Author: Jim Huddle

  • Try something new

    I tried exercises that were, at least somewhat, new. Muggy day.

    Mosey to front of school and give standard disclaimer. All of the following in cadence

    • 20 SSHs
    • 10 Skaters: When Left leg goes behind and crosses the right leg, Bend at waist and touch ground with right hand.
    • 15 Side lunge with knee hug:
    • 15 Side lunge with knee hug:
    • 15 Forward lunge with Twist body: left foot forward/twist left
    • 15 Forward lunge with Twist body: right foot forward/twist right
    • 12 Side elbow plank with Reach: Left side
    • 12 Side elbow plank with Reach: Right side

    Line up on sidewalk to the asphalt playground for 11s

    • Mike Tyson & V-Ups

    To the grass playground in back; Count off by 3s. Rotate Counter-Clockwise.

    • 10 Get-ups at the swings, (lay on you back and then stand up without using your hands)
    • 20 Hanging Knee-ups at pull-up bars,
    • 30 Dips at benches,

    To the wall for

    • 15 People’s chair airpress
    • 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence
    • 3 Burpees
    • 15 People’s chair Milkers
    • 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
    • 3 Burpees
    • 15 People’s chair Muhammad Ali
    • 10 BTTW Toe Taps
    • 3 Burpees

    To the flag for 5 minutes of Mary

    • 20 American Hammers
    • 20 Flutters
    • 20 APDs
    • 60 count 6-inch leg lift

    Time’s up!

    Numberrama

    Namearrama

    Announcements:

    GrowRuck was tough! Bluegrass Festival was damp but successful. No other announcements.

    Thought for the Day:

    Grant that I may not so much seek to be understood as to understand.

  • Can’t shave with Occam’s Razor

    Disclaimer: “If you hurt yourself, it ain’t my fault.”

    One of the songs was “Light My Fire”. I might need to delete that from the playlist when certain people show up.

    Great to see Fudd back in action!

    Warm-up: All in cadence

    • 20 SSHs
    • 20 IWs
    • 20 Ukrainian Soldiers
    • 10 Don Quixotes

    Walk to the covered walkway for the ‘Atilla Escalator’. It works like this:

    1st Curls
    2nd Swings
    3rd Triceps
    4th Squats
    5th Overhead Press

     

    • 1st round: 5 reps of the 1st exercise (Curls)
    • 2nd round: 5 reps of the 2nd exercise, 10 reps of the 1st exercise
    • 3rd round: 5 reps of the 3rd exercise, 10 reps of the 2nd exercise, 15 reps of the 3rd exercise
    • 4th round: 5 reps of the 4th exercise, etc.
    • 5th round: 5 reps of the 5th exercise, etc.
    • 6th round: 10 reps of the 5th exercise, 15 reps of the 4th exercise, 20 reps of the 3rd exercise, 25 reps of the 2nd exercise (drop off the 1st exercise)
    • 7th round: 15 reps of the 5th exercise, etc.
    • 8th round: 20 reps of the 5th exercise, etc.
    • 9th round: 25 reps of the 5th exercise.

    Run around the ‘Island’

    Stretching exercise.

    Repeat ‘Atilla’s Escalator’ with the following set of exercises

    1 Lawnmower (each arm)
    2 Lunge (each leg)
    3 Overhead Pull
    4 Halo
    5 Upright Row

     

    Run around the ‘Island’

    Stretching exercise.

     

    We still had a little time left so:

    • 20 Flutters in cadence
    • 20 Ukrainian Hammers in cadence
    • 60 count 6 inch leg lift

    Numberama,

    Namearama

    Announcements:

    Go Ruck this weekend

    Blue Grass Festival this weekend

    Convergence at Dogpile, 6:00  and 7:00

    Take out:

    Occam’s razor is a principle often attributed to 14th–century friar William of Ockham that says that if you have two competing ideas to explain the same phenomenon, you should prefer the simpler one.

  • Immanuel Kant

    Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant’s comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western philosophy, being called the “father of modern ethics”, “father of modern aesthetics” and, by bringing together rationalism and empiricism, the “father of modern philosophy”. (source: Wikepedia)

    I remember him from college mostly because of the high respect he got in the Philosophy department, although I never really studied him.

    Below are a couple of terms you may not be familiar with.

    • Epistemology: the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion. (definition from Google)
    • Metaphysics: the branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space. (definition from Google)

    I think of Metaphysics as answering the question “what is reality?”

    The quote I give below is something I have seen recently. I liked it! It’s good food for thought.

