A mathematical start to the day at Bagpipe!
The thang:
Mosey to warm up. 10 SSH. 11 mountain climbers. 12 merkins. 13 imperial walkers.
Mosey to lake wall. 14 merkins. 15 dips. 16 jump ups.
1 lap of lake. 17 merkins. 18 dips. 19 jump ups.
Run to northern shore. 20 merkins. 21 supine pullups. 22 flutter.
Repeato: 23 merkins. 24 supine pullups. 25 dolly.
Repeato: 26 merkins. 27 supine pullups. 28 heels to heavens.
Mosey to 2nd lake. 29 merkins. Lap of lake. 30 merkins. 31 mason twist. Lap of lake. 32 mason twist.
Mosey back to parking lot. Hit it hard for 33 burpees.
Finish!
Moleskin:
– When Puppy Love was asked “How is your day going so far?” his response was “F*&^%#@g Haggis!”
– Chipotle on Q for next week.
– Everyone enjoyed the 33 burpees at the end.
6 men went to Bagpipe and had a good workout. Everyone else stayed in bed because it was raining.
The thang:
Mosey to parking garage.
Warm up with 25 SSH, 25 mountain climbers, 25 imperial walker, 15 merkins
Mini day zero challenge: perform an exercise with good form then run up two ramps of garage and down stairs. Poor form NOT tolerated.
20 burpees, 30 calf raises, 20 ski abs, 40 merkins, 30 squats, plus several more that I can’t remember.
YHC got bored and started adding abwork and merkins to the rotation. Then decided to do ten minutes as follows: 10 merkins, sprint to top of ramp, 10 heels to heavens, jog back down. Repeato 6 times.
Mosey back to parking lot for COT.
Moleskin
Welcome to Koelsch who joins us from Cologne, Germany. He is named after the favorite local beer. Nice job to all and we look forward to seeing Koelsch at The Maul tomorrow.
Oh, except it might be raining again.
Haggis posting for Chipotle
Small PAX today, some of the regulars must have fart sacked this morning after staying up to watch the Panthers big WIN….
The Thang:
Warm Up
30 SSH
31 IW’s (Q forgot to stop at 30, still delirious from late night watching the Panthers win)
20 Slow Squats
Mosey to exercise trail split into two groups
25 x Pull ups
15 Merkins
10 Burpees
Rinse and repeat 2x (could have been 3x’s…..short term memory kicking in)
Mosey to Parking lot
Started at one end of parking lot run half way and drop for 10 merkins, run to end of parking lot drop for another 10 merkins, run back stopping halfway again for 10 more merkins)
Started at one end of parking lot run half way and drop for 25 LBC’s, run to end of parking lot drop for another 25 LBC’s, run back stopping halfway again for 25 more LBC’s)
Started at one end of parking lot run half way and drop for 25 squats, run to end of parking lot drop for another 25 squats, run back stopping halfway again for 25 squats)
Mosey to Building 1
10 Derkins
15 Dips
15 step ups
Rinse and repeat 3x’s
2 x Electric Chair (30 seconds, then 45 seconds)
Short Mosey to Parking lot for Haggis lead Mary/Merkins
2 x Merkins
25 x Flutter
4x Merkins
25 x Heels to Heaven
6 x Merkins
25 x Dolly
8 x Merkins
25 x Rosalita
10 x Merkins
25 x left side crunches
8 x Merkins
25 x right side crunches
6 x Merkins
25 x LBC’s
4 x Merkins
25 x Mason Twist
2 x Merkins
Ended with some protractor
Moleskin: No new announcements. Please keep Market Timer’s three week old in your prayers as the little one is going in for surgery tomorrow.
15 strong men completed a few rounds of pain this morning at the SOB hideout known as Bagpipe.
The Thang:
Mosey to warm up spot: 25 Side Straddle Hops, 20 Imperial Walker, 25 Merkins
Mosey to Loch Ness wall #1: 10 slow Durkins, 10 slow dips, 20 slow squats.
Run around Loch Ness to wall #2: 10 slow Durkins, 10 slow dips, 20 slow squats.
Mosey to second lake (Loch Doon). 10 Burpees at own pace then lap around lake.
Mosey to foot of long hill up to bridge…. fast run up hill to bridge. Peoples chair at the top.
Mosey back down to parking lot for Mary Merkin Madness: 2 merkins, 20 flutter, 4 merkins, 20 dolly, 6 merkins, 20 heels to heavens, 8 merkins, 20 rosalita, 10 merkins, 20 little baby crunch, 8 merkins, 20 left side raise, 6 merkins, 20 right side raise, 4 merkins, 20 mason twist, 2 merkins, recover.
