Tag: MANNdate

5 men showed up for another rendition of the Murph, and you know it was cold because Helix was wearing gloves!  Here’s what happened.

Run around the interior of the school property, which is right at 1 mile,  end up at bus loop, and complete:

100 snatches       200 renegade rows      300 demon crushers

No one got to running the second mile.

Numberama, namerama, YHC took us out

NMS

Can’t spell Murph without Mudface, and since the fartsack claimed him this morning the title of this BB makes sense, right?  Not a lot of mumblechatter, but there was some mention of the Redskins getting a QB from the Browns, and other candidates for the backup QB position were, per the PAX, Vinny Testeverde, Ryan Leaf and Bernie Kosar.  All are probably better than Mark “Butt Fumble” Sanchez….just saying.

YHC is sore right now, and hopes the rest of the PAX is feeling it as well.  Doing a ruck workout on Tuesday and KB on Wednesday is tough!

Happy birthday to Bulkhead–way to start your day right!

As usual, I have No Idea what I’m doing.

5 dudes posted this morning to haul around some kettlebells.  Here is what transpired…

COP —
Smurphkins
Smurph Jacks
Smurphkins
Smurph Jacks
Smurphkins
Smurph Jacks
Smurphkins
Smurph Jacks
1 minute of smurphkins OYO
Arm circles 🙂
1 minute of smurphjacks

The Thang this morning was the SMURPH, the younger cousin of the MURPH
1 lap around the bus loop with kettlebell high and erect in the air
OYO whatever pace needed
50 sit up presses
100 goblet squats plus curls
150 KB swings

Once finished, run two laps around the bus loop

5, 10, 15, 20
5 DK’s, BC to bench, 5 dips
10 of each
15 of each
20 DK’s, 20 derkins

Mary
One round of boat canoes  Chewy called out three — all else only got to 2
One round of slingshots

NMS —
YHC decided to revive the SMURPH this week mainly because he wasn’t feeling like coming up with something totally new.  Honesty.
YHC had noticed while doing the regular MURPH how incredibly quiet it is.  No mumblechatter, everyone is too busy counting and working hard.  Decided to break up the monotony this morning with a little RUSH!  Geddy Lee has a very smurf like quality to his voice, so it was a natural fit!  Great to hang out with you all this morning!

Peace
Opus

8 regulars and 1 FNG posted on a chilly morning to hoist some iron and kickstart the holiday vacation (for most of us).  Here’s how it went down.

COP, start by running the bus loop, then circle up for 15 each of the following: SSH, merkins, arm circles (small, big, reverso), HRM, helicopters, Imperial Walkers, HRM.

Mosey to bus loop for four corners on an oval.  Ascending 4 corners with demon crushers, figure 8’s, American Hammers with KB, and lawnmowers, sets of 10, 20, 30 and 40, walk b/t corners while doing slingshots.  Al Gore for the six.

Find a patch of grass, circle up facing outward for pass the KB.  Do this clockwise, then counterclockwise, at which point due to backups etc. all the KB’s were mixed up, time to stop.

Triple check, partner up (this confused the PAX), exercises were flutter kick presses, LBC’s with KB, final partner runs the loop.

Mosey to flag for 15 halos, 15 diamond merkins on KB, 15 swings.

Numberama, namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS

YHC’s brother is in town for Thanksgiving, and he’s a runner, so YHC agreed to run the 10K tomorrow in exchange for said brother coming to MANNdate for a KB workout.  YHC has been talking up F3 for a while, and was excited for YHC’s biological brother (now known as Everlast) to meet my F3 brothers.  The temp was a bit chilly at 29 degrees, but Helix and Opus both opted for shorts.  Helix also went up in weight (at least for today) to 40 pounds–nice job!  Spit led the four corners throughout while being pushed by The Carpenter.  It was great to see a few more people out this morning, and especially glad to welcome Bulkhead to MANNdate!  Come again!  For those doing the challenge, that’s 60 merkins to start.

Announcements:  There is the 6 AM workout tomorrow at Mary Munford led by TYA, with coffee afterwards (bring your own mug).  YHC, Mudface and Chewy are doing the Rugged Maniac in May, would love for more F3 to join our team.

Hope you all have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

As usual I have No Idea what I’m doing.

5 Confident Warriors showed up Washington Henry for some Kb action.  Everyone was super excited that Yardsale had the Q this morning.  Around 5:31, someone noticed there was no Yardsale.  Oh well, hot potato Q then!

COP (Helix Style) —
Arm circles, merkins, DQ’s,

11’s (No Idea style) —
10 demon crushers, lunge across loop, 1 halo
Continue till done

Don’t Drop the soap (Alternative Mudface version) —
Start with around the worlds until droppage happens then run the lot and do 5 snatches each side.  Sometime after doing about 100 round the worlds, Mudface decided things were too easy so we reversed things and did snatches till we dropped the soap and then came back and did 5, then 10 round the worlds until we had had enough and just stopped abruptly. 🙂

Little Beast (Opus style) —
run to each stop and do 6 merkins, come back yadayada
next go round — kb swings, farmer carry in between

Oh look at the time!
finished up with 10 KB Thrusters IC

Passed to Chewie for one boat canoe.