    Mosey around parking lot

    • Run forward
    • Karioke left
    • Run backwards
    • Karioke right

    Disclaimer

    Warm-up

    • 20 SSHs in cadence
    • 10 Don Quixote in cadence
    • 10 Susan Sommers in cadence (each side)
    • 20 Imperial Walkers in cadence
    • Plank: Right hand/right foot stretch & vice-versa

    Mosey to track close to parking lot for 11s

    • Hammers at the top
    • Pole smokers at the bottom

    Mosey to benches for Lindsays: 30/10, 25/15, 20/20, 15/25, 10/30

    • Dips
    • Bench kicks

    Mosey to far side of Quioccasin Wall for BBTW routine

    • 15 People’s chair airpress in cadence
    • 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence
    • 15 Donkey Kix OYO
    • 15 People’s chair Milkers in cadence
    • 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
    • 15 Donkey Kix OYO
    • 15 People’s chair Muhammad Ali in cadence
    • 10 BTTW toe taps in cadence
    • 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Mosey area behind Pemberton: 2X

    • 10 Pullups
    • 20 Merkins
    • 30 Squats

    Mosey back to Quioccasin Wall

    • 15 People’s chair Lalannes in cadence
    • 10 Dirty Hookups in cadence
    • 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Mosey to benches in front of Quioccasin for Dips, Bulgarian Split squats and Step-ups

    • 10 single count Bulgarian Split Squats and Dips
    • 9 single count Bulgarian Split Squats and Dips
    • 8 single count Bulgarian Split Squats and Dips
    • etc.

    Mosey to the flag for

    • 60 count 6-inch leg lift

    Announcements:

    None

    Take-out by YHC:

    “From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.”

    Immanuel Kant

  • Other side of the world

    2nd Tuesday, 2nd F: Noon at Firehouse Subs in Innsbrook. Discussions about traveling and visiting India, real estate, meniscus surgery and other things I don’t remember. Next month, 2nd Tuesday, same place same time.

     

  • Dry Weather

    Unlike last week, there was no rain. Furthermore, we didn’t get sprinklers turned on so everything was relatively dry. Note to Johnsonville; this is how it is supposed to be done.

    In the Pouncy Tract Parking lot for Warm up:

    • 20 SSHs
    • 20 IWs
    • 20 Ukrainian Soldiers
    • 20 Copperhead Squats
    • Stretches

    Mosey to the soccer field at the bottom of the short hill up to the endzone of the gridiron:

    • 11s with Git-ups and Hammers
    • Stretch

    Mosey to the courtyard behind the school for Triple Check

    • Partner 1: Timer runs down on sidewalk to the covered walkway and then over to the other sidewalk, stops in the middle and does 5 Burpees and finishes the loop and back to the start:
    • Partner 2: Hand Release Merkins
    • Partner 3: Flutters

    Mosey to loading dock: 3X:

    • 15 jumpsquats behind the loading dock
    • Climb over the rails, across the loading dock and to the asphalt part of the driveway:
    • 10 Mike Tysons
    • Return to the back of the loading dock

    Mosey to wall in front of the school for Angry Donkeys:

    • 11s together starting with 10 people’s chair air-press, then 1 donkey kick;
    • 9 people’s chair air-press, 2 donkey kix,
    • etc.

    Mosey to the benches beside the Gridiron for Lindsay:

    • 30 Derkins; 10 benchkix
    • 20 Derkins; 20 benchkix
    • 10 Derkins; 30 benchkix

    Mosey to the bathrooms: Triple check

    • Timer runs the parking lot
    • Partner 2 does Heels to Heaven
    • Partner 3 does Jump squats

    Just for the heck of it

    • 10 BBTW hip slaps in cadence

    Back to the parking lot

    • 60 second 6-inch leg lift

    Announcements:

    Happy Easter

    Close out by YHC

    For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8

  • We’re going to do this until we get it right

    A repeat of my last Circus Maximus workout. I got there early so I could set up the KB exercise stations. I printed out and put in 10 clear protective sheets, the 10 exercises. I also brought music. It’s not Summertime yet, but we’re doing politics.

     

    “Well I called my congressman and he said quote

    “I’d like to help you son, but you’re too young to vote”

    Sometimes I wonder what I’m gonna do

    ‘Cause there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues”

     

    Disclaimer: If you hurt yourself, it ain’t my fault.

     

    Warmup:

    • 20 SSHs with Johnsonville doing them in double time and White Deer doing his usual weird thing
    • 20 Imperial Walkers
    • 10 Don Quixote (Don Coyote if you’re from England)
    • 20 Squats
    • Stretching exercises

     

    Over to the covered walkway where I set out the stations and placed Atilla’s 30-pound Kettlebell for the farmer’s carry.

