Author: Opus

  • no weinke, no cry

    8 guys came out this morning to take on the challenge of a new day.

    COP — SSH, arm circles, squats with a hitch

    Headed off campus to the giles neighborhood. Stop for various exercises along the way.

    When we got to the traffic circle, we partnered up for a little CMIYC. One person lunged, the other person ran around the circle and caught them. trade off and keep doing this until we finished the circle.

    Hey! We made it to the clubhouse and look! Pull up bars. Triple up, .. I mean… quadruple up for a triple quadruple check. four exercises done three times.
    timer — 20 skull crushers on the rock or log of their choice.
    pull ups
    lbc’s
    monkey humpers
    Obvi, the Q did not give great directions on this one bc someone’s group messed up the order of things. and people didn’t know which exercise they were supposed to be doing. Eventually it all got sorted out. kind of.

    head to the parking lot for a mini dora
    50 merkins
    100 ww2
    150 SSH (cut short a little so we could get back to the flag)
    other person bernie sanders towards the road, regular run back

    back to the flag included a few sprints, a few walks and a few exercises.

    time for 2 minutes of stretching

    Numbers names and announcements, YHC took us out

    NMS —
    1. Great showing this morning!! Was not expecting that many dudes, but was thrilled!
    2. Either some people need to give directions better or some people need to listen better. Not going to throw any of my teammates under the bus.
    3. Yardsale is a beast at running backwards! He might be faster running backwards than forwards!!

    Peace out,

    Opus

  • feeling 53 today

    3 guys showed up to take on the day the right way.

    COP — SSH, cherry pickers, arm circles, Helicopters, DQ, crabcakes, copperhead squats, jacks squats, plank jack merkins

    Spider Merkins on bench
    8 different variations of merkins on the bench.
    Broke it up by doing 15 skull crushers at the half way mark and at the end

    20 dips with a hitch

    The Beast
    jump squats
    merkins
    ww2
    SSH
    am ham
    burpees

    swing knee ins

    Great time had by all this morning! YHC was feeling his age today. Even the easy stuff was hard. Peace out.

  • “gotta get the pump out!”

    4 dudes showed up to start off their Friday the right way.

    Slaughter start — 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 AST’s, 20 WW2

    COP — Slow Jump squats, helicopters, DQ, IW, arm circles, plank jacks, bird dogs, ankle twists, hip circles

    11’s — burpees and calf raises

    doracide — suicide whilst partners do 100 smurf jacks, 200 squats, 300 split jacks

    partner exercises — 25 PLT’s, 20 boo yah merkins, 20 jump overs

    back to the flag for some Mary’s ab style
    20 LBCs, boat canoes and scissors, spell out first and last names with legs,freddies

    Fun times had by all today! SYITG!

  • Who’s the young whippersnapper?

    5 guys showed up this morning to toss a kettlebell around. Here is what transpired:

    COP — SSH, Butt kickers, helicopters, cherry pickers, crabcakes, copperhead squats, hillbillies, IW’s, tempo merkins, heels to heaven, KB swings, KB press with flutters, KB around the world

    CMIYC — one person runs the loop, other person grabs two kettlebells and lunges the loop

    10, 20, 30
    10 DK’s, bear crawl, 10 renegade rows
    then 20, then 30

    bus loop 5, 10, 15 fun
    20 demon crushers
    every light alternate 5, then 10, then 15 goblet squats
    5, 10 , 15 tricep presses
    5, 10 ,15 kb american hammers

    boat canoes

    Great morning for a KB workout, lots of crazy mumbelchatter . HDHH at Corned Beefs house on Thursday 5:30-8!

  • runners and walkers and biker oh my. and your little dog too.

    6 runners, 2 walk/ruckers and 1 biker made up this morning’s cast of characters. great time had by all. good to see Gilligan for a second day in a row.

  • fri-yay!

