Author: Bodo’s

  • Explosively!

    9 hooligans gathered in the gloom for 45 minutes of Mary. Here’s how it happened:

    COP: SSH // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Copperhead Squats // Plank Jacks // Froggers // Carolina Dry Docks // LBCs // American Hammers

    Big Bang: Plank in a circle, shoulder to shoulder, with a headlamp at the center. On the YHC’s command, the pax EXPLOSIVELY jumps up from plank position, runs 10 paces, performs 10 burpees, then runs back to the circle to plank position // Next Round: 20 paces, 20 Jump Squats // Round 3: 30 paces, 30 merkins // Round 4: 40 paces, 40 Monkey Humpers // Round 5: 50 paces, 50 WW2s. Back to plank position for Pickle pounders IC.

    Wall-O-Rama: A reprise from DTH’s Hoedown Q on Monday, enjoy some painful rounds against the wall. Round 1: “Dirty HookUp” x20 IC (plank facing wall, place each hand up on wall, then bring them back down, 4ct, alternate hand order half-way through). People’s Chair // Round 2: Donkey KicksDonkey Kick-Offs (Counting up by x5 reps per set with 5 seconds of rest with feet on wall between sets …ascended to x20 DK’s). People’s Chair. // Round 3: Chicken Peckers x20 IC. Mosey to field.

    Chutes & Ladders: Run two trees, perform 5 merkins. Bernie Sanders back one tree, then run two more trees, perform 5 merkins. Rinse and repeat to the last tree. // Round 2: Same program with LBCs. // Round 3: Same program with Burpees. Mosey to Monkey Bars.

    Pull-Up Circle: The Pax encircles the bars and performs Dips, LBCs and Incline merkins as each member takes turns performing 5 pull ups. Mosey back to the flag.

    Numberama, Namerama, COT.

    NMS: Some highlights of today: Handshake cannot begin an AO without making a comment on YHC’s outfit, but thanks to TYA all attention was quickly shunted to mocking his Lululemon pants. // The pax enjoyed YHC’s insistence that we jump from plank position EXPLOSIVELY, even as Saab’s definition of explosively resembled a man getting off the ground after being gored by a bull // Speaking of bovine, Hitchhiker sounds like a cow in labor while doing the wall-o-rama // After the COT, we returned to mocking TYA’s pants. A good inclusio for the AO.

    Great work gents!

  • Six Men in the Dark

    6 of us showed up this morning to a Q-less AO and the bright moon as our only light (well, except for Hitchhiker’s headlamp). Got the hot potato going, starting with Doozy.

    COP, then Doozy’s standby Mankiller, which should be renamed Calfkiller.

    Pass to Hitchhiker. Dora: one partner run to the far end of the blacktop. 100 merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 squats.

    Pass to Flipper, stay on the blacktop. Bearcrawl to Fence, 10 Donkey Kicks, Crabwalk back // Partner carry to fence, 10 Buya Merkins, Partner carry back // Partner run to fence, 10 Donkey kicks, run back, while other partner is balls to the wall

    Pass to Bodos, mosey to the field. Triple Check, Partner 1: Run to the Bars for 5 pull ups, run back // Partner 2: Dips on the bench // Partner 3: Flutter kicks

    Relay race on the field, teams of 3. Run to the soccer goal, 5 burpees, run back, tag the next guy. Mountain climbers while waiting.

    Pass to Corned Beef, mosey back to blacktop. Triple check. 2 guys Partner Leg Toss, 1 guy run to the fence and back.

    Mosey back to the flag for a quick Mary.

    Numberama, Namerama, COT.

  • Agape in the Gloom

    9 of us gathered as the thermometer read 22 degrees, but it felt like 70 and sunny. A massive Sprinter van pulled up which we assumed would double our pax, but it was only Hardywood. Here’s how it went down:

    COP in Amphitheater: SSH // Cherry Pickers // DQs (not SSH as YHC called which created much chaos) // Lt.Dans // Imperial Walkers // LBCs // Plank // Elbow Plank // Side Plank Leg Lifts, alternating sides // Merkins

    Dora: 100 Box Jumps // 200 Merkins (alternating Decline/Incline Merkins) // 300 2-count Flutter Kicks.