    We had the following 10 stations and 8 people. The 8th person was the timer who did a Farmer’s carry; carried his own KB in one hand and Atilla’s extra 30-pound KB in the other hand and walked to the end of the walkway and back. Then he went to the end and each person moved up one or two stations. In that manner, everyone did 7 of the 10 exercises as well as the farmer’s carry in each rotation.

    White Deer complained that I didn’t have a picture for each exercise. I’ll get Whitesnake to get me White Deer’s picture off the milk carton next time.

    Single Leg Deadlift Standing on one leg and holding the kettlebell in one hand lean forwards keeping your back flat.

    The same leg that goes back is the same arm that you are holding the kettlebell with.

    Go down as far as your hamstrings will allow and then return to the top position.

    Your standing leg can have a slight bend during the movement.
    Clean and Press As you link the 2 exercises together it is important to take a short pause between each movement.
    Ukrainian Hammer
    Thruster combines 2 exercises the Squat and the Press for maximum energy expenditure.

    Start from the racked position and drop down into the Squat, next drive up from the floor and use your momentum to drive the kettlebell overhead.

    Next control the kettlebell back down into the racked position and repeat.
    Triceps
    Side Lunge Holding the kettlebell in both hands close to the chest take a sideways step, push the hips back and drop into a side lunge position.

    Keep your chest up and weight on your heels.

    One leg should bend while the other remains straight.
    Bob and Weave Hold the kettlebell high up the chest with both hands and step out to the side, duck down as if trying to get underneath a low doorway and then bring your other foot across to meet the foot that stepped out.

     

    Make sure that all the movement comes from a hinging at the hips rather than bending forwards at the lower back.

     

    The back should remain flat throughout the movement.
    Curls
    Hammers
    Swings

    After one round, we did some stretching exercises and ran around the island. In all, we did these exercises about 2.5 times before it was time to go back to the flag for 3 minutes of Mary.

     

    Prayer Requests:

    Fireman Ed’s father-in-law has stage 4 liver cancer. Don’t be bashful about going to the doctor if something doesn’t seem right.

     

    Take out:

    Life is too short. Grudges are a waste of happiness. Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change. Love deeply and forgive quickly. Life is too short to be unhappy.

  • I’ll do it

    Nobody signed up to Q so I volunteered. My suggestion was to go to the Parking Deck at Dave and Buster’s. I can take a short cut and the rest take the longer route. Which works out good, at least for me. After a few warmups exercises, we ran up one set up stairs, across the top level, down the other set of stairs, ran back up the stairs, across the top level, down the stairs and did 20 merkins. OYO. I completed 5 rounds and Lighthouse did 6 rounds. After that, we ran up the stairs and took the ramps back to the first level. Then Lighthouse and Whitesnake took the long way around the lake and Tonka and I did shorter way back to the flag. Lighthouse and Whitesnake had about 3.35 miles.

    When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. Marcus Aurelius

  • You can find all kinds of things on the internet

    Disclaimer: “If you hurt yourself, it ain’t my fault.”

    I have a link to 33 kettlebell exercises. I printed out a picture and description of 5 of these so we would do some ‘new’ KB exercises. I put the pictures and description for the new exercises on the ground under the covered walkway with a space in between some of the pictures for a ‘regular’ KB exercise.

    Note to myself for next time I do this: Given the prodigious quantity of bitching, I should have also had a piece of paper with the name of the other exercises (Ukrainian Hammer, Triceps) as placeholders for the other spots.

    Warm-up: All in cadence

    • 20 SSHs
    • 20 IWs
    • 20 Ukrainian Soldiers
    • 10 Don Quixotes

    Walk to the covered walkway.

    We had the following 7 stations. The 8th person was the timer who did a Farmer’s carry; carried his own KB in one hand and another KB in the other hand and walked to the end of the walkway and back. Then he went to the end (last exercise below: Bob and Weave) and each person moved up one station. In that manner, everyone did each exercise, including the farmer’s carry once in this rotation.

    Single Leg Deadlift Standing on one leg and holding the kettlebell in one hand lean forwards keeping your back flat.

    The same leg that goes back is the same arm that you are holding the kettlebell with.

    Go down as far as your hamstrings will allow and then return to the top position.

    Your standing leg can have a slight bend during the movement.
    Clean and Press As you link the 2 exercises together it is important to take a short pause between each movement.
    Ukrainian Hammer
    Thruster combines 2 exercises the Squat and the Press for maximum energy expenditure.

