Author: Mud Face

  • Polar Bears and Penguins

    COP

    SSH

    Helicopters

    Arm Circles (big, small, back and front)

    Thang

    Bear-crawl 5 steps then do 5 Merkins or lunge 5 steps and do 5 burpees around perimeter of the AO.

    Go down the stairs to the Chamber, do 50 Merkins or varying types

    Back to the top the stairs for some more Bearcrawls and lunges

    Ring of fire, PAX performs tempo Merkins IC while one person does 5 Merkins at speed, repeat until everyone has had a turn

    Mosey back to the flag

    1 LBC at Emoji’s request

    Numberama

    Namearama

    Emoji took us out

    NMS

    It is no secret that YHC does not like to run, so when the Merkin challenge come around he embraces it completely. If you come to a workout where he is the Q in the month of November, then Merkins are a given.

    This morning was one of those strangely cold and dark sunny and 70 mornings, so it was determined that it would be themed on animals that live in the cold.

    Strong work was put in by all and Merkin count this morning was between 300 and 350.

    It was an honor to lead.

  • Where is Everyone??

    Mudface reporting in for Trout who had some technical difficulties

    COP

    Arm circles front

    Arm circles back

    20 merkins

    20 Crabcakes

    20 LBCs

    10 DQs

    20 crabcakes

    The thang

    4 corners

    1st corner 10 Merkins

    2nd corner 20 squats

    3rd corner 30 merkins

    4th corner 40 merkins

    While walking to each corner push press with kettlebell

    Next:

    Light pole madness:

    At each light pole the following was done..

    10 squats

    5 skullcrushers

    1 burpy

    Repeat at each light pole

    Next:

    Triple check:

    Someone did lawnmowers

    Someone else did bear crawls pulling kettle bell through legs

    Someone else did pushup press

    After each exercise run a lap

    Final exercise:

    Merkin position with kettle bell by your head, do 1 merkin, still in merkin position take right hand and put kettle bell at your feet, return to merkin position and do a 1 merkin, then get kettle bell from feet back to your head, then do 1 merkin and repeat with left hand, this counts as one. Goal was 25.

    Ended right at 6:15

    Numberama and namerama

    Solid 125 merkins in the book.

  • Ariel

    COP

    • SSH
    • Hill Billys
    • Arm Circles big and small
    • DQ’s
    • Reverso Arm Circles big and small

    Ariel

    Perform exercises for each round

    • 10 Pull ups
    • 20 Merkins
    • 30 Squats

    5 Burpees performed between each round.

    Add 5 Pullups, 10 Merkins and 15 Squats each round. Continue until time is called

    Numberama

    Namarama

    YHC took us out

    NMS

    One morning in the winter of 1996, YHC was preparing to drive through the blizzard to work. The neighbor’s 9 year old daughter stopped him long enough to have a short snowball fight. He drove to work, worked the day and returned home. When he got home he found out that the neighbor’s family had gotten hit by a car and that the daughter had died and the mother was in the hospital for injuries. YHC had not thought about this until the Creek moved to its new location and he saw that there was a playground there dedicated to this little girl, who had been a student there at the time of her death.

    Strong work was done by all

    Thank you gentlemen, it was an honor to lead

  • Zachary Tellier

    6 Men gather in the gloom to once again pay homage and grow stronger

    COP

    • SSH
    • Arm Circles big and small
    • DQ’s
    • Reverso Arm Circles Big and Small

    Zachary Tellier

    Perform exercises in five rounds, adding the next exercise until all are done in one round. Run a lap around the Chamber after each round.

    • 10 Burpees
    • 25 Merkins
    • 50 Lunges
    • 100 WW2 Situps
    • 150 Squats

    NMS

    Dedicated to U.S. Sgt. Zachary D. Tellier, 31, of Charlotte, NC (USA) a combat infantryman with the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Bragg. He died Sept. 29, 2007, of wounds sustained while on a ground patrol in Afghanistan.

    The previous April, Tellier’s unit was conducting a mounted patrol when one of its vehicles drove over and detonated a bomb, which set the vehicle on fire, according to a statement from the 82nd Airborne.

    Tellier pulled two paratroopers out of the vehicle to safety, suffering severe burns to his hands. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with valor for his actions.