Mosey to Loch Ness. 3.3 laps = 1 mile time trial. Selected results below:
Frehleys Comet (7:52), Chipotle, Brisket (6:23), Gumbo, Spinner (7:06), Peaches, Wingman (7:43), Mighty Mite, Grass Stain (7:00), Crabgrass (7:46), Puppy Love (6:55), Long Distance, Flip Flop, Rolling Rock (7:40), Haggis (6:14)
Back to parking lot for COT.
Moleskin:
Haggis had a tough workout planned but an impromptu celebration of the big man’s birthday turns into a walk in the park for the pax.
The Thang:
Mosey to parking lot for warm up. 27 x Side Straddle Hop. 27 x Merkins.
Mosey to first lake. 27 x Merkins. Sprint around lake. 27 x Merkins. (27 merkins in fast cadence now known as the Mighty Mite Merkin)
Mosey to second lake. 27 x Little Baby Crunch. 27 x Merkins. Sprint around lake. 27 x Merkins.
Mosey to third lake. (interlude – stop at parking lot on the way. Line up for sprints: Sprint to end and jog back. Sprint to end and sprint back. Left lead karaoke out and sprint back. Right lead karaoke and sprint back. Backwards run out and sprint back.)
Continue mosey to third lake. 27 or so Little Baby Crunch, then 27 x Merkins. Sprint around lake. 27 x Merkins.
Mosey to wall. 10 x slow dips. Mosey to next wall. 10 x slow dips.
Mosey to parking lot for Mary: 27 x flutter. 15 x dolly, 15 x heels to heaven, 15 x left side raise, 15 x right side raise, 15 x Mason twist. Ab stretch on elbows with countdown from 27 by Mighty Mite.
Sprint back to parking lot – DONE!
Moleskin
– Mighty Mite foolishly mentioned his birthday which gave YHC the perfect excuse for some extra punishment.
– A new exercise was born: the Mighty Mite Merkin. 27 fast count Merkins in one shot – feels great!
– The pax wanted to run more but we ran out of time. We must have taken too many breaks.
– Next week The Pretzel takes it again. Be ready.
14 men took advantage of a nice morning in Ballantyne for a solid bootcamp style workout. Kept it pretty simple but effective:
(Posted by Haggis for Soft Pretzel – sorry it’s a day late)
Mosey to parking lot for warmup
SSH x 25
Mountain Climbers x 20
Squats x 20
Merkins x 20
Halfway around the pond and grab some wall
Dips x 20
Jump Ups x 15
Derkins x 15
Fast lap around the pond and plank
Dips x 20
Split Squats x 15
Derkins x 15
Fast lap around the pond and plank
Dips x 15
Jump Ups x 10
Derkins x 10
Mosey down to corner of the pond and partner up
P1: 3 sets of alternating pull-up and lunge jumps
P2: Mary – Dolly x 25, Flutter x 25, LBC x 25 (repeat until P1 gets back)
Mosey to back parking lot for sprints
Set one: 5 PP merkins, sprint down, 5 PP merkins, sprint back
Set two: 5 Carolina Drydocks, karyokee, 5 C DDs, karyokee back
Set Three: 10 Heels to heaven, backpedal, 10 HTH, backpedal back
Set 4: 5 burpees, sprint, 5 burpees, sprint back
We almost lost Philmont on the backpedals. He got tackled by a curb and gave us a scare… but bounced back up like a champ and finished the workout.
Headed back home and had some time to kill so did a little more Mary:
Rosalita x 20
Planks – alternating regular and elbows
J-lows x 10
Good effort by all. Great seeing some new faces to Bagpipe and hope everyone got their money’s worth.
14 SOBs fought their way through another Tuesday morning.
The Thang:
Mosey to parking lot for warm up: 25 side straddle hop, 16 imperial walker, 21 mountain climber, 5 merkins, hold, 5 merkins, hold, 5 merkins, hold.
Mosey to lake side: 10 slow derkins, 10 slow dips, 25 flutter. Lap around lake. Repeato.
Mosey to parking lot for Mary / merkin combo: 2 merkins, 25 abs, 4 merkins, 25 abs, 6, 8, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, hold plank on elbows for multi-pax countdown.
Mosey to grassy knoll for sprints: Sprint to end, mosey back. Repeat. Sprint to end and sprint back. Repeat. 5 merkins then sprint to end and back. 10 merkins then sprint to end and back.
Grab a partner: Partner 1 does one lap of lake, partner 2 does jack webbs. Flapjack and repeat.
Mosey back to parking lot for COT.
Moleskin:
– Not much chatter from the Pax today. This workout was serious business.
