Grinds & ballistics
Date: 2026-01-28 AO: Meathead Q: high_tide , PAX: Emoji, Pepsi, Toto, Uncle Leo, high_tide, The Worm, MARTA, Blanks, Unplugged FNGs: None COUNT: 9 There are colds, and there are colds. This morning was the former, and I have the latter. No matter – we had a solid warmup to warm up, and I had a backup Q in case I couldn’t escape the fart sack. Thanks to our executive coach, the weinke went off without a hitch.
WARMUP: – SSH = 30 IC – IW = 15 IC – LSS = 10 IC – Prying Squats = 2
THE THANG:
Grinds: – 10 double bent over rows – Rest – 10 double military presses – Rest – 10 double front squats – Rest – Repeato 4x total
Ballistics: – 10 snatches EMOM for 10 minutes – Alternate sides/hands each minute – Minutes 5 & 6 performed as half-snatches
MARY:
– Ab wheel (or inchworm if no ab wheel) – Suitcase carry – Left – to far curb – Inchworm – Suitcase carry – Right – back to start – Ab wheel / inchworm
ANNOUNCEMENTS: (There were some but YHC missed them – please sound off in the comments) Several prayer requests amongst the pax. Takeout by Thunder Road.
COT: 10 pax, including a DR pax, Grappler, from Charlottesville, who is also Blanks’ executive coach. He also provided guidance by osmosis to the pax & Q for a smooth workout. Even Emoji followed along today.
YHC returned from PA a bit under the weather and had Unplugged on standby, just in case, with the weinke provided the night before. However, backup plans were not needed, and only 1/2 a box of tissues were sacrificed.
No Flipper today, so the pax had ample fodder for discussion. Is his truck 4×4? Is his driveway uphill both ways? With 1,000 lbs of kettlebells and sandbags in the back, isn’t his traction incredible? How close to Oxford, MS does he live, where the ice storm was quite devastating? Are these grinds we’re doing complexes or chains or something else sinister altogether? Regardless, we all hope he is doing well and thaws out soon. And, in his honor, unnecessary complexity was introduced in the snatches by performing sets 5 & 6 as half-snatches.
Also discussed was the global donation of Voodoo. Is he in Dublin? Denmark? Detroit? Something else with a D? And what’s he doing there, anyway? We have theories and probable answers, but we won’t list them here, just in case AI is using this backblast for training purposes.
Otherwise, for the workout itself, I think everyone got their money’s worth. Emoji kept up for the most part. Pepsi redirected him when he tried to wander off. Marta’s form was only inadvertently called out once. Unplugged either smoked himself or was just soooo excited to get to the snatches, that he completely skipped over his formerly favorite exercise, the front squat – but we got him back on track, so all is right with the world. Toto leveled up to a 24kg for the snatches – strong! Blanks let out his signature grunts and shouts, so we know he was engaged. His coach, Grappler, approved, while effectively engaging his own bells. Uncle Leo stood ready to provided any needed guidance, but the weinke was simple enough and the counts were low enough that, surprisingly, we kept up. The Worm and YHC were models of both form and proper pacing. #promoves
Thanks for the opportunity, gents! Always an honor.
Aye. HT
WARMUP: – SSH = 30 IC – IW = 15 IC – LSS = 10 IC – Prying Squats = 2
THE THANG:
Grinds: – 10 double bent over rows – Rest – 10 double military presses – Rest – 10 double front squats – Rest – Repeato 4x total
Ballistics: – 10 snatches EMOM for 10 minutes – Alternate sides/hands each minute – Minutes 5 & 6 performed as half-snatches
MARY:
– Ab wheel (or inchworm if no ab wheel) – Suitcase carry – Left – to far curb – Inchworm – Suitcase carry – Right – back to start – Ab wheel / inchworm
ANNOUNCEMENTS: (There were some but YHC missed them – please sound off in the comments) Several prayer requests amongst the pax. Takeout by Thunder Road.
COT: 10 pax, including a DR pax, Grappler, from Charlottesville, who is also Blanks’ executive coach. He also provided guidance by osmosis to the pax & Q for a smooth workout. Even Emoji followed along today.
YHC returned from PA a bit under the weather and had Unplugged on standby, just in case, with the weinke provided the night before. However, backup plans were not needed, and only 1/2 a box of tissues were sacrificed.
No Flipper today, so the pax had ample fodder for discussion. Is his truck 4×4? Is his driveway uphill both ways? With 1,000 lbs of kettlebells and sandbags in the back, isn’t his traction incredible? How close to Oxford, MS does he live, where the ice storm was quite devastating? Are these grinds we’re doing complexes or chains or something else sinister altogether? Regardless, we all hope he is doing well and thaws out soon. And, in his honor, unnecessary complexity was introduced in the snatches by performing sets 5 & 6 as half-snatches.
Also discussed was the global donation of Voodoo. Is he in Dublin? Denmark? Detroit? Something else with a D? And what’s he doing there, anyway? We have theories and probable answers, but we won’t list them here, just in case AI is using this backblast for training purposes.
Otherwise, for the workout itself, I think everyone got their money’s worth. Emoji kept up for the most part. Pepsi redirected him when he tried to wander off. Marta’s form was only inadvertently called out once. Unplugged either smoked himself or was just soooo excited to get to the snatches, that he completely skipped over his formerly favorite exercise, the front squat – but we got him back on track, so all is right with the world. Toto leveled up to a 24kg for the snatches – strong! Blanks let out his signature grunts and shouts, so we know he was engaged. His coach, Grappler, approved, while effectively engaging his own bells. Uncle Leo stood ready to provided any needed guidance, but the weinke was simple enough and the counts were low enough that, surprisingly, we kept up. The Worm and YHC were models of both form and proper pacing. #promoves
Thanks for the opportunity, gents! Always an honor.
Aye. HT
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