Author: Isaiah Grant

Enjoying the break from the freezing temps, 3 HIM opted for an evening beatdown at The Crossing. With the soft sound of holiday music playing in the background, here’s what went down.

Mosey around the upper parking lot and circle up for several exercises OYO and a few in cadence.

Mosey to the lower parking lot for a variation of 4 corners which included 50 hand release merkins, 75 monkey humpers, 100 Mt. climbers, and 125 flutter kicks, After completing each exercise we returned to each corner for 3 burpees for a total of 48 burpees.

Mosey around the perimeter of the church making a stop for 1 minute of LBC and 1 minute of The Opus.

Finished up with a triple check with merkins, WWII’s and the runner running the length of the parking lot.

BTTF/Name/Numbers/ YHC took us out.

The holidays can impact us all in very different ways. Prayers for wisdom when navigating through this time of year.

Thanks for letting me lead

House Party

3 Amigos came to The Crossing on a breezy afternoon for the smoothest beatdown in town. Here’s what went down.

Mosey around the parking lot and circle up for Warmara which included:

Arm circles, Helicopters, Don Quixotes, Dead Man Hang, WWII’s, Tempo Merkins, and Hip stretches.

Mosey to the lower parking lot, turn on the jazz tunes, and set the timer to 10 mins.

For 10 minutes we performed 20 merkins, 15 WWII’s, 10 Squats, and 5 burpees while running ~10 yards between each exercise.

After that round, we completed a lap around the perimeter of the church

With the timer set at another 10 minutes, we did another round while performing 20 Monkey Humpers, 15 Scrunchy Frogs, 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 5 No Cheat Merkins.

Another lap around the church while trying to push the pace.

BTTF for ~ 3 mins of Mary

Names/Numbers/YHC took us out

Prayers for peace, wisdom, and good health

Great work by all as usual. The weather was surprisingly warm and very breezy which caught us off guard a little. YHC brought the speaker and was unsure of what to play. Decided the Smooth Jazz channel on Pandora was going to be it which made this the smoothest beatdown possible. As the saying goes, “Your Q, Your Playlist”

Thanks for letting me lead fellas,

House Party

6 HIM decided there was no better way to spend their evening after a long day of work than a workout at The Crossing. Here’s what went down!

Mosey around the parking lot then circle up for Warmarama which included:

Helicopters, Cherry pickers, Ukrainian soldiers, Imperial walkers, Tempo Merkins, WWII’s, all in cadence.

COP 1

4 corners…of Death

7 Rounds of exercises, doing the same exercise each round with descending repetitions.

Merkins: 40, 30, 20, 10

Squats: 30, 20, 10, 5

Flutter Kicks: 60, 50, 40, 30

HRM’s: 20, 15, 10, 5

Monkey Humpers: 40, 30, 20, 10

LBC’s: 50, 40, 30, 10

Burpees: 8, 6, 4, 2

COP 2: Triple Check

Bicep curls, shoulder press (each with bricks) while the timer does 20 WWII’s

Mosey back to the flag to finish off with 50 flutter kicks in cadence.

Names/Numbers/YHC took us out

Chaplain once told me if you add, “Of Death” to a workout, it makes it sound extra brutal but the workout was no match for the Pax. Everyone killed it. Glad to see Blues Clues back out for his second week in a row. Keep posting brother! YHC hit 500 post last week. Just wanna say thanks to all the Pax for the motivation and the support over the last 3 1/2 years.

Thanks for letting me lead,

House Party

6 HIM came out to see what House Party had in store. Here’s what went down.

Mosey around the parking lot to get the blood flowing then Warmarama:

Overhead claps

Imperial walkers

Helicopters

Merkins

WWII’s

COP 1: 11’s

Burpees and WWII’s

Mosey to the Church wall for some leg work

COP 2: Hoedowns’ and monkey humpers

With YHC legs feeling like wet noodles, mosey to the far parking lot for a Dora

COP 3: Dora with 100 merkins, 200 flutter kicks, 300 SSH’s

Mosey back to the flag for some Mary til time.

Names/Numbers/YHC took us out.

