There was an Attempt
Date: 2024-06-05 AO: meathead Q: Soul Glo PAX: The Worm, Uncle Leo FNGs: None COUNT: 3 The kettlebellers are following a new spreadsheet. The workouts include some interesting movements and I was advised to watch the instructional videos, so I did. The problem, as I learned at 5:30am Wednesday, Meathead was Day 2 of the program, not Day 1, so I had watched the wrong videos and “prepared” the wrong Weinke. Uncle Leo to the rescue! Turns out, even a few “Meatheads” were able to figure out and, if anything, get a good sweat!
WARMUP: SSH 20, 5 2-handed swings, IW 10, 5 2-handed swings, wrist/elbow/shoulder rotations, 5 2-handed swings, prying squat
THE THANG: 18 min alternate EMOM -A) swing/snatch x3 each side -B) one arm long cycle x3 each side
Jack in the Box Complex – least lean/ squat/ right lean 3×3
Lighter double clean and jerk – 5 sets 30 second AMRAP
Waiter carries
MARY: nada ANNOUNCEMENTS: believe a blood drive had happened and endurance/fun runs are scheduled. COT: Thanks to Point Break for the send out.
WARMUP: SSH 20, 5 2-handed swings, IW 10, 5 2-handed swings, wrist/elbow/shoulder rotations, 5 2-handed swings, prying squat
THE THANG: 18 min alternate EMOM -A) swing/snatch x3 each side -B) one arm long cycle x3 each side
Jack in the Box Complex – least lean/ squat/ right lean 3×3
Lighter double clean and jerk – 5 sets 30 second AMRAP
Waiter carries
MARY: nada ANNOUNCEMENTS: believe a blood drive had happened and endurance/fun runs are scheduled. COT: Thanks to Point Break for the send out.
I hope nobody shows up …..
Date: 2024-06-08 AO: davinci Q: Franky PAX: mic_check, C3P0, Palmolive, teddyf3, Olaf, kirby, Loogie, T2000 FNGs: None COUNT: 8
WARMUP: long run, 20 ssh, 20 imperial walkers, 20 merkins, dynamic stretching THE THANG: long run and working down 55 burpees. Then we switched to 55 (i can’t remember what we did) :(. The main event was 60 flutters, 60 American hammers, and 60 LBCs with running. Then more running and 55 Superman’s. Oh yes. We did 4 60 yard sprints. Mic-Check is pretty fast!! 3.12 miles total. MARY: a few of the crowd favorites. ANNOUNCEMENTS: can’t remember any of it. COT: several chicken runners showed up and we had a nice and big COT.
WARMUP: long run, 20 ssh, 20 imperial walkers, 20 merkins, dynamic stretching THE THANG: long run and working down 55 burpees. Then we switched to 55 (i can’t remember what we did) :(. The main event was 60 flutters, 60 American hammers, and 60 LBCs with running. Then more running and 55 Superman’s. Oh yes. We did 4 60 yard sprints. Mic-Check is pretty fast!! 3.12 miles total. MARY: a few of the crowd favorites. ANNOUNCEMENTS: can’t remember any of it. COT: several chicken runners showed up and we had a nice and big COT.
Proof that Joe Daniels dresses as Gimli for Halloween
Date: 2024-06-08 AO: olympus Q: Krzyzewski PAX: The Worm, voodoo, ickey_shuffle FNGs: None COUNT: 4 Calm morning. Nice breeze. Low 60s temps. While Edenic the setting may have been, today’s edition of Olympus greeted the pax with a Swiss Army knife of pain. What’s more, as Ickey deftly observed, Pride Month happened to align with the kickoff of the rainbow spreadsheet, but this was purely coincidence. Nevertheless, the pax embraced a wide diversity of exercises ranging from the old favorites like 1-handed swings to the more novel Kentucky Burpees and bottoms-up KB holds. All told, the weinke sprinkled in a plethora of EMOMs that only rivaled the number of classic cars cruising by (more on that later). Overall, a solid pump and good to get back into Joe Daniels’ unique house of pain. Let’s get into the recap… WARMUP: 10x swings, prying squats, slingshots (7 e/w), 5x hi-pulls (e/s), halos (7x e/w) THE THANG: 1) Complex A (16 min. EMOM) – A: 1-handed heavy swings (10x) – B: Double presses (3x) 2) Gettin’ Lucky in Kentucky (10 min. EMOM) – Kentucky Burpees (2 sets) 3) Complex III (21 min. (!) EMOM) – A: Double shrugs (10x) – B: Somersault squats (7x) – C: Double KB pullovers (3x) MARY: Just enough time for some diamond merkins (10x), hammer grip KB curls (12x), and bottoms-up KB holds (1x e/s as long as the pax can hold it…roughly 20-25 sec. although it seemed like Voodoo could have gone much longer) ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Blood drive on 6/21 – July 4th convergence(s) abound – check Slack for details – Good to see Emoji back in the mix at The Rock…hopefully will join us back in kettlebell world in the coming weeks – Thanks to the pax for coming out week in and week out. Always a pleasure to see you guys at Olympus and appreciate your humoring me as we work through some oddities. To that end, we ran out of time to do the bizarre-looking swing-lunge / snatch-lunge complex…maybe we’ll keep that in the back pocket for next week COT: Although The Rock lost their Q and four (five?) others towards the end of their workout, Hoover kindly took the reins and took out the joint groups in COT. As we understand it, these brave souls got sidetracked helping a clueless classic car owner push his car into the parking lot…actually sounds like a good exercise for a future gear workout.
