Tag: The Old Hundred

  • Cops are out at OHES

    A Q was abandoned for a good cause in the late hours of the evening. Rain came early and was relentlessly falling. 4 HIM’s wanted to fart sack, but what felt like a drug deal for some hard clay blocks needed to happen this morning. Woodsman brought the goods, Dumar and Hermey brought the truck. According to the Police Officer admiring peak male fitness, here is what transpired…

    Mosey around the bus loop and some light stretching to feel invigorated. Lined up for a Light pole Build-A-Beast/Pyramid thang that YHC came up with as he drove to OHES…

    ROUND 1
    Light Pole (LP) #1 – 7 squat bicep curls
    LP #2 – 7 squat bicep curls, 7 skullcrushers
    LP #3 – 7 squat bicep curls, 7 skullcrushers, 7 upright rows
    LP #4 – 7 squat bicep curls, 7 skullcrushers, 7 upright rows, 7 single arm rows,
    LP #5 – 7 squat bicep curls, 7 skullcrushers, 7 upright rows, 7 single arm rows, 7 Sumo squats
    LP #6 – 7 squat bicep curls, 7 skullcrushers, 7 upright rows, 7 single arm rows, 7 Sumo squats, 7 KB Swings
    Go in reverse order, dropping the exercise from LP#1 and so on

    ROUND 2
    LP #1 – 7 thrusters
    LP #2 – 7 thrusters, 7 bicep curls
    LP #3 – 7 thrusters, 7 bicep curls, 7 jump squats
    LP #4 – 7 thrusters, 7 bicep curls, 7 jump squats, 7 halos
    LP #5 – 7 thrusters, 7 bicep curls, 7 jump squats, 7 halos, 7 bent over rows
    LP #6 – 7 thrusters, 7 bicep curls, 7 jump squats, 7 halos, 7 bent over rows, 7 Squats
    Go in reverse order, dropping the exercise from LP#1 and so on

    Finished it off with each HIM calling a 30 second AMRAP excercise

    11 year convergence Saturday 7am Dogpile
    Ruck CSAUP 9/26 8 PM to 12:30 AM at Alamo

    Prayers for JJ healing and Hermey’s friend who’s family member lost battle with cancer

  • Hell(icopter)’s Bells

    Did you know that an Apache Helicopter’s chin mounted autocannon is slaved to the gunner’s helmet. So wherever the gunner looks, the gun points.

    The PAX came out to The Old Hundred for a beatdown and, unbeknownst to them, a lesson in helicopters. Speaking of which, did you know a helicopter can land safely even with a complete engine failure. It is called autorotation.

    After a quick mosey around the parking lot, we started with Side Straddle Hops, helicopters (of course), Dead Man Hang into cherry pickers, and then got to know a couple of wives before getting to it.

    First up was some Tabata cycles. Tabata is a 4 minute workout alternating between 20 seconds of exercise and 10 seconds of rest. And while we are learning things, did you know that the blades of a helicopter’s rotor actually change their pitch within a single rotation. This allows helicopters to maintain control in all three axes: Pitch, Roll, and Yaw. Anyway we did 4 Tabata cycles: Shoulder presses, Goblet Squats, Skull Crushers, and WW3s.

    Next we moved to the bus loop. YHC had originally planned to do this next part using the 5 corners of the building (as viewed from satellite imagery) but figured it would be too confusing for the knuckledraggers in this PAX so we used the bus loop instead. Start at one end of the bus loop, do 5 reps of an exercise, run to the other end of the bus loop with your bell, and do 5 reps of another exercise, then back and do another and so on. We did 5 exercises: burpees, piledrivers (a goblet squat, shoulderpress at the bottom of the squat, stand up, shoulderpress at the top. That is 1 rep), KB Swings, Deadlifts, Curls. We ran that one back and slow-seyed back to the parking lot.

    5 minutes remaining, Circle of fire which conveniently ended right before Warby. Announcements: Iron Pax on Thursday is a 50 minute workout so it will go from 5:30-6:20, stretch beforehand. When you arrive, grab a coupon from the trunk and head to the track. Mini CSAUP later this month, see Crabby for deets. Bring lightly used clothes for our homies in Kenya to Nancy or another one of the New Market chaps and they will dump it on his lawn for his M to clean up. COT and we are out of here. Hope everyone had fun. Oh and by the way, did you know that the tail rotor on a helicopter is there to provide counter torque to counter act the torque of the main rotor. The reason that helicopters with two main rotors (like the Chinook cargo/transport helicopter) don’t need a tail rotor is that their rotors are counter rotating (they spin in opposite directions) so they cancel out each others torque.

  • Time to get back to Work

    Some folks found it difficult to get out of the fartsack after the epic Crabby beatdown at yesterdays Convergence. For the 6 kettlebell monsters, no issue. After getting a glimpse into this weeks Iron PAX routine, YHC decided to give a slimmed down version of it to the group with a kettlebell in hand.

    Started off with a long, slow mosey around the parking lot. Once back, DMH, down into a few wife stretches, SSH, merkins, imperial walkers. Lets get it on!!!

