Twin Team
Warmerama
Invisible jump rope
Jazzercise
Hairy Rockettes
Imperial walkers
Scorpion kicks
Merkins
On the hill
10 merkins every drive way going up
10 squats every driveway going down
Mosey to the playground
Triple check with pull ups, lap, WW2s
Murder gorillas / the harambe
Halfway down fence and back
Donkey kicks waterfall on side of school
BTTF
numbers, names, prayers and announcement s
NMM
Welcome back to an 8 year Kotter. Horse & Buggy didn’t skip a beat!
4 freaking studs showed up to Twin Team for the Murph. We had hoped for 6 (you know who you are!), but we launched at 530am sharp. 1 mile out – 100 Muscle Ups – 200 Perfect form Merkins (no chicken pecking for these studs) – 300 Perfect form Squats (Straight back, drop that butt until parallel with the knees) – 1 mile back. A quick ring of fire for some ab work and time was called.
YHC took us out.
Great to have Senior Frog join us today and the opportunity to learn more about him and his life. Hope he makes the trip back to TT in the near future.
Four Strong Redwoods ended SOJ takeover week on a high. The return of NTB from his inaugural appearance at No Toll was a pleasant surprise. According to the stadium security camera footage, the following items occurred and will be recorded in the annals of history.
Short mosey to the grassy knoll by the bus loop for standard disclaimer and warmups that included Invisible Jumprope, Jazzercise, Helis, Merkins, LBC’s and Freddie Mercurys. YHC miserably at recreating the Twin Team original Texas Tornado Titty Twister. Intent was there, execution was quite poor, will try to coordinate with Rosie to determine the details of this 12 count exercise. Onward we go
COP 1: 4 corners at the blacktop – 10 Merkins, 20 WWII’s, 30 squats, 40 Monkey Humpers.
Mosey down to the Swamp and onto the Stadium Bleachers.
COP 2: DORA: Partner Up for 100 Elevated Merkins, 200 Dips, 300 Squats. Timer runs up and around the bleachers. Daylight is key on this decent.
COP 3: Mosey down to the track for a quick lap. Stopping at each corner light pole where each PAX calls out an exercise. 20 reps of each. Burpees (for some reason), Broad Jumps, Lunges and APD’s were the selected exercises.
COP 4: Exit the stadium and back to parking lot for LOVE Field. Timer runs to the end of the parking lot and back. Partner bear crawls/duck walks, lunges and Broad Jump Burpees.
COP 5: Indigenous Pole Smokers: PAX grabs a pole and holds 6″ while end guy performs 5 pole smokers and leap frogs the others. Go to the end of the pole line.
BTTVF for 3 quick burpees, Names, Numbers, Announcements, Prayers. YHC took us out
NMS: Great way to finish SOJ takeover week. Good to see Chaplain at Twin Team after completing his World Tour with parachute in tow. Can’t wait to see this brought out at his next Q. Been a while since YHC has seen Greenbow. Always good mumble chatter before he heads out to India and now he is on the Q sheet for the Forge next week. Hope to see NTB after his initiation week. Great work by all.
Dodgeball is planned for No Toll next week followed by Gumbo’s Home Run Derby on June 27th. Dingers, Dingers Everywhere.
Happy Fathers Day weekend to all the boys at F3. Great brotherhood and really enjoy being a part of this group.
Four hit up BWES for this week’s installment of Twin Team. Here’s what went down…
Mosey to blacktop for COP: SSHs, IWs, DQs, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, LBCs, Flutter Kicks
Head to the jungle gym for a six pack:
1 pull up, 5 merkins; 2 pull ups, 4 merkins…up to 5 pull ups, 1 merkin and then back down
Mosey to the swamp for a beast: WWIIs, Ball Dippers, Merkins, Crunch Frogs, Lt. Dans, Burpees
Head over to JRHS for a quick Dora with 100 dips and 200 LBCs.
BTTF for 1.5 minutes of Mary (Hello Dollies and Rosalitas).
Numbers, Names, Announcements, Prayer Requests, YHC took us out.
Announcements: SOJ Takeover next week, Happy Hour tonight at Diamond Billiards (5:30ish—??)
Prayers for Draper and his stress levels. Prayers for injured PAX and those traveling.
NMS: What a beautiful morning to be out at Twin Team. How is it June 9 and only 56 degrees? TT is such a great AO…always more to explore than possible in 45 minutes. After two weeks of going down to the river, watching the sun rise, and listening to Yacht Rock, YHC decided to take the PAX to the swamp instead. Nothing like a good beast. Great to have Escobar out for his second time at TT…keep coming back!
During the Dora, a vehicle pulled up in the parking lot and started honking at the PAX. YHC immediately wondered who this Karen was. Were we running around their precious parking spot? Turns out the Karen was actually OC just stopping by to say hi before heading to the airport (and driving his Ms vehicle). The PAX appreciates the love OC.
Enjoy your Friday gents!
8 Captains and no Tenielles made their way to BWE last Friday. Rumor has it some yacht rock was in the forecast. Since that always sounds better by water, down we went to the banks of the mighty James. Once there the tunes were turned on and the smooth was turned up to 11. Here’s how it went down:
5 burpees
SSHs
4 burpees
Jazzercise
3 burpees
Copperhead squats
2 burpees
Hairy Rockettes
1 burpee
More COP with some ab work
The Merkin
Pole smokers
Squats
Runner goes down to the water and back
quick pic by the water, a few dips then.
Time to head back up hill to the flag. got some extra credit. Leave no man behind, and leave no man where you found him.
3 able bodied men showed up at TT today for the Murph. No weighted vests were used but we did get in the 2 mile run / 100’ish pull ups / 200 push up / 300 squats.