NMS — What a great morning for a workout!  Helix started it off right with a nice COP and handed it off to No Idea.  No Idea comes in with the 11’s and Mudface starts complaining that it’s the first Wednesday of the month so we usually do the Murph the first Wednesday.  The overall consensus was that if you want to do the Murph the first Wednesday, then you gotta sign up for the first Wednesday to Q.
YHC will not hound Yardsale for missing his Q this morning.  YHC knows what that feels like.  🙁  Hope you are feeling okay.  See ya Friday.

Peace
Opus

5 fartsack rejector’s made it out for a MANNdate on a beautiful fall morning.  This is what we did.

COP

15 each of SSH, HRM, arm circles, LBC’s, helicopters, DQ and American hammers

Mosey to bus loop, do 10 sit up presses, run the loop, do 15 sit up presses, 10 halos, run, 20 sit up presses, 15 halos, 10 demon crushers, run, 25 sit up presses, 20 halos, 15 demon crushers, 10 KB swings, run, 30 sit up presses, 25 halos, 20 demon crushers, 15 KB swings, 10 goblet squats, run, 30 halos, 25 demon crushers, 20 KB swings, 15 goblet squats, 10 slingshots, run.  Continue to go up by 5 with runs in between, losing one exercise after you do 30 reps of it.

Mosey to flag, YHC took us out.

NMS

There was very little mumblechatter this morning, the PAX were very focused on trying to get through this thing YHC dreamed up, kind of like a lucky horseshoe, but kind of not.  Congrats to Opus on finishing first!

Announcements: YHC, Mudface and Chewy have formed a team for the Rugged Maniac challenge on 5/4/19, if you would like to join get in touch with either of us.  The cost goes up soon, so don’t wait!

As usual, I have No Idea what I’m doing.

Four stalwart men dominated the gloom, KB style.

Thang

Warm-up mosey around bus loop

COPAll exercises in cadence. Thank you for your support, No Idea.

• Head circles – 10 each way
• Arm circles – 10 small, five big, reverso
• Hip circles – 10 each way
• Burpees x 10

Triple-check

• Wall squats
• Sling-shots
• Lunge to curb and back, Mud Face style

Three-Ring Circuit 30 seconds of each exercise within a circuit. One minute of rest between circuits.

• Circuit #1
  • One-handed swing (each)
  • Clean & press (each)
  • Side lunge (each)
  • Clean & squat (each)
• Circuit #2
  • Alternating swing (two cycles)
  • Double lunge (each)
  • Squat & press (each)
  • Windmill (each)
• Circuit #3
  • Double-handed swing (two cycles)
  • Clean, squat, & press (each)
  • High pulls (each)
  • Overhead forward lunge (each)

Minutes of Gumby

Numberama, Nameorama, BOM (Chewie took us out)

NMS

It took this tiny-but-mighty group a bit to warm up. Perhaps this was because COP exercises did not lend themselves to wandering or new-style dance moves. We will work on cadence call-and-response.

Nonetheless, heartbeats quickened. YHC designed a workout intended to build in intensity. No Idea’s comment after the Triple-Check that “this isn’t as hard as last time” suggests next time should involve deceleration instead of acceleration. Or, maybe just high-intensity the whole time. Any cardiac risks in the group?

Thanks to Chewie for taking us out. He inspired the BB title. YHC suspects from the groans – which peaked during Windmills – that prayers for fixing our bodies are much appreciated.

It is an honor and privilege to lead this fine group.

Announcements

Breaking Bread could use a few good men. Lab Rat is leading the charge this month.

Five brothers attacked the damp gloom to push each other to their limits. Here is what happened:

Waiter-carry KB to school entrance. Discard KBs.

Mosey around the bus loop to grassy area near the street for COP:

• Fire Drills
• Russian Soldiers x 10 IC
• Dirty Dogs x 10 IC

Mosey back to school entrance to retrieve KBs and commence:

KB 50/10 Smorgasbord (or “Plethora of Pain”)

50 seconds of exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest. Exercises were:

• Snatch (right then left)
• Burpee
• Clean & Press (right then left)
• Jump Squat (Bobby Hurley style)
• Windmill (right then left)
• Ball Dipper
• Merkin
• High Pull (right then left)
• Al Gore
• Mountain Climber (slow)
• One-Handed Swing (right then left)
• Sit & Press

Scout Indigenous People Run around bus loop and back to school entrance

Perfect Pair

• 20 swings followed by 10 Merkins,
• 20 swings followed by 9 Merkins,…
• down to 20 swings followed by 1 Merkin

Victory Lap around bus loop

Minutes of Gumby (various stretches for 10 minutes)

Numberama, Nameorama, BOM

Rounders took us out.

