Tag: The Alamo

What better way to start the week with a great workout built around music. After a quick introduction and warmup stretch we took off at the speed of a 3-toed sloth with arthritis. The course was approximately one mile. I attempted to bring a little Army training into the run and sing cadence, to get everyone in step. After about 1 minute, I realized that staying in step and singing at the same time, should be worked on at a later date.

At the first stop, we welcomed our first song, Bring Sally Up. Just like the song says, stand up when Sally goes up and squat when Sally goes down.

At the second stop I decided to bring a little bit of history into the fold and played Snoopy versus Red Baron, by the Yultide Singers. This consisted of doing jumping jacks in tempo with the song, and doing pushups during the 10, 20, 30 portions of the song. If you have heard the song, you know what I mean.

At the third stop, we played the ever famous Thunderstruck, by AC/DC, and did a burpee every time the word Thunder was said.

At the fourth stop we played Black Betty by Ram Jam. We did squats to the beat of the music and did half burpees during the “Oh black betty” verse. We concluded the workout with the motivator, just to make sure everyone’s calves were completely smoked.

Thankfully, Nancy Lopez kept us on track with the time.

Announcements: September 11 ruck is a go from the Alamo. This is the last week for Wednesday’s at the Woodshed. For more details ask Crabby.

COT: Please pray for Da Bear and his collegues while they continue to work through a tragic accident at work.

9 of SOJs finest came out this morning to see the aftermath of some crazy storms overnight. Intense lightning and 3+ inches of rain didn’t stop this group from checking out what YHC had in store. Here is how it went down:

Warmup: Mosey to other end of parking lot for various IC exercises/stretches.

COP 1: 11s with increasing/decreasing running distances. Exercises were Carolina Dry Docks and Firecrackers. Start at one end of the parking lot with 10 CDDs, run to first island for 1 Firecracker, return to end of parking for 9 CDDs and run to the bottom of the U of the parking lot for 2 Firecrackers, continued on with running spots at front of the Alamo, other end of the U, far side island and other end of the parking lot. Worked our way back at each stop until 11s completed.

COP 2: Parking Space Crawls – Bear crawl between spots with 1 Merkin at each line x 10; Lunge between spots with 1 squat at each line x 10; Crab walk between spots with 1 Crab Cake at each line x 10; Backwards Lunges between spots with 1 Flying Squirrel at each line x 10;

COP 3: Mosey to other end of the parking lot for a Triple Check (turned Double Check due to time). P1 performed incline/decline merkins on the curb, P2 performed SL squats using the curb and P3 entered the tennis courts to perform run length of court, Bear Crawl the baseline, Lunge other length of the court, Broad Jump Burpee other baseline.

Ended with 1 1/2 mins of stretching. Numbers, Names, Announcements – Hot Ones Challenge this Friday at New Market Clubhouse 5-8 PM. See slack for sign up to bring food/drinks. M and 2.0 friendly; 9/11 Friday night ruck at Alamo starting at 8 pm; Labor Day Convergence location and time TBD, Prayers – Speakeasy and his battle with cancer, Teachers and kids returning to school, the everyday blessings of life.

I appreciate you fellas showing up this morning. When you wake up at 5 am and your mind says “Ugh, I HAVE to go workout,” retrain the mind to say “I GET to go workout! I GET the opportunity to better myself! I AM blessed with another day to make things happen! Keep at it and have a blessed day!

Apparently, there comes a point in every man’s life when technology becomes smarter than he is. For our Q, that point has arrived or he is still drunk from Saturday night’s Bourbon Fest. The Q showed up to the party drunk and managed to leave 4x drunker. He apparently decided that the best way to recover from a bourbon fueled weekend was to make the rest of us for it. According to the bourbon sweating out of his body, this is how it went down:

Warmup: A bunch of weird stretches and exercises with absolutely 0 attempts at counting

COP1: 4 Corners prostitute style: APDs w/ 2 second hold at top x 15, WW2’s x 20, American Hammers x 30 and Squats x 40

COP2: 4 Corners prostitute style: Bent Knee Wipers x 20, V Ups x 30, WW2 Punches x 40, Standing Up Hand Under Legs x 50

COP3: 4 Corners prositute style in tennis courts: Heels to Heaven x 10, Shoulder Taps x 20, LBCs x 30, Squats x 50

COP4: Ring of Fire with abs x 5 reps

Numbers, Names, Announcements (8/21 Hot Ones Challenge at NM Pool 5-8, 9/11 Ruck starting at Alamo) Prayers (Continued prayers for Hermey’s son and benign finding from lung concern)

Great work by all and expecting to see 6 packs by the end of this evening! Until next time: hydrate, stretch, and for the love of all things holy, hide the bourbon from Dumar (and Da Bear – ask him for further details).

A Big number of 15 Came out for this iteration of the Alamo. This included some passport stamp seekers of the summer tour. Great to see a big number and nice work to the handful of Alamoians for making it out. Apparently some of them have been on vacation everyday but Thursday all summer? After some brief comments about YHC’s mom, away we went. According to Handshake’s mom this is what transpired.

Brief mosey warm up to stop sign and back. 20 each SSH, LBC; Willy Mays Hayes, 10 Each, Jim Duggan’s,  Jazzercise, Helicopters, Imperials Walkers, , Copper head squat, Cherry pickers, Merkins, Dollies, Flutters.

Cop 1. Mosey to bunker. Cumulative 4 corners top, bottom each side and top of other side. 25 merkins, 50 Squats, 75 ?, 100 Monkey humpers.

