Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

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!

4 men gathered for Heartbreak Ridge to ensure no man was left behind, or left alone.

YHC pulled into the Parking Lot to see one set of headlights, our 1st F (Retired) was waiting. A couple minutes later two shadows appeared in the distance, it was Offshore and Joey Chestnut. In order to avoid the icy roads they decided to run the 2.2 miles to the workout.

Off we launched. More moseying today to prevent snow filled faces and backs and to keep us moving in the cold weather.

At the end of the workout Offshore and Joey Chestnut were offered a ride home to prevent running the 2.2 miles back home but they politely declined. Their masculine dominance had already been established but it was 100% secured at this point.

Announcements – Kubota has the Q for The Bridge on December 27th. Breaking Break needs a Q both the 27th and 28th.

Prayer Requests – none

NMS – YHC was worried that with as many different Pax members that could show up on a Tuesday that the AO would stand empty. YHC posted on Slack and sent out a text to those within a reasonable driving distance to get a head could and only got a couple commitments. YHC was happy to not be the only one. YHC also realizes that compared to Offshore and Joey Chestnut that he is a Beta Male.

A Bakers Dozen minus 1 arrived to enjoy Heartbreak Ridge, rain or not.

Mosey to the front of the school for a COP.

Picnic Benches, 10-20-30’s. 10 Burpees, 20 Decline Merkins, 30 Dips

Mosey the long way to Pemberton Elementary School Bus Loop. Partner Up for a Dora. All the exercises to be done with your partner. Round 1 – 25 Partner Boo-yeah Merkins, 25 Boo-yeah WWII’s, 35 Boo-yeah Jump Squats. Run to the end of the Buss Loop and back. Round 2 – 20 of each then run. Round 3 – 15 of each then run. Round 4 – 10 of each then run.

Polar Bears down the Bus Loop. Bear Crawl to each pole and complete 3 Merkins, all the way down the loop.

Bernie back to the top of the loop. 4 exercises.

Mosey back to the front of QMS 10-20-30’s. 10 Derkins, 20 Dips, 30 SSH’s.

Mosey back to the flag. 20 Squats to finish.

Annoucements – Kubota is signed up to Q at The Bridge on December 27th. Breaking Break is open the night of December 27th and 28th.

Prayer Requests – Roger Rogers FIL/his family. Those in the Pax unmentioned battling injuries.

NMS – YHC didn’t expect to be alone but was overjoyed when he turned into the Parking Lot to several cars. Great Mumble Chatter.

Warmarama, disclaimer, mission statement, etc. Then mosey to the hill for themed exercises.

In 1985…

-Michael Jordan was the Rookie of the Year: 23 h-r merkins

-San Francisco won the Super Bowl: 49 LBCs

-Ronald Reagan was president: 40 shoulder taps

-Eggs cost $.60: 60 WWI situps

-19 Mike Tysons

-85 flutter kicks

-Avg. U.S. life expectancy was 75: 75 SSH

Mosey to bars for triple check.

Mosey to the field for 40 yard dashes (50 yards for those under 20 yrs. old!) + various 40 count exercises.

COT

-Asked triple check partners what they hope to achieve before their next milestone birthday.

-Tomorrow is YHC’s 40th birthday. Appreciated the opportunity to work out with this exceptional group of 12 men. Praise God for health.

A baker’s dozen turned out on a cold morning to embrace the HRB hill one last time as construction is about to commence.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • IW
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • APD
• A  lot of moseying trying to find a break in the fence line, with Offshore finally spotting an opening
• Arch loader on the hill with 15 HRM/15 WWII sit-ups after each ascent
  • Bear crawl
  • Crab walk
  • Bunny hop
  • Duck walk
  • Froggers
  • Cheetah spring
• Mosey to the jerkin gym for 3x 8 jerkins and then 2x 20 PLTs
• Mosey to the small hill for 5 bernies up the mound
• Mary
  • Side crunches
  • WWI crunches
  • FM
• COT with YHC taking us outj

Construction is about to commence on the new QMS.  One last hill workout before the barrier is impenetrable.  Whitesnake will have to find some other way to celebrate the great Christmas movie of Die Hard as Nakatomi Plaza will be baracaded. 

Convergence next Thursday at 7 am at Mary.

Great work from the PAX.  Prayers up for those in need.  God is good all of the time!

Attila

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.