    On the Wall: Wall Sits // Chicken Peckers // Donkey Kicks. Mosey to Stage.

    Triple Check with Coupons: Parter 1: WW2 with coupon // Parter 2: Squat with coupon // Partner 3: Run with coupon down into the bowl and up to the other side, Hallelujah Run back with Coupon above head

    Mosey back to the flag. Numberama, Namerama

    NMS: Love being out there in the cold with you guys. Seal Team folks everywhere, had some fun mocking, but mostly just intensified our appreciation for one another. Reflected on the need more than ever for the “beloved community” that MLK spoke of. We have a taste of it in the pax, YHC challenged us to invite at least one guy into the pax in the next year that is of a different race, culture, political view, etc. There was some talk of having a Newbie workout – maybe someone (Swirly?) could organize that.

    “The end is reconciliation; the end is redemption; the end is the creation of the beloved community. It is this type of spirit and this type of love that can transform opposers into friends. The type of love that I stress here is not eros, a sort of esthetic or romantic love; not philia, a sort of reciprocal love between personal friends; but it is agape which is understanding goodwill for all men. It is an overflowing love which seeks nothing in return. It is the love of God working in the lives of men. This is the love that may well be the salvation of our civilization.” MLK

  • Hip Hip Hooray , It’s National Bagel Day

    January 15th is National Bagel Day, and given that YHC was named after a famous bagel shop, a bagel-themed workout seemed appropriate (and weird).

    COP: SSH // DQ // Helicopters // Russian Soldiers // Copperhead Squats // Plank // Merkins // LBCs. Finally, spell out “THE JOY OF YIDDISH” with your legs, which is the first book that mentioned Bagels, c. 1610.

    BAGEL CRAWL : Circling one of the carillon circles, Bear Crawl into the center of the bagel, 5 merkins, Crawlbear back. // Round 2: Crabwalk into the bagel hole, 5 merkins, crabwalk back. // Round 3: Polar Bear into the bagel hole, 5 merkins, Polar bear backwards back.

    BAGEL BOWL: Mosey to “mixing bowl” behind the amiptheater. 11s. 1 Burpee on one side, run into and out of the mixing bowl to the other side, 10 WW2s, run back into the mixing bowl out to the original side, 2 Burpees, and so on.

    BAGEL RACK: Mosey to Rusty Cage. Round 1: 5 Pull ups, 7 Body Pulls, 10 Dips. // Round 2: 5 Abyss Merkins, 7 Toes to Bar, 10 Hanging Crunches // Round 3: 5 Merkins, 5 Reverse Crunches, 5 Burp-ups.

    Mosey back to the Flag for Numberama, Namerama, and bagels.

    Announcements: DTH desperately desires a few more to sign up for custom shirts by midnight tonight. Buy one for your kids, your mother in law, your dog. Also, lots of bagel shops have giveaways today, tell all your friends. Great to welcome Kotter from Cville and welcome back JTB after a few years.

    NMS: YHC had planned to do the mixing bowl 11s with 1 Burpee + 10 WW2s on one side, then run to the other to do 2 Burpees + 9 WW2s, but called a quick change in response to pax grumbling (ahem, Handshake). Should have stuck with my original plan, as the revised version added a lot more running and cut short my additional bagel workout program.

    More importantly than National Bagel Day, Jan 15 is also Dr Martin Luther King’s birthday. Here’s a good one of his for today: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

    Awesome as always to start the day with you guys in the true gloom!!

