Author: Chum Bucket

A PAX of five posted for last night’s Punisher with one arriving via bus, another by car, and three on foot. Form a circle and complete 25 x Imaginary Jump Ropes, 15 x Imperial Walkers, 15 x Don Quixotes, 15 x Helicopters, 10 x Merkins, 20 x Flutter Kicks, and a few Arm Circles.

Begin team Bearimeter of Linwood Holton Elementary school building in counterclockwise direction. Break into teams with one guy Bear Crawling while another completes one Burpee and ten Side Straddle Hops followed by a mosey to catch the crawler. Switch. One crawl rotation done and stop at the supply shed on the southeast side of the school. Grab lengths of galvanized pipe stored under the shed for some light weightlifting with 25 x Overhead Presses, 25 x Curls, 25 x Straight Arm Shoulder Raises, and 25 x Squats. Complete three rounds.

Resume Bearimeter, again alternating Crawls and other exercises around the shrubs and down the bus loop. Find a curb and complete some Captain Morgan Squats (one leg on the curb), side lunge across the pavement, and complete additional Squats on the other curb with the other leg in higher position. Repeat. Change directions. Repeat.

Solo Bear Crawl to the blacktop playground. Four corners with 15 x LBCs, 20 x Single Count Back Lunges, 25 x WWII Sit Ups, and 30 x Box Cutters.

Group Bear Crawl with PAX taking turns counting 15 hand placements then flip over for 20 x LBCs. Repeat for an estimated four rounds working our way from the playground to the outdoor classroom on the northwest corner of the school. Find a spot on the picnic tables and complete five rounds of 25 dips.

Line up adjacent to the table area. One guy completes 20 Bear Crawl hand placements while the others hold Al Gore position. When the crawler is done, we mosey to him and another guy starts a crawl. Complete several rounds, making it back to the Huttonmobile. Finish with a few minutes of stretching, then COT.

Nice work guys. Good seeing everyone.

Planning to relocate next week’s Punisher to a brewery near Scott’s Addition. As of this post, we’re tentatively thinking about Bingo Beer Company. We’ll meet there, take a brief run to Monument Avenue to view a Christmas light installation or two and run back for a beverage. Details to follow.

Four posted for the pre-Thanksgiving Punisher offering. Short mosey off the pavement and into the grass for COP with a few of our favorites. Resume mosey and complete a Lindsay. Follow that with a round of 11s. Continue with a little wall work. Additional mosey minutes built into the program along with some rounds of Merkins. Find grass again for a bit of stretching and COT.

Hope everyone had a fine holiday.

Four posted for the most recent Punisher. Warmup in the front school yard with the usual. EMOM #1 – complete 5 Burpees, 10 Donkey Kicks and about a 40 yard run and hold People’s Chair each minute for 10 minutes. Jack Webb with 1 Merkin to 4 Overhead Press ratio – begin at 1:4 and continue past the usual stopping point to 12:48. EMOM #2 – 5 Squats, 5 WWII Sit Ups, 25 LBCs, and 5 Jump Squats then hold Al Gore each minute for 10 minutes. Plank-A-Rama for a few minutes, stretch for a few, and YHC took us out.

Seven PAX posted for the first “fall back” Punisher. Mosey around the parking lot and into the grass near the western entrance to LHES for warm up with 30 x SSHs, 20 x Helicopters, 15 x Don Quixotes, 15 x Hillbillies, 10 x Shoulder Taps, 10 x Suzanne Somers (each side), 25 x Freddie Mercury(s), and 10 x Arm Circles (big only, forward and reverse).

Move to the parking lot entrance. Ten Merkins at the closest light pole. Mosey north along Hermitage Road to the next light pole for 10 Imaginary Jump Ropes. Repeat sequence, working north along Hermitage to Nottoway Avenue, then cross the street and return south doing the same. Finished 26 poles, 13 rounds of each exercise.

Return to the school and find a spot along the western wall. Complete seven Donkey Kicks and move into Balls to the Wall position and the first guy counts down from 10. Continue with six Donkey Kicks and 10 count BTTW. Continue, reducing the number of kicks, but continuing to count to 10 after each kick round. Finish with one and 10.

Mosey to the front parking lot and grab Tater 1 and Tater 2 (twin 50 pound kettlebells to be based at GridIron soon and donated by Tater). Break into two groups. One guy completes four weighted Squats then completes a carry of their choice of one of the taters across the parking lot and back. The other guys knock out LBCs. Repeat another round with Squats. Final round with one Upright Row with a four second hold, then carry. LBCs for the others.

Finish with two tater carry with walking Shrugs. Remaining PAX hold Plank while two guys carry, complete unweighted Overhead Presses while two others carry, Reverse Plank while two more carry, and Elbow Plank for the final carry. Finish with a few minutes of stretching. COT and YHC took us out.

Good showing tonight. Welcome back Offshore. Glad to see everyone.

Announcements:

Day after Thanksgiving Forest Hill Loop Challenge – 7 AM start for a loop per hour until goal or quit – TYA coordinating.

First Friday in December – nighttime ruck, then second F around fire pit – watch for details

Loose plan for First Monday in December – relocate Punisher to Scott’s Addition – to do Christmas light run to Monument and back to S.A. for second F.

Three posted for the last Punisher of September 2021. Warmup with some of the usual. Mary-basaed Lindsay (40s) broken up with Bear Crawl, Back Pedal, Lunge Walk, and Run. Ten rounds of 20 Dips on the outside tables. Triple Check at the wall. Mary and stretching. COT. Those of you there – you were there, it’s official.

Four posted for the most recent Punisher. Mosey from the sunny parking lot to the nearby shade for startup COP with SSHs, IWs, DQs, Helicopters, Shoulder Taps, Suzanne Somers, and Freddie Mercuries.

Move to the area adjacent to the school wall and begin Cumulative Short Field Beast running east to the sidewalk at the edge of the school grounds and back, completing six reps of the first exercise at each of three stops out and three stops back. Round two, repeat the first exercise and add the second exercise at each stop. And so on. Exercises were Reverse Crunches, Two Count Mountain Climbers, Forward Lunges, Imaginary Jump Ropes, Carolina Dry Docks, and Two Count Standing Overhead Presses.

Relocate 25 yards from the Beast finish and circle up for five rounds of five WWIIs each. Hop up and complete Bat Wings – in cadence completion of 20 Small Forward Arm Circles, 20 Small Backward Arm Circles, 20 Seal Claps, and 20 Overhead Claps.

Mosey back to the parking lot and YHC took us out.

Three posted for the August 16th Punisher. Warmup on the lawn. Burpee Escalator in the parking lot. Triple check variations until time called. COT.

Three posted for the first Punisher of August (yes, this posting is late). Mosey to the tall grass on the west side of Holton Elementary for a warmup COP with a few of our favorites.

Relocate to the school wall for an abbreviated Merkin Ladder. Complete one Merkin and jog a small loop around nearby foliage and back. Add one rep each time up to 13.

Mosey around the school to the front school wall facing Laburnum Avenue. Complete eight minutes of 10 Donkey Kicks, 30 SSHs, and a few seconds of rest to finish out each minute.

Jog into the grass for 10 rounds of Dealer’s Choice leg exercises as we took turns selecting without duplication and completed 20 reps of each exercise called. Relocate to another grassy spot nearby and completed the same – 10 rounds of 20 reps – but with core exercises, also without duplication.

Stretch and COT.