What’s Tabata With You?

What’s Tabata With You?

Ten gathered in the crisp cool of an October morning to voluntarily partake of fine fitness varietals with YHC. This is a brief account of the 50-ish minutes spent together:

WarmUp-orama

• Quick Mosey Lap
• 20 SSH IC
• 10 Low Slow Squat IC
• 10 Merkins IC

The Thang

NOTE: the Tabata below was modified from the traditional 8 sets, of 20s work, 10s rest. In an effort to get through more sets overall we did 6 sets of 20s of work, 10s of rest, brining each tabata to 3 minutes total.

Main Set

• Form a semi-circle of PAX.
• 50 swings OYO (~90 seconds)
• Tabata Mountain Climbers (3min)
• 50 swings OYO (~90 seconds)
• Tabata Jump Lunges (3min)
• 50 swings OYO (~90 seconds)
• Tabata LBCs (3min)
• 20 KB Squats in slow civilian cadence. (~90 seconds)
• Tabata Merkins (3min)
• 20 KB Squats in slow civilian cadence. (~90 seconds)
• Tabata Flutter Kicks (3min)
• 50 swings OYO (~90 seconds)
• Tabata Jump ups (like high-knees but, knees together) (3min)
• 20 bent over row (each arm) OYO (~90 seconds)

Mary In Cadence

• 6inch Plankjacks (10)
• LBCs (15)
• Low Flutter (10)
• High Flutter (10)
• 6inch Rock Hoppers (5)
• Heels to Heaven (15)

Moleskine

Good group of core Foxholers this morning. Numbers have been up. Good effort from all this morning, despite the globo-gym tunes YHC was piping through the bluetooth. Only a few comments about the beats with minimal words. Mighty Might claimed he was overwhelmed with the sensation that he was about to order a $12 jack and coke; not exactly a put down. It could have been a 32oz jack and coke, so…score. Some quality individual efforts out there:

Voodoo was impressive today (not surprising). Let’s ignore the fact that he took a seat at the head of the table (circle), right as we were about to say grace before a meal of KB and calisthenics. Ahem…get back in the semi-circle! Voodoo brought out what appeared to be the 28kg bell today. Heaviest of the group. Well done, way to power through those swings and squats. #siteQexample

Frehleys another solid Foxhole effort, followed by some post-workout leadership on the pull-up bars. Way to push it.

Fire Marshall Bill just learned that FMB is actually a Firefighter. Get. There. Faster. Argo. This partially explains why he often beasts these workouts. Today was no exceptions. Also joined in the post-workout pullups.

Soft Pretzel is not soft and doughy. YHC is convinced he is made of some sort of hybrid springy material, he was hopping on the jump ups. We all looked like we were standing still, SP was jumping out of the gym.

Freon claimed pre-workout that he hates now hates the cold. His history in Illinois, Maine, and Colorado (three damn cold places) has made him embrace personal climate control. Thus, Freon was decked out in a sweet neon pullover. Freon moved fast today, but the neon made him seem EVEN quicker. Also, maybe just the early 5:30 eyes, but pretty sure Freon has lost some weight in the last few months.

Uncle Leo was YHC’s neighbor in the semi-circle today. This was great, as Uncle Leo is very fit, and pushed YHC to continue. Also, Uncle Leo’s second consecutive Foxhole post; keep coming bro. We enjoy having you.

Wild Turkey was flying out there, and was probably the most in sync with the musical beats. Not sure if that was on purpose or not, but pretty sure WT was keeping his LBCs and Flutters in time with the tunes (that means WT was going wicked fast). Nice work

Peppermint was one of the few that had enough gas in the tank to keep the jump-ups going for all 6 rounds in the tabata. He looks like a natural with the KBs, even though they have not been part of his fitness regimen much in the past.

Mighty Might crushed it like a man in his 20s. Pretty sure he elected to swing the big 60lb bell, but couldn’t tell for sure, since he was in YHC’s peripheral. MM was especially quick on the bent over rows. #beastmode

Thanks for coming out to SOB’s only Monday workout, leadership opportunities for 2016 are running out; if you haven’t Q-ed a Foxhole in a while, grab some of the November/December spots.

Argonaut out.

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