Author: Orange Crush

  • Call me Elf one more time…

    Today’s backblast title brings back a reference to Elf and the great scene with Will Ferrell and Peter Dinklage. “He’s an angry elf.” Just classic. But today, YHC was an angry elf and he needed to take his frustrations out with some exercise. YHC is appreciative of the PAX who came along for the ride and tolerated stupidity.

    Warmarama: Jog to the other side of the school with some side shuffles, high knees, butt kickers, walking Ukranian soldiers along the way. Then stopping for SSH, merkins, dead man hangs, cherry pickers, merkins, scorpions, Fudd’s wife/down dog and off we go.

    Thang 1:

    • 5 rounds. 10 burpees each round. After the burpees run back and forth across the parking lot.
    • 4 rounds: 20 merkins each round. After the merkins, run back and forth across the parking lot.
    • 3 rounds: 30 2 count lunges. After the merkins, run back and forth across the parking lot.
    • 2 rounds: 40 WWII’s. After the WWIIs, run back and forth across the parking lot.
    • 1 round: 75 squats: back and forth across the parking lot.

    Native American run to the bottom of light pole alley. Last runner does 3 merkins.

    Thang 2:

    • 5 merkins at each light pole (3 total), Bernie back to the bottom of the hill
    • 5 merkins, 5 monkey humpers. Run backwards up the hill, run forward down the hill.
    • 5 merkins, 5 monkey humpers, 5 American hammers (2 count). Run forward up the hill, Bernie back down.
    • 5 merkins, 5 monkey humpers, 5 American hammers, 10 flutter kicks (2count). Run backwards up the hill, forward down.

    Native American run around the parking lot with 3 merkins for the last runner.

    Circle up for some Peter Parkers, merkins and Box cutters until time was called.

    It was a full 45-minute workout for the PAX today and mumblechatter was light as YHC worked out his frustration. YHC is thankful to have friends this morning and as that would have sucked to complete solo.

    Announcements:

    • F2 Event at Horner Park – June 2
    • Convergence Monday with some pre-workout Ruck activities led by DTH
    • Get out there and support the new F3 Amelia location.

    Meatball took us out.

  • Just a little run down to the James

    6 HIM’s of Midlothian joined YHC and Honeymoon for a little post Yacht Rocks workout at TwinTeam. It was a dual Q today that went a little something like this –

    Warmarama –

    • Start the jog down to the river / stopping at the side streets and at the river for –
    • Side Straddle Hops
    • Dead Man Hang (see Last Call for a form check)
    • Helicopters
    • Ukranian Soldiers
    • Merkins
    • Carolina DryDocks
    • LBC’s
    • Heel touches
    • Other stuff that can’t be remembered

    Thang 1:

    • Dora – 100 tricep dips, 200 WWII’s, 300 squats – runner heads to the pavilion and back.

    Thang 2:

    • Run through the trails stopping for various exercises — merkins, LBC’s, etc.

    Back to the Flag. The PAX covered just under 3 miles in the humid soup of the day.

    Announcements:

    • Convergence on Monday
    • 2nd F on June 2nd at Horner Park (?)
    • Check Slack on details for both events

    YHC took us out.

    A little bit more exercise activity at TwinTeam today. You just can’t hold back these freaking studs.

    Great to see CoinToss, Rodeo Clown and Melville make the appearance at TwinTeam. If you are in need of a bootlegger, Melville is your man.

  • No blacklights allowed in the RV post trip

    7 dudes showed up at Twin Team today, 6 regs + 1 FNG. The summary of events is as follows:

    Warmarama:

    • Side Straddle Hops
    • Arms Circles Front/Back
    • Don “Keep it Low and Slow” Quixote’s
    • Helicopters
    • Merkins
    • WWI’s
    • Merkins
    • Big Boy Sit Ups
    • Merkins
    • WWII’s
    • Merkins
    • American Hammers

    Thang 1:

    5 Laps: 10 pull ups (round 1 only) followed by a run around the track. Remaining rounds, 5 pull ups followed by a run around the track. Run was bro code style.

    2 Laps: 20 2 count air squats with a bro code run 1/2 way around the track after each set of exercises.

    1 Laps: 10 Carolina Dry Docks followed by a 1/4 lap run bro code style.

    Back to the Flag for a quick set of Merkins, Dry Dock and Werkins. Time Called.

