The Grind

  • When:2/20/2016
  • QIC: The Hoff
  • The PAX: Mall Cop, Nuke, Sony, High Tide, Deductible, Pele, Vila, Scissor Hands, Swiss Miss, Gullah, Wolfman, The Hoff (QIC)


The Grind

With the convergence of Ascent and Olympus this Winter, the fusion of Gear and PT is now becoming reminiscent of the old days at Day Zero…an hour of pure exhaustion at it’s best. 12 men came out for The Grind...it’s name accurately describes how our bodies felt during and after this routine.  Iron definitely sharpening Iron, or….maybe it was just Iron sharpening asphalt (hairburners), lol…

The Thang:

Warm Up: Alabama Slammer

– Partner up

– P1 and P2 do rep count of each round

  • 40 Rounds for Time / P1 Merkins; P2 Squat/ Flapjack

– Sets of 20 Merkins, 20 Squats (both people performed 20 of each)

  • Sets continued down from 19/19; 18/18; 17/17….all the way down to 1/1.
  • When first team completes, join up with last place team and finish with them
  • All other teams join final placed team so everyone finishes together
  • It pays to be a winner!

Weight Plate Routine: 

  • Keep with your Partner from Warm-up
  • All exercises performed while holding Weight Plates 45Lbs
  • Each round in accumulative in rep count
  • P1 performs exercise and counts reps; P2 does Cardio (Running or Hairburners alternating)
  • After each round, Plank up and wait for the rest to finish
  • Plates included: (6) 45 Lbs; (6) 35 Lbs; (4) 25 Lbs

 

Round 1

100 Halos; Hariburners

Round 2

75 Squat Press; Run around track

Round 3

50 Front Raise; Hairburners

Round 4

75 Wheels; Hairburners

Round 5

100 Bent over Rows; Run around Track

Round 6

100 Press; Hairburners

Round 7

50 Shouldering; Run backwards to line, Sprint back

Round 8

30 Triples (Curl, Press, Tricep Ext. is 1 rep); Hairburner

75 Tricep Extensions; Run Lap

Round 9

50 Bicep Curls Each; Run Lap

 Mary with PLATES:

50 Side Bends

20 Power ups

25 Plate Twists

50 Plate Crunches

COT

Moleskine,

YHC was IMPRESSED with the efforts today.  You guys showed up, were told it would be a shorter routine, but even as time was going longer than planned…no one complained (accept no cheap Wine Wolfman, haha) and everyone kept going strong!  My apologies as I didn’t run through this routine prior to today and those 45lbs plates were really tough to move.  Sony was amazing (he was my partner) and with each round, he’d hit the ground completely exhausted…..BUT despite giving it his all, he would muster up the will power to get up and keep working #dothehardthing! Much props to him.

I’d also like to compliment everyone else as well who all did the same thing round after round.  It was easy for me to notice Sony’s efforts because he was working with me, however each time I’d pick my head up, others were also digging deep and killing it out there.

Hope no one made any plans to be active today, hehe.  If you noticed something out there today that you’d like to comment about or give someone you worked out with props, please use the comment box below

As always, it was an honor to lead the team today.

Respectfully,

The Hoff

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Gullah
Gullah
8 years ago

Great routine Hoff! It was good change and something I don’t think any of us had done before.

High Tide
8 years ago

Good stuff.

Surprised that Villa’s comment didn’t make the backblast…it was a classic!

Pele
8 years ago

Thanks for leading Hoff! Great workout. My arms hurt for days!

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