    After he was burned, Tellier jumped up in the turret to return fire, said Sgt. Michael Layton, a member of Tellier’s unit. A lieutenant made Tellier get out of the vehicle because of his injuries, Layton said.

    “Zachary Tellier has to be the biggest hero I’ve ever known or heard of, not just because of what he did, but because of his personality,” Layton said. “He came in the Army because he wanted to be around soldiers and serve his country, and he paid the ultimate sacrifice.”

    Tellier is survived by his wife, Sara Tellier of Atlanta, Ga.; his father, David W. Tellier of Groton, Mass.; and his mother, Pamela Rodriguez, of Falmouth, Mass.

    Again strong work was done

    It was an honor to lead

  • Tommy Mac

    11 men gathered to throw some iron around. Welcome to McFly, great to have you out there with us this morning.

    COP

    • SSH
    • Arm Circles, big and small
    • Merkins
    • DQ’s
    • Arm Circles Reverso, big and small

    Tommy Mac

    AMRAP

    • 12 Burpees
    • 12 Thrusters each arm
    • 12 Burpees
    • 12 Power Snatch each arm
    • 12 Burpees
    • 12 Clean and Press each arm
    • 12 Burpees
    • 12 Rack Squats each arm
    • 12 Burpees
    • 12 Overhead squats

    Reps on single arm exorcises halved if you use the sandbag

    One minute of Boat/Canoe to finish out the time

    Numberama

    Namearama

    Chewy took us out

    NMS

    Sgt. Thomas R. MacPherson, 26, was killed in action on October 12, 2012 by enemy forces during a heavy firefight while conducting combat operations in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. He was leading an assault against an enemy position when he was mortally wounded by small arms fire.

    MacPherson was a team leader assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. He previously served one deployment to Iraq and this was his fourth deployment to Afghanistan.

    Tommy’s former Platoon Leader:

    “The whole thing with Tommy is that he embodies everything that’s right about Ranger Battalion. He held the position of Ranger Team Leader which is literally the tip of the spear. He was the consummate, quiet professional—he expected absolutely zero recognition for what he did. He loved his job because he was a born protector. He was perfectly content to carry out his life’s work under the cover of darkness, with his and his comrades’ actions to remain forever under the cloak of shadows. He died doing what he loved; protecting all of us. What stood out about Tommy the most was his maturity beyond his years. I believe it was the fact that he was the older brother of younger siblings, but like another Sgt. said “Tommy wasn’t one of those guys who joined the Army and grew into a man. He joined as a man and grew others.” He left behind his beautiful wife wife, Claudia MacPherson, and their son, Brayden.”

    Again strong work was done by all.

    It was an honor to lead

  • Bert

    Mosey to the bus loop

    COP

    • Arm Circles big and small
    • Helicopters
    • DQ’s
    • Reverso Arm Circles big and small

    Bert

    After each set run one lap of the bus loop

    1. 40 Burpees
    2. 100 Merkins
    3. 150 walking lunges
    4. 200 air squats
    5. 150 walking lunges
    6. 100 Merkins
    7. 40 burpees

    Mosey to the flag

    Numberama

    Namearama

    Corned Beef took us out

    NMS

    U.S. Marine Cpl. Albert Gettings, 27, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, died on Jan. 5, 2009, while conducting counter-sniper operations in Fallujah, Iraq. Cpl. Gettings was serving as a team leader with the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Stephanie Palimino; parents, David and Juliet; and sister, Cori.

    Thanks to all the men that came out today. Hard work was put as done by all.

    It was an honor to lead

  • Griff

    Mosey to the track (not the bus loop).

    The Griff

    For every 2 laps run facing forward, run one facing backwards.

    Mosey back to the flag

    Numberama

    Namearama

    No Idea took us out

    NMS

    It is YHC’s anniversary week and the original plan was to do The Murph at every AO in Da’Ville. In looking into it YHC found that there are a lot of these types of Hero workouts, all honoring a fallen serviceman or first responder. This week we are going to pay homage to some of the lesser known ones.

    “In honor of USAF SSgt Travis L. Griffin, 28, who was killed April 3, 2008 in the Rasheed district of Baghdad by an IED strike to his vehicle. Travis is survived by his son Elijah.”

    No Idea got a little lost this morning and we did not see him until he had already search the entire AO. But he was able to get in a few laps before it was time to go.

