Author: Orange Crush

  • When is a incline merkin not an incline merkin?

    8 men gathered in the darkness of NoToll for a little workout with YHC. My goodness, what a beautiful morning it was.

    Warmarama: SSH’s, Helicopters, Copper Head Squats, Imperial Walkers, Dead Man Hangs, Stretch it out a bit more on the groins and quads, Merkins and LBC’s.

    Mozey to the Pavilion for some jams and Thang 1.

    Super Dora: 100 Merkins, 200 Dips, 300 Squats, 400 Flutter Kicks aka Sugar Sticks. Partner runs back and forth across the field.

    Thang 2: In our mighty circle of 9, starting with Belay choose an exercise of 50 (Lieutenant Dan’s), move to Machismo for 45 of some other exercise, decreasing quantity of 5 and moving to the next person ending with 10 burpees from YHC.

    Mozey to the courts for Thang 3:

    75% down and back and 1 of an exercise, repeating and increasing reps until all PAX had called out an exercise. Doozey, per usual, threw us a curve ball and had us do all the exercises at the end. He should have realized the mental capacity of the PAX before that throw down.

    YHC closed it down with 10 burpees and a sprint down and back.

    Announcements: RuckwithFood this Saturday at 6am launch from Twin Team, see Slack for details.

    Prayer Requests: Boberry’s father passed away Saturday. Send him a text to let him know you’re thinking of him. Rosie’s father-in-law is in the VA hospital.

    YHC took us out.

    The jams were on point today. It’s a bonus when the tunes show up to any workout. YHC had considered playing a little Radiohead just to let Boberry know that we were thinking of him, but YHC couldn’t pull the trigger on that one. Even considering it should show Boberry that we are thinking of him.

  • Stevie Wonder let us down, but we still had a party.

    13 dudes ready to party hardy joined YHC for a little birthday celebration. October 19th, marks another pass around the sun for YHC and, per usual, a few fun birthday games were created for the PAX.

    Mozey to the basketball court for a little Warm-a-rama –

    YHC had a great idea to use Stevie Wonder’s Happy Birthday song for a little Sally Up/Sally Down action, but the JBL didn’t work, the sound off of YHC’s phone just wasn’t cutting it and squats/burpees combo was well…dumb. So, an audible was called about 30 seconds into that disaster. Note, YHC’s M told him that this was a stupid idea at the kitchen table last night. Death to anyone that tells her that she was right. Other exercises –

    • Side Straddle Hops
    • Jazzercise
    • Dead man Hangs
    • Merkins
    • Helicopters
    • Alphabet Abs, but instead of spelling the Alphabet, PAX spelled out Happy Birthday OC.

    Mozey to the tennis courts for Birthday Suit ’47’s.

    Starting with YHC in tennis court #1, an exercise was called and the first person to 47 1) gets to choose the next exercise and 2) must shed an article of clothing. All good exercises chosen and it was dark enough that the school’s cameras surely didn’t pick up on any nudity of the PAX. The kernel of this idea is credited to DTH; I wasn’t able to upload the PowerPoint presentation that he sent to me, but it did recommend a 12 count burpees/merkins/smurf jack thing.

    After the Birthday Suit ’47’s, line up on the baseline for some shots, burpees and sprints. YHC supplied the red solo cups and poured a hearty shot of Tequila (cleverly disguised as Gatorade) for each member of the PAX. PAX downed the shot, did a burpee and sprinted back and forth across the tennis courts. Two rounds, two shots and then off to the football field for some 1976ers.

    Starting at the goal line, complete 19 Squats, 19 Two Count Lunges and 19 Monkey Humpers moving 10 yards forward after completion. Stop at the 50. Candidly, a bit tougher on the legs than YHC would have liked. Starting on the 50, complete 7 Merkins and 6 Wide Grip Merkins proceeding 10 yards forward until the goal line is reached. Mozey back to the flag for…

    19 Burpees OYO and a plank hold while singing Happy Birthday to OC to close ‘er out. Good times.

    Announcements:

    • Oyster’s paying lunch at Rusty Taco on October 27th.
    • Ruck for Food on November 11th

    Prayer Requests:

    • Warby and Hermie – send ’em a text to let them know you’re thinking of them.

