Tag: Mammoth Balls

Fresh off the derailment, YHC is working to get back on track! After a full week of eating from food trucks he definitely felt it this morning. Here’s how we kicked off the day…

Warmarama

• Merkins
• All the wives
• SSH
• The YHC got excited this morning and was ready to dive into it!

Thang

• Tabata style with Kettlebells: 6 mini rounds of 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off. We made sure to get a run in between each one of the 7 main rounds.
• Skull crusher
• Pull through merkin
• Kettlebell swing
• Goblet squat
• Row
• Curl
• Overhead press

Numbers, Names and Announcements for new AOs popping up. Still working on our new location at New Kent high school soon hopful

Great chatter as always with Commando! This guy radiates positive energy. Life’s been a little crazy the past couple of weeks trying to juggle everything, but honestly I wouldn’t have it any other way.

YHC took us!
Don’t Waste The Day!

3 Cheery Ol’ Chaps emerged from the gloom for a delightful game of Mammoth Bawls! YHC emerged moments after the buzzer sounded as Tuesdays always seem to be the hardest days to rise from the ol’ fartsack. It was rather chilly out so this Q ball had the chaps follow along with a not so warmup(still chilly) with a mosey down the parking alley, side strut beyond the dog park, across the wee bridge and back to our rather cold bawls for some SSH’s, Michael Phelps, DQ’s and leg stretches.

The Thahng

Kettle Bell AMRAP – Fire up the Timer for 15 minutes and do the following 4 exercises.

• 10 Goblet squats
• 10 SA Row – Each Arm
• 10 Merkins
• 10 KB Swings
• Repeat until 15 mins is up

COP2 – Light Posts

MoT w/ KB decided by each PAX in rotation from post to post. At every light post perform 3 SA Shoulder Press (each arm) and 4 Merkin Pull Throughs. Walk BTTF doing a variety of arm workouts.

CoT! Names & Numbers(3)

Announcements- See Slack for details. Chili Cook Off coming up? The Bridge this Saturday.
Prayer Requests – Prayers for Commandos son as he’s hoping to land with a job interview he recently had. We pray the God will open up opportunities for him.
Commando led us in a mighty good prayer to close it out! Favorite part of YHC’s morning is being in a prayer circle with Commando leading it!

The YHC rolled in as the wind howled like a full-blown hurricane! Hopped out of the car to catch up with Commando, and what do I spot? The Silver Bullet blazing in! A sight we haven’t seen in a minute! Here’s how it all went down…

11s with kettlebells

• Pull through merkins
• Squats
• Transportation is around the worlds

Line up on the line call out an exercise and rep! Once done run 200 yards rinse and repeat. We did this for close to 30 minutes and did every kettlebell exercise that I can think of.

Numbers, Names and Prayer Request for speedy recovery for our buddy Broadway! Yukon took us out.

Beaver’s busy with the newborn, Yukon Cornelius is staying active helping the church with media and Trail Life for his boys and Commando’s secretly honing those pickleball skills. Meanwhile YHC is just trying to keep up with the kiddos and all their sports

Life is good be grateful!!

3 Iron Pax Challenge Champions were released into the super moon gloom to reclaim their kettlebell AO! After 5 weeks of IPC, kettlebells fell to the wayside, justifying our AO swap by moving kettlebells to Tuesday(best thing since sliced bread!). It was a bit of a Q Potato as Choo Choo, Commando, and YHC ironed out the wrinkles as we went.

Warmarama – some stretching on the asphalt.

The Thang – Tabata – 20 sec on, 10 sec rest. 6 sets, run a close quarter mile after every round.

• Merkin Pull Throughs
• 2 or SA Curls
• 2 or SA Bent Over Row
• Halos
• Tricep Extensions
• Squats

End with Mary

Numbers & Names

Announcements & Prayer Requests – Will we be doing a Merkin Month this November?

Prayers for YHC’s brother that he returns to Jesus, and the M and the little one are safe during this birth in the coming 24 hours.

YHC closed us out in prayer.

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Galatians 5:24

YHC rolled into the Mammoth/IronHaul parking lot to see what might be on the menu for this gloom. We’ve been discussing swapping the 2 AO’s to allow Monday to be a recovery day and doing KB’s on Tuesdays. Anyway! It was a solo party for this lonely Beaver so YHC opted for the Iron Haul run and logged some miles all over PFP while ensuring I did not encounter any copperheads!

Three of the finest gathered on this beautiful Monday morning. We gave the kettlebells and sandbags a break since YHC is still feeling the IronPAX and the weekend’s convergence. The YHC was trying to remember whose slogan went “Get on up and get on down to…” so if you know, chime in. Anyway here’s how it went down…

Warmarama

• All the wives and moms
• Arm circles
• Flutters
• Helicopters
• Copperhead squats
• A few jumps here and there

Thang

COP 1 I stole this from Hutton but I forgot what he called it.