NMS

It was an honor and privilege to lead this morning. The goal was to challenge each of us, especially the PAX, who had no clue what would come next or when it would end. The PAX rose to the challenge, muscling through vertigo and flatulence. The “T” word was only uttered after the workout. A particular shout-out to Rounders who finished the Perfect Pair first – (200 swings and 55 Merkins). Outstanding effort by all. The goal is for us to be at least a little bit better than we were yesterday.

5 brave souls came out once again in the mist to throw some kettlebells around.

Here is what transpired…
Pump kettlebell while walking the bus loop to COP spot

COP —
Hillbillies (a helix favorite)
SSH
KB Windmills each side
Overhead Rotational Squats (known from now on as corkscrews) — each side
renegade rows each side
figure 8’s
figure 8’s with a hold in the middle
sidestepping kb swings

KB Tabatas
Bob and Weave, Goblet Squats
Demon Crushers, Sit up Presses
Halos, Standing presses

Don’t Drop the Soap
Hold KB as long as possible, when dropped get down and do 14 merkins, then run lap.
Rinse and repeat for a total of three times

A little Mary
combo exercise — squat, squat and press, squat press and tricep press repeato until tiredo
boat canoes — a total of 10 (2 each PAX member)

Numbers, Names, Announcements

NMS —
What a great group of guys today.  Mumblechatter came mostly from Emoji (big surprise), but Helix and No Idea also had some stuff to say today as well.  Yardsale was rather quiet today.  YHC was too busy trying to not die to talk.
Thank Emoji for the backblast title.  While doing the corkscrews, he shouted out “These are great for the spleen!”  YHC immediately thought that he knew nothing about the spleen and subsequently found the very informative video in the backblast.  Now YHC wants to be a splenologist upon retiring from teaching.  Watch the video if you can.

Peace out
Opus

It’s the first MANNdate of the month, so time for the Murph!  The PAX rolled out of bed and geared up to hoist some iron and a little running.

Run a mile, then do 100 halos, 200 demon crushers, and 300 lawnmowers, run another mile if there is time.

YHC took us out.

NMS

There’s a tradition to greet the month at MANNdate with the Murph.  Not everyone seems to recall the tradition, and YHC was happy to serve up the reminder.  There was mumblechatter during the run about fear of stepping in a hole as the route circumnavigated the whole school, and there are a few dips in there.  Congrats to Emoji for finishing the whole Murph–at least he said he “felt like” he did all the KB exercises 🙂    There was a lot of mumblechatter, but as YHC is late in getting this BB written, none of it springs to mind–I’m sure it was high minded and proper, as this is a hallmark of MANNdate…

Thanks for letting me lead.

As usual, I have No Idea what I’m doing.

A lucky 7 guys showed up this morning for a kettlebell thing.  Luckily, they brought kettlebells.  Otherwise the workout would not have gone very well.

Tricep press Mosey to COP area.
5 Burpees OYO
Arm Circles
DQ — not Dairy Queen
WW2 Situps
KB Situp presses
Cottonmouth Squats (for Emoji)
Racked Squats
Goblet Squats
Half Kneeling Presses
5 Burpees OYO

Triple check —
Bear Crawl to light post and back, KB Thrusters, KB Bob and Weave

Longish farmer KB carry mosey to the swingsets.

3 people halo mosey the track while all else do Swingset planks.  Both hands on swing, lean arms and push swing as far as you can go without falling over and hold position for as long as you can stand it, then relax for a few seconds.  Repeato until the KB walkers get back.

Ratio exercises.
1 KB Swing followed by 4 upright pulls
then 2 swings, 8 pulls
then 3 swings, 12 pulls
then 4 swings, 16 pulls
then come back down the ladder.

Follow same course with
1 KB am hammer, 4 sit up presses…

Mosey back to flag for a few boat canoes
Numbers, Names, Announcements
YHC took us out.

Announcements —
PP at Dogpile 7 AM
CSAUP run coming up soon — see backblast for details!

NMS —
No one had stepped up to Q this thing as of a few days ago and YHC hadn’t Q’ed a KB workout in a while so YHC was anxious to try again.
YHC put some feelers out last night to Mudface and Spit asking if there were any swings at Manndate.  Mudface became worried when I asked him.  YHC told him he should be.  Mudface said there were 4, so YHC came a little earlire than usual to see if Mudface was accurate — lo and behold he was.  So the swing planks were in play.
YHC sometimes forgets how much longer a Bear Crawl seems than how long it really is.  That’s okay — the PAX modified as needed and no one was injured.
The Swing planks were a great hit according to YHC.  Everyone else I am not so sure of, but those are a great core workout along with some lats, those oft forgotten about muscles that complain when they get used.
The first ratio exercise was great — the second one flopped — it was way too much — could have lowered the ratio?
A great time was had by all — mumble chatter centered around the difference between being a newlywed and having been married for many years.  Glad to have Pick 2 back after a mini hiatus and glad his marriage is going well so far!
Righteous Blessings,
Opus