

• I am your Q for the day.
• I am not a professional
• This workout is ‘you vs you’
• Push yourself but don’t hurt yourself
• Feel free to modify any exercise.

Warmup mosey a few times back and forth between the rows of parking spaces

• Karioke
• Bernie
• Mosey

Mosey to the parking lot in front of the school for COP. Following exercises in cadence

• 20 SSHs
• 20 IWs
• 20 Copperhead squats
• 10 Don Quixotes
• 20 Suzannne Sommers (change sides halfway)
• 20 APDs
• Stretching

11s starting with 10 Burpees and 1 double-count Crunch Frog

• Burpees
• Crunchy Frogs

Mosey to the wall under the covered walkway

• 15 People’s chair airpress
• 10 BTTW Shoulder Slaps in cadence
• 5 Burpees OYO
• 15 People’s chair Milkers
• 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
• 5 Burpees OYO
• 15 People’s chair Lalannes
• 10 BTTW toe taps
• 5 Burpees OYO
• 15 People’s chair Muhammed Ali’s
• 10 Dirty Hook-ups
• 5 Burpees OYO
• Stretch

Mosey to Pemberton Parking Lot for a triple check

• Timer runs across parking lot and does 5 burpees
• Squats
• Merkins
• Stretch

Mosey back to the flag with some bear crawls and crab walks mixed in along the way

• 20 Heels to Heaven in cadence
• 20 Dollies in cadence
• 20 APDs in cadence
• 20 Rosalitas in cadence
• 20 Burpees OYO

Announcements

• This Saturday, January 24: The Bridge. Let me know if you want to go.
• Saturday, February 7: Frozen Triangle. Check Slack for details.

COP

I saw this article recently about MLK and the Civil Rights movement. MLK was very successful because in addition to the righteousness of his cause, he employed Game Theory. He figured that there were a lot of people on the fence. If he used violence, these people would swing over to a Law-and-Order perspective and the movement would fail. But if he used non-violence in places where the local authorities would react badly, the people in the middle would swing over to his point of view. He was obviously successful.

Moral: If you want to persuade people to see things your way, don’t be a jerk.

17, that’s right, 17 for a Tuesday morning working at a Middle School in the suburbs.

0530 we slaughter start with 20 WWII’s (sorry Saltlick) then we start our Mosey. While making our way across the parking lot Fudd decides to make his way in. We mosey over to the grass at the end of Quioccasin/Pemberton and start our COP. Next we see the Gomer Mobile flying into the Parking Lot.

Mosey around the Retention Pond to the Pemberton Parking lot and get in groups of 3 for a Triple Check. P1 runs to the back of the Parking Lot and back, P2 does HRMs, P3 does WWII’s.

After TC1 we do a quick Rim Jog around the Retention Pond.

TC2, The Stranger way. This time we mosey the opposite direction to the wall of the school and back. P1 runs, P2 LBC’s, P3 Carolina Dry Docks.

Rim Jog #2 but the opposite direction.

Mosey past the Tomatoes and over to the Playground Monkey Bars at Pemberton Elementary. TC # 3, this time we do 6 rounds. P1 does 5 Pull Ups, P2 Jump Squats, P3 Dips

Mosey back to Quioccasin and stop at the Benches in front of the school and do 20 Bench Kicks and 10 Derkins.

Mosey back to the Flag and do 10 Burpees and finish with WWII’s.

Announcements – (Today) 2nd Tuesday lunch at Joeys Hot Dogs at Innsbrook, 12:00. Pigskin is leading a group of men to The Bridge on January 24th. Frozen Triangle is February 7th starting at Dogpile at 0600.

Prayer Requests – Blackouts neighbor who is in Hospice. Chippendale lost his Dad a couple weeks back.

NMS – Glad to be able to get on the Q sheet today. Awesome having such a big group of guys at Heartbreak.