• We set up in the middle of the parking lot with four corners, each marked by a workout (20 reps). You run to a corner, knock out the 20 reps, then return to the middle for 2 burpees. Head to the next corner do the exercise, come back for 2 more burpees, and continue until all four corners were hit. We completed two full rounds of this circuit.
  
• Lt Dans
• Merkins
• WW2
• Squats

COP2

Sprint to the first light pole then Mario jump to the next. Continue back and forth pole to pole until reaching the front of the park. Once there mosey back to the starting point.

COP3

3,6,9 Pull ups, Dips and Merkins 5 rounds mosey back to the front of the park!

Numbers, Names and Announcements for an over night ruck. See Crabgrass!

YHC planned on taking it easy this morning, but that went out the window quick. Couldn’t ask for a better sunrise or better company!

Don’t waste the day!

1 HIM emerged from the gloom onto PFP with a couple of kettlebells and no big plans for this mornings Mammoth Balls. Beaver got a little crazy and performed a plethora of exercises, some of which might be included in this IPCs Week 2 “8 Track” routine.

Have a blessed day everyone!

That title should be on a book cover.

2 bearded beauties rolled into the Lumberyard on this brisk morning. Beaver and Yukon were feeling IPC Week 0 heavily in the legs and made a call to the bullpen for some upper body supersets. Here’s how the events transpired:

Warmup: 

Mosey to the back of the Lumberyard to the pull up bars. 

-back twists

-arm circles

-10 slow and controller merkins IC

Part 1:

12 reps of each exercise. 3 sets.

-pullups

-seated bench press (machine)

-bench dips 

*Mosey back to the front of the Lumberyard

Part 2:

Timer was set for 60 seconds of exercise and 20 seconds of rest between stations. Move in a counter clockwise fashion after the 60 second lift. Once the first set of exercises were complete, move to the second set, then third, etc.

Plate

1-bench close grip

2-front raise 

3-halos

4-bus drivers

Dumbbells

1-flys

2-lateral raise

3-bent over fly

4-shrugs

Kettlebell

1-lat pullover

2-tricep extension standing

3-walking kettlebell carry

4-1 arm skull crusher

Chain

1-merkins (chain over neck)

2-chain turns (forearms)

3-diamond merkins (chain over neck)

Coupon

4-one hand on coupon, one hand on ground, perform merkin, switch hands after one rep

Beaver is heading DR for some relaxation for the week. Had some good chatter this morning about bow hunting, something Yukon attempted and was never successful at. Lessons might be in order. Iron Haul in the morning!

Three HIMs showed up on this beautiful Monday morning, each with a set in hand. We marched toward that freshly cut, painted Bermuda grass, and here’s how it all went down…

Warmarama

• All the wives and moms
• SSH
• Merkins with 5 core principles
• Flutters with arms
• Arm circles all directions

Thang!
Grab kettlebell’s, Medicine ball, Sandbag

Gorilla Complex

• 8 reps 8 rounds with a 100 yard run after each round
• Curls
• Toss medicine ball over field goal post
• Plank pull through with sandbag
• Kettlebell swing

Numbers, Names and Prayer request for Hozier Daddy and Yoda.

Positive note—Beaver will be heading back west coast at the end of the year to reconnect with familiar faces and celebrate a well earned job promotion. On top of that he’s welcoming a new baby and some puppies. Lots of exciting things ahead!

Got a 1 mile victory lap in also.

YHC took us out.
Don’t waste the day!

2 mammoth men brought their mammoth balls for an upper body challenge. The setup consisted of 4 stations in a circle with a 35 lb plate, 2-25 lb dumbbells, a kettle bell (choice of 40, 35, and 30 lbs), and a chain. Here’s how it went down.

Warmup:

-Quick mosey around the parking lot

-arm circles

-lat stretch

-good mornings

-roscoes wife

The meat and taters:

Timer was set for 90 seconds of exercise and 15 seconds of rest between stations. Move in a counter clockwise fashion after the 90 second lift. Once the first set of exercises were complete, move to the second set, then third, etc.

Plate

1-bench close grip

2-front raise 

3-halos

4-bench wide grip

5-bus drivers

Dumbbells

1-flys

2-lateral raise

3-shoulder press

4-bent over fly

5-shrugs

Kettlebell

1-lat pullover

2-tricep extension standing

3-walking kettlebell carry

4-upright row

5-skull crusher laying

Chain

1-merkins (chain over neck)

2-chain turns (forearms)

3-merkin pull through

4-chain turns (forearms, opposite way)

5-diamond merkins (chain over neck)

After the workout Yukon and Beaver chatted for a bit about house projects. Sounds like Beaver might start a side hustle doing home remodeling. Might be time to get rid of my 1990 cabinets.