Such a beautiful evening for a workout. WELCOME JOHNNY 5 our FNG. He plays indoor soccer with some of the PAX. He is a software developer (thus the name. Short Circuit was also thrown around). He got there just in time to save the day and make even numbers for the Dora.

Thanks for letting me lead fellas,

House Party

6 HIM came out and braved the heat, the humidity, and a potential thunderstorm for a House Party Q. Here’s what went down.

Mosey to the far end of the parking lot for Warmarama which included SSH’s, Helicopters, Arm circles, Dead man hang, Tempo merkins, and WWII’s.

The Thang:

With little to no running on the menu, YHC decided plenty of reps was the way to go. Each Pax did a Dora split into 4 rounds of each exercise, with the Pax taking a short run around the parking lot after each round. The goal was a total of 1,100 reps which included:

20 burpees

40 Carolina Dry Docks

60 Scruchy Frogs

80 Merkins

100 LBC’s

120 Monkey Humpers

140 Flutter Kicks

160 Oblique LBC’s

180 APD’s

200 Mt. Climbers

The Pax was able to make it all the way through 3 rounds of oblique LBC’s before we mosey’d back to the flag to finish off with 5 burpees OYO.

Numbers/Names/YHC took us out.

Great work by all the Pax this evening. Welcome Old Bay who is the roommate of Magnum P.I. He’s a big Baltimore Orioles fan thus the name Old Bay. He had a great attitude and really hung in there. Although we didn’t get any rain during the working, with all the heat, humidity, and reps, the Pax would have welcomed at least a little.

Thanks for letting me lead,

House Party

4 HIM took the challenge of posting for a House Party Q with little to no running involved. 70 and sunny conditions as usual. Here’s what went down.

Slow mosey around the parking lot and circle up for warmarama which consisted of arm circles, helicopters, dead man hang, merkins and WWII’s.

COP 1 – 4 corners, prostitute style but instead of repeating the exercise on the way back, we did 3 burpees. Exercieses were 10 hand release merkins, 20 flutter kicks, 30 monkey humpers, and 40 SSH’s.

COP 2 – Quadruple check with bicep curls, shoulder press, bent over rows. “Runner” does 100 toe taps.

COP 3 – Various exercises with little to no break in between sets to keep that heart rate up. Exercises included Opus, Hoe Downs, Toe Taps, WWII’s and merkins

BTTF with less than a minute to spare – 5 burpees to close out

Names, Numbers, YHC took us out.

Wasn’t exactly sure what to do since running wasn’t going to be an option for YHC but it turned out to be challenging. Great work by all the Pax! Thanks for letting me lead fellas!

House Party

4 Crossing regulars plus a 2.0 came out to see what House Party had in store. Here’s what went down

Mosey to the lower parking lot for Warmarama

SSH, Arm Circles, Helicopters, Apple Pickers, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, WWII’s

COP 1

4 corners, prostitute style, at the same parking lot – although I’m not a fan of doing this version on church grounds.

10 hand release merkins, 20 2count flutter kicks, 30 SSH’s, and 40 monkey humpers. 3 Burpees each time we get back to the starting point.

COP 2

They wanted Abs, YHC gave it to them!

Regular 4 corners with 50 WWII’s, 50 Leg raises, 50 2count American hammers, and 50 2count Mt. climbers.

COP 3

YHC pops the trunk to grab a few random weights.

a 45lb plate, a couple 15lb weights YHC rucks with, plus a deceptive kettlebell which may be anywhere from 20lbs – 75lbs, depending on if your actually lifting it, or just looking at it.

Pax did squats or modified exercises while 1 Pax ran the parking loop.

Names, Numbers, YHC took us out.

Halfway through the 1st 4 corners Meatball and Dribble show up and show out. Dribble crushed it while wearing slides! Guess it wasn’t hard enough for him. Great work by all today! The Crossing is a great AO with a great group. If you haven’t come out YHC encourages you to give it a try.

Prayers for DTH, The M, and the entire family for comfort dealing with a family member with cancer and the fact they have to be away during this time. Prayers for safe travels and peaceful and productive time away.

Thanks for letting me lead Fellas,

House Party