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COLOSSEUM · TUE OCT 20
Q School at Colosseum
It was my honor and privilege to share some QSchool lessons learned with 6 of my brothers this morning. Please bookmark this backblast as you prepare your first Q. Many of us are here to assist as you plan and would…
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…
COLOSSEUM · TUE OCT 13
National burpee day
WARMUP: 20 ssh 15 Moroccan night club 15 Wind mill 15 Hill Billy walkers 15 imperial walker 15 cherry pickers THE THANG: Mosey around the school Bear crawl along the parking lot with 6 shoulder taps at every third lane…
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 · 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…
COLOSSEUM · TUE SEP 22
Benches
WARMUP: ssh, HBW, Wm, iw Mosey to flagpole at GHES. Pledge. Yoga flow- sun salutation - down dog - plank - up dog - plank - left arm high - right arm high THE THANG: mosey to benches by track 4exercises 10 step ups 10…
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 · 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…
COLOSSEUM · TUE SEP 8
Remembering the week of 9-11
WARMUP: Mosey to the elementary school side lot. COP with exercises in cadence Windmills Cherry pickers Imperial Walkers Hillbilly walkers Seal jacks Low slow squats Hold peoples chair while doing Moroccan night clubs…
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…
COLOSSEUM · TUE SEP 1
Get better!!
WARMUP: Mosey around drop off line and back to beginning of GHMS loop. THE THANG: 4 corners of stuff: (3 rounds) Station 1: 40 mtn climbers, 40 sec plank hold Station 2: 40 LBC, 40 Flutter Station 3: 40 reverse lung, 40…
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…
COLOSSEUM · TUE AUG 11
Moving up
WARMUP: ssh, iw, hbw, windmill, cherry pickers THE THANG: Mosey around TCES drop off line and back to beginning of GHMS loop. 4 corners in GHMS car line loop Station 1: 40 mtn climbers Station 2: 40 reverse lunges…
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 · 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 FORGE · WED JUL 1
1775
WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs Windmills Cherry pickers Hillbilly walkers Low slow squats Irkins Team Bermuda Triangle 2 teams, each with 3 cones marked about 30 yards apart 1 burpee at cone 1, bear crawl to cone 2, then…
COLOSSEUM · TUE JUN 30
Four corners, lots of reps
WARMUP: SSHs, IWs, WMs, Plank THE THANG: 4 corners of pain and some burpees All corners start with 50 reps each, exercises stay the same each time around – Corner 1: squats, then run to corner 2 – Corner 2: hand release…
THE FORGE · WED JUN 24
Cindyrella
WARMUP: mosey around HT stopped for SSH, windmills, moroccan nightclubs, high knees, butt kickers, shuffle and karaoke. THE THANG: 3 rounds 12 reps with a cinder block Curls OH press Twisting deadlift - stand to the…
COLOSSEUM · TUE JUN 23
Wing it
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry picker, imperial walkers, windmill THE THANG: cocaine bear crawl, Jack Webb, 4 corner workouts, 11s MARY: no time ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fort mill care center, bethels, read newsletter COT: Circle of trust
THE FORGE · SAT JUN 13
Box of Crayons
WARMUP: 103 SSH, IW, HW, yoga THE THANG: Dina Dr back and forth 5 stops down and back Exercises in cadence each time Rd 1: 5 burpees each stop Rd 2: 10 big boys Rd 3: 15 jump squats Rd 4: 10 merkins (had to start…
THE FORGE · WED JUN 10
CVS, Walgreens..What's the difference? 2 miles
WARMUP: Headed over to Walgreens for typical warm-ups (SSHs, WMs, IWs, CPs). Next we partnered up for a DORA (Merkins, Squats, LBCs). In error, I said for partner 2 to run around CVS which is 2 miles away. After the…