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THE FORGE · FRI OCT 16
4 Corner EMOM avoiding the Harry Teeter dumpster juice
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, down dog, honey mooners, pigeon then mosey the long way to the back side of Harris Teeter. THE THANG: 4 corners EMOM behind Harris Teeter Four stations each with a different exercise listed…
THE FORGE · WED OCT 14
Getting Jacked at The Forge
Came a little early to scout the area and select our spots for pain. Awesome weather, plan in place, time to work. WARMUP: Stayed in COT with the usual suspects THE THANG: Moseyed over to my vehicle to grab one of my…
THE FORGE · FRI OCT 9
Funday Friday at the Forge
WARMUP: Side straddle Hop, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Windmills, Morrocan Night Clubs THE THANG: Mosey to Tire Shop_3 Exercises for 3 Rounds. Dips, Step Ups, Calf Raises_30 reps…Repeat above…
THE FORGE · WED OCT 7
Shoulders Where Forged
WARMUP: 20 SSH, 15 Hillbilly’s, 15 Potato Pickers, 10 Windmills and 15 Imperial Walkers THE THANG: Moseyed over to the church parking lot beside an awesome pumpkin patch. Partner up and do sets of 100 reps split between…
THE FORGE · FRI OCT 2
Feig Meter säckleschmeißa
WARMUP: - 15 Windmills - 15 Moroccan Nightclubs - 15 Hillbilly Walkers - 15 Imperial Walkers - 15 Cherry Pickers THE THANG: - Mosey 1 lap around the HT - Bear crawl across the parking lot - Lunge walk accross the…
THE FORGE · FRI SEP 25
Forge!
Dojo was a no go so he handed the Q stick to me. Tired from two previous Qs this week, the plan was limited running and more strength training. Quick warm-up then we headed to The Wall for 3 rounds Erkins, dips, and…
THE FORGE · WED SEP 23
Consistency in the Gloom
WARMUP: Yes, we did some warm uppy things THE THANG: Moseyed over to the church pavillion for most of the workout 3 rounds of Step-ups -- good form, 10 R/10L interspersed with varied Merkins in cadence (Irkins, Derkins…
THE FORGE · FRI SEP 18
4 quarters of pain
WARMUP: SSH, LSS, mosey, some Broga THE THANG: moseyed over to side of Harris Teeter (for a little contact high :flushed:) Wall sit as one Pax ran to concrete and did 3 burpees, halfway through changed to balls to the…
THE FORGE · WED SEP 16
Double Cindy
WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, side lunge, tempo merkin into broga THE THANG: AMRAP - 15 min Rev snow angels x5 Merkins x10 Squats x15 2 big laps with 2 burpees in between DORA with Cindy 50 thrusters 100 swings 100 rows…
THE FORGE · FRI SEP 11
Rememberence
WARMUP: 9 exercises of 11 counts per started and ended with burpees THE THANG: Atempt to get 10 rounds of the following 34 step ups, 28 Merkins/derkins ors irkins, 18 big boy situps, bear crawl length of building. We…
THE FORGE · WED SEP 9
Running at the forge
WARMUP: - 20 Side Straddle Hops - 15 Windmills - 15 Moroccan Nightclubs - 15 Hillbilly Walkers - 15 Imperial Walkers - 15 Cherry Pickers - 15 Low & Slow Squats THE THANG: Mosey 1 lap around the HT ● Bear crawl across…
THE FORGE · FRI SEP 4
BRR warm up
WARMUP: Yog or jog. I dont know if I pronouncing this correctly. A lap around the parking lot. SSH Imperials Hillbillies Cherry pickers Windmills Peter Parker’s Parker Peter’s Plank it out! THE THANG: DORA 100 merkins…
THE FORGE · FRI AUG 28
Lawn Ornament Weights
WARMUP: SSH / Cherry Pickers / 5 Windmills (crowd wasn't happy with the low quantity) / one lap around the lot dodging geysers. THE THANG: AMRAP CIRCUIT. 5 pairs of PAX. One pair leaves to do a lap with Cindys, Sandbags…
THE FORGE · WED AUG 26
The Smokin Corners
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Imperial Walkers – 15 IC Hillbilly Walkers – 15 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC Cheese Shredder Mosey around the parking lot The Thang: 1. 4 Corners…
THE FORGE · FRI AUG 21
Full-body at The Forge
9 men survived The Forge this morning. Here’s what we did: Warm Up: - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 Windmills (IC) - 10 SSHs (IC) The Thang Long Loop Mosey behind HT and back to Starting Point…
THE FORGE · WED AUG 19
Mambo number 9
WARMUP: SSH Imp Walkers Moroccan nightclubs Michael Phelps Squats Merkins Broga THE THANG: Ladder interval up downs Merkins and Squats MOT Bear Crawk LBC Jump Squats MOT Lunges Dora with shared bag Merkins Big boys Imp…
THE FORGE · FRI AUG 14
Ring Around the Rosie
WARMUP: ## 1. DYNAMIC WARMUP (10-12 min) - Imperial Walkers x10 IC - Bend & Reach x10 IC -Windmill x10 IC - Short warmup jog **20 yards, non-stop, down and back:** - High knees - Butt kickers - Walking world's greatest…
THE FORGE · WED AUG 12
A VQ and Lessons in Teamwork
Eagle Claw's VQ!!! WARMUP: Eagle Claw led. Start right at COT, no mosey, circle up for: - 20 SSH - 10 WM - 10 IW - 10 MNC - 10 cherry pickers Everything 4 count as usual. Then mosey over to the nearby Grace Presbyterian…
THE FORGE · FRI AUG 7
Old school hard work
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, nightclubs, down dog, honey mooners mosey to apartments and did flutters and gas pumpers. Mosey down to the day care. THE THANG: DORA 100 merkins 200 big boys 300 SSH Run up hil to fire…
THE FORGE · FRI AUG 7
Old school hard work
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, nightclubs, down dog, honey mooners mosey to apartments and did flutters and gas pumpers. Mosey down to the day care. THE THANG: DORA 100 merkins 200 big boys 300 SSH Run up hil to fire…
THE FORGE · FRI JUL 31
Taser!
WARMUP: SSH, windmills, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, Moroccan nightclubs, mosey to west side of parking lot (wall by first national. THE THANG: Thang 1: 7’s Merkins at the bottom of the “hill” (in parking lot )…
THE FORGE · FRI JUL 24
10 Days to School
WARMUP: 20 SSH, 10 Hillbilly Walkers, 10 Goofballs THE THANG: Backblast – The Forge Q: Jason Workout: Ladder to 10 Distance: Just under 4 miles Great work by everyone who showed up at The Forge this morning. The focus…
THE FORGE · WED JUL 22
Prison Break
Lap around the parking lot, back to the parking spaces behind COT. Each Pax stayed inside there parking space and performed a series of exercises. Once completed, we ran a lap and began another set of exercises. The…
THE FORGE · FRI JUL 17
Partners in the Gloom
WARMUP: little COP for warm up with 4-6 exercises and 1burpee for Slapshot THE THANG: Mosey to apartments and lunge 50 yards Mosey to Tiny Time day care for some DORA Lots of stops along the way for Monkey Humpers Mosey…