    Round 1: 5 squat thruster, 3 point suicide run spaced out at 5 yards each.

    Round 2: 5 squat thruster, 25 KB presses, 3 point suicide run spaced out at 5 yards each.

    Round 3: 5 squat thruster, 25 KB presses, 25 single count lunges, 3 point suicide run spaced out at 5 yards each.

    Round 4: 5 squat thruster, 25 KB presses, 25 single count lunges, 50 sit-ups, 3 point suicide run spaced out at 5 yards each.

    Round 5: 5 squat thruster, 25 KB presses, 25 single count lunges, 50 sit-ups, 75 squats, 3 point suicide run spaced out at 5 yards each.

    Next was an Eye of the Storm: Within the 4 corners of the parking lot, 20 count of curls, 20 count of lunge twists, 20 count of lawn mowers, 20 count of kettlebell swings with 5 burpees in the center of the parking lot between each round. (FYI we found something Flyboy likes).

    Clock was ticking and we had time to do a 10 count Ring of Fire PAX choice abs. 2 min left, we took a walk around the parking lot to cool off.

    Numbers, names, PR, announcements.

    Always a pleasure to lead you gents.

  • Leg Day Turned Into an Arm Day

    Cookie put his name in the Q sheet, then immediately got cold feet. Crabby sniffed that out and called him out the night before. At that point, there was no turning back. So Cookie rolled in, grabbed the reins, and led the PAX straight into the fire with his cheese grater:

    • Run around the school
    • Warmups & light stretching (just enough to give false hope)
    • 4 Corners – Lady of the Night edition
      • Kettlebell Thrusters – 20 each corner (140 total)
      • Squats – 40 each corner (200 total)
      • Curls – 60 each corner (180 total)
      • Calf Raises – 100 each corner (100 total)
      • Travel: lunge to the first corner, reverse lunge back to base, and walk to the other corners (because walking normally is overrated)

    Legs and arms were smoked. Mission accomplished.

    Mumble-chatter

    • Flyboy bragging his nuts are growing (still unverified).
    • Packers winning the Super Bowl (also unverified, but good for morale).

    Reflection

    What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger… except carrying kettlebells for 40 minutes without a break. That just makes you question your life choices.

    Announcements

    • Overnight Ruck – a fun way to test the limits of blister technology.
    • Boys of Summer Finale – last chance to flex those dad bods.

    COT

    Big thanks to the HIMs who posted, lunged, and laughed their way through my self-inflicted suffering. Stronger men left the AO today. I was lucky to lead you gentlemen today!

  • What Kind of Cheese Was That?

    Even when misting, its always Sunny and 70. Nine F3 studs grabbed their kettlebells and found their way to The Old Hundred for an early morning beat down.

    Warmarama consisted of SSH, cherry pickers, imperial walkers, mountain climbers. Now on to the thang.

    COP1: 11s with squat thrusters and merkin pull throughs. The first 2 rounds, the PAX lunge twist to the far end of the parking lot and reverse lunge twist back. After that, just jogging the remaining rounds, keeping the KB clutched.

    COP 2: With KB in hands, Bernie from the bottom of the parking lot up the hill to the top of the school entrance. While Cookie brought the cheese slicer, Wildcat brough the cheese. THICK!!!! At the top of the hill, we did 3 sets, 10 reps of curls, bent over rows and skull crushers. Walk back down the hill to the parking lot entrance.

    COPS 3: Triple check. Timer ran with KB half length of the parking lot and back while PAX performed standing wood choppers and calf raises. With a few minutes left, the group planked until time.

    Numbers, names, Announcements, PR and COT. Big respect for Nancy and his 30lb backpack!!

    Nice work out there today gents!!! Always an honor to lead

  • Bottom or Top? (Pyramid)

    Hot muggy day which was perfect for kettlebells! YHC started with a warmup that had some abbreviated cadences to keep the PAX guessing, a great way to unlock the mind in the morning!

    Pyramid 1

    Set 1: 10 skullcrushers, run to cone and back. Set 2: 10 skull crushers, 10 high pulls, run to cone and back. Set 3: 10 skull crushers, 10 high pulls, 10 squat curl press, run to cone and back. Set 4 10 skull crushers, 10 high pulls, 10 squat curl press, 10 goblet squats, run to cone and back. Set 5 10 skull crushers, 10 high pulls, 10 squat curl press, 10 goblet squats, 10 bent over rows, run to cone and back.

    Then we took one exercise off of each set and worked our way through until none remained. Light mumble chatter on what was considered the top and the bottom…

    mosey to benches for next one.

    same as before but exercises were 10 rage pulls, 10 reaper twists, 10 bicep curls, 10 step ups, 10 wrist curls.

    mosey to side of school, squat against wall and do 10x front lateral raises. Did 10x-15x and then BTTF

    Homegrown Half, Kool Aid Convergence, Ruck CSAUP, Chili cook off hopefully in OctoberTBD

    Great push everyone, that was a grind today!