    ABC’s with legs

    COP — DQ, IJR, copperhead squats, smurf jacks, one legged merkins, dirty dogs, crunchy frogs, john travoltas, mountain climbers

    to the bench
    skull crushers, dips with a clutch, squats with a clutch, one legged and one handed merkins
    run the loop
    repeato with more repetitions, and then yet again.

    to the track
    choppy feet for 5 seconds, sprint 1/4 lap
    repeat all the way around the track.
    choppy feet for 10 seconds, sprint 1/2 lap
    do twice

    one person at a time does 5 pull ups, the rest run to the trees and back, switch out till everyone is done.

    ascending tempo merkins
    1 regular merkins
    1 2count merkin
    1 3 count merkin
    all the way to 10

    back to the flag for some stretching


  • BdayQ

    A quartet of guys came out to celebrate YHC’s bday. Fun times were had by some.

    COP — copperhead, IW, DQ, crabcakes, freddies, WW1 situps, eric heidens

    KB diamond — two people have KB’s two do not — rotate around the circle doing in cadence exercises as listed below:

    american hammers (with and without bell)
    Situps and situp presses
    merkin and KB merkins
    squats and goblet squats

    Dora
    run the perimeter of the bball court
    100 burpees, 200 mountain climbers, 300 IJR

    Back to the beginning for some abdominal Mary’s
    Stretching and we’re done

    Fun workout with some great brothers! Looking forward to doing this again when YHC turns 54!

  • “As long as they’re on a leash…”

    3 runners and 2 ruckers plus a feline friend (Hershey) came out this morning to take on the day the right way!

    Not sure where the ruckers went, but the runners hit about 4 miles in the Rutland neighborhood along with Cool Spring West.

    Good times had by all. Yardsale says the greatest things that become backblast titles.

    Peace
    Opus

  • Seis de Mayo

    Cinco de Mayo has its merits, but Seis de Mayo has more history. It was a workout and a history lesson today.

    COP — Imperial Walkers, SSH, Copperhead Squats, butt kickers, dQ, flutterkicks, makhtar n’diayes, IJR

    On this Day in 1937, the Hindenberg blew up in a fiery crash.
    In honor,we did BLIMPS
    B– 5 burpees
    L — 10 lunges each leg
    I — 15 Imperial Walkers
    M — 20 merkins
    P — 25 plank jacks
    S — 30 squats

    In 1954, some dude in England broke the 4 minute mile
    In honor we did
    1 minute plank
    1 minute SSH
    1 minute LBCs
    1 minute merkins

    May 6, 1945 — Victory in Europe Day
    We celebrated by doing 45 of every exercise listed below in 4 sets of 10 and one set of 5
    WW2 situps, American Hammers, divebomber merkins

    Freud’s Bday 1856
    25 alabama prom dates
    25 monkey humpers
    25 pickle pounders

    George Clooney’s bday
    Oceans Elevens
    10 o brother hillbillies
    1 heartbeat flutterkick

    May 6 2022 only happened once and it started off with the right way. I heard this story recently about the famous rocker Warren Zevon. Zevon was dying of cancer in 2003 and made an appearance on the David Letterman show. Dave asked him if he had any different perspective on life based on the fact that his life was really short at that point. Zevon’s response was this “Enjoy every sandwich”. I don’t believe the quote was meant to be flip in any way, but as a guideline to life to remember to enjoy everything even the stuff that seems super mundane. Be present in the moment, gentlemen.

  • Say hello to my little friend

    a trio of guys showed up this morning to start off the day in the right way.

    COP — IJR, Arm circles, merkins, plank jacks, AST’s, helicopters, chinooks, cherry pickers, LBC’s, Heels to HEaven, DQ’s

    10-20-30-40
    10 uneven merkins both sides
    20 toe taps
    30 squats
    40 SSH
    Touch a car and repeato

    10-20-30-40 part 2
    10 big boy sit ups
    20 jump squats
    30 mountain climbers
    40 hillbillies
    touch a car and repeato

    37 calf raises

    triple check
    swing push outs
    swing pull ins
    run to the second light post

    triple check
    pull ups
    am hams
    run to school and back

    Great time had by all this morning. Yardsale had too many clothes on this morning. SYITG!