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DAWN PATROL · TUE JUL 21
McHale’s Dawn Patrol 5, 10, 20, 10, 5
WARMUP: 5 minutes: Side straddle, hops, hillbilly walkers, windmills, cherry pickers, Moroccan nightclubs, squats, high knees THE THANG: sets 5, 10, 20, 10 and 5: Carolina dry docs, mountain climbers, Merkins, big boys…
SNAKE PIT · TUE JUL 21
4 + 2 = Pain
WARMUP: Q was late so FloatBridge ran warmup THE THANG: Lightpoles 10 swings 10 curls 10 triceps 10 squats Out and back Airborne hip flexors MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
SWEEP THE LEG · MON JUL 20
What is a Picket?
WARMUP: you’re supposed to come warmed up to Sweep the Leg THE THANG: run towards Gardenia stopping occasionally for: 5 burpees 10 merkins 15 squats 20 lbcs Or some variation of that. We added them up on the way out and…
COCKPIT · MON JUL 20
Push Through Complacency
WARMUP: SSH, down dog, honeymooner, cherry pickers, side lunges and some 5 second Merkins. THE THANG: 20,15,10,5 cinder block reps with a run after each set. Two movements to super set each other. Bench Press, Dips…
THE YARD · SAT JUL 18
Coupon at the Yard
WARMUP: - SSH - Windmill - Moroccan Night Club - Cherri Picker - Imperial Walker THE THANG: Station 1 Thrusters - Situp with Overhead Press - Side Straddle Hop - Overhead Press - Tricep Curls - Jog to next station…
THE FORT · SAT JUL 18
Blimps are fun
Another super humid morning but it was great seeing 11 other guys show up to get the day started right. Quick disclaimer then mosey around park stopping at each swing for 2 exercises. 10 counts of imperial Walker's…
RING OF FIRE · WED JUL 15
The Brickyard at ROF
Arrived early to walk around and stretch a little before the workout. A few minutes after arriving another young man showed up. Didn't recognize him so introduced myself and we started talking. Did not know this was…
THE BALLROOM · TUE JUL 14
No title, just work
WARMUP: SSH, windmill, low slow squats and broga THE THANG: Ran the light poles between the elementary and middle school. Backwards. Stopping at each light pole adding one merkin each time we stopped. Moved over to the…
COLOSSEUM · TUE JUL 14
Curb Your Enthusiasm
WARMUP: dynamic plank and broga, dynamic warmup LEs (ie: toy soldiers, lunge with twist) THE THANG: set 1 (x4 or 5 rounds): 10 dips on bench, 10 derkins on bench, 5 curb burpees, partner wheelbarrow shoulder taps x10…
SNAKE PIT · TUE JUL 14
Compounds and Snatch Test
WARMUP: briefly THE THANG: KB Compound: Start at baseline and perform 1 complex each arm of: Swing, clean, press, snatch, OH lunge, front rack squat. Carry bell up to next cone, run to opposite baseline and back to…
THE HIVE · FRI JUL 10
Very Little Chatter - Sufficient Work
WARMUP: Jog around the large lot, sans bells then a few warmup exercises. THE THANG: Upright Rows x 10 Thrusters x 10 Combine them for the full upright row-thruster.. Overhead carry the bells to opposite corner of the…
THE FORGE · FRI JUL 10
Bat-flippin’ Pharaoh
WARMUP: dynamic plank + broga THE THANG: partner work: Set 1: sit-up get up with partner pull assist x12 AND partner merkins Set 2: side plank on curb partner jump over x12 AND partner leg throws x12 Set 3: partner sled…
SLOW BURN · FRI JUL 10
Suspicious F3 Behaviour Around Lowes!
- - WARMUP: Abe Vigoda, Downward Dog, Honeymooner, Pigeon Stretch, SSH. - THE THANG: Mosey to 4 corners around Lowe's. Pain Station equipped with F3 cards. Each concentrating on 4 areas: Arms, Cardio, Core, Legs. The…
CLYDESDALES · WED JUL 8
Get out and back
WARMUP: We showed up THE THANG: A route was suggested. We ran and rucked whatever route we wanted dang it. MARY: At Clydesdales? ANNOUNCEMENTS: All of them. COT: Open up and share at COT. We all have S@#t going on.
COCKPIT · WED JUL 8
BRILGA
WARMUP: SSH, dynamic plank/broga THE THANG: mosey to field, partner push 2x20 yards, partner wheelbarrow 2x20 yards railroad ties - jump over, pax on ground complete Superman’s then flutters; railroad ties- side shuffle…
THE FORGE · WED JUL 8
Carrying the burdens
WARMUP: Disclaimer announced and off to Grace Presbyterian lot Plank until all pax arrived and moved into exercises Windmills x 10 I/C Cherry pickers x 10 I/C Imperial walkers x 10 I/C Hillbilly Walkers x 10 I/C Merkins…
THE BALLROOM · TUE JUL 7
The Ballroom Playbill
The Quad: 4 PAX. Small enough to be an intimate dinner party; strong enough to reshape the concrete. The Main Event: Four Corners. Because why just run in a straight line when you can suffer at every cardinal…
SNAKE PIT · TUE JUL 7
Hills, bells, Cindy’s… A two-man show at the pit
WARMUP: the usual suspects THE THANG: we ran out of time with this somewhere during round 6 Circuit: Each round, do exercise at each station… every time you pass the base, grab Cindie & do manmakers. MOT up hill is NUR…
SWEEP THE LEG · MON JUL 6
Persevere because others are counting on you
YHC was honored to have the Q at SLT and wanted to bring a side of hills to match the main course of heat and humidity. The Pax were game so we did it and thus started the day up 1:0. WARMUP: Run to the bottom of GHES…
COCKPIT · MON JUL 6
Cockpit Circuits, wait, what?
The basic rundown of this morning's workout was to sprint (or run) approximately 400m then do a series of exercises, in reps 10, 15, or 20. WARMUP: 400m jog to the bottom of the hill Side Straddle Hops, Squats, Butt…
COCKPIT · SAT JUL 4
‘Merica 250
WARMUP: 5 Burpees THE THANG: Flipped off King George, as well as 13 Colony inspired exercises for a rep count of 1776 MARY: She slept in ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your various newsletters COT: Remembered what our fore fathers…
DAWN PATROL · FRI JUL 3
Time Check Site Q!
WARMUP: Abe Vigoda, Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, Downward Dog, Honeymooners, Pideon Stretch THE THANG: Mosey to Pain Station #1 in front of Hotel. F3 cards focused on arms. Pick a card and tell Pax how & when you were…
THE FORGE · FRI JUL 3
250th Birthday Party
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Picker, Hilly Billy and Imperial walkers THE THANG: DORA with 250 reps of Merkins, Squats, LBC running part was around the Harris teeter parking lot and we worked in front of the firework stand…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU JUL 2
Deck of Cards - Habits
WARM UP: SIDE STRADDLE HOP = 15 IMPERIAL WALKER = 15 MOROCCAN NIGHT CLUB = 15 CHERRY PICKER = 15 LOW SLOW SQUAT = 15 DECK OF CARDS WORKOUT / 4 PART WORKOUT / 13 CARDS PER PART / 1 EXERCISE PER CARD: NUMBER OF REPS =…