  • Happy November, Let’s Destroy Our Arms

    It’s the beginning of November, and that means the beginning of the Merkin Challenge, and that means a great day to have a shoulders/arms/chest/back beatdown. Here’s how it went down:

    COP:SSHx25//Helipcopterx5//DQx10//Emperial Walkersx10//Russian Soldiersx10//LBCsx25// Crabcakesx10//Merkinsx10 (all in cadence)

    Carrillon Field: Bearcrawl the width, 10 merkins, Crawlbear back // Polarbear across and back // Wheelbarrow across, 10 merkins, switch and come back

    Big Triangle Loop: Run to the bottom, Bernie Sanders back up the hill, American Hammersx10//Squatsx10//Merkinsx10. 3 Loops (audible on 5 loops called after YHC realized we would be there til noon). PAX did 10 werkins and 10 diamonds as we waited for the six

    Rusty Cage: partner up, 10 pull ups//10 jerkins x3.

    Amphitheater: Start at the top step with 18 V-Ups. Shifted to WW2s at Step 15, shifted to LBCs at step 10. // 5 Box Jump Burpees at the bottom as we waited for the six. // Back up the Steps with Incline Merkins, 1 on Step 1, 2 on Step 2, and so forth, for a total of 170 Incline Merkins.

    COP for the six, core exercises.

    Sprint back to the flag. Numerama, Namerama. COT

    NMS: So great to see Double Bag and Loveseat post today! Also Tadpole from Connecticut. It was an awesome temperature and so fun to be out there with all of you. I’m not entirely sure how many merkins we did, but I believe it was 300 if you count the jerkins (is that allowed?).

    SYITG.

  • Please adjust my balls

    A Fabulous Five gathered at Hoedown to start a new week. Here’s how it went down:

    COP: SSHx25 // DQx20 // Helicoptersx10 // Armcirclesx15, Reverso // Lutinent Dans x10 // Merkins x10 // LBCsx15

    Mosey to Third Church back parking lot

    Four Corners: VUpsx10 // Hand Release Merkins x20 // Jump Squats x30 // WW2s x40.

    Suicide Burpees: Run to the first parking line line, do 1 Burpee. Run back to the curb. Run to the second parking lot line, do 2 Burpees. And so forth, up to 10.

    HUNGRY HIPPPOS: One man in each corner, crab walk to the center at which was stationed a baby pool filled with plastic balls, grab as many balls as possible, bear crawl back to the corner and desposit balls in bucket. Repeat for 5 minutes.

    Mosey back to Tuckahoe lot.

    COP: Flutterkicksx25 // American Hammersx25// LBCsx25

    Namerama, COT.

    NMS: YHC attempted a competitive game of human hungry hippos that devolved into chaos, much because the game was ill conceived by YHC, but also because Upchuck and Handshake were overtaken by their competitive instincts. YHC did not give precise instructions about how many balls were permitted for each trip to the center, which resulted in Upchuck stuffing all his clothing and orifices with as many balls as possible. This also resulted in many amusing quotes of the day, such as “Please adjust my balls,” “The balls are touching my nipples,” and “The sweaty balls are stuck to my back.” YHC will never attempt this again. Nor will YHC report to his church youth department that the church’s plastic balls were employed in this way.

    Also, great to have Viral back!!

  • Back to School Special

    17 gathered in the gloom at 45MOM this morning. In honor of all our kids returning to school, YHC decided to organize our routines around modifications of classic playground recess games. Here’s how it went down:

    COP: SSHx25 // DQx20 // Helicoptersx10 // LBCsx15 // American Hammersx15 // Crabcakesx15

    1st Playground Game: HOT LAVA: Triple Check. Partner 1: Hot Lava (Abyss) Merkins // Partner 2: WW2s on the tables // Parter 3: 2-count High Kneesx50

    2nd Playground Game: FOUR SQUARE: Teams of 4 in each 4-square court, 1 guy in each square. 10 merkins, then shuffle counter clockwise to the next square. 10 wide grip merkins, then shuffle. 10 diamond merkins, then shuffle. 10 hitchhikers.

    3rd Playground Game: STEAL THE BACON: Mosey to the field. YHC calls out a number 1 through 10, Pax then sprints to the tree of said number, performs said number of burpees, then sprints back to the start line. YHC then calls another number, and so forth.