My Fellow Americans, I Pigskin, do solemnly swear that I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL! And furthermore, I have never been a professional and WILL NEVER BE A PROFESSIONAL! Push yourself but do not injure yourself. And exercise your God-given rights as an American Citizen to modify any exercise where in your best judgement, it is the appropriate thing to do. Do not leave here with more injuries than you came here with.

Finally, exercise your civic duty today by voting; early and often! Help me win this election and defeat my no-good, sleazy, dog-faced, lying skunk of an opponent!

Warmup: in cadence

• 20 SSHs
• 20 Imperial Walkers

Mosey to the front of the school: in cadence

• 10 Don Quixote in cadence
• Stretch: Right foot/Right hand; flapjack

Mosey to the wall at Quioccasin

• 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 to the hill between Quioccasin and Pemberton

• Jacob’s ladder: up the hill 7 times with 1, 2, 3, etc. to 7 Burpees at the top
• Those who finished early, plank up
• Stretch

Mosey to playground behind Pemberton: 3 times

• 8 Pullups OYO
• 15 Merkins OYO
• 30 Squats OYO
• Those who finished early, plank up
• Stretch

Mosey to the parking lot at Pemberton

Lunge walk across parking lot

Mosey to the wall at Quiocassin

Crab Walk most of the way to the corner at the front of the school

Mosey to the side of the school: Partner up for a Dora across the front parking lot for

• 75 Merkins
• 150 LBCs
• 200 Flutter Kix (2 ct)

Mosey to flag.

• 20 APDs in cadence
• 15 Heels to Heaven in cadence
• 60-count 6-inch leg lift

Numberama, Namerama

Announcements

November 15: Richmond Marathon, Half-marathon

November 15: The Bridge

November 27 (Thanksgiving Day): 7:00 AM: Convergence at Mary Mumford Elementary School

COT

In the 1960s and 1970s, we had disputes over Civil Rights and the Vietnam War. Some of the infamous events of that time included the assassinations of President Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy and the assassination attempt on George Wallace (which left him crippled for the rest of his life), the murder of several civil right workers, the Kent State shooting, Jackson State shooting, South Carolina State shooting, the riots in Harlem, Watts, Newark and Detroit and the Watergate scandal which ended with the only resignation of a president in the country’s history.

In short, our current controversies are regrettable but not unprecedented.

Lord, give us the patience and kindness to listen and understand each other; and when necessary, agree to disagree in peace.

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!

Get some!

16 gathered for this weeks Heartbreak Ridge, offsite edition.

Mosey down from Heartbreak to Quioccasin and left on Westridge and then left on Camrose. Triple Checks leading up Camrose. Every round we moved further up the road with a goal of reaching Gayton. Unfortunately Gayton wasn’t reached but we heard every neighborhood dog along way. On the way back we turned right on Vassar and left on Farmington. We discovered one lone car who was driving what felt like 35-40 mph down a narrow road, luckily we could see it coming with plenty of time to get off the road.

Quick group work at the Monkey Bars at QMS. 2 minutes of Mary to finish things.

Announcements – Bootleg is leading a group to The Bridge this Saturday, October 25th. EF Hutton is leading a group to The Bridge on Saturday, November 15th. The Wellesley Crew is starting a Bootcamp this Friday, October 24th at the Wellesley Pool meeting at 0530-0615 https://maps.app.goo.gl/MtL6qaLRSy9HH8YS6?g_st=ipc

Prayer Requests – Fireman Ed, Charlotte, Fudds Sister (Mary)

NMS – fun times with an empty Q sheet on Monday afternoon, thank you for the opportunity to lead.

19 noble warrior braved the wet and windy gloom of a Tuesday morning to attack the terrain of Heartbreak Ridge.  Here is how it went down:

• Mosey to the blacktop for COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • DQ
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • HRM
  • LBC
  • APD
• 4 corners with 10, 15, 20, 25 reps of an exercise
  • 70 HRM
  • 70 WWII sit-ups
  • 70 monkey humpers
  • 70 2x crab cakes
• Mosey to the hill for an 11 with squat thrusters and Chuck Norris
• Mosey to the parking lot with a Bernie up the embankment for some Mary
  • Cross-legged crunches – each side
  • WWI crunches
  • FM
• Stretch
• COT with YHC taking us out

Solid work from the PAX today.  The blacktop was filled with puddles and goose droppings, making the 4 corners a minefield that left some wet and narley.  The 11s were a curveball as the PAX did not expect YHC to include so much cardio.  All in all, great work from the PAX.

Bootleg is taking a group to the Bridge in 2 Saturdays (10/25).  Lunch today at Joey’s.

God is good all of the time!

Attila