Author: Chaplain

Five strong assembled at Bettie Weaver Elementary for another beatdown that we like to call Twin Team. Spirits were high as we eagerly anticipated another 45 minutes of fun in the gloom. Here is a summary for you viewing pleasure:

Mosey to the basketball court for Warm-up:
-Don Quixotes, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, LBC’s, Hand Release Merkins, Dead Man Hang.

Mosey to the hill near the baseball field for Exercise 1:

One PAX traverses across the hill doing Gorilla Killers (Killer Gorillas?), then running back. Other PAX completed exercises together for the duration. Rotate to the next person and repeat.

Exercises completed included: Squats, Plank Jacks, Carolina Dry Docks, Hold Elbow Plank, Jump Squats, Lt. Dans, Flutter Kicks, Alternating Shoulder Taps, Dying Baby Cockroaches and Freddie Mercuries.

Mosey to the BWE track/field for Exercise Two:

Complete 4 times around the square field, alternative exercises on each side,
Round 1: Bear Crawl, Side Shuffle, Bear Crawl, Side Shuffle.
Round 2: Lunge Walk, Butt Kicks, Lunge Walk, Butt Kicks
Round 3: Broad Jump, Carioke, Broad Jump, Carioke
Round 4: Crab Walk, High Knees, Crab Walk, High Knees.

Mosey to the front of the school for 20 count Heals to Heaven, Incline Merkins, and Dips.

Back to the Flag for numbers, names, and announcements.

YHC took us out.

Final Thoughts:

We had some excellent individual performances today.

I did not realize Bullseye was so strong at bear crawling – very impressive.

Did Offshore play basketball back in the day? He seemed to be way out in front on the broad jump section.

Crash was flexing his numbers knowledge – young man has a bright future.

Doozy was Doozy – he’s fast.

I enjoyed leading! Make it a great one.

At 5:30 am, the Twin Team crew rolled in 6 deep. Light skies and ideal weather conditions left little doubt that a good time would be had by all. The following is a summary for your viewing pleasure:

Mosey to the baseball field for Warmarama:

Don Quixotes, Arm Circles, Russian Soldiers, Helicopters, Hand Release Merkins, LBC’s, Dead Man Hang and Wilson’s wife.

Mosey to the track for Exercise One:

The Merkin Mile – After each lap, do 20 Merkins. Run the straightaways, Striders on the curves.
Trying to keep up with Doozy on this one proved futile.

Mosey to the Football Practice Field for Exercise Two:

After some fuzzy math by YHC, we did a Triple Check
– Pole Smokers
-Jump Squats
-Lunge Walk to the Soccer Goal, Bernie Back.

Mosey to the hill at the back of the parking lot for Exercise Three:
Bear Crawl up the hill, pivot right, and do 2 Broad Jump Burpees, Crawl Bear Down, pivot right, then 2 Broad Jump Burpees…………worked our way across the hill.
Probation appeared to be flying through this particular exercise.

Back to the flag for Names/Numbers.

Announcements: Convergence on Memorial Day at Tredegar.
River Run is back! For those interested in getting some hilly mileage – Mondays at Bettie Weaver Elementary (5:30am).

YHC took us out.

Great work everyone! This definitely ended up being a bit of a leg day. Way to push through.

In classic SOJ fashion, we thought someone had locked us in the track. After pushing the gate open, we realized this was not the case.

Make it a great one.

The air was cold, the owl was hooting, and the time was right for another exercise adventure………Twin Team style. To the best of my knowledge, this is what transpired.

Mosey to the front of BWES for Warm-Up:
-Don Quixotes
-Russian Soldiers
-Arm Circles
-Helicopters
-Cherry Pickers
-Incline Merkins
-Alabama Prom Dates
-LBC’s
-Dead Man Hang

Exercise One: Indigenous People’s Curb Crawl.
Man in the back breaks off for 20 plank jacks. We circumnavigated the island in front of the school.

Mosey to Twin Team Road/Hill for Exercise Two:
Run up the hill, 2 burpees at each driveway.
Run down, 5 WWII sit ups at each driveway.

-Wilson’s wife for some recovery. Mosey to the James River High field hockey field.

Exercise Three: Triple Check
-Lunge Walk across the field, run back.
-Flutter kicks
-Plank Shoulder taps

Back to the flag for numbers and names.

Announcements: Blood drive coming up. Relay in Hanover this weekend.
YHC took us out.

Final Observations: It’s been awhile since I made it up Twin Team hill – that thing is a beast! Great performances by the PAX this morning. In typical fashion, Doozy dusted us going up the hill. Very impressed with Crash Test Dummy – 18 years old and posting multiple times per week. Respect to you both.

In front of BWES there is a large boulder that says “Stay Positive.” I shamelessly used that as the theme of the workout and title of the backblast.

Make it a great one!

Suboptimal weather conditions could not prevent the Doozy/Chaplain combo from dominating at Twin Team, and at life in general. The teenagers streaming in for early morning practice, and the random dude walking his dog can testify to my account.

Mosey to the high school in search of shelter.

Warm ups: Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Don Quixote’s, LBC’s.

Exercise 1: 7 rounds up and down the covered sidewalk area.
-Bear Crawl, 25 Hello Dollies
-Plank Walk, 25 Rosalita’s
-Crawl Bear, 25 Freddie Mercury’s
-Flying Nun, 25 WWII’s
-Broad Jumps, 25 Heals to Heaven
-Fiddler Crabs, 25 LBC’s
-Bearpies, 25 Alabama Prom Dates.

*Might have mixed a couple of these up.

Exercise 2: Dora
Partner up to complete 100 Hand Release Merkins, 200 Copperhead Squats, 300 Gorilla Humpers. Alternate running up the parking lot to the light and back.

Audibled out of my planned hill workout due to mud

Mosey to the back of Bettie Weaver for running drills:

Up and back – Bernie Sanders, Side Shuffles, Carioke, Butt Kicks.

Back to the Flag for Numbers/Names/Announcements. YHC took us out in prayer.

Enjoyed some great conversations with Doozy this morning. The weather was a little crazy, but we made it work. There are actually a lot of people rolling into James River High School at this early hour. Pretty sure seeing us Gorilla Humping was amongst the highlights of their week.

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