    Strong work was put in by all

    Thank you gentlemen, it was an honor to lead

  • Under Promise, Over Deliver

    COP

    • SSH
    • Helicopters
    • Arm Circles, big and small
    • DQ’s
    • Reverso Arm Circles, big and small

    Quintuple Check

    Five stations, Five PAX, five rounds, one rabbit as the timer

    1. Abyss Merkins on the swings
    2. Burp-ups
    3. Box jumps
    4. Let me ups
    5. Rabbit runs a lap on the track

    Audibled to four rounds for time

    Announcements

    • Mr Hollands poker night on the 19th, see Pre-blast

    Numerama

    Namearama                                                                                                                

    Trout took us out

    NMS

    No Idea was signed up to Q the Anvil this week, but got a call from his M on the way to the AO to inform him that she was sick. After turning around he passed the Q to YHC along with a picture of the Weinke that he planned to use. His brought up a great conversation about the differences between Excuses and Reasons. This falls into the latter group.

    YHC hates trying to run someone else’s workout, especially when it looks like it was written by a 3 year old on a sugar rush.

    Hard work was put in by all.

    Thank you gentlemen, it was an honor to lead

  • The Smell of Man or Naked Turkish Get-ups

    YHC made his yearly pilgrimage to Circus Maximus along with three others from DaVille to throw some weight around.

    YHC made his yearly pilgrimage to Circus Maximus along with three others from DaVille to throw some weight around.

    Waiter carry walk around the track to get the blood flowing

    COP

    • SSH x 15
    • Helicopters x 10
    • Arm circles x 10 small 5 big and Reverso

    Mosey to grassy area

    10 burpees for violation of the Clean Air Act

    Turkish Get Up Challenge

    Set timer for 2 minutes per round

    Do TGU’s, starting with one set and increasing by one set every round

     Do secondary exercises for remainder of time

    • Snatches
    • Squats
    • Sit and press
    • Lawnmowers
    • Lawnmowers hands horizontal
    • Some others I can remember

    Go until you cannot do the number of sets in the time period, then do the secondary until last person is out

    Triple check

    Teams of three

    On partner walks to propane tank and back performing Slingshots with the KB

    Second partner does clean and press

    Third partner does BTTW Merkins

    Switch when the walkers get back to start

    Had to audible this to two rounds for time

    Boat\Canoe for the rest of the time

    Numberama

    Namearama

    Chewy took us out

    NMS

    It is always a good time at the Circus and today did not disappoint.

    Discussions started with whose gloves stunk the most then progressed to various other smells and their origins. The Turkish Get Up required some demonstration and attempts without the KB to get the form down

    Offshore was a beast and completed 7 sets and was rounding in on 8 before he was eliminated to win the challenge. Strong work was put in by all.

    Thanks fo letting me lead, as always its an honor.

  • Peer Pressure

    9 of the strong greeted the gloom at DaVille for some ground work

    Mosey to grassy area by basketball court

    COP

    • Arm Circles
    • SSH
    • Merkins
    • LBC

    The Suck

                    Do the exercise in each station while the rabbit runs to the end of the parking lot and back, then move to the next station

    • Jump Rope
    • Squats (proper squats)
    • Chuck Norris merkins
    • Battle ropes
    • WW2 situps
    • Jump squats
    • Something I can’t remember
    • Sandbag work with Eric

    Mosey to the wall

    One burpee for every person that passes the Q on the way

    Wally World like thing

    3 sets of

    • 5 donkey kicks
    • BTTW handstand merkins
    • Merkins with feet on the wall
    • Run to sidewalk and back

    PAX wall sits while one crawls under legs to end of line, then next goes. Everyone goes twice

    Then

    PAX goes BTTW while one bear crawls under to end of line, then next goes. Everyone goes once

    Mosey back to the flag

    5 burpees for everyone that gets back to the flag after the Q

    Merkin Ring of Fire to finish out the time

    Numberama

    Namearama

    Spike took us out

    NMS

    YHC doesn’t often Q DaVille, his love of Ground-n-Pound seems like a waste of the size of the AO. But pressure from the PAX will make a man do some positive things, weather he wants to or not.

    MumbleChatter was high and the effort was strong as everyone worked through the exercises.

    As always it was an honor to lead this group of men

    See you in the Gloom.