Lt. Michael Murphy was a beast. For those who don’t know his story, take a minute and read about his life and death – https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/3071790/medal-of-honor-monday-navy-lt-michael-p-murphy/#:~:text=Murphy%2C%20a%20SEAL%20from%20Patchogue%2C%20N.Y.%2C%20was%20killed%20during,earned%20the%20Medal%20of%20Honor.&text=All%20four%20SEALs%20were%20injured,to%20give%20up%20the%20fight.
Maybe next time on the weighted vests.
The answer to this question is yes. It happened today at Twin Team. Read on to learn more.
5 men joined YHC and committed to finishing Gumbo’s Tour de Twin. A beautiful morning for us all and at 530am we launched from the BWE parking lot.
Jog to backside of James River High School and pay tribute to Karen’s parking lot with a little warmarama and Thang 1.
Warmarama: Side Straddle Hops, Dead Man Hangs, Arm Circles, Helicopters.
Thang 1: Grab a tire and head to Karen’s parking lot. Flip the tire 10 times then complete 2 burpees. Repeat until you’re at the end. Put tire back and head out.
The PAX jogged down to the river in hopes of seeing the sunrise at 5:58am sharp.
Thang 2: Partner up for a modified Dora.
Head down to the floating dock at 5:56 in hopes of seeing the sunrise, but before we continued on our exercise journey, we taught Tobit about the sun rising from the East. The things you learn at a boot camp!.
Exercise 4 is where the stomach started to get a little queezy for YHC. The strong leg muscles of the PAX created quite the movement on the floating dock and YHCs head and stomach did not appreciate it. Audible called and back up to solid ground to finish out exercise 4.
Back to the Flag, stopping along the way with some Merkins, Squats, etc. Just about 3 miles logged for this group today!
Announcements:
YHC took us out.
Man, what a great day to be outside. Although, it was a little cloudy and we didn’t quite see the sunrise, the day was beautiful. Exercise, Tunes, Laughs and Good Friends – YHC is blessed today.
11 intrepid dwellers of the GLOOM, including 1 FNG and 1 Downrange Double RESPECTer posted in the beautiful Gloom of BWES this morning. Even Don Draper and Boberry donned gloves for a bootcamp because YHC promised some miles. As the clock struck 0530, the tour began and off to the namesake we go…
Mosey across Robious to the base of Twin Team and circle up for the disclaimer and COP, including DQs performed at the impeccable speed.
We were all limbered up so time to climb – mosey up Twin Team to the top stopping at each drive way (and any offset mailboxes) for 10 merkins each. YHC thought that would lessen the pain of the climb but it only added to it…oh well, what doesn’t kill you…
Collected the SIX at the top and moseyed down and continued down the pathway to the back entrance to JRHS and over to the “murph” area for a triple check including pull-ups, squats and a choose-your-own-timer of run a lap OR 20 WWIIs. The Tour can’t be late, so an audible was called and the triple check was truncated…
Mosey down past the SWAMP and stop for a quick couple minutes of rapid fire Mary, then over to the outdoor basketball courts for some Donkey Kicks on the wall.
BBTVF via the parking lot and across BWES field. 30 seconds left so 2 Burpees to get your money’s worth.
COT, Numbers, Names and YHC prayed us out.
NMS:
Great to have 4 folks who have never been to TT before, including an FNG (Chubbs bro) and a down-ranger from St. Charles Missouri (THE CHUCK). Other than the climb up TT, not a ball-buster today but we kept moving and we got to show off most of the AO. Gumbo will provide another 3.3 mile tour that was planned another time soon.
Happy Hour SOJ tonight at Diamond Billiards
SOJ Takeover coming soon to AOs all over
May 21 is a family BBQ at BWES – see OC for more details
Summer Tour details and conditions are on Slack – see HoneyDo if you got questions
A pleasure as always to lead. No More Gumbo For You!
With Big Rig making his first appearance at Twin Team, plans were scrapped, and we headed to the AO’s namesake hill. The following is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure.
To the back of the school for Warm Up:
Side Straddle Hops, Bruce Lee Punches, Cherry Pickers, Alabama Prom Dates, Freddy Mercuries, Various Broga Stretches.
Lap around the school to pick up the Kettles.
In route to Twin Team: Around the Worlds. Stop for Kettle LBC’s (25) and American Hammers.
At the Bottom of the Hill: One Minute or so of the following:
Mississippi Side Lunges, One Legged Bendovers (??), Halo’s, Curls.
Exercise Two: Run up Twin Team hill. At each driveway, 10 plank jacks. On descent: 25 LBC’s at first driveway. Increase by 5 each driveway.
Back Towards the Flag: Reverse Forearm Curls, Upright Hold.
Numbers/Names/Announcements/Prayer Requests
YHC took us out
Final thoughts: We were reminded this morning of all the great workout areas at this AO, with Twin Team Hill being the highlight. Congrats to Big Rig on his anniversary and upcoming trip to Ocean City. Strong work by all and great mumblechatter this morning.
3ish cars waited with drivers in the parking lot until the last possible minute step into the soggy gloom. 530am hit and we got out of vehicles and moseyed to the overhang. Turn on some Andrew W. K. and get to work.
wamrerama including, ukranian soldiers, collard pickers, flutters.
triple check with a runner running the bus loop. Then right on time with the downpour we did a nice loop through around the school. More triple checks, another lap around the school, Merkin jacks and captain Thor’s, finished with gorilla shuffles, curb crawls and Mary.
announcements
good luck to those going to rugged maniac tomorrow!
Nmm
great to get a bad weather workout in. YHC felt challenged when mentioned by Honeydo on slack. What better time to play the classic 2001 album “I Get Wet” by Andrew WK