    Start from the racked position and drop down into the Squat, next drive up from the floor and use your momentum to drive the kettlebell overhead.

    Next control the kettlebell back down into the racked position and repeat.
    Triceps
    Side Lunge Holding the kettlebell in both hands close to the chest take a sideways step, push the hips back and drop into a side lunge position.

    Keep your chest up and weight on your heels.

    One leg should bend while the other remains straight.
    Bob and Weave Hold the kettlebell high up the chest with both hands and step out to the side, duck down as if trying to get underneath a low doorway and then bring your other foot across to meet the foot that stepped out.

     

    Make sure that all the movement comes from a hinging at the hips rather than bending forwards at the lower back.

     

    The back should remain flat throughout the movement.

    Then we ran around the island and repeated the above rotation including the run around the island almost twice before we ran out of time.

    Announcements:

    Go Ruck May 4 weekend

    Shoe sizing: see Gypsy for details

    Matthew 6: Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

  • Enrique Iglesias

    If you Q, you can bring the music. We listened to Spanish, Beatles, Hank Williams, etc. Great to have Nightcrawler back, 3rd Saturday in a row!

    Disclaimer

    In the Pouncy Tract Parking lot for Warm up:

    • 20 SSHs
    • 20 IWs
    • 20 Ukrainian Soldiers
    • 20 Copperhead Squats
    • Stretches

    Mosey to the school parking lot:

    • Stretch
    • 7 minutes of Burpees
    • Stretch

    Mosey to the courtyard behind the school for Triple Check

    • Partner 1: Timer runs down on sidewalk to the covered walkway and then over to the other sidewalk and back to the start:
    • Partner 2: Hand Release Merkins
    • Partner 3: Flutters

    Mosey to loading dock: 3X:

    • 20 SSHs behind the loading dock
    • Climb over the rails, across the loading dock and to the asphalt part of the driveway:
    • 10 Mike Tysons
    • Return to the back of the loading dock

    Mosey to wall in front of the school for:

    • People’s Chair 15 Air Press, 10 BTTW Hip Slaps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO
    • People’s Chair 15 Muhammad Ali, 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers, 15 Donkey Kix OYO
    • People’s Chair 15 Milkers, 10 BTTW Toe Taps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO
    • People’s Chair 15 Lalannes, 10 Dirty Hookup, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Mosey to the benches beside the Gridiron for:

    • Bulgarian Split Squats and Derkins
    • 10, 9, 8, etc.

    Last 5 minutes for Mary

    • 20 Hammers in cadence
    • 20 pole smokers
    • 20 flutters
    • Brazilian Mind bender

    Much to Gomer’s disappointment, we quit about 2 minutes early.

    Announcements:

    Go Ruck May 4 weekend.

    Takeout: “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.”

  • Preemptive Complaining

    Yesterday at Hoedown, we did a lot of shoulder work. SOOOOOOO, Handshake did some preemptive complaining about the potential for more merkins, etc. today. As a result, I modified somewhat my usual routine. Here’s how it went.

    Warm-up

    • 20 SSHs in cadence
    • 10 Don Quixote in cadence
    • 10 Susan Sommers in cadence (each side)
    • Plank: Right hand/right foot stretch & vice-versa

    Mosey to Heartbreak Ridge for 11s

    • Pole smokers at the top
    • Imperial Walkers at the bottom

    Mosey to benches for Lindsays: 30/10, 25/15, 20/20, 15/25, 10/30

    • Dips
    • Bench kicks

    Mosey to Quioccasin Wall for BBTW routine

    • 15 People’s chair airpress in cadence
    • 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence
    • 15 Donkey Kix OYO
    • 15 People’s chair Milkers in cadence
    • 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
    • 15 Donkey Kix OYO
    • 15 People’s chair Lalannes in cadence
    • 10 BTTW toe taps in cadence
    • 15 Donkey Kix OYO
    • 15 People’s chair Muhammad Ali in cadence
    • 10 Dirty Hookups in cadence
    • 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Mosey to benches in front of school for Dips, Bulgarian Split squats and Step-ups

    • 10 Dips/1 Bulgarian Split Squat Single count
    • 9 & 2
    • 8 & 3
    • etc.

    Mosey to the flag for

    • 5 minutes of Burpees
    • Stretch for 2 minutes

    Announcements:

    Frozen Triangle this weekend

    2nd F, 2nd Tuesday (next week) at Firehouse Subs in Innsbrook

    Takeout by YHC

    When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. Marcus Aurelius