    4th Playground Game: DODGEBALL: Mosey to tennis courts, divide into 2 teams. Classic Dodgeball. If hit, run to the end of the courts, perform 5 burgess, run back and re-join the game. Team wins with most number of players on the court at the end of the time. Pax played 2 games, both games tied. Trophies for everyone!

    Mosey back to the Flag for COP: LBCs // Heels to Heaven // Rosalitas // 6 inches

    COT: Numberama, Namerama. YHC took us out.

    NMS: It was pretty dark for dodgeball, but just light enough to see the ball whizzing toward your face. Good fun all around. Welcome Shaka from Charleston, evacuated here for the hurricane. Prayers for you and Charleston. Great work men!

  • Two guys running

    Flipper and Bodos ran from ET to Dogpile. After Dogpile, we ran back to ET. It was awesome.

  • Hitting Trees with Swirly

    13 Strong posted this morning for W Dog. Here’s how it went down:

    Mosey to Lower Slip Road for COP: SSHx25 // DQx10 // Helicoptersx10 // Arm-circlesx10/Reverso // Merkinsx15 // LBCsx15 // Crabcakesx15

    Love Hill: Partner up, one man runs up hill to the amphitheater and back. Other partner rotates through lunges // broad jump burpees // bear crawl

    Mosey to Amphitheater: Box Jump Burpees on first step. 10/5/3/2/3

    Mosey to Rusty Cage: 8 Pull ups // 16 Plank Jacks // 24 LBCs, run to the hydrant and back. repeat 3x.

    Last round: 10 Body Pulls // 20 Froggers // 30 Reverse Crunches.

    Mosey back to the Flag: Announcements, numberama, namerama. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Love Hill was dark as the inside of a cow. Swirly and I ran into a tree together that had fallen across the road; it was a very bonding experience. There was some grumbling about running Love Hill all the way to the amphitheater, but all did well. Kudos to Toga for his throwback Rusty Cage routine, a great comprehensive workout for the whole body. Also, Fireman Ed and Handshake wore matching blue cut-off t shirts and black shorts. It was very cute.

    F3 teaches us to move into the pain. Everything required of us today that is good — the hard conversation at work, the parenting of difficult children, the loving of a wife or roommate — all requires that we renounce self-interest and move into and toward the pain. In doing so we reflect the one who said: “The Son of Man came not be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

    Grateful to be with you guys. See you in the gloom.

  • 42 Second Headstand Day

    14 strong posted this morning for WDog. Here’s how it went down:

    COP: SSHx25 // DQx10 // Arm-circlesx15/Reverso // Helicoptersx10 // Merkinsx15 // LBCsx15 // Crabcakesx20

    Mosey to Rusty Cage: Triple check. Pull-ups // American Hammers // Run to the Hydrant and back

    Mosey to Amphitheater: Start at bottom step with 1 Incline Merkin // 1 Dip // 1 Box Jump, work all the way up to 18 Incline Merkins// 18 Dips // 18 Box Jumps

    COP to wait for the 6: PTLsx20 // WW2sx25 // Mountain Climbers x25

    Final YHC Birthday Exercise in honor of my grandpa, who every year on his birthday would do a headstand for the number of seconds that was equal to his number of years. Partner up, do a headstand for 42 seconds with partner help if needed.

    Mosey back to the flag: Announcements, numberama, namerama.

    YHC took us out.

    NMS: Birthdays are always a good time to think about one’s mortality. David Brooks often speaks about Resume Virtues versus Eulogy Virtues. Resume virtues are about our achievements, successes, and image: those things that others see. Eulogy virtues are about character, courage, faithfulness, patience and love: those things that reside beneath the surface that we all hope people will actually say about us at our funerals. The problem is, the world around us pressures us every day to focus almost entirely on the Resume Virtues, even though we know it’s not the way of life. The Eulogy Virtues are also much harder to attain: they require introspection, self-awareness, repentance, and above all, suffering. But as Jesus said, the one who seeks to gain his life will lose it; the one who loses his life, will gain it.

    Let’s be men who go hard after the right things. Thanks for the honor of leading among you!