Moist Fun
Date: 2024-06-07 AO: the-brave Q: fire_hazard PAX: Hippie, Franky, frasier, teddyf3, picasso, soft_pretzel, midriff FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Run up comunity house rd to Lower Ave. and do the following: 10 SSH 10 Merkins 10 windmills THE THANG: run down lower ave. to Loch Fargo. Run a loop around the pond stopping for 10 jump squats, 10 heels to the heavens, and 10 merkins. Do this 4 times. Head over the bridge on lower to the big hill near the outdoor chairs. Complete a Triple Nickel (burpees top and bottom). Run up lower to Ballantyne Corporate Park Dr. and stop for some plank. Head up to Upper Ave and do some burpees. Run back over to community house stopping for some Burpees and mary along the way. Hit the Wells Fargo parking deck. Go in on Floor 3. Run one floor down on the ramps and then two floors up on the stairs. keep this up until 6:25 and head home together.
MARY: along the way ANNOUNCEMENTS: Panera COT: Pray for Hippies family his grandfather is Hospice.
This morning was hot and humid. Great pre-run with Friaser and Soft Pretzel. Teddy wasn’t feeling it in the beginning, but killed the last loop of the Loch Fargo rounds. Loch Fargo is .38 miles FYI. Hippie also killed it in the run up the deck. I was smoked after this one fellas.
MARY: along the way ANNOUNCEMENTS: Panera COT: Pray for Hippies family his grandfather is Hospice.
This morning was hot and humid. Great pre-run with Friaser and Soft Pretzel. Teddy wasn’t feeling it in the beginning, but killed the last loop of the Loch Fargo rounds. Loch Fargo is .38 miles FYI. Hippie also killed it in the run up the deck. I was smoked after this one fellas.
Trails and Tarantulas
Date: 2024-06-06 AO: the-phoenix Q: midriff PAX: wildturkey, teddyf3, kirby FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: Questionable and high-pitched counting for stretches in the Hawk Ridge elementary parking lot.
THE THANG: Mosey to YMCA small parking lot for 4 rounds of circuit work, with 1 pax being the timer. Head into the woods for some trail runs, tarantulas (thanks Rousey for the inspiration) and jump squats. We found lots of spiders in the woods
MARY: Joined at the end of the workout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: SAVAGE RACE coming up, a 12 HOUR RACE is also happening in September that WT and others are running
COT: Prayers for Roulette and family. Challenge yourself with 1 goal this month. Communicate that goal to another pax. Sign up for a race. Post at a new AO. Thanks wildturkey for this challenge and taking us into the rest of the day in prayer. I leave you this truth nugget from QSource:
“When I look back at the Leaders who have most IMPACTed me in my life, I see that they were all a bunch of jerks. Not jerks in that they abused me, but in the sense that they declined to let me wallow in my own excuses for non-Movement and jerked me out of my cloud of self-deceit. They were the kind of jerks who called bullshit on my desire to procrastinate by forcing my lips off of the Crackpipe Of Manana so that I could inhale the clear pure air of right-the-heck-now. They Dynamically Shame-Goaded me to set aside my fear of Hardship so that I could feel Pain and Chaos for myself and learn that it wasn’t strong enough to stop me. By jerking away my crutches they freed me to walk boldly.”
THE THANG: Mosey to YMCA small parking lot for 4 rounds of circuit work, with 1 pax being the timer. Head into the woods for some trail runs, tarantulas (thanks Rousey for the inspiration) and jump squats. We found lots of spiders in the woods
MARY: Joined at the end of the workout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: SAVAGE RACE coming up, a 12 HOUR RACE is also happening in September that WT and others are running
COT: Prayers for Roulette and family. Challenge yourself with 1 goal this month. Communicate that goal to another pax. Sign up for a race. Post at a new AO. Thanks wildturkey for this challenge and taking us into the rest of the day in prayer. I leave you this truth nugget from QSource:
“When I look back at the Leaders who have most IMPACTed me in my life, I see that they were all a bunch of jerks. Not jerks in that they abused me, but in the sense that they declined to let me wallow in my own excuses for non-Movement and jerked me out of my cloud of self-deceit. They were the kind of jerks who called bullshit on my desire to procrastinate by forcing my lips off of the Crackpipe Of Manana so that I could inhale the clear pure air of right-the-heck-now. They Dynamically Shame-Goaded me to set aside my fear of Hardship so that I could feel Pain and Chaos for myself and learn that it wasn’t strong enough to stop me. By jerking away my crutches they freed me to walk boldly.”