    YHC took us out.

    Man, YHC is sooo grateful to have been able to start the first day of 47 day with 13 great dudes. YHC loves to laugh and mix in a bit of exercise – mission accomplished this morning. Thank you.

  • The Anti-Iron Pax Group

    5 HIM’s not interested in the Iron Pax craziness joined YHC for a little Twin Team fun. YHC had considered making today’s workout more difficult than the Iron Pax but then realized that this was not his best idea.

    Warmarama: SSH (perfect form Tobit), Arm circles, Dead man hangs, Don Qui-lo-te’s,

    Thang 1: Up the Twin Team hill we ran stopping at every drive way for a group exercise. We did throw a Jilian Michaels exercise in for giggles. Nancy Lopez was very positive about said experience. I’m pretty sure that F.U. means “Great idea OC!”, right?

    Thang 2: Partner up for a Dora: Merkins, LBC’s and Squats. Partner 1 runs part way up the hill and then back.

    Back to the flag for a few minutes of Mary.

    YHC took us out.

    Announcements: Check slack.

    YHC had hoped to do something more creative on the Twin Team hill today but it was too damn dark on that road today and plan b was executed. We’ll save that for another day.

  • SOT Post…Just a wee bit late.

    7 studs joined YHC for a little jaunt around SOT. What did we do? YHC remembers most of it, but the details are a bit fuzzy since time as faded.

    Warmarama – the usual. SSH, Arm Circles, Helicopters, Mixed in some Broga, Merkins, WWII’s and LBC’s.

    Thang 1: Partner up for 5 reps. Partner 1 runs half way up Mt. Midlo, Part 2 does some merkins.

    Thang 2: Exploring the new surroundings with a quadruple check. Wrist breakers, Squats, WWII’s – Runner runs down to the pavilion and back.

    Start the mozey back to the flag. Stop for 5 burpees. Mozey a bit farther for 5 burpees and 10 merkins. Mozey on and then 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 20 WWII’s. To the top of Mt. Midlo for 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 20 WWII’s, 30 squats.

    Back to the flag.

    Notes: McRib was very critical of YHC’s today. A 1 star rating is likely to result. All the gents who attended Oyster’s decade of respect workout on Tuesday were pretty smoked. Congrats on that workout.

    Announcements: Plenty. Check Slack.

    YHC took us out.

  • This was a bit challenging…

    9 HIM’s joined YHC for a little fun at the Wolf today. It’s been a minute since YHC had been here and decided to throw my name on the Q sheet to make sure that I showed up.

    Warmarama: SSH, Helicopters, Deadman Hangs, Little IT band stretch, Merkins, Reverse Merkins, Downward Dog, LBC’s, Flutter Kicks, Sitting Dead Man Hangs, Little bit ‘o back stretch and off we went to the track. YHC continues to sneak a little BROGA into his workouts and we’re all better for it!

    Thang 1:

    • 60 shoulder taps, 15 single leg v-ups, jog 50% for 1/4 of the track, 40 shoulder taps + 15 single leg v-ups, jog 50% to the 1/2 point. 60 shoulder taps, 15 single leg v-ups, 100% to the 3/4 point, 40 shoulder taps, 15 single leg v-ups, 100% back to the original starting point. Shoulder taps just aren’t the same without @Bullseye.
    • Merkins + WWII’s. Repeat the same pace around the track. Count varied at each station.
    • Hand Release Merkins + Flutter Kicks, Repeat the same interval around the track. Count varied at each station
    • Monkey Humpers and Lunges. Repeat the same interval around the track. Count varied at each station.