    YHC tooks out.

    Welcome to Coil Toss. We asked him to tell us an embarrassing story and that the bar was pretty high after Skinny Dip’s Ohio State adventure discussed at No Toll Tuesday. Coin Toss rose to the occasion and told us the story of his emergency whiz on the 50 yard line of a CNU football game following a fly over.

    Special Note: The PAX was really supportive of YHC today. The only mumble chatter came in the form of praise and encouragement. Your words mean so much.

    Back blast title….had to be there.

  • Well, that idea sounded better in my head.

    YHC grabbed the Q at 5:29am and we launched one minute earlier with giddy excitement.

    Warmarama – SSH, Don Qui-Low-Te’s, Copper Head Squats, Ukrainian soldiers, Merkins, Hand Release Merkins, etc. Meatball kept the count on point for most of the Warmarama.

    Thang 1: Partner up – each person running up and down the steps 10 times while the other person does merkins.

    Mozey around the track with 15 burpees at the corner.

    Thang 2: Chabata Time – steps up on the bleachers, 8 rounds.

    Super Secret Dora – 200 arm circles, 400 squats, 600 toe taps, 800 calf raises. Other partner runs 1/2 way up the parking lot hill.

    Mozey back to the flag. Numbers, prayers and announcements.

    Great conversation today and enjoyed spending time with Singer, DK and Meatball. YHC is better for it.

  • 999 Burpees, 1000 Burpees!

    Ponch showed up a little late to the party and saw the MOT boys head right, while DK and YHC went left. He chose wisely and joined YHC and DK for a little SOT beatdown or should we say a Capital One therapy session???

    WARM-A-RAMA: SSH, Helicopters, Don Q’s., LBC, Side LBC’s, Merkins, Other Stuff. No cadence. We just switched exercises and talked as we moved through the different exercises. It was pretty great way to start.

    Thang 1: Curb crawl – back and forth across the parking lot with an ascending count up to 5 of merkins and decline merkins.

    Thang 2: Various exercises down the parking lot. Mr. No Gloves started to complain about his hands getting beat up on the pavement so DK thought Inch Worms were a good idea. Nice. Alternate called and off we went with lunges, squats, broad jumps, bunny hops, etc.

    Thang 3: 5 sets of 10 WWII’s followed by a run up and down the steps. 4 sets of Heals to Heavens- up and down the steps. 3 sets of Merkins – up and down the steps.

    Over to the school for some Hoedowns/Donkey Kicks and then back to the flag.

    Announcements: Grow Ruck and Oysters Paying Lunch making the come back on March 29th at Rusty Taco.

    Ponch took us out.

    Absolutely fantastic to hang out with Ponch this morning. DK appreciated the Cap One therapy session and YHC enjoyed the laughs.

    Backblast Title – you had to be there.

  • Just a little EMOM

    4 manly men showed up at Twin Team for our daily sausage fest of exercise and debauchery.

    Warmarama – SSH, Jazzercise, Helicopters, Dead Man Hang, Copperhead squats, Ukrainian soldiers, Merkins, WWII’s.

    Thang: Head to the benches for an EMOM. 5 exercises called then over to the parking lot for 3 sprints. 50% / 75% / 100%. The 5 set EMOM + sprints was repeated 2 more times.

    Mozey over to the parking lot for some ab work. Various exercises called during the last 5 minutes of the workout.

    Announcements a plenty – most importantly, we’re putting the Oyster’s paying lunch back on the calendar for March 29th. Get your wallet out Oyster, you cheap SOB. You haven’t paid yet!

    YHC took us out.

    A beautiful morning at Twin Team.

  • Sorry…I think you have the wrong number.

    5 HIM’s joined YHC this morning for a little SOT beat down. What a perfect morning it was.

    Warmarama: SSH, Helicopters, Dead Man Hangs, Downward Dogs, Merkins, Wide Grip Merkins, LBC’s, Alabama Prom Dates, Single Leg APD’s on both sides.

    Thang 1: Triple check – Partner 1 runs around the bleacher area. Partner 2 – your choice of Merkins, Carolina Dry Docks, Wide Grip Merkins. Partner 3 – Monkey Humpers

    Thang 2: 11’s. Bottom of the hill = WWII’s. Top of the hill = Carolina Dry Docks. This here portion of the workout was a challenge. Cookie and Hardywood slayed this beast easily though.

