Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

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.

Early Morning Burps:

Before the official start, Saltlick arrived early and immediately chose violence by doing burpees. Lighthouse joined shortly after, providing what can best be described as emotional support. With morale already questionable, the beatdown began.

Warm-Up (Mariner QIC):

– 10 burpees OYO (because obviously)

– Arm circles

– Dead Man Hang

– Crunches

– HRMs

Beatdown (Joey Chestnut QIC):

We deconstructed the burpee, starting at 10 reps and working down to zero, with a lunge walk between stations:

 Downward dog jacks (FWJs)

 Merkins

 Jump squats

After completing the circuit, we moseyed to the curb facing the COT area and broad-jump-burpeed back to the start — proving that everyone had successfully learned to construct a burpee.

Triple Check #1 (Mariner QIC):

– Run to curb and back to barriers

– Donkey kicks on barriers

– WW2s

Triple Check #2 (Mariner QIC):

– Run to same curb and back

– HRMs (audibled to burpees on the third round, because growth)

– WW1s

Wrap-Up (Joey Chestnut QIC):

– Dead man hang

– Hello Dollies

– Heels to Heaven

– APDs

Highlights:

• Joey Chestnut’s and Mariner’s first QIC, safe to say everyone was ‘Marinutted’
• No official theme; however, burpees.
• Saltlick either absolutely loved todays workout or despised it
• Lighthouse regrets starting his burpee journey early with Saltlick

PAX ended in COT:

• As we grew together this morning, we should be encouraged to help someone else grow in the world today
• Prayers for those in a job hunt, in need of healing, especially those struggling in silence, and for the Friends of Barnabas upcoming trip to Honduras

13 of Westhoes finest gathered to see how far Gomer was going to run today. Acording to our Krav Maga friend and the friendly dog walker, this is what went down, more or less.

Welcome. 8 Burpee start. Disclaimer. Move to COP.

All exercises in cadence. 50 Mountain climbers. 50 LBC. 10 Don Quixote. 10 Turn n bounce. Arm circles 10 small, 10 big, reverso, overhead claps, seal claps. 10 Mercans. 10 Shoulder taps. 10 waist taps. 10 ankle taps. 10 foot taps. 10 kick throughs. 10 tony hawks. Run around lot.

15 LBC, 15 right leg straight, 15 left leg straight, 15 both legs straight, 15 45 degree legs, 15 90 degree legs. 15 flutters, 15 Hello Dolly, 15 Rosalita. 10 APD. Tuscaloosa stretch. 15 sumo squats. 10 split squats each leg. Run around lot.

Accountability Dora, 2 pairs of 2 pax- add the smallest number from partners on each iteration. 100 decline mercans with feet on concrete barriers, 200 dips, 300 LBC with feet on wall. Sumo squats for the six and for time.

YHC took us out. Prayers for healing, travelers, and those looking for work. Coffeeteria at Starbucks with about half the crew.

 NMS – tclaps to Fudd for showing up early AND doing a few laps to get some extra cardio in. Great to see Wojo back out.

Thanks for letting me lead.

GET SOME!

12 noble warriors battled the gloom in one of a non-holiday theme Q opposite of Rosie’s 12 days.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • IW
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
• Curb crawl – up to 6 merkins and back down to 1
• Burpee march across the parking lot
• Lindsay at the picnic table – step-ups and dips
• Mosey to the bus loop for a series of 4x
  • Wall sits with 15 air presses, milkers, Lalames, Muhamed Ali’s
  • 20 pole smokers
  • 10 Mike Tysons
• 3x check
  • Run
  • WWI sit-ups
  • Penguins
• Mosey back to the flag for COT

Great work by the PAX today in some unexpected rain.  For the record, no gifts were exchanged afterwards, and Doner Kabob is wondering where Gomer is as he did not wake up in time for No Toll. 

Kubota is leading the Bridge on Saturday.  Fireman Ed will be celebrating the end to chemo.  Convergence at 7 am at Dogpile on New Years Day.

Prayers up for those dealing with illness or job issues.  God is good all of the time!

Attila

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.