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419 backblasts mention “Half Shell”
COLOSSEUM · TUE JUN 9
Left or right
WARMUP: Quick SSH and cherry pickers. THE THANG: Ran to station 1 Picked either left or right Either do exercise and advance, due exercise and go back, do exercise and go back to start. MARY: Too many to count but box…
THE HIVE · FRI JUN 5
Rock The Bells!
WARMUP: Morrancan Night Clubs Baby Arm Circles Abe Vigodas Cherry Pickers Pideon Stretch Downward Dog Dog/Honeymooner SSH THE THANG: Partner Up On the gridiron 100 reps of: Curls LBCs w/ KB above chest Lunges Triceps…
COLOSSEUM · TUE JUN 2
Something different - BSTL
WARMUP: - 10 Hillbilly Walkers, - 10 Imperial Walkers - 10 Strawberry pickers, - 10 Moroccan Nightclubs - Down dog with calf stretches, to a honeymooner THE THANG: - Run down to Dave Gibson - 25 Pushups - Run up to…
THE FORGE · FRI MAY 29
Ascending Everest
WARMUP: Returned to Golden Corral COT to pay respects with Hillbilly walkers, imperial walkers, MNCs THE THANG: 5/29 1953 - Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to summit Mt. Everest 73 years ago. In…
THE FORGE · WED MAY 27
Your Family Doesn't Need You To Die For Them, They Need You To Live
WARMUP: Mosey to Ace Hardware parking lot with carioca, high knees, butt kicks, etc along the way. Circle up for Seal Jacks, IWs, HWs, Plank Jacks, plus some stretching. Mosey along Lake Vista Blvd to office park next…
THE FORGE · FRI MAY 22
Honor, Courage, Integrity
WARMUP: - Side-straddle hop, - Strawberry pickers, - Down dog with calf stretches, to a honeymooner THE THANG: Honor, Courage, Integrity 3 Corners x 20 rounds - Honor - 10 Merkins (200) - Courage - 20 Squats (400) …
COLOSSEUM · TUE MAY 19
Polka-Competition
WARMUP: 15 Moroccan night club 15 Wind mill 15 Hill Billy walkers 10 imperial walker 15 cherry pickers THE THANG: Mosey around the school CBear crawl along the parking lot with 5 shoulder taps every second line, lunge…
THE ARMORY · MON MAY 18
AMRAP @ The Armory
WARMUP: Intro and disclaimer. 1 runner and 6 of us took a mosey across Carolina Pl to the back of the supply company building. By the large antenna, we did 15 MNC, 15 Imp Walkers and 15 Hillbilly Walkers. Then mosey…
THE FORGE · FRI MAY 15
DORA and Cinderblocks 5-15
WARMUP: Cherry pickers, SSH, then a mosey to the church parking lot. THE THANG: DORA with 100 Merkins, 150 Dips, 200 Big Boys, 250 Squats. Ran to back side of Harris Teeter for wall sits and farmers carry with cinder…
THE FORGE · WED MAY 13
Escalator 4 Corner
WARMUP: Windmill, Moroccan Night Club, Strawberry 🍓 Picker, 5 Burpees THE THANG: 4 Corners with 10 Merkins, Corner (2) 10 Merkins 20 Squats Corner (3) 10 Merkins, 20 Squats, 30 Big Boy Situps, Corner (4) 10 Merkins, 20…
THE ARMORY · MON MAY 11
Two’s company, three isn’t a crowd
WARMUP: Quick mozy followed by arm circles and Moroccan night clubs THE THANG: After the warmup, Pax headed over by a light in the parking lot for interval reps. With a timer, we completed 30 seconds on followed by a 10…
SOUL TO SOLE · THU MAY 7
Miles, smiles, and a little rain
WARMUP: None, but I did theragun at home THE THANG: With a light but steady rain, four Pax set off across 160 through the office park. We then circled back and explored the sidewalks of Kingsley with good mumblechatter…
THE HIVE · FRI APR 24
Complex
WARMUP: Of course! Halo, around the world, single leg deadlift with the kettlebell a bit after some standard stuff without the bell (SSH,IW,HW) and yoga to make Coaster groan. THE THANG: Humane Burpee Clean, Reverse…
THE ARMORY · MON APR 20
Pop Culture
WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs, windmills, cherry pickers, imperial walkers Mosey for some merkins and low slow squats THE THANG: Top Gun Mjolnir The Hodor Dirty Man-Makers MARY: Man-makers for 30 seconds ANNOUNCEMENTS…
THE FORGE · FRI APR 17
Pirate Party
WARMUP: Mosey around for some awesome smells - while enjoying the smells on the backside of teeter - butt kicks, high knees, karaoke * 2, and then SSH, low slow squat, and windmill. Mosey to front of teeter. THE THANG…
THE FORGE · WED APR 15
Little bit more
Arrived on the scene early so I could mosey around the grounds and firm up my plans for the workout. Good thing to because during the pre-mosey had to alter my route and hit the gas station to make a deposit. Left…
COLOSSEUM · TUE APR 14
1912, Titanic, and Lessons Learned
WARMUP: Slow mosey around the parking lot area to the flags in front of GHES, approx 1/2 mile, then circle up for the following: - 20 SSH, 4ct - 10 WM - 15 imperial walker - 15 hillbilly walker - 15 MNC - 10 strawberry…
SOUL TO SOLE · THU APR 2
Ruck Relay Rumble
Intro, Warning Label and Welcome Given WARMUP: Mosey to the back lot for warm up shenanigans: In Cadence of 10: Hillbilly and Imeprial Walkers Cherry :cherries: Pickers and lap around Teams of 4 Assembled THE THANG: I…
THE FORGE · WED APR 1
Cherie Berry at The Forge
15 men started the day with enough elevator work to make Cherie Berry proud. Here’s what we did. Warm Up - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Plank Jacks (IC) - 10 Mountain Climbers (IC) - 10 SSHs (IC) The Thang Mosey to…
COLOSSEUM · TUE MAR 31
Webs, webs, webs
WARMUP: windmills, arm circles, low slow squat THE THANG: Mossy to big drop off loop 1 merkin 4 shoulder taps, stop at each lamp post and increase the web 2-8 for a full loop circle with ten stops ending with 10 merkins…
THE ARMORY · MON MAR 30
10 pax didn’t oversleep
WARMUP: The usual suspects. SSH, Imperial Walkers, Oyster Pickers, short mosey. THE THANG: Around the circle 5 squats/5 swings/5 curls rotate to right using another bell. 10 rounds. 11 of Derkins on Bell/One arm press…
THE HIVE · FRI MAR 27
Baseball and Boston music
WARMUP: SSH Arm circles Michael Phelps Low slow squats Catchers Broga THE THANG: Farmer carry to parking lot Planks with sandbag drag 2x Stations and Exercises (Baseball-Themed): • Home Plate – “Batter Up Swings”…
COLOSSEUM · TUE MAR 24
Improvisation Q
WARMUP: 15 Wind mill 15 Hill Billy walkers 15 cherry pickers 20 sumo Squats 20 Merkins THE THANG: Cocaine bear crawl Lunge walk Burpee bear crawl Lunge walk Squat bear crawl Running a round in front of the school. Doing…
THE ARMORY · MON MAR 23
The Armory
WARMUP: SSH, Low Slow Squat, Imperial Walker, Merkin, Peter Parker, Moroccan Nightclubs THE THANG: Grab your bells and scoot on over to the other side of the parking lot Pair up by counting off. Poppins has a lame leg…