    Thang 3: 50% up the parking lot hill. At the halfway point, top and halfway point (back down) – 5 burpees. Next round – 75% up the hill with 15 heels to heaven at each point. Next round 100% – up to the top of the hill for Merkins. Final round – backwards run up the hill turning around at the top and back to the flag.

    A few minutes to spare so a couple ab exercises were dished out along with some awkward Suzanne Summers. Awkward for teachers arriving for school, not for us!

    Announcements a plenty: Check Slack for details.

    YHC took us out.

    Thanks for letting me lead. There was tremendous effort today with Hardywood particularly inspirational with humor and effort. Way to bring it my friend! If you ever need someone to send random condolence texts, he’s your man.

    It’s a great day.

  • Garmin says 3:12am. Time to go

    5 HIM’s launched from Twin Team at Garmin CT of 3:12am. 45 minutes of solid work completed – you can believe that! It was YHC’s first bootcamp of the year and he may have been a little rusty.

    We exercised. We ran. We laughed. We made fun of each other. Only Tobit cried.

    Have a great day.

  • Hey…the smell coming from that car is a little funny…

    8 HIMs joined YHC for a bit of Kettlebell action today. Last Call brought the KB’s back to TT a few weeks ago and this was recognized as a good idea. We must take advantage of his good ideas when they are available.

    Warmarama – Jog the parking lot, SSH, Arm Circles (forward and back), Helicopters, Merkins

    Thang: Lots of kettle bell exercises. We alternated between completing 3 sets of said exercise and then running around the parking between each and completing two exercises, in place, 3 sets of each. The number of reps varied with the exercise. Most of the major muscles were hit and completed just over a mile of running much to Last Call’s delight.

    YHC had a goal to keep us moving for the entire 45 since it was a bit on the chilly side. The jams on the JBT were a nice add and the goal was accomplished.

    Announcements: 12 days of Christmas at No Toll 12/19. Stay for coffee and donuts after.

    Prayer Requests: Offshore’s brakes.

    YHC took us out.

    A great day men. Thanks for letting me lead.

    The story of the back blast title…Around 6am, we were making a lap around the parking and an employee of Bettie Weaver pulled in. Of course, Tobit thought it was a good idea to cross the face of the car, but this forced a pause in driving and it gave us the opportunity to inhale a fragrant aroma emanating from the car. YHC is not laying down any accusations, but the supply of Kit Kat’s at BWE is worth investigating.

  • Just a few Burpees

    Feeling the pants getting a little tighter from the holiday, YHC grabbed the Q hoping to work off a few of the holiday calories. Fortunately for me, a few jolly fellows joined for a solid beatdown.

    Warmarama – SSH, Helicopters, Deadman Hangs (Legs together / Legs Apart), Merkins, Werkins, Diamond Merkins, LBC’s.

    Thang 1:

    • 5 rounds: 10 burpees then run back and forth across the parking lot. Total 50 burpees.
    • 4 rounds: 15 Merkins then run back and forth across the parking lot. Total 60 merkins
    • 3 rounds: 20 Butterfly WWII’s, then run back and forth across the parking lot. Total 60 butterfly WWII’s
    • 2 Rounds: 50 Air Squats, then run back and forth across the parking lot. Total 100.
    • 1 Round: Complete 1 of each round and then run back and forth.

    Thang 2:

    • Run for 5 minutes then complete a whole bunch of ab exercises. WWII’s, American Hammers, Dollies, Freddie Mercuries, LBC’s.
    • Run for 5 minutes and end up at the bottom of the bus route hill.
    • Complete 20 Monkey Humpers then run half way up the hill and down.
    • Complete 20 Monkey Humpers then run all the way up the hill, but not down.
    • At the top of the hill, 5 burpees for a little cherry on top.

    Back to the flag for a Ring of Fire for 10 of your favorite Merkin. Killer finish after all those burpees.

    Announcements: A bunch. Check Slack for all items, but get your self out to the Magnum PI workout on Saturday, the Tacky Light Run Sunday and 12 days of Christmas on 12/19.

    Prayer Requests: Greenbow who has some life challenges with his job.

    YHC took us out in prayer.

    YHC feels like he’s left someone out of The PAX. Let me know if I missed you. Did not count the runners – Doozey, Don Draper, Greenbow and Bullseye.