Return of the Gravedancer
Date: 2024-06-07 AO: kevlar Q: poptart PAX: Orange Whip, grave_dancer, Limey FNGs: None COUNT: 4 We took off to the church lot. Decided to run the parking and drop for some merkins, at least 100 total. Decided to get some upper body work with pullups, dips, and tummy tucks. Headed to rock pile to get our swole on. And finish with bear crawls across the fancy new field. The end
Guilt tripped by Marta
Date: 2024-06-06 AO: hydra Q: Focker PAX: IHOP, jet_fuel, Cheese Curd, Hops, Huddle House, puddin_pop, THE Rug Doctor, MARTA, Bootlegger, Sprockets, Queen, Slingshot, deep_dish, Cottonmouth, Emoji, Foghorn FNGs: None COUNT: 17
WARMUP: Mosey to other parking lot: ST 15 Hillbilly 15 SSH 15 THE THANG: Run to Good Sheppard church for triple nickel of squats and merkins 15 carolina dry docks at every mailbox back out to Rea Run to windyrush for various lights of LBCs and merkins Run down endinburgh to wesley United, grab a rock for All about the benjamins 25 each of curls, overhead squats, bent over rows and lunge in place Run down to bball hoop for 10 burpees and repeat twice more with reps reduced by 15 and then 10 Run to Rea for 10 merkins, cross the street to school for peoples chair and presses Back to launch for Mary MARY: Hops called too many flutters Cheesecurd called too many box cuters YHC called correct amount of HTH to end us right on time. Great work by all! ANNOUNCEMENTS: blood drive and savage race COT: thanks Cottonmouth for taking us out
WARMUP: Mosey to other parking lot: ST 15 Hillbilly 15 SSH 15 THE THANG: Run to Good Sheppard church for triple nickel of squats and merkins 15 carolina dry docks at every mailbox back out to Rea Run to windyrush for various lights of LBCs and merkins Run down endinburgh to wesley United, grab a rock for All about the benjamins 25 each of curls, overhead squats, bent over rows and lunge in place Run down to bball hoop for 10 burpees and repeat twice more with reps reduced by 15 and then 10 Run to Rea for 10 merkins, cross the street to school for peoples chair and presses Back to launch for Mary MARY: Hops called too many flutters Cheesecurd called too many box cuters YHC called correct amount of HTH to end us right on time. Great work by all! ANNOUNCEMENTS: blood drive and savage race COT: thanks Cottonmouth for taking us out
[nocac] NoCac
Date: 2024-06-06 AO: nocac Q: Rhapsody PAX: Rhapsody, Jock Strap, Skyline, Home Brew FNGs: 2 Skyline, Home Brew COUNT: 5
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GoRuck 101st Airborne
Date: 2024-06-05 AO: sacs Q: Starch PAX: Cheese Curd, Emoji, Focker, geraldo, Unplugged, wildturkey FNGs: None COUNT: 7
WARMUP: A lap around the track, calf stretch, and runner’s stretch
THE THANG: We’re following the GoRuck D-Day Rucking Challenge program. Today, we did the 101st Airborne workout: 3 rounds of 25 reps and 1 round of 26: Lunges Ruck swings Squats Each round followed by a 400m ruck
One we wrapped up, we did 3 rounds of a 100m suitcase carry/farmer’s carry with various workouts at the end of each 100, including: Flutter kicks with chest press Big boy sit ups American Hammers Merkins LBCs Overhead press
MARY: Throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Savage Race 6/15 Blood Drive 6/21 July BYOF (Bring Your Own FNG)
COT: Prayers for Roulette’s mother-in-law and family YHC took us out
WARMUP: A lap around the track, calf stretch, and runner’s stretch
THE THANG: We’re following the GoRuck D-Day Rucking Challenge program. Today, we did the 101st Airborne workout: 3 rounds of 25 reps and 1 round of 26: Lunges Ruck swings Squats Each round followed by a 400m ruck
One we wrapped up, we did 3 rounds of a 100m suitcase carry/farmer’s carry with various workouts at the end of each 100, including: Flutter kicks with chest press Big boy sit ups American Hammers Merkins LBCs Overhead press
MARY: Throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Savage Race 6/15 Blood Drive 6/21 July BYOF (Bring Your Own FNG)
COT: Prayers for Roulette’s mother-in-law and family YHC took us out
Bistro lights and pineapples
Date: 2024-06-05 AO: wamrap Q: Alf PAX: Alf, rachel, Orange Whip, poptart, double_e, Horsehead FNGs: None COUNT: 6
WARMUP: round 1 THE THANG: more rounds. We did squats and pull ups and merkins and burpees. Also some abdominals. COT: no announcements at COT but lots of discussion on new slack channel offerings (or slack channels that shouldn’t be offered). Questions to contemplate: What color is your mulch? What orientation is your pineapple decoration? Should you avoid introducing your M to Marines?
WARMUP: round 1 THE THANG: more rounds. We did squats and pull ups and merkins and burpees. Also some abdominals. COT: no announcements at COT but lots of discussion on new slack channel offerings (or slack channels that shouldn’t be offered). Questions to contemplate: What color is your mulch? What orientation is your pineapple decoration? Should you avoid introducing your M to Marines?