  • Three Generations to Celebrate

    Warm-Up

    • Mosey around the school
    • Side Straddle Hops
    • Dead Man Hang
    • Cherry Pickers
    • Roscoe’s Mom
    • Wilson’s  & Fudd’s Wife
    • Fudd’s Wife
    • Merkins
    • LBC

    The Thang:
    The workout centered around my daughter Reese’s 11th birthday and the coincidence that she shares her birthday with her uncle and grandmother (Stacey’s mom, who has passed). Three generations all born on 8/5. So we did 3 exercises, 11 reps each, repeated 3 times per round, for a total of 5 rounds.

    Round 1:

    • Kettlebell Swings
    • Squat Thrusters
    • Lunges

    Mosey

    Round 2:

    • WW III’s
    • American Hammers
    • Flutter Kicks

    Mosey

    Round 3:

    • High Pulls
    • Lawn Mowers
    • Overhead Presses


    Mosey

    Round 4:

    • Single-Leg Deadlifts
    • Curls
    • Skull Crushers


    Mosey

    Round 5 :

    • Calf Raises
    • Mountain Climbers
    • Merkin Pull-Throughs

    Announcements

    • Homegrown Half – August 16
    • Flyboy is our new CTO ?!?

    I led us out in prayer

  • There’s a tribe in Mexico…..

    Did you know there is a tribe in Mexico that runs without shoes? Did you know there is a book about it? As light broke over The Old Hundred, this was the topic of conversation as 10HIMs crushed it with Kettlebells.

    Kicked things off with a long mosey around the parking lot. As we ignored the cones, not placed by YHC, the PAX carried their KBs to the other parking lot for a change of scenery.

    The Thang- 10 Min AMRAP, 8 rep sets

    Thang 1: Bent over rows, curls, squat thrusters. 1.5 min run, 1 min “rest” Al Gore

    Thang 2: On your 6!!! V ups, double count flutter kicks, double count scissor kicks. 1.5 min run, 1 min “rest” elbow plank. Within this Thang, a dentist who will remain nameless, released some pressure that made Nancy vacate and almost spill his merlot.

    Thang 3: Welcome back to the circle Nancy. Swings, skull crushers, reverse lunge twist. Had just enough time to for one more run and back to the flag.

    Numbers, names (and some numbers), announcements, PR, COT.

    Always an honor to lead you gents!

  • Confuse the Pax

    An even half dozen shied away from the No Toll fields. While we wished our PAX well and hoped for Victory, this Pax decided to avoid injury and stay close to comforts of home. According to the CPS 12 month employees here is what happened:

    **The events described here are based on true events.  Some of the names, places and exercises may have been changed to protect the innocent.  This was also modified to fit your screen.  

    Quick mosey around the to start.  COP- 20 each SSH, LBC; Seal Training: Overhead claps, front claps, 10 Each, Jazzercise, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, , Copper head squat, Cherry pickers, Merkins, Dollies, Flutters.  

    Farmer Carry to bus loop. Spread out every other lot stripe. Each pax select an exercise. Pax would perform exercise, run tracer to next station and rotate through. Exercises were: Upright rows, Romanian deadlifts, Merkins pull through, swings, skull crushers, curls. Repeato for round 2. Round 3, 4 and 5: Each pax add an exercise. Added were WWIII’s, Overshead press, American hammers, Lawn mowers, Helicopters, single arm press. Back to flag and time was called.

    Announcements: Homegrown half, CSAUP ruck,

    Prayers to Florences family as they deal with loss.

    YHC took us out in prayer.

  • High Stakes Kettlebell

    8 HIMs woke up to no more lightning, so we grabbed large iron orbs and went outside to toss them around. According to the bullfrogs (or cheeks clapping, hard to tell) here’s what took place…

    Under promise and over deliver, no running today, let’s just circle up, stretch it out, and get to work.

    Kettlebell Poker
    – Each round, YHC calls out an exercise and we do 10x
    – Then one-by-one, each PAX draws a card and we perform that many reps: 2-10, J 11, Q 12, K 13, A 14
    – Spades – Single Arm Clean + Press
    – Clubs – Skullcrushers
    – Diamonds – Romanian Deadlifts
    – Hearts – KB Swings
    Rinse and repeat until each PAX member has 5 cards

    Spades were heavily favored, but clubs came out 4 times in a row to really hit the triceps. YHC turned it into 5 card draw, at the cost of 10 halos you could trade in 2 cards for a better hand.

    How good of a hand you had determined final workout. High card = 20x, Pair = 18x, 2 Pair = 16x, 3 of a kind = 14x, Straight or Flush = 12x, Full House = 10x, Royal/Straight Flush/4x = 5x

    Based on your hand, do X for each of the suits.

    To finish the day off, squatted against the wall and did 3 sets of 10x front raises. Wildcat had some gas escape the trap door which led to many PAX going around the corner to a different wall.

    Numbers, Announcements, Prayers – Wildcat scans & the family of the boy who drowned in the reservoir