Tag: The Old Hundred

  • hot pot

    COP

    warmarama in the normal fahsion

    THANG

    4 sets of 3 exercises with kettle bell and 1 runner (quad check) followed by some mary

    COT

    HErme brought us out after name/numberama, annnouncments and prayer req’s

  • My bells are cold

    Is there anything better than hefting a frozen kettlebell outside with your buddies, listening to dope music, seeing clouds of your own breath in front of your face each time you exhale? Probably yes, a lot of things. But so what? It’s still amazing. And so we had an amazing workout this morning. Anyone reading this who doesn’t like working out during the cold months? Don’t be like that, it’s great. Say goodbye to sweating! Did you know you can buy clothes to warm your body in just about any kind of weather? You may even shed layers after you begin doing hard stuff. Do it. You’ll love it (Cookie). Anyway, we did this:

    Run around the school, various stretches

    20 swings, 20 single leg lunges (10/leg), 20 single leg deadlifts (10/leg), repeat 3x

    75 calf raises, 20 Alabama prom dates, 20 Romanian deadlifts, repeat 3x

    20 upright rows, 20 overhead presses, 15 merkin pull throughs, repeat 3x

    20 skull crushers, 30 bent over rows (15/arm), 21s, repeat 3x

    Great time this morning fellas. It’s always an honor for me to lead you, so thanks!

  • Do you even eat Chili?

    Two days later and it sounds like you can’t handle your chili… 7 boys from the hood and 1 Westhoe came for all the smells. Check your shorts!!

    Warmarama: One Lap around the school, SSH, Arm Circles, DQ, Imperial Walkers, Copperhead Squats, LBC, Flutter Kicks, Bear Crawl to the curb, Incline Merkins, Decline Merkins.

    The Thang:
    4 Corners
    -Mosey to the 1st Corner, 20 Curls: Drop KB run to the start and back. 20 Curls
    -Mosey to the 2nd Corner, 20 Curls, 20 Lawnmower: Drop KB run to the start and back, 20 Curls, 20 Lawnmower.
    -Mosey to the 3rd Corner, 20 Curls, 20 Lawnmower, 20 Shoulder Press: Drop KB run to the start and back, 20 Curls, 20 Lawnmower, 20 Shoulder Press.
    -Mosey to the 4 Corner, 20 Curls, 20 Lawnmower, 20 Shoulder Press, 20 Skull Crushers: Drop KB run to the start and back 20 Curls, 20 Lawnmower, 20 Shoulder Press, 20 Skull Crushers.

    Mosey to the Picnic Tables: Partner Up
    100 Dips – Runner to the curb and back. Switch
    50 Step Ups – Runner to the curb and back. Switch
    30 Incline Merkins – Runner to the light pole. Switch

    Mosey BTTF: Ring of Kettlebells
    Numberama: Namerama
    YHC took us out.

    Moleskin: Smells like the Chili tournament was a big success. Great to be back at the Old Hundred to throw around some Kettlebells (and maybe a little running thrown in). Cookie made it in record time from his home to the AO. (Well done, Cookie). Thanks, Fudd for crossing the river today, great to see you buddy. Lurch brings the pain to the PAX with the slow arm raises. (Wise choice on KB weight). Thanks for letting me lead today. Purple Rain you back next week?

    Announcements:
    Hermey – has the Q at the Bridge on Saturday.
    See Slack for more.

    Oyster

  • Cookie is judging you

    I’ve Q’d here a bit and thought I’d wing it this morning. And I did, but it started off kind of slow. Still, I feel some serious soreness coming already. Toward the end we gained steam. There’s something about kettlebells that doesn’t feel like running but still feels like I put in serious work. Am I crazy? Probably.

    Thanks to trailblazers like Hermey I feel empowered to leave this truncated back last. We had a haphazard, run-free OYO warmup. Then 3x of the following:

    Swings, goblet squats, single leg deadlifts, Romanian deadlifts, WW3s, calf raises, upright rows, single arm rows, merkin pull throughs, overhead press, skull crushers, curls

    Running down the clock, PAX choice for misc ab exercises. Time.

    Chili cook off this Sunday. Come and hang out with the fams. That’s all we want. Bring a perfunctory item if it makes you feel better. Bring chili if you have game like that. Prayers, for all of us. YHC took us out.

    It is always an honor to lead you guys.

  • The Haunting of The Old Hundred!

    ”Who is this guy?” was soon followed by even weirder looks after I took out the Ghost Flag and stole the Q from Purple Rain.

    After a mosey around the large bus loop we circled up for a little disclaimer and some warmups of Helicopters, Arm Circles, Ukrainian Soldiers, DQs, LBCs, Flutters and Merkins.

    Taking from Attila’s playbook, I took out a park of cards to determine the kettlebell exercises. Clubs were Curls, Spades-Squats, Hearts-overHead presses and Diamonds-Da swings. Face cards=ten, Diamonds=15, face value for everything else with a 5 minimum and 2 jokers for ten burpees each. Lots of math involved. Total of 105 reps of each plus twenty burpees.

    With 15 minutes left we did another lap of the bus loop with a shout of “we don’t run at Kettlebells” from the Pax. And then we did a Lindsey of Overhead Pulls and Sit and Press. (30/10, 25/15, etc until 10/30).
    Circled back up for a little Mary of Freddie Mercuries, APDs and Heals to Heaven.