– Minimal breaks and strong effort by all.
– Soft Pretzel takes it next week.
14 brave souls came out this morning for this Haggis inspired workout.
Haggis posting for Chipotle – verbatim.
The Thang:
25 x SSH
15 x IW
10 x Merkins
10 x Slow Squats
Short Run to building 1
Bear Crawl length of building
Short Run to building 2
20 x Dips
Short Run to station 3
10 x burpees
Lung walk 20 yards
Short Run back to building 1
20 x merkins
Short run to building 2
20 x jump ups
Short run to station 3
20 x slow squats
Mosey to the wooded trail
Split in 3 groups for 3 sets of 3 exercises
15 x pull ups x 3 sets
15 merkins x 3 sets
10 burpees x 2 sets, audible on last set x 5
Mosey to parking lot for Mary (led by Mighty Mite)
25 x Flutter
25 x Dolly
25 x Rosealita
25 x LBC
Mosey back to station 3
10 x merkins
Short Run to building 1
Bear Crawl length of building
Short run to building 2
20 x dips
Short run to station 3
15 x slow squats
Mosey back to The Vine
Jack Webbs up to 5 and back down (led by Fish Taco)
MOLESKIN:
It was really nice work by the PAX today. I saw some new faces today, thanks for coming out. Big thanks to Mighty Mite for leading Mary, and Fish Taco for leading Jack Webbs. I was completely exhausted, and needed some help. Heard a few “I kinda wish Haggis was here”, so I will take that as a compliment. Want to give a shout out to Philmont, he sprinted past me back to the Vine restaurant, dude was shot out a cannon.
16 SOBs began the day with an upper body blast. The Sons beat down their arms, chests, backs, and abs today with a vengeance.
The Thang:
Mosey to bank for warm up:
25 SSH, 25 Imperial Walker, 25 Mountain Climber, 15 Merkins
Mosey to 1st loch ness wall:
15 perfect form derkins, 15 perfect form dips. 10 more derkins, 10 more dips.
Mosey to 2nd loch ness wall:
10 perfect form derkins, 10 perfect form dips. 8 more derkins, 8 more dips.
Mosey to pull up bars. Split into 3 groups. In rotation:
15 supine pull ups, 10 full pull ups, 10 burpees. Repeat 3 X.
Mosey to parking lot. Mary:
25 flutter, 25 dolly, 25 heels to heavens.
Mosey back to bank parking lot. Merkin / Mary ladder:
2 merkins, 20 abs, 4 merkins, 20 abs, 6 merkins, 20 abs, 8 merkins, 20 abs, 10 merkins, 20 abs, 8 merkins, 20 abs, 6 merkins, 20 abs, 4 merkins, 20 abs, 2 merkins, 20 abs.
Mosey back to the Vine for COT.
Moleskin:
– No breaks for the PAX today. Fillmont looked far too strong at the start of the workout so YHC went all out to punish him. Fillmont took it on the chin and finished strong, particularly relishing the final Mary 10-count.
– Other than Fillmont (which by now we expect), there was not a lot more chatter from the pax. Just grumblings here and there.
– Chipotle takes the reigns next week. Maybe some more V-up sit-ups in the plans…?
– Tomorrow is convergence day at Calvary Church for South Charlotte.
A record group of 25 showed up for a beat down from Chipotle. Perhaps the large number was due to the rumors of the Bagpipe / Fast Twitch showdown next week… the pax clearly want to make sure that they are on the right side.
– Apologies to all – I messed up my phone and did not capture all PAX. Sorry for those I missed…
(Haggis writing for Chipotle)
The Thang:
Warm Up: 25 SSH, 25 Imperial Walkers, 25 Mountain Climbers
3 Lap Lake Run with Breaks along the way:
1st Lap 25 merkins x 4
2nd Lap 25 Dips x 3 and 25 Carolina Dry Docks
3rd Lap 25 x 2 Squats, 25 x 2 step up or jump ups
Mosey to parking lot for Mary delivered by Haggis
25 flutters, 25 Dolly’s, 25 Heels to Heaven, 25 Bicycles
Finish off with a timed mile run (3.3 laps around lake)
Moleskin:
– A vicious Q from Chipotle – his first time at Bagpipe. Excellent work!
– Record numbers at Bagpipe this week – great stuff.
– Next week is the long awaited showdown with Fast Twitch. We will meet the Twitchers at JM middle school on Ballantyne Commons Road, at 5:15am. We will have various competitions in an us vs them format. However, don’t be put off by the competitive nature of the event. Think of it more as a normal workout with a larger group and some great opportunities for trash talk…