    This was difficult.

    Mozey to the Tennis Courts for-

    Thang 2:

    • 5 Burpees / High Knees to the other end of the tennis court.
    • 10 Merkins / High Knees back.
    • 20 Airsquats / Sprint down and back.

    Mozey to the I am Thankful for Wall for wall sits while each HIM listed something that were thankful for. All good here.

    Back to the flag for 5 burpees and time was called.

    Announcements: Plenty. Check Slack for details and get yourself out to Rusty Taco today for Oyster’s paying lunch.

    Prayer Requests: None

    YHC took us out.

    This little ‘ol workout kicked YHC’s butt today, but I’m grateful that I did it and thankful that 9 were there to share in the fun. Have a great day.

  • A mighty 6

    YHC was excited to see and welcome 3 visitors – two from the North 40 and one of them city folk – to Twin Team today. It’s becoming a tradition to take our guests up and down Twin Team, but YHC had something else in mind today. At 530 sharp, the beasts left the parking.

    Warmarama – A mix of exercises and Broga was on the menu. Side straddle hops, jazzercize, helicopters, dead man hangs, lizard poses / twists, downward dog, merkins, scorpions and twists.

    Thang 1:

    • Call an exercise, start with 1, then run across the parking lot, 2 of called exercise, back across the parking lot, 3, etc. until 6. Each member of the PAX called an exercise. Gomer showed up a bit late due to some faulty pin placement on the F3 site, but joined just in time to introduce us to Shazam’s. No surprise that these suck. Other exercises – Merkins, Burpees, American Hammers, Flutters.

    Thang 2:

    • Similar to Thang 1, but run long ways across the courts and 5 and 10 of called exercise. Complete 5 of called exercises, run back and forth, 10 of called exercise, run back and forth.

    This gave us just over 2 miles of running for the day.

    Over the school walls for: Hoedowns, Monkey Humpers, Gorilla Humpers and Hogging. If anyone takes a look at that school security footage…

    Mozey back to the flag. Time called.

    Announcements: Many, check slack and keep yourself updated.

    Prayer requests:

    • Little girl in Alamo neighborhood, Liv (?). Look for details on a special workout at Alamo in support of her and family.

    YHC took us out in prayer.

    Grateful to spend time with these men today and thankful for the extra effort that Lockjaw, Corned Beef and Gomer made to come down and see us.

  • A little Murphy Murph.

    6 HIM’s made their way to Twin Team for the monthly Murph. DTH brought the tunes, jokes were made at Tobit’s expense, but strict form with natural weighted vests was on the menu at TT.

    Each month that we do this, we all humbled by the originator of this event. What a beast.

    We were all thankful for the gentle breeze, workout and time together.

    Boberry took us out.

  • Hot Broga

    2 vets and 1 newbie set foot on the bball courts of NoToll to improve their flexibility. The temp/humidity offered up a natural environment for Hot Broga. Some people pay $30 for that!

    Lots of grunts and groans but we’re better for it and I’m pretty sure we were the best players at Ultimate today.

    Get yourself out there next time.

  • The Monthly Murph

    4 freaking studs showed up to Twin Team for the Murph. We had hoped for 6 (you know who you are!), but we launched at 530am sharp. 1 mile out – 100 Muscle Ups – 200 Perfect form Merkins (no chicken pecking for these studs) – 300 Perfect form Squats (Straight back, drop that butt until parallel with the knees) – 1 mile back. A quick ring of fire for some ab work and time was called.

    YHC took us out.

    Great to have Senior Frog join us today and the opportunity to learn more about him and his life. Hope he makes the trip back to TT in the near future.

  • Just a smidge of Broga

    Two early risers laid down their mats and did a little Broga Tuesday morning. A perfect morning for a little stretch and conversation.

    It didn’t help our swings on the baseball diamond however, but we’ll be back because a little stretch is so darn good for you.