COP 2 Mosey to play ground for Triple check. Runner to mailbox, Incline merkins and Imperial walkers.

COP3 Mosey back to flag. 4 corners cumulative as well in lot. 10 Plank jacks, 20 LBC’s, 30 Dollie’s , 40 Flutters. Then run Reverso dropping each exercise.

1 minute f stretching OYO to finish it off.

Prayers to Charlotte’s family and may she be resting in peace. Prayers to our brother going through aggressive chemo. YHC took us out in prayer.

Announcements: Breaking Bread-sign up, Labor Day convergence- Timberwolf?, 9/11 Ruck and opportunity fr the Lincoln memorial stairs.

Thanks for allowing me to lead! And to Handshake’s Mom, until we meet again!

It’s 0530 at the Alamo and 13 warriors emerge from the shadows and stand ready to test themselves. For each of them age is just a number, except for the fact that the fitness test scoring system is based off age. None the less these warriors were ready to push themselves to the limit and emerge victorious.

This was my VQ, and since I’m writing the post, it was outstanding and I have now set the standard for all others to try and emulate. After a quick warm up we immediately began the test.

The first event was Hand Release Pushups (HRP) for 2 minutes. This consisted of starting in the prone position, lifting your body up and back down, then extending both arms out to the side and back in. Everyone gave it their all and went to muscle failure.

The second event was the Sprint-Drag-Carry (SDC) for time. This consisted of starting in the prone position. At the start of the clock, sprint 25 meters down and back, run backwards with a sand bag across your shoulders down and back, conduct a lateral run down and back, conduct a farmers carry with 2x cinder blocks, and conclude with one last sprint down and back.

The third event was the Plank for time. We broke off into groups of 3 or 4 and at the command begin the timer started. The grunts and moaning came quickly, as the previous events took their toll on us. But we refused to give in or beg for mercy.

The final events was the 1-mile run (1MR) for time. The route was half a mile out and back. Through the dirty and dangerous streets of Rountrey we took off like mad men. The children looked at us like we were gods, the women blushed at our masculinity, and the other men bowed their heads as we passed.

Scores were based off the Army Fitness Test, the toughest and most elite fitness test known to man. Everyone did an outstanding job and should be very proud. However, after adjusting for the various age differences one man rose above the rest of the group with the highest score out of a total score of 400. Tzatziki scored a 384. Congratulations!

Scores:
Hei Hei: 336
Fandango: 329
Warby: 366
Crabgrass: 359
Woodsman: 361
Snooki: 349
Globetrotter: 377
Ruby: 371
Toby: 333
Futon: 354
Squash: 327
Doozy: 367

Announcements: Friday night ruck marches to come at the Alamo, home grown half see details on slack.

COT: Please continue to pray for Fandango’s co-worker and her family.

16 men showed up today and it was a bit of a cathartic journey for me as I led them down a workout that encompassed my dad’s great challenges in life.

Warm-up: Side Straddle Hops, Cherry Pickers, Copper Head Squats, Arm Circles

Adora: My dad was dropped off at a Baptist Children’s Home for Boys at the age of 8 with his twin brother. So, we did an Adora to find a brother in arms to get through this challenge. 100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 Side Straddle Hops

Thunderbirds Run: My dad was selected to be a part of the Air Force’s Elite Thunderbirds Squad. We formed 2 lines of 8 HIMs and in formation ran an “Indigenous” run down the “runway” with last HIM performing 6 Firecrackers to simulate the Bomb Burst the Thunderbird Planes perform.

P.O.S.T.- Peace Officer’s Standard Training: My dad was a police officer for his career. He, at the age of 39, entered the police academy and had to pass his P.O.S.T. test completing 5 circuits. The Circuit consisted of:25 Merkins, 25 Mountain Climbers, 25 LBCs, 25 Squats, & 10 Burpees, THEN, SPRINT down the parking lot, around the corner to BEAR CRAWL, THEN SPRINT around the pool in the grass field back to the start to finish 1 circuit. 1 HIM finished 4 circuits before time was over. Wildcat is a beast among men!

COT: Thanked the boys for coming out on this time of healing with me and appreciated the kind prayers and words sent to my family during this time.

COP

Warm Arama in the usual way followed by

Thang

a build a beast 666, 3 stops, yadayada
Merkin
Firecracker
Mountian climber
WW2
Squat
1 Burpee each stop for 6 total

First guy to finish Round 3 decides to keep , change or drop on ex
Last guy of round four got to do the same
Sixth guy in got to do the same
They made good choices.

COT

We closed it out with some nice stretching in the dojo fashion. YHC took us out after name/number announcements wins and requests.

As we stepped off, Warby had a question for YHC to kick things off — and that set the tone for the beatdown that followed.

Mosey to get loose, straight into…

Warm-o-rama: SSH, Dead Man Hang, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, LBCs, Freddies.

Thang:

Four Corners, prostitute style, around the parking lot — Inchworm Merkins, Squats, Drydocks, LBCs.

Lightpole Alley — worked down the street as a group, adding 5 reps to the called exercise at each pole. When we hit resistance, switched it up: Monkey Humpers, Sumo Squats, Burpees, Merkins.

Back to the court for another round of Four Corners, prostitute style — Firecrackers, Merkins, Squats, Freddies.

With a couple minutes left, closed it out with a suicide on the court to empty the tank.

Announcements, prayer requests, and Wildcat took us out.