    Music playing the entire time and Mary turning into The Funny Bone are some nice touches at The Old Hundred.

    Announcements included Hermey going to the Bridge on 11/30 and encouraging others plus some secret SOJ meeting at a rodeo down south.

    Prayers for Orange Crush’s friend Andy, Dumar’s dad, Roger Roger’s wife, Fudd’s sister Mary and Fireman Ed.

    Thank you for letting me take over. Be on the lookout for a Purple Ghost Rain at an AO near you!

  • Get a shot in your brain

    6 Redwoods posted out on this Election Day ready to vote for a good kettle bell beatdown. What was to be a Purple Rain Q turned into a Nancy Q. Thanks PR for allowing me to get back to the Q sheet as I have a break from travel this week. Nothing better than starting a day with fine men!

    Warm up: 20 each: LBC’s, SSH, Imperial walkers, 10 each: Merkins, CH squats, Cherry pickers, DQ’s, Helicopters.

    Get to it: Round Robin of 6 with timer carrying the 50lb cannon ball to various lengths while pax rotated through: Kettle wings, Curls, Goblet squats, HR Merkins, LBC’s. 3 rounds completed. Then slow mosey around bus loop.

    Next rotation: Upright rows, Skull crushers, WWII, Drydocks, 1 more???, 2 rounds completed.

    Prayers for our country and that whatever the outcome we can united.

    Always an honor to lead. SYITG

  • Somebody give that man a mic

    8 adventurous HIMs pulled into the lot this morning eager for a kettlebell beatdown. Hermey supplied a diverse playlist played at high volume, but that’s how the old hundred crew likes it. We’re a non-conformist bunch, save for the common yearning for muscle-splitting, pulse pounding beatdowns where we’re all slinging weight. Never mind the school zoning, weight was slung. Here’s what appeared on the menu:

    Lap around the school, SSHs, Andy Dufresne stretch, dead man hang, grass grabbers, OYO helicopters, rotator cuff stretch, hold a deep squat, cobra and downward dog stretches, HRMs, 30 Freddie Mercurys w/ variable cadence

    20 swings, 20 goblet squats, 20 single leg deadlifts (10/leg), repeat x3

    20 Romanian deadlifts, 20 upright rows, 75 calf raises, repeat 3x

    15 WWIIIs, 20 overhead press, 20 skull crushers, repeat 3x

    30 one arm rows (15/arm), 20 curls, 20 around the worlds (10 each direction), repeat 3x

    With some time left on the clock we went around the circle of PAX for a “name the exercise and the rep count” thing. The best I can recall: goblet squats, American Hammers, flutter kicks, merkin pull throughs, not sure what to call the last one, you pick the KB up off the ground with one hand and then press it overhead, sort of like the snatch maybe? Go ahead and make jokes. It’s okay. 

    Names, numbers. 

    Daddy/daughter dance this weekend (rsvp on slack), VQ week next week (let’s show up in an overwhelming display of support). 

    Hermey took us out. 

    Way to push fellas. Always a pleasure to lead you guys.

  • kb tater

    cop – we waramarmed in the normal fashion

    thang – mixture of exercises in a circuit format

    cot – name/number announce hermey took us out

  • Gentlemen’s Dentistry

    Four dudes, their circadian rhythms mysteriously aligned and peaked this morning, slung weights around and brewed up some of the most cerebral and stimulating conversations. Nary a man ran, but here’s what we did do:

    SSH, Andy Dufresne, KB helicopters, dead man hang, hold a deep squat, merkins, cobra and downward dog

    20 thrusters, 20 reverse lunges (10/leg), 20 single leg deadlifts (10/leg), repeat 3x

    20 Alabama prom dates, 15 WWIIIs, 75 calf raises, repeat 3x

    20 Romanian deadlifts, 20 upright rows, 20 overhead presses, repeat 3x

    20 curls, 15 skull crushers, 30 lawnmower pulls (15/arm), repeat 3x

    Hermey took us out.

    Old Hundred never disappoints and we’ve been laughing all day. Thanks guys, makes slinging kettlebells around seem fun almost. My honor to lead, see you next time.

  • Don’t Stand Downwind

    7 men made it out to hit the kettlebells on a cool 70 degree and sunny morning. The air was crispy aside from a few times where a warm fog drifted by… caused by high-fiber foods.

    Mosey to the back of the parking lot.

    Warmup CoP
    Side Straddle Hops
    Helicopters
    Ukrainian Soldiers
    Imperial Walkers
    Copperhead Squats
    Arm Circles

    Cocaine Bear Crawl
    Bear crawl back to the kettlebells stopping every 2 white lines to do a Merkin.

    Upper Body CoP
    Close-grip curls x20
    Close-grip reverse curls x20
    Front arm raise x15
    Overhead press x30
    Swings x30
    Lawnmowers x15 per arm
    Skullcrushers x20
    Chest press x30

    Mosey to the bus loading area for a DORA
    100 Goblet Squats
    200 Calf Raises
    300 LBCs

    Farmers Walk x2
    Loop the bus loading zone holding the kettlebell in the left hand and then repeat with right hand.

    Kettlebell Bank of 500 American Hammers

    Mosey BTTF

    Bank of 200 Merkins

    Light stretching to close it out. Nice to see everyone this morning, glad to see Knock-Knock back for day 2… keep it up!

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