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THE BALLROOM · NOV 15, 2022
Parading on the rain!
Slackblast: Parading on the rain! DATE: 2022-11-15 AO: ao-the-ballroom Q: Poppins PAX: Triple Lindy OldBay FNGs: 0 COUNT: 3 WARMUP: Windmills, Pickers, Low & Slow Squats, Plank stretches... wall sits with lunge…
THE BALLROOM · NOV 1, 2022
Integrated Combat Turn-around (ICT)
Slackblast: Integrated Combat Turn-around (ICT) DATE: 2022-11-01 AO: ao-the-ballroom Q: Triple Lindy PAX: OldBay FNGs: 0 COUNT: 2 WARMUP: SSH IC x 20 MC IC x 20 A brief simulation of the “Annual Fun Run” mosey around…
THE BALLROOM · OCT 25, 2022
Live, Laugh, Love
Slackblast: Live, Laugh, Love DATE: 2022-10-25 AO: ao-the-ballroom Q: Sprocket PAX: Triple Lindy NakedAndAfraid OldBay Senator Tressel Assassin Barry Manilow Dojo Boogie Down FNGs: 0 COUNT: 9 WARMUP: “A day without…
THE BALLROOM · OCT 18, 2022
Spooky Halloween Dance Party
Slackblast: Spooky Halloween Dance Party DATE: 2022-10-18 AO: ao-the-ballroom Q: Battle Bot PAX: Triple Lindy Cohiba Band Camp Anchorman Barry Manilow Mark Nestel FNGs: 0 COUNT: 7 Today at the Ballroom, we took the AO…
THE BALLROOM · OCT 11, 2022
It's easy...All 100 Reps
Slackblast: It's easy...All 100 Reps DATE: 2022-10-11 AO: ao-the-ballroom Q: Bitcoin PAX: Triple Lindy OldBay Boogie Down Double D Anchorman fishstix Twister FNGs: 0 COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Mosey around the parking lot to…
THE BALLROOM · OCT 4, 2022
Deathly DORA
Slackblast: Deathly DORA DATE: 2022-10-04 AO: ao-the-ballroom Q: Badlands PAX: Battle Bot Triple Lindy OldBay Twister FNGs: 0 COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Mosey towards basketball court parking lot - circle up for IC warmup- SSH…
THE BALLROOM · SEP 27, 2022
Quads of Fire
WARMUP: Quick Disclaimer on ignorance of site and the need for direction we moseyed around the immediate parking lot. Windmills Slow Low Squat Moroccan Night Clubs Peter Parker Freddie Mercury Seal Jacks THE THANG…
THE BALLROOM · SEP 20, 2022
Jack of all Dora’s
WARMUP: good balls, toy soldiers, karaoke, windmills, etc THE THANG: suicides, bench work, Jack of all doras, 4 corners MARY: rotating ab exercises ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: prayers
THE BALLROOM · SEP 13, 2022
Salsa & Merengue Class
WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, (5) Burpees OYO THE THANG: At Benchwork doing Derkins, Dips, and I-Merkins; Wall Workout doing Balls to the wall and Seated Chair with Merkins; On the football field, started at…
THE BALLROOM · SEP 6, 2022
Dancing with heavy things
WARMUP: Spinner - SSH IC, Moroccan Night club, some other stuff THE THANG: mosey to the rock pile Curls Overhead presses Some other stuff Replace the rocks Mosey next to the field for some Dora Mosey to the front of…
THE BALLROOM · AUG 30, 2022
Christmas In August? How Thrilling!
WARMUP: THE THANG: 12 days of Christmas was the thang: 1-run 2- Deconstructed Burpee’s 3-Jump squats 4-LBCs 5-Diamond merkins 6-Imperial walkers 7-Rosalitas 8-Slow flutters 9-Low slow squats 10-Lunges (10 each leg)…
THE BALLROOM · AUG 16, 2022
What is this way?
WARMUP: started with the classic SSH, cherry pickers, merkins, low slow squats, finished with some hamstring and back stretching (which was amazing) THE THANG: Pearls on a string theme where we ran all over “campus” to…
THE BALLROOM · AUG 9, 2022
Webb-o-rama (moderate version?)
WARMUP: SSH Windmills Imperial Squat Walkers Mountain Climbers Merkins THE THANG: - Bomb-Jack // 3 SSH (1-4) - >> Bear crawl to next station - Big boy sit up // 3 American Hammers - >> Lunge to next station - Jack Webb…
THE BALLROOM · AUG 2, 2022
Substi-Q
WARMUP: Cousin Eddie took us through SSH, windmill, IW, Merkins. This guy is accelerating and will have a VQ next week. THE THANG: We started with a DORA, 100 merkins, 200 Dips & 300 squats. Moved to back of building…
THE BALLROOM · JUL 26, 2022
Board of Discomfort
WARMUP: A bit of light stretching THE THANG: the pax moseyed over to the board of discomfort and proceeded to execute 1/2 of the board. After every two exercises the pax ran down the hill to the weird blue hut behind…
THE BALLROOM · JUL 19, 2022
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THE BALLROOM · JUL 12, 2022
No discounts for the Coupons!
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, Imperial Walkers, LBCs THE THANG: Starfish w Bombjax at the center - 3 exercises at each of the corners. Coupons were a hit ! MARY: 5 mins at end ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood drive, CSAUP…
THE BALLROOM · JUL 5, 2022
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THE BALLROOM · JUN 28, 2022
Choose your own pain, sorta
WARMUP: the disclaimer is the warmup THE THANG: Mosey around the school, stopping for instructions written on chalk. Stops were, roughly.. West side: 1. 20x dips 2. 10x step ups/each leg South Lot (four corners): 1. 10x…
THE BALLROOM · JUN 21, 2022
Rock work and triple check
Warm up: 15 SSH 10 Windmills 15 Hillbilly walkers On your six 10 Freddy mercuries 10 crab cakes 10 Marakin night clubs Rock work: (grab rocks and mosey to field or parking lot) With each rep run halfway or full across…
THE BALLROOM · JUN 14, 2022
Sweating on the dance floor
WARMUP: With 75 degree temps and 80% humidity, a warmup wasn’t entirely necessary. We did it anyway. - Windmills (IC) - Overhead claps (IC) - Low slow squats (IC) - This is the point when YHC started to sweat - Moroccan…
THE BALLROOM · JUN 7, 2022
Rocking in the Streets
WARMUP: Mosey to rock pile THE THANG: Choose a rock from said pile and get acquainted with it. Lots of curls, overhead presses, bent over rows and some moseying thrown in for good measure. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Aren’t…
THE BALLROOM · MAY 31, 2022
Ballroom Bearcrawls
Beauty of a South Carolina Humid Sweatfest morning. Triple Lindy and Senator Tressel shook the Fartsack to get a little better. WARMUP: Dynamic with SSH, Merkins, Squats, etc with 40 yard mosey in between THE THANG…
THE BALLROOM · MAY 24, 2022
Tengo at The Ballroom
It was a thick humid morning in The Fort, but eleven HIM decided to get out of the fart sack and take their daily dose of the red pill and accelerate. FNG Red Card posted so the disclaimer was thorough and so was the…